MetaFilter posts tagged with reid

It's not over yet?

tylerfulltilt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:19:54 -0800

State of the debate filter: Harry Reid is looking like a giant waffle iron. Congress is getting crushed with phone calls. A G.E. healthcare exec, says "Shit or get off the pot already." The insurance industry says, "Back up off a deez!" And people aren't wavering in their support of a public option. For: http://healthcareforamericanow.org/ http://www.healthreform.gov/ http://www.barackobama.com/ http://citizensforapublicoption.com Against: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/STOP-GOVT-HEALTHCARE http://www.cprights.org/ http://www.freeourhealthcarenow.com/ http://www.rallycongress.com/2/2247/

Yes we can do ads.

tylerfulltilt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:26:59 -0800

With the vote on Health Care Reform pushed back to september, Ad campaigns are revving up, both for and against. The DNC has given the 13 million e-mails Obama collected during his campaign to Organizing For America. And our old friends Harry and Louise are back. Here is the "tools" page on barackobama.com. Wherein you can Tweet your support, or write a letter to the editors of newspapers in your area. The Twitter link opens directly to Twitter with stuff ready for you to send out.

Senate Votes for Retroactive immunity

delmoi — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:02:14 -0800

Senate votes for retroactive telecom immunity 67 senators voted against the Dodd/Feingold amendment to strip telecom immunity from the Protect America Act. It still needs to be pass the house. The Democrats voting against the amendment to strip immunity (and therefore maintain the current liability) were: Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Evan Bayh (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jim Webb (D-VA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Kent Conrad (D-ND), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). Hillary Clinton was the only Democrat not voting today.

1000 Days Non-stop at Sea

rmmcclay — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:26:52 -0800

Reid Stowe and Soanya Ahmad have embarked on a 1000 day journey aboard a 60 foot schooner named Anne which Reid built. They will remain beyond sight of land and will not be resupplied during the voyage. Reid has considerable experience as a sailor, having first sailed at 20 to Tahiti from Hawaii...and later building a a catamaran which he sailed across the Atlantic.

Democrats Tell President War Is Lost

Second Account For Making Jokey Comments — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:55:27 -0800

"This is the message I took to the President" US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today in response to reporters questions about his meeting with President Bush. "I believe myself that this war is lost and that the surge is not accomplishing anything, as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday."

How the Shoe Bomber do.

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:00:55 -0800

Window Into a Terrorist’s Isolation. British citizen and convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid plays Trivial Pursuit.