Political Blogging & E-Mailing: 2009

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DATE TITLE See Key
18 Dec. 2009 Comment on Strengthening the Estate Tax to Strengthen the Country, by Bill Gates Sr. Huffington Post Comment
17 Dec. 2009 Podesta’s Top Ten Reasons for Progressives to Support the Health Reform Bill E-Mail to My List
16 Dec. 2009 Comment on Lieberman Betrayal Illustrates Why Senate Filibuster Rules Must Change, by Robert Creamer Huffington Post Comment
4 Dec. 2009 Comment on Journalism 2009: Desperate Metaphors, Desperate Revenue Models, and the Desperate Need for Better Journalism, by Arianna Huffington Huffington Post Comment
2 Dec. 2009 Use Reconciliation vs.“President Lieberman” Daily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
2 Dec. 2009 The Least Bad Option in Afghanistan Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
26 Nov. 2009 Thankful for a President of Reason E-Mail to My List
6 Nov. 2009 Election Lesson: It’s right — not Right — to be Democrats. Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
27 Oct. 2009 The Insurance Companies’ “License to Kill”: ERISA Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
19 Oct. 2009 Health Care Reform: A Matter of Life and Death [my submission to the OFA “Health Reform Video Challenge”] Daily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
9 Oct. 2009 Pres. Obama: An Inspired and Inspiring Choice for Nobel Peace Prize Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
7 Oct. 2009 Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise: The Public Option as the Best Insurance of Health Care Coverage and Cost Control — [downloadable & searchable] research report for progressive activists Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
20 Sept. 2009 Time for the Yellow Dogs to Bite the Blue Dogs [an article by a former DNC member, who proudly declares, “Obamanos!”] Daily Kos Diary EntryOpEdNews Article
14 Sept. 2009 When is a Public Option Not a Public Option? Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
11 Sept. 2009 Media in the States of Centrist Senators — [downloadable & searchable] research report for progressive activists Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
8 Sept. 2009 Personal Tragedies Show Need for Public Option [video of “Congressional Send-Off Rally” in Los Angeles] Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
6 Sept. 2009 Comment onSicko Reprise, Please” Huffington Post Comment
1 Sept. 2009 Taking Health Care to the Belly of the Beast! E-Mail to My ListOpEdNews Article
29 Aug. 2009 Sen. Kennedy’s Real Stand on Health Care Reform E-Mail to My List
27 Aug. 2009 Comment on Ted Kennedy and the Missing National Conversation, by Arianna Huffington Huffington Post Comment
26 Aug. 2009 Kennedy’s Greatness: Not Who He Was But What He Did Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
22 Aug. 2009 Comment on Boys Bite Beast, by Ellen Snortland Huffington Post Comment
20 Aug. 2009 Comment on The PolicySpeak Disaster for Health Care, by George Lakoff Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyHuffington Post Comment
18 Aug. 2009 Co-ops Lack Leverage Unless Very Big E-Mail to My List
18 Aug. 2009 Making Heroes of Armed Men at Town Halls E-Mail to My List
17 Aug. 2009 Opponents Armed at Town Hall Meetings E-Mail to My List
17 Aug. 2009 Video I Shot at the Recent Town Hall Meeting E-Mail to My List
17 Aug. 2009 Video Clips of Schiff Town Hall: Democracy Will Not Be Silenced Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
9 Aug. 2009 Actions to Take to Support Health Care Reform Under Fire E-Mail to My List
8 Aug. 2009 The Would-Be Town Hall Putsches Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyE-Mail to My ListOpEdNews Article
5 Aug. 2009 Happy Birthday, Mr. President My Barack Obama Blog Entry
2 Aug. 2009 Fact Check in the Health Care Debate E-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
31 July 2009 Comment on Fear, Anger, Hope and Inspiration Will Decide Health Care Battle, by Robert Creamer Huffington Post Comment
29 July 2009 Comment on As Michael Vick Awaits Hail Mary, Vets Tackle a New GI Bill, by Paul Rieckhoff Huffington Post Comment
27 July 2009 Comment on King Coal, by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Huffington Post Comment
27 July 2009 The Bottom Lines on Health Care Reform E-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
23 July 2009 Comment on Gender Elephant in Gladwell’s Outlier Living Room, by Ellen Snortland Huffington Post Comment
22 July 2009 A Brief Framing of the Health Care Debate E-Mail to My List
15 July 2009 Who Pays for Health Care? Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyDaily Kos Diary EntryE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog Entry
7 July 2009 Re: Silent Partners: The Other Victims of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell E-Mail to My List
11 June 2009 Our Golden Opportunity for Real Health Care Reform Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyE-Mail to My List
2 June 2009 Comment on Rites of Spring, by Ellen Snortland and Gavin de Becker Huffington Post Comment
2 June 2009 Women Defending Themselves E-Mail to My List
23 May 2009 Re: Krugman: Blue Double Cross E-Mail to My List
29 April 2009 Extraordinary Photos of President’s First 100 Days E-Mail to My List
28 April 2009 The Specter of Hope, as the GOP Implodes E-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
31 March 2009 Happy Cesar Chavez Day: Sí, Se Puede E-Mail to My List
23 March 2009 Speaking of Organic ... E-Mail to My List
20 March 2009 The Organic Obamas! E-Mail to My List
16 March 2009 Right-Thinking Among Righteous Anger E-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
12 March 2009 Right-Wing Hangover Select, PDF Document, Downloadable & Printer-FriendlyE-Mail to My ListMy Barack Obama Blog EntryOpEdNews Article
11 March 2009 Comment on International Women’s Day, by Swanee Hunt Huffington Post Comment
11 March 2009 International Women’s Day E-Mail to My List
4 March 2009 My Mistake E-Mail to My List
1 March 2009 FW: A Threat to the Status Quo E-Mail to My List
28 Feb. 2009 FW: Right-Wing Tax and Budget Myths E-Mail to My List
27 Feb. 2009 The Obama Budget: A Return to Equality E-Mail to My List
19 Jan. 2009 MLK Day Image and True Story E-Mail to My List
15 Jan. 2009 Born-Again American E-Mail to My List

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Key to Icons in Table of Online Articles (above)

ICON TYPE OF ARTICLE ETC.
PDF Document Select Articles, E-Mails, etc. as Downloadable & Printer-Friendly PDF Documents — some of my most thought-provoking writing.
BarryTalk or GordonTalk Blog Entry BarryTalk & GordonTalk Blog Entries from April 2005 to June 2006. These blogs by Barry Gordon are no longer online; my entries are archived in my Progressive Thinking site.
Comments From Left Field Blog Entry CommentsFromLeftField.com Blog Entries by Doug Drenkow, from June 2005 to March 2006; by “The Scarecrow,” from December 2004 to February 2005; and by “Doug D.” from November to December 2004.
Daily Kos Diary Entry DailyKos.com Diary Entries from March 2006 to present.
Democratic News Group Posting Democratic News Group Postings from November 2002 to September 2003, archived in my Progressive Thinking site.
E-Mail to My List E-Mails Sent to My (Now) International List from 9/11/2001 to present.
Huffington Post Comment Huffington Post Comments from March 2009 to present.
My Barack Obama Blog Entry My.BarackObama.com Blog Entries from Feb. 2008 to present.
OpEdNews Article OpEdNews.com Articles from Sept. 2005 to present.

Please note that in the table, the date given for any article posted in multiple sites, or e-mailed as well as posted online, is the earliest date the article was posted or e-mailed; subsequent postings or e-mailing may have occurred on days immediately following.

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