Monday, January 02, 2012

Armed Chinese Troops in Texas!


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Stop PROTECT-IP/SOPA


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Friday, November 05, 2010

I live in John Boehner's District....

I live in John Boehner's district, which is the 8th Congressional District of Ohio, and I did not vote for him. I didn't vote for him but he won anyways, actually his seat is a fairly safe congressional seat; but this is neither here nor there.

What I really wanted to say is this:

I hereby challenge Rep. Boehner that if he is so dead set against extending health care benefits to the very needy, then one of his first actions as the new prospective Speaker of the House should be to introduce a bill that would strip all members of Congress of their government health care plans. After all, ol' John seems like a boot strappy kind of guy, perhaps he should use part of his 200k+ salary as Speaker of the House to purchase his own health care insurance.

Until then, he's just a hypocrite.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

GO USA!

GO USA!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

eBay Scammer on Judge Judy


Monday, December 21, 2009

Senate Cloture Vote

This list is based on the recent cloture vote for the U.S. Senate health care bill.

This list breaks down as party (vote was divided along part lines) and then ranks each senator by how much money that have been paid by the health care industry based on this information, and while the information may be antiquated and does not cover all of the current Senators, it gives up an idea of the reasonings behind each vote.

With the information available at the link, we are able to determine that Democrats were paid $8,511,067 by Health Care PACs, an average of $146,742.53 per Yes vote.

With the information available at the link, we are able to determine that Independents were paid $455,116 by Health Care PACs, an average of $227,558 per Yes vote.

With the information available at the link, we are able to determine that Republicans were paid $7,663,032 by Health Care PACs, an average of $191,575.80 per NO vote.

What can we determine by this?

Well, for one thing, Republicans are paid more per vote, even though it appears that the Democrats are paid more this is only because there are more Democrats in the Senate to inflate the total amount donated.

Additionally, despite his rhetoric that he will not cooperate with the Senate Democrats, Senator Lieberman voted yes for cloture.

StateSenatorPartyVoteAmount Donated by Health Care PACs
IllinoisBurrisDemocraticYeaN/A
DelawareKaufmanDemocraticYeaN/A
MassachusettsKirkDemocraticYeaN/A
MinnesotaFrankenDemocraticYeaN/A
ColoradoBennetDemocraticYeaN/A
ConnecticutDoddDemocraticYea$767,841
MassachusettsKerryDemocraticYea$680,184
MontanaBaucusDemocraticYea$655,899
NebraskaNelsonDemocraticYea$522,546
IndianaBayhDemocraticYea$448,938
PennsylvaniaSpecterDemocraticYea$366,828
NevadaReidDemocraticYea$361,750
North DakotaConradDemocraticYea$339,330
New JerseyMenendezDemocraticYea$236,725
DelawareCarperDemocraticYea$232,220
MarylandCardinDemocraticYea$219,854
New YorkSchumerDemocraticYea$203,450
ArkansasLincolnDemocraticYea$203,050
MichiganStabenowDemocraticYea$198,850
CaliforniaFeinsteinDemocraticYea$190,660
South DakotaJohnsonDemocraticYea$182,450
Rhode IslandReedDemocraticYea$172,900
IowaHarkinDemocraticYea$166,806
IllinoisDurbinDemocraticYea$159,100
OregonWydenDemocraticYea$155,500
MichiganLevinDemocraticYea$151,156
LouisianaLandrieuDemocraticYea$150,458
VirginiaWarnerDemocraticYea$148,700
West VirginiaRockefellerDemocraticYea$141,024
North DakotaDorganDemocraticYea$140,950
FloridaNelsonDemocraticYea$130,962
ColoradoUdallDemocraticYea$122,750
CaliforniaBoxerDemocraticYea$99,720
WashingtonMurrayDemocraticYea$86,750
New JerseyLautenbergDemocraticYea$83,800
MarylandMikulskiDemocraticYea$82,950
OhioBrownDemocraticYea$73,100
MinnesotaKlobucharDemocraticYea$72,950
ArkansasPryorDemocraticYea$72,500
New MexicoBingamanDemocraticYea$71,207
WisconsinFeingoldDemocraticYea$62,659
PennsylvaniaCaseyDemocraticYea$60,187
New MexicoUdallDemocraticYea$35,600
WashingtonCantwellDemocraticYea$34,925
MissouriMcCaskillDemocraticYea$34,800
HawaiiInouyeDemocraticYea$26,700
Rhode IslandWhitehouseDemocraticYea$23,850
North CarolinaHaganDemocraticYea$23,433
MontanaTesterDemocraticYea$17,400
VermontLeahyDemocraticYea$15,800
West VirginiaByrdDemocraticYea$15,625
New HampshireShaheenDemocraticYea$14,450
HawaiiAkakaDemocraticYea$14,030
New YorkGillibrandDemocraticYea$13,500
AlaskaBegichDemocraticYea$11,800
VirginiaWebbDemocraticYea$7,750
OregonMerkleyDemocraticYea$4,750
WisconsinKohlDemocraticYea($50)
Total Donated $8,511,067
Average cost per vote $146,742.53
StateSenatorPartyVoteAmount Donated by Health Care PACs
ConnecticutLiebermanIndependentYea$449,066
VermontSandersIndependentYea$6,050
Total Donated $455,116
Average cost per vote $227,558
StateSenatorPartyVoteAmount Donated by Health Care PACs
FloridaLeMieuxRepublicanNayN/A
ArizonaMcCainRepublicanNay$684,787
KentuckyMcConnellRepublicanNay$520,327
NevadaEnsignRepublicanNay$477,620
IowaGrassleyRepublicanNay$422,149
UtahHatchRepublicanNay$382,880
ArizonaKylRepublicanNay$350,968
GeorgiaChamblissRepublicanNay$314,823
AlabamaShelbyRepublicanNay$285,900
MaineCollinsRepublicanNay$284,830
New HampshireGreggRepublicanNay$248,175
North CarolinaBurrRepublicanNay$247,686
KentuckyBunningRepublicanNay$247,437
WyomingEnziRepublicanNay$237,750
IdahoCrapoRepublicanNay$199,750
AlabamaSessionsRepublicanNay$195,037
GeorgiaIsaksonRepublicanNay$194,400
TennesseeAlexanderRepublicanNay$176,750
UtahBennettRepublicanNay$157,705
IndianaLugarRepublicanNay$149,913
OhioVoinovichRepublicanNay$146,340
South CarolinaGrahamRepublicanNay$146,173
MaineSnoweRepublicanNay$138,486
South DakotaThuneRepublicanNay$137,716
MissouriBondRepublicanNay$136,150
OklahomaInhofeRepublicanNay$134,954
KansasRobertsRepublicanNay$128,600
TexasCornynRepublicanNay$127,675
TexasHutchisonRepublicanNay$119,700
South CarolinaDeMintRepublicanNay$114,710
TennesseeCorkerRepublicanNay$88,725
AlaskaMurkowskiRepublicanNay$78,950
MississippiWickerRepublicanNay$74,100
KansasBrownbackRepublicanNay$69,500
MississippiCochranRepublicanNay$65,500
NebraskaJohannsRepublicanNay$52,800
WyomingBarrassoRepublicanNay$42,750
OklahomaCoburnRepublicanNay$32,958
LouisianaVitterRepublicanNay$26,608
IdahoRischRepublicanNay$21,750
Total Donated $7,663,032
Average cost per vote $191,575.80

