Time To REMOVE Debbie Wasserman Schultz As DNC Chair? WAY PAST TIME!

[Segami]

There are far too many self-serving careerist Democrats in politics to be able to say Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the worst. But people do say it. And she is certainly one of the worst. When she was a state senator in Florida she cut a gerrymandering deal with the Republicans that gave her an unassailably Jewish congressional district made for her forever. In return the GOP got far more narrowly safe congressional seats than their share of the statewide vote would make reasonable. And in the state legislature, as in Congress, she was and has been a deal-maker with all the worst crooks with special interests they needed taken care of-- from the private prison industry to the Fanjul brothers and their sugar empire.

Politically, her conservatism has been a catastrophe for Florida Democrats. As the head of the DCCC's Red to Blue program, she endorsed three corrupt conservative Republicans instead of their Democratic challengers! She has been disrespectful-- and downright evil-- towards Democratic candidates who were not conservative self-funders. A New Dem sleazebag, she is constantly pushing the Democratic Party to the economic right from within. And she's been rewarded for her efforts with the chairmanship of the DNC.

As chair of the DNC she has raised immense sums of money for herself and has undermined Democratic Party values and principles and pushed her own reactionary agenda, giving credence to right-wing nonsense from the "dangers" of medical marijuana to the "dangers" of opening up to Cuba. Yesterday Dan Balz and Philip Rucker reported in the Washington Post that Wasserman Schultz used her position as party chair to block a resolution at the DNC conclave in Minneapolis backing Obama on the Iran deal.

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz prevented consideration of a resolution at the party’s summer meeting here that praised President Obama and offered backing for the nuclear agreement with Iran, according to knowledgeable Democrats.

The resolution was drafted with the intention of putting the national committee on record in support of the agreement as Congress prepares to take up the issue when members return from their August recess.

As a fallback, James Zogby, the co-chair of the Resolutions Committee, led a move to prepare a letter of support for the president and the Iran agreement that eventually gained signatures from a sizable majority of the members of the national committee. Zogby said Saturday that, in the end, this produced a satisfactory outcome.

“We wanted to show support for the president,” he said. “We found that the best way to show support was a letter that members would sign on to, and the overwhelming majority of DNC members signed onto the letter. This is the President Obama we elected in 2008 who said, ‘I choose diplomacy over conflict,’ and he did it.”

...Some Democrats on the national committee who were unhappy that the resolution did not come up for consideration said that, as DNC chair, Wasserman Schultz owed her allegiance in this instance to the president, regardless of her own local political considerations.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/29/dems-say-party-chair-blocked-iran-resolution-at-dnc-meeting/

MoveOn.org had a petition up within hours to remove her as DNC chair. You can read it and sign it here.

Isn't one Republican Party enough?


http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com

[HappyPlace]

1. Done! I signed the petition.

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com

[billhicks76]

16. Amen

[trueblue2007]

54. I SIGNED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND I POSTED IT TO FACEBOOK ALSO

[calimary]

135. So did I!

Been agitating about this for some time now. Two of the WORST-EVER Democratic election losses in recent history have happened on HER watch. 2014 of course, and more critically, 2010 - in which the teabaggers got their big launch and they've never looked back from that, either. And what did she do about it? NOTHING.

Where is Howard Dean when we need him?

[Bubzer]

138. Also signed!!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

86. Right there with you.

[Blus4u]

2. Bet this gets hidden...

....within 20 minutes.

[RobertEarl]

6. This is NOT primary

It is about the Party.

Of course some will get their knickers in a twist over such freedom of speech. Yee shall know them by their fruits.

[erronis]

12. Obligatory: there are probably no fruits in their knickers.....

[merrily]

96. Why would you assume that?

[Electric Monk]

47. 95 recs and 4 hours later, it would appear that you lost that bet. nt

[Logical]

60. Guess you were wrong. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

68. Wrong... gettin' wronger by the minute.

[cascadiance]

132. As long as she isn't photoshopped to look like Jar Jar...

... I guess it can stay up. In another thread I had a post hidden when I made that mistake not trying to comment on her appearance, which some people were claiming, but to be more illustrative that she was a DINO, that Jar Jar looks a lot like. Just be careful. Words are more focused on what you mean and are harder to alert on. Images can be interpreted in different ways.

Fully agree with your sentiments though here!

[Rex]

3. But...appreciation thread redux?

The notice the DU D.C. crowd is staying far away from these threads, I guess they finally gave up defending the indefendable.

[Segami]

4. Nothing left for us to do

but sit around and sing Kumbaya.

[DrBulldog]

32. Yes, but singing the EXPLICIT version . . .

[merrily]

97. Or we could just listen.

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. That's too lenient.

Throw her out of the party. She belongs in the repuke crowd.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

87. Been done with Debby for a long time now. How she keeps her position is a mystery to me.

[brooklynite]

7. Maybe you should take this up with the President...

...pretty much his call.

