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"The U.S. has become precisely the kind of surveillance state that we were always told was the hallmark of tyrannical societies, with literally no limits on the government's ability or willingness to spy on its own citizens and to maintain vast dossiers on those activities."
Glenn Greenwald
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Entries Tagged as 'Health Care'

Faux News Rally

September 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Barack Obama, Health Care, News, Politics, Republican Lies

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John Harwood lets one slip on MSNBC and tells the truth

September 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Barack Obama, Health Care, Politics

Let’s Face It, In a Country of Three Hundred Million People, There are a Lot of Stupid People (Republican Wing Nuts) out there John Harwood lets one slip on MSNBC and tells the truth about these people fear mongering over the President speaking to school children next week. Novotny: John, what about this controversy over [...]

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On health debate, Moyers urges Obama: “No more Mr. Nice Guy”

September 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Health Care, News, Politics, Republican Lies

On health debate, Moyers urges Obama: “No more Mr. Nice Guy” So here we are, wallowing in our dysfunction. Governed — if you listen to the rabble rousers — by a black nationalist from Kenya smuggled into the United States to kill Sarah Palin’s baby. And yes, I could almost buy their belief that Saddam [...]

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The 5 biggest Republican lies in the Health Debate

August 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Health Care, News, Republican Lies

Newsweek lists five Republican lies/fallacies affecting the health care reform debate. Does the House bill call for mandatory counseling on how to end seniors’ lives sooner? Absolutely not. Will the government be dictating to doctors how to treat their patients? No. Do the bills propose cutting Medicare benefit levels? No on that one, too. Read [...]

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Joe Klein: ‘This Month Has Been Pretty Frightening’

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Barack Obama, Health Care

TIME columnist Joe Klein talks about guns showing up at presidential events, saying things have “clearly gotten quite out of hand.”

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