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From MattStaublePhoto.com slideshow Four people were arrested this morning during a sit-in in front of Senator Joseph Lieberman’s office in Hartford. The arrestees were among thirty demonstrators who sought a public meeting with the Senator to confront him on his stance on healthcare reform while at the same time accepting donations from the health [...] Current meeting location for Joint Congressional Task Force on Ethics and Accountability on Government Rep, Mike Ross (D-AK) sold the land his pharmacy was on to a major drug chain for way more than the appraised value. He then got considerably more for the pharmacy and a non-compete agreement. Two weeks after the sale, [...] Video link From Paul Hipp who says “Here is a little song celebrating our position at #37 in the world in healthcare.” We’re Number 37 Come one, Come all Down to the hall Were gonna make noise Were gonna bust balls Were gonna disrupt Were gonna jump in the fray I got a list of all [...] From DJ, on his blog Asymptotic Life. These are the highlights. Read the whole thing. Neither side cares to understand where the other is coming from. They dismiss each other as nutcases. So what gives? How are we to make sense out of a seemingly nonsensical debate? Here’s an effort to apply the rules of [...] From Doug Henwood, left economist of the Left Business Observer newsletter and listserv who also gets quoted about economics in Alan Abelson’s column in Barron’s. He remains unimpressed with the public option and explains why. And what about that public option? Well, as Brown’s Politico.com article reports, the insurance companies said they’d accept reforms requiring [...] As I expected, Obama took control of the debate tonight and put the opposition on the defensive. He’ll get a bill passed, it might not be perfect, but he’ll get it done. Greatly helped of course by that troglodyte Republican congressman who yelled “liar” at him and who has been forced to apologize. Rope-a-dope is [...] The public option is not mandatory. If you like your private plan, you can stay with it. This month is crucial. Yeah, he’s seemingly been getting hammered this past few weeks. But it was summer, and most people don’t pay much attention to politics until after Labor Day. So maybe he’s been playing rope-a-dope until summer ended. My guess: We’ll see a series of initiatives, counter-offensives, and other such highly visible campaigns, [...] Asymptotic Life Most of us have no idea what options are on the table, yet our minds are made up: we’re going to support “our proposals” against “their proposals.” We don’t know what the proposals are, but we’re certain that theirs are wrong. And this is true on both sides: we’ve already decided, and [...] |  | ||||
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