Health Care Reform

July 20th, 2009

I haven’t had a chance to write a full opinion piece on this subject, but I plan to shortly.  Ronald Regan had it right when he asked people to think of something that Government had done better than private industry, and stated that Government isn’t the solution, it is the problem.  There certainly is a place for government programs, but it isn’t health care.  Some interesting news reports to chew on:

CNN (a wheelchair that costs 4x more to rent than to buy)
Sky News  (22 year old man dies after being refused a liver transplant)

Pelosi v. CIA part III (Updated)

July 12th, 2009

There may come a time when I rename this post series, as it seems Pelosi is becoming a back story in this…
Rumors are circulating about who lied to whom, who told them to tell those lies, who knew about the lies, and what the lies were, and it is getting complicated.  With the Sotomayor hearings coming up, I wonder how much coverage this will get.

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Sotomayor – First Post (Updated)

July 11th, 2009

The hearings start Monday, and I expect to be writing quite a bit on this subject next week.  In the mean time, it never ceases to amaze me the levels to which people will stoop: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/71660.html via Drudge

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Pelosi v. CIA part II

July 9th, 2009

This is going to get complicated, and because of that I suspect that the media-at-large will water it down to one issue of their chosing and expect people to latch onto it.  For the sake of not letting someone set the parameters for us, I’m going to list what the primary issues are in this matter, and I’ll use those as the basis for follow-ups.  This story may still just die, which I think would be unfortunate, but until then, let’s track it.

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Pelosi v. CIA

July 9th, 2009

While I thought, and still think Pelosi’s accusations against the CIA deserved investigation, I also truly believed they’d get buried and go away. I may have been wrong…stand by for updates.

CNN Reports