So starts a risible (and mercifully short) exercise in irrational “compassion” by Joel Mathis. Joel trots out the usual favorite go-to Left-lib statistics on how Americans are just so much “sicker” and “die younger than they should” and clutches his pearls so tightly you can almost hear his voice go up full octave What is that rugged individualism getting us? We’re living sicker and dying younger than we should. America
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January 13, 2013
“You know what would be awesome? If the United States had a real nanny state.” [Darleen Click]
June 11, 2012
Reagan was wrong; it is opposition to Government that is the problem … [Darleen Click]
… because Government is the Solution. Why don’t Democrats just say it? They really believe in active government and think it does good and valuable things. One of those valuable things is that government creates jobs — yes, really — and also the conditions under which more jobs can be created. […] It ought to be perfectly obvious: When the private sector is no longer investing, the economy will spin
June 10, 2012
NYTimes Steve Almond: Sure I’m an obnoxious, arrogant prick, but the tools and fools of evil conservatism made me that way [Darleen Click]
Somebody needs a hug and a reality check Consider the recent debate over whether employers must cover contraception in their health plans. The underlying question — should American women receive help in protecting themselves from unwanted pregnancies? — is part of a serious and necessary national conversation. Any hope of that conversation happening was dashed the moment Rush Limbaugh began his attacks on Sandra Fluke, the young contraceptive advocate. […]
March 7, 2012
When your only principle is winning the next election … [Darleen Click] UPDATED
*********** UPDATE 1 Lack of sleep can make anyone go a little batty. Seasoned broadcast veteran Tom Brokaw appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and did a hilarious impression of one of Mitt Romney‘s trademark facial tics — the “white man overbite.” Prior to Brokaw’s imitation, the other panelists were discussing what the Republican hopeful had to do to corral conservative supporters. “They’ve got to figure out to gently nudge the