Please join us as we conduct our own canvass here in Blair County, to coincide with the national canvassing events scheduled by the Democratic Party. Event details, as they are determined, will be posted here:
http://www.democrats.org/page/event/detail/4v5h4
Check out this summary of health care systems in other countries:
Ezra Klein: Health of Nations
I was disappointed to read Friday’s editorial mocking Senator Russ Feingold. Once again, The Mirror has backed the Republican Party line without stating the facts of the situation clearly. Yes, Senator Feingold did call for a censure of the President. No, Mr. Feingold is not against wiretapping. No Democrat is. Feingold is against the President […]
Democratic Senate candidate debates:
Saturday, April 8th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock
Wednesday, April 19th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster
All three candidates will finally be on stage together debating the issues that matter to voters. I know there are a few political junkies around who […]
Yes! There are Young Dems in Blair County!
young.blairdems.org
The Blair Young Democrats invites any county Democrats 35 and under, or simply “young at heart”, to join us at our next meeting: Sunday, April 2, 3:00 PM, St. Drogo’s Cafe, Hollidaysburg. Contact Liz for more information, and visit our new web site.
Today I received an email from a progressive Democrat from State College (regarding an upcoming event) - he is a former PSU history professor, and he commented on Blair County’s most famous native-born progressive, Harold L. Ickes, who served as the Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Truman. I, of course, […]
One of my students just showed these to me…
Dancing Bush
Bush Aerobics
This is for some time when you have no intellectual energy left!
I found this quiz that is supposed to tell you exactly where you stand on the political spectrum. I wonder how accurate this is? Can you check it out and give me your opinion on it? If it’s accurate, wouldn’t it be interesting to have this running at the Keystone Festival or any other booth […]
An op-ed from the Bucks County Courier Times, March 18, 2006:
BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Lynn Swann has no prior political experience. He has never served on a school board or been a township supervisor. He has never run for state rep, sheriff, or borough council. He has never spent a weekend knocking on […]
I wrote this for the paper (Thanks, Kathie R, for the help); we’ll see what happens…..
As Thomas Jefferson is famously quoted ‘The government that governs least governs best.” The quote seems sensible enough on the surface. But Jefferson was only one in dozens of presidents and statesmen that shaped the way our Government runs and […]
