DISQUS

AMERICAblog: Wednesday Morning Open Thread

  • K in VA · 5 months ago
    Also jealousy: With Ted Kennedy out, Baucus thought himself the kingpin on health policy, and it's clear his ego ballooned over the past few months. But Ted's back, with some (not all) good ideas, and Baucus is not about to recede into the shadows. Not good...
  • Õ¿Õ · 5 months ago
    He's not "my president." All he's accomplished is make banksters trillionaires. Printed so much money, the dollar can't buy anything. I was in the store yesterday and they had yellow squash on sale for ".99 a pound." I'm thinking, that's a sale? And then this morning, it's a 1.58. Good grief, for squash? Price of gasoline going up again because of the falling dollar.

    It ain't easy out here for a pimp.
  • 1970cs · 5 months ago
    History is not kind for the failing dollar

    http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/KF0...
  • Ben Dover · 5 months ago
    The only change we are going to see on healthcare will be the increased speed in which money is transferred from consumer to Big Pharma.

    The more things change, the more they stay the same.

    Damn, If Obama would only issue a proclamation...
  • Zorba · 5 months ago
    Maybe if Congress had to buy their own private health insurance, they would appreciate more what a mess health insurance is in this country. Of course, they can all well afford private pay, but maybe enough of them would have trouble getting insurance because of "previously existing conditions" that they might have some realization........nah, I can't see any insurance company turning any of them down, even the sickest. Still, since they have excellent health insurance, paid for by our tax money, they have no clue whatsoever.
  • Steve_in_CNJ · 5 months ago
    Fox News Channel stalks and kills obstetricians.
  • tyree · 5 months ago
    think things are bad now? wait till they raise your city , state and federall taxes even more then they are now! somebodys got to pay for bad government ! might as well be youuuuuuuuu!
  • RainbowPhoenix · 5 months ago
    New Hampshire is voting on marriage equality again today. Since the governor is okay with the tweeks to his amendments, we won't need a veto proof majority. Fingers crossed boys and girls.
  • tyree · 5 months ago
    today they are unvailing yet another statue of ronny raygun, and his widows the main feature of the obama whithouse, shows raguns still alive in the hearts of the criminals who actualy run this corporation nightmare! gorby tear down this statue! scew the wall!
  • mark · 5 months ago
    HATE JOCKS advocating beating and abusing trans KIDS

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rowe/krxq...
    and
    http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11274/glaad...

    THIS case should be what is used to make the legal case for Community Standards, there should be a line in the sand, ANY broadcaster or station which advocates verbal abuse, physical abuse, and death of a child, ANY CHILD...you aren't on the air.....PERIOD
    If you had substituted doing this to a female child, a disabled child, a racially mixed child, a poor child
    THERE STATION would be GONE!
  • tlsintx · 5 months ago
    these letters to the NYT editor re: Dr. Tiller's murder are exquisite...

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/opinion/l03ab...