The truth about death panels

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Saturday August 15, 2009 · 4:55 AM PDT

2009/08/15 · 04:55

The Republicans are right. We should be extremely worried about the death panel provisions in the House health care reform bill, because if left intact, it could spell disaster for America. Democrats have shown their true colors, and need to be stopped before they destroy the foundations of our great civilization.

Very few people know the truth about the death panels. Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich know the truth, however, but they've got the motives all wrong.

I realize most Democrats think the death panel provision in the health care bill was introduced by a Republican concerned about paying doctors for end of life counseling. Well, that's only a tiny piece of the puzzle, my friends. There is much more, and its much worse than you can imagine.

Lipo

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Thursday February 05, 2009 · 11:13 AM PST

2009/02/05 · 11:13

Dear DCCC,

Thank you for the recent phone call asking me to help elect more Democrats to the House of Representatives. Since you have my unlisted phone number, you should be able to safely assume that I have donated to you or other Democratic candidates in the past, and have at least a general idea of Democratic politics.

Because the caller identified himself as calling on behalf of the DCCC right from the start, I didn't hang up on him as I normally would. Actually, you should be happy that I'm waiting on my new sofa to be delivered, otherwise I wouldn't have answered a call that had the caller ID blocked, but that's neither here nor there.

Lipo

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 8:46 AM PDT

2008/09/05 · 08:46

This is going to be a very short diary I'm afraid, and I apologize for that in advance, but I want to quickly point out that MSNBC is not necessarily the bastion of liberal media the Republicans claim it is, and I have a very good example in the form of a text message they just sent me.

Lipo

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 11:32 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 23:32

When I first heard about the Sarah Palin pick I was jumping for joy. I knew who she was as soon as I heard the name, and my first thought about her was Troopergate. I mean, how stupid could McCain be to pick a running-mate who was already embroiled in scandal. This election was going to be a cakewalk.

As the weekend continued, more stories of Sarah Palin's inadequacies began to surface. Her extreme lack of any foreign policy experience was at the top of the list, and that added to the excitement. Then there was the connection to Ted Stevens and her support for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it.

Lipo

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 4:08 PM PDT

2008/08/26 · 16:08

John Boehner is my former Congressman, sadly, and he's about to pull another stupid stunt to push the drilling for oil issue. This time, he wants people to send him their gasoline receipts, which he's then going to give to Nancy Pelosi.

After the flip.

Lipo

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Monday May 05, 2008 · 2:17 AM PDT

2008/05/05 · 02:17

Some people simply don't get it. When it comes to science, you don't begin a study already knowing the outcome. Generally, you begin a study by asking a question, then conducting tests to determine whether or not you were correct. But to far too many politicians, science is simply another tool to advance a political agenda.

Lipo

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 11:09 AM PDT

2008/03/10 · 11:09

The Associated Press has recently conducted a five month survey of our nation's water systems, with some very unnerving results. Normally, people don't think about the water that comes out of their faucets unless it's off-color or smells or tastes funny. But then along comes an enterprising group of journalists and they make us all stop and think about what it is we're taking into our bodies, and worse, giving to our children. In this case, it's prescription medications. Everything from Tylenol to sex hormones.

A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics,
anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones -- have been found
in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an
Associated Press investigation shows.

I'm usually not the kind of person who gets overly worked up when I hear about minor contamination. I don't like it, but I don't let it scare me like, say, a bomb under my house would. But this... this scares me.

Lipo

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Tuesday March 04, 2008 · 9:26 AM PST

2008/03/04 · 09:26

I hate to waste a diary on this, but this is important. The precinct I voted at this morning has apparently shut down, and I can't seem to get in touch with anybody.

Lipo

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Monday February 25, 2008 · 7:58 PM PST

2008/02/25 · 19:58

I've seen Obama's stump speech probably three dozen times by now, and each time I hear it, I get goosebumps. But tonight I had the pleasure of actually seeing Barack speak up close and in person, and OH... MY... GOD!!! It was absolutely unbelievable. And when I say up close and personal, I mean up close and personal.

The story and pics are after the jump.

Lipo

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Tuesday February 12, 2008 · 9:32 PM PST

2008/02/12 · 21:32

Hey folks, all this celebrating of the Rock's victories tonight is great and all, but it's after midnight and the start of a new day. He can't win this without your help.

Donate Now!

Ok, so maybe you don't have to SFTU, but you do need to get back to work.

Lipo

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Monday February 11, 2008 · 1:27 PM PST

2008/02/11 · 13:27

Politicians generally don’t like to talk about the environment. That’s a fact that almost any environmentalist knows. They all support the environment, and claim to be doing things to help the environment (even when those claims are outright lies like those of the Bush Administration), but for the most part they don’t want to talk about it.

This has always bothered me. For a long time I thought it was because of the way environmentalists have been labeled as extremists, and in some right-wing circles terrorists. In fact, I don’t think a day goes by where right-wing talk radio doesn’t try to equate the environmental movement with the likes of Al Qaeda or 9/11 attackers in one way or another.

I’ve also felt that politicians don’t like to talk about the environment because many of their large donors come from corporate interests who really don’t want to see new environmental regulations put in place. They have interests that new environmental regulations would hurt, namely short-term profit margins.

Lipo

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Monday February 04, 2008 · 10:06 PM PST

2008/02/04 · 22:06

This is an open letter to Senator Kerry specifically, but also anybody else who has ever run for public office and is endorsing Senator Obama for President.

In just a few hours voting begins in 22 states, and a lot of people are treating Tuesday as a sporting event. That's fine, and I have no problem with that. I tend to treat the primary elections like a sporting event as well, at least on some level, and this is like the AFC & NFC Championship games all rolled into one (sorry, saving the Super Bowl metaphor for November).

Most people here seem to be poll junkies and armchair pundits in some fashion, and we spend a lot of our time promoting and predicting and hoping and even sometimes bashing candidates and those in office. Sometimes it seems like we're an over-sized version of Meet the Press.

But unlike the Sunday morning talk shows, we don't have staffers to help us frame our questions or years of interviewing experience. We have questions, but sometimes it seems like the answers or statements we get are framed just like they would be for a television audience.

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