Entries Tagged as 'Politics'
An Unaccessible Doctor For All!
Genius!
The uninsured, it’s said, use emergency rooms for primary care. That’s expensive and ineffective. Once they’re insured, they’ll have regular doctors. Care will improve; costs will decline. Everyone wins. Great argument. Unfortunately, it’s untrue. A study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the insured accounted for 83 percent [...]
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Appealing To Their Interests in Not Ruining the Economic Strength of the Country
From Cato:
State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, an independent candidate for governor, today offered a wide-ranging and scathing criticism of the state’s universal health care law, saying it is bankrupting Massachusetts and will do the same nationally, if a similar plan is passed in Congress. “If President Obama and the Democrats [...]
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Obama Needs Naptime Or Else He’ll Create a Diplomatic Incident
Telegraph – Barack Obama ‘too tired’ to give proper welcome to Gordon Brown
Barack Obama’s offhand approach to Gordon Brown’s Washington visit last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over America’s economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.
How does he explain the [...]
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What Doesn’t Represent a Majority of the Republican Caucus
NRO – AWOL in the Bunning Battle The GOP shows why Obamacare is a good bet for the Left. By Andrew McCarthy
If Obamacare passes, Obamacare is forever. Just ask Jim Bunning. The Kentucky Republican finally caved in Tuesday after relentless pressure from other senators — including Republicans — to drop what [...]
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A Tale of Two Crappy Vice Presidential Picks
I’ve never thought of it this way:
NY Daily News – Palin vs. Edwards, a case study in media bias
When in 2004 John Kerry picked Edwards, whose entire resume in public life at that point consisted of six years in the U.S. Senate, to be his vice-presidential nominee, few questioned whether Edwards was qualified [...]
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Alexander Haig
Honestly, I’d never heard that story about him and the White House and Reagan getting shot. So here’s RC2, for all your remembrance needs:
Wheat & Weeds – No Longer In Charge
Poor Alexander Haig will always be remembered for his Constitutionally-mistaken effort to keep everyone calm when President Reagan was shot. Everyone acts as [...]
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So Am I Dim Or Am I Malicious
NRO – The Great Peasant Revolt of 2010 The president’s supercilious modesty is getting him into trouble. By Charles Krauthammer
This being a democracy, don’t the Democrats see that clinging to this agenda will march them over a cliff? Don’t they understand Massachusetts? Well, they understand it through a prism of two [...]
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Yep, It’s the Demon Sheep
I keep HEARING about this on Twitter. And this is the origin:
So, I like Carly. Is that bad? (Mea culpa: I haven’t been doing my due diligence)
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Government Agencies as Servants of the Citizen!
The Sunday Times – Audit Commission’s anti-Tory ‘plot’, by Robert Watts
ENGLAND’S local government spending watchdog has paid a lobbying firm with links to Labour for advice on how to undermine Tory frontbenchers who challenged its activities. The Audit Commission, which is supposed to be politically neutral, paid nearly £60,000 to [...]
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Does the President Roll With Roadies to Unpack His TOTUS Whenever He Speaks to a Group of Children? Or Even 6th Graders?
Quick post after another busy day:
Curtsy: Um, I don’t remember where I saw this first. Probably Vanderleun.
They say, in his defense, that he’s not actually standing at his podium, flanked by two teleprompters, to speak to a group of sixth graders, but to speak to the press afterwords. How is it better that he needs [...]
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Bad News B
Well, hasn’t it been an interesting week.
The Daily Beast – Mort Zuckerman: He’s Done Everything Wrong
Obama punted on the economy and reversed the fortunes of the Democrats in 365 days. He’s misjudged the character of the country in his whole approach. There’s the saying, “It’s the economy, stupid.” He didn’t [...]
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We’re Banning Pay-Per-View Now?
Citizens United (Hillary: the Movie) v. Federal Election Commission
I liked this video. I liked this Supreme Court ruling because it’s made my liberal acquaintances heads explode about eeeevil corporations. Apparently the thought is that if you can’t be thrown in jail, you shouldn’t be able to donate money to political parties. No word on whether [...]
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Lost Sessions: The Taxman
Shamelessly repinched. Curtsy: Oh, both of them, really.
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Nah, Never Mind, Back to Massachusetts
Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate Seat
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And I’ve Never Heard of Curt Schilling Ever In My Life
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10c
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