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The new South County Democratic Club's web site will be up and running before long. Redesigned, revamped, and energized for your browsing convenience, it will reflect the friendliness and know how that "South County" is known for throughout the 78th District.
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Office Hours: Monday: 9:00 AM -- 5:00 PM
Tuesday 12:01 PM -- 5:00 PM Wednesday 1:00 PM -- 5:00 PM Thursday - 12:01 PM -- 5:00 PM (EVENINGS: John Klimek) Friday 9:00 AM -- 5:00 PM ("Friday coffee w/Edie," Chair) |
SCDC is located on “old U.S. 31” south of Niles, one of the busiest roadways in Berrien County. This new office is in the “Sonrise” Self-Storage facility just south of Bell Plaza (corner of Bell Road and 11th Street South). It is across the street from Victory Lube and Papa John’s Pizza, near the Prime Table eatery. |
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| We are dependent upon the generous gifts of time from our membership. SCDC is totally supported by volunteers, no one receives any remuneration including our officers. Should our office be closed when we have listed it as "open," we apologize for any inconvenience to you. It means that one of our volunteers could not be there. Be tolerant -- we try to live by the schedule as listed, but sometimes the unexpected happens. | |
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POSTED 9/8/09 AUGUST PICTURES Pictures of our August meeting are posted. Click here.
Thanks Helen and Bill Barlow for sharing your wonderful pictures with us. |
P o t l u c k Special guest speaker: Nancy Bosak Nancy Bosak is the Voter File Administrator (VAN) and handles constituency outreach as well as the Blue Tiger community service program.
WHERE: Greater Niles Senior Center WHEN: Saturday, October 17, 2009 TIME: 7:00 to 9:00 PM DONATION: $10 to $20 It's time to show some good old SCDC spirit and to have some fun. We're having a potluck dinner and everyone is invited! Come join us in an evening of camaraderie and socializing at the Greater Niles Senior Center. We are aware that times are hard and unemployment high. A lot of our members are hurting. We know we can’t constantly be asking for money and that some things have to be for fun and friendship. But a small donation ($10 for an individual and $20 for a family) would certainly help our club maintain visibility by contributing to the rent fund. Your donation goes to a good cause -- keeping SCDC alive and well. Trivia Game and door prizes will be included. Please bring a dish to share. Joy Rolston has worked very hard spearheading and organizing this event. Also, she has taken it upon herself to sell cute and attractive "donkey" key chains to raise money for SCDC. The event will take place Saturday, October 17 at the Greater Niles Senior Center (1109 Bell Road, Niles, MI 49120) from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
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Niles Apple Fest Parade South County Democratic Club will be participating in the Niles Apple Festival parade Saturday October 3, 2009. We need contributions of candy to pass-out to children along the parade route and we need YOU to either march along with our float or ride on the float. If you can participate, please be at the assembly point (downtown Niles) Saturday. We will be at the corner of Second and Sycamore Streets -- parade slot #43. The parade begins at 1:30 PM and there will be a lot of people milling around the parade staging area, plan accordingly and arrive early. The weather doesn't look very promising for Saturday. If it is raining, we will probably cancel and not participate. As the time approaches for the parade nears and you are not sure whether we will participate, call Edie Minks (269-362-4465). |
POSTED 9/14/09 Lindsey Graham: Public option has been dead ‘a long time’(From Raw Story) The White House ready to abandon the public option, according to GOP Senator Lindsey Graham. “I think the public option is dead. It’s probably been dead a long time because the public is very afraid,” Graham told Fox News’ Chris Wallace Sunday. “I think one thing we can say if the deficit matters, which I’m glad to hear it does, and the public option is unacceptable, then the house bill is dead, we should just throw it in the garbage can, because it’s $239 billion added to the deficit,” Graham said. |
POSTED 9/14/09 ABC fights back against Tea Party protest size falsehoodsONLY 60,000 to 70,000 Tea-Baggers!
