Pwned! Schauer supporters outnumber GOP protesters FIVE to one! - PHOTOS

by: Eclectablog

Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 06:54:21 AM EST

I think this sign says it all:

Michigan OFA Director, Garrett Arwa (left) and friend

Much more with lots of photos after the jump.

More Hard-Hitting News from HuffPo

by: kelster

Sun Feb 14, 2010 at 16:51:08 PM EST

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - One week after their first national convention, the self-styled Teabaggers are facing an identity crisis after one of their members finally Googled the slang term "teabag."

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Will the Pitt. Steelers elect a teabagger thanks to SCOTUS?

by: Eclectablog

Mon Feb 01, 2010 at 19:39:10 PM EST

Meet Brian Rooney. Brian Rooney is running for the Republican nomination in MI-07 this year. He has only lived in Michigan since 2007 and he recently moved into MI-07 in order to run for this seat. Even his main Republican opponent, Tim Walberg, doesn't have much nice to say about him:

Walberg questioned if Rooney runs whether he can win over voters if he's just moved into their district.

"He is going to have to move in as a carpet bagger," Walberg said. "Unless you are a Kennedy or a Clinton, you don't do well as a carpet bagger."

ACTION ALERT! - Turn out to support Rep. Mark Schauer THURSDAY

by: Eclectablog

Mon Aug 10, 2009 at 08:22:52 AM EDT

OFA is asking that all progressives in the area that support health care reform turn out to this event to show our support for Rep. Schauer and to let him, the media, the voters and the anti-reform "teabaggers" know that THEY are the minority, not US!

Exposing the Health Care Lies

by: WaketheHerd

Fri Aug 07, 2009 at 14:12:30 PM EDT

I am really tired of the spin being made that the citizens who oppose the Obama health care reform plan are right-wing tea-bagging kooks. The people's fear is real and it does not come from pill-popping talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh or white-collar criminal insurance thugs like Rick Scott.

Americans everywhere sense something is gravely wrong with our nation and our government. Many of them may not know exactly what has put their country in its current state, but they know that they are being mislead on many levels. In the last week, that instinct has manifested itself nationwide as citizens voice their anger at lawmakers over the 1,000-plus page health care reform package currently on Capitol Hill.

We the People sense something is amiss with this bill. And our instincts are correct. Read the following quotes and links direct from the bill itself and the eugenicists that crafted the Obama plan.

A) For purposes of this section, the term ‘order regarding life sustaining treatment’ means, with respect to an individual, an actionable medical order relating to the treatment of that individual that—

. . . (ii) effectively communicates the individual’s preferences regarding life sustaining treatment, including an indication of the treatment and care desired by the individual;

‘. . . (B) The level of treatment indicated under subparagraph (A)(ii) may range from an indication for full treatment to an indication to limit some or all or specified interventions. Such indicated levels of treatment may include indications respecting, among other items-

. . . (i) the intensity of medical intervention if the patient is pulse less, apneic, or has serious cardiac or pulmonary problems; ‘‘(ii) the individual’s desire regarding transfer to a hospital or remaining at the current care setting; ‘‘(iii) the use of antibiotics; and ‘‘(iv) the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration.’’.

Folks better not get dementia under Obama's plan. Rahm Emanuel's brother, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an Obama Special Advisor for Health Policy, would make them worm food.

services provided to individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens are not basic and should not be guaranteed. An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.

Favouring those who are currently sickest seems to assume that resource scarcity is temporary: that we can save the person who is now sickest and then save the progressively ill person later. However, even temporary scarcity does not guarantee another chance to save the progressively ill person. Furthermore, when interventions are persistently scarce, saving the progressively ill person later will always involve depriving others. When we cannot save everyone, saving the sickest first is inherently flawed and inconsistent with the core idea of priority to the worst-off .

‘‘(C) enable electronic funds transfers, in order to allow automated reconciliation with the related health care payment and remittance advice; "

If the above passage said:

"allow electronic funds transfers, with patient consent, in order to allow . . ."

I don't think there would be a problem. However, in its current state, the bill does not say that. That is a problem, IMO.