The health care bill, ObamaCare, is dead with not the slightest
prospect of resurrection.
-- Wingnut handjob Fred Barnes, in the Weekly Standard in January
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/health-care-bill-dead
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/health-care-bill-dead
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From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of TurquoiseB
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:37 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] The health care meltdown
Waterloo
by David Frum http://www.frumforum.com/davidfrum
Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing
legislative defeat since the 1960s.
It's hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster. Conservatives
may cheer themselves that they'll compensate for today's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhYtMmw9OVk
USA TODAY - The average income tax refund is up nearly 10% from a year ago,
reflecting tax credits included in last year's economic stimulus package,
according to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman.
Vice President Biden is expected to announce the increase Monday as part of a
month-long effort
This is the largest tax bill in history, the Republican leader fumed.
The reform is unjust, unworkable, stupidly drafted and wastefully
financed.
And that wasn't all. This cruel hoax, he said, this folly of
bungling and waste, compared poorly to the much less expensive and
practical measures
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of lurkernomore20002000
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 1:13 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: She Shot
Obama close to health law success that eluded past
To the ardent liberal, Obama's health care plan
is a shadow of what should have been, sapped by
dispiriting downsizing and trade-offs.
To the loud foe on the right, it is a dreadful
expansion of the nanny state.
WASHINGTON Rarely does
HAARETZ Newspaper in Israel - The Quartet, which comprises members from
Russia, the United States, the UN and the European Union, called Israel and the
Palestinians to renew peace negotiations in order to achieve a two-state
solution within 24 months. The members met in Moscow on Friday in
Cartoon: http://www.bartcop.com/teabagger-one-lump.jpg
Cartoon: http://www.bartcop.com/texas-books3.jpg
Compassionate Conservatism® in action
Video shot by the Columbus Dispatch contains a segment wherein the
teabaggers mock and scorn an apparent Parkinsen's victim telling him
he's in the wrong end of town to ask for handouts, calling him a
communist and throwing money at him to pay for his
[Lee Judge]
© Lee Judge
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/15/90381_a90457/cartoons-for-the-wee\
k-of-14-march.html
Cartoon: http://politicalirony.com/2010/03/18/gop-to-the-rescue/
Historians on Tuesday criticized proposed revisions to the Texas social studies
curriculum, saying that many of the changes are historically inaccurate and
that they would affect textbooks and classrooms far beyond the state's borders.
The changes, which were preliminarily approved last week
The first set of the much-anticipated CBO numbers are out.
Health Care Bill:
1. CUTS THE DEFICIT
Cuts the deficit by $130 billion in the first ten years (2010 2019). Cuts the
deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second ten years.
2. REINS IN WASTEFUL MEDICARE COSTS AND EXTENDS THE SOLVENCY OF
The first set of the much-anticipated CBO numbers are out
http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/CBO_numbers.html :
1. CUTS THE DEFICIT Cuts the deficit by $130 billion in the first
ten years (2010 2019). Cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the
second ten years.
1. REINS IN
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
Just a few sitting-in-a-Borders thinking about being in
Santa Fe again after 6 years away impressions:
* The most striking thing is how genuinely friendly most
people have been. I had forgotten about that New Mexico
Reconciliation Bill Goes Online, Starts 72-Hour ClockRachel Slajda
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/rachel_slajda/2010/03/14-week/ |
March 18, 2010
http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftpmdc.talkingpointsme\
Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?
by Barbara Bradley Hagerty - March 18, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100608
Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually
far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible.
- Philip
How the Israel, under its Zionist leadership, implements it systematic
incremental theft of Palestinian lands:
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HVa47DvwC0
See also: Secret Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal settlements -
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060043.html
Fearing Peak Oil, Saudi Arabia Seeks To Diversify Its Economy
By Nicole Belle - Mar 16, 2010
[saudi oil fields_9c00a_0.jpg]
Well, sort of
http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10003063/saudi-arabias-peak-oil-demand-\
fears-lead-to-clean-energy-embrace/ :
Concerns over peak oil that moment when
See Textbook: http://www.bartcop.com/texas-books.jpg
Cartoon link: http://www.bartcop.com/texas-books2.jpg
Israel envoy: U.S. ties at their lowest ebb in 35 years By
Barak Ravid mailto:barakravi...@gmail.com , Haaretz Correspondent and
Haaretz Service
Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, has told
the country's diplomats there that U.S.-Israeli relations face their
Racism is linked to Religious dogmatismJohn Shook - February 16, 2010
Religious congregations generally express
more prejudiced views towards other races.
Furthermore, the more devout the
community, the greater the racism.
