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Linkblogs do not substantially contribute traffic to my blog that I can discover. They all go offsite, and are often accessed from my blog. It's possible to access them from the RSS according to my settings. Still, even if I were to get ads clicking on a linkblog from the RSS won't drive more people to my blog than otherwise because they leave my resources. (Note to self, do more posts, less LBs with sources I find). I explain because I sometimes borrow links from people at Twitter, and often forget who put them up. (To fellow Twitterers: If you have a link to your blog, I will point it there, but Twitter, being impermanent, cannot hold your link for people to discover from there. I only 'borrow' them to get news out to as many people as I can who might not have seen the reports and videos found by the smart people I follow at Twitter or find in search rooms.RSS Add-Me
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Poll: Americans Want a Surcharge on the HIghest Earners in US To Help Fund Health Care Reform
11-19-09 9:02 A GMT-08
Oh that's a poll that has to be redone so that Mainstream news can use the second, doctored one as proof that this one was wrong.
Can You Get a Six Figure Job from the Unemployment Line?
10-25-09 12:27 A GMT-08
I think it would take many years of training and experience. Who's going to hire someone to totally screw Americans unless they know that person is without scuples or compassion. Still Pett's cartoon makes a good point.
Nicholas Kristoff: Under our Current System of Privatized Health Insurance Many People Have to Chose Between Saving a Loved One's Life or Their Own
10-05-09 6:28 A GMT-08
See how even altruism within your own family can cost you your life in today's health insurance environment.
Hidden "bundles" of Money Tied to Lobbyists Push Lawmakers To Approve Citizen Gouging Health Care Reforme Legislation
10-04-09 8:08 P GMT-08
Hmmm I know that doesn't make a clear partisan statement above. I don't plan to change, though, mostly because I think both sides should be alarmed over this. Tell your lawmakers you know who's money is talking, but you will work to elect opponent if they screw their vote.
Bill Frist, Bob Dole, and Howard Baker Would Vote for Obama's Health Care Plan
10-04-09 7:01 A GMT-08
Frist: "I would end up voting for it. As leader, I would take heat for it... That's what leadership is all about."
Scary when you think that GOP Congressionals are below Bill Frist.
The Plum Line: Poll: Majority Prefers Dem-Only Bill With Public Option To Bipartisan Bill Without One
10-03-09 4:12 P GMT-08
Imagine That. Wake Up Congress!
Real Norma Rae Dies of Cancer After Battling Insurer to Cover Treatment
09-22-09 1:48 P GMT-08
Said of the delay in approving needed medication that it's "almost like murder"
Bob Cesca's Awsome Blog: Lack of Health Insurance Causes More Deaths per Month Than 9/11
09-22-09 1:29 P GMT-08
The Plum Line Blog: A Majority of Americans Don't Believe Most of the Health Care Reform Lies
09-22-09 7:10 A GMT-08
They've seen the kind of whispering campaign of lies used before to push bad policies and avoid ones that would be good for Americans. Unfortunately, many Republican and "centrist' senators are still listening mostly to the siren call of the health insurance and drug companies lobbyists.
Lexington Herald-Leader: (Mitch McConnell's) 'Slow down' just a tactic to stall
09-03-09 6:15 P GMT-08
Editorial points out that it has been 97 years of struggle for affordable, dependable health care, and ol' Mitty wants to slow down? I add: His government backed health care probably would pay for Viagra before many people could get asthma care.
NPR: Senior Groups Reject Health Care 'Scare Tactics'
09-03-09 4:16 A GMT-08
Most senior citizens are smart so trying to fool them won't work according to NPR report. FactCheck.org directors says the lies are being spouted by pols and 'interest groups' looking for donations from interested partners
Health care industry contributes heavily to Blue Dogs
09-01-09 5:02 A GMT-08
Primary challengers needed. Apply at state Democratic offices where Blue Dogs hold sway.
Jay Bookman: Republicans Reach New Depths of Political Deception With BS Poll.
08-29-09 6:06 P GMT-08
They are really reaching for the bottom of the barrel. And we thought they only attracted the dregs because they were constantly sold out to fat cats and big business so must use bigoted remarks and fill Christians with fear to get followers. In fact, as this phony poll (called a push poll) shows they pass lies in the form of questions and actually craft the bottom goo themselves by advancing conspiracy theories. (BTW you can also see a video of the Fonz jumping the shark.)
Video explains Public Plan
08-27-09 7:52 A GMT-08
Gail Collins asks: "Why Would Americans Think that Congress Could Get Anything Done, Especially Something Like Death Panels.
08-23-09 9:12 A GMT-08
Plus, everybody knows that Congress would kill puppies before they would step on the toes of our elderly.
