Repealing Health Care Act = Larger Deficits and More Uninsured

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Thursday January 06, 2011 · 8:03 AM PST

2011/01/06 · 08:03

Not that we didn't know this already, but the CBO has laid out the simple truth. The House GOP plan to repeal recent health care legislation would result in more people without insurance and larger deficits.

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Thursday December 09, 2010 · 1:46 PM PST

2010/12/09 · 13:46

The Senate, unsurprisingly, failed to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Thanks to a broken political system that allows one person to deny equal rights to millions of Americans, discrimination against gays and lesbians from serving openly in the US Armed Forces is still law.

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Tuesday December 07, 2010 · 1:27 PM PST

2010/12/07 · 13:27

A few reminders for those who think President Obama simply caved in because he wanted to/is a Republican/new complaint of the day...

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 7:32 AM PDT

2010/11/03 · 07:32

I know, that seems like a ridiculous thing to say. With a 60-seat grab in the House and carving a chunk out of Democratic support in the Senate, it looks like a huge win for the Republicans. But if you really look at what the Republicans have been handed, and what it means for them, the outlook for the GOP is decidedly less rosy.

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Tuesday July 07, 2009 · 8:48 AM PDT

2009/07/07 · 08:48

I should say from the get-go that I am lucky enough to have a good health plan from my employer. The co-pays on office visits and prescriptions have gone up over the years (oh $15 co-pay, where have you gone??), but my insurer has been good to me thus far.

But I have seen how much health care can cost for just one patient. One four-year old patient. And if this ever happened to someone with no coverage, the ramifications would be massive.

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Wednesday February 25, 2009 · 6:58 AM PST

2009/02/25 · 06:58

Here and there on the Intertubes, you will find various right-wing commentators (John Derbyshire at NRO for one) saying that President Obama got his history wrong. That the United States didn't invent the car and that the Transcontinental Railroad didn't start until July of 1865, almost three months after the end of the Civil War.

Well, as tends to be the case with right-wing commentators, they are wrong.

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Monday February 09, 2009 · 4:09 PM PST

2009/02/09 · 16:09

Wow, the Rec List?? Thanks guys! First time ever. So do I thank Big John for being a lazy sack??

The cloture vote today in the Senate to allow a final vote on their version of the Senate bill happened this evening. It passed 61-36, one vote more than was needed to pass. So where are those last three votes? Minnesota still doesn't have a second senator. Judd Gregg abstained due to his impending job in Commerce. So who is left? Who skipped out on this important vote?

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Tuesday December 09, 2008 · 7:26 AM PST

2008/12/09 · 07:26

Where I work in Maine, we always have a Toys for Tots drive around Christmas. Usually, the cardboard boxes are filled to bursting with toys by the time the Marines come to collect them.

This year it is different.

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Wednesday December 03, 2008 · 9:04 AM PST

2008/12/03 · 09:04

I should say from the outset that I do believe a version of this concept. I believe that we were fortunate that when this nation was founded we had some of the most brilliant political minds in human history to help shape it. And that as a result, the United States is better equipped than most countries to handle the ebbs and flows of history and to adapt to change. I also believe that the values and ideals that are enshrined in the Constitution gives the United States an ability to promote freedom and liberty that other countries do not have. But only if the government honors and cherishes those values and ideals.

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Monday November 24, 2008 · 12:03 PM PST

2008/11/24 · 12:03

This isn't some crazy rant on some unknown blog, but from an actual news photo and informative blurb.

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Friday November 14, 2008 · 10:42 AM PST

2008/11/14 · 10:42

Just on a lark I wanted to see how household usage of the internet, in and out of the house, broke down by state. I found a pdf at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration wesbite that broke down the numbers using census data from October of 2007. And I noticed an interesting correlation.

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 10:06 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 10:06

Can we finally throw Joe Lieberman out of the Democratic Caucus? Not 24 hours after his first meeting with Reid and he's already talking with the Republicans.

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