Religious people can be racist, and that's not news. But are
http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=3481417owner=kamalu
Farside Cartoon:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7823/anatidaephobiaviadoctorih0.png
The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality By FRANK RICH
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists\
/frankrich/index.html?inline=nyt-per
THE opening salvo, fired on Fox News during Thanksgiving week,
aroused little notice: Dana Perino, the former White House
Howell Raines
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR20100\
31102523.html :
One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the
year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, and it has
nothing to do with the public option, portability or
Texas Board of Education cuts Thomas Jefferson out of its textbooks
[thomas-jefferson-big copy] The Texas Board of Education has been
meeting this week
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/11/texas-fox-news-education/ to
revise its social studies curriculum. During the past three days,
the
Lt. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson U.S. Army (ret.) calls Rove, Cheney cowards.
Accuses Cheney of leaking classified information to Rove in violation of law,
in scathing interview with Lawrence O'Donnell.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/35845599#35845599
White House pollster Joel Benenson writes in the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR20100\
31203719.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 that there's no question that a
majority of Americans oppose a government-run health system. But there
is no government-run
.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican
From The Times - March 11, 2010
Richard Owen in Rome
[Gabriele Amorth, an exorcist in the diocese of Rome poses in Rome,
2005.] Giulio Napolitano, AFP
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge no_re...@... wrote:
Boy you'd think the (in your words made up thing called God)that spoke of
laws and commandment but could not be seen at Sinai would not have been so
quickly rejected. Remember what happens..hint here is the where the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge no_reply@ wrote:
Boy you'd think the (in your words made up thing called God)that spoke
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
If you're so sure of your position BillyGee, please give us YOUR
interpretation of the atrocities of mass slaughter of helpless prisoners,
the mass
Reflections on India
by Sean Paul Kelley http://agonist.org/user/sean_paul
[And People Wonder Why The Lights Go Out In Delhi So Often?]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seanpaulkelley/3384491131/ If you are
Indian, or of Indian descent, I must preface this post with a clear
warning: you are not
Cardinal Schönborn says celibacy partly to blame for clerical sex
abuseRichard Owen, Rome, and Ruth Gledhill
A cardinal seen as a future candidate for the papacy
has broken a Vatican taboo by raising the possibility
that priestly celibacy is among the causes
of the sex abuse scandal sweeping
Cartoon link: http://www.bartcop.com/hc-bites.jpg
Cartoon link: http://www.bartcop.com/massa-hero.jpg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Mar 12, 2010, at 5:32 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
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Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican
From The Times - March 11, 2010
Richard Owen in Rome
[Gabriele Amorth, an exorcist in the diocese of Rome poses in Rome,
2005.] Giulio Napolitano, AFP / Getty Images Rev. Gabriele Amorth, who
served as
the Catholic Church's
In samsara there are two sorts of people - astika (religious) and
nastika (unbeliever) - in the world of the atheist there isn't any
guru.
Of the world of the astika (religious) that guru should really be called
jagadguru.
Amongst the religious there are two kinds of believers. Some folk are
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
In samsara there are two sorts of people - astika (religious) and
nastika (unbeliever) - in the world of the atheist there isn't any
guru
When a Republican electoral victory is a good thing by kos
http://kos.dailykos.com/ - Mar 09, 2010
Phew
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/creationist-cum-mccar\
thy-booster_rejected_by_texas_republicans.php .
The top conservative activist on the powerful Texas Board of
Obama Defies Pessimists as Rising Economy Converges With Stocks
By Mike Dorning
[220]
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The political consensus may be that President
Barack Obama
http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Barack+Obamasite=wnewsclient=wne\
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge no_re...@... wrote:
Perfect transparency
We have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it
-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
It was a poor choice of wording, although you DID leave off the rest of the
sentence. Here is the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge no_re...@... wrote:
Why can't Obama clearly explain what the hell is trying to shove down our
throats, because he can't
You haven't been paying attention. Did you miss the recent publicly broadcast 7
hour meeting Obama had with the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance no_re...@... wrote:
[snip]
To get a visual of the ruling class in the TM organization currently, have
a look at this YouTube video uploaded in January 10, 2010:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Qu7a2lbkw
Having been closely
Not enough shiny stones accumulated to pay for the biological upkeep and
repair of sentients? The debate continues
By Tom Tomorrow http://www.salon.com/author/tom_tomorrow/index.html
[This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow]
http://www.verysillymayor.com/ Cartoon link:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of do.rflex
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 9:59 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Scientology article
Today POLITICO has a lengthly article out about the lack of success by
teabagger candidates. Basically, it's three long pages of wondering why,
oh why:
... success at the ballot box has been elusive for these grass-roots
conservative activists if not entirely nonexistent.
