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Health Care Reform Will Help Everybody (Barbara O’Brien)
In recent years millions of Americans have been bankrupted by medical costs, and three-quarters of the medically bankrupt had health insurance. And yes, insurance companies even dumped hard-working, law-abiding patriots. But the health care reform act will put an end to that, and now America’s hard-working, law-abiding patriots are more financially secure, whether they like it or not.
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Top Posts - 2009
These are the most popular posts for 2009 (by pageviews).
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Politics
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of: Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law one of the more ...
You heard me. The same Republicans who didn't know how to govern before will be back -- and this time ...
What the hell is wrong with these people? They're advocating privatization of the following Cleveland facilities in order to "save" ...
Give Obama props for having the, uh, fortitude to fire McChrystal while simultaneously appointing a wildly popular (with Republicans) replacement ...
Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of Senator Robert Byrd. As for the politics of it, his seat ...
Paul Krugman writes this morning about a third Great Depression and the futility of...: ...orthodoxy that has little to do ...
Success, in my dictionary, is defined as "steady progress toward a worthy goal." Doesn't mention how fast it happens -- ...
Here's what I don't get: There is a major leak -- a volcano of oil -- erupting from the ...
Old and busted: Making BP pay for the Gulf of Mexico. New hotness: Putting the Gulf of Mexico on layaway. The Daily ...
Simon Johnson: The president should nominate Paul Krugman to replace Peter Orszag as director of the Office of Management and Budget ...
Politico's Roger Simon returns to work -- wait for it -- after having his legs amputated. I can only hope ...
Just shoot me now: In a preview for [Jersey Shore's] next season, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi laments that she doesn't use tanning ...
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Wait. What? Yeah, baby! Maybe that WAS him in the Tag Team video after all. And you KNOW I have to toss this ...
I think we can all agree that the people of Gaza need food and medicine. I think that we can ...
The other day, I suggested that President Obama should invoke National Emergency Powers to begin taking over control of the ...
John Robb: Not only has BP corrupted local law enforcement to block reporting and scientific analysis of the spill, the Coast Guard ...
Remarks by the President at a fundraising reception for Barbara Boxer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Look, I understand. I ...
Maybe this will reach progressives/liberals better than my previous attempts. Smart liberals, mcjoan and BarbinMD are taking the Obama Administration’s new ...
John Cole starts a comment war, featuring none other than Glennzilla himself, with this comment:Glenn consistently mocks the 11-dimensional chess ...
Environment
Louisiana Republican Gov. Jindal calls for “Day of Prayer” while Louisiana Guard sits & waits & waits for him to callHere’s what I don’t get:
There is a major leak — a volcano of oil — erupting from the sea floor in the Gulf. No one knows how to stop it or is willing to do what is necessary to keep it from happening in the first place. We all agree on that.
That said, [...]
Israel
The Final Abandonment of Gaza: Once again, the people get screwed by their “leaders”Those who want to strengthen the parties of peace have a choice to make: Recognizing Hamas would signal that the Palestinian Authority could no longer claim to represent the people of Gaza. It would signal that the world is willing to work with a bully, with a group refusing to commit—even rhetorically—to the cause of peace, that it has given up on a better life for the Palestinians of Gaza.
Republicans
Bobby Jindal’s Louisiana: Is there a rash of armed robberies during the Doxology that I’m not aware of…?This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of:
Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law one of the more controversial bills from the recent legislative session, one allowing guns to be carried into houses of worship….[The] bill would authorize persons who qualified to carry concealed weapons having passed the training and background checks to [...]
Sports
OK, I get it: There’s no crying in baseball. But…Some say that while the umpire Jim Joyce (any relation…?) blew the call and robbed the Detroit Tigers’ Armando Galarraga of a rare a perfect game, the two of them later provided a rare display of sportsmanship and class — with Joyce apologizing to the kid and the kid forgiving him.
Some might even say [...]
Technology
iPhone Fanboy: “Doctor, I drop calls when I do this.” Doctor: “Then stop doing it.”As if AT&T’s sucky 3G network weren’t enough (“They make your amazing phone unusable as a phone!”) now there’s this:
Apple accused of ‘discrimination’ over iPhone 4
Apple fans flocked…to buy the iPhone 4 after it went on sale on Thursday.
But there have been complaints an antenna in the lower left corner can become masked when held [...]
Television
Fiasco on the high seas: Israel divides her friends while uniting her enemiesAri Shavit points out that the Israeli government has managed the neat trick of dividing her friends while simultaneously uniting her enemies:
Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak and Moshe Ya’alon are supposed to know history. They are supposed to know there was no greater mistake than that of the British with regard to the illegal immigrant ship [...]
Law
SCOTUS: You lose your Miranda right to remain silent … if you remain silent. WTF?Constitutionally granted rights are now “opt-in.” If you don’t claim them, the state can simply discard them.
Politics
Bobby Jindal’s Louisiana: Is there a rash of armed robberies during the Doxology that I’m not aware of…?This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of:
Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law one of the more controversial bills from the recent legislative session, one allowing guns to be carried into houses of worship….[The] bill would authorize persons who qualified to carry concealed weapons having passed the training and background checks to [...]
Energy
The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from BP and I’m here to help you.”For nearly 50 years, it has been an article of faith and dogma that Reagan’s words were the truth: “The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’ ”
Well, those days are gone. We live in an age when private industry has been handed dominion [...]
Jobs
Government of, by, and for the shareholders? No way, baby!Once upon a time, we actually had government by the shareholders. That’s basically what our country was back in 1789: white property owners had the right to vote. No one else did. That was wrong and, over time, we extended the vote to most everyone else. Now they want to turn back the clock to 1789.
Odds & Sods
What’s gushing up from the BP well equals the daily amount of oil used by cities the size of St. Louis or Minneapolis.Odds and sods about oil disasters.
2010 Elections
Interesting Game Of Who Does The LeastThis bugs me.
The GOP/T-Baggers have been crying about the “radical” agenda of the evil Obama/Pelosi Kommunist Kabal, and have been doing everything in their power to stop it, ie. filibustering everything in sight.
The Dems, for their part, have made their frustration with the obstructionist Repubican’ts palpable, yet at the same time boast how much they’ve [...]
Education
Discover the surprising truth about what REALLY motivates you and me (VIDEO)Hint: it isn’t always the money (or the amount).
Spend ten minutes of your time — you’ll be glad you did.
Friends
(Another) New Facebook Layout Is Out…and I am apparently one of the guinea pigs who got it early. Lucky me?
