Elizabeth Warren on Consumer Protection
This is from a conference held a few weeks back in NY with the theme of "Make Markets Be Markets". Elizabeth Warren is always awesome, and this is one good…
This Would Have Been Nice to Know Alot Sooner Than This
GOP Congressmen:Most Republicans Now Think That The Iraq War Was A Mistake
Anybody see this reported in the traditional media? Anywhere?
So you can mark this down as ONE MORE THING we were right about...
Health Insurance Mandates Nearly as old as Constitution.
I happened onto this little fact by way of Roger Ebert, of "At The Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert" fame, who is now quite the avid and political tweeter recently. And would you believe me if I told you that one of our most important Founding Fathers, President John Adams, signed legislation providing for a health insurance mandate?
Sunday Afternoon Reading
The Party of Cruelty was written by James Howard Kunstler last week after the HCR was almost a week ago, but I just saw it yesterday. It is a long read, but a truly excellent retort to the apocalyptic fear and loathing ramped up by repubs -- not just during the process, but also afterwards. Fear and loathing that is now being expressed in physical threats and in property destruction aimed against lawmakers who voted for this. Make sure you go over there to read the entire thing:
Bring It, Spence.
Terry Spence, the disgraced and defeated former GOP Speaker, berates Gibson (unknowingly to her face) about her column exposing the GOP misappropriation of funds during their control of the GA. Like a criminal who is angry at the Police for getting caught. And he thinks he can run for the House again. That would make our day.
Karen Weldin Stewart Decides That Maybe She Does Have a Job To Do
Today's News Journal updates the status of the investigations into the denials of prescribed tests for heart patients by BCBSD. Aetna is also now part of the doctors' complaints -- Aetna is using the same pre-authorization firm as BCBSD.
The News Journal Admits Delaware Liberal Is Correct
The News Journal has obviously been poking around DL again. They wrote an article about DD's post on Michelle Rollins "Millionaire Michelle Rollins Takes Bonus From Wilmington Trust TARP Funds."…