I am not going to join the fracas over the passage of the health care bill. What needs to be said on both sides of the issue has already been said many times. My only comment is that this is why elections matter, and why we should never take lightly the commitments and promises made […]
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The Right To Say What You Want – As Long As You Agree
The news out of Washington today is very troubling. According to numerous sources, the administration is shunning Fox News, and asking other networks to follow suit. After a scuffle on Fox News Sunday regarding a secretary for Veterans Affairs, the Obama administration has started pulling guests off of the network. In addition, senior advisor David […]
Update: Health Care – Incent vs Tax
A few weeks ago, I wrote about using incentives to drive down the cost of health care, rather than laying on onerous new taxes on sugar, fat, and other harmful foods. Today, it seems the Senate has adopted at least some of the concepts I was talking about. Read about it, and let me know […]
Health Care – Incent vs. Tax
There was a really good article in the NY Times last week about the effects of diet on American’s general health and well-being, and consequently, health care costs. For anyone that pays attention, this is no surprise. If you live in suburban America, you would have to be blind not to see the rampant obesity […]
I agree with Biden
We have the beginnings of a pandemic with this swine flu thing. Joe Biden got on the air this morning and said he would advise his family to stay home, and not to travel in confined places ( subways, airplanes, trains, whatever ). I thought that was a pretty rational thing to say. But, just […]
Will the real Obama Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up
Two article headlines in my iGoogle news ticker today caught my attention, not because of their content, but because of what seemed to be a direct contradiction by the current President. The first article’s headline read ‘Obama doesn’t enjoy ‘meddling in private sector’. You can read the article here. It’s sort of a funny headline […]
The First Dog stirs up hate and discontent
I was trolling the news sites tonight and happened upon this article from Reuters wherein the animal rights folks are upset because the Obamas decided to get their new pooch, Bo, from a breeder rather than go to a shelter. Only in the United States, where we are supposed to be in one of the […]
Anything Is Possible
If I heard this phrase once in the last 3 days, I heard it 100 times. Everyone from Mariah Carey to people on the mall before the Inauguration kept saying it. “This shows us that in America anything is possible.” I guess that they all meant that because an African-American has been elected, anything is […]
America, The New Socialist State
I generally am an optimist when it comes to America. I think this is the best place on Earth to live. However, sometimes I can’t believe how far we have veered from our course. I was stunned to read over the past few days of plans for our government to PAY PEOPLE’S MORTGAGES. I believe […]
No Barbra. He only thinks that about you.
I ran across a blog entry today by Barbra Streisand wherein she posits that John McCain must think women are stupid if he thinks that just putting a woman on the ticket will sway women voters away. Of course, in order to be a part of the “Women Smarter Than McCain” group, you have to […]