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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Stuart Continues To Take On Fox
March 4th, 2010
The Politics of Hate
March 4th, 2010
In a report today on Politico, the contents of an official Republican National Committee fundraising document were revealed likening Obama to The Joker and using increasingly common code words of fear such as the Republican intention to "save the country from trending toward socialism."
The RNC is moving quickly to distance Chairman Michael Steele from the fallout.
In a report today on Politico, the contents of an official Republican National Committee fundraising document were revealed likening Obama to The Joker and using increasingly common code words of fear such as the Republican intention to "save the country from trending toward socialism."
The RNC is moving quickly to distance Chairman Michael Steele from the fallout.
Anti-Social Networking?
March 4th, 2010
The Israeli Government had to call off a planned "clean up" operation in the West Bank today after a soldier allegedly posted details of the maneuver on Facebook.
Here is the story.
The Israeli Government had to call off a planned "clean up" operation in the West Bank today after a soldier allegedly posted details of the maneuver on Facebook.
Here is the story.
Bunning on Bunning
March 4th, 2010
From Sen. Bunning's USAToday Op-Ed:
"Many people asked me, "Why now?" My answer is, "Why not now?" Why can't a non-controversial measure in the Senate that would help those in need be paid for? If the Senate cannot find $10 billion to pay for a measure we all support, we will never pay for anything."
One more time. This would plausibly be a "principled" stand were it not for his record of support for the Medicare Drug Benefit amongst other unfunded boondoggles.
From Sen. Bunning's USAToday Op-Ed:
"Many people asked me, "Why now?" My answer is, "Why not now?" Why can't a non-controversial measure in the Senate that would help those in need be paid for? If the Senate cannot find $10 billion to pay for a measure we all support, we will never pay for anything."
One more time. This would plausibly be a "principled" stand were it not for his record of support for the Medicare Drug Benefit amongst other unfunded boondoggles.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Who Voted No on The Unemployment Extension?
March 3rd, 2010
This is who:
This is who:
| Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bennett (R-UT) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Coburn (R-OK) Corker (R-TN) | Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) | Johanns (R-NE) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Sessions (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) |
The Full Extension Roll Call
March 3rd, 2010
Measure Title: A bill to provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 78
NAYs 19
Not Voting 3
Here is the breakdown of the vote.
Measure Title: A bill to provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 78
NAYs 19
Not Voting 3
Here is the breakdown of the vote.
Bunning Update
March 3rd, 2010
From kansascity.com
"Sen. Jim Bunning on Tuesday ended his often angry, highly unpopular one-man stand against additional funding for jobless benefits, highway and transit programs and other government initiatives Tuesday night, finally agreeing to permit a vote on the measure."
From kansascity.com
"Sen. Jim Bunning on Tuesday ended his often angry, highly unpopular one-man stand against additional funding for jobless benefits, highway and transit programs and other government initiatives Tuesday night, finally agreeing to permit a vote on the measure."
Monday, March 1, 2010
Laughter Is My Health Care Reform
March 1st, 2010
What a day. I spent 3 plus hours on the phone with Sen. Jim Bunning's press office today. What a treat. No. Really. It was just what I thought I would be doing as a small boy.
Anyway. One can only hope it might have made a difference.
In the meantime... Remember the "Good Old Days?"
What a day. I spent 3 plus hours on the phone with Sen. Jim Bunning's press office today. What a treat. No. Really. It was just what I thought I would be doing as a small boy.
Anyway. One can only hope it might have made a difference.
In the meantime... Remember the "Good Old Days?"
attribution uncertain... please. don't sue me.
Sen. Bunning Update
March 1st, 2010
It just keeps getting better.
photo: Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Fresh off the Huffington Post:
"If Congress fails to pass an extension, the National Employment Law Project estimates that 1.2 million people will lose their benefits in March."
Someone On The Front Lines Of Healthcare
March 1st, 2010
This is the blog of someone very smart who is in the healthcare industry. I have known this individual for a quarter of a century and can attest to their wit, humanity and condor. As this person works so hard to help people in a crumbling system, their posts are not as frequent as an avid reader such as myself might desire. But, you would do yourself a disservice to dismiss the observations.
