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Folks, I’m here to tell you that at some point in the last week, I ran out of places to notice any new tire tracks that might have appeared on my person. Yeah, that’s right, I feel “runt over” in a couple of ways that I’m not entirely ready to deal with right now,...
From the, “You can’t be serious” department, HuffPo reports on an alternative Healthcare proposal from a candidate for US Senate. Her prescription? Chickens. Sue Lowden, a Republican candidate challenging Majority Leader Harry Reid for his Nevada Senate seat is refusing to back down from an earlier suggestion that America consider a medical barter system...
The Knoxville Metro Pulse has the story of an uninsured woman whose family is seeking donations to help pay for her medical bills. …Since his mother’s stroke, Josh has been working 60-plus-hour weeks. Babs was admitted to the hospital March 21 and was unresponsive for four days. Josh is praying for her to recover,...
Aunt B. has a prediction, and some advice for our state legislators. Because, let me tell you something–if a bunch of states bring a lawsuit against the federal government and the Supreme Court were to rule (which they will not in this case, but let’s just say…) that the underlying issue is unconstitutional, it...
The Tennessee State House of Representatives moved the state closer today to joining 13 states currently suing, or planning to sue the federal government over Healthcare Reform. According to Tom Humphrey three versions of the bill and a proposed constitutional amendment passed on voice vote. The Senate has already taken up the measure, passing...
House Democratic Leader Gary Odom has come to the defense of his Caucus Chair…and he’s come heavy. I believe that Chairman Turner’s comments were intentionally taken out of context for the purpose of political grandstanding. Chairman Turner stated his personal belief that there are some who oppose our President because of his race. I...
Well, yesterday was eventful. Even in my TV-less home I was aware of all that was going on in the Healthcare debate. Huffington Post had a page that I called crack slobber. Seriously, streaming video from the House floor, and 3 twitter lists updating all day long and going and going and repeating each...
What an eventful 24 hours it’s been. Yesterday some good friends got married, which was followed by some frivolity at the expense of our livers, with the musical stylings of Papa Top’s West Coast Turnaround carrying us forward into the wee hours of the afternoon. After which, we scattered, covered, smothered, and chunked our...
The Commercial Appeal reports that some City of Memphis pensioners are going to see an increase in their health insurance premiums: About 100 members of the Association of City Retired Employees met at the Memphis Board of Education on Wednesday, ready to challenge the city’s proposed changes. “Thank God for the active employees that...