Commentary from Courage Campaign: Our “Insurance Jive” video shows that insurance companies actually operate de facto “death panels” — and demonstrates why we must demand that a strong public option be included in health care reform. Send this video to your friends and help spread a progressive message that shows[Read More…]
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Sons of American Legion Park Forest Golf Outing Sept. 5
(Graphics supplied) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 1198 is holding a golf outing on Saturday, September 5, 2008 at Lincoln Oaks Golf Club in Crete, Illinois. This past year SAL 1198 provided NOMEX hoods to a reserve unit deployed in Iraq, assisted with dinners for[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the Organizing for American National Health Care Forum
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009 – 2:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Hey! Thank you. AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. This looks like a casual crowd; I’m going to —[Read More…]
Former Rockford Mayor John McNamara Named to Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that John McNamara, former Rockford Mayor and Vice President for College Development at Rockford College, has been named to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. The committee is an independent and bipartisan source of advice and[Read More…]
9500 Liberty and Illegal Immigrants: Be Careful What You Wish For
Pittsburgh, PA –(ENEWSPF)– I had the opportunity to attent the Netroots Nation conferencein Pittsburgh last Friday while on vacation visiting my family. One of the presentations I attended was a screening of 9500 Liberty, a documentary that is soon-to-be released. The movie is incredibly moving. Here is the synopsis from[Read More…]
LGBT Community Groups Disappointed By Court’s Denial To Join Federal Prop 8 Case
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2009. Today Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco denied the request of Our Family Coalition; Lavender Seniors of the East Bay; and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) to join Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a federal lawsuit challenging California’s[Read More…]
Workers Uniting Union Counters the Lies in U.S. Health Care Debate
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2009. Workers Uniting, the world’s first international union, has launched an attack on the lies and misinformation being spread in the USA by opponents of President Obama’s health insurance reform plan. In an online campaign, the union representing three million working people from every industrial sector in[Read More…]
Barney Frank to Woman with Obama-As-Hitler Sign: What Planet Are You From?
Commentary From Talking Points Memo (TPM): Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) had an amazing moment at a town hall meeting, confronting a woman with an Obama-as-Hitler sign, and who asked Frank why he supported Obama’s “Nazi policy” on health care: Frank, who is a member of at least two groups that[Read More…]
Orchard Drive Reimagined, Redesigned
According to this proposal, Orchard Drive will have bike lanes north of Lakewood Boulevard. (Graphic: Baxter & Woodman) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Representatives from the Village of Park Forest and consulting engineers Baxter & Woodman held an open house Monday evening regarding the upcoming reconstruction of Orchard Drive. According to Village[Read More…]
America: Home of the For-Profit Health Care System
Commentary By Rosemary Piser Associate Editor One of the primary reasons why the United States will never be able to have the type of national health care program found in places like Canada, Great Britain, or France is due to the fact that the delivery of health care in the[Read More…]
