Honestly… People really need to get a freaking grip. The chatter, the hype and hyperbole on the healthcare reform debate is just completely out of control. A lot of smart people are reacting to bad information they are hearing. Bad information pushed from wing nut mouthpiece’s like Sarah Palin. For those who are indeed concerned about this… Here’s the reality: “No ‘death panel’ in health care bill.” The people the healthcare reform will affect the most are the people...
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Jenny’s Moving Out
Jenny Sanford has decided she’s had enough of her husband, Mark Sanford’s antics. She’s moving out. Smart woman.
Steven Pearlstein Takes on Right Wing Healthcare Critics
The battle for healthcare reform is starting to get very, very ugly. I’ve not had much time of late to blog, but there’s some pieces in today’s news I want to make sure readers catch. First off, is the whacky statement that Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook today. Palin said: The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s “death...
Happy Birthday Helen Thomas and Mr President
There was a very sweet and classy moment during the White House press conference today… Barack Obama, who shares his birthday with veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas, came in to wish her Happy Birthday and brought cake! Watch: A nice touch from President Obama. I hope both he and Helen Thomas had wonderful birthdays! Sphere: Related Content
Battle Over Public Option Ignores Insurers’ Role In Creating Nation’s Healthcare Crisis
Following up on Jonathan Alter’s brilliant piece on healthcare and the “status quo” I noted here yesterday is another brilliant op/ed on the subject from Michael Hiltzik in the LA Times: “What’s so great about private health insurance?” the battle is just beginning. After the committee vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the health insurance industry will conduct a “shock and awe” campaign to kill the public option when Congress returns from vacation in September and starts debating...
The media is helping the GOP in the health care debate
Much of the media, however unwittingly, is helping the Republicans in the health care debate. No doubt, TV and print journalists claim they’re playing the big story right down the middle: – The Republicans claim the Democrats want “socialized medicine,” the old conservative pejorative for national health insurance. The Democrats say no way. – The media simply reports the charges and the denials and calls it “fair and balanced” news coverage. This old reporter calls it biased coverage, even...
Weekend Must Read: Jonathan Alter – What’s Not to Like?
The Weekend Must Read comes by way of Jonathan Alter on NEWSWEEK: “What’s Not to Like?” Alter, who had cancer a few years ago says: I like the fact that if I lose my job, I won’t be able to get any insurance because of my illness. It reminds me of my homeowners’ insurance, which gets canceled after a break-in. I like the choice I’d face if, God forbid, the cancer recurs—sell my house to pay for the hundreds...
Franken Takes on Pickens
Good for Senator Al Franken for taking on T Boone Pickens when no one else at the Democratic Policy lunch would: Five years after he put his money behind the Swift Boat ads that helped tank John Kerry’s presidential campaign, Senate Democrats gave T. Boone Pickens a warm welcome at their weekly policy lunch Thursday. Or at least most of them did. Sen. Al Franken managed to make time for the lunch — but then let Pickens have it afterward. According...
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