People are confused about health care reform: Two in three Americans call the health care reforms being debated by lawmakers confusing; only 31 percent said they have a clear understanding of the proposed changes. Sixty-seven percent of those questioned said the reform ideas were confusing. Wonder if that has anything to do with this: The …
Archives for September 2009
Going Godwin
Sully rightly eviscerates Marc Ambinder for this: An American CIA interrogator whose techniques yield valuable information is much less reprehensible than a Gestapo torturer whose techniques resulted in the death of Jews or gypsies. Doesn’t mean the CIA guy was right, but it’s still hard to disagree with that sentence. When you have to compare …
Republicans: Staunch Defenders of Medicare
Excellent: Man, I bet if I were a libertarian who spent the last couple of months defending teabaggers and pimping every Republican lie about fiscal responsibility, I’d feel pretty damned stupid right now. I wish there was some way I could put this on infinite loop in Reason HQ so they would have something to …
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Even More Stupid
Here: In a fiery speech that had her conservative Colorado audience cheering, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann railed against the dangers of health care reform and other Democratic initiatives, warning the proposals “have the strength to destroy this country forever.” “This cannot pass,” the Minnesota Republican told a crowd at a Denver gathering sponsored by the …
So much stupid
When future generations look back in disgust on early 21st century America, columns like this will be held up as proof of the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the media elites of this era: Now he is in American custody. What will happen? How do we get him to reveal his group’s plans and the …