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Archive for July, 2009

Kevin Spacey Teaches Dave Letterman About Twitter

by @ Thursday, July 23rd, 2009. Filed under Celebrities, Internet, Technology, Twitter

This was on last night’s episode, it’s pretty funny:

And here’s the Tweet that Spacey sent while they were taping:

You can follow Kevin Spacey on Twitter and, while I’m neither an actor nor a late night talk show host, you can follow me too.
Incidentally, Spacey was using TwitterBerry on his Blackberry Bold, I prefer UberTwitter.
H/T: Crackberry [...]

ObamaCare Continues To Face Obstacles On Capitol Hill

by @ Thursday, July 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

Notwithstanding President Obama’s Press Conference last night and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that she “has the votes” to pass the health care reform bill in the House, it’s becoming clear that the President’s health care agenda is still in trouble in Congress.
For one thing, one Blue Dog Democrat has already come out and said that [...]

Hardball Takes On The Birthers, Again

by @ Thursday, July 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Last night, Chris Matthews had yet another segment on the people who continue to claim that President Obama is ineligible to serve as President:

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Obama: Doctors Are After Your Kids Tonsils

by @ Thursday, July 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

I have no regrets about missing last night’s Presidential Press Conference after watching this:

Link:
H/T: Hot Air

Coming Soon To A Breadline Near You

by @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Humor, Joe Biden, Politics

The Birthers Make The Big Time

by @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

For the first time that I’m aware of the “Obama eligibility” conspiracy theory has gotten coverage on one of the network nightly news casts.

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The good news ? Now all of America can see just how crazy these people are.
The better news ? Pete Williams, [...]

Is History Repeating Itself ?

by @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

The debate over Barack Obama’s health care plan is starting to sound eerily similar to something we’ve all seen before:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — In 1994, universal health care was a key policy plan for then-President Bill Clinton. It eventually failed.
Now, 15 years later, another Democratic president is taking on the challenge, but facing an uphill battle [...]

How To Deal With The Birthers

by @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Rick Moran is one conservative who’s had it with the people pushing the Obama-is-not-eligible argument:
It is sometimes easy when you live in the virtual world of the internet to look at people like the Birthers or Truthers and dismiss them out of hand as a small minority of lunatics who are best left alone to [...]

Canadian Health Care vs. American Health Care

by @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute spoke earlier this month at The Cato Institute about the differences between the American health care system and Canada’s nationalized health are system:

You can view the entire Cato Forum, What Government-Run Health Care Really Means.
H/T: Cato@Liberty

Not So Sure

by @ Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics

A good look at the arguments against nationalized healthcare from the folks at Let Freedom Ring:

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