Jane Hamsher is Right

Forcing taxpayers to send trillions to private insurers for junk insurance is just plain wrong.

Anyone who thinks that mandating payments to insurance companies is healthcare reform should get a mandate to do a stint in reform school.

This non-partisan message is right, too:

If the current healthcare bill becomes law, it will be a healthcare disaster for the citizens of this country.

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Hard-core Progressives Digging In

Rachel Maddow Interviews Jane Hamsher

Subject: Health Care for All Americans

If you think Americans—all Americans—should have access to affordable health care, you can show your support by signing Firedoglake’s petition to the House of Representatives before September 15^th.

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Giving credit where credit is . . . overextended?

Right out of the gate I want to express my sincere thanks to the other guys; if they hadn't thought of their name first, I never would have thought of this one. Certainly not in the timeframe of this millennium, probably not in the timeframe of the next several millennia, maybe not even within my own lifetime. And I really don't care if I am the bastard puppy.

But I want to make myself clear on a couple of points. This blog is not intended to be a rip-off of firedoglake, nor is it intended to be a parody of it. Firedoglake treats serious matters seriously, and frieddogleg treats whatever matters it cares to address with all the humor it can squeeze out of the warped reality it so generously lampoons.

For what it's worth, this is the place where I'll . . .. Oh, hell, it's late and I'm missing out on my sleep deprivation. I'll be back tomorrow.