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Yesterday I wrote about the ruling by U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson striking down the individual mandate provision of the health care reform legislation passed by Democrats and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Predictably, Republicans were quick to laud the decision, but today I thought we all could take a trip down [...]
Continue Reading →Yesterday U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson struck down the individual mandate provision of the health care reform legislation passed by Democrats and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The mandate would have required Americans to purchase health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty.
Here’s some of what Hudson wrote in his decision [...]
Continue Reading →Obviously I agree with the New York Times on this one, or I wouldn’t bother re-posting it here. But the vacuous campaign being run by Mr. Ron Johnson hasn’t gone unnoticed nationally!
When it came to the actual details of governing, Senator Russ Feingold, a Democrat of Wisconsin, trounced his Republican challenger, Ron Johnson, [...]
Continue Reading →The list of hypocrisy and lack of understanding any real issue, seemingly shows up every time Ron Johnson speaks. Which is why RoJo has been in hiding.
Even though he has had some DOOZIES, his biggest one might be his stance on health care.
He came out early, [...]
Continue Reading →The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured GOP US Senate candidate Ron Johnson in it’s Election 2010 coverage on Saturday September 25th, 2010. The may thrust of the conversation was federal spending and what Mr. Johnson thought was a better idea for federal budgeting. But he still hasn’t defined where he thinks the meat of federal [...]
Continue Reading →Think Progress has a fascinating story about WI GOP Attorney General JB Van Hollen’s coordination with the GOP’s Republican State Leadership Committee trying to coordinate a frivolous lawsuit against the Federal Government following the implementation of health care reform.
Continue Reading →IL Democratic Senatorial Candidate Alexi Giannouilas has released a web ad attacking his GOP opponent for pledging to lead the effort to repeal health care reform.
Continue Reading →Bruce Bartlett talks about David Frum firing at the right wing think tank American Enterprise Institute “Rigid conformity is being enforced, no dissent is allowed, and the conservative brain will slowly shrivel into dementia if it hasn’t already.”
Continue Reading →Woo hoo!
The GOP, tea party & right wing wacko consortium are losing it after the passage of health care reform that guarantees coverage for Americans. They seem to find concepts like no lifetime caps on coverage, no insurance rescission if you get sick, no pre-existing disease exclusions as alien rights that should not be part of the American social net. With candidates and office holders alike jumping on the “Kill the Bill” bandwagon, it is clear that they don’t value the sanctity of life unless it is a cluster of cells in the uterus.
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