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You know, I just hate how biased Fox News is.
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The wierdest thing I see is a group of black kids singing to a Miley Cyrus tune.
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Cakedaddy wrote:The wierdest thing I see is a group of black kids singing to a Miley Cyrus tune.
I thought that was funny, too.
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I wouldn't recognize a Miley Cyrus tune.

Fags.
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GORDON wrote:I wouldn't recognize a Miley Cyrus tune.

Fags.
I swear I only knew because of the caption.
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thibodeaux wrote:
GORDON wrote:I wouldn't recognize a Miley Cyrus tune.

Fags.
I swear I only knew because of the caption.
If by "caption" you actually mean "my iPod full of Radio Disney music."
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Apparently, Obama believes all insurance companies are run by Satan himself.

Well, not exactly.
"They're filling the airwaves with deceptive and dishonest ads. They're flooding Capitol Hill with lobbyists and campaign contributions. And they're funding studies designed to mislead the American people," he said.

But damn close.
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Update on Reid's health care bill: It's dumpster fire.

The headline there is quite misleading. If you read the whole article, you'll see that passage of Reid's bill is pretty much not going to happen.

From the article:
Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, the only Republican who has sided with Democrats in committee this year, has announced she will not support the bill Reid drafted.


Interesting that her announcement that she'd back a plan was front page news a few weeks ago, yet her refusal to vote for this plan is buried deep in this article.
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If they really wanted to fix healthcare, they would end price discrimination for uninsured people and punish unhealthly people. All they really want to do is put more $ in the hands of more interests (hospitals, health care providers, etc).
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Health insurance is basically a tax.
The insurance industry has long pointed to federal data that says about 87 percent of every dollar that people spend on premiums goes toward actual medical care, but Rockefeller's investigators found the average for the top six insurance companies is closer to 82 cents on the dollar for medical care.

That five-point difference represents billions of dollars.

And when investigators broke down the information by insurance type, they found that people who buy individual insurance from those companies rather than being part of a small or large business, get the least bang for their buck.

On average just 74 cents of every premium dollar for individual coverage goes to medical care.

Coventry Health Care had the lowest figure at 66 cents.
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Da hoy.
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Hmm.

I'll use their opening line ...
The health care reform bill awaiting debate in the House assumes millions of workers and employers would rather pay $167 billion in fines than purchase or provide adequate coverage, according to a recent analysis ...


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The vote's a-comin'.
"It is a bill that is fully paid for and will actually reduce our federal deficit," Mr. Obama said.

He doesn't actually cite HOW that will happen. Maybe he's got a magic wand or some shit.

& here's some scary shit ...
Obama "knows it's a real stretch for some people, but it's an important stretch," said Rep. Lynn Woolsey, (D, Calif.), who opposes the Stupak amendment. "Doing the right thing is more important being worried for the moment."

In other words, don't bother thinking; if it feels right, it must be right.

From what I've read, the vote's happening tonight. Feel free to check C-Span if you care.
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So the MSM is declaring Obama has again parted the red seas because a Senator from Nebraska has decided to vote "yes" giving them their 60 Senators?

Why are they ignoring the fact that this clown is stabbing his constituents in the back? 61% of them don't want this bill to pass.

Why are they ignoring the fact that his chances of getting re-elected even before his declaration were seen as slim?

Why are they ignoring the fact that most of the House folks who voted "yes" the first time have said they're going to reject this bill?

Why are they ignoring the 328(!) pages of amendments that were required by this asshole from Nebraska to secure his vote?
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What in the fuck?
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If pussy is getting political, I'm just going to go ahead and buy a Real Doll.
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TPRJones wrote:If pussy is getting political, I'm just going to go ahead and buy a Real Doll.
As long as college girls are still gullible this can be used to advantage.

If she stops banging the conservative, she'll go to the conservative who claims to be a liberal.
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