Sunday, June 21, 2009
Who do You Trust?
The same people who told us that going into Iraq was a good idea are the ones arguing that universal healthcare is a bad idea. Who do you trust?
72% Support Public Option
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans strongly support fundamental changes to the healthcare system and a move to create a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll published on Saturday.
The poll came amid mounting opposition to plans by the Obama administration and its allies in the Democratic-controlled Congress to push through the most sweeping restructuring of the U.S. healthcare system since the end of World War Two.
The poll came amid mounting opposition to plans by the Obama administration and its allies in the Democratic-controlled Congress to push through the most sweeping restructuring of the U.S. healthcare system since the end of World War Two.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
TSA Discriminates again HIV Job Applicant
McClatchy News:
"When Michael Lamarre applied for a job as a baggage screener at the Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale Airport, the Transportation Security Administration turned him down because he has HIV.
That's discrimination, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a complaint with the federal agency's national civil rights office Thursday, demanding a job for Lamarre, a veteran.
TSA officials told Lamarre they denied him the job for his own good, reasoning that as a baggage screener he would be in enclosed spaces and highly susceptible to infection.
But Lamarre, who has had HIV for almost 20 years, said he was "dumbfounded and angry" about the rejection letter he received last month. HIV has never prevented him from doing a job."
"When Michael Lamarre applied for a job as a baggage screener at the Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale Airport, the Transportation Security Administration turned him down because he has HIV.
That's discrimination, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a complaint with the federal agency's national civil rights office Thursday, demanding a job for Lamarre, a veteran.
TSA officials told Lamarre they denied him the job for his own good, reasoning that as a baggage screener he would be in enclosed spaces and highly susceptible to infection.
But Lamarre, who has had HIV for almost 20 years, said he was "dumbfounded and angry" about the rejection letter he received last month. HIV has never prevented him from doing a job."
Friday, June 12, 2009
Let Me be Clear, It's Time Mr. President
It's time for President Barack Obama to take a stand on the Health care Debate. The debate on a "Public Option" is getting bogged down with arguments about whether it will be or not. Or adding poison pill amendments or triggers or even co-ops.
It time for the President to inform Congress ( to threaten to veto is so Un-bama) that He's will Veto any legislation that does not include a comprehensive Public Option designed to maximise cost effectiveness.
It time for the President to inform Congress ( to threaten to veto is so Un-bama) that He's will Veto any legislation that does not include a comprehensive Public Option designed to maximise cost effectiveness.
Worse of the Worst?
"LONDON (Reuters) - An African detainee held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay since he was a teenager has been released without charge after more than seven years in captivity, his lawyers said on Thursday."
"Lawyers for Gharani said he was the youngest detainee to be released from Guantanamo, having been seized in 2001 when he was 14.
"It is great news that Mohammed has at last been released, but he will never get back the teenage years that were spent in Guantanamo based on shamefully shoddy intelligence," said Clive Stafford Smith, Gharani's lawyer and the director of Reprieve"
"Gharani was seized in Pakistan in 2001 when a mosque he was attending was raided by Pakistan's security forces. He was ultimately turned over to the U.S. military in Afghanistan and held at a prison at Bagram air force base outside Kabul.
Two months later he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay, where Reprieve said he was subjected to a range of abuses, including being kept tightly shackled to the ground in a hunched position for hours on end and subjected to loud music and strobe lights.
"Lawyers for Gharani said he was the youngest detainee to be released from Guantanamo, having been seized in 2001 when he was 14.
"It is great news that Mohammed has at last been released, but he will never get back the teenage years that were spent in Guantanamo based on shamefully shoddy intelligence," said Clive Stafford Smith, Gharani's lawyer and the director of Reprieve"
"Gharani was seized in Pakistan in 2001 when a mosque he was attending was raided by Pakistan's security forces. He was ultimately turned over to the U.S. military in Afghanistan and held at a prison at Bagram air force base outside Kabul.
Two months later he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay, where Reprieve said he was subjected to a range of abuses, including being kept tightly shackled to the ground in a hunched position for hours on end and subjected to loud music and strobe lights.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
[THC] Petrie Dish
Over the years there have been candidates for the Presidency say that when he gets into office he will open the files on UFOs. But then we never hear anymore about it.I think I have an idea why.
After taking office they soon learn that the issue is not about whether humans can handle the idea that we are being visited by beings from another planet. The issue is whether we can handle learning that we are their experiment.
[THC] The Human Condition. [THC] is not a series of musing about the experiences of life but about the human condition of wonderment. That place in the human mind that set us apart from the other creatures of Earth. The ability to dream and contemplate random thoughts, ideas and questions about the world around us. Plus it also makes Doritos friggin' awsome!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Top Healthcare CEO Pay 2008
FierceHealthcare reports the following top 10 CEO salaries for 2008
.
* Ron Williams - Aetna - Total Compensation: $24,300,112.
* H. Edward Hanway - CIGNA - Total Compensation: $12,236,740.
* Angela Braly - WellPoint - Total Compensation: $9,844,212.
* Dale Wolf - Coventry Health Care - Total Compensation: $9,047,469.
* Michael Neidorff - Centene - Total Compensation: $8,774,483.
* James Carlson - AMERIGROUP - Total Compensation: $5,292,546.
* Michael McCallister - Humana - Total Compensation: $4,764,309.
* Jay Gellert - Health Net - Total Compensation: $4,425,355.
* Richard Barasch - Universal American - Total Compensation: $3,503,702.
* Stephen Hemsley - UnitedHealth Group - Total Compensation: $3,241,042.
.
* Ron Williams - Aetna - Total Compensation: $24,300,112.
* H. Edward Hanway - CIGNA - Total Compensation: $12,236,740.
* Angela Braly - WellPoint - Total Compensation: $9,844,212.
* Dale Wolf - Coventry Health Care - Total Compensation: $9,047,469.
* Michael Neidorff - Centene - Total Compensation: $8,774,483.
* James Carlson - AMERIGROUP - Total Compensation: $5,292,546.
* Michael McCallister - Humana - Total Compensation: $4,764,309.
* Jay Gellert - Health Net - Total Compensation: $4,425,355.
* Richard Barasch - Universal American - Total Compensation: $3,503,702.
* Stephen Hemsley - UnitedHealth Group - Total Compensation: $3,241,042.
Friday, June 05, 2009
Missing Man "..on a mission to kill the president."
Huffington Post:
"SALT LAKE CITY — Federal prosecutors have charged a man with making threats against President Barack Obama after he allegedly told a bank employee in Utah he was on a mission to kill the president.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported on its Web site Thursday that Daniel James Murray allegedly made the remark to a teller at a bank in St. George on May 27 as he withdrew $13,000 from an account.
Murray's whereabouts are unknown. A court affidavit says Murray is from New York and has recently been in California, Utah, Georgia, Oklahoma and possibly Texas."
"SALT LAKE CITY — Federal prosecutors have charged a man with making threats against President Barack Obama after he allegedly told a bank employee in Utah he was on a mission to kill the president.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported on its Web site Thursday that Daniel James Murray allegedly made the remark to a teller at a bank in St. George on May 27 as he withdrew $13,000 from an account.
Murray's whereabouts are unknown. A court affidavit says Murray is from New York and has recently been in California, Utah, Georgia, Oklahoma and possibly Texas."
It Worked!
It's been incredibly stupid for the Dems in Congress to allow the debate on the use of torture to de-evolve into a question of did it work. Now if even the smallest example of accurate informations coming from torture and it's , ...Ah Ha! It does work, the Republicans are right!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)