I think the country would be in much better shape if more Americans realized Republicans have traded conservatism for anarchism.

RT @Atrios do congressional health plans cover abortion? // I dunno, but Focus on the Family’s does : http://bit.ly/2BLS3j

If CNN insists on hosting silly unscientific polls, they should add Facebook quizzes too. (eg. “Are you John Wilkes Booth or a burrito?”)

Lieberman liked the public option when he ran for President on it in 2004 and called it “Medichoice”. http://bit.ly/38BilR

I think the number of states that would opt-out of a public option is the same as the number that have turned down stimulus money. (Zero)

For the moderates who claim they can only support a public option if it includes a trigger, here’s an idea : We pass a heath care reform bill with a robust public option and heath insurance exchanges that are open to everyone (a la the Wyden plan). The public option is behind a trigger that goes into effect the moment the bill is signed and kicks off if a single American dies of a treatable condition becuase they cannot afford heath care. At the rate Americans have been dying to protect the status quo (approx. 45,000 per year), that means we’ll only have to wait 10 minutes or so for the public option. Problem solved!

I find the “What about people in the red states?” argument against an opt-out public option wholly unpersuasive. Yes, an opt-out public option could end up preventing millions of people from having access to quality affordable health care, but there’s a simple solution to that problem : Stop Voting For Republicans. If enough people do that, then you don’t have to worry about getting your heath care taken away by a bunch of wingnuts who think Barack Obama is the love child of Hitler and Malcolm X.

The main reason a robust public option is off the table at all is because conservative voices are over-represented in the Senate, yet we’re supposed to care because a bunch of ignorant, regressive, fools in the small states might take away a vital component from the compromise of a compromise of a compromise health care plan that Congress can barely pass? Cry me a frickin’ river.

I’m sick of seeing people suffer because the founders decided to give the representatives of small, states a de facto over anything even mildly progressive. Every major leap forward our nation has taken has been in spite of conservatives, so when I think about all of the progress still waiting to be done, I’d rather just get the best deal we can and let the rest of the country keep living in the dark ages. Better to lead by example and hope they catch up then let the tyranny of the minority keep screwing everyone over.

Taught our puppies a few tricks. They’re good at “sit” and “stay”, but haven’t quite mastered “Shut the hell up, I’m trying to sleep”.

George W. Bush will make a great motivational speaker. He motivated me to vote for John Kerry, oppose the Iraq War, distrust Republicans…

Can the Dodgers overcome an embarrassing slump to pull a three game winning streak out of nowhere? Ask the Cardinals.

Bumper sticker : “No Jesus, Know Peace” – Religious issues aside, why be pointlessly confrontational? Also, I think Israel might disagree.

AWESOME Health Care Reform ad that makes a great case for the public option. More like this, please. http://bit.ly/Nxjgf

Tonight’s Dodgers game felt like watching the Harlem Globetrotters play baseball. Please tell me there’s a rope-a-dope strategy here. Ugh.

“[Republican's] idea of health care reform would be to allow you to take your gun to the doctor’s office.” -Rep. Alan Grayson

When Balloon Boy grows up to be Balloon Man, he’ll be a hit at drunken parties. “Did I tell you about the time I stole my dad’s UFO?”