{"id":696398,"date":"2010-03-19T07:41:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T11:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/03\/19\/after-health-care-immigration\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T07:41:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T11:41:42","slug":"after-health-care-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/696398","title":{"rendered":"After Health Care, Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/8672847\/170n21\/alternet~After-Health-Care-Immigration\" >After Health Care, Immigration                     <\/a><br \/>Addressing immigration is the best way to ensure health care reform is truly effective &#8212; and score big political points with Latino voters.<Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/8672847\/170n21\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>Addressing immigration is the best way to ensure health care reform is truly effective &#8212; and score big political points with Latino voters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buzz Up\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit\/?submitUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fimmigration%2f146095%2fafter_health_care%2c_immigration&#038;submitHeadline=After+Health+Care%2c+Immigration\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/buzz.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to Delicious\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fimmigration%2f146095%2fafter_health_care%2c_immigration&#038;title=After+Health+Care%2c+Immigration\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/delicious.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Digg This\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fimmigration%2f146095%2fafter_health_care%2c_immigration&#038;title=After+Health+Care%2c+Immigration\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/digg.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/share.php?u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fimmigration%2f146095%2fafter_health_care%2c_immigration&#038;t=After+Health+Care%2c+Immigration\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/facebook.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to Reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fimmigration%2f146095%2fafter_health_care%2c_immigration&#038;title=After+Health+Care%2c+Immigration\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/reddit.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"http:\/\/stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fimmigration%2f146095%2fafter_health_care%2c_immigration&#038;title=After+Health+Care%2c+Immigration\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/stumble.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Tweet This\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=After+Health+Care%2c+Immigration+http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fimmigration%2f146095%2fafter_health_care%2c_immigration\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/twitter.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/alternet\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/rss.gif?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/8691095\/170n21\/alternet\" >Iraq War Anniversary: Seven Years of Waste, Fraud and Abuse<\/a><br \/><Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/8691095\/170n21\/alternet\"><Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/8674065\/170iqg\/alternet_blogs_peek\"><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 7th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of the Iraq war.  There&#8217;s a temptation as we begin to end our combat presence in Iraq to search for the happy ending. 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racial politics of both conservative and liberal whites can help change a society in which wealth and well-being are still tied to race. <Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/8679198\/170n21\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>Understanding the fears behind the racial politics of both conservative and liberal whites can help change a society in which wealth and well-being are still tied to race.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buzz Up\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit\/?submitUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fmedia%2f146040%2fwhat_white_people_fear_&#038;submitHeadline=What+White+People+Fear+\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"780\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/buzz.jpg?fit=780%2C16\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to Delicious\" 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