Anonymity is essential for this writer, so don't ask. The truth is the trade off, so to speak.
Do yourselves a favor... read it.
Sullivan Spots A Loony... Again
March 1st, 2010
Andrew Sullivan finds what may well be the most offensive remark by an office seeker in weeks. No mean feat.
"Rosa Parks did not move to the front of the bus to support sodomy," - congressional candidate Barb Davis White (R-MN), on marriage equality.
Again, thanks to Mr. Sullivan. I find him to be an inspiration. Although I usually try to post my own little discoveries, I simply had to repost this.
Andrew Sullivan finds what may well be the most offensive remark by an office seeker in weeks. No mean feat.
photo: Andrew Sullivan
"Rosa Parks did not move to the front of the bus to support sodomy," - congressional candidate Barb Davis White (R-MN), on marriage equality.
photo : Barb Davis White
Sobering Figures
March 1st, 2010
As reported in the Washington Times.
Last year "for the first time since the Great Depression, Americans took more aid from the government than they paid in taxes."
As reported in the Washington Times.
Last year "for the first time since the Great Depression, Americans took more aid from the government than they paid in taxes."
Reading Around
March 1st, 2010
Charles Krauthammer injects some humor and decency into the Toyota discussion while arguing that danger is the "price of modernity". Mary Katherine Ham continues her unseemly fandom of my state's Governor, Mitch Daniels. Jonah Goldberg seems to be implying that my interest in last week's health care debate likens me to a "Kremlinologist." Hugh Hewitt implores everyone to call Blue dogs and others that may be sitting on the fence with regards to health care reform and demand they vote no. He supplies many of their phone numbers so I would hope that you'd call and do just the opposite.
Charles Krauthammer injects some humor and decency into the Toyota discussion while arguing that danger is the "price of modernity". Mary Katherine Ham continues her unseemly fandom of my state's Governor, Mitch Daniels. Jonah Goldberg seems to be implying that my interest in last week's health care debate likens me to a "Kremlinologist." Hugh Hewitt implores everyone to call Blue dogs and others that may be sitting on the fence with regards to health care reform and demand they vote no. He supplies many of their phone numbers so I would hope that you'd call and do just the opposite.
Happy Monday
March 1st, 2010
As of yesterday, extended unemployment benefits expired for as many as 150 to 160 thousand out of work Americans. This is the result of a filibuster by one individual in the Senate, Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning. Bunning's record has the virtue of Conservative Consistency. This could be regarded as admirable were it not for the potentially disastrous consequences of his lone dissent on the issue at hand.
It is reported that in response to push back from Democratic colleagues last week, Bunning replied, "tough ***t."
His larger argument is that the extension has no clear means by which it is being paid. Sadly, he is one the most prideful sponsors of the Medicare drug benefit, which is the largest single unfunded entitlement in U.S. history and that's the view of the Heritage Foundation with whom he has had a more than cozy relationship.
Feel free to contact him at 202 224 4343
As of yesterday, extended unemployment benefits expired for as many as 150 to 160 thousand out of work Americans. This is the result of a filibuster by one individual in the Senate, Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning. Bunning's record has the virtue of Conservative Consistency. This could be regarded as admirable were it not for the potentially disastrous consequences of his lone dissent on the issue at hand.
It is reported that in response to push back from Democratic colleagues last week, Bunning replied, "tough ***t."
photo copyright AP
His larger argument is that the extension has no clear means by which it is being paid. Sadly, he is one the most prideful sponsors of the Medicare drug benefit, which is the largest single unfunded entitlement in U.S. history and that's the view of the Heritage Foundation with whom he has had a more than cozy relationship.
Feel free to contact him at 202 224 4343
A Nice Cold Drink
March 1st, 2010
From the pages of the New York Times
“We are, in essence, shutting down our Clean Water programs in some states,” said Douglas F. Mundrick, an E.P.A. lawyer in Atlanta. “This is a huge step backward. When companies figure out the cops can’t operate, they start remembering how much cheaper it is to just dump stuff in a nearby creek.”
From the pages of the New York Times
“We are, in essence, shutting down our Clean Water programs in some states,” said Douglas F. Mundrick, an E.P.A. lawyer in Atlanta. “This is a huge step backward. When companies figure out the cops can’t operate, they start remembering how much cheaper it is to just dump stuff in a nearby creek.”
