All posts tagged: healthcare

The problems and future of the Health Care fiasco

March 22, 2010
by wesley
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Political Commentary / Society & Culture

219 for,… 212 against. Hurrah for bipartisanship! I’m not a big Glenn Beck fan, but this morning in his radio show he made an excellent point: The only thing bipartisan about this health care bill was its opposition. Aside from the list of complaints about the bill, the immense difficulty that Democrats have had in getting this thing passed, even with a significant majority in both houses of Congress, is enough to inflict strong doubts […]

“You lie!”

September 14, 2009
by wesley
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Political Commentary

. . . two words that will live in infamy – at least for Joe Wilson, the congressman who shouted the phrase at the president during his address to congress last week. I’ve heard other comments on the subject, which seem to be of two camps: one side saying it was rude and inappropriate, and he should apologize (which he did immediately after the event), the other side praising him for taking on Obama’s “misinformation.” […]