via email comes this from Rep. Alan Grayson: In the New York Times for June 13th, the Pentagon proclaimed that Afghanistan holds almost one trillion lira – no, sorry, that’s one trillion dollars – in hitherto-unknown mineral wealth. Allow me to offer these revelations: (1) Paris Hilton actually is Albert Einstein, with a wig. Think about [...]
War Is Making You Poor Act – HR5353 : Rep. Grayson introduces a bill to cut separate funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and uses the money to eliminate federal income taxes on every American’s first $35,000 of income. Cosponsors of this bill include Ron Paul, Walter Jones, John Conyers, Lynn Woolsey, and Dennis [...]
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Alan Grayson discusses executive compensation in the House Financial Services Committee with Nobel Prize winner Joe Stiglitz, Lucian Bebchuk and Nell Minow. Why is Grayson among the very few public representatives really standing up for America? (I’d count Kucinich, Sanders, and a few others in that group.) Is every other representative completely spineless or beholden to corporations and their lobbyists? [...]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Five Supreme Court Justices stabbed at the heart of democracy, our electoral system. They overturned over 100 years of statute and precedent, and declared that corporations can spend all the money that they want to buy elections. In fact, these five men in robes declared, they have a constitutional right to do so. A SINGLE [...]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-8) has introduced legislation to prevent a corporate takeover of government in America. His “Save Our Democracy” Reform Package (H.R. 4431-4435) aims to stave off the threat of “corpocracy” arising from today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision. “The Supreme Court in essence has ruled that corporations can buy elections. If that happens, democracy [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2GQyTUwIQI[/youtube] Alan Grayson on the ED Show at msnbc.com, January 4, 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR1APfnXsY0[/youtube] Alan Grayson talks about health care and the wars, costs in terms of money and lives ($3T and thousands of lives, American and others), Al Qaeda, and the perpetuation of death and debt. “How do we ask an American soldier to be the last to die in Afghanistan and Iraq?” he asks, paraphrasing the same [...]
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The nation’s bankers have much to be thankful for as they sit down to their turkey dinners on Thursday. At this time last year, the American financial system was near collapse, rescued only by hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. Now the system has stabilized, and the industry is on the verge of a coup [...]
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Friday, November 20, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_vWPAiieHU[/youtube] On The ED Show, Rep. Alan Grayson discusses the bill to audit the Fed, which passed out of the Financial Services Committee on November 20, 2009. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8EKGtf_YrY[/youtube] Rep. Alan Grayson, on November 19, 2009, argues in support of the Paul-Grayson amendment, which would subject the Federal Reserve to a complete audit. The amendment later [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0sgwv0rNUA[/youtube] Alan Grayson (Captain Cojones) talking about health care with Chris Matthews on Hardball.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akgoOTwgUGs[/youtube] Alan Grayson on the Ed Show talking about Fox News and the Republican Party.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK44oAyOPoU[/youtube] This is Rep. Alan Grayson on Real Time with Bill Maher, 10/16/09. He discusses his health care statements and general political philosophy. “Huey Long… You gotta put some jam on the bottom shelf where the little man can reach it.”
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Uw63gtaqY[/youtube] This is Rep. Alan Grayson on the Ed Show on MSNBC discussing Afghanistan.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ery7RZ4tZ2Y[/youtube] This is Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) discussing health care on the floor of the House on 10/8/09. He sends a message to Democrats: No one elected Olympia Snowe President of the United States. And he sends a message to Republicans: No one cares about your feelings.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
“If anybody needs to apologize, the Republicans need to apologize, because since they started these obstructive tactics so many more thousands of Americans have died for lack of health insurance.” And he stood by his original assertion, “Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.” When Salon pressed him, “Is what you said [...]
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The tough kid from the Bronx (and Harvard Law School) who represents an until recently Republican Orlando-area district pulled no punches Tuesday, when he declared on the House floor: “The Republican health care plan is this: Don’t get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.” After his GOP colleagues recovered from the shock [...]
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