If Lou “our President is an illegal alien, who wants to exterminate the elderly” Dobbs can be persuaded to reconsider the benefits of a single-payer system, perhaps there’s hope for us yet.
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Lou Dobbs acknowledges upside to single-payer healthcare system?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged change of tune, CNN, Denmark, healthcare reform, Kitty Pilgrim, Lou Dobbs, Obamacare, single-payer system, things to be optimistic about 7 Comments
Republicans, Religion and the Triumph of Unreason
I hate to keep flogging a dead horse, especially as I think 99% of you already agree with me on this, but I just have to share this article in the UK Independent by Johann Hari. It’s absolutely brilliant. Here’s how it begins: Something strange has happened in America in the nine months since Barack […]
Posted in Ideas, Media, Politics Also tagged 7-11, Bill Maher, death panels, Detroit News, fear mongering, George Bush, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare reform, insanity, Johann Hari, John McCain, Kenya, lies, madness, Obama, Obama's birth certificate, racism, Republican, Sarah Palin, shifting national demographics, take action, the collapse of the Republican party, UK Independent, unreason 16 Comments
FOX News edits out the insanity in coverage of healthcare foes
If you watched the television news or picked up a paper today, you likely saw the image of an older man, pushing a wheelchair, yelling into the face of Michigan Congressman John Dingell. The scene took place last night in Romulus, Michigan, during a town hall meeting on healthcare. So far, I’ve seen this particular […]
Posted in Health, Observations, Politics Also tagged Ann Coulter, cerebral palsy, Communism, Debbie Schlussel, euthanasia, euthanasia of seniors, FOX, FOX News, Glen Beck, guns, healthcare, healthcare reform, John Dingell, Mike Sola, Milan, Obama, Obama's birth certificate, Romulus, Rush Limbaugh, Socialism, teabaggers, town hall 67 Comments
Tea-Baggers Gone Wild: taking back healthcare town halls
Every year at this time, when Congress goes into recess, our elected officials travel back to their home districts and engage their constituents. And, this year, as you can imagine, most of them are talking primarily about healthcare reform. The problem is, Republican operatives have made it their mission to disrupt such town hall meetings, […]
Posted in Health, Politics Also tagged accusations of socialism, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, astroturf, Austin, Bush administration, fear mongering, Free Speech Zones, freedom hounds, H.R. 3200, health insurance, healthcare reform, John Dingell, Kenya, Lloyd Doggett, loyalty oaths, Monroe, NPR, Obama, Obamacare, Operation Urgent Fury, Republican National Committee, Romulus, Romulus Athletic Center, Swiftboating, teabagging, Think Progress, Wall Street run healthcare 53 Comments
Birthers and healthcare reform
Is it just me, or is anyone else wondering if this new bout of wing-nuttery over Obama’s birth certificate has anything to do with the healthcare debate? It seems as though “birthers” are bubbling up everywhere in the press these days, and I have to think it’s not just a coincidence that we’re hearing it […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics Also tagged birth certificate, conspiracy theories, G Gordon Liddy, healthcare reform, Jon Stewart, Kenya, Lou Dobbs, Obama 87 Comments
