‘SpotCheck.org’? We Disagree. | FactCheck.org: “[McCaughey] claimed that we failed to note a section of the bill that she says sets up a ‘penalty’ for doctors who fail to give patients such advice and that ‘if there’s a penalty, it is mandatory.’ But she’s actually pointing to a section that would make ‘quality measures of …
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T.R. Reid: Looking Overseas For ‘Healing Of America’ : NPR: Mr. REID: Yeah, yeah. One of the ways – you know, they have that thing on Britain on Wednesday where the prime minister stands up in parliament, and the other party insults him and shouts questions at him. And one of the most-standard questions is: …
Sacrificing the Public Option | The American Prospect: “Because the public option has stood no realistic chance of being enacted in the form it was conceived, its main value all along this year has been as a bargaining chip. The proposal will now have served a valuable political purpose if, by sacrificing it, the White …
Health Care Explained On The Back Of A Napkin (SLIDESHOW): Healthcare Napkins All View more documents from Dan Roam. (Via The Huffington Post.)
Rick Perlstein — Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage – washingtonpost.com: “So the birthers, the anti-tax tea-partiers, the town hall hecklers — these are ‘either’ the genuine grass roots or evil conspirators staging scenes for YouTube? The quiver on the lips of the man pushing the wheelchair, the crazed risk of …
Rick Perlstein — Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage – washingtonpost.com: “So the birthers, the anti-tax tea-partiers, the town hall hecklers — these are ‘either’ the genuine grass roots or evil conspirators staging scenes for YouTube? The quiver on the lips of the man pushing the wheelchair, the crazed risk of …
The Word – Hippie Replacement | Colbert Report 05105 | ColbertNation.com: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Hippie Replacement www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Meryl Streep (Via Colbert Nation.) That “sleeping giant” has corporate sponsorship.
I knew someone out there had some good ideas at reform. A Democrat no less. It’s a great read and should be on anyone’s list interested in reform who is interested in solutions to fixing our status quo. The sad part is that no one in power is advocating a solution resembling the author’s, esp. …
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Op-Ed Columnist – The Town Hall Mob – NYTimes.com: “That is, the driving force behind the town hall mobs is probably the same cultural and racial anxiety that’s behind the ‘birther’ movement, which denies Mr. Obama’s citizenship. Senator Dick Durbin has suggested that the birthers and the health care protesters are one and the same; …
