I trust phone companies the same way I do insurance companies, corporations and Southern cops. Which is to say: not at all.
I’m glad to see that some senators are working to roll back the telco “get out of jail free” cards that Bush passed out with the PATRIOT Act.
Hopefully this law gets passed so we can get some of our freedom from spying eyes and ears leftover during the Reign of the NeoThugs.
Ol’ Roland may have gotten into office on the shadiest of grounds, but it doesn’t mean he completely sold his soul once he got there. And apparently he’s got more balls than most of the Democratic Party. Good job there Mr. Burris.
“I firmly believe in a public option and will oppose any bill that does not include one. Illinoisans have seen their insurance premiums skyrocket, while more and more families lose their coverage every day.”
Same goes for the rest of us pal.
Via Reddit, a story on a surgical assault into Somalia to kill a key al Qaeda trainer.
I think this is best described in the Reddit comments:
“I’ve been waiting for the war on terrorism to start since 9/11”
– commenter soyjesus
The Democrats just never learn: Americans don’t really care which side of an issue you’re on as long as you don’t act like pussies.
Mr. President, there are some people who are never going to like you. That’s why they voted for the old guy and Carrie’s mom. You’re not going to win them over. Stand up for the 70% of Americans who aren’t crazy.
Bill Maher asks the President to grow a pair. I don’t always agree with Bill but I sure do on this one.
Who has done a better job of keeping the country safer – George Bush or Barack Obama? Well, as soon as it we make it past the morning of 9/11, then Obama will have officially kept us safer longer than George Bush did. It’s empirical. You can’t argue with it.
Oliver Willis shoves tongue in cheek again. But seriously, we elected the right damn guy at the right damn time.
I swear man. Every time. Like, every single time. They pile on they write him off and then he does his thing and gives a great speech that hits the points just about right. They said he was throwing the public option overboard, then he put 7 paragraphs of it in the speech. They said he was going to give his liberal base the cold shoulder, then he smacked the GOP around. They said he wasn’t emotional enough, then talked about Ted Kennedy, average Americans and the moral urgency of health care reform.
Damn you Barack Obama for bringing honor back to the presidency.
I’m finding myself reading Paul Krugman’s articles again. While he’s still an unapologetic Clintonista, he makes sense every so often, as he does with this idea list for the President’s speech to Congress tomorrow.
Gene Robinson on why it is utterly stupid to compromise your principles and your agenda to try to win Republican votes when none of them are voting for the bill no matter what you give you.
President Obama, are you listening to ANY of this advise?
Health care reform is a moral choice. Either you value healing the sick or you value insurance company profits. That’s the long and short of it.
– submitted by itsjibba at Reddit
“This is the cause of my life. For four decades I have carried this cause — from the floor of the United States Senate to every part of this country. It has never been merely a question of policy; it goes to the heart of my belief in a just society.”
– Ted Kennedy on providing health care to all Americans
Lush Rimjob is chortling his fat, drug-addled ass off, gleefully declaring “victory” by “predicting” that Ted Kennedy would be dead before health care reform was passed in this nation. It is bastards like that, encouraging bullyboy tactics and general thuggery that are derailing said reform and rotting our nation’s democracy.
Senator Robert Byrd wants to rename any health care legislation after Kennedy. Here’s a blog entry that states the same opinion.
And, of course, HonorKennedy.com asks you to add your name to an online petition to do the same.
That said, given the crap put out by Fifth Columnists like Max Baucus, they’re gonna have to rewrite any bill to fit Teddy’s requirements. As best put by Bob Cesca’s latest column, “Healthcare Reform Named After Ted Kennedy Must Not Suck”.