August 25, 2009 08:30 PM
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Sparklepony is right. This flow-chart of the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is "totally why Al Gore invented the internets."
Open Thread below...
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By Chris Hedges:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/08/24-1
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Trudy Lieberman from her stellar series at Columbia Journalism Review
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Russ Feingold predicts no health bill this year.
http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?Section...
via RawStory tip.
That could be a good thing. Run commercials against the party of "fuck america" and their bluedog buddies.
Frankly, I hope Conrad, Baucus and Nelson all lose when they run next time. I loathe them more than the repukes. They are sabotaging the democratic party for a few grubby bribery dollars. I mean really, a couple of million and they will let the country suffer and thousands die. What vile evil POS they are!
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
I think the tide is gradually turning.
As more and more people come forward.
The longer this is drawn out the better - until we win single payer medicare style medical care for everyone - whether as a public option or as universal coverage.
Time grinds slowly ..
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
I hope that is the outcome.
Sadly, things will also get worse, but as it does more should see the problem. Gives more time to educate and get the word out.
As long as we don't end up with a "compromise" (as in oops we gave everything away but no reform but we did that fast) bill.
While i think looking at the long term strategy is important i am also thinking about all those who need to be covered and seeing Health Care Professionals right this very minute.
Time is running out for many people. I know many have needlessly died and many more will until we get the coverage we all need.
Just to be clear....
What is currently being proposed won't "help" anyone.
Read Chris Hedges article up top, "This Isn't Reform, It's Robbery" and you'll see a clearer picture.
Those in Congress who are owned by corporate America don't care about our health. They care about our bank accounts.
The founding fathers would eliminate corporations from having ANY influence on legislation in D.C.
(Of course, they'd probably be aghast at how "busy" the executive and the legislative have been over the years...their feeling back in the day was, "the more we stay on the farms and away from the halls of power the better for the people.")
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
He is in a disability group with others. I have been talking to the health staffers of my Senators and my Rep. This bill won't help him.
It won't help most uninsured get affordable care. Or son may run out of time either way. Why does frantically supporting a bad bill this year help him or anyone else?
...Jim Steinman doesn't get nearly enough credit for his songwriting. His songs are movies for the ears, grand and audacious with subtle touches of tenderness. His crowning achievement may lay in having authored the only Celene Dion song I can stand listening to.
Isn't it about time for Bat Out of Hell III?
when I heard "Total Eclipse..." on a bar jukebox. First time I'd heard the guy in years, and the song sounded surprisingly good.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaqXHq8sgwk
watch at 2:00. Fight breaks out....
He should have been arrested for tearing up the pro-reformer's signs!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Do the agitators of violence themselves have health coverage, or will they learn the hard way just how messed up health care delivery is for the uncovered in this great nation of ours?
because most of the anti health protesters work for the insurance industry, the rest have hellscare and are a buncha dupes
Blue Gal,
This flow-chart of the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is "totally why Al Gore invented the internets."
Actually... it was Ben Shneiderman and Isaac Nassi who created Al Gore...?
Make no motto of love that worships war
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17671-r...
No mention of the devastating effect of booze and tobacco on men's sexual health in comparison, but maybe that's apples and oranges.
I don't see a problem with:
And most of us are previously acquainted with:
;o}
Seriously, did you catch:
Doesn't seem like a very definitive study.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
And hardly scientific, based on surveys rather than observation.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Curtilingus is 42, has great, frequent sex, and smokes like a chimney.
Now there's a definitive study!
!
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Doesn't this contradict earlier reports proving when black men smoke marijuana it provokes them to rape white women?
From the Dean thing:
Um, LBJ resigned because of Vietnam, which no one exactly attributes being the fault of discontented liberals, unless you're one of those revisionists who think being there for 10 years was really a "success". And Carter lost because the stupid boomer voters placed cheap gas as a bigger priority than weaning ourselves off of oil dependency. Gordon Brown is upset by Gadaffhi making nice with the Lockerbie bomber, even though his government was previously more concerned with Libya honoring its corporate contracts. Despite the "wasteful" stimulus, consumer confidence, along with stocks, went up today. But, hey, feel free to blame the $9 trillion deficit on Obama, and not Bush. Cheney has the gall to call the torture investigation political, since the Monica thing was totally objective. Target gets sued for disability discrimination. Mission accomplished: Iraq is a toxic waste dump. Even out of office, Bush continues to attempt to steal land-this time for his library. A pastor who happened to be black and female was murdered in McVeigh territory. Climate change is boiling Cali. Barry re-hires one of Bush's "little Eichmanns" to improve interrogation methods.
