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On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:26:31 +0000 (UTC), vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote: Quote: Bush and Reagan (and CLinton) were unable to make changes on Social Security, which is why I am glad Obama can make cracks. Because we have really had socialised medicine for decades. I took my mom to a major cancer hospital asking for cisplatin and an MRI and we didn't get the MRI until a month later, the week my mom died, because of rules...

http://www.cnsnews.com/p....D=57674 House Health Care Bill May Put Rural Hospitals Out of Business Wednesday, November 25, 2009 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) - America's rural hospitals may face further financial woes if the House health care bill becomes law because the Democrats' plan stipulates below-market payment rates and a new government-run insurance company that would compete with cash-strapped rural hospitals....

http://en.rian.ru/world/....33.html New Serbian Orthodox Patriarch to be elected on January 22 REUTERS/ IVAN MILUTINOVIC The New Serbian Orthodox Patriarch will be elected on January 22 by the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the church's website said on Friday. The election will take place 40 days after the November 15 death of Patriarch Pavle. Patriarch Pavle, elected to head the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1990,...

The Obamas' Thanksgiving menu: Turkey, Honey-Baked Ham, Cornbread Stuffing, Oyster Stuffing, Greens, Macaroni and Cheese, Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Banana Cream Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, Huckleberry Pie , Cherry Pie The Obamas hosted some 50 guests for dinner.

On Nov 27, 12:31 am, Alexander Arnakis <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: Quote: On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:12:38 -0800 (PST), "++" <galja...@gmail.com wrote: Now, that would have been interesting news.  No, I imagine that having become Pentagon pawn, he wistfully paused for a few minutes and wished he could join the thousands of new cannon fodder being sent to Afghanistan.  But then he regretfully...

Alexander Arnakis wrote: Quote: On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:06 -0500, John Galt <kady101@gmail.com wrote: The centrist Democrats don't want the public option. Does Matthews? (I rest my case.) Lincoln, Landrieu, Nelson, and Lieberman aren't "centrists." They are definitely centrists. They are not afraid of big government (liberal) but afraid of deficits (conservative). They're Quote: ConservaDems, or...

On Nov 27, 12:31 am, Alexander Arnakis <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: Quote: Please, Republicans, nominate someone halfway sane so that we can throw this bozo out come 2012. Alexander, all I will say is that the selection of candidate - from both parties - comes from a pool of politicians. "But the world looks just the same And history ain't changed 'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last [being...

*+-But you don't want a rotating system for its own sake I agree. As an antidote to Tammany Hall, Rockefeller set up a system in New York State were the GOP held the Senate forever and Democrats the Assembly. The net result was each party was so focused on preserving its own house majority, it created a balance of power where neither stood for anything. The GOP lost the Senate in 2008 and would lose further if they don't hold the...

Heads of the Russian and Czech-Slovak Churches celebrated Divine Liturgy On November 21, 2009, the Day of the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and Other Heavenly Hosts, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Kremlin Church of the Archangel Michael. They were assisted by a great assembly of bishops and priests. During the liturgy...

Investors Business Daily IBD Editorials The Day Global Warming Stood Still Posted 07:46 PM ET Climate Change: As scientists confirm the earth has not warmed at all in the past decade, others wonder how this could be and what it means for Copenhagen. Maybe Al Gore can Photoshop something before December. It will be a very cold winter of discontent for the warm-mongers. The climate show-and-tell in Copenhagen next month will be nothing more...