Speculation
In early February, it became one of those intriguing little political
stories that gets 30 seconds at the end of the national evening news.
You might recall that it was then that some enterprising Republican
business owners erected a billboard along I-35 in Minnesota featuring
George W. Bush's
Some students go to MIT to plumb the mysteries of the atom, or of outer
space, or to press the limits of computer science.
Interactive Graphic [Leveraged Freedom Chair]
http://www.boston.com/news/graphics/03_07_10_drivetrain/Leveraged
Freedom Chair
Obstructionism, for example, only refers to Democratic minorities
opposing Republican proposals.
Tyranny is found when an elected Democratic majority passes
legislation that Republicans don't like.
Reconciliation describes a Senate process that Republicans are allowed
to use to overcome
The collected videos of Peter Sinclair's excellent Climate
Denial Crock of the Week series:
All videos at link: http://snipurl.com/unzam [greenfyre_wordpress_com]
MYTH: Stolen CRU emails prove (Insert lie/fable)
Smacking the Hack Attack
http://www.skepticalscience.com/
Is there a scientific consensus on global warming? Link to this page
http://www.skepticalscience.com/link_to_us.php?Argument0=17 The
skeptic argument...
The Petition Project features over 31,000 scientists signing the
petition stating there is no
You can't not like this . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDdQHbTLTc
Consider three bills -- two of them passed under budget reconciliation,
the third heading for budget reconciliation. Each had an effect on the
fiscal health of the nation, calculated by the Congressional Budget
Office.
The first two, the tax cuts pushed by President George W. Bush, blew a
hole
Watch: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-4-2010/the-med-menace
[600]
Link to cartoon: http://snipurl.com/unifn [media_mcclatchydc_com]
[600]
Link to cartoon: http://snipurl.com/unifn [media_mcclatchydc_com]
Anyone who wants to have a serious discussion dinner-table type about climate
change with someone who doubts anthropogenic climate change should watch these
videos. They are as thorough as YouTube videos can get for a general audience.
Each video is about seven to ten minutes in length.
http://vodpod.com/watch/3174087-rachel-maddow-on-liz-cheney
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride
bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote:
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:54 PM, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
http://vodpod.com/watch/3174087-rachel-maddow-on-liz-cheney
That was funny. But isn't Rachael Jewish? Wouldn't that mean
Link to cartoon: http://www.bartcop.com/socialist-potties.jpg
[BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444646617535839666]
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mh1TZAM-AWU/S49FQG3BfbI/CwI/mI0qUpgTX\
A4/s1600-h/repjesusCousinmarry.png
Cartoon link: http://snipurl.com/umu7y http://snipurl.com/umu7y
Alabama Family Values
* Marry at 14
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote:
ShempMcGurk wrote:
BTW, you didn't answer this question the other day: would you let your
house burn than have the local fire department put out the
Entering the Larry Craig Pantheon Josh Marshall
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ | March 4, 2010, 1:36AM
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/03/entering_the_larry_cr\
aig_pantheon.php
Sen. Roy Ashburn (R)
It's no good for a family values Republican to get picked up on a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote:
OK, that makes it official for me. Judy has achieved what I had thought was
unachievableshe actually IS crazier than Tex! Wowwho-da-thunk it!
I used to really think she was a genuine crusader for the truth and
Millions of women throng Kerala festival
[Women in Kerala pay homage - 28 February 2010] Attendance at the
festival has grown year after year (Photos: Haris Kuttipuram)
By John Mary
Trivandrum, Kerala
[0]
India's southern state of Kerala may have hosted the largest gathering
of women ever
Cartoon link: http://www.bartcop.com/gop-cleaning-ideas.jpg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote:
Yep. I find that trying to have meaningful conversation with Judy and Tex to
be equally pointless, other than as a source of personal amusement, like
tossing the ball with my dog. It's very predictable but my dog never seems
News you can trust: http://www.bartcop.com/palin-book-fox-news.jpg
The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged - by Frank Rich
...The leaders embraced by the new grass roots right are a different
slate entirely: Glenn Beck, Ron Paul and Sarah Palin. Simple math
dictates that none of this trio can be elected president.
As George F. Will recently pointed out
Liberals and Atheists Smarter? Intelligent People Have Values Novel in
Human Evolutionary History, Study Finds
The study found that young adults who said they were
very conservative had an average adolescent IQ of 95, whereas
those who said they were very liberal averaged 106.
