via Consortiumnews.com.
By Robert Parry, February 13, 2009
Sixteen years ago, when another new Democratic President was trying to enact an economic package, the Republicans were entrenched in opposition, too. But there was a striking difference between those Republicans and today’s: the 1993 Republicans still showed some respect for democracy.
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In those “old days” – covering all of [...]

A Second Look | Deathers, Shouters, and The Assault on the Truth
via Tackling Myths, Lies About Health Care Reform and Older Americans to Get to the Truth – AARP Bulletin Today.
By: Patricia Barry | Source: AARP Bulletin Today | August 14, 2009
It has been a wild and woolly August for President Obama and his herculean task of turning our already overburdened ship of state around toward [...]