05
Mar
Published by MacDoctor on March 5th, 2010
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You may be wondering why Republicans seem so adamantly against Obama’s healthcare bill when it seems, superficially at any rate, to offer millions more people a chance of decent health care. The Democrats love to portray the Republicans as selfish people obstructing the provision of healthcare to millions of their fellow Americans.
This may explain their [...]
27
Feb
Published by MacDoctor on February 27th, 2010
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Having failed to convince the Republicans of the merits of Obamacare, the Democrats have now decided to use brute force and bully the legislation through with a simple majority. This is a spectacularly bad idea. Forcing the bill through under “budget reconciliation” essentially undermines the entire set of safeguards the Americans have in place to [...]
27
Oct
Published by MacDoctor on October 27th, 2009
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I see the Democrats have reintroduced the “public option” (i.e. State Health Insurance) back into their health reform bill a mere couple of weeks after being unable to get such a bill through the Senate Finance Committee. They never give up, do they? It is highly unlikely that they will keep all the Democrats on [...]
04
Sep
Published by MacDoctor on September 4th, 2008
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Epidemic Alert
The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) announced today that a new disturbing epidemic is sweeping through America. Palin Derangement Syndrome or PDS, a variant of Bush Derangement Syndrome has decimated the ranks of journalists who were attending the Republican convention this week. It is highly contagious and is thought to be transmitted by exposure [...]