Friday, February 26, 2010
Van Jones Tells Glenn Beck "I Love You" At Image Awards
February 26th, 2010
As was reported earlier in the week, Van Jones was presented this evening with an NAACP Image Award. His accpeptance was gracious but tough. The most remarkable moment may well have been when he brought up Glenn Beck. You may remember it was Beck who dedicated so much time in an attempt to convince his viewers that Jones was the next wave of Commie Infiltration. Jones said, and I am quoting, "I love you Glenn Beck."
Whatever one thinks of his politics, it was a class act. My hat goes off to him.
A Roundup Of The Chattering Class
February 26th, 2010
"So what if you don't have any teeth, so what?" - Rush Limbaugh
Having watched yesterday's Healthcare Summit in it's entirety as well as live blogging the full event, it's stunning to dissect the reactions of the pundit-class. It's nothing new to expect manipulation by sound-bite rabid producers, editors and commentators. However, the sheer ugliness, stupidity and oversimplification from almost every source available represents an alarming new low. Don't for a minute think this repulsive disservice to our electorate was limited to broadcast sources. The talent of the national and international print media have deteriorated to such a degree that it's hard to believe they bother to publish at all.
Megan McCardle of The Atlantic tells us it was "a waste of time." Paul Krugman was meekly hopeful. Fellow New York Times writer David Brooks gives the edge to Obama but titled his column, 'Not As Dull As Expected.' Michael Barone was particularly weak, using the first four paragraphs of his analysis to type Rightist code words like "elite," take a shot at the aforementioned David Brooks and tell a bizzaro anecdote about how the "Soviet medical system kept down the heart disease caseload by placing cardiac care units on the fifth floor, walk up. Death panels, anyone?"
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Health Care Summit Live Part 2
February 25th, 2010
5:25
After watching our leaders for the past six and a half hours, I am signing off. I am more on board with the President than I was before. Do I want a "public option?" Yes. Can we as a nation accept nothing rather than a flawed bill? No. In my estimation, we can wait no longer.
As a side note, I want to thank the people who have e-mailed me throught this live blogging experience. I am especially glad to have been of some service to those of you doing the 9 to 5 routine. Feel free to comment whether you agree with this or any other blog. It's America.
5:20
"After five decades of dealing with this issue" starting over when we are this close is ridiculous. I am putting that a little more bluntly than POTUS. The people "don't want us to wait. They can't wait five more decades."
5:12
Obama sums it all up pretty well. "Overwhelmingly, people say the insurance market should be regulated." In the simplest terms possible, he lays out the fundamental principles he believes will drive down costs. I agree with him. He just argued that an unregulated opening of interstate insurance purchase could lead to a "race to the bottom" likening it to the explosion of the credit markets through the eighties and nineties. Again, I find the reasoning sound. He admits that reform of malpractice law has traditionally been the territory of Republicans and offers less ground than he probably should. I am pleased that he's strongly against randomly set "hard caps" in malpractice compensation but we need to find some compromise on this issue quickly. "I didn't propose something complicated just to have something complicated." Indeed, Mr. President.
Health Care Summit Live Part 1
February 25th, 2010
12:56
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D- New York) brings some interesting facts to the table. "Eight states are allowed to declare domestic abuse as a pre-existing condition." She has returned the discussion to fear of health care costs limiting innovation. Very smart.
12:51
Obama: "Let's not pretend that any regulation of the insurance industry is some onerous burden."
Cantor: "In a perfect world everyone would have everything they want." He has used the words "mandate" or "mandated" six times.
12:46
Obama rebuts Cantor roughly: "We could set up a system where food was less expensive if we eliminated meat inspectors."
12:42
Cantor "most people in this country have insurance." "it's just too expensive." He alleges that more than 10 million people could lose their insurance if the bill passes. He is trying to scare people with the fear of mandates (without specifics). He rings the alarm bill over "regulation."
12:40
Rep. Eric Cantor (R- Virginia) is grandstanding. He is using the 2400 page bill as a prop while conceding the discussion is really about the 11 page proposal from Obama.
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