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"Nothing
in the world is more
dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity" (MLKing)...
so read & learn.
“I
do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was
yesterday”.
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What
Is A Comprehensive Plan
LINC Comprehensive Plan
"What
Is "Smart Growth"
Lafayette
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Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege
DEMOCRATS FIRE BACK ---
We are told by the Tea-Party that they are “mad and
can’t take it anymore” and that the rest of us should be
too!
We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, but NOW they are getting mad ???? REALLY ? !!!! NO, REALLY? !!!!
They didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
They didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy.
They
didn’t get mad about gas prices when Bush and Cheney friends at the oil
companies raised a gallon of gas price to more than $5 and posted
highest profits in the history of U.S for 8 years straight (Bush
presidency).
They didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative identity was revealed.
They didn't get mad when the Patriot Act , which allows torture and disregards personal rights for Americans, got passed.
They didn't get mad when Bush and Cheney illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us, Iraq.
They didn't get mad when Bush and Cheney spent over 600 billion (and counting) on said illegal war, Iraq.
They didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq.
They didn't get mad when they found out about torturing people.
They didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
They didn't get mad that Bin Laden was not caught when Bush had a chance to do so.
They didn't get mad when they saw the horrible veterans conditions at Walter Reed.
They didn't get mad when Bush let a major US city drown like a 3rd world country.
They didn't get mad when Bush gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.
They
didn't get mad when, using reconciliation; a trillion dollars of our
tax dollars was redirected to insurance companies for Medicare
Advantage, which cost over 20 percent more for basically the same
services that Medicare provides.
They didn't get mad when the
deficit hit the trillion dollar mark (when during Clinton presidency we
had almost a Trillion dollars surplus), and our debt hit the thirteen
trillion dollar mark.
They finally got mad when a
government decided that people in America deserved the right to get
treatment if they are sick and can not afford to do so.
Yes,
an illegal war, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to
make the rich richer, are all okay with the Tea party. They are
partying not with tea, but with sucking the blood of the ordinary
Americans.
Sure! NOW, THEY ARE MAD!
Get Real!!!
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The Recovery Act: Success Stories in Louisiana
Jindal
& Levine: Ideology and Ambition Are About to Take Louisiana Off a Cliff
d2d-TheBlog
We know with certainty that President
Barack Obama's American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act has saved one job in Louisiana: Bobby
Jindal's.
While talking the typical
Republican anti-stimulus line, Jindal
took the money, laundered it through various state departments and agencies,
then flew around the state with big images of checks handing the federal money
out as if he had printed it himself in Baton Rouge. To top it off, he ordered
the Department of Transportation and Development not to identify those projects
that were funded with stimulus dollars.
(More)
THE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT: (link to
a full list of benefits)
KEY PROVISIONS THAT TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UNDER SENATE BILL AS AMENDED BY RECONCILIATION BILL
You’ll NEVER hear
this on the NEWS!!! "Robert
P. Watson, Ph.D. Coordinator of American Studies Lynn University "
?/?/2010 Email: rwatson@lynn.edu
I am always being asked to grade Obama's presidency. In place of offering
him a grade, I put together a list of his accomplishments thus far. I
think you would agree that it is very impressive. His first six months
have been even more active than FDRs or LBJs the two standards for such
assessments. Yet, there is little media attention given to much of what
he has done. Of late, the media is focusing almost exclusively on
Obama's critics, without holding them responsible for the uncivil,
unconstructive tone of their disagreements or without holding the
previous administration responsible for getting us in such a deep hole.
The misinformation and venom that now passes for political reporting
and civic debate is beyond description.
Healthcare
Bill Signed ... It's now the LAW!
HEALTH
CARE --- The President's Plan (Video)
Health Care Bill Clears Senate Test ---
1:20
a.m. – WASHINGTON (AP) -- Landmark health
care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest
Senate test in the pre-dawn hours early Monday (12-21-2009), overcoming
Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all but assures its
passage by Christmas. "Let's make history," said Sen. Tom Harkin,
D-Iowa, shortly before the bill's supporters demonstrated their command
of the Senate floor in an extraordinary holiday season showdown.
HOW
HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM WILL BENEFIT LOUISIANA
The
need for reform in Louisiana and across the country is clear. Louisiana
families simply can’t afford the status quo and deserve
better. President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass
health reform this year that reduces costs for families, businesses and
government; protects people’s choice of doctors, hospitals
and health plans; and assures affordable, quality health care for all
Americans.
Statistics
show achievement gap for students above, below poverty line.
By SARAH CHACKO
This
is the fourth story in an occasional series about poverty, an
issue that negatively touches every
Louisianian in some
way.
Statistics
show
an achievement gap between poor students and those living above the
poverty line.
Jindal says
GOP could take a cue from Obama
One
thing that struck Gov. Bobby Jindal about last week's inauguration
was the graciousness, the tableau of the new president and his wife
escorting their predecessors to their waiting helicopter, but first
stopping to share a warm, hearty and apparently genuine laugh.
The
day after Democratic President Barack Obama took the helm of the
federal government, Jindal, widely considered one of a handful of
Republicans with a bright national future, was in a gracious mood too.
"I
think what was great about the day is that you saw such joy, " Jindal
said. "It's reflected in the polls. I think the country is coming
together. I think (Obama) starts with an enormous amount of good will.
You heard people like me say, 'I didn't vote for him but I want him to
succeed.' You don't get the sense that people are waiting for him to
stumble." Despite his philosophical differences, Louisiana's
governor gets the joy. He likes Obama's conciliatory, pragmatic tone,
the emphasis on effectiveness and accountability, and sees why they're
playing so well. And Jindal thinks his own party, if it hopes to claw
its way back into the national mainstream and rebuild its brand, would
do well to emulate the new president. It may sound strange,
but
Jindal says that the best thing the GOP can do is "stop worrying about
the Republican Party and start worrying about the nation."
"You
see all this navel gazing, " he said. "The American people are looking
for results."
Video
of Presiddent Barack Obama's Inaugural Address (Video & Text)
PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA'S AGENDA (Excerpt
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