More Contradictions Are Enough to Make Me Sick

Who needs health insurance reform?  Anyone who answers that question with anything other than “We do!” should watch the following videos which explain just a bit of the hypocritical, political games being played in Washington. Note that the clips provide proof of the contradictions directly from the speakers’ own mouths. In trials, we used to [...]

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Style and Substance

It’s nice to have a happy couple in the White House.   Image by Nicolas Kamm / Getty Images And a family with strong family values. Photo by Annie Leibovitz/Released by White House Photo Office   Happy Holidays!    

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A Step Forward = Progress

Hooray! That’s all I’ll say about this. …for now. Take some time to listen. I especially liked it when Harkin said that we need to start “focusing on a health care system, not a sick care system.” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/34029230#34029230 Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy It’s a good thing. Really. [...]

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Being a Woman

…does not constitute a pre-existing condition.  Women pay higher premiums and are sometimes denied coverage for ridiculously discriminatory reasons. http://awomanisnotapreexistingcondition.com/widget/nwlc_not_a_preexisting_condition_Widget.swf Let’s beat the insurance companies. Now. Demand health insurance reform.

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Be Aware of the Game

I urge you to spend just four minutes watching this video. Just four minutes. Then think about it. We can’t let ourselves be fooled, scared and tricked by the sophisticated, high stakes games played by the insurance companies. Not again. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player.swf

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Priorities, People…

http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell Our president doesn’t want big government, he just wants to stop Big Insurance. Get the facts. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player.swf “Now is the time to deliver on health care.”

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A Massive Pig, John Green and Health Care

I don’t want to add much commentary to this video by John Green about a massive pig at a State Fair and health insurance reform. If you’re interested, here it is: [Update 9/5/09 - ThoughtBubble made it even better. Here's the revised version with cool graphics.] Hey, even my kids enjoyed it. I’m sure John [...]

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What a Wonderful New Day

(Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) For a beautiful recap of inauguration day as told in pictures (including the image above and other photographs from around the world), you must visit this site.

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What Does it Take To Be Successful? Practice, Practice, Practice

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27831448#27831448 If you have about 5 minutes, listen to the above video with Malcolm Gladwell’s explanation of success and the importance of sometimes overlooked factors.  If you just want to hear Gladwell, skip to about three minutes in (2:50 to be exact). Sensible, well spoken, smart.  I couldn’t have said it better.  And I love [...]

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A New Day

“For that is the true genius of America – that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.” “This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of [...]

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