Accolades to Al Gore

President Al Gore won the Noble Peace Prize - sharing it with a UN Panel...all for his work on climate change.

So instead of being proud of him - the wingnuts are going crazy saying he's wrong - and besides his work has nothing to do with peace!

I say congrats and way to go President Al - and let's all ignore the wingnuts...

Ahh my weird sense of humor

I just love it when faux noise is skewered - and done so well : - )

Another gem from Robert Greenwald

Golly Gee [she says sarcastically]

Let's see - I have not posted about meat recalls because they have been all over the news - but I will post some here and make a comment.

Sam's Club is pulling frozen hamburgers made by agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. from its stores shelves across the United States as Minnesota health officials investigate four cases of E. coli associated with the burgers.

Topps Meat Company, one of the country’s largest manufacturers of frozen hamburgers, said yesterday that it was going out of business a week after it pulled back more than 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products in one of the largest meat recalls in recent years.

These follow the previous people food recalls, the pet food recalls, the toy recalls, the toothpaste recalls, and I forget what else recalls - but it has been along string of recalls!

Why? Because our "government" does not inspect well - or at all - and I will say IT DOES NOT CARE! When you have the predator guarding the food and toys - those will not be inspected...why should the predator harm it's own monetary well-being?

Now add to this that you are being taken advantage of in your health insurance - sometimes to the point of not getting care and you might see where I am going.

Our government does not care enough to inspect the food you eat...and it does not care enough to provide real health care and it does not care if your insurer "screws " you.

I have been called a cynic for saying that this administration would prefer we all die - here or in Iraq. Then not only won't we be using any health insurance - we won't be collecting Social Security!

Am I am cynic to think this? Someone prove me wrong. show me evidence that this Administration is actually watching out for the public welfare and punishing the malefactors and making them accountable. All they seem to do is worry about how all this affects Wall Street - not how it affects the people in this country and elsewhere.

Damn it - I'm angry

Why is that "health" care companies feel they have the right to scam Medicare clients and all others?

Why don't they do health care insuring [and assuring] and not "pick-your-pocket" and damn the consequences type of behavior?

From the Sunday New York Times

October 7, 2007
Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans
By ROBERT PEAR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 — Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales tactics and had claims improperly denied by private insurers that run the system’s huge new drug benefit program and offer other private insurance options encouraged by the Bush administration, a review of scores of federal audits has found.

The problems, described in 91 audit reports reviewed by The New York Times, include the improper termination of coverage for people with H.I.V. and AIDS, huge backlogs of claims and complaints, and a failure to answer telephone calls from consumers, doctors and drugstores....The audits document widespread violations of patients’ rights and consumer protection standards. Some violations could directly affect the health of patients — for example, by delaying access to urgently needed medications. [emphasis mine - LD]

Full article here HERE

Call me whatever - but I'd rather have the government doing health care than these greedy , out-to-scam-everyone corporate types whose only interest is the bottom line and their shareholders.

The people buying the insurance? We are just pawns in their game. And I have seen the "game" both as a provider and as an insured! Believe me - insurance companies are out for your money - not your health!

VoteVets, Keith and moral disgust from the repugs

If you support our veterans and our children [aka troops] watch this clip from Keith Olbermann

The repugnant repugs are using the phony soldier crap from fat drug boy to raise money!