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Have you ever wondered why so many members of Congress are so reluctant to reform our health care system, so oblivious to the concerns of the American people, and so ready, willing and able to defend the status quo? It's because inside their Washington, D.C. cocoon, inside the world of the ruling elites, the health care system is all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. And guess what, it's all government-run and taxpayer subsidized. Consider this:"The plan...

It looks like ex-Governor Palin's almost shotgun son-in-law, Levi Johnston, was right when he told a news conference this past July that "he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book. "I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars," Johnston said. Sarah the Quitter now has her lucrative book...

On the subject of congresspersons for sale to the highest bidder, here's one more to add to the list--Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL). From AP this morning:"Moderate House Democrats are drafting a proposal that would continue to shield big banks from potentially tougher state regulations when it comes to selling products such as credit cards, mortgages and savings accounts.The lawmakers say it's a practical approach to regulating large financial institutions that have customers in multiple states...

Three Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee--Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, and Blanche Lincoln--voted against both public option amendments yesterday. Here is the contact information for all three, along with the bribes, excuse me, campaign contributions each has taken from the insurance industry they voted to protect:Max Baucus ($1,196,463)202-224-2651E-mailKent Conrad ($838,787)202-224-2043E-mailBlanche Lincoln ($504,383)202-224-2843E-mailWhile we're at it, and since it does those of us in Texas absolutely no good to contact our Senators on this matter, let's...

This is getting further and further out of hand every day. The fact that anyone is even suggesting a military coup in the United States is frightening. John L. Perry today at Newsmax.com:"There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America's military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the "Obama problem." Don't dismiss it as unrealistic.America isn't the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has...

Over the weekend the Hilton Hotel in St. Louis was the site of what Firedoglake appropriately named "a pulsating black hole of stupidity" also known as the How to Take Back America conference, and the gang (pictured at left) was all there. "[Phyllis] Schlafly opened the event by saying she believes President Obama is "taking us into socialism."... She said of her organization, Eagle Forum, "fighting feminists is still our main object," arguing that feminism...

We're not even a year into this administration and I'm already beginning to feel burned out.  It seems like the far left and the far right are screaming at (and past) each other so loud that any rational discussion is stillborn.Obama's health care proposals don't bend the cost curve in the right direction because they put the cart before the horse in mandating coverage before addressing cost.  (Funny how increasing demand without a concurrent change...

This is what now passes for a topic worthy of serious discussion on Fox News. Judge Andrew Napolitano and his guest Lew Rockwell on a program called, of all things, Freedom Watch, talking about secession and nullification. Watch:<br />What Judge Napolitano and Mr. Rockwell are talking about used to be called treason, and was punishable by execution. Now it's called "Fair and Balanced."Sad but true. ...

I know I said no politics today, but forgive me, this is too good to pass up.Last night Sean Hannity and his two guests were discussing the video that has Fox News, talk radio, and the right-wing blogosphere about to soil themselves-the one of the elementary school children in New Jersey singing about President Obama. They start off with the usual "programming the youth" nonsense, then Hannity says this:"I have no patience for indoctrinating or...

Given the uncertainty surrounding the direction of the human space exploration program these days, a group of young professionals here at JSC assembled with the guidance and support of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership and local aerospace executives to begin an advocacy campaign and get the word out on why we think human spaceflight is important. The Young Professionals branch of the Citizens for Space Exploration now has a website that I must highly...