Archive for October, 2009
Full Text Available
Thursday, October 29th, 2009The full text of House’s health care bill is available here.
This bill is over 6,600% larger than our founding document.
Yes, six thousand six hundred percent larger than the Constitution of the United States of America.
UPDATE @ 2:17 p.m. EST
Link at House Committee on Rules
Link at Open Congress
Clarify the Concept of “Rights”
Thursday, October 29th, 2009by Jack Painter
Do people have a right to health care?
The proponents of such a right seem to mean that people have a right to medical treatment even if they cannot afford it or, alternatively, have a right to require someone else to pay some or all of their health insurance costs.
Whatever that means precisely, they [...]
Baby Steps
Saturday, October 24th, 2009If you were following comments in this blog from “A Question of Representation,” you would have seen that people of opposing viewpoints agreed to meet on Friday to open dialogues over some common ground and better relationships amongst all of us.
It was fun.
Myself and Mike Wilson sat down with Coleman and Nathan who have posted [...]
A Question of Representation
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Organizing for America hosted a march in support of healthcare reform and the public option today (Oct 18th) at Fountain Square in Cincinnati. Tea Party supporters attended as well to offer an alternative to people in the square, passing out literature about healthcare reform from our perspective.
To provide some additional context for the event: [...]
Rush is Out
Thursday, October 15th, 2009It’s official: Rush Limbaugh has withdrawn as a minority participant in a group that is trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. This follows opposition to Rush’s participation from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and, shamefully, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Such opposition, in turn, was fueled by false claims that Limbaugh has made various racist statements [...]
Where does money come from?
Thursday, October 8th, 2009It grows on trees… right? Perhaps a new tree named Obama?
I’m not a Rush fan (can’t listen to talk radio during the day anyway) but I did hear about his broadcast of the clips contained at the following link. Please listen to the following for the two clips from WJR radio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKb78kJhaMw
Amazing! So now we live in a [...]
I found the missing common sense
Sunday, October 4th, 20091) Fiscal sanity that leads to federal spending freezes and a balanced budget that in turn soon allows a paying down of the debt.
And lots more goodness. Read the whole thing.
Parody
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009“Mmm, mmm, mmm Barack Hussein Obama”
Parody by Ed Bell
Che and Marx would love this man
He’ll tax the rich, across the land
Mmm, mmm, mmm!
Barack Hussein Obama
Add some debt say Yes, I can!
dollars worthless that’s the plan
Mmm, mmm, mmm!
Barack Hussein Obama
He wants health care for everyone
Except the old, their days are done
Mmm, mmm, mmm!
Barack Hussein Obama
We’re learn’in [...]