I first heard about RAM, the Remote Area Medical group, in this story about them treating a few thousand folks in Appalachia. More on their work here.

RAM is supposed to be working in Third World nations. Instead, they are spending some of their time working with some of the most needy in America. Appalachia comes to mind, but they are now expanding their scope. If you still think we don’t need health care reform in this nation after seeing these guys at work, you, frankly, are an idiot.

RAM’s work in Los Angeles last week was picked up by Reuters, on on Marketplace twice, and NPR again.

Finally, some honest reporting on the town brawl asshats.

Yes, they don’t care about the issue. Most of them will benefit from a public health care plan. They just know to hate Obama because he’s black and to call everything a Democrat does “socialist”, whether it is or not.

Why? If hate wing radio isn’t telling them to do it, the GOP is doing it itself…or their pals in the corporate lobbies.

As evidenced by the following, these people only cry about their rights when they are abusing them to shut down the democratic process. This goes right along with stealing votes, owning and biasing the vote counts, and basically trying to get your way when you lose at the ballot box.

Thanks to the folks at Political Irony for the image links.

I don’t personally like golf, I’ll be honest.

I find it a waste of time, money, water, land, and resources better placed elsewhere. I find that business done on a golf course is a shortcut around the proper and ethical ways of getting things gone.

Besides, I’d rather shoot a couple racks of pool for the price of a couple rounds of beer than spent half a day chasing a ball whilst whacking it with a crooked stick.

Bill Maher takes the President to task for suddenly picking up the game. He can’t even get enough Republican to say he’s an American citizen to fill a Volkswagen Beetle. What possible pipe dream does he have of cajoling them on the links instead of in the Capitol Building?

Frankly, one of the best damn pieces of journalism I’ve heard or read in awhile.

In short, a look at what’s wrong with our prison system through the view of how far the California penal system has fallen.

Honestly, give it a listen.