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Entries from July 2009
July 31, 2009
Jon Stewart on Health Care Reform- Pt. 2 (With “M.D.” John Hodgman)
Every American becomes a congressman and sick people move to a leper resort — all paid for by your kidneys.
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July 31, 2009
Jon Stewart Discusses Health Care Reform- Pt. 1
Republican scare tactics filter into the real debate on health care reform, taking their toll on President Obama’s sales pitch.
HILARIOUS!
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July 30, 2009
An Amendment to Kill Medicare?
Anthony Weiner is like the Superman/Clark Kent of the House- half wonkish and half seriously aggressive. Who else would consider using legislation as an offensive weapon?
July 30, 2009
Morning Reads- July 30, 2009
-Politico: Pete Sessions’s blimp flies into storm
Pete Sessions, earmark hater, just loves those blimps….This could potentially throw Republicans off their stride on bashing Obama’s economic plan for vast overspending…for about 3 seconds.
-Providence Journal: Republicans Looking Crazy on Health Care
Another look at the so-called Deathers.
-The American Prospect: The 10 Dumbest Arguments Against Health-Care Reform
-WSJ: Obama’s Great [...]
July 29, 2009
Freshman Senators From Colorado Get Smacked Down by Columbine Father for Support of Thune Gun Amendment
As reported by Glenn Thrush at Politico:
The father of a Columbine massacre victim says he’s “disgusted” with Colorado’s freshman Democratic senators for voting in favor of the failed Thune Amendment, which would have allowed licensed owners to transport concealed firearms across state lines.
Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was murdered a decade ago at the Littleton, [...]
Elizabeth Kaplan
July 30, 2009
Conservatives Have Fought Right-Wing Conspiracies Before: William F. Buckley, Jr. and The John Birch Society.
This is an interesting excerpt from a March 2008 article written by William F. Buckley, Jr. for Commentary Magazine. In it, Buckley discusses a strategy meeting he attended in early 1962 with a couple of other Conservative strategists and Senator Barry Goldwater. The main topic? How to deal with Robert Welch and the John Birch Society.
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