From OneNewsNow.com: “‘Medicaid hurts the poor for a number of reasons: One, it gives them an entitlement and incentive to stay there,’ she explains. “But Dr. Eck also points out that Medicaid hurts physicians as well. “‘The reimbursement is so low, most don’t take it. And they’ve all decided that it’s cheaper to take care…
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Bull About Bullying
Thomas Sowell. Refreshing Clarity. I had a good chuckle over this article. Especially the part about “the grand make-believe that pervades our politics.” 🙂 From HumanEvents.com: “President Barack Obama has joined the chorus of those deploring bullying. But his own administration is pushing the notion that a disproportionate number of suspensions or other punishments for…
What are Parents Thinking?
From CNN.com: I saw someone at the airport the other day who really caught my eye. Her beautiful, long blond hair was braided back a la Bo Derek in the movie “10” (or for the younger set, Christina Aguilera during her “Xtina” phase). Her lips were pink and shiny from the gloss, and her earrings…
Chernobyl Memories
I remember visiting various towns in Russia and in the Ukraine in 1992. Some of them looked very much like this picture. I’d love to visit and see what things look like now after so many years. From CNN.com: “The order to evacuate Pripyat came too late. It had been 36 hours since an explosion…
Inconsistencies
From Patriotpost.us: “Those on the left equate the acts of individual madmen like Timothy McVeigh and Jared Loughner with Islamic terrorism, and by trying to connect such ogres to Christianity or the Tea Party, they pretend that America and the world have as much to fear from adherents of Jesus Christ and Michele Bachman as…
McChrystal Did Nothing Wrong
So, it turns out that General McChrystal did nothing wrong after all. At least according to a Defense Department investigation. Rolling Stone magazine apparently refused to speak with the investigators. From CNN.com: Gen. Stanley McChrystal lost his job when Rolling Stone magazine ran an article in which some of his aides made disparaging remarks about…
More Tolerance In Action
This is mostly boring, you probably won’t watch the whole thing. You will get the point fairly quickly. Here is another one about similar “tolerance.”
U.S. Losing Credit with Lenders
From FoxNews.com: The United States’ latest fiscal standoff — an intensifying impasse over whether to raise the federal debt ceiling — got a sudden jolt Monday when a top credit rating service expressed pessimism at D.C.’s political will to solve the debt crisis.
Republican Governor Vetoes Arizona Birther Bill
From OneNewsNow.com. Brewer said in her veto letter that she was troubled that the bill empowered Arizona’s secretary of state to judge the qualifications of all candidates when they file to run for office. “I do not support designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary…
Trump ‘just another liberal’?
From CNN.com: “Donald Trump for President? You’ve got to be joking,” said Chris Chocola, the president of the conservative anti-tax group Club for Growth. “Donald Trump has advocated for massive tax increases that display a stunning lack of knowledge of how to create jobs.”