End Their Sales

Just days away from the implementation of new rules that will prevent insurers from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, numerous major insurers have opted to end the sale of child only policies.

They should be forced to end the sale of all policies. These companies in no way serve the public good. They make massive profits and pay their executives robber baron compensation by taking in more money than they pay out in "health care." They do this primarily by unjustly and illegally denying coverage. And people die as a result.

Our health care dollars should go to our health care and not private jets, yachts and multiple mega-mansions for "heath care" company executives. These companies should either not be allowed to exist or if they do, the law should mandate they be heavily regulated and non-profit.

In All Its Entirety

In their platform, Montana Republicans declare the Constitution must “be upheld in all of its entirety.” In the same document they go on to call for a repeal of the 16th amendment.

They also endorse nullification. This is more proof the GOP really doesn't really have much use for the Constitution beyond using it for a political prop.

The Inquisitors

It was revealed Monday that a former O'Donnell (R-DE) aide once wrote that President Barack Obama is secretly a Muslim.

Jon Moseley told TPMuckraker's Ryan J. Reilly that he still holds those beliefs.

"Yes, actually, I do," Jonathan Moseley told TPM on Monday when asked if he still believes that Obama secretly practiced the Islamic faith.

"The reason being that becoming a Christian is more than simply rooting for a football team," Moseley said. "There's an actual conversion that takes place. And I don't think we've ever seen evidence that he ever converted."

It disturbing this crowd spends so much time and energy running their mini Inquisition. They really don't belong in a secular government.

Black Magic

Following Revelation Of ‘Witchcraft’ Comment, O’Donnell Cancels Sunday Show Appearances

Don't know much about witchcraft but the Republican party sure is good at making things disappear. Surpluses, prosperity, stability...

What Constitution?

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has proposed a federal law to ban the use of Sharia law in the United States.

We already have a federal law that does exactly that. It's called the establishment clause and it's in something called the constitution. Seems these days Republicans only acknowledge it exists is when they're trying to get rid of its parts or have the whole thing replaced with the bible.

Evil Doers

CNN: Perhaps the former House Speaker's loudest applause came when he weighed in on the controversial Islamic center and mosque proposed to be built near ground zero, declaring, "We as Americans don't have to tolerate people who are supportive of violence against us, building something at the sight of the violence."

Of course law abiding, decent, Muslim Americans will be at that center, not terrorists from Saudi Arabia. To imply otherwise is bigotry. We're sure though that Newt loves the Saudis, their Bin Ladins, and their madrassas just as much as the rest of his Republican party.

Ask Them Why They're Nazis

GOP candidate Glen Urquhart (R-DE): "Do you know, where does this phrase 'separation of church and state' come from?" Urquhart asked at a campaign event last April. "It was not in Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists. ... The exact phrase 'separation of Church and State' came out of Adolph Hitler’s mouth, that's where it comes from. So the next time your liberal friends talk about the separation of Church and State ask them why they're Nazis."

Jefferson's letter called it a "wall of separation between church and state," but it means the same thing. This along with the fact our system of government was set up long before Hitler clearly shows it was Jefferson and our founding fathers that led us to practice what the term we use today represents. So that connection is bullshit. We can however quite easily show the deep relationship, past and present, between the American right-wing and Nazis/white supremacists. First of course, the Bush family got rich underwriting the Nazi war machine. Then the GOP used the self described "Southern Strategy" to build their base with racists. And to this day the GOP and white supremacist organizations make common cause. They really shouldn't bring it up.