Author Archives: John Rove

Sometimes Rush Limbaugh makes a mistake and says what he is really thinking: In a remark extraordinary even by the standards of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio heavyweight declared on his program Wednesday that the United … Continue reading →

The debate about the public option really isn’t policy debate at all. It is a no-brainer to implement a medicare like system that allows for reimbursement at the same scale as medicare, for everyone in America. The real debate is … Continue reading →

During last nights speech Joe Wilson made a name for himself by heckling the president and in the process made Republicans look even smaller and more unreasonable. As the Washingtonmonthly explains There are a few important angles to this. The … Continue reading →

Thought I would re-post this as it seems especially relavant a few years later: With mid-terms coming up soon, I wanted to share this list I came across at my local library: 1933 Unemployment Relief 1935 Social Security 1938 Minimum … Continue reading →

I have not been able to get my mind around the republican hissy fit about Obama’s speech to school children until I read this post:, especially this part: We laugh at the wingnuts pulling their kids out of school, and … Continue reading →

One thing that does not seem to get enough attention is how much easy access to credit fuels price inflation. At least if you have wage inflation to go with the price inflation people are not stuck with bills they … Continue reading →

One thing everyone seems to agree on in the health care debate is that Medicare is a great program. In fact several teabaggers have used their Medicare to pay for fixing them up after they start and then lose a … Continue reading →

I am not sure what this story shows but it is pretty sad: Four American soldiers have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of an 19-year-old soldier who committed suicide after being in Iraq for 10 days, the U.S. military … Continue reading →

As someone who has been drifting around the workplace a little bit lately I can see why this is happening. It is really easy to get trapped into a job, because both their are not a whole lot of opportunities … Continue reading →

Does Micheal Vick deserve a second chance? Mr Bettor from the comments makes a great point, when he says convicted felons should be allowed to work. In fact recidivism would probably decrease if companies were not allowed to discriminate against … Continue reading →

In case you haven’t heard the Eagles signed Michael Vick. I just heard Andy Reid in an interview explaing that he felt the Eagles locker room was strong enough to help Micheal Vick become a batter person, Blay, Blah. First, … Continue reading →

I think Hillary could have handled this better. And apparentely so do other people. Hillary’s KO in the Congo on Monday made the covers of both New York tabloids. Using tough hand gestures not seen since “The Sopranos” went off … Continue reading →

I take back some of the stuff I said about Hilary Clinton

A anti-healthcare protestor looking for donations for his medical bills. If the guy really was assaulted I feel bad for him, but the irony is pretty thick.

Micheal Steele trys to walk back from the brink of madness that is a republican at a healthcare townhall meeting. In a related note I am going to try to make it to a Townhall meeting in Boulder Colorado, it … Continue reading →

Right-wing activists seem to have a rallying cry: “Keep the government out of medicare”. This seems to show the problem with a rational health care debate, only one side is rational, and the other side is pretty clearly uninformed and … Continue reading →

I have been traveling quite a bit lately which means I get to eat a lot of bad food and read long books, the bad food, not so great, the long book has been nixonland. According to the book Nixon … Continue reading →

When you consider that not only is it cruel but very expensive to send the uninsured to the emergency room universal health care is going to be a bargain at almost any price. A BARGAIN AT ANY PRICE — ESPECIALLY … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin to resign. What kind of scandal is about to unfold?

Paul Krugman has a great column in the New york times today, regarding health care. This part especially goes a long way towards explaining why the “centrist” members of the senate are far from the center: Honestly, I don’t know … Continue reading →

Got this from Washingtonmonthly.com: One executive said rescission is about “stopping fraud and material misrepresentations that contribute to spiraling healthcare costs.” So, for example, when a woman in Texas was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, her insurer dropped her coverage … Continue reading →

Can someone explain how does Megan Mcardle keep her job

I am not a big Beatles fan, and Yoko’s duet with John Lennon makes me cringe, but this seems like a good idea

You would think that conservatives would love General Motors, the company has been a consistent denier of climate change and they gave us the Hummer, the SUV for men who need to compensate, but no: “In the effort to reverse … Continue reading →

Maybe we should start calling Dick Cheney former President Cheney as he is leaving no doubt who was in charge during the “bush” administration. Update: It also seems that Mr Cheney is trying to make-up for his role in the … Continue reading →

Probably not the end but looks like they may go to a five day schedule from the current six days of delivery, given that the US mail is mostly a delivery system for bad advertising that goes straight into a … Continue reading →

One of the more interesting debates over the past few months has been whether Texas should secceed, and while I recognize that it would create a third world country on our southern border, it might be for the best. Rick … Continue reading →

Yglesias trys to explain Reagan worship: Scratch a liberal, and he’ll find some good things to say about FDR. Some good things to say about JFK. These days there’s more and more appreciation of the fact that Lyndon Johnson did … Continue reading →

David Schuster succinctly explains the Miss USA pageant and the people in it: David Shuster expressed a negative view of the Miss USA pageant after Donald Trump announced at a press conference that Carrie Prejean would remain as Miss California, … Continue reading →

Effective treatments are not the most profitable, therefore we shouldn’t use them. The market has spoken. You’d think that doing research to figure out which treatments are most effective would be an obviously good thing. But no: it is, apparently, … Continue reading →