The network says that, at some point during the protest, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe -- the head of the organization that organized the demonstration -- stood before the crowd and announced that ABC News had said the crowd at the protest was between one million and 1.5 million people. ABC said no such thing. As Josh Marshall reported at TalkingPointsMemo, the fire department estimated the crowd at 60,000 to 70,000 people -- a "respectable" size, but nowhere near the order of magnitude that ABC says Kibbe claimed. All the same, Kibbe's claim spread like wildfire during the day. From Kibbe's mic it went to right-wing activist Tabitha Hale's Twitter account -- where, somehow, the number grew again, this time to 2 million -- and from there it made it to conservative writer Michelle Malkin's blog. Once it appeared there, there was no stopping it, and the claim was repeated at numerous --mostly right-wing -- blogs. "Conservative activists, who organized a march on the U.S. Capitol today in protest of the Obama administration's health care agenda and government spending, erroneously attributed reports on the size of the crowds to ABC News," ABC News reported. "In its reports, ABC News Radio described the crowd as 'tens of thousands,' ABC said. |
POSTED 9/14/09 Obama strikes at health care opponentsHe seeks support from insured people
"I will not accept the status quo. Not this time. Not now," the president told an estimated 15,000 people during a rally that had every feel of a campaign event, right down to chants of "Fired up, ready to go!" and "Yes, we can!" Days after urging Democrats and Republicans in Congress to come together, an invigorated Obama said his plan incorporates ideas from those on both sides, and he promised to continue to seek common ground. "If you come to me with a serious set of proposals, I will be there to listen. My door is always open," the president said. But he warned that he wouldn't waste time with people who have decided "that it's better politics to kill this plan than improve it." He also said he wouldn't stand by while special interests "use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are." And he warned, "If you misrepresent what's in the plan, we will call you out." At the rally, on network TV and in his weekend radio and Internet address, Obama again sought to take the reins of the debate, a task that has proved elusive over the past three months. The challenge is to energize supporters and make people with insurance care about his proposal. |
POSTED 9/14/09 Michigan may salvage less for food banks(From the South Bend Tribune) Budget woes could force a state-funded program to cut The proposed elimination of a college scholarship program and cuts in state aid for local police and fire departments are attracting most of the attention as lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm work to reach a budget deal that will address a projected $2.7 billion deficit in the next budget. But smaller, lesser-known programs face the knife, too. For $630,500 a year, the state through the surplus system processes 5 million pounds of food from farms and gives it to food banks, which feed 1 million people across Michigan. The Democratic-led House voted to fully fund the food bank program but has yet to approve a balanced budget that includes enough tax revenue to cover proposed spending. While the Republican-controlled Senate also included full funding for the program in its budget proposal, senators had to take $480,500 from the state Department of Community Health to do so. Cuts in health programs, however, are a major sticking point in budget talks — and one reason advocates fear at least some food bank funding may have to be cut in the end. Rep. John Espinoza, who chairs the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, is not optimistic the food bank program will be fully funded in the final budget deal. |
POSTED 9/14/09 Wilson: No more apologies for outburst against president(From CNN) Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday he will not apologize again for yelling out that "I am not going to apologize again," the South Carolina Republican said on "FOX News Sunday" when asked about pending disciplinary steps against him by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. Wilson said he already apologized to Obama and that the president accepted it. However, he insisted that Obama "was misstating the facts," and that Democratic leaders in the House were "playing politics" by continuing to focus on the issue. House Democrats plan to censure Wilson if he refuses to apologize on the House floor this week. Wilson issued a statement about that Sunday, saying, "The American people are fed up with the political games in Washington, and I refuse to participate in an effort to divert our attention away from the task at hand of reforming health insurance and creating new jobs." |
POSTED 9/14/09 Budget deal nears without governor
