Coming Soon to Barack Obama’s America
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 6th at 09:53 AM |
If he gets his way on healthcare. A former soldier pulled his own teeth out with a pair of pliers because he could not find a dentist to take on NHS patients. Iraq War veteran Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain. The 42-year-old, | Read More »
Our healthcare is that bad?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 15th at 08:41 PM |
According to Barack Obama, our healthcare is worse than other nations and more expensive. “We are spending over $2 trillion a year on health care – almost 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation,” Obama is expected to say, according to an advance copy of his remarks. “And yet, for all this spending, more of our citizens are uninsured; the quality | Read More »
Is it Chicagoland Politics or Creatures From the Third World Lagoon?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 11th at 02:43 PM |
One must wonder these days if the Democrats are wrapping themselves around Chicagoland rough and tumble politics, or are they wrapping themselves around the politics of hyper-inflation experiencing third world thugocracies. In Chicagoland politics, like third world thugocracies, opponents of government get gunned down, thrown in jail, threatened by the powers of government, etc. We saw this happen a few months ago when a bank | Read More »
Barack Obama’s Health Care Model: EPIC FAIL
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 28th at 06:43 PM |
Details here. The London Daily Mail: “Dehydrated patients were forced to drink out of flower vases, while others were left in soiled linen on filthy wards.” Ah, welcome again to the National Health Service in England, where not only is the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer 74% (vs. 99% in the USA) but some of the hospitals are “Third World,” according to the London | Read More »
The Health Care Debate Begins
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 27th at 09:20 AM |
This is great. It was only a matter of time before someone linked the AIG mess to healthcare. The ad, by Conservatives Patients Rights Action Fund puts in context what a Congressional healthcare overhaul would mean: Just how dangerous are these ads? The left has decided to totally ignore the message and focus on savaging Rick Scott, the head of the organization. They are deeply | Read More »
The Politics and Science of Healthcare. Yet Again Hoping Obama Fails.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 10th at 03:11 PM |
I’m having some trouble roping around all this stem cell and healthcare nonsense from Barry the Black Jesus. Obama says, “Our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values.” “It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda — and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not | Read More »
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. What about Ted Kennedy?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 7th at 11:38 AM |
UPDATED: Hat tip to all the commenters and Caleb who suggest if the Dems are offended, we just call it the Mary Jo Kopechne Memorial Health Care Act. After all, she is already dead. — Erick We can objectively conclude this morning that the Democrats are trying to distract attention from their failures by pointing fingers at Rush Limbaugh. Yesterday afternoon, it reached a level | Read More »