I thought you were calling the prez Obama.
When I like what he's doing. Though I also go for Barry to avoid being redundant.
it is!
using Sotoro I have to draw the line ;)
He chose not to seek re-election in '68, but he finished his term.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
But he clearly gave up on the job in general. To my knowledge, there's been no President in history who didn't campaign for a second term, if he was still alive. But I might have missed one or two.
Polk didn't seek a second term. Teddy Roosevelt was only elected as President once- 1904- but declined to run for another term in 1908.
And why stop at the second term? Presidents weren't limited to two terms until the 1950's. Any two-termer previous to FDR could have run for a third term, but none tried.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I really need to keep up more often on these details.Though there's clearly a difference in motivation between the three Presidents for not seeking more terms.
He was 52 in 1848 when he decided against running, but from what I've read he was just worn out. He died of cholera three months after leaving office.
Teddy Roosevelt made a promise during the 1904 campaign, iirc, that he wouldn't seek re-election in '08, and he kept his promise.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Illegally occupying Mexico and annexing its territory does take its toll on people...
Conventional wisdom around my house is that LBJ knew RFK would take the nomination, and thus chose not to run.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
Johnson saw the writing on the wall. Johnson won the popular vote in that primary, but the vast majority of the convention delegates went to McCarthy.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I don't know if you saw the FDL chat with Taibbi yesterday, but he said that liberals are being set up:
"I think Rahm and the Dems aren’t surprised by anything yet. I think they planned all along to sell out the progressives if things got tight and… lo and behold, things are tight and they’re going to sell us out. The playbook has to be to brand liberals as obstructionists."
Link http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/25/talking-hea...
Seems they're shady
http://kotaku.com/5345584/evony-devs-sound-a-...
Any way these ads could be blocked by C&L? I am now running an ad blocking extension on FireFox, but it might be worth looking into.
NoScript for Firefox rocks!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
for commercials on TV. That's like stealing. ;)
I've got FF's Add-art extension to replace ads with art. Pretty Japanese works in the margins this week.
Time to grab a beer and/or "recycle" a beer...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Who would have thunk that Southern Methodist University would engage in deceit?
Deal scuttled in dispute over SMU's Bush library
Oh Noes!! What if Dubya can't get his lieberry!!
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
section.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Sort of weird show, about group of people who survive a biological attack on LA in the future. I can't really figure out whether it's supposed to try to show how people can survive on minimal supplies, or if the psychodrama of (in tonight's episode), say, leaving a guy behind when searching for supplies, is supposed to be the main subject of the show? I don't mind the former; the latter is, well, rather trite.
Strange show.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TedKennedy/story?id=6692022
and so, it seems, has the idea of true health care reform in our country.
grim times
Sad news indeed.
RIP.
Sure would be great if healthcare reform could get done in his honor. I'm not holding my breath though.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I don't even know how to react. Such a bummer.
...the end of an era...
R.I.P Sir.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
Those assholes at Faux News don't piss on his grave the way they did with Vonnegut.
I was watching CNN, MSNBC, and Faux....while CNN and MSNBC were providing coverage, Faux for several minutes had a rerun of Greta interviewing McCain. They finally broke in with coverage of Ted Kennendy.
That damned faux....they have stopped their coverage of Ted Kennedy, and now Greta is back on.
Just their usual speaking badly.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Let's just hope they don't start speaking badly of Teddy. That damned O'Reilly raised questions on how good a reporter/anchorman Walter Cronkite may or may not have been almost the day or so after he died.
are being rousted from their slumber right now to inform them of the news. I'm sure the two, along with the other usual suspects, will be polishing turds for tomorrow's broadcasts very soon. Tomorrow will be a day of ugly partying at Faux.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
beck....I hardly ever watch him or listen to limpballs, but I'm tempted to in the coming days to see what they say. I bet you money one or the other or both say something nasty about Teddy.
So little bandwidth.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
to fill his seat? Special election?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
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Source: Electoral-vote.
Looks like the likelihood of reform is indeed DOA for the time being with Kennedy's passing.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
if Teddy's health was a reason why Obama tried to push the healthcare reform through so quickly.
First Eunice and now him. Truly a family beset by tragedy.
Yes, a family beset by ASSASINS, too. Very sad to have been the victims of the rightwingnutters of the 60's, who now are the ruling junta in DC. See, assasinations pay off!!
The end of an era of service above self.
