Washington Post Worry-Mongers About Euthanasia

Washington Post columnist Charles Lane has written a piece that is dressed up as the antidote to Sarah Palin’s hysterical “Death Panel” fantasy, but in searching to empathize with the right’s point of view, he raises some specious objections to section 1233 of the House reform bill.  This type of story can be worse than [...]

Section 1233 of the House Healthcare Bill: The “Euthanasia” Clause

Here’s the text of Section 1233 of the House Healthcare bill.  Keep it handy to refute “Deathers” like Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin’s Death Panel Talk a Winning Strategy

I was just about to change my mind about the GOP’s recent “euthanasia” crazy talk.  A friend of mine explained that the objection to end of life care in the public plan isn’t that they think people will be pushed to kill themselves, but that conservatives morally object to paying for voluntary end of life [...]

Is Keith Olbermann Finished?

Ordinarily, a story at Redstate with the title “How Does Keith Olbermann Have A Job?” would be about as noteworthy as a Megan Fox story at Asylum.  There’s a little twist to this one, though, as conservative gadabout Caleb Howe had an unexpected tag-team partner on this one.  Perhaps this is a sign of the [...]

Will CNN Report on Obama Anti-Christ Story…Again?

As I noted last week, this is the time of year when news coverage gets a little bit creative.  Let’s face it, health care is sexy, but not August sexy. Still, even in the dog-day spectrum of Montauk Monsters, Birther Madness, and Chupacabra sightings, the “revelation” that Jesus said Barack Obama is the Anti-Christ is [...]

White House, Big Pharma, We Have a Problem

In June, I wrote a story that raised big questions about the value of the government’s $80 billion deal with Big Pharma, and wondered if the deal came with the trade-off of killing legislation that would enable the government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical compannies for lower prices.  Such a trade-off would be indefensible. That [...]

Billie’s Quickies…Sweet, sweet pecksniffery

Hey, anti health care/insurance reform protesters are you organizing online?  Well, if so, conservative bastion of democracy Bill O’Reilly has a few words for you and your wacky 1st Amendment buddies: The Internet’s driving this kind of stuff. … There was always this crew, this anarchist crew, these people can’t fit into society, they’re angry [...]

DNC “Angry Mob” Ad Spurs Online Uproar, Questions About Accuracy

The Democratic National Committee released a web ad Tuesday that seems to have hit a “Marathon Man”-style nerve with conservatives online.  Entitled “Enough of the Mob,” the ad features clips of recent disruptions at health care town hall meetings, including a “Birther” with what looks like a large wonton wrapper in a Ziploc bag. The [...]

Billie’s Quickies

We interrupt the healthcare debate to bring you an important message:

Saving Freedom: Introduction

Okay, okay, okay. I specifically requested and got Senator DeMint’s Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America’s Slide Into Socialism from the library (like a socialist – real Americans buy books, not this ‘sharing’ nonsense!). I’ll read the book and recap, just like I promised. Now, time to get some water in my The West Wing [...]

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