Archive for the ‘Healthcare’ Category
Defending Myself, condemning the indefensible.
Most people know me from one of two places: either my YouTube page or from my weekly reporting of the Sunday Morning Talkshows over at Crooks & Liars. At the end of all my posts is the following tagline: Final Bush tally: 10,300+ DEAD (3,000 on 9/11. 4,500 in Iraq, 1000 in Afg. 1,800 in […]
February 28, 2011
Tags: GOP Republican Presidential candidate 2012 Mitch Daniels hypocrite death panel health care HCR rationing · Posted in: Election, Healthcare, Politics, Rants, War
The Budget. Conservatives LOVE Welfare (but hate the poor)
Two weeks ago, I finally created a Twitter account for the blog: @MugsysRapSheet. When you first create your account, you are given the opportunity to add people based upon your interests. As a self-described Conservative watchdog, I decided @KarlRove was among the people I should follow. The first “tweet” I received from “Turd Blossom” was: Did […]
February 17, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Healthcare, Money, myth busting, Politics, Rants
A Tale of Two State of the Union addresses: 2007 and 2011
Special Edition: I prepared for this review of President Obama’s second State of the Union Address by rewatching President Bush’s 2007 State of the Union Address (the things I do for you people). I chose that particular address because it was the first following his 2006 mid-term “thumpin’” at the polls where voters swapped control […]
January 26, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Money, Politics, Taxes
The Mind of a Conservative: a personal aside
I am pleased to announce that there are no more “Republicans” in the state of Texas. None. Nada. Zip… at least, not among the general public. The governor, Rick “Good Hair” Perry is a Teabagger that has become a national embarrassment every time he opens his mouth with talk of “succession”, and the Texas state Legislature […]
January 24, 2011
Posted in: Economy, General, Healthcare, myth busting, Politics, Rants, Right-Wing Insanity, Unconstitutional
Who Coulda Seen THAT Coming? Mugsy’s Predictions for 2011
Well, it’s that time of year again (I’m sorry, but there’s just no other way to open a column like this with reusing the same tired old intro), when we look back upon ill-fated predictions of the past and finish up with our Predictions for 2011. The coming year will be interesting as it kicks […]
December 27, 2010
Tags: future, Political predictions for 2011, prognosticate, prognostication · Posted in: Economy, Election, Healthcare, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War
Ten Reasons Why I’m Still Smiling after the Election.
Okay, I know it may seem like there’s very little to be happy about after last Tuesday’s “shellacking” (as President Obama put it) in the polls (which wasn’t nearly as bad as some were predicting), and I too certainly fear for the next two years and all the chaos we are likely to see as […]
November 8, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Money, Politics
Name ONE thing the Tea Party stands for that helps People more than Corporations
Last Saturday was Glenn Beck’s “I Have a Scheme” rally (credit to Wonkette for the pun). Though it was dubbed “not a political rally”, no question that the 99% white crowd consisted almost entirely of Tea Party teanuts with politics on their mind. The theme of the rally was “Restoring Honor”. Restoring honor? This is […]
August 30, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Environment, Healthcare, Money, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity
Cheney gets himself some more of that Government Healthcare
Last Friday, Dick Cheney was admitted to George Washington University Hospital in DC after experiencing “discomfort” in his chestal area. Though ruled “Not” a heart attack, Cheney has been rushed to the hospital for some of that evil government heath care at least nine times before: “Mr. Cheney, 69, who has been having heart problems […]
June 28, 2010
Posted in: Healthcare, Money, Politics
April Fools? Obama opens drilling to draw GOP votes. Will he ever learn?
At first I thought, “This has to be an April Fool’s Day joke.” Last Wednesday, in a move that has infuriated environmentalists and most Democrats, President Obama announced that he would end a longstanding moratorium on offshore drilling off the South East coast and in Northern Alaska (red states) in advance of the upcoming vote […]
April 1, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Global Warming, Healthcare, Politics
They said it would be Armageddon. Was that a warning or a threat?
A brief follow up. Despite childish Republicans wasting the taxpayer’s time and money by calling for 23 separate votes on nuisance changes to the Reconciliation bill (like changing the date on certain pages) before it could come up for a vote, the Senate toiled late into the night voting to “fix” the problems with the […]
March 25, 2010
Posted in: Healthcare, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity
Health care bill passes (but I may never eat sausage again).
Hooray! History was made Sunday night as the House passed the (ugly) Senate health care reform bill, as well as the “Reconciliation” bill to strip out all the ugly stuff. The first bill goes to President Obama to sign while the Reconciliation bill goes back to the Senate for them to agree to the changes […]
March 22, 2010
Posted in: General, Healthcare, Politics
The Party of NO claims mantle of bipartisanship
More often than you might think, I’ll start off writing the weeks blog entry, only to end up writing something else entirely. This is one of those weeks. This particular blog entry started off noting the eerie similarities between the dramatic rise in Right Wing extremism and the very people they claim to hate: Muslim […]
March 8, 2010
Posted in: General, Healthcare, Politics, Rants, Right-Wing Insanity, Terrorism
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