It doesn't matter. She won't be missed. The budget talks continue at an intense pace. There's a very good chance an agreement will be reached in her absence and without much of her input. Democratic House Speaker Andy Dillon and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop are close to a deal that would do what many thought impossible this year -- produce a balanced budget that doesn't rely on big tax hikes and is reached without the threat of a government shutdown. "We need to do this with or without the governor," says Bishop, who was unaware of Granholm's trade mission. "I give all the credit to Andy Dillon for stepping up and providing leadership. He wants to do what's right." Dillon and Bishop won't comment on what they're up to. But those close to the talks say Dillon has persuaded his caucus to accept the Senate's $1.3 billion spending cut target. If that's true and it holds up, budget bills will begin moving out of conference committees this week. The sticking points are the Promise scholarships for college students, revenue sharing for communities, Medicaid and early education. To get past those blockages, Dillon will offer a supplemental spending bill after a budget is passed to fund the programs with a variety of small tax hikes and other revenue. The supplement will be taken up separately and won't impact implementation of the budget. The goal is to drop a balanced budget on the governor's desk before the Oct. 1 deadline. "This puts her on the spot," Bishop says. "If she vetoes a budget we send her, she'll be responsible for shutting down government." The strategy changes the dynamic in Lansing. Both Bishop and Dillon have been frustrated by the refusal of the governor to make firm budget commitments. They've been held hostage to her whims and indecisiveness. Last week, Dillon's frustration became public when he accused the governor of grandstanding by offering a thinly detailed plan that includes $1 billion in tax hikes, saying she knew he couldn't get it through the House Democratic caucus. Dillon's willingness to untie himself from the governor at the risk of alienating her allies in the Democratic base reflects a courage first exhibited when he proposed pooling health insurance coverage for all state employees. With the clock ticking toward a budget meltdown in Michigan, Gov. Jennifer Granholm left the Capitol for a three-day trip to Japan. It doesn't matter. She won't be missed. The budget talks continue at an intense pace. There's a very good chance an agreement will be reached in her absence and without much of her input. Democratic House Speaker Andy Dillon and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop are close to a deal that would do what many thought impossible this year -- produce a balanced budget that doesn't rely on big tax hikes and is reached without the threat of a government shutdown. |
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POSTED 9/13/09 Protest Glenn Beck's Appearance at the Michigan Chamber Annual Dinner
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POSTED 9/13/09 Diary from the Daily KOS: I Condemn The Murder of James Pouillon(From the Daily KOS by Muskegon Critic) Yesterday in Owosso, Michigan a frequent anti-abortion protester, 63 year old James Pouillon, was shot and killed by 33 year old Harlan Drake. The victim, who was well known for his frequent protesting around town and in front of the local high school was gunned down in front of students arriving at school in the morning as Drake drove by and shot from his truck. Drake then went on to kill another man, and was headed for a third but he was apprehended and detained before he could get there. By current accounts, the killer took the life of the anti-abortion protester because he didn't like the signs of aborted fetuses. Yes. He didn't think it appropriate to show signs of aborted fetuses in front of a school so he murdered somebody in front of a school.
The story was also covered by Huffingtonpost.com By the prosecutor's statements and the nature of who was killed with no other stated connection between the murderer and the victim, this murder has the appearance of being politically motivated. Therefore I'd like to come right out and, for whatever it's worth, say I condemn Drake's actions. There is no "But." I flat out condemn these actions. Killing somebody with whom you have political or idealogical disagreements plumbs the deepest depths of repugnant. I'm disgusted and horrified that somebody with whom I probably shared an equal disdain for the victim's actions actually took it upon himself to silence the victim permanently. Have I ever advocated violence against people I disagree with? You know...I believe I have. In the heat of the moment I've rattled off some off the cuff comments about smacking somebody I disagree with. Sometimes I like to talk big and be an asshole. It was probably done in a snarky way, intended to be humorous. But dammit, there's no excuse for it. And if any of my comments, or if any of the off the cuff comments from the Left in any way contributed to Drake's notions that he was remotely justified in violently taking this man's life...that's something we should really reflect on. I know I'm going to. Four months ago Dr. George Tiller was murdered in a church by an anti-abortion zealot. Yesterday an anti-abortion protester was killed by Drake in front of a school. My personal opinion is that these actions are equally horrific, and equally unforgiveable. The tenor of political discussion is taking on a dangerous quality and people are getting killed. The Us against Them mentality seems to get more deeply ingrained by the day. I, for one, intend to dial my own rhetoric back a few notches. I don't feel it's going to do any good to suggest Drake isn't One of Us. That he's not ours. Maybe he was. Maybe he wasn't. But insomuch as I had a shared disdain for the victim's actions, and insomuch as his actions in the eyes of those who sided with his victim are politically motivated, and insomuch as it has the appearance of political motivation...I feel compelled to condemn the actions as politically motivated.
