Sara Robinson refutes various points about the Candian healthcare system. A short but more balanced view of how the healthcare system in Canada differs from America and how that’s a GOOD thing.

Hi, I’m a liberal democrat.


This means that I’m for a balanced budget, a strong military that is wisely used, thinking before going to war, government staying the hell outta people’s bedrooms and bodies, a strong education system that teaches critical thinking as opposed to push button job skills, widespread access to health care, reasonable taxes, government over-site (not legal control) of drugs and welfare, controlled immigration, straight answers even when people don’t want to hear them, that it’s the Bill of Rights, not suggestions, hard time and labor for white collar criminals, small business ownership, an understanding that our standard of living will get better, rebuilding our space program, death sentences for pedophiles, practicing democracy here and abroad, zero support for dictators, working hard and playing harder, no more wars on nebulous terms like terror or drugs, being smart enough so that 19 people with box cutters don’t bring America to a standstill, helping those who can help themselves, realizing government can’t fix a person, no more paid lobbyists, a six week election season, term limits, and some government support for the arts.


This means that most of the current Democratic leaders will have to go.

The Washington Post has put together a site on every congressional vote back to 1991. Hot damn, this could be useful.

Jack Abramoff is going down.


Now, with his star tarnished, every politician who got money from him is rushing to give the money back, as a sign of distancing themselves from him. As if they makes a difference NOW. If someone pays a hitman to off his spouse and then when the cops show up to cart his sorry butt away, he OFFERED TO GIVE BACK THE MONEY, would that make it ok? We KNOW that money bought SOMETHING whenever it was given, and very little, if any, was given yesterday, so what did it buy? And what the hell did it buy?

A post of mine on metafilter.

Overheard about Supreme Court nominnee John Roberts: “Well thank god white men are finally getting ahead!” While funny (assuming you have a sense of humor), give it 50 years or so and white people might indeed be a minority. Which might be really funny, if you have have no sense of humor.