In an effort to get to some actual truth, PBS created this Frontline investigation into the health care systems of Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland. It apparently is the full show, warts and all, of each nation’s system.
Even when showing the true pros and cons, we don’t stack up among the best.This truly needs to change.
“The last time I renewed my driver’s license, it took less than five minutes. If I ever have the privilege of sitting in a doctor’s office waiting room and, subsequently, the exam room, for less than five minutes I’ll voluntarily pay triple the fee and send the doctor an enormous gift basket filled with, you know, a Lexus.”
More goodness from Bob Cesca on the bullshit GOP arguments against public health care.
Here are some tips on making a relatively safe cleaning kit. With Gabriel now interested in the contents of, well, ANYTHING, I figured I’d at least look into keeping the caustic chemicals away from him. This looks like a good start.
Granted, some things need the cleansing bomb sometimes, but I’m hoping to try to make the home somewhat safe for the little guy.
Last night’s Rachel Maddow show was pretty much all over the place as far as issues go. Granted, I often chafe at the cute factor lately and thinks she forgets that Obama is a moderate and likely will never go as left as much as she’d like – or even as much as I’d like. The difference? I realized that early and back most of his moves anyway.
That said, there was some good coverage on some pretty key issues yesterday so I figured I’d post them up for anyone interested. Here’s the transcript.
First up is our soldier captured by the Taliban that the GOP is apparently willing to write off to be killed by his captors. Real patriots, those asshats. PVT Bergdahl, get home safely.
Also, more coverage of the twits trying to screw us out of health care.
More on the House on C Street and the Talibangelical cult members who live there:
The real gem of last night’s show was the following clarification and correcting of Pat Buchanan’s racist screed from the other night. Honestly, THIS is why Maddow’s style works even though it may fall flat on the petty stuff.
Even House Twit Kent Jones had a decent segment.
I had these segments broken up well but since Flash died and MSNBC does a HORRIBLE job of archiving, I’ve had to pull what I can from archive.org and it is just damn hard to get things cut up just so.
NPR has been running a series tied to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. A couple of high points have been an interview with Buzz Aldrin and a story on the hopefully accidental erasure of the original Apollo 11 tapes.
Also of interest is a backup speech that Nixon would have used if the landing had befallen some form of disaster. Pretty chilling but good that even Tricky Dick had a backup plan, something we haven’t seen in a president for the majority of this decade.
Wired had a rollup of related Apollo 11 news, some of it new to most of us.
There are six members of the Senate Democratic Caucus who are against the public health care option. They are currently being called the Gang of Six, alluding to the thugs who ran China after Mao died.
Each of these nitwits has taken many millions of dollars from the health and insurance industries and parrot their talking points whenever possible. They should be on *our* side, but inside side with the wealthy and powerful.
You want proof? Here ya go. These assclowns are against spending a trillion and a third or so to prove good health care to ALL Americans because it might cost some money. However, four of them had NO issues whatsoever in voting for Bush’s gift bag o’ tax cuts for the ultrawealthy.
So…a trilliion in free money to billionaires already tax dodging or health care for average Americans, and these jerks side with the rich people.
Someone needs to be changing their priorities…and soon.
It turns out, if you are an American soldier captured by the Taliban, conservative media types have no problem – and actively encourage your captors – if you are executed. Presumably this would likely involve having your head lopped off with a Ginsu knife.
Granted, Ralph Peters – who is STILL pissed off he wrote a half dozen books on a Russian war in Europe that never happened – swears this particular soldier deserted, even though he has no real proof of this. Even so, get the soldier back, try him in a military court, and send him to Leavenworth if guilty.
They used to say anti-war lefties were traitors for not wanting our troops in Iraq. Now, conservatives actually wish for our soldier’s murder if they are captured by our enemies. And this ass clown was actually in the military, unlike so many armchair generals in the GOP.
If that isn’t treason, I’m not sure what is, folks.
Meanwhile, media clown and hatemonger Randall Terry is promising violent domestic terrorism if Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Wait a minute asswipe. You don’t have to like the lady – as I certainly loathe Roberts, Scalia, Alito, and Thomas – but each of them went through a confirmation hearing and were voted by the Senate – as the Constitution proscribes.
So basically, we have one Rethug arguing for the execution of a soldier held by our enemies in a combat zone and another calling for terrorism in our borders if the Constitutional confirmation process is followed.
And all the airtime on FAUXNews to argue for what is treason in about every sense of the word.