From the GREAT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Good Morning Irregulars!
So, here we sit...we have been (cue the eerie music) LEFT BEHIND! Alas, we must not be pure enough or good enough moonbats because we did not get Raptured Ruptured flown/bussed/trained/automobiled, like our friends, to the Progressive Heaven nirvana Vallhalla Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas. We will have to worship the Great Orange Satan from afar. So, put on your finest pout, draw a large "L" on your forehead, pour yourself a Rum and Coke or whatever sounds good and join me for some frolicking in the kiddie pool!
CHEERS AND JEERS starts in There's Moreville....(SWOOSH!)RIGHTNOW (GONG!!)
Disclaimer:This is an unofficial Cheers and Jeers and in no way has anything to do with the master, Bill in Portland Maine's brilliant series. Except of course, his chocolate lab, Molly just loves me and Michael is rather fond of me as well.
To answer Bill's question from yesterday's C & J:
during which the C&J surrogates (who are these people, anyway?) will make mischief in the diaries until our return
Ummm Bill? It's me, PoliSigh--remember the one you had lunch with in Portland a few weeks ago? Now do you know who "these people" are?
Puppy Pic of the Day: Here's lookin' at you kid!
Pootie Pic of the day: Peek-a-boo!
and a Bonus: How to eat corn (as per Bill's poll the other day)
CHEERS to Bill in Portland Maine, Common Sense Mainer, Molly and Vegas! Travel mercies for you two and for everyone traveling to Austin!
CHEERS and TEARS to Kossak/Street Prophet wren--she has a very big heart which is breaking right now--she rescued a very sweet dog, Lassie but Lassie has not yet found a home--Lassie is available through adoptapet in Washington state wren describes her here. If you have room in your heart and home--PLEASE give this sweetheart a home. wren is also dealing with her Dad who is dying--send her some good wishes.
CHEERS to the Congressional override of the preznit's veto of the bill which would stop Medicare Payment cuts and enacts historic improvements in Mental Health, which are, according to an American Psychological Association:
Historic Improvements in Mental Health Coverage:
More importantly, the override means that most significant changes in Medicare coverage of treatment of mental illness since the program was founded more than 40 years ago are now the law of the land.
First, our long campaign for mental health outpatient treatment "parity" in Medicare has succeeded. Starting in 2010, the discriminatory 50% coinsurance for outpatient mental health services will be reduced by 5% per year through 2013. In 2014 and thereafter, Medicare patients will pay the same 20% coinsurance for outpatient mental health services that they pay for all other care under Part B.
Second, effective January 1, 2013, Medicare Part D will pay for benzodiazepine and barbiturate prescriptions.
Third, effective with the date of enactment, Medicare law will include special protections to ensure that medically vulnerable patients will be assured access to "all or substantially all" of the medications they require, specifically including antidepressants and antipsychotics among other medications.
Well, about time!
JEERS to the liars at UnionFacts.com, founded by Rick Berman, it is a secretive front for anti-Union groups. You can read more here at Source Watch encyclopedia. They have been running ads completely distorting the intent of pro-union legislation.
CHEERS to the Massachusetts Senate which voted to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in the state. The House is expected to vote on the bill later this week. Good old Mittens Romney exhumed this old piece-o-crap law which was originally aimed at interracial marriages. It must be his "moral" leadership rearing its ugly head. More here.
JEERS to the pretender prince and his "magic wand"--yeah..I'd love to tell you where to shove your magic wand.....give me that thing--bonk! I have impeached and removed you from office. Have fun at the war crimes tribunals.
JEERS to the most incompetent administration EVER--if you thought the Salmonella Outbreak was bad, now we have an e coli outbreak! It's a new strain that only affects liberals.....(kidding!)
CHEERS to diplomacy--what a concept...William Burns, America's third highest-ranking diplomat, will attend talks with the Iranian envoy, Saeed Jalili, in Switzerland on Saturday aimed at persuading Iran to halt activities that could lead to the development of atomic weapons...according to the AP--more here. Oh you crazy appeasers!
CHEERS and love to some of our missing irregulars--Stranger in a Strange Land, txbirdman, Revel, Raybin, Baldwiny, Predictor and so many more!
Note to John McSame: Now that you are learning how to use the "tubes"--you might want to Google Czechoslovakia and read up on some current history! Why, there is a wealth of information out there--Wikipedia has a page on Czechosloakia, and OH my Gawd--it hasn't existed since 1993! Whew--sometimes those flashbacks make you lose time, don't they?
and one more:
CHEERS? JEERS? you decide--Ladies! You can stop those breast self exams! A new study shows they aren't effective and may do more harm than good. Whew...one less thing to "feel" guilty about!
OK...floor's open! What are you Cheering and Jeering about?
smoochies and hugs!