A few days ago, on CNN, I heard a woman say “The United States has the best health care system in the world”.
It does?
Well, if it did, you would expect it would be easy to find statistics to back this up. The US would show up at the top or near the top for all major health care statistics. Strangely enough, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
the American health care [system] doesn’t fulfill its prime directive — it does not help people become or stay healthy. It’s not a health care system at all; it’s a disease management system, Read the rest of this entry »
Hey! Maybe Bill’s been reading my blog!
Until we admit there are things we don’t know, we can’t even start asking the questions to find out. Until we admit that America can make a mistake, we can’t stop the next one.
Blogger beware! Blog comments that don’t seem to offer a whole lot may be cleverly disguised pornographic spam. This happened to me recently.
Dahlia Lithwick, writing in Slate, said
It’s easy to look at the soon-to-be-former governor of Alaska as an iconic feminist, a path-breaking working mother, or noble rabble-rousing populist. But when the dust settles, the lesson may be that she was simply a woman who made no sense.
Dancers: If this describes your dance experience at dance comps, then this video is for you!
As an added bonus, video comes with an embedded blooper! See SwingWoW instant Celebrity John Festa mess up Jackie’s name on LIVE youtube!
This is too funny! A guy upset by what united airlines did to his expensive guitar produced a music video and posted it on youtube. Read the rest of this entry »
A trillion dollars will likely have been spent on the Iraq war by the time it is truly “over.” And, like Vietnam, for nothing. A trillion dollars to execute Saddam. A trillion dollars to create a hatred of our country that will live in the souls of Iraqis for generations to come. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m listening to him now on the Squeezebox. You can’t help but cry for the little kid he once was, and wonder how his life became such a train-wreck. Read the rest of this entry »
Did I miss the memo? Did Michael Jackson buy CNN? I thought he was running low on cash Read the rest of this entry »