Archive for August, 2009

Marine Argues With Politician; Marine Wins

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 (08:46)

via Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Marine goes nuclear on Democrat over ObamaCare.

Let insurance companies compete across U.S.

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 (08:36)

Right now, the U.S. does not have a national market for health insurance. It has 50 separate state markets. Erecting walls around each state means less competition and higher prices for consumers. There's not even one market for the Chicago area. If you live in South Holland or Calumet City, your insurance options could be [...]

First Milton, Now Rose

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 (21:37)

Rose Friedman has passed away.. Rest in peace.

Finally, Some Sensible Health Care Reform Ideas

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 (12:49)

John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, posts The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare at the WSJ.
The 8 things he lists are:

Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs).
Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax [...]

46 Million? No, more like 12 million (or less)

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 (10:40)

Speaking of Obama’s scare tactics, that 46 million is a very dubious statistic, the kind Mark Twain had in mind when he talked about lies and damned lies. Here’s a chart from a GOP Senator (based on U.S. Census data) that explains who those 46 million actually are.

So what we actually have is about 12 [...]

“Why So *Stimulus* ?”

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 (12:16)

via http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/08/01/obama-joker-poster-popping-los-angeles.
File this under “dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” ;-)
UPDATE (Mon 07 Aug):
“Want to know where I got these cars?”

via Pajamas Media » Is Obama Really Like the Joker?.

What Is Poverty?

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 (11:30)

When every benefit is received as a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone gratitude.

In the welfare state, mere survival is not the achievement that it is, say, in the cities of Africa, and therefore it cannot confer the self-respect that is the precondition of self-improvement.

…a system of welfare that makes no [...]