But I'm sure 7,500 signatures (0.002% of likely Democratic voters) on an internet petition will change his mind.

[RobertEarl]

8. Hillary wants more debates

Well, she did in 2008.

Now she and DWS are gaming the system. Rigging it would be more like it. And the Hillary group is all in favor of the rigging. No wonder we are getting fed up with the Hillary group, eh?

[L0oniX]

15. ..because all petitions are just feel good self exercises.

[brooklynite]

38. Internet petitions? Pretty much...

[L0oniX]

39. Ah so they still have snail mail petitions?

[brooklynite]

69. Better than that...

there's this thing called email, where you can write a message in your own words, rather than "sign" the same message as everyone else.

[Live and Learn]

92. Yeah, that'll work. lol nt

[bvar22]

141. Snail Mail is still the best.

A secretary can delete a million negative E-Mails with a single keystroke every morning.

They are forced to at least OPEN every single snail mail, because there may be money inside.
I don't do too many I-Net Polls, but will participate in Snail Mail protests.

[L0oniX]

149. I've been informed that there is a difference between internet and email.

I guess email is sent and received over 2 cans and a string.

[a2liberal]

20. Funny you should say that

because those blaming the President in another thread for what was, as you state, de facto his call, were criticized for it because technically the DNC votes on it (even though tradition is that the President makes the call and it's rubber stamped, and they knew it)

[DrBulldog]

33. It's only been a few hours . . .

. . . wait until it hits the national press.

[rhett o rick]

74. You really hate democracy don't you? nm

[brooklynite]

77. Not at all; I just hate slacktivism...

...if you REALLY want to shake things up in the DNC, I'd suggest you talk to your State Party (who appoints the State's DNC members) or let the President know....in your own words.

[Jack Rabbit]

9. She should have been removed last November

The Democrats began 2014 with the House in play and the Senate likely to be held. Somebody needs to take responsibility for that failing.

[MisterP]

11. they really, sincerely think the campaign was perfect--it's not the creators' fault voters didn't

respond to it! every loss HAS to be the voters' fault; heck, everything the GOP passes is the voters' fault for not voting for Dems who'll pass GOP programs

that's how they see the world--no wonder they're not able to really respond to the Sanders challenge: they got too greedy and had to seize the whole party and now everyone can see it's not working

[Jack Rabbit]

43. If the Wall Street Democrats have to resort to that lame excuse after every election, then . . .

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. . . it must be the fault of the Wall Street Democrats. What an inspiring message they have: mosre catfood for everyone. Or vote for us and we'll put Larry Summers in charge of the economy. Or: What was wrong with the way Eric Holder didn't prosecute Legs Dimon and Pretty Boy Lloyd?

In 2006, the country was so sick of the Frat Boy and the Big Dick that there was no way the Wall Street Democrats could fuck it up, but just to be safe, Howard Dean chaired the DNC. In 2008 and 2012, we had Obama successfully masquerading as a progressive. In 2010 and 2014, there was no excuse.

The reason Hillary had been so dominant until recently is that most Democrats didn't realize that there is an alternative to Republican Lite. Now that they do, Hillary is slipping.

The 2016 election is too important to let the Wall Street Democrats blow it again.

[MisterP]

45. it works out GREAT--for them: their delaying tactics have worked so far

besides if you lose that's a great way to both beg for more money and restrict the commoners' influence, since after all they're the ones who failed to vote

[Marty McGraw]

134. + 1kW

or Rather + 1gW (giga) for the exuberant Energy potential you statement gives hope toward.

[Jack Rabbit]

136. Welcome to DU, Mr. McGraw

!!

[Marty McGraw]

137. Thank you

It's really fun to be back here, again.

Especially during this exciting moment!

[merrily]

101. Not the fault of the voters, but the fault of liberals who failed to vote.

[bvar22]

65. She should have been kicked to the curb in 2008:

In 2008 Debbie Wasserman Schultz refused to endorse these 3 Democrats
who had won their Primaries and had a chance to win Republican seats:

Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Joe Garcia

Former Hialeah Democratic Mayor Raul Martinez

Democratic businesswoman Annette Taddeo

All three had won their local Democratic Primaries, and were challenging Hard Core Republican incumbents with whom Wasserman-Schultz had become cozy.
Not only did the head of the DCCC Red to Blue Program REFUSE to endorse these Democratic challengers,
but she appeared in person at at least one (possibly more) Campaign/Fundraiser for their Republican opponents.



FL-18, FL-21, FL-25: Wasserman Schultz Wants Dem Challengers to Lose
by: James L.
Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 7:15 PM EDT
<snip>

Sensing a shift in the political climate of the traditionally solid-GOP turf of the Miami area, Democrats have lined up three strong challengers -- Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair Joe Garcia, former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, and businesswoman Annette Taddeo to take on Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, respectively.

