A well-known place to anyone who spent any significant time in Greenwich Village. A hospital which played important roles for both the sinking of the Titanic and the events of 9/11. Victim to the economic crisis. The New York Times has the obit.
Answering The Question
Over at The Corner, Ramesh Ponneru writes: Do the "bodily integrity" and "privacy" [rights] of which Obama speaks include a right to buy high-salt foods? I've never heard Obama speak of a right to "bodily integrity", so let's just dismiss that as a strawman. And you don't have a privacy right to buy high-salt food, unless you have warped idea, or … Read More
FDA To Regulate Salt
This is the kind of thing that will send the teabaggers off the edge: the communist-fascist-marxist government is coming to take your salt away: The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans, saying that less sodium in everything from soup to nuts would prevent thousands of deaths from … Read More
Double Down Not As Unhealthy As You Might Think… Or Is It?
In case you've been on another planet recently, you've probably heard about Kentucky Fried Chicken's latest culinary offer, the "Double Down" — a chicken, cheese, bacon, and mayonnaise sandwich where two boneless pieces of chicken serve as the bread. It's not the type of food to please the culinary folks at the New York Times, or even the culinary folks … Read More
Third Party Comes To North Carolina
It always warms my heart when I read and hear about Tea Partiers rebelling against the Repubican Party and forming their own third party. Nothing would ensure the future of the Democratic Party more than having conservatives divide their loyalty between the Grand Old Party and the Raging New Party. Which is what makes me concerned about this: North Carolina Democrats' … Read More
No Wonder You Feel Bad
From CNN iReport, the "pollen cloud" that hangs over the Southeast: Pollen season is unavoidable. Here in central North Carolina, the pollen count at the peak of pollen season is typically no higher than 1,500 grains per cubic meter. But on Tuesday, the pollen count in Raleigh was 3,524 grains per cubic meter. And Tuesday in Forsyth County? An astounding 9,632 grains … Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Obama Gives A Long Answer
Apparently, it's more important to report the number of words that Obama uses, and the number of minutes he speaks. What he actually says, however…. whether it is true or not, etc….. eh, that's just filler for this "news" article.
Letter To The Editor
I like this, from today's Winston-Salem Journal: I grew up during the Depression in a very staunch Republican family. Everything Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress did was found wanting. This past week I have been on a nostalgia trip because I have been hearing the same cries and moans and predictions of disaster, ruin, socialism, etc. that I heard in … Read More
The GOP Gets Cold Feet On Repeal
Prescient me, last week: This strikes me as a political tactic bound to fail. For one thing, healthcare reform will have already started, and people will like it. The obvious question to such GOP candidates will be this: "What part do you want to repeal first? The part where insurance companies can no longer drop your coverage when you get … Read More
Quote Of The Day
The right's arguments against health care reform have been laughably false, or have been getting worn from overuse. So now they've come up with another reason to hate health care reform. You ready? Health care reform is racist. And why? Because of the provision in the health care reform act that includes a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning salons … Read More
Justin Bieber Is Like 9/11 All Over Again
…except for the collapsing buildings. And instead of terrorist flying planes and a nation going into war in random overseas countries, there's a kid singing pop songs. But other than that, it's just the same. H/T Glenn Beck:
Self-Unaware Extremist
The Washington Post has a nice little biographical article about a guy named Mike Vanderboegh. Vanderboegh, a former militiaman from Alabama, is a blogger and self-proclaimed opposer of health care reform. His profile is pretty much what you would expect, full of blargh blargh about health care reform: "The federal government should not have the ability to command us to … Read More
Something I DIDN’T Know About The Health Care Reform Law
Restaurants, particularly fast food restaurants, must now prominently display nutrition information on all their items, including information at the drive-throughs — thanks to the law signed today by Obama.
A Poignant Reflection
Ted Kennedy sought health care reform all of his political life. A note by his grave from his son, Patrick Kennedy, reads "Dad, the unfinished business is done." [NOTE: Not to pick nits, but it's not done. It is, however, a good start]
Nothing Succeeds Like Success
One of the oft-heard memes these past few days from Republicans is that the new health care law was "rammed down the throats" of the American people who are (supposedly) "overwhelming against it". Republicans cited various polls showing that the majority of Americans (albeit not an "overwhelming" majority) disfavored Obama's health care bill. The problem with making that argument, as … Read More