Fairly Conservative

Take a look at this clip from Discovery’s film “2057″. It shows what will happen to those who are insured and uninsured in the year 2057. The film was created with the advice of some of the best minds in science to predict what life will be like in 50 years.
The patient in this clip [...]

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Here’s your very own copy of H.R. 3962, by the way. Try to read that while staying awake!
Evidently there are people reading it even when our lawmakers won’t. Today’s word is from Cybercast News Service.
The bill, which is posted online, would require that vending machine operators either create new machines that allow the customer to [...]

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Two of my blogging buddies, Dad29 and the Ol’ Broad mentioned within moments of each other an Obama administration discussion to increase the time students spend in school. This article by the AP is what started it all.
The front idea is that American students spend too little time in school compared to international counterparts and [...]

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(Oh, yes. I was starting to sing along.)

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Take a look at this offer. You may be interested, even if you don’t have that kind of cash.

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And no, we aren’t talking about Congress. Oh wait. We are…
You see, some really deep thinker has submitted this bit of legislation.
H/T: Randy in Richmond

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This just popped up on the news feed, and it demands a look.
Tinkering with Earth’s climate to chill runaway global warming — a radical idea once dismissed out of hand — is being discussed by the White House as a potential emergency option, the president’s new science adviser said Wednesday.
That’s because global warming is happening [...]

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Yep. A little information porn for your Sunday.
Honestly, I’ve tried three times to get through this front page story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The story is disgusting. So far, the paper has elocuted a “too bad, so sad, there’s nothing you can do about it” song that’s as nauseating as the story they are [...]

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Flushed twice? You probably lost a few American jobs for that, too.
It seems that every new initiative in America is now measured in the jobs you may cost or make for America.
We’re a wee little bit obsessed, don’t you think?
The latest laughable use of the jobs argument is from the American Beverage Association. Now granted, [...]

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The government program set up to issue two $40 certificates per household for the conversion to digital television maxed out. Latecomers, and I would presume that means me!, will be put on a waiting list.
Ah, America.

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