The Best of 7/28
Jon Stewart makes Bill Kristol admit government health care is the best. Bill O’Reilly says Canadians have a larger life expectancy than Americans because we “have 10 times as many people” therefore...
View ArticleCongress' version of getting things done right
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. – Mark Twain The two committees with absolute and total control over whether a health care bill will pass...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner (D-NY) introduces amendment to eliminate Medicare, daring...
I spend a lot of time ripping on members of Congress who are lining their pockets with money from insurance companies while trying to scuttle meaningful healthcare reform. But make no mistake, there...
View ArticleHealth Care Debate Insanity
Recently, President Obama had the audacity to suggest that everyone get a living will to prevent confusion during end of life care. He explained that both he and Michelle Obama have one and it lets you...
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Remembering Ted Kennedy
In my short lifetime, I have never seen a politician speak in person more than I have seen Senator Edward M. Kennedy. As a political science major at a college in Boston, witnessing a Ted Kennedy...
View ArticleTed Kennedy and the power of speech
“Well, today, we lost a truly remarkable man. To paraphrase Shakespeare, I don’t think we shall ever see his like again. I think the legacy he left was not just with the landmark legislation he passed...
View ArticleThe Torture Debate via America's Finest News Source
Only one of these segments was supposed to be a joke. Can you tell which one? This is from The Onion: Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture? And this is Liz Cheney explaining why...
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Rep. Joe Wilson: Really Dumb Since At Least 2002
While last night was Rep. Joe Wilson’s national coming out party as the Republican’s new poster boy for mindlessness, the truth is he has been really stupid for a while now. Much has been made of the...
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Destroy the economy, win more seats in Congress
Watch this contentious interview MNSBC’s Dylan Ratigan had with Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today, as Brady tries but fails to give any justification for voting against extending unemployment benefits to...
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Shorter New York Times Frontpage: “We’re all Fucked.”
While these days I am usually resigned to reading the morning paper digitally (anyone in NYC who has ever tried to turn the page on the 456 Train during morning rush hour knows why), I couldn’t help...
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