Now I Am Pissed Off

This article really resonates with me.

Now I’m Really Getting Pissed Off by David Michael Green (Originally published at http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/20-8)
Hey did you hear about the iconic African-American guy who plays golf, and whose relationship with the public is in a free-fall lately?
No, as a matter of fact - I'm not talking about Tiger Woods.

Breaking News on Senate Bill

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - The United States Senate today unveiled details of its health care plan, tentatively called CompromiseCareTM:

Under CompromiseCareTM, people with no coverage will be allowed to keep their current plan. Medicare will be extended to 55-year-olds as soon as they turn 65. You will have access to cheap Canadian drugs if you live in Canada. States whose names contain vowels will be allowed to opt out of the plan. You get to choose which doctor you cannot afford to see. You will not have to be pre-certified to qualify for cremation. A patient will be considered "pre-existing" if he or she already exists. You'll be free to choose between medications and heating fuel. Patients can access quality health care if they can prove their name is "Lieberman." You will have access to natural remedies, such as death.

Curiouser and Curiouser

As the Senate health reform bill slowly sinks into irrelevance, more and more disappointed progressives join the 'KillBill' bandwagon that Howard Dean jumped onto yesterday.  The latest bigwigs to finally admit that health insurance cannot be 'reformed' because the entire system is broken are the bigshots of labor, who have been behind the now-dead 'public option' from the beginning.    Here is the article from HuffPo Big Labor's emergency meeting and their belated realization that the ObamaRahma administration has sold them down the river.

From a Frustrated Reader

A frustrated reader of our newsletter writes.  Is this how you feel, too?

This is so frustrating. i'd like them to kill the bill and start over as howard dean says. this bill is worth nothing except to the health insurance industry. this sure isn't change i can believe in. they want any bill--not a good bill that will actually help us. i think dean is so right--kill it and start over. Read more...