I stand in awe of Senator Kennedy's accomplishments.
'Talk to the hand'
There is no torch to pick up.
It has finally been extinguished. The Oligarchs have won.
America is a walking corpse.
"Someday somebody related to some of these sufferers, these victims, these collaterally damaged souls, may try to kill you. And I have to tell you, I think you’ll have it coming." - Christopher Cooper
Way to dawdle, and do nothing with your majority Dems.
So sad. So very, very sad. Maybe Barack can get Health Care passed in his memory - a real Health Care Reform, as Ted would have wished...
What a great American!
NO. 60 votes are gone because the Dems d**ked around for so long. Kennedy will not be replaced by a Dem.
Willard Romney? Lost all of his cred by flipping on some pretty major issues since he was the Governor. Bill Weld? Is he a Republican any more? Isn't he a better fit as a Democrat now? Or are you thinking someone from the left?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Sorry to hear about the news. :(
Ted Kennedy is dead, and the majority is gone. Who dawdles this long and never uses their majorit for anything? The Dems just piss me off.
Any Republican who wants his seat will have to, at minimum, support a public option to win. And that candidate might even bring in some GOP "bipartisans" on-board who wouldn't normally jump in, just because they need to expand the base. At least in theory, anyway.
That's just naive. Are you familiar with the last 30 years of Republican obstructionism and ignorance.
But Ted's from a state which legalized gay marriage. You can't win there as a Bible-thumping Republican any more than as a corporate suck-up. So the person from that party who hypothetically gets elected there can't be a bullshit artist like Olympia Snowe. They got to stand firm to the state, and not to the lobbyists. And anyone popular enough to win that vote would be someone the Republicans could latch on to to change their image-assuming they wanted to, of course.
and from what I can see here, the mood of the people is decidedly PRO H.R. 676, "Single Payer...Medicare for All".
Rep. Olver told us that the majority of House members from Mass. are for Conyers H.R. 676.
The "Mass Plan" here is proving to be a failure. Residents are angry. They are not supportive of H.R. 3200 from what I understand.
I'm going back to Cali in October, so I'll be watching all the fireworks from afar, but my guess is that a Progressive will win Kennedy's Senate seat. I hope someone runs who can blow this fraudulent, corporate sham of reform out of the water and perhaps help deep-six the rotten Mass Plan as well.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
It's late, and I'm exhausted, can hardly keep my eyes open, but, I just wanted to join everyone in giving their condolences to the Kennedy family after the loss of Senator Kennedy. It's so sad that he passed such a short while after the loss of his sister. The family has indeed been marked by tragedy... :(
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
RIP
Perhaps a little too silly amidst the news of Ted Kennedy's passing, but I couldn't help but point out how seriously the freepers are taking teabagging: they've just put up this post:
'Teabagging' charge doesn't hold water (Australian Military Court ruled unconstitutional)
If you don't want to go there, here's the actual news story it links to:
'Teabagging' charge doesn't hold water (Australian Military Court ruled unconstitutional)
Your marvelous speeches and tireless fight for the American Public will not be forgotten. Condolences to your family.
Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught
will we realize we cannot eat money.
...and your testimony in the '90s rape trial of William Kennedy Smith in which you were revealed to be an alcoholic passing out without your pants on at family parties.
I admire the Kennedy family social conscience but he's not a saint.
and alcoholism, like brain cancer, is a disease.
me-oww!
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"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
You are with your brothers once more.
We have just seen the passing of a great dynasty, the last of ol' Joe's sons is gone now. But he did so much for his country, he lived the words his brother once challenged the rest of the country to live up to. Nancy Pelosi has just promised that they would pass healthcare reform in rememberance of him this year (We'll see). You can bet the wingers will harp mostly on a single incident from 30 years ago as if it was the only thing he ever did.
When angry, count four, when very angry, swear.
-Mark Twain-
R.I.P. Ted Kennedy.
This, my friends, is most sad.
The lion... no more to roar!
Gone from our fresh ears
His voice... evermore...
RIP,
thepoetryman
Make no motto of love that worships war
...over the hill with Abraham, Martin & John (&Bobby)...
RIP.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Another sad day for the Kennedy family and for our country. That family has had so many days like this, too many.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
The Kingdom of the Democrats
I could not finish watching a bad video filled with half truths and outright bullshit even though you were thoughtful enough to post it for us. Why is that?
This poor guy only made $102,000 an hour.
...how many were forced to die to furbish each room in his mansion and how does this differentiate him from Adolph Hitler?
