Deborah's US Liberal Politics Blog April 2006 Archive

Widespread national dissatisfaction with Bush Administration and Republican-led Congressional policies is palpable this weekend, as citizens protest enmasse in cities across the nation. US War in Iraq ... Read More

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and actor/activist George Clooney held a joint press conference today at the National Press Club to publicize this Sunday's Rally to Stop Genocide, being held from ... Read More

“There were five words missing from the president's speech today: Get tough on big oil. The president refuses to do that.... The president doesn't touch his friends at the big oil ... Read More

At first glance, a story about lawn mowers seems frivolous and trivial. But a second glance reveals it to be important and symbolic of Americans' frustrations with this greedy Republican-led ... Read More

Led by Chairman Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee held its Spring 2006 this past weekend to fine-tune party strategy for the November 2006 Congressional and state elections, and to ... Read More

It requires all of us to preserve the beauty and safety of Planet Earth...and that includes YOU! Saturday, April 22, is 2006 Earth Day, an annual event for people around ... Read More

Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, declares in an inteview in this Sunday's issue of the New York Times magazine that the Iraq invasion "may end up ... Read More

“These major oil companies have hooked their hose up to the pocketbooks of American citizens and are sucking money from ordinary Americans into the treasury of the giant oil companies. ... Read More

The public health community has long-agreed that specific preventive measures are essential to curbing and limiting diseases: heart disease, cancers, diabetes and so on, as well as flus, colds and ... Read More

"President Reagan was shot when he was out meeting people. President Clinton would walk through crowds. This man's father was outgoing. If Bush appears in public, people in the crowd ... Read More

The London Times reported on Sunday, "The American military is planning a 'second liberation of Baghdad' to be carried out with the Iraqi army when a new government is installed..... ... Read More

Lest we forget them, many of our elected leaders are using this Easter-Passover-Spring break to write editorials and op-eds on the latest issues. To save you from perusing dozens ... Read More

"President Bush has as much credibility on immigration as he does on Iraq and national security. If the president is serious about moving forward, then he should join me in calling ... Read More

Last week, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced new legislation that would amend the Social Security Act to grant same-sex couples the same benefits, responsibilities, and obligations as legally married couples ... Read More

In its term beginning in October 2006, the US Supreme Court will relook at the constitutionality of partial-birth abortion. In a June 2000 ruling, five of the nine Supreme Court ... Read More

"We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are sons and daughters of the farm ... Read More

Today, April 10, is the National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice, and marches, rallies and demonstrations are planned in more than 75 cities in 29 states including Arkansas, ... Read More

Al Gore, environmental leader Robert Kennedy, Jr., and actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts grace the cover of the Special Green Issue of Vanity Fair magazine in May 2006. ... Read More

I'm LIVE blogging from my local public library, which is celebrating National Library Week, from April 2 to 8, 2006. I'm using one of the library's dozen or so public ... Read More

As Chicago priests began a hunger strike today in support of the Senate Judiciary Committee's bipartisan immigration bill, Cardinal Roger Mahony Cardinal, Archbishop of the Los Angeles Diocese with 5 ... Read More

Per AP today, "Sen. John McCain ( R-AZ) said a majority in the 100-member Senate support his and Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's proposal to provide green cards to ... Read More

"The Republican Party today is not what the Republican Party was 20 years ago. It's moved so far to the right. We were proud of politicians 10 years ago and 12 ... Read More

My colleagues here at About.com wrote some dynamite stories these past few weeks that you must take the time to enjoy. Here are a few that I recommend: ... Read More