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If you want to see the original image I used for the curent blog header, it's right here, part of a larger collection of panoramic photographs at the Library of Congress.

why?

Do Republicans hate America because they lost?

props to Pryme.

ADDENDUM:

I love the idea that we need a bombing or something to bring on a "grass roots" movement; what does the GOP think elected Obama in the first place? Duh! A grass roots movement! God knows Obama wasnt put in office by the Establishment (well, sort of, but you know he wasnt their first, second or third choice).
If the people actually got what they wanted, and the politicians actually quit covering their asses, as he more or less puts it, then Republicans would lose on even more fronts than they have now.

ANOTHER ADDENDUM

via Gerry Canavan

But understand, this is not unpatriotic. You can wish all manner of horrors on this country, but as long as these horrors might serve a specific political agenda, you're not being unpatriotic. Unpatriotic is a public health-care plan. Unpatriotic is a judge modifying sub-prime mortgage loans to keep a roof over someone's head. Unpatriotic is phosphate-free detergent. Patriotic is wishing for a terrorist attack on the United States.

Patriotism is dead, long live patriotism.

Adam Serwer

I'm guessing this was sarcasm...

Senator Franken

It's about fuckin' time.

sunday funny

Finally, a way to shut down the gay debate!

More ideas at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

America may not be dead yet, but it's succumbing to a slow poison

I guess it's just as well that Americans havent been hitting the streets en masse in protest of the various things that've been going on. I mean, I thought it ought to be happening, but it turns out that this is the kind of thinking that aligns me with the terrorists!

Oh well.

America is dead! Long live Amerika!!!

via Gerry Canavan

So you think humans are significant?

This is how it starts...

Now go and see just how puny we are.

workers of the world...

Ever wonder why there's a nursing shortage? This might be clue.

Dave's Thought For The Day

I dont think that the economy will ever get better in the U.S., regardless of how well the stock market or Donald Trump does, until you start hearing this simple phrase again:

"Two can live as cheaply as one."

sunday matinee: new rules got it in one

a thought on the health issue

Here's an addendum to the post from Thursday:

I keep seeing several points...

1. American's spend twice as much on health care as anyone else in the world, despite having an overall health rating somewhere around Cuba's.
2. Even though places such as Canada and France cover everyone, certain procedures are "rationed" and difficult to obtain. America is the place where all the "real" medical research gets done.

So, to sum up, we pay a lot more for worse health care (but also the best - if you have money/coverage) than most countries, and part of the cost is research for the rest of the world...

Wait, we have the best health care in the world, except not for everybody, which makes us better because we dont ration, except we do, because you cant get a procedure done if you dont have coverage or cash, and that's why we pay twice as much for it...

No, that doesnt sound right either...

Anyway, here's my idea: Pay the same amount of money (rather than cutting costs as some tout the new plan will do), and have less rationing! It seems so simple.

Oh, yeah, and get rid of the insurance companies. And if you're worried about the impact of eliminating such a huge part of the economic engine, I have a question for you: does anyone worry about that when discussing the War On Drugs?