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Does anyone have a story about how our government has done things of a ridiculous nature? Some of the things I have seen are just so "off the hook" and "mindboggling". Some are cute and so ridiculous they just make you cringe. Some just make you wonder WTF? and make you smile.

Anyone else have a story or pic or example?

Here's mine:

Barack Obama is getting down and dirty and I am personally loving it. He is on the campaign trail, not for office but for passing needed health insurance reform legislation. He is going after the insurance companies and, to me, this should have been the strategy all along. His most recent speech is a heavy duty assault.

The polls with regard to how the american people feel about this issue or this bill vary depending on the poll source. But, EVERY poll on the issue of how Americans feel about health insurance companies shows there is obvious disgust and overall ire at these company's dealings.

This strategy by Obama is a good one. We must turn the public opinion tide so that our wavering democratic politicians in D.C. will feel comfortable coming on board to get this thing done.

What is really important to us here on BlueNC?

My take?

1. That we get a comprehensive health care plan for every citizen in the U.S. to be able to realize health care benefits that are not based on your ability to pay or on what is best for the providers.

2. That regardless of race, sexual orientation, religious belief, political belief...male or female..etc...we ALL have the exact same rights and priveleges as outlined in the constitution.

3. That everyone in this country should be offered the ability to obtain a first class education.

4. That service in the military should be offered to every qualified citizen of the U.S. regardless of sexual orientation, race, creed, religion or political belief.

I am sure there are more things to offer up in this regard and I encourage anyone and everyone to contribute to this line of thought here.

These are what rests heavy on my heart. Yours may be different and I'd LOVE to hear what you all have to say on this.

After a long period of political wrangling by Sen. Bunning of Kentucky, the Senate has passed an extension of unemployment benefits for the millions of people out of work and out of benefits in our country (oh, and by a large margin, I might add). "No Show" Burr? Once again on the losing side and once again an embarrassment to our state.

The 78-19 vote on the 30-day extension known as H.R. 4691 came minutes after the Kentucky Republican made a final plea on the floor of the Senate for his colleagues not to borrow the money

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Um ... yeah ... Burrski was one of the 19. Lovely, huh? One more nail in his coffin, me thinks.

Harry Potter star involved in gay suicide prevention.

Guess he just lost the radical conservative and christian right audience !!

"Oh GAWD, Ethel...we can't let little Johnny see a Harry Potter movie!!! He supports gaaaayyyyysssss ".

Personally, I'm proud of his involvement in this.

Call me biased here (Elon '74), but catch the very latest poll made by Elon University (a VERY reputable polling source) on Richard "no-show" Burr.

Ain't good for the old boy. Ya gotta LOVE it.

He is just soooo bad on just soooo many levels, we just HAVE to send this dude packing.

Seems that our democratic politicians not only have a propensity to shoot themselves in the foot (and our party to boot) but are reloading in that effort here lately.

Now we have the latest with David Peterson opting out of running for Guv of NY because of some troublesome revelations. When will we learn, folks? Why not just hand the reigns of power to the repugs? Geeezzzz...

I found out what the problem is:

Just some humor ala Sanford, Tiger, Clinton, Edwards et al.

Things politically seem to be going downhill fast for the Obama administration and it is being said that his advisors/staff can take responsibility for that. There are articles that say that just as presidents in the past, Obama needs to take a close look at this staff and make some changes or continue to see a deeper dip in his polls.

I am not sure how The Daily Beast leans politically, but the article does make sense on a number of levels.

It has been announced that NJ Dem U.S. Senator Lautenberg has stomach cancer. He is 86 years old and will not be up for re-election for six years. If he resigns or the worse were to happen, the newly elected republican govenor in the state will be able to appoint a replacement for the remainder of his term (and we all know how that will go).

Not only are we looking like we are shooting ourselves in the foot but now it looks like we are running into bad run of luck as well. Hopefully this is something that can be treated and he can/will continue his service in the Senate.

Here is what Guv Perdue has been involved with.

Just offered up for viewing and consideration.

Good news coming out of Afghanistan. I loved the statement in this video about the fact that this should have been happening long ago (Bush years).

So, how much positive press will we see on it or will it be more of the same "yawn" kind of media reporting on what the Obama administration is achieving?

We will see, I guess.

Well, it has been quite a few hours now since democratic U.S. Sen. Bayh of Indiana has announced that he will not seek another term. So, even though I am sure someone else will come up with a far better blog post on this issue here, I want to open up the discussion.

The first thing I thought when I heard it on the radio on the hourly news was...WTF?? Here is a guy that has $13 million in his campaign treasury and is supposedly leading in his effort to be re-elected in Indiana by 20 points against his next-best competitor and suddenly announces he is dropping out of the race because he does not like the U.S. Senate and there is too much partisanship.

Join the fight for health care reform. If you are serious about wanting to insure affordable, available and comprehensive health care for everyone in America, you will join this effort.

Thanks.

Cal has now officially entered the race against Richard Burr.