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POSTED 9/13/09 The Truth Behind Public Option
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POSTED 9/13/09 Bill Maher to Obama: 'Stand up for the 70% of Americans who aren't crazy.'(From Raw Story) Friday night on 'Real Time' with Bill Maher, Maher had a lot on his mind to cover in his 'New Rules' segment. He had new rules to cover everything from babies in public swimming pools to Michelle Obama's arms, and a message for President Obama, asking him to "Stand up for the 70% of Americans who aren't crazy" in the drive for serious health care reform. Maher focused most of his ire on the flap over Obama's speech to America's school children, the resignation of White House Council on Environmental Quality's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Van Jones, and the continuing battle in Congress over health care reform. Maher suggested that the next time the President decides to address America's school children that he should tell them "that they are obese, and the should get off drugs or else they'll grow up to be Rush Limbaugh." Expressing his frustration with the Obama administration, Maher goes on to describe what he sees as a White House that is far too capitulating to any encountered opposition. "The Democrats just never learn," laments Maher, "Americans don’t really care which side of an issue you’re on as long as you don’t act like pussies. When Van Jones called the Republicans assholes, he was actually paying them a compliment. He was. He was talking about how they can get things done even when they’re the minority as opposed to the Democrats who can’t seem to get anything done even when they control both houses of Congress, the Presidency and Bruce Springstein." In praise of the President, Maher continues "You know I love Obama’s civility, his desire to work with his enemies, he’s positively Christ-like. In college he was probably the guy at the dorm parties who made sure the stoners shared their pot with the jocks." Maher then begins a message directed at President Obama, "But we don’t need that guy now. We need an asshole. Mr. President, there are some people who are never going to like you. That’s why they voted for the old guy and Carrie’s mom." "You’re not going to win them over. Stand up for the 70% of Americans who aren’t crazy." Then turning back to the majority of Americans who in recent polls have stated they support real reform in our nation's health care system, "And speaking of that 70%, when are we going to actually show up in all this? You know tomorrow Glenn Beck’s army of zombie retirees are descending on Washington. It’s the million moron march. Although they won’t get a million of them of course because many will be confused and drive to Washington State." "But they will make news because people who take to the streets always do. They’re at town hall meetings screaming at the congressmen. We’re on the couch screaming at the T.V. You know especially in this age of Twitters and blogs and Snuggies, it’s a statement just to leave the house. But leave the house we must because this is our last best shot for a long time to get the sort of serious health care reform that would make the United States the envy of several African nations." The following YouTube video is from the 'New Rules' segment of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher that originally aired on Fri., September 11, 2009:  |
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POSTED 9/13/09Dillon: No shutdown imminentHouse speaker says he's confident lawmakers will get budget resolved
House members will have to meet more often than their usual three-day-a-week sessions, but should be able to get new budget bills passed starting next week, Dillon said during a taping of public television's "Off the Record" program. The key to meeting the deadline is getting spending bills passed in time for them to get through joint House-Senate conference committees and be voted on again before the budget year ends Sept. 30. The Senate has passed bills that balance the budget through $1.2 billion in spending cuts and no tax increases. The House passed its own budget bills earlier this year but needs to pass new ones that spend less because revenues have dropped. Dillon said his Democratic caucus wants to pass budget cuts before it passes any tax increases. "They do want to demonstrate to the world that we need to live within our means, that this is a tough economic climate and we're not just willy-nilly wanting to raise revenues," he said. "House Democrats and the governor are fighting to fund early education, scholarships for college students, Medicaid and funding police and fire. That's really the debate right now. We think the Senate cuts go too far in those areas." Dillon, a Democrat from Wayne County's Redford Township, doesn't expect a repeat of the short government shutdown that took place in 2007, and sees no need for a continuation budget that would keep the current spending plan in place past Oct. 1 until a compromise is reached. "We're going to have the same tough decisions a month from now. Let's just make them and move on," he said. He'd like joint House-Senate conference committees to begin working out compromises next week as the House passes new budget bills. |
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POSTED 9/13/09 From Bob Conway You can send Rep. Wilson a message here: |
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POSTED 9/13/09 Senator Calls for More Afghan Forces, Not US Troops (From VOA News) President Obama is facing growing dissent within his own party on plans to commit |
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POSTED 9/13/09Lawmakers May Push Obama For Timetable On AfghanistanWar in Afghanistan Faces Looming Political Battle in CongressSen. Carl Levin Has Proposed a Massive Increase in the Afghan Security Forces(From ABC News) The looming battle in Congress over the Afghan War may prove to Sen. Carl Levin's announcement today that he opposes sending more U.S. combat troops to Afghanistan is a big deal, but President Obama's Afghan policy faces even greater challenges in Congress, where there is growing group of Democrats who aren't just opposed to sending more troops but would like to reduce the amount already there. Levin's position is more nuanced. The Michigan Democrat said he opposes more combat troops but is open to sending more U.S. trainers. And he doesn't rule out send more combat troops in the future -- after first increasing the size of the Afghanistan security forces. But if you look at Levin's reasoning, he is ultimately making a case of shrinking the U.S. military presence because, he argues, it is counterproductive. |
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Glenn Beck will be appearing at the annual Michigan Chamber of Commerce dinner on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Kellogg Center, 55. S. Harrison in E. Lansing, Michigan. 
