Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) reserved an hour to speak about health care. Republicans didn’t care for the way he was talking and unsuccessfully tried to cut off his speech. Alan Grayson has become my favorite Congressman. Please clone yourself, have your clone move to Kansas, and successfully run for Congress. Thanks. Via The Huffington Post.
Apparently the AARP and the AMA have announced their support for the House of Representatives health care bill. Despite covering more people and lowering the US deficit, there doesn’t seem to be all that many groups announcing support for Health Care reform. Nice to see that starting to change a bit. Via CNN.com.
A PGA Tour golfer has been banned for doping. Uh, what? This is particularly odd when you see a picture of the guy, not very, uh, “doped” looking. Via CNN.com.
I don’t know how many Democrats/Progressives/Liberals listen to Conservative talk radio as much as I do, but if you have, you’ve probably heard about this big dust up over a quote by Anita Dunn, talking about how she turns to Mao Zedong’s philosophies for guidance. For those unaware, Mao Zedong was the first Communist leader [...]
So the back story is that a lady was going through security and claims that a TSA Agent took her son and she freaked out about it. Which, if true, would have been a big deal. However, it turns out that she’s just a liar and pretty much her entire store was fabricated. This fabrication [...]
According to a new Washington Post poll, people have roughly the same opinion of Democrats and Republicans as they did in 2008 and 2006 – the years Democrats made big gains in Congress. However, I’m still of the opinion that the Dems will lose some seats in the House and the Senate, though still maintaining [...]
Interesting news for the day, the Obama administration has issued a new policy on medical marijuana. I’m certainly not any kind of drug advocate, but I do have a number of opinions on drug use. While it may not be for me, individuals are their own people, it’s not my place to really give a [...]
An interracial couple in Louisiana has been denied a marriage license simply because the justice of the peace doesn’t agree with interracial marriages. P.S. I’m going to try and post more on this site. We’ll see how that goes…