Category Archives: Healthcare

Is Prostate Cancer Screening Going Overboard?

That’s the question that ABC News, as well as others, are asking, after a new report has come out Routine screening for prostate cancer has resulted in more than 1 million U.S. men being diagnosed with tumors who might otherwise have suffered no ill effects from them, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said prostate […]

Betsy Markey Tells The Truth In Front Of Large Astroturf Audience

I bet Betsy got a few ugly calls from folks like Nancy Pelosi and Rom Emanuel after this little bit of “woops, I told the truth” Some people, including Medicare recipients, will have to give up some current benefits to truly reform the nation’s health-care system, Rep. Betsy Markey told a gathering of constituents in […]

Big Bottomed Girls Safer From Hip Injuries

Bubble butts rejoice! (and, before I get outrage, I could stand to lose about 20, and I tend to accumulate it in my butt) A major decline in the proportion of Canadians suffering hip fractures may be partly due to people weighing more and having bigger buttocks, researchers say. The additional weight provides more cushioning […]

“Say, About That Appendix We Said We Removed…..”

Just another day under British government health blockage After weeks of excruciating pain, Mark Wattson was understandably relieved to have his appendix taken out. Doctors told him the operation was a success and he was sent home. But only a month later the 35-year-old collapsed in agony and had to be taken back to Great […]

Southern Governors Ask About ObamaCare Costs, Enter Underwear Gnome Episode

What does it say about a United States President and his administration that the best explanation for their ideas and plans can be explained by watching the South Park underwear gnome episode? Well, nothing good. Case in point Governors from across the South told President Barack Obama’s health care reform czar Monday they need to […]

The Point Of A Public Option Is To Create Competition?

Only in Liberal World, which is about as divorced from reality as Disney World is (but, without all the fun, laughter, and good times), could you get a quote like this (Senator Chucky) Schumer (D-NY) said that Obama isn’t backing away from the public option. “I believe at the end of the day we’ll have […]

Obama Advises Astroturf Brigade To Get Out There For ObamaCare

Racists. Fascists. Nazis. Mobs. Manufactured outrage. Dupes of Big Pharma. Completely fake. Astroturfed. Just a few of the words used against the people who are out there protesting against government run health system overhaul. Yet….. The outcome of the health-care debate weighed partially on Bird’s success (Jeremy Bird is deputy director of OFA), and on […]

IS ObamaCare Unconstitutional?

That is what is discussed in a Washington Post article, amazingly. I guess all the Big Bosses, liberals all, must have had too many cocktails last night to allow this to be printed. Or, perhaps they are just realizing that “gee, this government run health system they are trying to institute will actually affect me. […]

Today’s “Isn’t Government Run Health Grrrrrrreat!” Stories

While Obama and the Donkeys are working on ways to “go it alone,” meaning, “forget those troublesome Republicans, we need to spend our time wacking our Blue Dogs,” I wonder what is going on in the Wonderful World Of Single Payer? A young mother gave birth on a pavement outside a hospital after she was […]

Berserker Wednesday: Howard Dean And The Evil Ice Cream Man

It seems that every time Howard Dean shows up on the national stage, there is an impulse to tell him “dude, chill. You are losing you mind.” But, then, everyone reflects for a second or two and realizes that happened long ago. He’s like your Mom’s brother, who never got married and shows up every […]

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