While there is an enormous sense of excitement and optimism surrounding these candidacies, some Democratic lawmakers, including Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kendrick Meek, are all too eager to kneecap these Democratic challengers right out of the starting gate in the spirit of "comity" and "bipartisan cooperation" with their Republican colleagues:

But as three Miami Democrats look to unseat three of her South Florida Republican colleagues, Wasserman Schultz is staying on the sidelines. So is Rep. Kendrick Meek, a Miami Democrat and loyal ally to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

This time around, Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their relationships with the Republican incumbents, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races.

"At the end of the day, we need a member who isn't going to pull any punches, who isn't going to be hesitant," Wasserman Schultz said.

Now, you'd expect this kind of bullshit from a backbencher like Alcee Hastings, but you wouldn't expect this kind of behavior from the co-chair of the DCCC's Red to Blue program, which is the position that Wasserman Schultz currently holds. Apparently, Debbie did not get Rahm's memo about doing whatever it takes to win:

The national party, enthusiastic about the three Democratic challengers, has not yet selected Red to Blue participants. But Wasserman Schultz has already told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that if any of the three make the cut, another Democrat should be assigned to the race.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1537

The bloggers also are furious with Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.), who similarly refuses to endorse the Democratic challengers to the three Cuban American Republicans.

They are calling for Wasserman Schultz to step down from her leadership role at the DCCC. And they're not letting up, even after one Florida liberal blogger reported that the congresswoman seemed "frustrated" by the blogs and had asked to "please help get them off my back."

This prompted even harsher reaction from perhaps the most influential of the progressive political bloggers, Markos Moulitsas, a.k.a. Kos, founder of Daily Kos, who wrote on his blog Wednesday: "On so many fronts, the Republicans are standing in the way of progress, on Iraq, SCHIP, health care, fiscal responsibility, corruption, civil liberties, and so on. Those three south Florida Republicans are part of that problem. And she's (Wasserman-Schultz) going to be 'frustrated' that people demand she do her job?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903410_3.html

Here are Kos comments on the Wasserman-Schultz betrayal of the Democratic Party:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/03/20/480511/-DCCC-Says-Uproar-Over-DWS-Recusal-Much-Ado-About-Nothing




A lot of time has passed since 2008, but I don't take these kinds of betrayals lightly.

bvar22
Cursed with a memory

"I want to thank Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for being an outstanding chair of our party. (Applause.) She is a great partner."--President Obama

With "partners" like this, we don't need Republicans!

[merrily]

99. That's nothing. Democrats began 2010 with massive control of both houses. Kaine got a Senate seat.

Before that, Dean, who was a huge success at the job 2005-2009 got booted and replaced by Kaine. The rewards and punishments seem to vary inversely with results at the polls. Kaine's midterm strategy was--and I quote---"Don't give 'em back the keys." Even Dem loyalist Jon Stewart could not believe his ears and correctly predicted disaster at the polls.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/x3j2f8/tim-kaine

Debbie Republican Shultz's 2014 midterm strategy was "Since Obama seems to enjoy singing, let's see how he does belting out 'Say My Name.'"

It's not only DWS who needs to go. The DNC leadership needs a shake up. Third Way is not selling and their reaction to the 2014 rout was to double down.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025769052

[Phlem]

10. Done.

We, as a Democratic Socialist movement can't stop here. Every single Thirdwayer and DINO in the party needs to be gone. That's how restore order in the party. Remove the Conservative Right Wing attribute of the party because it's been controlling the party for too long and have brought us here, walking the third world path, as a country.

If they want to be Right Wing Conservatives, they shouldn't be in the Democratic Party, big tent and all.

[bvar22]

19. DWS is more of a Republican than she is a Democrat.

She endorses Republicans over solid Democrats, and appears at Republican fund raisers.

"I want to thank Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for being an outstanding chair of our party. (Applause.) She is a great partner."--President Obama

[Phlem]

25. Nice.

Obama's endorsement just wraps up everything I've been watching and following nicely.

We need to clean house!

[bvar22]

28. This encapusalates exactly what is wrong with today's Democratic Party.

Did you hear what happened to Max Baucus,
the Democratic Senator who refused to let anyone mention "Medicare for All" at his "Senate Hearing"?
...and, in fact, had some doctors and nurses (for Medicare) arrested and physically removed from the hearing room.

He was rewarded by Obama with the Ambassadorship to China...
one of the most sought after foreign assignments in the US.

Old Max will surely be filling all those off shore accounts now.
That is a BIG, WET, Thank You from President Obama.

[Phlem]

34. This I'm not surprised by.

He went from "Populist" to "New Democrat" in the blink of an eye during his election. In his acceptance speech even. That set the tone for his whole administration and what surprises me is the amount of damage he is willing fulfill. TPP.

Ugh.

[Sienna86]

59. Not so sure of Max Baucus' reward

I think of him everything there's a hazardous air warning in Beijing...about every other day. The air pollution is horrible there.

