Aug
30
Michael Moore’s “SiCKO” Short on Facts
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I recently received an email from Health Care America rebutting many of the claims that Michael Moore makes in his recent documentary , “SiCKO.” It is eye-opening. It also appears that Mr. Moore owes Health Care America some money. Read on.
Aug
17
Chris, from Milwaukee
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I entered a debate with an abusive, caustic miscreant from Milwaukee posting as “Chris”, but because of circumstances beyond my control, I couldn’t end it. And I need to end it.
So, here are the beginnings of the debate, along with the response I intended to post but couldn’t in a timely manner. I think it is important enough to post here.
Aug
12
Why I am not a Libertarian, Part 1
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I’ve been reading Neal Boortz’s book Somebody’s Gotta Say It. The shortest chapter in the book is the one about Abortion. Neal says he’s opposed to abortion, especially when it’s used as a method of birth control. But he considers himself pro-choice because he believes the “government should [not] be powerful enough to put a gun to woman’s head to force her to have a child she doesn’t want to have.”
Aug
9
That’s right, the warmest year on record is 1934, according to an new analysis of the data from NASA. The Top Twenty Warmest Years in order are:
- 1934
- 1998
- 1921
- 2006
- 1931
- 1999
- 1953
- 1990
- 1938
- 1939
- 1954
- 1987
- 2001
- 1986
- 1946
- 1991
- 2005
- 1933
- 1981
- 1941
This casts still more doubt on the claims that the earth is growing gradually warmer due to increased CO2 in the atmosphere, since 1934 and four of the other Top Ten occurred prior to the 1940s when levels of atmospheric CO2 from industrial production began rising. Only four of the warmest ten years have occurred in the last ten years.
See more details here.
Aug
2
The Stupidity of Chris Dodd
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Chris Dodd was interviewed by Bill O’Reilly this week. As the drug-induced love-fest over at Daily Kos approaches, Bill asked Mr. Dodd to distance himself from the vile, disgusting images and comments routinely posted there.
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