It took about 35 years, but the Republican Party is just where it wants to be. They have a Congressional majority and are flush with the optimism of a political movement that they believe has broad popular support. They are looking forward to perhaps winning the presidency in 2016 and finally being able to… Continue reading The Pendulum Swings Both Ways
Category: Healthcare
More Americans Sign Up for Obamacare
The Obamacare love grows. And I’m absolutely positive that a lot of Republicans are covered and enjoying their Obamacare! Nearly 2 million people have signed up for health insurance for the first time through HealthCare.gov and close to 6.4 million people were enrolled in the federal marketplace one month into the 2015 enrollment season, HHS… Continue reading More Americans Sign Up for Obamacare
Obamacare is Working – Look at The Numbers – PIC
If all this positive change happened in just the last year, imagine how much better off we as a society will be 5 years down the road.
Report – Number of Americans Without Healthcare at Record lows – #ThanksObamacare
It’s a very simple concept – provide people with the opportunity to buy their own life saving health insurance and the average, sensible American would jump at that opportunity. Then there are those who would deny themselves life saving healthcare if they think doing so would hurt the president. We will call those people Republicans.… Continue reading Report – Number of Americans Without Healthcare at Record lows – #ThanksObamacare
Mitch McConnell Promising an Obamacare Repeal Vote in The Senate
Republican Senate Majority Leader-elect, Mitch McConnell, campaigned on repealing Obamacare, promising to uproot Obamacare “root and branch” he often said, and the voters in Kentucky, who benefit most from Obamacare decided to put McConnell in charge. So in an effort to keep his promise to take away his constituents healthcare, McConnell is already gearing up… Continue reading Mitch McConnell Promising an Obamacare Repeal Vote in The Senate
Is It Just Me?
Is it just me, or does it still not feel like the holidays yet? Perhaps the warmish, wet weather we’ve had here in the Northeast is partly to blame, or maybe it’s that the calendar has jammed the buying season into one less week this year because of a late Thanksgiving. Yes, yes, Chanukah, for… Continue reading Is It Just Me?
TIME FOR OBAMA TO DECLARE WAR….ON REPUBLICANS
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful November 17, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli No need to mince words here. Starting with immigration reform President Obama must do what is best for the country and the people who live here and not give a fuck what the Republicans, still very much led by the Tea… Continue reading TIME FOR OBAMA TO DECLARE WAR….ON REPUBLICANS
New Poll – Majority of Americans Love Their Obamacare
Although Republicans are still dead set on taking away Anericans’ healthcare, a new poll released by Gallup finds that for those who signed up for Obamacare during the first enrollment period, 70% say their coverage is “good” or “excellent.” Over seven in 10 Americans who bought new health insurance policies through the government exchanges earlier… Continue reading New Poll – Majority of Americans Love Their Obamacare
Republicans In Charge – Supreme Court Will Hear Case to Gut Obamacare
Republicans are moving quickly. On Tuesday, they scare the American people into giving them control of Congress and now, two days later, the Republican led Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a case whose purpose is to gut Obamacare and destroy it from within. ThinkProgress reports: In an unexpected step into a politically… Continue reading Republicans In Charge – Supreme Court Will Hear Case to Gut Obamacare
The Post-Modern Mortem
The days after elections are so much fun. Sort of like the day after Thanksgiving when the turkey and fixin’s get a chance to mature and mellow and the remembrance of a holiday is still fresh in the memory. Well, at least it’s like that for the Republicans. They get a chance to gloat and… Continue reading The Post-Modern Mortem
AMERICA: AFRAID OF EBOLA BUT NOT THEM ALBINO DEER!
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful October 23, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli It never ceases to amaze me what cowards Americans are. They are afraid of everything. Afraid of terrorism, afraid of air travel, afraid of countries thousands of miles away, afraid of Cuba, afraid of rare diseases. Yet somehow they think they… Continue reading AMERICA: AFRAID OF EBOLA BUT NOT THEM ALBINO DEER!
The Political Muddle
If the sentiments expressed in this article in the New York Times today is any indication, then the Democrats are in deep trouble in the November Senate elections. President Obama still has his fans, but even people who voted for him are losing some faith that he can lead the country out of its present… Continue reading The Political Muddle