A preliminary estimate from the Congressional Budget Office projects that the House Democrats’ health care plan that includes a public option would cost $871 billion over 10 years, according to two Democratic sources.

Can you “graph the solution set of a linear inequality in two variables on the coordinate plane?”

In a blizzard of personal meetings in Kabul, Afghanistan, and in telephone conversations from Washington, U.S. officials lobbied Afghan President Hamid Karzai to abide by the nation’s constitution and accept a runoff election.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday plugged Iraqi investment opportunities before U.S. businesspeople, saying the Mideast country’s potential is “palpable.”

The United States is fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but there are thousands of troops caught-up in a very different battle and President Barack Obama is promising to win it.

Creating and saving jobs while boosting investment in the future are among the top goals of the Obama administration’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

Source: Political Musings by WBlackford
Well I guess we had it wrong the entire time. An article in today’s New York Times highlights what it’s like to be labeled an immoral villain by the president and political pundits. Those poor, poor souls.
The New York Times has been developing a habit of presenting opinion articles as news columns and this fluff piece about the individual faces behind the corporate insurance giants definitely belongs in that category. Perhaps they need to expand their Op-Ed section to include such things instead of sticking them …

Source: Political Musings by WBlackford
The Obama administration cannot seem to get on the same page or commit to their ideas when it comes to the health care debate. Is a public option happening? First yes, then maybe, then kind of.
Obama continues to assure the folks out there that the public option, which would be an insurance plan backed and funded by the U.S. government, is not the only aspect of his reform. Now while I am sure that is true, since many problems such as lowering costs and rationing care …

In case you didn’t already know: http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99646/Texas_and_the_Bible_in_school
To sum up, Texas passed a law that will go into effect this year that requires public schools to offer a course on the Bible, supposedly as literature. Assuming this flimsy pretext to introduce even more religion into our supposed separation of church and state system is even true, [...]

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Obama seeks out skeptics at Montana town hallCNNBELGRADE, Montana (CNN) — Fixing the nation's ailing health care system requires both improving health insurance practices and reducing the costs of treatment, President Obama told a largely supportive Montana audience Friday. …At Montana Town Hall, Obama Downplays Anti-Reform OutcryWashington PostObama Hosts a Town Hall in MontanaNew York TimesObama in Montana, liveUSA TodayThe Associated Press -Christian Science Monitor -AFPall 2,402 news articles »

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