Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance

Dick Cheney needs to shut up.

His entire administration was politically motivated..

Cheney: Interrogation probe is political
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Justice Department's decision to review waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques is politically motivated

It's about time Obama started cleaning house. It feels good. The only time we hear from Cheney is when his crap starts getting stirred up. Sorry for the mess you made Dick. Now go away already

5 Myths About Health Care Around the World

Excellent article in the Washington Post exposing 5 myths about health care.

As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we've overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest of the world. All the other industrialized democracies have faced problems like ours, yet they've found ways to cover everybody -- and still spend far less than we do.

Read it Via Washington Post
To all those satisfied with the current system I ask . How is that the US spends more per capita on health care than any other country in the world and yet is ranked 50th in life expectancy?

How it all ends

Radio Station Prank Calls Sarah Palin

Hilarity ensues: watch it.

Brokers with Hands on their Faces

Nothing but Brokers with their hands on their faces
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upside down dogs

nothing but upside down dogs

smear campaign

Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says

With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.

Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue."

"She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.

"Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom."

Read more on Sarha Palin Rogue Via CNN

Terry TateOffice Line Backer: Reading Is Fundamental

You only think you've seen it before.. Great ending, watch it.

Palin As President

Fun flash site

Go visit Sarah Palin as President
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Opie for Obama

Who You Calling Maverick?

Samuel Augustus Maverick

The New York Times reports that the real Mavericks don't like McCain/Palin using their name:

But to those who know the history of the word, applying it to Mr. McCain is a bit of a stretch — and to one Texas family in particular it is even a bit offensive.

“I’m just enraged that McCain calls himself a maverick,” said Terrellita Maverick, 82, a San Antonio native who proudly carries the name of a family that has been known for its progressive politics since the 1600s, when an early ancestor in Boston got into trouble with the law over his agitation for the rights of indentured servants.

In the 1800s, Samuel Augustus Maverick went to Texas and became known for not branding his cattle. He was more interested in keeping track of the land he owned than the livestock on it, Ms. Maverick said; unbranded cattle, then, were called “Maverick’s.” The name came to mean anyone who didn’t bear another’s brand.

“It’s just incredible — the nerve! — to suggest that he’s not part of that Republican herd. Every time we hear it, all my children and I and all my family shrink a little and say, ‘Oh, my God, he said it again.’ ”

“He’s a Republican,” she said. “He’s branded.”

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John McCain vs. John McCain

John McCain Debates Himself on Supporting Bush

Fox News's Bernard Godlberg says: Palin is out of her league

Israelis for Obama

Who is Sarah Palin?

Sarah Palin Embarrasses herself With Katie Couric

Katie Couric talks with Gov. Sarah Palin about her foreign policy experience and Alaska's proximity to Russia.

Republican columnists unhappy with Sarah Palin

Republican Collumnists unhappy with Sarah Palin, to put it mildly.

In August David Frum writes: Palin the irresponsible choice?

But the selection of Sarah Palin invites the question: How serious can he be if he would place such a neophyte second in line to the presidency? Barack Obama at least balanced his inexperience with Mr. Biden's experience. What is Mr. McCain doing?

In September George Will wrote: Impulse, Meet Experience

But is there any evidence that she has thought about such matters? McCain's selection of her is applied McCainism -- a visceral judgment by one who is confidently righteous. But the viscera are not the seat of wisdom.

Then David Brooks wrote:

She has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness

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After Palin's interview with Charles Gibson followed by her appearance with Katie Couric, Katleen Parker Writes: Palin Problem, Shes Out of her League

Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

Watch a clip of Palin's interview with Couric and see what you think.