more troops to the war in Afghanistan, even as American commanders say the situation on the ground has deteriorated. 
be as tough and consequential -- perhaps tougher and more consequential -- for President Obama than the battle over POSTED 9/11/09 White House reporter calls GOP response to Obama ‘appalling’Republicans boo, grumble, hold up signs ridiculing President during speech (From Raw Story) While an outburst from a South Carolina Republican congressman Dana Milbank, a Washington Post White House correspondent under President George W. Bush, penned a column published Thursday in which he called the Republican response during Obama’s speech “appalling.” “Wilson was only the most flagrant,” Milbank wrote. “There was booing from House Republicans when the president caricatured a conservative argument by saying they would ‘leave individuals to buy health insurance on their own.’ They hissed when he protested their ’scare tactics.’ They grumbled as they do in Britain’s House of Commons when Obama spoke of the ‘blizzard of charges and countercharges.’” Added Milbank:
Towards the end of the speech, the Post reporter writes, the GOP Rep. who shouted “you lie” during Obama’s speech reportedly played with his Blackberry handheld device. “Wilson twiddled his thumbs, then took his BlackBerry from its holster to consult it yet again,” Milbank adds. “The speech ended, and, as his colleagues applauded, Wilson beat a hasty retreat.” There's More - Go to Raw Story Article POSTED 9/11/09 |
POSTED 9/11/09 Opponent of 'You Lie' Rep. raises nearly $600,000 in a day
ActBlue, a liberal advocacy group, posted an appeal for Wilson opponent Rob Miller, a Democrat. Within hours, online donors flooded the site, leaving the Republican's Democratic opponent flush with new campaign cash overnight. By Thursday morning, a spokesman for ActBlue told RAW STORY that Miller has raised "north of $96,000" since Wilson's outburst Wednesday. By 2pm ET, spokesman Adrian Arroyo said Miller had pulled in "9,000 donations" -- raking in a total of at least $330,000. "For 150 minutes earlier today, he was pulling in $1,000/minute," Arroyo said. "Rob Miller is running against Republican Joe Wilson," ActBlue's site writes. "Who's that? He's the guy who yelled 'you lie' at Obama on international TV." By 4:06 p.m. EST, Miller was looking at a campaign war chest that eclipsed $405,000. At 9 p.m. EST, ActBlue listed total contributions to Miller as approaching a startling $600,000 ($591,270 at time of this writing). The donor page is available here. There's More - Go to Raw Story Article POSTED 9/11/09 |
POSTED 9/11/09 Exposed: Obama speech disrupter received $240k from health industry Obama speech disrupter a health industry darling(From Raw Story) During President Obama’s address on health insurance reform to a joint session of Congress last night, he observed that some people have been spreading bad information about his proposal — and that contrary to what’s been said it would not cover illegal immigrants. At that point the president was interrupted by Rep. Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson (right), a Republican from South Carolina. “You lie!” Wilson shouted from the crowd. Obama paused for a moment before continuing his address as Wilson’s colleagues looked on in shock following the breach of protocol. Whether because of his outspokenness or in spite of it, Wilson is a major recipient of contributions from the health care industry. In fact, over his entire congressional career, health professionals represent Wilson’s top industry contributors, donating a total of $244,196 to his campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics OpenSecrets.org database. He received another $86,150 from pharmaceutical companies, $73,050 from insurance companies and $68,000 from hospitals and nursing homes. Among Wilson’s top contributors are the American Hospital Association, a lobby group that represents the interests of hospitals and health networks, and the American Medical Association, which represents physicians. There's More - Go to Raw Story Article POSTED 9/11/09 |
POSTED 9/11/09 Senate pays another tribute to Kennedy(From Boston.Com) Senators from both parties spent more than five hours today paying A day after President Obama invoked Kennedy's memory in a forceful address on health care to a highly-charged joint session of Congress, however, some tributes to Kennedy were tinged with politics. Several Democrats echoed the call to fulfill Kennedy's vision of accessible, affordable healthcare, while Republicans mourned him as perhaps the last Democrat willing to negotiate with them in good faith on difficult legislation. Still, nearly all lionized a man they described as a one-of-a-kind lawmaker, a Senate legend whose good humor, leadership, selflessness, and encyclopedic knowledge of the chamber in which he served for nearly a half-century may never be replaced. "The impact he etched into our history will long endure," Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said. "The liberal lion's mighty roar may now fall on deaf ears, but his dream shall never die." In his tribute, Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut proposed that the caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building -- just down the hall from Kennedy's office -- be renamed in honor of the Kennedy brothers. The historic room was host to the Watergate hearings and more recently where the Senate health committee, which Kennedy chaired, wrote the health care bill in his absence; it's also where both John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy announced their presidential candidacies. "This was Teddy's wish and desire. I asked him,'' Dodd said on the Senate floor. "He said, 'I'd like you to recognize my brothers as well.' '' Kennedy, 77, died Aug. 25 after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery beside his two slain brothers. |