Bruce Wydick at Mercury News: Health care and the free market: Never the twain shall meet
08-23-09 2:56 A GMT-08
Does socialism or free market work best to provide health care. Which solution provides outcomes that make people happiest, and why does it work out that way? Professor Wydick explains it well. Or take Madge's expolaination. "Socialism: Your soaking in it."
Warning: Co-op Kool Aid Is Bad for Your Health
08-23-09 2:36 A GMT-08
Wendell Potter is a former spokesman for Cigna, and has been invaluable in exposing the games by which Wall Street and Health Care Insurance Companies extract enormous amounts of money from Americans without even giving them adequate or reliable care in return.
Act Blue: How you can help support Democrats who are acting like Democrats over Health Care Reform
08-22-09 10:54 P GMT-08
Stand with those who are standing with us.
A Liberal's Hit List Blog: You Didn't Get Mad
08-17-09 9:52 A GMT-08
Good piece asking the right why they took so long to get mad about something our government is doing. I liked the wistful beginning the best. Kudos for this inspiration.
Videos: BBC documentary on Healthcare American Style
08-16-09 6:42 P GMT-08
How people who have reliable affordable health care report on our system. Including man who sought to take health care to the third world and discovered the greatest need was in the USA.
Video: K.O. Best Liars About Health Care
08-16-09 5:48 P GMT-08
Despite having many from which to choose.
Obama's Doctor of Death: The Real Story
08-13-09 8:20 A GMT-08
Ezekial Emmanuel has a sister w/ cerebral palsy and wouldn't consider the idea behind Sarah Palin's so called "Death Panels" using a national health program to get rid of handicapped or ailing people as "too sick to be of any further use to society.
Badtux the Snarky Penguin: The Coming Epidemic Part IV
08-11-09 3:11 P GMT-08
Don't worry. You can get to the other 3 parts from this post.
Don't you want to be covered with good dependable insurance when something like Sars or even the more innocuous Swine Flu hits? The call write, contact your Congressionals today! Tell them you'll be watching their actions and whether or not they support real sustainable health care reform that isn't allowed to gouge Americans or deny them coverage.
Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Will Health Care Reform Hurt Drug Research and Development?
08-11-09 2:44 P GMT-08
Shockers in the answer. One is that the US pays for most of the medical R&D in the nation. Cllick to see more.
The Daily Dish: Death Panels Without the Panels
08-11-09 7:06 A GMT-08
We already have a system that works like "Death Panels"
How Many More Have to Die Before We Fix Health Care?, Part 2
08-04-09 4:42 P GMT-08
Hat tip to @ericgrant at Twtter.com
LA Times -- Michael Hiltzack:What's so great about private health insurance?
08-03-09 8:08 A GMT-08
Health Insurers have "functional monopolies in communities across America" After failure of last attempt at healthcare reform, nearly 1/2 of small-med sized businesses that were offering insurance in 1995 have stopped covering their employees. Learn more about the outrages at link.
Senator Dodd Has Prostate Cancer
07-31-09 7:05 P GMT-08
Luckily congressionals have a great health care plan.
Uninsured Travel from Across US for Free Healthcare in horse stalls.
07-31-09 5:01 P GMT-08
Desperate Americans travel to free health clinics w/ medicine, dental, and eye care often delivered in horse stalls. I'm not sure if they specify the horse stalls used in this report, but I heard other reports on this program and often they have to use sanitized stalls which are open to view to others waiting for help, etc. At least the care is high quality and free. Americans travel hundreds of miles for this help. But it's only available in a few states for specific reasons. And it's a picture of charity health care at its best.
Think Progress: Infamous Astroturf Lobbying Firm Behind New Anti-Health Reform Group
07-29-09 8:53 A GMT-08
Lying sacks of sh...
Obama at Health Care Reform Town Hall. Will Health Insurance be required to cover Pre Existing Conditions?
07-29-09 8:33 A GMT-08
And other questions answered.
30 Health Care Myths You Should Know About
07-26-09 11:37 P GMT-08
Get the facts about Shona Holmes. Was the Canadian woman's life saved when she fled Canada to get treatment in US (#30)
NYT: Why We Must Ration Health Care
07-21-09 9:53 A GMT-08
Health Care is already rationed by a person's ability to pay. Why can't we have reasonable limits on public spending for health care that can make sure more people have good lives?
Top Ten Reasons US Can Never Have a Good Health Provision System
07-17-09 8:36 P GMT-08
Bad Tux's latest report on Health Care Bill
07-16-09 5:12 P GMT-08
And read his other reports on the subject. I'm beginning to figure out a little more what I couldn't get from the news on this subject.
Public Favors Public Option in HealthCare Plan
06-22-09 12:59 P GMT-08
Having a public option also the best way to keep costs under control. Write or call your Congress person and ask them to make sure the American public is given a real choice and health care reform is given a real chance.
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