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| Democratic leaders are not leading INSIGHTS - Editorial - “We can only do so much,” whines House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). No, Nancy. The problem is that you have done so little. Next to nothing really. Of the vaunted list of progressive measures you came into office as Speaker promising to push, only one—the minimum wage bill—passed, and you managed that only by making it “blood money”—that is, by tying it to the Iraq War funding bill so that the president wouldn’t veto it. That was a sick deal. Read More |
Event Reminders:Save Buena Vista Creek Valley/El Salto Falls!Wednesday, 06/20/2007 A few months ago this community helped acquire the Sherman property and saved half of the Buena Vista Creek Valley as open space. Now the city of Carlsbad is proposing adding 600 affordable housing units to the other half of the valley- and calling that "Smart Growth." Tuesday nights City Council meeting could be the first nail in the coffin toward the destruction of this valley. Read More North County Coalition for Peace and Justice Nccpj general meeting Progressive Dems - Speaker - Single Payer Health San Diego's best moment for Democracy Movie "Iraq in Fragments Sun. in Carlsbad - Free Denounce Torture! |