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Posts tagged healthcare
House Passes BailOut of Insurance...
November 7, 2009
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962 (Affordable Health Care for America Act) known here as a bailout for private insurance companies, in what is lauded as a victory for Obama and health care in America. I’ll be damned. The only worthwhile compromise is that the... [+]
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07Nov
Morons of the Week - Outraged...
September 11, 2009
This is the last I will post on the topic. The POTUS denigrated both immigrants and women in this country within the space of 40 seconds, and most Americans are more concerned over two words from a right-wing idiot that violated decorum. So concerned that they... [+]
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11Sep
Why Not an 'Include Everyone'...
September 11, 2009
Congressperson Joe ‘You Lie’ Wilson was hard hit this week while the POTUS effectively got away with snubbing women and undocumented immigrants in his health care speech. But even after his re-election opponent, Rob Miller, raised a million due to the outcry and an apology to... [+]
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Obama is a Liar
September 9, 2009
Crossposted at S4FC and The Sanctuary It is sad that all our social networks and media blitzes are about how disrespectful Congressperson Joe Wilson was rather than how centrist and inappropriate Barack Obama is with his assertion that all human beings don’t deserve equal access to... [+]
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09Sep
One year on ... Ode for the broken...
April 3, 2009
It’s one whole year today since the fateful day that someone broke my wrist. Maybe it is a good thing that I don’t even remember who it was and precisely how it happened. All I was doing is blocking a close range shot and ’snap.’ The... [+]
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03Apr
Thinking too much can make you 'fat'...
September 7, 2008
I cannot believe that popular media still uses the word “fat” to denote “overweight” or “obese.” It is scientifically incorrect to use the word “fat” to describe a person whose Body Mass Index is much higher than average. There is something else about this study that... [+]
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07Sep
Are Your Hospital Emergency Rooms...
August 21, 2008
Fox News would like you to think so as would The Examiner and countless other anti-migrant sites that we won’t bother mentioning here. Alas, a new study by the Public Policy Institute of California proclaims, Medi-Cal patients are more likely than uninsured or privately insured Californians to... [+]
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21Aug