Everyone has an opinion about the health care bill that was just passed. The right has been fighting this bill constantly. Their biggest argument against this bill is that it will socialize medicine and drive the current insurance companies out of business. This just isn’t true. There is no provision in the bill for a [...]
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You might have thought there was a public option, you were wrong.
Posted by slayton on March 22, 2010
http://quasicontrol.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/you-might-have-thought-there-was-a-public-option-you-were-wrong/
Tonight is one for the books
The house of representatives is going to vote on the health care bill in a few minutes. Few political issues have grabbed the mind of the American public like this one has. The debate is happening right now on c-span. Turn on your tv and watch your government in action. If you do end up [...]
Posted by slayton on March 21, 2010
http://quasicontrol.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/tonight-is-one-for-the-books/
Another long winded political rant
Do you know what makes me want to poke out my eyeballs! Politics! Actually I really don’t have a problem with politics my problem is with politicians and people who either fail to face the issues head on, or are blinded by dogmas and beliefs that are orthogonal to the political debate… Idiots in Politics [...]
Posted by slayton on December 27, 2009
http://quasicontrol.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/another-political-rant/
More leprosy please!
These billboards are popping up all over Cambridge and sparking a bit of controversy. I’m not very familiar with the biology of leprosy but for some reason I want to say that simple hygiene is sufficient to prevent the disease and that modern medicines are not required to treat it (I could totally be wrong [...]
Posted by slayton on October 23, 2009
http://quasicontrol.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/more-leprosy-please/
You got the first survey and didn’t answer it so we sent you another one.
A while ago I wrote about a survey the RNC sent me. I wanted to do my American duty so I posted the survey online for anybody to read. I then proceeded to point out several pieces of rhetoric that I found laughable. I guess they don’t read my blog because they sent me another [...]
Posted by slayton on September 15, 2009
http://quasicontrol.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/another-rnc-survey/
