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Weekend round up …


SATURDAY

CSPAWN … i mean CPAC ended their 3day conservative conference today. The 10,000 conference attendees, though, conservatives are calling themselves activists came together to i guess bash everything democratic and possibly everything right of center, maybe close to fringy.  Personally, i do not believe true activists practice exclusion and worse.We all saw the CPAC speakers, it was not positive, it was not uplifting the only thing i saw was a lot of people talking at the issues, no solutions, no numbers and not much in the way of wanting bipartisanship.  The group is of differing attitudes and by all accounts are practicing exclusion, discrimination , racism and embraced the party of NO slogan as a whole. On this 3rd and final day of Cpac, the number of participants being about 10,000; the group of what some say are the fringy, more violent and disturbing part of the Republican Party. There were Republican Politicians at this conference, which, makes you wonder exactly what liabilities should these Republican Politicians be forced to face or do we assume that everything said and done over the last three days are covered under our Constitutions 1st amendment. The last day brought these people together to make a final decision about who they want to run for President  in 2012; and Ron Paul won their straw poll at CPAC, Mit Romney came in 2nd and Sarah Palin, who, chose not to even be there was came in 3rd. It was reported that a significant  number of Ron Paul supporters were at this conference and made their voices heard, Ron Paul received 31% of the votes.  i am not a supporter of CPAC or what they stand for; however, it is important that democrats; anyone to the left of center be well informed of all things CPAC  and or the tea party movement.

Beck wraps up CPAC conference and part of his speech can be seen below,there are 6parts,see his speech for yourself …

Newt Gingrich, Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter highlight the last day of the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The three-day meeting promoted the conservative movement and advocated for conservative policies. This year’s conference also brought attendees and speakers who have been active in the Tea Party movement.watch Afternoon Session: Now on c-span.org

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Health Care Main topic of Governors Meeting

The nation’s governors gather in Washington, D.C., this weekend for the 2010 National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting. The bipartisan group of governors from the U.S. states, commonwealths and territories will hold three days of meetings on a host of issues and challenges facing states. Today, First Lady Michelle Obama speaks on childhood obesity.

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White House to publish healthcare proposal Monday 2/22

By Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason Ross Colvin And Jeff Mason Sat Feb 20, 3:20 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will unveil its latest healthcare reform proposals on Monday ahead of a bipartisan summit that President Barack Obama hopes will advance the stalled legislation, a senior administration official said on Saturday.

Obama urged Democrats and Republicans on Saturday to find common ground at a summit he will host on Thursday to help rejuvenate efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion healthcare system, one of his top domestic policy priorities. (complete article on REUTERS)

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Long lines at Canadian border crossings

by KING5.com

Posted on February 20, 2010 at 11:22 AM

Updated yesterday at 4:49 PM

SEATTLE – For the first time since the start of the Vancouver Olympics, the Department of Transportation reported long lines at border crossings.

Wait times at the I-5 Peace Arch crossing and SR 543 (Pacific Highway) in Blaine stretched to two hours at times in the morning and early afternoon.

Drivers who chose to cross the border using SR 539 (Guide Meridian) or SR 9 in Sumas faced much shorter wait times.

By 2:30 p.m. wait times had decreased to less than a half hour at all of the crossings.

Pres.  Obama's Weekly Address President Obama delivers his weekly address.

