Tag Archives: health care

BLACK DOG DEAD by Peter Nolan Smith

September 16, 2016 – 12:33 am

Wall Street collapsed in the fall of 2008 The whys were discussed by countless TV analysts without a single mention of greed and the government equally appeared out of touch with the economic disaster. The catastrophe had no effect on me. I had spent the summer in Palm Beach looking after of a rich friend’s […]

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Vote With Your Life In Mind

September 25, 2012 – 9:50 pm

“Well, we do provide care for people who don’t have insurance … if someone has a heart attack, they don’t sit in their apartment and — and die. We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital and give them care. And different states have different ways of providing for that […]

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Ssippi Leads The Way

November 23, 2010 – 2:19 am

Enheartened by his gubernatorial mandate Mississippi Tea Party governor has thrown his hat into the 2012 presidential race by announcing budget cuts in all departments of the state government. His axe has targeted wasteful spending in education, highway police, mental health care, unemployment assistance, and welfare to the poor. Mississippi presently ranks last or next […]

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Missouri Says No

August 4, 2010 – 7:03 am

Voters in the SHOW ME state rejected the Health Care provision demanding US citizens buy health insurance. I’m not a fan of the government forcing laws on the public and I haven’t had medical coverage for over 35 years. $4000/year is beyond my means. My beer budget is more important, however the Missouri plebiscite was […]

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Baby Killer Maniacs

March 23, 2010 – 7:15 pm

Congress acted as one with the two parties voting their separate ways to pass the Health Reform Bill. This legislation was seen as a sell-out by the radical left and the opening of abortion factories by the GOP tea-baggers. Not a single republican cross the aisle during the tally and a Texas congressman responded to […]

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