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Wednesday 25 November 2009 by: George Lakoff, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed Cost-benefit analysis can kill. The failure to distinguish statistics from arithmetic can kill. In the current debate over mammograms, the number of women projected to be at risk of death due to cost-benefit analysis is about 47,000. That [...]

Daily Local News, Monday, November 23, 2009 By KATRINA DIX, Staff Writer WEST CHESTER — The president of the National Organization for Women visited West Chester for a rally Saturday afternoon with the stated goal of protesting the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the House health care bill “on Rep. Pitts’ home turf.” The Stupak-Pitts Amendment states [...]

from Lois Herr for Congress, 11/21/09 At rally against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment held at the Chester County Courthouse in West Chester on Saturday, Nov. 21st, the National Organization for Women officially endorsed Lois Herr for Congress. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the U.S. House Health Care Reform bill passed last week. The National Organization of Women [...]

by Barbara McIlvaine Smith (D-156), November 22, 2009 I want to share with you my decision not to pursue a third term in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. I feel ten years of public service is sufficient. It’s time to return to my first love—working to improve the environment through advocacy and education. In 1998, I [...]

by possum Daily Kos, Sat Nov 21, 2009 Lois Herr (D-PA) is running for Congress in an effort to unseat incumbent Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA), co-sponsor of the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the healthcare bill. This morning NOW held a rally in support of Ms. Herr in downtown West Chester, PA. The crowd of supporters may [...]

We’d like to thank all who supported, donated to, and voted for Susan, Deb, Lisa, and Sue. We ran a strong and fact-based campaign that we are very proud of. Please stay tuned as Citizens for Excellence in Public Schools participates in WCASD life, observes School Board meetings, comments on students’ and taxpayers’ needs, and [...]

Rep. Joe Pitts (R – PA 16) likes to work behind the scenes as chair of the US House “Values Action Team,” but he came out from cover 2 weeks ago in co-authoring the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which is the focus of a rally tomorrow Nov. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at the Court House in downtown [...]

By Spencer Ackerman, Washington Independent, 11/19/09 On a blogger conference call this afternoon, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) announced he can’t support a potential addition of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. “We ought not to add troops in Afghanistan,” Specter said, adding that he questioned “even staying” in Afghanistan unless the administration demonstrates that continuing the war [...]

Alarming excerpts from “Rachel Maddow Interview with Former Evangelist Frank Schaeffer: Christian Right Is ‘Trolling for Assassins,’” AlterNet, November 19, 2009. “It‘s no fault of the president that he has no natural instinct or blood impulse for what the America of the 57 states is about. He was sired by a Kenyan father, born to [...]

pa2010.com 10/19/09 Senator Arlen Specter on Sunday lashed into his old party, calling the GOP a “party of obstruction” that was “not cooperating.” Specter, a Republican for decades before switching parties earlier this year, voiced his criticism on Fox News Sunday. “On the Republican side,” he said, “it’s no, no, no. A party of obstructionism. [...]