Washington, DC : 4 min.
watch Pres. Obama’s Weekly Address

TGIF News … what’s on CSPAN today & some weekend reminders


listening to various Media whine, cry and complain about not getting access to Tiger, well, they need him more than he needs them. The only news you can find this early Friday morning seems to be Tiger Woods, the Media keeps throwing stones, badgering his family, follow his wife around, call him names, judge him and still say he owes the people and the Media even after the Press conference. I say BS, the only people who truly care is in fact the Media, contrary to what the Media states, the general public have lives to live and would like to be informed about more important issues in the news.  The Media wants him to speak again, stating Tiger’s choice of no questions was phony, scripted and continue to verbally abuse him, it’s damned if you do damned if you don’t. So, it’s the Media vs. Tiger, is it just me or is the Media just flying off the edge of verbal insanity? MSNBC did an interview with Buzz from VanityFair, first of all. He and his magazine have questionable behavior when it comes to people of colour. I just recently decided to boycott this mag, hearing him say Tiger deceived us; come on, it’s magazines like his and the Media who put Tiger on a pedestal, unfortunately people believed mags like VanityFair, shame on him and others in the Media who have put such an importance on Tiger, it’s pretty obvious that it has probably cost his magazine money as maybe a couple of stocks associated with Tiger, get over it; not once did he talk of Tiger’s family, the kids and how that was the most important thing, even the jerk on Cnn, waiting for Tiger’s statement sounded like he had stones ready to throw …still? The Media needs to stop pushing their personal ideals on the public. Tiger gave his speech though many are still bashing him and will continue to do so. I am glad he controlled what the Media got and hopefully Tiger, his cubs and wife will bounce back. So, my advice to the Media? It’s over done…move on. It would be nice to see more on Haiti, that Public Option is still alive and why it will help all Americans… facts over fiction or gossip from the Media would be nice.

and while Tiger is on every single station  …

The President is stumping for Senator Reid as well as providing great information on what needs to be done to get America back on track; gotta say this guy, Reid has been a tough character, has devoted his entire life to politics and with all of his controversy he seems like someone we need in the Senate; the town hall mtg should give people a better view of Senator Reid and make the right choice, we need democrats to correct what the house of Bush did …

So, does Iran have nukes? Reports say there was some knowledge of something going on in 2007, maybe even before that, ok, so why didn’t the house of Bush do something about it then? Why did the Bush admin let it slide? here we are, it’s 2010 and the deception by Iran about how close they are to nuke power seems like such a surprise now, really?  …  or did the last admin just ignore the warnings?  just one of many issues left by the last admin for President Obama to clean up and with possible sanctions coming to Iran, which, btw includes other countries cooperating with each other; definitely a big difference from the last admin… cooperation… novel idea right?

and other stuff in the news …

**Olympia Washington’s Mayor Pro Tem Joe Hyer has decided to take a leave of absence amid allegations of drug trafficking. But local Republicans insist he should resign.

**Tim Pawleny said at CPAC “let’s get the 9iron, like TWood’s wife and smash the windows of gov’t, i kind of wonder if there was more to his comment than meets the eye, just askin

**CPAC … We all need to see and hear what these people are up to-watch for yourself  the 2/18/2010 and 2/19/2010 sessions below

watch CPAC Day 1 watch CPAC Day 2

Maria Cantwell says no to the Public Option


People in Seattle and Washington State should know that Maria Cantwell has said no to supporting the Public Option

Washington State … Tell Maria Cantwell to support the Public Option


Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Call Sen Maria Cantwell: (202) 224-3441

Al Franken and heroes

Senator Michael Bennet just announced a letter to Senator Harry Reid, asking him to pass the public option through reconciliation, which only needs 51 votes in the Senate. Senators Sherrod Brown, Jeff Merkley, and Kirsten Gillibrand have already co-signed it — and over 100 House Democrats and 300,000 Americans have signed on in support of this strategy.

Boom! In one day — after 10,000 phone calls to Congress — we doubled the number of senators who signed the letter calling on Harry Reid to pass the public option through “reconciliation.”

Al Franken (MN), Patrick Leahy (VT), John Kerry (MA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) all stepped up.

P.S. CNN described the impact of this campaign:

The fight over health care reform burst back into public view Tuesday as four Democratic senators asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to hold a vote on a government-run public insurance option.

Politico added:

[Sen. Mike] Bennet took the lead in the Senate to round up co-signers for the letter, which was spearheaded by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America and Credo Action. A similar effort in the House netted 119 signers to a letter.

Call your Senator today and ask them to co-sign Senator Bennet’s letter asking Harry Reid to pass the public option through reconciliation—

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