Young adults who
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote:
Ahhh, the start of another posting week. So refreshing to see Judy start it
all off with a post about(drum roll)...none other than BARRY! I know
people will be on the edge of their seats, eagerly waiting each pearly
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Really, if Hagelin *believed* what he was saying
at the end of this clip, I
Conservatives target their own fringe
By KENNETH P. VOGEL
http://www.politico.com/reporters/KennethPVogel.html |
2/27/10
[Tom Tancredo and a tea party activists are shown in this composite.]
The conservative establishment is looking to
eliminate the appearance of extremism within
the GOP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjJPJ2sQaw
What We Learned From the Health Care Summit
By PAUL KRUGMAN
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists\
/paulkrugman/index.html?inline=nyt-per - February 25, 2010
If we're lucky, Thursday's summit will turn out to have
been the last act in the great health
Americans spread the blame when it comes to the lack of cooperation in
Washington, and, in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, most want the
two sides to keep working to pass comprehensive health-care reform.
Nearly six in 10 in the new poll say the Republicans aren't doing enough to
forge
The US economy grew a robust 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter of last year,
stronger than previously estimated and beating market expectations, revised
government data showed Friday.
Growth in gross domestic product -- a broad measure of the country's goods and
services output -- initially
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote:
At the first opportunity for audience participation just several minutes into
the proceeding, a longtime and well-known Apple shareholder--some would say
gadfly--who introduced himself as Shelton Ehrlich, stood at the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote:
Yawn.
Jeffrey Sachs, like his fellow wacko alarmist Al Gore, isn't a scientist.
'Nuff said.
You don't have to be a scientist to report the news, McJerky.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer
Most Credible Climate Skeptic Not So Credible After AllBy Kate Sheppard
http://motherjones.com/authors/kate-sheppard | Fri Feb. 26, 2010
Patrick Michaels has more credibility than your average climate
skeptic. Unlike some of the kookier characters that populate the small
world of climate
The Philosophy of Me (First and Only)by Mike Lux - February 26, 2010
Conservative philosophy has been on full-throated display in recent
days. Between the Republican talking points at the Health Care Summit
(which essentially boiled down to we don't care about the uninsured or
less healthy
One man band (cigo man band)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2xOw-VXe_g
The public's take on the president's proposalBy Jon Cohen |
February 22, 2010 -Washington Post
Determined to push ahead on major reform of the country's
health-care system, the White House today
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/summary-presi\
dents-proposal.pdf
Cartoon:
http://bartblog.bartcop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cartoon-gop-hey-i\
ts-fake.gif
[cartoon-gop-hey-its-fake]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
Cartoon:
http://bartblog.bartcop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cartoon-gop-hey-i\
ts-fake.gif
[cartoon-gop-hey-its-fake
The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Salon
by James Wolcott http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/james-wolcott
- February 23, 2010
Vanity Fair colleague Michael Wolff, though not a licensed
clinician or chiropodist, renders what seems to me an inarguable
diagnosis of the current
Death penalty opponents see executions on the wane GENEVA Wed
Feb 24, 2010 12:52pm EST
[Main Image]
GENEVA (Reuters) - An increasing number of countries are abolishing the
death penalty and even the most active users of capital punishment are
taking steps to restrict it, a congress of
Linda Douglass, White House Office of Health Reform Communications Director,
discusses President Obamas Proposal for Health Care Reform.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05_ClWR_gyc
[This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow]
Cartoon:
http://www.salon.com/ent/comics/this_modern_world/2010/02/22/this_modern\
_world/story.jpg
VA Legislator:
'Disabled kids are God's punishment for Abortion'
RICHMOND State Delegate Bob Marshall of Manassas says disabled
children are God's punishment to women who have aborted their first
pregnancy.
He made that statement Thursday at a press conference to oppose state
funding for
Climate Comedy Central - Starring McJerky the Shremp
Here the intrepid McJerky trots out world renowned water witcher/dowser,
Nils-Axel Mörner...
---
Nils-Axel Mörner, born 1938, is the former head of the
Paleogeophysics
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paleogeophysicsaction=editr\
Apparently when it comes to denying AGW, Mr Poli-Carp supports 'dowsing'
as a credential for a fellow AGW denier who has been exposed as
misrepresenting himself by the current president of the scientific body
he once headed. He's further been discredited by the research of the
hundreds
Cartoon:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinion/ssi/images/Toles/c_0010\
_520.gif
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
Apparently when it comes to denying AGW, Mr Poli-Carp
supports 'dowsing' as a credential for a fellow AGW denier
who has been exposed
Poli-Carp
poli - poly
'Poly' as a prefix, often meaning more than one or many
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poly-#Etymology
Dictionary carp, as a verb
To raise unnecessary or trivial objections: cavil, niggle, nitpick, pettifog,
quibble
http://www.answers.com/topic/carp
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