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Friday, March 19, 2010

Now and Then, Helping and Hurting, Life and Death, Democrats and Republicans

Today:

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After a year of contentious struggle with Republican obstructionism and misinformation an historic vote on healthcare reform to provide medical coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and ban immoral practices of corporate insurers like arbitrary rate-hikes and rescission of coverage when policyholders actually get sick or the refusal to provide coverage for people with an absurd array of so-called "pre-existing conditions" is scheduled for this Sunday afternoon and is expected to pass.

Seven years ago today:



American War Dead in Iraq: Four Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Five... American War Injured: Over Forty Thousand... Iraqi War Dead: Over One Million... Iraqi War Wounded: Millions... Iraqi War Displaced: Millions...

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