Watching Meet the Press this morning, I was shocked to hear Senator John Kyl say this: I’m not sure that it’s a fact that more and more people die because they don’t have health insurance. But because they don’t have health insurance, the care is not delivered in the best and most efficient way. Uh, dude, you’re a goddam SENATOR! […]

All photos except the first one by Anne Savage. Visit her website, Flickr Page, and blog. October 3, 2009, the Washtenaw County Democratic Party held its annual dinner. Three U.S. Congressmen were in attendance. The first was freshman Representative Mark Schauer, a young, vibrant and optimistic Congressman. The second was Representative John Dingell, the longest-serving member in Congress today and […]

From the Washington Times: [House Minority Whip Eric] Cantor said Mr. Obama initially asked for Republican help on health care, but Republicans have heard nothing since they offered their ideas. “No matter what the cry is from the White House, no matter what the president claims, they have not engaged with us,” he said. “The White House at this point […]

And we don’t want to be happy. So says Rush Limbaugh. Oh, and by the way? Nobody is dying because they don’t have health care insurance, despite evidence to the contrary I’m just sayin’…

Leonard Pitts, Jr. has a most excellent opinion piece in today’s Detroit Free Press in which he calls upon so-called Christians like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Steve Doocy and Bill O’Reilly to live up to their Christian beliefs and stop telling lies. Even better, they put it on page two, not buried on the Opinion page. Referring to Beck claiming […]

Will Ferrell and friends have a snarky take on the health care debate, courtesy of MoveOn.org: Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell I’m just sayin’…

With 564 amendments (maybe more, the number seems to change hourly) to the health care reform bill put out by Max Baucus’ Senate Finance committee, you just know there’s gonna be some serious pork hidden in their somewhere. That’s how Congress operates, after all. And, yes there are some particularly ridiculous amendments as outlined by mcjoan three days ago. But […]

Coupla very interesting diaries on the Daily Kos this morning that cover the Teabagger Reunion in Washington, D.C. this past weekend. First of all, there’s this dude, “MD Friend of Hillary ” who’s sportin’ a pair much larger than the average guy: It’s amazing to me that just supporting people having an OPTION can result in so much anger and […]

Yesterday, the US Census Bureau released a major report that outlines poverty and other issues in this country including health care coverage. The stats are for 2008. Looking through it today, one thing really stuck out: Over one-third of Americans are already covered by “government health insurance”. Over one-third. 255.1 million Americans have health insurance and 87.4 million are “covered […]

Liberalism: Broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; A political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution. (WordNet) Liberalism: The quality of being liberal; Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed. (Wiktionary) Liberal:: Broad: […]

We need health insurance reform. We need it NOW. We’re not rushing this through, it’s been sixty long, long years to get to this point. Saying we’re rushing is absurd. We need reform NOW and we can’t afford to wait any longer. Watch the vid: I’m just sayin’…