Archives for December 2009

This is of not much value but it is sure nice to see Lieberman get a symbolic pushback. Joe Lieberman may have been wondering if his colleagues’ respect for him went out the same window that he tossed the public option and the Medicare buy-in compromise that was to replace it. He got an answer […]

Paul Krugman, the great Liberal Nobel Prize winning economist says it much better than any of us have thus far. Illusions and bitterness There’s enormous disappointment among progressives about the emerging health care bill — and rightly so. That said, even as it stands it would take a big step toward greater security for Americans […]

Disclaimer: I love Keith Olbermann. He is generally correct. In fact most of his analysis today on his special comment was mostly correct on the Healthcare Reform Bill being a gift to insurance companies. But any for profit insurance system would be just that. There is already a DailyKos.com Diary that details the technical reasons […]

This was Senator Sanders defense of his Singlepayer Amendment after he withdrew it because obstructionist Republican Senator Coburn forced the entire 700+ page bill to be read. Support Our Politics Done Right Store

This is an important read that further illustrates my point mathematically as to why we must still support this sub-optimal bill. Nate Silver is a great numbers guy that is rarely wrong. We can bill towards what we ultimately want but by God let’s not blow a foundation. Pick your subheadline: a) It’s time to […]

I got this letter from the Cancer Action Network. This anecdote illustrates one of the many reasons why even a less than optimum bill is necessary. Egberto, Earlier this year, we asked you to tell us why health care reform was important to you. We haven’t forgotten. As the health care debate moves forward in […]

The Right via their “FoxNews” channel has got the delivery of bad information and misinformation packaged for American consumption down to a science. The video below shows why it is necessary for Progressives to get their act together to counteract all their lies, deceptions, and misinformation packaged as news generally behind a pretty face. Support […]

We attack President Obama for his failure to have the insurance company bought Senate  provide us with a strong healthcare reform bill. Well, the President is getting it from all sides. Look, he wanted the job and it is his responsibility to navigate these troubled waters. This man is supposed to be our conduit to […]

Irrespective of Democrat’s veto proof majority, they are unable to procedural bring policies and bills that one would expect them to easily pass to the floor. This is the nature of passing legislation in the Senate. This is not new to Progressives. The inability to pass a strong progressive bill would only have been possible […]

To say that Progressives ought to be extremely disappointed with the likely outcome of the Healthcare Reform bill would be an understatement. The likely bill though missing a public option and a Medicare Buy-in will ultimately allow most Americans to afford some measure of healthcare insurance. With the nominal elimination of pre-existing conditions and more […]