He's missing a uniform (although it could be hanging in his closet) and his nationality...then again...most con-servatives were against intervention in Europe during WWII (Lindbergh/Prescott Bush - trading with the enemy/Union Bank)essentially making them nazis by indifference...so this is an ap comparison
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
Indeed.
Good to see you here again. Hope all is well with you. Your wit and wisdom have been missed here recently.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Liberal Lion Ted Kennedy passes away from brain cancer at age 77: February 22, 1932 — August 25, 2009 - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32491712/?gt1=43001
For nearly a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy was a steadfast champion of the working class and the poor, a powerful voice on health care, civil rights, and war and peace.
"He has authored more pieces of major legislation than any other United States senator," Patrick Kennedy said. "He is the penultimate senator. I don't need to exaggerate when I talk about my father. That's the amazing thing. He breaks all the records himself."
He died without seeing his dream of universal health care come true. From his sickbed earlier this summer, he had worked the phones, making a final push for what he called "the cause of my life" in a rousing speech at the Democratic convention last August.
We will miss him very much...let's hope the Dems will find some balls and do this man proud...and pass a bill worthy of him...
The Passing Away of the Lion of the Senate and Liberal Hero, Senator Ted Kennedy. He Was 77. Godspeed, Ted, and Thank You.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics...
First "Gang Of Six" Member Backs Reconciliation For Health Care - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/25/firs...
Sen. Jeff Bingaman of (D) New Mexico - of the "Gang of Six" senators charged with finding a bipartisan solution to health care reform said at a town hall Monday that he would support using the budget reconciliation process to push a bill through the Senate if necessary.
Thanks Jeff...Ted Kennedy would be happy with that...
US Must Have a Climate Bill Before December's UN Climate Talks: Agriculture & Commerce Secretaries - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/us-mu...
Earth's Axis Could Be Shifted by Warming Oceans - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/earth...
The additional water sloshing up into the shallows is heavy enough to nudge the planet's rotational axis slightly closer to Alaska.
GOP team at American Energy Alliance runs ‘Energy Town Hall’ oil bus tour - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-08-25-gop-t...
Laughably, AEA claims it has "no ties to any political party." In fact, all of its employees are former House Republican staffers.
Pachauri’s call for 350 ppm is breakthrough moment for climate movement - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-08-25-pacha...
UBS and the Taxpayers’ Lost Billions - http://onthehillblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/ubs...
In its 2008 report, “Tax Haven Banks and U.S. Tax Compliance,” the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said the U.S. loses $100 billion in tax revenue every year due to “offshore tax abuses.” To put that in perspective, that’s about what one House proposal for health care reform would cost annually over 10 years.
So...we can afford a $3 Trillion wars for oil & pipelines, tax cuts for the uber wealthy, and the money laundering of multinational corporations....but we can't spend money to use a system that allows our European allies to flourish in the global economy & take care of our citizens right to healthcare????
Priorities....greed should be left in the 20th century....the planet & humanity can't afford it anymore...
We still have to participate: Change is tough. So liberals can't just leave it to Obama - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifam...
For euphoria to give way to disillusionment is premature. Instead, supporters should battle for his healthcare bill....
This is what movements do – they do the hard, slow work of winning political battles and changing public opinion over time. It isn't fun. It isn't something Will.i.am is going to make a clever and moving video about, and it offers precious few moments for YouTube. It takes years, which is a bummer, in a political culture that measures success and failure by the hour. The end of euphoria should lead not to disillusionment, but to seriousness of purpose.
We already have 'rationing' health insurers perfected it: Wall Street Journal Reports On Health Care Rationing By U.S. Insurers - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Wall-Street-...
By definition 'shared risk'....is rationing...the foundation of the insurance industry...
Waxman Takes on Drug Makers Over Medicare. Thank God Someone is, Instead of Cutting Them Deals Like the White House Did. Waxman would rectify the fleecing we got from Big Pharma in Medicare Part D, which they basically wrote to enrich themselves at our expense.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/health/poli...
What? Herbicide Found in Water May Pose Greater Danger - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...
MUST SEE: Brad Blog: Sibel Edmonds' Deposition -- Video And Transcript Released - http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374
David Sirota: Health Care Puts Progressives On the Verge of Changing the Power Dynamic - http://www.openleft.com/diary/14778/health-ca...
