Posted on June 17, 2009 by Dan (Fitness)
We’ve got a majority in congress and a President on our team. As Bill Maher says, if not now, when?
The answer is never.
If Democrats don’t fight for meaningful health care reform in this country, I am THROUGH with them. As Susie Madrak notes:
If Obama does, in fact, include language to prevent the public [...]
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Democrats, Health Care, Single Payer | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 8, 2009 by Dan (Fitness)
Republicans Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham vowed to block torture evidence by “any means necessary” (HuffPost).
Wonder if they’d resort to torture?
Filed under: Politics | Tagged: Dark Humor, human rights, Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Politics, Republicans, Torture | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 8, 2009 by Dan (Fitness)
We live in a sick, twisted world. Sometimes it is too much. This is one of those times (via Jesus’ General).
These places need to be shut the fuck down.
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Posted on June 8, 2009 by Dan (Fitness)
I get email! A reader (Liz) took issue with my post “The Problem With Calling Abortion Murder“.
Filed under: Politics, Religion, Rhetoric | Tagged: Abortion, Anti Choice, Compelled Birth Movement, Feminism, Language, Pro-Choice, Pro-Women, Rhetoric | Comments Off
Posted on June 5, 2009 by Dan (Fitness)
I’ve been denied health care coverage (Blue Cross and Celtic), for the crime of having prior conditions. It is therefore with bitter attachment I watch our government fight over health care reform. If they wanted to, Republicans and Democrats could join together and pass a simple bill: Insurers should not be allowed to pick and [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2009 by Dan (Fitness)
Randall Terry,
Since you are effectively endorsing murder, if someone kills you will you have reaped what you’ve sown?
Or just maybe, will a fucking crime have been committed?
I disagree with you strongly, but I will never, ever advocate violence against you. That’s a key difference of character between us. And I feel for the [...]
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Useful Spam Comments
I’m not sure what to do with these. Three comments by people who clearly read my post, and who are just as clearly simply responding to my blog because the word “fitness” is in the title. I want to reiterate my comment policy on spam:
Spam comments in the past, if applicable to the post, have [...]
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