Political news, yo.

For those of you thinking "invisible hand of the free market corrects all wrongs," consider that there is no market function that sets the price of insurance. None at all. Insurance providers do not have to take the price of anything at all into consideration when determining how much to charge their customers. These guys can charge whatever they want because there is no economic force that smacks them down when they charge too much.

Doctors long ago realized they could bleed the insurance companies for millions without stirring anyone's attention - the insurance companies didn't bat an eye, they're making so much. But that's not the reason medical costs are so high. The reason is because so many of us unwashed masses decided we needed insurance, and the insurance companies took us for all we were worth.

This problem does go away with better (read: "any") regulation of the health insurance industry, but it also goes away if we all decide insurance is a stupid idea and we're paying our doctors in cash from now on.

I've no trouble with a big part of reform being breaking up some of the protections insurance companies have (bust up an underwriting monopoly or whatever you want to phrase it as).

Now the ads on the page are for health insurance lol

I'm definitely willing to admit that most of the current conflict within Congress is due to Democrats fighting with other Democrats.

Unfortunately, there really is no one else left to fight with.

If the Dems go too far left, they won't get re-elected (sp?). They will be fighting for their political lives.

Breaking News...

Obama and the WH putting together enemy lists like Nixon and Russia and libs don't care.

Obama and the WH sending union peeps in to intimidate and beat up regular Americans voicing their opinions and libs don't care.

ETC, Etc, etc...

^ Obama vowed transparency while having special interest...ah nvm.

I thought BO was going to stop foreclosures?

and...

Warren Buffett on BO's ass.

How about, you know, links? I don't regularly catch Hannity's America.

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I thought BO was going to stop foreclosures?

and...

Warren Buffett on BO's ass.

Buffett called for a SECOND stimulus package a month ago, but now is cautionary about national debt.

<yawn>

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How about, you know, links? I don't regularly catch Hannity's America.

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, seriously you have to...seriously. He's so awesome.

Was WTFDtroit on Obama's "enemy" list?

^ Never thought of that. It's a possibility.

Me first: I blame Glan

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Me first: I blame Glan

History will show that the real culprit was El CHUPACABRA

nvm

Bush manipulated terror alert system to influence 2004 election.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...pinion/columns

While this was plainly obvious to anyone with half of a brain, of course any suggestion of that in 2004 would have you labeled a lunatic or worse (see Howard Dean). Of course, like all bush scandals, the indigation of finding out that the bush administration was a bunch of assholes will be much less than the indignation at suggesting the bush administration was a bunch of assholes at the time.

I look forward to hearing how this pales in comparison to the fact that a health reform protestor got into a fight with a union member. A union member who was personally instructed by obama to beat up the protester, am i right tahoe?

also ridge is a giant pussy for being bush's puppet.

If you believe your Sunday school, is Obama the false prophet?

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While this was plainly obvious to anyone with half of a brain, of course any suggestion of that in 2004 would have you labeled a lunatic or worse (see Howard Dean). Of course, like all bush scandals, the indigation of finding out that the bush administration was a bunch of assholes will be much less than the indignation at suggesting the bush administration was a bunch of assholes at the time.

The war on terror is over, and al-Qaeda won. This news just proves it. Sending out bold threats to scare people and therefore score political points is exactly what terrorism is. The Department of Homeland Security might as well have been taking orders directly from Osama bin Laden himself, considering how things turned out.

The Bush admin and the GOP could call themselves "anti-terror" all they wanted (what the fuck were we supposed to be?) but in the end, they were exactly the kind of people who gave in to terrorist threats. Al-Qaeda threatened, and the Bush admin responded right on cue. "Can't you see that America's existence is being threatened? We have to change how we do everything!" Osama brought down the WTC and Bush ordered the government to buckle like a fucking belt. Mission accomplished, Islamists.

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Bush manipulated terror alert system to influence 2004 election.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...pinion/columns

While this was plainly obvious to anyone with half of a brain, of course any suggestion of that in 2004 would have you labeled a lunatic or worse (see Howard Dean). Of course, like all bush scandals, the indigation of finding out that the bush administration was a bunch of assholes will be much less than the indignation at suggesting the bush administration was a bunch of assholes at the time.

I look forward to hearing how this pales in comparison to the fact that a health reform protestor got into a fight with a union member. A union member who was personally instructed by obama to beat up the protester, am i right tahoe?

also ridge is a giant pussy for being bush's puppet.

Keep posting

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The war on terror is over, and al-Qaeda won. This news just proves it. Sending out bold threats to scare people and therefore score political points is exactly what terrorism is. The Department of Homeland Security might as well have been taking orders directly from Osama bin Laden himself, considering how things turned out.

The Bush admin and the GOP could call themselves "anti-terror" all they wanted (what the fuck were we supposed to be?) but in the end, they were exactly the kind of people who gave in to terrorist threats. Al-Qaeda threatened, and the Bush admin responded right on cue. "Can't you see that America's existence is being threatened? We have to change how we do everything!" Osama brought down the WTC and Bush ordered the government to buckle like a fucking belt. Mission accomplished, Islamists.

Holy fuckin shit

i do my best... i know your news sources prefer to just make shit up about obama keeping an enemy's list or instructing union members to beat up protesters.. thus, i try to fill in the gaps for you. do you think fox news will issue howard dean a formal apology after they slandering him for suggesting that bush was manipulating the terror alerts? i am looking forward to it. I can't wait to hear hannity explain that he was wrong to question the motives of those that accused the president and should have spent more time questioning the president himself.

^ Seriously, your posts are not worth responding to.

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^ Seriously, your posts are not worth responding to.

Seriously, neither are yours.

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Unholy fuckin shitheads

Fixed.

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Seriously, neither are yours.

Well then stop posting to me you fuck face. Seriously, go away.

I was just thinking back to all the libs whinning and crying and pissing their panties when either Romney or Huckabee did a TV spot while running for Prez and there was a pic of a cross in the background. LMAO

Y'all had a friggin hernia over that, but BO can do whatever...sorry I forgot he is the messiah.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...eeCross-vi.jpg

So did he say hells yeah it was a cross? I can't remember the truth over all the pissing.

Also, wtf is wrong with this guy...displaying a cross(if it is one) during Christmas. Stone him, right?

I'm asking if it really was a cross cuz I have grids in my windows and it kind of looks like a window from here in Sac.

I just don't want to upset anyone with grids in my windows.

Do you have that lighting, too?

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Obama also suggested that some critics of his health care proposals were violating the Biblical commandment against lying. 'I know there's been a lot of misinformation in this debate and there are some folks out there who are, frankly, bearing false witness,'

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“[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that’s what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards,”

These two statements are functionally equivalent in tahoe's world, obstensibly because rush or someone else told him they were.

^ Wow, you are a stupid fuck.

And an ignorant mfer

And someone who can't stop posting about me.

Livonia is on the map!

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Typical lib, can't deal with the message, so finds a way to attack someone. We see the same thing every day.

What were you saying about not being able to deal with the message? If I am wrong about why you are throwing a hissy fit about obama being a hypocrite about religion, prove it. What is so objectionable about Obama and religious leaders? I don't even know what the hell you are talking about half the time.

TKO... Ted Kennedy's Out

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What were you saying about not being able to deal with the message? If I am wrong about why you are throwing a hissy fit about obama being a hypocrite about religion, prove it. What is so objectionable about Obama and religious leaders? I don't even know what the hell you are talking about half the time.

So stop replying to my posts you dickless piece of monkey shit.

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So stop replying to my posts you dickless piece of monkey shit.

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I remember Xanadu. What a gay-assed film.