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance


Thursday, August 13, 2009

These Townhall Protests Are Not Productive.

I am a registered Republican, though I vote Libertarian for the most part. I live in one of the most important conservative congressional districts, the Ohio 8th District, which is represented by House Minority Leader John Boehner. I voted for Barack Obama in the last election. Here is why:

I knew that John McCain would not sign a universal health care bill into law, I think everyone else knew that as well. This was one of the major deciding factors for me because, for me, health care is a morality issue. I believe it is immoral to have health care as a commodity that is available only to those who can afford the enormous costs. It doesn't have anything to do with any socialist agenda on my part, personally I believe in a free market for most areas. However, there are certain areas where the free market should not be allowed to operate. For me, these areas include the military, which is why I am against mercenary organizations like Blackwater, and health care. Somethings are just so important that they must be provided to the public, even the poorest amongst us.

Now, I know these things must be paid for and difficult decisions must be made. For these reasons, a civilized public debate must take place.

This is not a civilized public debate.

If these protesters cannot sit down and engage their representatives in a calm manner, regardless of their opinions on the matter, then they are doing themselves and everyone else a disservice by denying the public an opportunity to discuss the future of health care in the United States.


Friday, July 03, 2009

Can't afford health care now? Hold on to your seats!

"WASHINGTON - Americans who refuse to buy medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a healthcare overhaul bill unveiled yesterday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Obama’s top domestic priority.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines would raise around $36 billion over 10 years. "


Dodd and Kennedy seem hell bent on assuring that if you cannot afford a plan now, you sure as heck won't be able to do so after they get done with you. Leave it to them to turn an attempt to give people health care into a fundraising scheme!

"The revised plan from the Senate health committee also calls for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750 annual fee on employers for each full-time worker not offered coverage through their job and $375 for each part-time worker. Companies with fewer than 25 employees would be exempt. The fee was forecast to generate $52 billion over 10 years."


Really? Now if I were an employer whose sole focus was reducing costs and increase profits and I had to choose between giving my employees health insurance that costs hundreds a month per employee OR paying a annual fee that is much smaller than any health insurance costs, what choice would I make?????

Full Article: Boston Globe