Prairie Populists on YouTube

Hello there.
This is my first post to iggydonnelly.wordpress.com, although I also happen to be the teenage daughter of Iggy himself.
So hi. =)
I’ve decided to help out my Dear Old Dad by helping him branch out to other networking sites, such as YouTube. For all of you tech-savvy folks out there who already happen to [...]

Missing Richard Nixon . . .

Paul Krugman seldom misses a non-breaking curve ball, but he really slams the 08-30-09 editoral by the same name as this post into the upper decks.  Nixon a saint?  Well not exactly, but he did govern at a time when seeking biparisan support was not a capital offense.
As Krugman points out Nixon proposed “health care [...]

Monday, 08/31/09, Public Square

Hope your Monday doesn’t bring challenges you can’t handle!  Sometimes getting beyond the rough patches is harder than others but leaves good lessons.
Is this about the loveliest weather you could ever hope for!?  Maybe this weather will take us to winter, winter will be late in coming and short in duration, taking us into spring.  [...]

Conservatives — personal attack & reflexive stonewalling

I read a review for a new book written by Sam Tanenhaus (editor of The New York Times Book Review and that paper’s Week in Review) titled, “The Death of Conservatism.”
The reviewer stated the author writes about Conservatives who identify government itself as being with the ‘forces of evil.’  Then the book delves into the [...]

Sunday, 08/30/09, Public Square

Does the early bird still get the worm?  Seems our world has changed so much, I just need to be reassured some things can still be counted on!
What’s on for your day?
fnord

Our Stats are Looking Good…

It is true, they are.  Wednesday was over 700,;  Thursday was over 600;  Today, who knows.
Thanks for all your work, each and every one of you…
iggy donnelly

Baggin’ it.

You all remember school lunches? The ones you brought to school, and how they entwined themselves into our daily routines?  First, the brown paper sack. Remember the sound it made when opened at the table with all the other kids? Opening the sandwiches neatly wrapped in wax paper; looking around at what the other kids [...]

Saturday, 08/29/09, Public Square

Source: images.huffingtonpost.com
Look closely at the tall man in the center of the group.  How many of the protesters have read his sign? 
It’s Saturday!  Will it be a day of play, rest, work, a bit of all?
fnord

Friday, 08/28/09, Public Square

Talk about persistent!  When women decide to form picket lines, they don’t give up easily!
Ten suffragists were arrested on August 28, 1917, as they picketed the White House.  Daily picketing began on January 10, 1917. During that year, more than 1,000 women from across the country joined the picket line outside the White House.  Between [...]

A tribute to Senator Kennedy

Here is a stirring tribute song to my good friend, Senator Ted Kennedy called ‘Headed Home.’ I wrote this song with the great Phil Springer. Take a moment to listen to the words. You don’t have to agree with everyone’s politics…none of us agree 100% of the time. But you have to admire a lifetime [...]

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Thursday, 08/27/09, Public Square

Most days it’s a good idea to hold hands when you go out in the world.
What’s going on, Prairie P&Ps?  How about anyone who may be visiting and not stopping to say hi — how are you today?
fnord

Monica: Would you Guys do it with her?

Another poll to boost our numbers.  I don’t think I would.  But I also don’t think I would ever get the opportunity.  What do you folk think?

Close to a Record Tonight…

Given that we are close to beating a record, thanks to the very great work of one fnord, I have a poll shamelessly devoted to that goal:  Would you bloggers rather 1) see Dick “Darth” Cheney violently sodomized by an angry alien, or 2) all U.S. citizens having healthcare?  One or two?
Love you all…

The Senate’s great lion

In a recent article written by Senator Edward M. Kennedy and published in Newsweek, he explains why he fought to make health care available for every mother or father who hears a sick child cry in the night.
In 1973, when I was first fighting in the Senate for universal coverage, we learned that [...]