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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Failure To Reform Health Care Is Another Reminder Of Who Is In Control — The Party Of Money
In Washington, the State of the Union projected an elaborate show — a conclave of the powerful, acting out an impressive ceremony. From the POV of an anthropologist — say, from the planet Xenon — I’m wondering: What is fair … Continue reading
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Robert Reich Says President Obama’s Three Year Budget Freeze Is A Bad Idea — It Will Hurt The Middle Class
Robert Reich says that President Obama three year budget freeze proposal is a move exactly opposite of what is needed. Reich asks, “Is the president panicking?” Reich says, “Obama’s three-year freeze on a large portion of discretionary spending will make … Continue reading
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Deadline Nears For Montgomery County Democrats To Become Delegates For Meeting To Reorganize MCDP
This last fall, when I sought election to Kettering’s Board of Education, I started a new web-site called CitizensTogether.com. I’ve posted the following article on CitizensTogether.com, and I am copying it here. Any Democrat seeking to become meaningfully involved in … Continue reading
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Now Is The Time For Montgomery County Democrats To Get Involved To Vitalize and Reform Local Dem Party
Today, I sent a letter to the editor of the Dayton Daily News urging the newspaper to report the Montgomery County Democratic Party Reorganization Meeting. In the letter I accuse the local party of being antidemocratic and clique dominated and … Continue reading
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Special Interests Controlling Montgomery County Democratic Party Suppress Expansion Of Participation
The leadership of the Montgomery County Democratic Party, it appears, is really not much interested in expanding the Party’s membership. It is all about control. It is all about maintaining the status of special interests. Last night I attended the … Continue reading
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To Reform Our “Political Class” System, We Need A Grassroots Movement To Reform Our Political Parties
I’m back. Martin Gottlieb, writing in today’s DDN, “Massachusetts phenomenon visible early in Dayton,” makes a comparison between the defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts and the defeat of Democrat Rhine McLin in Dayton. Writes Gottlieb, “The city of … Continue reading
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