When I first heard that I thought someone built a scale model of Old Ironsides. Instead it turns out to be some health care protestor talking about the U.S. Constitution. This video is some classic wingnuttery at its best.
Rush Limbaugh pats himself on the back for predicting “health care won’t pass before Kennedy dies”. What a sick, drug addict, racist, hate mongering leader the GOP has.
It comes in the form of Ashley Todd, who miraculously healed in just 24 hours: Thursday: Friday:
I can’t think of a better way to describe this: Amid indications that more people may have died or been harmed after being given a brand of the blood thinner heparin, federal drug regulators said Thursday that they had found “potential deficiencies” at a Chinese plant that supplied much of the active ingredient for the […]
This could prove to be a problem for Hillary: Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans. The New York senator has criticized presidential rival Barack Obama for pushing a health plan that would not […]
So much for the sovereignty of the states: Several states and communities are moving to provide universal health coverage for their residents, but a federal law is blocking their efforts. Many of the proposals require employers either to offer health coverage themselves or pay into a public fund to help cover the uninsured. Some employers […]
Glenn Greenwald highlights this little part of Schumer’s speech last night during the confirmation of Mukasey: [The most amazing quote was from chief Mukasey supporter Chuck Schumer, who, before voting for him, said that Mukasey is “wrong on torture — dead wrong.” Marvel at that phrase: “wrong on torture.” Six years ago, there wasn’t even […]
Hopefully this will send a message to the Christian right that their support for the gay marriage ban is less than expected: The Senate on Wednesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, dealing an embarrassing defeat to President Bush and Republicans who hoped to use the measure to energize conservative voters on Election […]