[bvar22]

66. With the lucre Baucus is pulling in today,

he probably commutes from Montana, and has HEPA filters on his palace in Bejing.

[delrem]

89. Max Baucus won't be mixing with the crowd that has to breathe that air.

He'll be the centre of some of the most lucrative investment deals on the planet.
So, of course, will his friends.

He will be part of the elite, those who don't have to owe any loyalty to any country and so who don't. Who will always be winners.

That's the kind of deal that was handed to Max Baucus.

[merrily]

100. If ambassadorships are not intended as rewards, why do so many go to big donors?

[Raster]

112. Ambassadorships are NOT rewards.<wink, wink> They ALWAYS go to the most qualified citizens.<wink>

[merrily]

113. Just think: the face of the USA in any given country may be that of the richest donor.

Being treated like royalty, courtesy of your tax dollar!

[Raster]

115. And "treated like royalty" is not far from the mark. Many exclusive perks and incentives go...

hand-in-hand with Ambassadorial cred. For one, absolute diplomatic immunity. Two, privileged access to the movers and shakers and wealthy upper crust of the host country.

[merrily]

117. Two of my cousins married ambassadors (not from America).

One second cousin married an ambassador to the UN and another second cousin married an ambassador to France. Both were career diplomats, not donors.

VERY nice, huge apartments in Manhattan and Paris, servants, the whole nine yards.

[former9thward]

42. A "Democratic Socialist movement"?

You may be a democratic socialist but the Democratic Party is not, never has been and never will be. It is one of two parties that operate in a capitalist system. Most rank and file people that vote for Democrats are not socialists. If you want a democratic socialist party you may have to find another vehicle.

[Phlem]

44. Thanks for your concern.

[former9thward]

48. Thanks for yours....

[merrily]

102. Democratic socialists operate in a capitalistic system--and within the Democratic Party.

In the US, there is no such thing as a Democratic Socialist Party, only a Democratic Socialist movement within the Democratic Party.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12806844

The domestic policies of FDR and LBJ were very much the kinds of policies Democratic Socialists seek.

[former9thward]

147. Both FDR and LBJ would laugh at being described as socialists.

They were not.

[merrily]

150. Exactly my point. Democratic Socialist is not the same as socialist.

[laundry_queen]

152. Yep. Poli sci 101 nt

[merrily]

153. Thanks. Google 101 will also do it. Even DU Site search.

[former9thward]

154. Who said they were?

FDR and LBJ would laugh at being called "democratic socialists" also.

[merrily]

155. No they absolutely would not laugh at that.

Hey, if you can pretend to know what people who have been dead for decades would or would not laugh at if they were alive today, so can I.

But what they would or would not laugh at is beside the point anyway. Fact is, their policies were democratic socialist policies. Most decent policies are.

[former9thward]

156. They were liberal capitalist.

Which by the way is why Sanders has never (until this campaign) identified himself as a Democrat. He has to be a Democrat for ballot purposes. I guess we have to disagree.

[merrily]

157. Sanders has always been a liberal capitalist. That is exactly what Democratic Socialists are.

Please see Reply 102 again. You say you get the difference between a Democratic Socialist and a socialist, but your posts have not been reflecting that difference. I wonder why that is? Do you not understand the difference, after all, or are you choosing not to understand it?

On the theory that you have been posting in good faith and simply need clarification, even though I've already given you other links, try listening to this:

Also:

"What am I trying to do in this campaign is to tell Americans what many of them don't know: that the benefits for working people are a lot, lot stronger in many other countries around the world," he has said.

Sanders points out that in many races for mayor and Congress he ran and won as an independent, not as a member of any socialist party.

And he says the kind of socialism he advocates is the Democratic socialism seen in Scandinavia and other countries in Europe. Those governments support paid sick leave, universal health care and free higher education.

"How many Americans know that in virtually every major industrialized country people are guaranteed vacation time, paid vacation time? That when you have a baby, moms and dads are guaranteed ... family leave?" he said.

http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/27/434872755/exactly-what-kind-of-socialist-is-bernie-sanders

[former9thward]

158. I understand your definitions.

I just don't agree they are correct.

[merrily]

159. They are not my definitions.

I have linked you to many things over these many posts, not a single one of which contains material of authorship that was original to me. But, you knew that.

What a waste of time!

[erronis]

13. What makes anyone think that she is a real democrat? A virus in sheep's clothing, perhaps?

[Milliesmom]

14. Signed!

[closeupready]

17. A thread which is WAY overdue. K&R

She's undoubtedly a nice person, but a horrible party boss.

[DocMac]

18. K&R

[Bonhomme Richard]

21. Done. n/t

[Dont call me Shirley]

22. The clown make-up proves that she belongs in the clown car.

[Hulk]

23. God, I wish.

What a complete incompetent clown for that position. We went from Howard Dean to this? No wonder the repuKKKe party is still surviving. We play stupid and put our heads up our collective butts so they can keep up.

