Wisconsin citizens demand troops come home now

From The Capital Times:

Wisconsin voters from the northern forests to cities of the south, from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, sent a message Tuesday that will be heard nationwide by passing referendums supporting an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq, advocates said today.


"It's reverberating around the country," said Tim Carpenter, executive director of the Progressive Democrats of America, an organization promoting similar referendums in other states.

"The bottom line is that Wisconsin is ahead of the curve. You'll see more of these referendums, more grass-roots efforts to bring the war to the forefront of the debate," he said.

Read the rest by clicking on the title of the post. Particularly noteworthy from the article is:

"This vote was a test," said Karen Dolan, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and director of the Cities for Peace project, adding that Tuesday's results now brings to 100 the number of communities nationwide that have either passed resolutions or approved referendums against the war.

The begining of Universal Health Care in the US?

From Medical News Today:

A bill that would require nearly all Massachusetts residents to have health insurance was overwhelmingly approved by lawmakers in a 155-2 vote. This is despite the fact that employer-based insurance cover in the USA is falling.

Half-a-million Massachusetts residents currently have no health insurance cover at all. This new policy will provide cover for approximately 95% of them.

A business that employs more than ten people will have to pay $295 for every uninsured employee.

Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts, has indicated he will sign the bill.

Read the rest at the link (at the title of this post). Massachusetts leads the way once again. Let's keep the ball rolling on this one.