Hannity and Olbermann, A Real Life Ralph and Sam

Keith Olbermann’s post at Baseball Nerd conjured up a memory of this old cartoon in which Ralph the Coyote and Sam the Sheepdog get along sportingly in the real world, but are out for blood once the clock is punched.

This is a shot of Sean Hannity taking a snap shot of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann while Olbermann takes one of the Fox News commentator.  Olbermann says they get along perfectly at the ballpark.

 

Photo Courtesy: Keith Olbermann

 

 

Republicans Have a Cao!

Okay, his name is actually pronounced Gow.

But this is the one Repubican, the House’s Olympia Snowe, the Precious who voted with Democrats to pass Health Care Reform.

The GOP is hatin’ on him big time, right now.

C-Span Comedy Hour on Health Care Reform

ht Think Progress

Those chucklehead Republicans went all apeshit on the House floor Saturday.

Ha!  And you all were watching football!!!

The conservative clown troupe first objects to the democRAT ladies talking at all.

Representative John Dingell (D-Michigan) ages right before your eyes!!!

Representative Alan Grayson (D-Florida) jumped up, stripped his clothes off, and yelled, “Suck it, losers!!!!”  JK.

And Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) showed up with orange skin.

THEN…

The GOP dazzled with their substitute health care bill showing that we can actually have a system that’s WORSE than the one we have now!!!!

Good times.

Okay, a vote’s fixin’ to take place.

Woo-hoo.   Here’s a premature “We won, we won we shot the bb gun!”

Veronica Blogs at HuffPo

It is with the heaviest heart and through many tears that I share this story.  My fight for health care reform is a personal one, and one that I feel I need to share. –Veronica De La Cruz, Huffington Post article

I’m thrilled to see Eric De La Cruz’s story being told to an audience as massive as The Huffington Post.  Some of the commenters briefly shared their stories about losing loved ones or loved ones losing everything because of the system that’s in place now putting patients at the mercy of insurance companies.

The grief is difficult to wade through, but I figure, as I figure when I want to dodge any story that’s too painful, if they could live it, the least I could do is read it.

Why?

Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan picked off fellow soldiers with two handguns.   Thirteen are dead.  30 people are injured.  Lt. Gen. Robert Cone explains one of the weapons was reported to be semi-automatic.  The first responder was a woman who stopped Hasan’s killing spree by shooting him.   She was specifically mentioned by Cone; however, he also praised the efforts of the base’s military and civilian police and the soldiers themselves who ripped off their own clothing to start administering first aid to the wounded immediately.

The gunman shot at a facility where unarmed military personnel were receiving medical and dental treatment.

Hasan is in stable condition.

Uninsured Dead in Republican Districts

On the House floor, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) read the number of people who would die due to no health insurance coverage in Republican districts around the nation.   Grayson refused to yield time when interrupted.  Eventually, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) asked the clerk to take down the words of the congressman from Florida.  This lead to an adjournment, but Grayson was right back at it when the House reconvened.

Grayson also listed some of the names of those who died with lack of coverage.  He’s been compiling names at his website: Names of the Dead.

Here’s Grayson reading the number of uninsured dead in districts represented by the GOP:

Alabama through Florida

Florida through Ohio

Ohio through Interruption

The Congressional Budget Office reported Wednesday that the Republican Health Care plan would only help 3 million people whereas the Democratic plan extends coverage to 36 million.

CNBC Sports Douche Darren Rovell

Eddie Munster grew up and became a sports reporter at CNBC.  Who frickin’ knew?

So, athlete extraordinaire Meb Keflezighi is the first American to win the New York marathon since 1982.  And CNBC Sports Reporter Darren Rovell takes a 26 mile dump on the runner’s victory:

Given our disappointing results, embracing Keflezighi is understandable.  But Keflezighi’s country of origin is Eritrea, a small country in Africa.   He is an American citizen thanks to taking a test and living in our country.”

Could you pass that test,  jackass?  Did you know when America was looking for allies against Saddam Hussein, Eritrea signed on to help our sorry wrong-country-invading asses?

Oh, but Darren Douche goes on…

Nothing against Keflezighi, but he’s like a ringer who you hire to work a couple hours at your office so that you can win the executive softball league.”

Keflezighi says he has heard it all before.  He’s used it because he’s lives in America.

I see a Rovell making a fine career covering Dodgeball at the Ocho.

SOURCE: Think Progress

Drunk Dialing 911

“I am them.”

No, it’s not some deep philosophical statement antithetical to existentialism.

It’s Mary Strey’s response to the 911 dispatcher when asked “Who is the drunk driver?”

At least Strey had enough of a conscience to realize the hazard she posed, but hells bells…drunk dialing 911?

Wisconsin deputies took her into custody with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit.  She’s charged with a misdemeanor DUI.

Indonesian Lawmaker Cannot Abide the Camel Toe

Moose Knuckles Safe for Now!!!!!

Indonesian muff is hereby on notice!

Ramli Mansyur, a district regent in West Aceh,  will put forth a regulation this week banning a fashion faux pas: the camel toe.

I believe it’s called the “Just say NOT to Twat” bill.

Women who fail to cover the horse collar could find their clothing ripped to shreds.

…which exposes a lot more than cooter, dudn’t it, Mr. Mansyur?

Mansyur confesses openly that camel toes embarrass him.

No comment on moose knuckles.

Mansyur has kindly ordered 7,000 skirts for women too broke to measure up to his standard of modesty.

Kids and Health Care Reform

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine learns that children without health insurance are 60% more likely to die from serious illness than insured kids.  The information was gathered for a study that began in 1988 and wrapped up in 2005.  In the 37 states that participated in the research, 117 million children were hospitalized.  Six million children were uninsured and 38,649 died in the hospital.  The most common causes for hospitalization were complications from birth, pneumonia, and asthma.

Southern, Midwestern, and Western states had higher mortality rates than the Northeast.

Uninsured kids appeared to have an increased risk of dying no matter what their illness was.  The study’s results do not include children who died without hospital care or after discharge, which of course means the death rate of non-insured kids is likely higher.

If you haven’t signed the petition for Eric’s Law, please consider it.  Maintaining the current system is not acceptable.

Health Reform that Saves Children