Sen. Byron Dorgan---D of North Dakota---He's brilliant.

[vaberella]

I loved how he used civil rights campaigns, women's rights in paticular to say that women didn't have the right to vote and no one here would agree to deny women their rights.

He later broke down the importance of Medicare and how only 2 or 3 people might be against medicare. But no one except the government, and God bless them, gave seniors health care.

He was talking about Pharma and the amendment. It's Dorgan-Snowe Bill.

What is this bill?!

Some of you might love this, I love this amendment personally.

We can shop around the world for prescriptions drugs. Because if the EU can do it, we can do it---in the words of Dorgan (paraphrased---he used England getting medicine from Italy and vice versa).

It's the drug reimportation act.

All I could think was----India here I come.

ON EDIT: This is a bipartisan amendment. It's Grasseley, Snowe, Dorgan, McCain, Klobaucher supports it and a few more. So it's a good bill--and I was surprised so many Repubs are on board for this. Dorgan will expand on this tomorrow.

[vaberella]

1. Thanks for the recs, but no one is talking about this...n/t

[wolfgangmo]

9. Nice guy too. I had lunch with him years ago when he was elected.

But what do you expect from the senator from the only State in the Union to be running a surplus these days with almost full employment? Did you know that N. Dakota has it's own central bank whose mandate is to promote long term stable growth for the state? It might be cold and populated like a western novel, but it has it's shit together.

[Habibi]

13. Totally shit winters.

But, I'm almost at the point that I'd move there if it meant getting a decent job.

[rockymountaindem]

2. I've liked him for a long time

He calls out our lopsided non-enforcement of our "free trade" agreements for what they are.

[vaberella]

3. Yeah, he's great. I'm learned of him today. I can't wait for tomorrow. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. I get confused between Byron Dorgan and Bob Dornan

so I can never tell if these pro-Byron Dorgan are sarcastic or not.

[vaberella]

5. No sarcasm. This guy is great. n/t

[Schema Thing]

6. He's definitely one of the good guys

He's written a couple of books that are probably worth a read.

[vaberella]

7. Thanks. I'm going to look into it. n/t

[WyLoochka]

8. He has written books!

That we should appreciate - and support by buying and reading...


The first in 2006

Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America

The second was published in May of '09.

Reckless!: How Debt, Deregulation, and Dark Money Nearly Bankrupted America (And How We Can Fix It!)

[mascarax]

11. I second the recommendation to buy Dorgan's books

please read both if you haven't.

[bullwinkle428]

10. EDIT - Dammit, I screwed up! I confused Dorgan with Kent Conrad!

I saw North Dakota, and my mind immediately jumped to Conrad!

[Mass]

12. Yes, but he is not perfect. He voted against tabling our reproductive rights.

today.

[vaberella]

14. Lord...I didn't know that. Ugh, but at least it passed. n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

15. One of the nicest guys in the Senate to boot.

Absolutely great man.