The Tea Party Express rolled its malevolent way through Michigan today. Noon: Jackson!3:30: Brighton!6:00: Troy! I was invited by Organizing for America to join a few of my closest Livingston County Democratic, pro-health reform friends to attend the Great D-Bag Tea Bag Extravaganza in Brighton. Why can’t they ever have these things when I don’t have to take fucking vacation […]

Today, at an Organizing for America (OFA)-sponsored event, U.S. Representative John Dingell was presented with over 4,000 health care declarations supporting President Obama’s three principles of health care reform. It was a great event with over 250 supporters in attendance and only one anti-reform protester who walked up and down the road in front of the building with a sign […]

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. Last week I penned a Letter to the Editor to the Dexter Leader, my local newspaper and part of Heritage Newspapers. Heritage Newspapers is, from their webpage: ..an award winning publishing group that consists of 11-suburban publications (9 weekly, 1 twice-weekly and 1 tri-weekly publication) in southeastern Michigan with a circulation of over 316,850. […] […]

Headlines from the news media. Diaries at the Daily Kos. Chain emails from conservatives. From all of these fronts we’re getting the message “Barack Obama is losing the health care reform debate”. I say he’s NOT. Decidedly NOT. There’s been a sea change in the whole health care reform debate and I don’t think many of us have even noticed […]

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. The USA Today is reporting that “thousands” of Americans are moving to Mexico to receive inexpensive health care: As the United States debates an overhaul of its health care system, thousands of American retirees in Mexico have quietly found a solution of their own, signing up for the health care plan run by the Mexican […]

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos and the Huffington Post. This is a follow-up to my diary on Tuesday regarding defeated former U.S. Representative Tim Walberg holding town halls in Michigan in an apparent crass use of the health care debate to launch his 2010 bid to regain his House seat. Walberg listens to a supporter condemn health care reform Last […]

Sometimes cartoons ARE better at explaining things. This video by Andy Lubershane does a spectacular job of spelling out what I think should be the painfully obvious reasons why universal health care for Americans is the way we should be doing things. I’m just sayin’…

For your reading pleasure: County Commissioner Brings Swastika Sign To US Rep. Schauer Health Care Rally I think I made this guy’s life rather difficult starting a bit before lunch today. Good. I’m just sayin’…

I have another Huffington Post piece up today. It’s about an amazingly douchey guy from St. Louis named Kenneth Gladney. St. Louis Teabag Protester Lies about Medical Coverage to Solicit “Donations” I’m just sayin’…

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. I have three major updates to my two Daily Kos Rec List diaries regarding last week’s Rep. John Dingell health care town hall meeting and about Kenneth Gladney, the protestor in St. Louis who claimed not to have health insurance. Executive summary: Kenneth Gladney DOES have health insurance and he’s still collecting money anyway. Mike […]

I have a new article up at the Huffington Post, a rewrite of my Daily Kos diary on John Dingell’s health care town hall meeting last week. Raucous Politics — Rep. John Dingell Calmly Faces “The Screamers” I’m just sayin’…