I'm ALL for getting someone who is NOT beholding to Israel for being elected to office.

[wilsonbooks]

24. Done and thanks for posting.

[oldandhappy]

26. Tried to email her

but her email only accepts email if your zip code (including the 4 digit tag) is in her district. A note is ready to mail in the morning. Thank you for the petition link.

[Babel_17]

61. You can give feedback regarding her, and the debate schedule, at the DNC contact page

http://my.democrats.org/page/s/contact-the-democrats

Please submit all political and public policy—related questions and comments, as well as any technical issues or questions about Democrats.org here.

You can also reach us via mail or phone.

Mailing address:
Democratic National Committee
430 South Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

Main phone number: 202-863-8000

I called as well. A polite person will answer the phone, and they will listen.

P.S. You can e-mail them from the link.

[oldandhappy]

76. Appreciate this. Thank you.

[bvar22]

142. Snail Mail works better.

At the very least it always gets opend because there may be money inside.

A million E-Mails can be deleted with a single keystroke.

[cherokeeprogressive]

71. I used the Zip Code +4 from her office in Aventura, FL

33180-2403

[oldandhappy]

75. Cool! Thanks.

You are brilliant!

[City Lights]

27. Signed with gusto!

We need to get rid of her!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. I really believe the Democrats and Republicans have been working a deal to split America 50/50.

[bvar22]

63. Not only that, but they are using their best [i]Madison Ave[/i] tech...

...to keep the nation appearing to be divided 50/50. That way, every election season brings in $100 BILLION,
and the "losers" get to go home and tell the locals, "WE almost won that one, and if we had had a little more money, everything would be OK."....So start donating TODAY!!!

This method applies not only to elections, but for almost every issue that comes before Congress.
SEND MORE MONEY FOR MORE REPRESENTATION!
This is the USA!

[glinda]

30. Kick and signed.

[DrBulldog]

31. Done with her! I signed the petition.

And I passed it on to all my YOUNG relatives. After all, they have the most to lose, don't they?

[MohRokTah]

35. Your petition will have zero effect on the DNC.

Precisely none.

She is the DNC chair through the 2016 election.

End of story.

[connecticut yankee]

36. I've never been able to take this woman seriously.

Something about her manner just turns me off.

Also, why does the petition say "Democrat" instead of "Democratic?"

[DrBulldog]

37. I used to think "Curly" was cute, then I stopped looking at her . . .

. . . and started listening to her mouth.

[world wide wally]

40. Who exactly supports her?

[bvar22]

143. The very wealthy Cuban exile community in South Florida,

*AIPAC

*Republicans

*President Obama and the "3rd Way" Party Leadership

"I want to thank Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for being an outstanding chair of our party. (Applause.) She is a great partner."--President Obama

With "partners" like this, we don't need Republicans!

[world wide wally]

145. With friends like this, who needs enemas?

[CharlotteVale]

41. The head of the DNC endorses REPUBLICANS? Why

am I not surprised....

[Warren DeMontague]

46. After she bravely sided with Sheldon Adelson in favor of arresting cancer patients who smoke pot?

why in heavens name would anyone think she's out of touch?

[djean111]

52. To be fair, she told the originator of that bill, John Morgan, that she would back

the bill if he stopped saying exactly what he thought of her. Morgan declined, and sent the email to Politico.
No more graphic illustration that she has no core, no beliefs, just is after contributions and power.
There is no there, there.

I live in Florida, so am more familiar with her GOP-loving ways. Pisses me off when we are told oh, elect Progressives locally and they will move on up. They will not get past Debbie.

[Warren DeMontague]

53. yeah, someone finally clued her in that it's not 1996, and "lets lock up drug users" doesnt play as

well as it used to.

Still, she's one of a handful of house Dems to consistently vote against getting the Feds out of meddling in state marijuana laws, and I don't see any indication that she's changed on that position.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/03/house-votes-to-ban-some-pot-law-enforcement-cut-dea-budget

As a resident of a state that has voted to legalize recreational marijuana, I don't appreciate Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida trying to tell Oregon what we can or cannot do here.

[Segami]

55. How Israel Became A Medical Marijuana Powerhouse

Mimi Peleg’s job is to teach people how to use pot—how long to inhale smoke or vapor, how to administer sublingual drops, or how to ration out a pot cookie.

Peleg directs large-scale cannabis training for the Israeli government’s state-supported, discreet, successful and expanding medical cannabis distribution center, MECHKAR. MECHKAR began as a tiny program serving about 1,800 people from 2008-2009. Today, supplied by eight farms located all over the country, the program distributes cannabis to 12,000 patients.

