I have more details now on my Uncle Donald Yockey’s service during World War II. He volunteered for the Army Air Corps on May 26, 1941, and served as a crew chief in the 529th squadron of the 311th group in the 14th Air Force, which was designated the Flying Tigers, led by Maj. Gen. …
Category Archives: Health care
The potentially life-saving vaccine you CAN get while waiting for the H1N1 vaccine
Dad was watching CNN in another room and I overheard a report on the H1n1 vaccine, the H1N1 virus and how it kills. In the vulnerable populations — people under 24 years of age and people with chronic diseases or immune diseases — what can be deadly is getting the H1N1 flu AND a secondary …
Healthcare choice … very nice!
Cuban Diva BFF and I talk on the phone almost every day and somehow this Wendy’s commercial from the 1980’s came up a few days ago. She tracked it down so I am embedding it here. I think it’s one of the funniest commercials of all time. But it’s also an illustration in 59 seconds …
No venue is too humble for Obama to use to apply the lipstick of his rhetorical powers to sell the pig of Obamacare
Interesting News Items has the story here. Yes, I know this is the third time I’ve used the expression that Obama is applying “the lipstick of his rhetorical powers to the pig of Obamacare.” I coined it! Update: now it is “the lipstick of his rhetorical powers TO SELL the pig of Obamacare.” I want …
'A racist is a conservative winning an argument with a liberal'
Apparently I caught the two most important moments of yesterday morning’s Obamathon to put the lipstick of Obama’s rhetorical powers on the pig of Obamacare. I’m guessing this because these are the moments I see others have selected to write about. They are: (1), George Stephanopoulos asking Obama if mandating everyone buy health insurance (or …
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Obamacare: The Musical!
Tony Passaro sent the link to this video to me this morning — IT. IS. DEE-LISH!!! You may remember Tony is the man who organized 12 busloads of people from Harford County, Maryland, to attend the 9/12 Tea Party in D.C. So, if you watch the video, yes, I know “single payer” is a stigmatized …
Obama's in the house — quick, count the spoons
What an epic prevarication-fest Obama’s healthcare reform speech to Congress was! I’ll link to others who have covered it tomorrow, including my favorite moment, the outraged cry, “You lie!” when Obama claimed Obamacare will not cover illegal aliens. It was very decent of Obama to rile up the conservative base that way just before our …
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Obama retreating from the public option? Don't you believe it!
My Obama Prevarication Predictor says that whenever a consensus develops opposing anything Obama favors, within 72 hours of the consensus developing he will announce he either no longer wants the thing OR that he is the personification of reason and compromise over the thing — whatever “the thing” du jour is. Currently it is the …
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Krauthammer clueless on the purpose of Obamacare
Charles Krauthammer’s Aug. 28 column declares Obamacare 1.0 (its current form) dead and makes sensible proposals for a universal healthcare bill he dubs Obamacare 2.0 that he believes could get passed. Why, it even leaves out tort reform. However, the column takes a mordant turn at the end when Dr. Krauthammer notes that such a …
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On Obamacare, the president contradicts himself every other breath
I have a theory that my idealistic friends who still trust Obama do so because they only tune in on what he is saying when they hear him saying something they agree with. This works with a trustworthy person — even a small sample of what they say will be consistent with everything else they …
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