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Dear Democratic Congress

20. January 2010

Dear Democratic Congress: What the hell is your problem? No, I mean seriously? Stop being a such a bunch of pussies and govern, for fucks sake. We need you to start acting like you own the place. Because in case you haven’t noticed, you OWN THE PLACE! And based on your performance so far, y’all got about [...]

Health Care Reform and Choice

30. November 2009

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Despite all the coverage on the news, it can sometimes be difficult to figure out exactly where we are in the process of health care reform. Very few of us have time to follow all the developments, let alone read through entire bills. It’s helpful to know the basics of the process: the House [...]

It’s not rape-rape, part two

15. October 2009

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So, apparently, if you want to work for certain government contractors (aka Halliburton or KBR), upon employment you must sign a contract which says rape allegations will be handled by private arbitration. Oh. Ok, sure, I will sign that. Because I completely trust that a company who has bothered to include a rape clause in their [...]

Ignorance is Bliss… till the test results come back positive

15. September 2009

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So, this was going to be a rant about Glenn Beck and how someone over at Fox needs to please, please for the love of decency get him some medication. (Probably they don’t have decent health insurance over at Fox… poor Glenn) But, instead I’m gonna talk about ignorance. Ignorance as a method for protecting children from [...]

No, you can’t get your death panels in maple…

27. August 2009

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…but you can get them in blood. (A response to Laurel’s post on health care reform) Federally run healthcare. Federalized. Healthcare. I sat down today, and I wondered- what does the government already handle related to healthcare, that they don’t fuck up? I am not a rich person. My family is not rich. Neither I, nor my [...]