'Politics' Category
Sara Palin Please Shut Up
If you look to the upper right of this page, you will see that we are fighting against the use of the R-Word. For those who don’t know, that word is “retard” and it is offensive to those of us who love someone with a mental disability. Back in August, White House Chief [...]
Be Not Afraid
When it was announced that some of the criminals involved in the World Trade Center attack on 9/11 were going to be tried in New York City, I was thrilled. This is exactly where they should be tried. Just as Timothy McVeigh was tried in Oklahoma City, these animals should be tried at [...]
The Governator Sends a Special Message
The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, sent a special message to a state lawmaker when he vetoed a bill that would have allowed the city of San Fransisco to get the financing they need to redevelop a former shipyard into a new neighborhood. The veto message sent to San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, had [...]
And the difference is…
I stole this from Glenn Greenwald because it is too funny.
A thuggish dictator crushing democracy — Washington Post, February 16, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won a referendum Sunday to eliminate term limits, paving the way for him to rule far into the 21st century to carry out his socialist transformation of this oil-rich country.
A stalwart [...]The GOP Is Crazy
There is simply no other way to say it. On September 12th, right-wing Republicans were in Washington, DC to protest government spending. They demand that the government spend less and let the free market pick up the difference. So how do they react? Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas sent a note [...]
Socialized Medicine
“If this program passes, one of these years we will tell our children and our children’s children what it was like in American when men were free.”
— Ronald Reagan discussing Medicare in 1961
Apparently Reagan’s prediction did not come true since the GOP is now claiming that Obama’s health care plan will remove our freedom.
Click here [...]American Conservatives
I thought this was so funny that I had to post it.
I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE! This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water [...]Good Healthcare Will Kill Us All!
From an editorial in the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD):
People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.
The only problem is that the Investor’s Business Daily seems to not realize that [...]Maybe socialized medicine isn’t so bad
Circulatory disease deaths per 100,000:
Canada: 219
United States: 265Child maltreatment deaths per 100,000:
Canada: 0.7
United States: 2.2Digestive disease deaths per 100,000:
Canada: 17.4
United States: 20.5Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births
Canada: 5.08
United States: 6.3Intestinal diseases death rate
Canada: 0.3%
United States: 7.3%Proability of not reaching age 60:
Canada: 9.5%
United States: 12.8%Respiratory disease child death rate per 100,000
Canada: 0.62
United States: 40.43Heart disease [...]
Happy Bastille Day
Today is Bastille Day, the holiday honoring the overthrow of the monarchy in France. It is celebrated much like Independence Day in the US with fireworks and parades. On this day in 1789, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a prison/fortress which represented all that was evil with the French monarchy. [...]
