Yes Virginia, There IS a Santa Claus
My baby is a confident 10 year old girl who loves Christmas. Last season, around New Year’s, we had a honest discussion about the season and, […]
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Senate Passes Largest Health Care Expansion Since Medicare
While most of us were still asleep, the United States Senate passed landmark legislation to reform health care. The legislation moves the country closer to the largest expansion of medical coverage since Medicare more than four decades ago. On a 60-39 party line vote the Senate concluded months wrangling to craft the Senate bill. The $879 billion proposal, is far from perfect, and still must be reconciled with the House bill in conference committee.
Death Panel Myth Returns! Just in time for Christmas
It seems that once the right-wing noise machine realized that they would be unable to stop health care reform legislation in the Senate they reverted to PolitiFacts Lie of the Year, Death Panels, to scare the hell out of people; just in time for Christmas. Palin, Morris, Limbaugh, and Bachmann all jumped on the wagon.
Happy Birthday Claudio!
In case you didn’t know, today is Claudio Gallegos birthday! Please join me in wishing our newest blogger a great day today.
Chuck DeVore Thinks “We Consume Too Much Health Care.”
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who hopes to replace Barbara Boxer as California’s junior Senator, was interviewed on Fox News channel today and was asked about his perspective on the Health Care legislation before the Senate. DeVore claims that part of the problem of the costs of our health care system is that because many of us have insurance, we don’t ask about the cost of ourt health care. He thinks that the problem is that doctors are forced to perform too many tests to stave off potential lawsuits.
What Would Jesus Say About Prayers of Death?
On Sunday Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn took to the Senate floor about 9 hours before the 1 am vote on the Senate Health Care Reform bill and told […]
An Example to Local Electeds
Hearing how few electeds show up made me think, all too often we see local Councilmembers or School Boardmembers who lose sight of just what they were elected to do. They start to think certain events are beneath them, or others are meant for them to go and take a quick photo and leave. To those who have developed that mindset, I would like to turn your attention to an example to follow when it comes to being a local elected.
Santa Sanchez
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has followed through on her promise to donate the money she saved by not sending out her annual Christmas Card by mail to local charities. Sanchez solicited applications from local non -profit groups and and set up an independent committee to pick from those who applied.
The Hypocrisy of John McCain – Missing CSPAN Video Footage Found!
Last Friday, Rachel Maddow pointed out the hypocrisy of John McCains outrage over Joe Lieberman being denied a few extra moments by Senator Franken during the debate on health reform legislation. McCain claimed the he had never, in all his years in the Senate, witnessed a member be denied extra time like was done by Senator Franken. Seems in 2002, McCain did exactly the same thing.