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Republican Pre-Conditions

February 9, 2010

Remember all the noise from neo-conservatives over the thought of President Obama sitting down with….gasp….Iranian leaders?
Remember all those ignorant Villager gotcha questions Obama fielded during the presidential election campaign over…gasp….sitting down with Iranian leaders?
Would pre-conditions have to be met before an American president could….gasp…talk to Iranian leaders? Shouldn't Iranian leaders first meltdown all their nuclear [...]

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The Long Awaited GOP Ideas

February 5, 2010

During the health care "debate", many Republicans rose to their feet, grabbed the nearest megaphone, and shouted that Democrats were threatening Medicare. Those collectivist Democrats, if one was to believe Republicans, were going to "eliminate services" for seniors on Medicare. At least that's what "real Americans" like ex-governor Sarah Palin and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley [...]

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Sucker Punch 'Em

January 23, 2010

From my December 17, 2009 blog post….
Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have the right idea….table this Christmas present to Big Insurance and Big Pharma….and go the route of reconciliation where 51 votes are all that are required to pass genuine health care reform for the American people.
If the Republicans, and the Village that [...]

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Health Care Reform…..Almost Done

December 21, 2009

In the early morning hours today, the Senate voted 60-40 for cloture on…..
….a major package of health care amendments–and by doing so, signaled that the Democratic caucus is unified, and ready to pass a far-reaching reform bill straight down party lines.
The Senate is now expected to hold more procedural votes on Tuesday and Wednesday before [...]

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Kill The Bill

December 17, 2009

The last two mornings my Roadrunner has been working like an old Ford with a bad carburetur……every time I would try to save my work, it was lost. Lots of very vulgar words were spoken.
If you didn't see Keith Olbermann's special comment last night urging Congress and the president to scrap the current rubbish [...]

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No Change At All

December 15, 2009

The Obama White House and Congressional Democrats are hurriedly wrapping the huge Christmas present they're preparing to give to their bestest friends forever….for-profit coporate health care insurers.
Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff, is doing most of the holiday wrapping this year….
Obama administration officials were not pleased when word leaked out earlier today that the White [...]

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Medicare Buy-In

December 9, 2009

Now it's getting embarassing.
As I predicted, the Senate has jettisoned the public health insurance option……not that this is a surprise in any way. Many Senators work directly for big medical-pharma-insurance corporations who pay for their elections. Nothing personal against those Americans who need health insurance, mind you……it's just not in their corporate clients' interest……profits [...]

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Oh-So-Sensitive GOP Feelings Hurt

December 8, 2009

Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks frankly about the wrong side of history rut today's Senate Republicans are in….
"Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, 'slow down, stop everything, let's start over.' If you think you've heard these same excuses before, you're right. When this [...]

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Now It's "Gulags"

December 7, 2009

Here's less than a minute of Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), telling FOX viewers how Medicaid is "essentially a health care gulag"….

Cornyn, as all Republicans do, (perhaps with the exception of Olympia Snowe (R-ME)), is doing the bidding of health insurers and big pharma by floating yet another "death panel"-like meme……in criticism of Democratic efforts to [...]

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Dithering

December 4, 2009

Many on the left thought that the Obama White House, once in place, would quickly seek to rein in the titans of Wall Street. After all, what happened in the fall of 2008 when Hank Paulson temporarily took over the George W. Bush presidency…..was no small deal. The U.S came as close to a [...]

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