Every problem with the health care debate can be explained by the fact that one side is trying to compare universal health care in its entirety with privatized health care as experienced by the richest percentage of people who can afford unfettered coverage.

Alan Grayson (D-Awesome):

I look forward to an honest debate with Governor Palin on the issues, in the unlikely event that she ever learns anything about them.

Wow.

A panel, right now, is debating a GOP “warning” that a win on health care could mean losses in November.

Because, obviously, the Republicans are thinking for the Democrats’ political welfare on this one.

On some level, I don’t really care what someone believes as long as it’s an informed opinion. Earlier today I got berated for a while buy a guy who made the following assertions in roughly five minutes:

- Welfare is socialism.

- Obama’s health care plan will result in homeless doctors.

- FOX News’s ratings mean they’re the most accurate.

- Democrats actively hate America and capitalism.

- Michael Moore is a liar and literally everything in Sicko was fabricated.

- I’m a communist.

Honestly, I don’t even have the energy to deal with people who believe this nonsense. It’s such hyperbolic idiocy that makes debating impossible. If he’d argued that, for example, welfare is an inefficient means of dealing with poverty, well then we could talk about that. Or that the health care plan will result in more people covered but less quality care and had some basis for the claim, sure. But how do you deal with stuff like “this isn’t America any more”?

And people wonder why, if I love politics so much,  I don’t want to talk about it in public.

If so, old Razor collaborator Will has opened up his own corner of the web: AGGROgate. It’s a lot more than just some dude pulling other people’s stories from the internet and then commenting on them. Because, really, those writers are just lazy.

…ahem.

Anyone else find it weird that the Paul-style libertarians, who actually did start the Tea Party, are getting ousted from it by Palin-worshipping lunatics?

It’s like watching a smoker say “okay THIS is my last cigarette” over and over. Either do it or don’t. Shit or get off the pot.

Not feelin’ fantastic, can’t do much writing, plus a long work day tomorrow. Might not hear from me save late night and early morning over the weekend.

What did I miss in the nut-o-sphere?

What the hell is up with the total whitewashing of Reagan’s presidency? Iran-Contra, the exploding debt, his bizarre record on terrorism, “Reaganomics”. It’s like the further away from the man’s terms we get, the more everyone forgets just what a bad president he was.

They say this could affect half of the goddamn planet. Good lord.

I do, however, caution everyone away from the “OMG apocalypse” thing that I’ve seen elsewhere. Yeah, it’s a bad year, but they happen. Remember, the quake was smaller than 1960, so years even within living people’s memories were worse.