There's a lot of hubbub out there about whether President Obama deserves to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. You should take six minutes to hear what he thinks about it...
First I'd like to note that this was so far off the White House's radar screen they didn't have a speech ready (It isn't often you see Obama giving a speech that he clearly hasn't rehearsed and isn't intimatly familiar with) which is interesting, it also begs the question do winners get a heads up? Apparently not would seem to be the answer.
I'll just say that while Obama hasn't accomplished any concrete peace accords or disarmament or even managed to wrap up the fiasco in Iraq he has made significant strides in returning multilateralism and international cooperation to the forefront of global diplomacy and I am certain that the world is a safer and more peaceful place for his Presidency and leadership.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Good Morning Mr President, You're Now A Nobel Laureate
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Read This Now - A Taste Of Their Own Medicine
Nick Kristof has had just about enough out of Congress on health care (finally) and proposes in today's column that if Congress fails to pass health care reform this year that members of Congress lose their health care (government run by the by) in an equal proportion to the number of Americans who are uninsured or under-insured...
And you know what? He's only getting warmed up, go read the whole piece.Congressional critics of President Obama’s efforts to achieve health reform worry that universal coverage will be expensive, while their priority is to curb social spending. So here’s their chance to save government dollars in keeping with their own priorities.
Those same critics sometimes argue that universal coverage needn’t be a top priority because anybody can get coverage at the emergency room. Let them try that with their kids.
Some members also worry that a public option (an effective way to bring competition to the insurance market) would compete unfairly with private companies and amount to a step toward socialism. If they object so passionately to “socialized health,” why don’t they block their 911 service to socialized police and fire services, disconnect themselves from socialized sewers and avoid socialized interstate highways?
I Got Your AutoTune Right Here
AutoTune the News doesn't do it for me. Autotuning Carl Sagan on the other hand...
(via kottke)
Lawyers, Guns, And Money
Or Congress, Warplanes, School Lunches, And Money...
Apparently $1 billion is too expensive when it would go toward making school lunches healthier and more accessible to the nation's children, but $2.5 billion is just the right amount to spend on military cargo jets that the Administration and the military don't want.
I guess money only costs something when it would help children.
(via EK)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Why A Public Option Is Necessary
Wait, The Democrats Are In Charge?
Funny cause it's true, unfortunately that's also why it's so sad...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Grayson To House GOP - Go F**** Yourselves
Alan Grayson (D-FL) is calling 'em like he sees 'em. First he equated the GOP healthcare reform plan to "don't get sick" and if you do, do us all a favor and "die quickly".
Then Grayson stepped it up a notch after House GOP members complained and demanded an apology. Grayson took to the floor to apologize all right...
...only he apologized to the estimated 40,000 plus Americans who died last year in part because they lacked health insurance.
As several folks have already pointed out, the GOP is really going to attempt to take exception to Grayson's charge that they have no plan when a) they have no plan and b) the GOP has spent the past couple of months running around spewing blatantly fraudulent statements about the Democratic healthcare proposals (death panels anyone?)?
Give me a break already, actually give me universal healthcare and a public option already.
(via Salon)
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