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Author - Bob Cesca
A Word About ACORN
This might not be a very popular thing to write, but I was a little disappointed in Jon Stewart's extended bit about ACORN on The Daily Show last night. So a few ACORN people tried to game the...
The Insurance You Have… Sucks
Ezra reports the results of a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation: The average cost of a family health insurance policy in 2009 was $13,375. Over the past ten years, premiums have increased...
Stupid Max and his Stupid Plan
(That's the title of the movie I'd love to make about this whole thing.) Anyway, the Baucus Plan has arrived and, as predicted, it's terrible. So terrible in fact that he's basically lost all...
Quote of the Day
"[You] are doing nothing but reinforcing the stereotype that the conservative right is insane." —Insane wingnut conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in an open letter to insane wingnut conspiracy theorist...
Morning Joe
Maria Bartiromo is on Morning Joe today and during a discussion with Michael Eric Dyson about racism and President Carter's remarks, she said that because President Obama once enjoyed a 70 percent...
Morning Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Taste the Pain" The Chili Peppers tribute week continues with another of my favorite tracks.
Shameless Cheaters
I caught this headline on Drudge: Mark Levin Book Hits One Million in Sales; Never Reviewed by NYT, WASHINGTON POST... You know why it hit one million in sales? Because think tanks and wealthy...
Ten Lessons for Tea Baggers
This list by Jon Perr is really great: Here, then, are 10 Lessons for Tea Baggers: 1. President Obama Cut Your Taxes 2. The Stimulus is Working 3. First Ronald Reagan Tripled the National Debt... 4. ...
Healthcare Hero: Wendell Potter
Sure, he was once a villain with CIGNA, but now he's really redeeming himself by fighting hard for reform and the public option. Here's Potter's opening statement: “A public option must be created to...
Health Insurance Misogyny
Ryan Grim reports: It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by your spouse is a pre-existing condition. In 2006, Congress tried to stop this practice, but...
Rockefeller Will Vote Against Baucus Plan
Senator Rockefeller, a member of the Finance Committee, has pledged to vote against the Baucus Plan because it lacks a public insurance option. "There is no way in its present form that I will vote...
The Next Ad Boycott Begins Now
Rush Limbaugh predictably grapples his flapping arms around Drudge's racist headline: "[I]n Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering." See, with a Limbaugh ad...
The 'Good' Hodgkins
As more details get crapped out of the Finance Committee, the already awful bill looks even worse. Ezra Klein explains: The point of health-care insurance is to protect against the financial burden...
Eff You, Drudge
The current Drudge front page: Several things about this. 1) Drudge is clearly race-baiting. 2) There's no evidence at this point that the fight was racially motivated. 3) The bus is pretty evenly...
Pollgasm
New CNN poll results: Asked about approval of the president's work on specific issues, 54% approve of his handling of the economy (up five points since August); 58% approve of his handling of foreign...
What The Crap Is Wrong With You People?!
You people = the centrist Democrats. As we get closer to the release of the awful Baucus Plan, the details are becoming increasingly clear. The price tag is estimated at just under $880 billion over...
Why Do Doctors Hate America?
It turns out that a super-majority of doctors support the public option: 62.9 percent of physicians nationwide support proposals to expand health care coverage that include both public and private...
Morning Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Knock Me Down" Continuing our Chili Peppers tribute week.
Max Blumenthal Digs Into the 9/12 Crowd
Wingnut fish in a gigantic wingnut barrel. "Dipers." I nearly snarfed my beverage on that one.