POSTED 9/11/09 Town hall anger echoed in Congress(From CNN) Shouting from the audience. Holding up signs blasting the health care reform Though it sounds like behavior at one of the health care town hall meetings last month, it was how some Republicans reacted to President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. But Norm Ornstein, a longtime observer of Congress and an expert at the American Enterprise Institute, said the tone and behavior from members of Congress are not necessarily new. "A lot of what went on [Wednesday] night has become fairly typical of what we've seen in the State of the Union messages over the last 10 or 12 years, where it's one side jumping up wildly and the other side sitting on their hands in stony silence." The most memorable moment came from Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, who shouted "You lie" after the president said that a Democratic-sponsored health care bill would not cover illegal immigrants. Ornstein said that in addition to being beyond the bounds of what is typical, Wilson's comment is "just sort of stunning in the level of disrespect for not just the president but the presidency." During several moments in Obama's speech, members of the GOP hissed and yelled at the president as he laid out his plan for reform. One Republican wore a sign around his neck saying, "What bill?" House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, was seen several times typing on his phone during the speech. Vice President Joe Biden told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday that he was "embarrassed for the chamber and a Congress I love." Observers said the behavior is probably indicative of the vitriolic sentiments found during town hall meetings. "I think a lot of those Republican members went home to their district and were met with very angry reaction from their constituents. Congress, as you know, is pretty polarized," said Kasie Hunt, a health care reporter for National Journal's Congress Daily. "I think, in some ways, that's what you really saw last night: the degree of acceptance of that angry discord that we've really hadn't seen in a long time." Hunt said there is still a lot of misunderstanding among Republican members of Congress. |
POSTED 9/11/09 School refuses Obama speech, but will bus kids to see Bush(From Raw Story) A Texas school which refused to air President Barack Obama's live Did school officials reverse course after realizing Obama's speech wasn't political, as conservatives had claimed? Nope. They're sending fifth graders to see another president: former President George W. Bush, and his wife, Laura. Bush is speaking alongside several Dallas Cowboys players and prominent Texas business leaders. "District officials said it's part of a Cowboys Stadium field trip that the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee invited 28 fifth-grade classes to attend several months ago," a local NBC affiliate wrote Wednesday morning. "The event launches the Super Bowl committee's largest-ever youth education program. Students must have their parents' permission to attend, school officials said." Students who had permission slips from their parents were able to watch President Obama's speech after being excused from classes. At least one local church is up in arms. "I do not understand the duplicity in this situation," Dwight McKissic Sr., the senior pastor of Arlington's Cornerstone Baptist Church said in a news release quoted by NBC. "I believe the students and the public deserve and need to have these differences explained." "The Arlington school district, like many in North Texas, decided not to broadcast the president's speech live after some parents expressed concern about its content," NBC noted. "The district said the recorded speech would be made available through its Web site." There's More - Go to Raw Story Article POSTED 9/11/09 |
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bittersweet tribute to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, recalling their late colleague as the chamber's generous elder statesman, a passionate liberal, and a fierce, well-schooled politician who never shied away from a tough political fight.
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SCDC is located on “old U.S. 31” south of Niles, one of the busiest roadways in Berrien County. This new office is in the “Sonrise” Self-Storage facility just south of Bell Plaza (corner of Bell Road and 11th Street South). It is across the street from Victory Lube and Papa John’s Pizza, near the Prime Table eatery. |
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