Archive for August, 2009
by problembear are already covered in a gov’mint plan? medicare? V.A.? ……if i was a reporter i would be very curious about that…hmmmm. scratches himself… and how many of the health reform town hall protesters would give it up for a private insurance plan? not many i’ll bet………..
by problembear private health insurers have had it pretty cushy in this country. they can pretty much do whatever they want to you; deny coverage, drop you from their insurance on a whim, deny payments for procedures, disapprove, obfuscate and delay treatment which your doctor ordered and you can’t sue them for punitive damages thanks [...]
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=drama%20queen by problembear i am as guilty of it as anyone but i think until obama arrives and spells out his plans on health reform this friday, i will do my best to hold out hope for change we can believe in and to stay focused on the problem at hand- a health care [...]
by JC Robert Reich said all that needs to be said about the negotiations between the White House and PhRMA: It’s bad enough when industry lobbyists extract concessions from members of Congress, which happens all the time. But when an industry gets secret concessions out of the White House in return for a promise to [...]
by JC Here to start your week off bright and early, we bring you our first edition of Blackbirdabilia, Paul McCartney singing his song “Blackbird.” Enjoy!
by problembear finally- some common sense amidst the flapdoodle, inane twaddle, drivel and blatherskite……
by JC So little Jakie got all growed up and went to work for an astroturf manufacturing company, Americans for Prosperity, and its “grassroots” front group, Patients United Now (no PUN intended). Been wondering what he’s been doing since he got runned out of town with his tail between his legs for voter suppression last [...]
by jhwygirl Please consider this an open thread One extraordinary fish: Benson the carp. Wednesday or Thursday, Washington Post put out a lengthy piece giving some insight into the current guts of the Senate Finance Committee’s consensus-building version of health care not insurance reform. How about seeking some consensus with me?! Some fabulous music coming [...]
by problembear the “party of no” brats are out in force and they have good health insurance and they say it is theirs and you can’t have any….. right wing health care reform obstructionists are stamping their feet and having a temper tantrum because americans are fed up with health insurance providers lying, cheating and [...]
by JC It was only a matter of time until PhRMA’s head, Billy Tauzin, had to stick his foot in his mouth and out the Administration and Baucus about the $80 billion drug deal. You know, the one about which Nancy Pelosi had this to say: “The minute the drug companies settled for $80 billion, [...]
by JC National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) had this to say in the aptly named Politico article “Town Halls Gone Wild:” The days of having civil town hall meetings? “They’re over. You’ve now got real people who are showing up.” When in doubt, break out the “Us vs. Them” playbook. How uniquely [...]
by jhwygirl Apparently, I am such a threat – who frickin’ believes that?! – to certain individuals or groups that they had to out real life facts about me. I mean – this is serious stuff. It’s malicious. Beyond that, the constitution guarantees me a right to privacy. Couple that with demonstrated malicious intent, and [...]
by jhwygirl We’ll give the link to the Great Falls Tribune, which broke the story this past Sunday – State Auditor Monica Lindeen – “in an abundance of caution,” has ordered an independent investigation into allegations by fired/terminated/resigned state (who knows?) administrator Laura McGee that Walter Schweitzer, Deputy State Auditor, had harassed Ms. McGee and [...]
by jhwygirl Spend a day out and about, and all kinds of things happening. Looks like President Clinton pulled off an impressive feat considering all the efforts that have been undertaken to attempt to free U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. From President Clinton spokesman (and Missoulian Bozemanite) Matt McKenna: President Clinton has safely [...]
by JC Sometimes a picture–or an editorial cartoon–is worth a thousand words. Or more.
by jhwygirl Pogie’s got the story. Ol’ Representative Rehberg – he’s against the stimulus, unless, of course, he’s out-and-about the state passing out checks. Do I think it’s a raw deal handed down to the mine? Yep. The point here is this: Rep. Dennis Rehberg is against government intervention in the market place. Think health [...]
by jhwygirl As in the Governor and his brother, Walter. Probably State Auditor Monica Lindeen, too, when you think about it. I won’t editorialize too much, except to say that Governor Schweitzer caught his bad Sunday with this story and its accompaniment which tell what I’ve known – that Hagener was fired unceremoniously, and rather [...]
by jhwygirl Bitterroot Realtor Craig Siphers isn’t hiding the truth – at least in his interview with Perry Backus of the Ravalli Republic. The housing market sucks. It’s all relative, really – but the bottom line is that it sucks. Now – of course there is going to be stories that say that the housing [...]
by problembear a few months ago i began to develop an inspector dreyfuss twitch in my left eye every time someone mentioned the very name of max baucus…..his bumbling and stumbling on health care reform has been infuriating….then about a month ago it began to look like obama was going to take control and some [...]
by JC Thought for the day: why would I want to risk my health on the same sort of mechanism that fuels the likes of Powerball and slot machines? Everyday millions of people pay money into a racket, hoping that one day they will be able to reap the rewards of spending their hard earned [...]
by JC Republican’s new strategy: convince people that the world really isn’t how it is, and let disinformation rule the media to distract the nation from its real problems. The recent poll out of Research 2000 shows us how the concentration of “Birthers” in the south represents the republican’s last remaining stronghold. Fully 50% of [...]
by jhwygirl Well…came across a National Journal article that links to a Great Falls Tribune – John S. Adams news article on Sen. Baucus’ annual Big Sky retreat for health care sector lobbyists. That’s no joke, people – Montana’s senior Senator actually hosts an annual fling-ding in Big Sky specifically for lobbyists from the health [...]
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