Sep 30, 2009 -
by Newt Gingrich
Posted 09/30/2009 ET
The editorial writers at the New York Times thought they were getting the White House’s back when they defended cuts to Medicare Advantage last week. In fact, they were validating the blatant dishonesty of administration and congressional officials pushing for the cuts.
In their editorial last Sunday, the Times writers revealed in stunning fashion the lies that have been used to convince increasingly skeptical seniors that their Medicare Advantage benefits won’t be sacrificed to pay for government-run health care.
Dishonesty: Cuts Won’t Affect Medicare Advantage Participants
In one breath, the Times claimed the effect of Medicare Advantage cuts will be “modest”:
“Although Republican rhetoric has triggered fears that Medicare Advantage enrollees might lose their coverage entirely if private plans drop out of the system, the real effect of the bill would likely be modest on average.”
Then, literally on the next line, the Times contradicts itself, and stumbles inadvertently on to the truth:
“The value of an enrollee’s added benefits would shrink by more than half from current levels but would not disappear; they would still be worth about $500 a year in 2019 (emphasis added).”
Intimidation: Free Speech Rights of Insurance Companies Denied
Medicare Advantage was created to do what the Center for Health Transformation (CHT) has long fought for: To give all seniors more private choices of higher quality health care. It currently provides almost 11 million Americans coverage through private insurance plans. Recent data shows that these seniors have better health outcomes than those in traditional Medicare.
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Jul 04, 2007 -
So I'm standing there once with a bunch of my friends and I walk away for a bit and I get some water because I'm thirsty. It wasn't like another room or anything, but like a different place at my friend's house--in the kitchen, where there were still a few people milling about--and I overhear her on the phone. I wasn't purposely eavesdropping or anything, but I saw some grapes on the counter and decided to help myself with some and I just kinda kept an ear out.
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Jun 26, 2008 -
This has me stumped, but I don't even pretend to know how a guy's mind works, anyways. My SO and I were at a gathering. He saw a girl there while I was by his side.
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May 13, 2008 -
ok, so i shouldn't have been on his computer. i wasn't really even snooping. i went to shut it down and my mouse rolled over the recent documents and i see a naked picture of his ex which makes me want to vomit.
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Oct 10, 2009 -
Liz Peek - FOXNews.com - October 10, 2009
Is Obama Another Carter?
By accepting the Norwegian Nobel Committee's Peace Prize President Obama merges even more forcefully now in Americans' minds with Jimmy Carter. -- That is a fate that Obama should avoid at all costs.
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Sep 25, 2009 -
Wendy Kaminer (The Atlantic)
Politics
ACORN: A Cautionary Tale
When is thievery not a crime but a personal tragedy? When is lying for personal gain or political expedience a mere error in judgment? The answer is obvious to any partisan.
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Sep 09, 2009 -
WHO SET UP GOVERNMENT ‘PROPAGANDA’ CONFERENCE CALL? Newly Revealed White House, NEA Audio Contradict by Patrick Courrielche
Another conference call has materialized, revealing a concerted effort by government to use the arts to address political issues.
Lee Rosenbaum, a blogger for Artsjournal.com, posted her experience with a meeting that occurred on August 27th and confessed that she also felt “uneasy” about the government’s arts effort.
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Aug 04, 2009 -
Okay I'm telling ya'll right now this is a touchy subject for some so leave your sticks and stones at the door please.
I came across this article called "Try a Little Powerlessness" that dealt with the aspect of releasing your self control in certain situations. One study they focused on was "Your Inner Bigot".
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Jun 13, 2009 -
by Patrick J. Buchanan
06/12/2009
Having lost the Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008, Republicans are looking to redefine themselves for a nation that still leans conservative but is less Republican than it has been in decades.
The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S.
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Jun 06, 2009 -
Virgo is the only zodiacal sign represented by a female. It is sometimes thought of as a potentially creative girl, delicately lovely; sometimes as a somewhat older woman, intelligent but rather pedantic and spinsterish. The latter impression is sometimes confirmed by the Virgoan preciseness, refinement, fastidious love of cleanliness, hygiene and good order, conventionality and aristocratic attitude of reserve.
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