A complete disaster & tragedy: Sen. Sanders Statement on Bernanke Nomination - http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/45460
"As a result of the greed, irresponsibility and illegal behavior of Wall Street our country has experienced the worst economic decline since the Great Depression. Mr. Bernanke was head of the Fed and the nation's chief economist as this crisis, driven by reckless speculation, developed. Tragically, like the rest of the Bush administration, he was asleep at the wheel during this period and did nothing to move our financial system onto safer grounds.
“As the middle class of this country continues to shrink, we need a chairman of the Federal Reserve who is more concerned about expanding the productive economy – increasing decent-paying jobs for all Americans – than continuing to fan the flames of Wall Street greed and outrageous compensation packages.”
Moronfest: Jason Leopold: GOP Senators -- U.S. Faces Terrorist Attack if Holder Probes Bush's Torture Program
- http://www.truthout.org/082409R?n
Does anyone ever wonder if the republicans can guarantee those claims? Any inside info boys? Any collaboration going on there? Carlyle Group? PNAC?
Obama Leads Top GOP Contenders for 2012 in New Poll; Palin is Weakest Opponent; Romney Tops 2012 GOP Field
- http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseCont...
FOX Lies About VA Medical Service. What Else is New? - http://mediamatters.org/research/200908230014
As Whole Foods Boycott Grows on Facebook, Brand Perception Drops - http://mashable.com/2009/08/24/whole-foods-br...
Nearly 29,000 strong....they're definitely going to feel this...
Con-servative $hitheads alert: U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks "Scopes-like" hearing on global warming - http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009...
Gee...you mean con-servative fantasyland economists don't want their Big Oil, Big Coal, & Big Nuke pimps to suffer financially....ooh....the terror!
Science > Pseudo-Economic @sshats
Birthers: The Movie - http://washingtonindependent.com/56432/birthe...
Comes complete with home self-lobotomy kit...
Angry right boos John McCain for stating that Obama 'respects the Constitution of the United States.' - http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/25/mccain-ob...
The same idiots that want the government out of 'their' medicare....
RNC Chair Steele Tries to Scare Seniors with the Latest Lie About Health Care Reform - http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/08/24/rnc-chair-s...
Food's Role in the Health Care Crisis - http://www.commonwealinstitute.org/blog/jill-...
'Evil' French people update: A different approach: French Bankers Agree to Restrictions on Bonuses - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/business/gl...
The horror! The shame! Socialism means corporations are more likely to be socially responsible....what a scary thing!
We should be ashamed: A mean streak in the U.S. mainstream - http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commenta...
The US tolerates more inequality, deprivation and suffering than is acceptable here. When we Europeans – the British included – contemplate the battles President Obama must fight to reform the US health system, our first response tends to be disbelief.
How can it be that so obvious a social good as universal health insurance, so humane a solution to common vulnerability, is not sewn deep into the fabric of the United States?
How can one of the biggest, richest and most advanced countries in the world tolerate a situation where, at any one time, one in six of the population has to pay for their treatment item by item, or resort to hospital casualty wards?
Because Greed & 30 years of Reaganomics/Bushonomics/'Trickle Down' hocus pocus BS have been pimped to point where the lie is believed... But the next generation is doing something about that...
Jim Hightower: Taking us for a ride on health care - http://www.creators.com/opinion/jim-hightower...
Simon Johnson and James Kwak: Don't Want a Public Plan? Well, What Do You Think of Medicare? - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...
Probe: New Orleans flood control pumps not reliable - http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-08-2...
Is Health Care Reform Reviving the Militia Movement? - http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/08/h...
New "Grassroots" Pro-Coal Group backed by K-Street PR Firm - http://www.desmogblog.com/new-grassroots-pro-...
Just another astroturf BS front for Big Coal...
Political Irony: http://politicalirony.com/2009/08/26/politica...
http://politicalirony.com/2009/08/26/drill-ba...
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
No discussion of Total Eclipse of the Heart is complete without a link to the literal version.
Sadly, the original was pulled off of YouTube, but here it is being discussed by Opie and Andy - jump to 1:20 for it to start.
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“Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR, and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in TARP money, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no
I'm not making this stuff up...I think we've officially found the dumbest elected official:
http://minnesotaindependent.com/42612/bachman...
Many will be fasting, though not voluntarily...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
As one of the people who actually did invent the Internet (OK, its not like I'm Tim Berners-Lee or Doug Engelbart but I did build one of the first eCommerce systems that was actually used, back when it was still called the Arpanet) I would like to point out that Gore never claimed that he invented the Internet. Its one of the many, many lies that have seeped into common wisdom due to right wing propaganda.
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