While medical marijuana has been approved in 18 U.S. states, and recreational use in two, U.S. federal law still criminalizes the drug, and its future remains uncertain. In Israel, however, the $40-million-per-year medical-marijuana industry is thriving. And, while research efforts have been continually hindered in the states by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the DEA, the Israeli government is funding and supporting breakthrough research on the many healing potentials of the cannabis plant.

http://nocamels.com/2014/01/how-israel-became-a-medical-marijuana-powerhouse/

Cannabis Heals Bone Fractures, Makes New Bones Even Stronger


Cannabis, or marijuana, was used as a go-to medical remedy by societies around the world for centuries. But the therapeutic use of marijuana was banned in most countries in the 1930s and ’40s due to a growing awareness of the dangers of addiction. The significant medical benefits of marijuana in alleviating symptoms of such diseases as Parkinson’s, cancer, and multiple sclerosis have only recently been reinvestigated.

A new study by Tel Aviv and Hebrew University researchers explores another promising new medical application for marijuana. According to the research, the administration of the non-psychotropic component cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) significantly helps heal bone fractures, possibly even preventing them in the future.

The study, conducted on rats with mid-femoral fractures, a serious fracture in the thigh bone, found that CBD — even when isolated from tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoactive component of cannabis — markedly enhanced the healing process of the bone fractures after just eight weeks.


Undeniable clinical potential

In earlier research, the same research team discovered that cannabinoid receptors within our bodies stimulated bone formation and inhibited bone loss. This paves the way for the future use of cannabinoid drugs to combat osteoporosis and other bone-related diseases.

“The clinical potential of cannabinoid-related compounds is simply undeniable at this point,” said Dr. Yankel Gabet of TAU’s Bone Research Laboratory. “While there is still a lot of work to be done to develop appropriate therapies, it is clear that it is possible to detach a clinical therapy objective from the psychoactivity of cannabis. CBD, the principal agent in our study, is primarily anti-inflammatory and has no psychoactivity,” meaning they do not results in alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness.

http://nocamels.com/2015/07/cannabis-heals-bone-fractures-study/

[Warren DeMontague]

56. I always think it's funny when Xtian Fundies get all goopy for Israel.

Yeah, Israel: pro-choice, where Ru-486 is easily available, pro LGBT equality, cutting edge tech and science and research...

[Segami]

57. Heh heh...yup

[merrily]

104. Israel is seen as necessary for the Second Coming.

After the Second Coming, everyone, including Jews, who has not accepted Jesus as the Son of God and his or her personal savior, will begin to burn in hell for all eternity because...mericiful, but just God. Until then, though, true believer Christians are resolutely on the side of Israel.

[Warren DeMontague]

144. Yeah, I understand the comic book, sunday school "reasoning", so to speak.

It's just pretty funny given the reality.

[merrily]

146. Well, no one ever said that the religious right doesn't have a great sense of humor about

such things.

Oh, wait....

They were even trying to breed a certain type of cow that went extinct long ago because the Bible referred to its ashes in connection with the Second Coming.

[Bubzer]

49. I cannot rec this enough.

[passiveporcupine]

51. SIGNED!

Thanks so much for the link!

[Babel_17]

58. There's another petition at whitehouse.gov as well

Lorien tipped me off to it.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-debbie-wasserman-schulz-effective-immediately-chairwoman-dnc-democratic-national-committee

[George II]

84. That's a fake "White House" website

[Babel_17]

85. Nope, it's legit.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/

Go there and click on "Participate" up top. Click on "We the People Petitions". That takes you to the petitions page.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions
From there you can click on "Popular".
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions/popular/0/2/0/
Scroll down and there it is.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-debbie-wasserman-schulz-effective-immediately-chairwoman-dnc-democratic-national-committee

If you google https://www.whitehouse.gov/ you'll see this.

The White House | whitehouse.gov
https://www.whitehouse.gov/
White House
Official White House site presents issue positions, news, Cabinet, appointments, offices and major speeches. Includes biography, video tour and photo essays.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhiteHouse.gov

WhiteHouse.gov is the official website of the White House and is owned by the United States government. Launched in October 1994,[3] it contains general American history information, as well as current news pertaining to the President, press briefings, proclamations, executive orders, and any speeches the president has made on the radio.

The website is the responsibility of the incumbent administration. As a result the site is completely redesigned for each new president, and the site's structure and URLs are often inconsistent from one administration to the next.

Content of website is in the public domain or licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license.[4]

[99th_Monkey]

62. K&R - Hell Yah!! Petition signed -nt-

[Auggie]

64. DONE!

[rbrnmw]

67. Done

[Historic NY]

70. She'll be there until the election is over.

[V0ltairesGh0st]

72. It simple really

If you are Bernie Sanders you call her out. You say " She doesn't act like a democrat at all, in fact she acts, and sides with GOP interests." then cite all the examples in this article. If you put that kind of heat on her she will crumble.

