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Rolling Out The New Health Care Law

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Health Care, america

Here’s change in action.  The first phase of the Affordable Care Act is now being implemented, and it may affect you or someone you know.  Please take the time to watch this video, and visit HealthCare.Gov for an extensive overview of the new law.  It’s good to know some things are getting done in Washington.

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The Media And Health Care Coverage

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Health Care, News

A recent study performed by the Pew Institute, details how the press covered health care reform– the most divisive issue of the last year–and the defining achievement of the Obama administration to date.  Above is a graph detailing the prevailing story lines, and how the media covered them.  Before the health care debate exploded into [...]

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Is The Iceland Volcanic Eruption God’s Punishment For Health Care Passage?

April 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, News, Political Fringe, america

Limbaugh weighs in: You know, a couple of days after the health care bill had been signed into law Obama ran around all over the country saying, “Hey, you know, I’m looking around. The earth hadn’t opened up. There’s no Armageddon out there. The birds are still chirping.” I think the earth has opened up. [...]

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Thurbert Baker Discusses His Refusal To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform

April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, Politics, Republicans, america

Here’s an update to my earlier post about health care legislation– and the upcoming lawsuit being pursued by several state attorney generals.  Watch Georgia attorney general Thurbert Baker give his reasons for not joining the suit below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Inside The Health Debate: In Georgia, Politics May Prevail Over Policy

March 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Health Care, News, Politics, Republicans, america

Sonny Perdue is the republican governor of the state of Georgia.  Perdue is at the tail end of his second and final term in the statehouse.  His administration is presiding over a fiscal crisis–one with steep prolonged budget cuts– that are destined to cripple the state’s services and economy for the foreseeable future.  But Perdue [...]

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Friday’s Walk In The Clouds

March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Comedy

Great read.  Laird puts it very clearly: You know, I don’t recall asking for some black commander in chief to embrace protections that would prohibit insurance companies from dropping my coverage on a whim and operating as if my continued existence on earth were nothing more than a strategic liability. Plus, if I go along [...]

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Hate Speech In Action: Threats, Lies, And Audio Tape

March 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Democracy, Democrats, News, Political Fringe, Republicans, america

Here are some of America’s finest thinkers, protesting the only way they know how: Congressman Bart Stupak, (D-MI) Watch CBS News Videos Online –Congressman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ) received a rambling, threatening email from a woman who said she was “so filled with rage that she warned the congressman to ‘watch his back’ and called for [...]

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UPDATE: Man Who Mocked And Tossed Money At Parkinsons Victim Identified

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Health Care, News, Political Fringe, america

Remember this despicable display? The piece of trash who tossed dollar bills has been identified as Chris Reichert of Victorian Village, Ohio. Per Wonkette: The now-adult turd, “Chris Reichert of Victorian Village,” bravely wasted many days after the videotaped display of insane rage denying that he had, in fact, heckled and then tossed a few [...]

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Hmmm… What Should Today’s Talking Points Be?

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Health Care, Politics, Republicans, america

Hmmm… are you wrong??  Let’s see if House Minority leader John Boehner thinks you should compare Obamacare to slavery. John Boehner says… Whoa E. Pluribus!  You may want to back away from the shitty, demeaning, ignorant comparison there.  Even Boehner thinks you’re going too far.

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Barack Obama’s Resurgence Reignites American Dynamism

March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, News, Politics, america

The winding path that led to health care reform was maddeningly vicious– due mainly to the intense rhetoric and numbingly personal attacks on the product, and the people responsible for it.  The fact that this legislation was even crafted and signed into law at all was miraculous, considering the most polarizing political climate in 50 [...]

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