Category Archives: Healthcare

Woah! AP Fact Checks Obama On Health Premiums, Says “Liar!”

I wonder if the White House will now start assaulting the Associated Press for daring to stand up and say “liar!” Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print. Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill […]

Pelosi Whines About Process Over Substance (Plus St. Paddy’s Pinups)

Apparently, Queen Nancy was nipping at the green beer a day early Democrats are considering using a complicated process to avoid a direct vote on the Senate-passed bill, which is unpopular with House Democrats. Instead, they would declare the Senate bill passed once the House votes to approve changes it wants. Republicans said the strategy […]

Barry Claims His Plan Would Bring Down Premiums By 3,000%

No, that is not a typo in the headline. I seriously doubt that The Smartest Man In The World Ever!!!!!! meant to say 3,000. I Blame Bush. Or Secretary Teleprompter. Just image had Bush made this claim, even by accident Now, so let me talk about the third thing, which is my proposal would bring […]

NY Times “Worried” Over Iraq Elections And Democracy

Here we go. Wait for the punchline The latest election results in Iraq point to a heated and possibly lengthy power struggle between the Shiite coalition led by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and the rival secular slate led by Ayad Allawi. That is not a surprise, but it is still worrying. There is much […]

Nice Deb: If You Can’t Make It To Washington On Tuesday

Nice Deb has the deal-e-o on what you can do on Tuesday if you cannot make it to Washington for the big rally.

House Democrats Start Their Health System Shell Game

The cat poop sandwich (surprisingly, no video of that scene from Anchorman) they are showing is not the same cat poop sandwich they will ask you to eat, as the American Spectator points out Shortly before midnight on Sunday, Democrats released a 2,309 page health care bill that will start the process of reconciliation — […]

Has Disney Taken Over Management Of The White House?

Perhaps President Obama was replaced with one of those animatronic figures they have in the Hall Of Presidents (there really is one of him). Though, and I dearly hate to put it this way, based on the way the White House is acting, they might be an extension of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride […]

Hispanic Caucus May Vote No On Healthcare Over Illegals

Here’s your law abiding Democrat Hispanic Caucus A group of Hispanic lawmakers on Thursday will tell President Barack Obama that they may not vote for healthcare reform unless changes are made to the bill’s immigration provisions. immigration remains just as explosive an issue and carries the same potential to derail the entire healthcare endgame, a […]

Pelosi’s Democracy: You Can’t Know What’s In The Bill Unless You Pass It

I shit you not. She had the actual temerity to put this in writing “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that […]

Latest Plan To Pass Health Destruction? Link It With Student Lending Reform

Somehow, I doubt this will make the Democrats health bills more popular, but it would allow Democrats to take over even more of the economy. Remind me, isn’t the notion that having the government control parts of the economy directly known as “socialism?” Senate Democratic leaders have decided to pair an overhaul of federal student […]

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