[PumpkinAle]

73. Thanks OP - signed <end>

[Lifelong Protester]

78. I do not like her.

When she said it didn't matter who won the recall in WI, Walker or the Dem.(Barrett), that did it for me.

[left-of-center2012]

79. Signed it

Let's gather at the castle door and overthrow the woman.

[ReallyIAmAnOptimist]

80. Signed.

Thank you.

[svpadgham]

81. Come to think of it

I've never seen an attack on DWS by a Republican, and as head of the DNC she would seem to be a pretty big target. Every other Democrat and even family members they'll build a time machine to go after them, but not ol' Deb.

[MrMickeysMom]

82. Done...

[FourScore]

83. First petition I've signed in a while. n/t

[LittleGirl]

88. Over 7,000 signatures

Only need less than 500 to get 7500!

signed, happily.

[BeanMusical]

90. Signed!

[Live and Learn]

91. Signed. nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

93. Move-on states it very clearly. Maybe Bernie needs to demand her resignation

"Bring back Howard Dean.

That's why I signed a petition to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Chair, which says:

"As a result of a complete, and total lack of coordinated messaging and horrific dissemination of available resources all ending in the absolute failure of her mission, Debbie Wasserman Schultz must resign or be removed as DNC Chair. "

Will you sign the petition too? Click here to add your name:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/remove-debbie-wasserman?source=s.fwd&r_by=1779938 "

[emsimon33]

94. Signed and I agree

Wasserman is a shill for Israel. She is incompetent as DNC chsir and should have been fired after the 3014 debacle.

[PBass]

95. Usually, when you fail spectacularly at your job, you are replaced.

Why is Debbie Wasserman-Schultz still DNC chair after all this time? Dems have been getting their clocks cleaned under her watch.

[merrily]

105. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7125917

[bvar22]

148. It is called "failing upwards",

and it happens all the time in Politics and the Corporate World.

[markpkessinger]

98. What she did was unconscionable . . . .

. . . I mean, I get that opinions on the Iran deal are probably mixed among her constituents. And if she feels she must therefore vote against the deal, so be it. INdeed, if she feels strongly opposed to the deal, she is free, as a member of Congress, to make use of any tactic or procedure available to her under the rules of the House to oppose it. But to effectively privelege her own wishes or those of her own constituency, in her capacity as chair of the DNC, is an abuse her chairmanship. The position of DNC chair should not be seen as some kind of legislative leg up that allows one member of Congress who happens also to hold that position to wield that much influence over what the wider party chooses to endorse or not to endorse.

[JNelson6563]

103. DWS = self-serving pol

She's dead weight dragging the party down.

[bigwillq]

106. K and R

[Sancho]

107. Before removing DWS (and I don't say she should stay), who would you put in her place?

Someone that Obama approves of and the DNC delegates would vote for? It looks like 2-3 years is typical, so DWS is due to move out anyway.

Joe Biden?

The DNC Chair always has it's controversy, but there needs to be a better person or simply removing DWS would not help.

http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/democratic-committee-chairs.html

Democratic National Committee Chairs Since 1944
See a complete list below of Democratic National Committee Chairs since 1944.


Chairman and (state)—Democratic Term
Robert E. Hannegan (Mo.) 1944–1947
J. Howard McGrath (R.I.) 1947–1949
William M. Boyle, Jr. (Mo.) 1949–1951
Frank E. McKinney (Ind.) 1951–1952
Stephen A. Mitchell (Ill.) 1952–1954
Paul M. Butler (Ind.) 1955–1960
Henry M. Jackson (Wash.) 1960–1961
John M. Bailey (Conn.) 1961–1968
Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) 1968–1969
Fred R. Harris (Okla.) 1969–1970
Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) 1970–1972
Jean Westwood (Utah) 1972
Robert S. Strauss (Tex.) 1972–1977
Kenneth M. Curtis (Maine) 1977
John C. White (Tex.) 1977–1981
Charles T. Manatt (Calif.) 1981–1985
Paul G. Kirk Jr. (Mass.) 1985–1989
Ronald H. Brown (D.C.) 1989–1993
David Wilhelm (Ill.) 1993–1994
Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) 1995–1996
Steven Grossman (Mass.) 1996–1999
Joe Andrew (Ind.) 1999–2001
Terry McAuliffe (Va.) 2001–2005
Howard Dean (Vt.) 2005–2009
Tim Kaine (Va.) 2009–2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) 2011–

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

109. Is there a worse person?

I think you could choose a replacement by lottery and get a better person.

[jeff47]

123. Reince Prebus. (nt)

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

130. They let him into the party now?

Standards are down all over.

[jeff47]

131. Well...not much difference between him and DWS.... (nt)

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

108. WTH? 4 Debates???? 4?? Wasn't it 6 before? As if 6 weren't already too few, now

O'Malley is saying it's been chopped down to 4??????

DWS must go. She is too blatant in her partisan corruption.

[jeff47]

125. 4 before Iowa.

