© Gary Varvel The health insurance industry is blaming rising premiums on the increased cost of health care, but for the majority of large health insurers the percentage actually spent on health care went down, while the percentage spent on administrative expenses and profits went up. The five largest U.S. health insurance companies sailed through […]
© Matt Davies The science behind global warming predicts that all the extra energy in the atmosphere will stimulate more extreme weather, both hot and cold. Just because it is snowing now doesn’t mean this hasn’t been the hottest decade in thousands of years. Likewise, just because it sometimes rains in the desert doesn’t mean […]
“Well, tomorrow in Nashville, Sarah Palin will speak at the Tea Party Convention. Tickets are $550 apiece. Where are they getting this tea, Starbucks?” – Jay Leno “But Sarah Palin said she will not benefit from the speech. See, that way she’ll have something in common with the people in the audience.” – Jay Leno […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: How hypocritical is it when you’re hypocritical about your own hypocrisy? Watch the Republicans at the annual Republican National Committee strategy meeting put their core American values on display and get in touch with American’s pain — in Hawaii:
Why bother to flip-flop when you can simply simultaneously condemn the economic stimulus while praising the results it is having in your home district? This is a must-watch video, especially the last minute or so:
© Joel Pett Actually, I think the Tea Party movement has been taken over by Republican political operatives. You know things are crazy when Ron Paul — the person who held the first modern “tea party” and more than any politician represents the ideals of small government and fiscal responsibility — has three “tea party” […]
A few days ago, I reported on a hypocritical Republican policy initiative that would gut Medicare. The Republican “budget roadmap” proposes severe cuts, rationing, and — who knows — maybe even death panels. But to some Republicans, the problem with the new policy initiative to gut Medicare is that it doesn’t go far enough. Republican […]
“Have you heard the new slogan? ‘Toyota, just try and stop us.’” – Jay Leno “A couple of days ago, there was the annual race, people come from all over the world, and they race up the stairs of the Empire State Building. Wait a minute. You want to get your heart racing, you really […]
Washington DC has had a huge snow storm but for some reason hasn’t gotten around to plowing the streets. That prompted this humorous piece in Facebook: Obama announces that he wants to get the snow plowed, but that he wants bipartisan consensus and compromise instead of unilateral action, and that instead of him pushing a […]
I love political comics that are subtle enough that you might not be able to figure out which side of an issue they are on. In fact, without the very last line (“Next Week”) I’m not sure if I could have figured this one out. It is getting to the point where reality is so […]
“President Obama is having a big Super Bowl party. This is very shrewd. He has invited a group of Republicans to come to the White House for his Super Bowl party. He’s going to seat the ‘you lie’ guy next to the ‘not true’ guy.” – David Letterman “President Obama is very shrewd about bringing […]
Electoral Vote has an interesting post about how all of the people that the Democrats got appointed to the Senate are now turning into problems for them. At the start of 2010, the Democrats had five appointees in the Senate, and every one of them is a problem. But what’s really ironic about this is […]
ABC News has a shocking article about how Fire Departments are charging homeowners for the cost of the fire trucks and personnel used to fight their house fires — and how residents are “horrified” when they receive a bill for sometimes tens of thousands of dollars after their home burns down. What does this have […]
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