Tag Archives: health care reform

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Posted on February 20, 2011 by mero

It would be nice if more Congresspeople had the stones that Anthony Weiner has. Imagine if they would call out the Republicans who fatten themselves at the trough while telling the rest of us that we are the problem with … Continue reading →

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Help

Posted on February 25, 2010 by mero

Without a doubt, some of Keith Olbermann’s schtick has gotten super tiring over the past few years (Jon Stewart does a great spot on killing of him), but this is powerful shit.

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Misreading the Tea Leaves

Posted on December 22, 2009 by mero

By the time you read this, a whole heaping pile of ink and bytes will have been spilled about how we got to where we got in the Health Care Reform debate. A lot of the vitriol will be (rightly) … Continue reading →

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Not the President

Posted on October 9, 2009 by mero

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ery7RZ4tZ2Y Why can’t the rest of the Democrats in Congress get it? Oh yeah, because the health care industry is lining their pockets to keep the status quo. Shame.

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On the Money

Posted on September 9, 2009 by mero

This about sums it up perfectly (h/t AmericaBlog for this): President Obama is so wrapped up in his desire to be a different, more conciliatory, beer-summit kind of leader, he ignores some verities. Sometimes, when you’ve got the mojo, you … Continue reading →

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We’re Boned

Posted on September 3, 2009 by mero

In a recent post over at AmericaBlog that asked readers to offer their opinions on how Obama is handling health care, I offered this point-of-view: I sum it up as follows: We wanted a leader and we ended up with … Continue reading →

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