5 & 6 are scheduled for "February/March". Since Iowa is Feb 1, there's no time for #5 before Iowa.

NH is about a week later. It will be very, very, very, very difficult to get #5 in that week.

Then NV on Feb 20th. It's possible to squeeze #5 in there, but it will be hard.

Then on the 27th is SC. Again, only a week so it'll be hard to get it in.

Super Tuesday is March 1st. No way in hell to get a debate in between SC and then.

And it's unusual for the candidate to not be decided by Super Tuesday, so it's unlikely that any debates will actually be held after that.

So yes, 4 debates, with two that will be canceled.

[SmittynMo]

110. She needs to go,

and go now!!! Before she totally blows this election too. Remember 2014? It was like a room full of crickets. Nothing!! Nada!!!

She stands for no democratic values and policies. She represents no one in the democratic party. It's time for her find her next job.

[Botany]

111. Does DWS really work for the republicans?

Exclusive: Allison Tant was lobbyist for firm that purged African-Americans from
voter rolls before, during and after 2000 recount.

http://thepoliticalhurricane.com/2012/12/19/breaking-news-allison-tant-was-lobbyist-for-firm-that-purged-african-americans-from-voter-rolls-in-2000/

And who put Ms. Tant as head of the Florida Dem. Party? Why good old DWS.

[Raster]

114. And not just African-Americans.

Primarily two types of persons of Hispanic heritage in South Florida: (1) those of Cuban descent, whom most of which are heavily GOP-leaning and voting; and (2) those of other Hispanic heritage: Puerto Ricans, Mexican, etc., those whom most definitely tend to vote Democrat. Tant and her purges specifically targeted the non-Cuban Hispanics, selectively purging those areas of Hispanic South Florida with a Democratic lean. Over and over again. This was selective electoral dirty trick NUMBER ONE, removing legal, qualified voters from the voting roles because they probably would NOT have voted for Cheney*/Bush*.
Botany!

[Botany]

118. But what about Hillary's emails?

DWS knows of Tant's background and what she did in 2000 and still helped to
make her chair of the FDP.

Please tell me how and why Tant is The Honorable Allison Tant, Chairwoman of
the Florida Democratic Party?

http://www.floridadems.org/our-party/party-staff

[Raster]

120. Why, don't you know a good fixer is hard to find?

Kabuki Theater = American politics.

[Botany]

121. We have more Ds then Rs in this country and the future demographics for the Rs is just .....

..... so they have to:

put plants into the other side

rig elections and the vote

control the media

gerrymander districts

I have always thought that in 2004 in both Kerry's campaign and the ODP we had moles.

[Helen Borg]

116. OKAY: rm -fR DNC/Debbie*

[B Calm]

119. Her conservative stance AGAINST marijuana legalization should disqualify her from

holding any public office!

[d_legendary1]

122. She needs to be primaried pronto!

Complete and utter sell out! This is beyond third way politics: this is selling out her constituents and the American people. I can't believe she's my rep!

[brooklynite]

124. You'll get right on that?

You've got a suitably progressive candidate in mind and will be willing to provide the financial support that candidate will need to knock off an incumbent and national Party Chair?

Or is that someone else's job?

[d_legendary1]

140. Seeing as how the Dems are P.O.'ed at DWS

I might not have to do anything. That along with the anti-gerrymandering ruling from the Florida Supreme Court makes her vulnerable. I know you HRC people love third way politicians (despite your protest that you think that DWS is a progressive) but when someone goes against something the president busted ass for, don't expect her fellow Dems to give her a pass.

[Blue_Adept]

126. I'm afraid of clowns. I'm afraid of Debbie.

Well, no, not really. I just find this kind of imagery childish and more representative of "the other side" of the aisle.

But primary season brings out the awful in so many of us across the board. Wear those passions proudly, my friends.

[Jokerman]

128. Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT

On Mon Aug 31, 2015, 11:48 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Time To REMOVE Debbie Wasserman Schultz As DNC Chair? WAY PAST TIME!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027124593

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

That photograph is way over the top and offensive. It doesn't appear in any of the links in the OP and is highly inappropriate.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Aug 31, 2015, 11:56 AM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Couldn't you just ask to have the offensive photo removed instead of using the alert button next time? 238 people like this, so it can't be too offensive.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: This is one of the stupidest alerts I've ever seen on DU. You can't dispute the content so you try to get it hidden because of the photo? If this jury falls for this crap then DU is doomed.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Yeah, the picture is pretty childish. But it's primary season!

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[cascadiance]

133. And she joined Pelosi in refusing to impeach Bush or Cheney too!

http://declaringindependents.com/independent_articles/07-12-03-democrats-ignore-hr333-call-to-impeach-bush.html

http://warisacrime.org/node/28554

[fadedrose]

139. R'd with enthusiasm

[BlueStateLib]

151. She was elected to a 4 year term by DNC members and you want to impeach

her