RNC Health Care Policy Covers Elective Abortion

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Thursday November 12, 2009 · 3:13 PM PST

2009/11/12 · 15:13

Via Atrios, comes this nugget from Politico.

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls "a fundamental assault on innocent human life." Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage – and the RNC did not choose to opt out.

This looks quite hypocritical. The Party of "life" having a policy written that confers upon all their female staff members choice over their own reproductive freedom as part of their benefits package. I am sure they have a great excuse.

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The SEIU hiring Pinkerton for Security

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PETA sponsoring a pig roast

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Ironic

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A Blue Dog democrat Listening to a constituent before A corporate interest

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Breaking: Lou Dobbs Quitting CNN

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Wednesday November 11, 2009 · 3:33 PM PST

2009/11/11 · 15:33

From the NY Times

Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said. A CNN executive confirmed that Mr. Dobbs will announce his plans on his 7 p.m. program,

Mr. Dobbs informed his staff members of his intentions in a meeting Wednesday afternoon. He did not immediately respond to a telephone call seeking comment.

Lou Dobbs is expected to announce that he wants to spend more time with his xenophobia. We shall see what happens, but I get the gut feeling that this is not retirement, but a Glenn Beck style move to Fox News. Lou Dobbs has been a terrible fit for CNN.

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To Lou Dobbs

Adios

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Hasta La Vista

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Blackwater Attempted a $1,000,000 Bribe To Cover Up Massacre

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Tuesday November 10, 2009 · 3:16 PM PST

2009/11/10 · 15:16

Breaking From the NY Times...

Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials.

Blackwater approved the cash payments in December 2007, the officials said, as protests over the deadly shootings in Nisour Square stoked long-simmering anger inside Iraq about reckless practices by the security company’s employees. American and Iraqi investigators had already concluded that the shootings were unjustified, top Iraqi officials were calling for Blackwater’s ouster from the country and company officials feared that Blackwater might be refused an operating license it would need to retain its contracts with the State Department and private clients, worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

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Saturday September 12, 2009 · 10:41 AM PDT

2009/09/12 · 10:41

Sometimes instead of crying, the best thing to do is laugh. Over on the internet tubes today I found a couple pictures that might just speak for themselves, but perhaps we can speak to them as well.

I give you Glenn Beck's audience.

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Wednesday September 02, 2009 · 5:06 PM PDT

2009/09/02 · 17:06

For the most part, I am going to let this speak for itself. Our favorite lunatic at Faux News has decided that there is a secret agenda going on at NBC headquarters in NY. There are hidden symbols in the art that line the plaza that suggests a hatred for capitalism, and a foretelling of Obama trying to "indoctrinate" our kids on September 9th.

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Monday August 31, 2009 · 6:27 PM PDT

2009/08/31 · 18:27

It turns out that there is no Maria from Argentina for South Carolina Lt. Governor and Mark Sanford understudy Andre Bauer. There may be a Mario though. Noted outer Mike Rogers of blogactive has multiple sources detailinganti gay politician Andre Bauer's "other life".

I am somewhat neutral on the topic of outing. The only thing I find fascinating about this is that often other politicians know these things. Bauer's double life may be part of the reason that some of the South Carolina big wigs are going to let Mark Sanford slide on everything.

This news was interesting, but then a bombshell dropped.

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Suffering Minority Group Profiled In Front Of Washington Post

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 6:23 AM PDT

2009/08/16 · 06:23

Morning," says Laura Steins, 47, wearing a dark Armani suit and take-charge heels. Her blue eyes are lustrous and her skin is golden, and even with wet hair and no makeup, she radiates confidence.

But she's months overdue for a visit to her colorist, a telltale sign of economic distress for a woman such as Steins. The smell in the basement could mean a crack in the septic line; unlike a $200 hair appointment, a plumber will be in the thousands.

Steins takes a breath. Life in this $2.5 million house was built on the premise of two incomes, not the income of a divorced mother of three in a tanked economy. Her property taxes are $35,000 a year, the nanny is $40,000 and the gardener is $500 a month.

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The accountant handles that

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"Death Panel" Smoking Gun Found

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 7:36 PM PDT

2009/08/13 · 19:36

Amy Sullivan, in the Time Magazine blog Swampland has discovered the Holy Grail of GOP hypocrisy. If you can recall the big give away to Big Pharma in 2003 that was known as the medicaid bill, you will recall that most Republicans voted for it, as Karl Rove told them do so, while most democrats opposed the large corporate welfare bill.

Well Buried in the text is the following.

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Friday August 07, 2009 · 3:14 PM PDT

2009/08/07 · 15:14

Yup, the whack job from Alaska has decided to embrace her inner fucking crazy and go the full Monty on the distortion of what is being proposed in the health care reform plans.

The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's "death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.

Democrats hate special needs kids and want them dead. That is why they vote against funding for special education and special needs kids. No wait, that was Trig's mommy. My bad.

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Monday July 27, 2009 · 3:51 PM PDT

2009/07/27 · 15:51

As we listen to Lou Dobbs on CNN, as well as the entire team at Fox news (save Shep Smith) obsess on Obama's mother secretly plotting to wire birth announcements from Kenya to Hawaiian papers from her hospital bed, it reminds me of how the American journalistic standard of "he said/she said" reporting is exposed as being a sham when one side is absolutely crazy.

Sometimes there are just facts, and there are not two sides to an issue. The Republicans have taken advantage of the inclination for balance to lie for the past several decades, when "their side" needed to be heard to balance reality.

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Tuesday July 21, 2009 · 2:10 PM PDT

2009/07/21 · 14:10

An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts.

The report obtained by The Associated Press says Palin is securing unwarranted benefits and receiving improper gifts through the Alaska Fund Trust, set up by supporters.

An investigator for the state Personnel Board says in his July 14 report that there is probable cause to believe Palin used or attempted to use her official position for personal gain because she authorized the creation of the trust as the "official" legal defense fund.

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Thursday July 16, 2009 · 1:23 PM PDT

2009/07/16 · 13:23

Zig Zag Zell Miller is at it once again. Speaking at the American Legislative Exchange Council, the former democratic governor turned right wing stooge attempted to get himself fitted with white sheets again.

Decrying a federal government he says is out of control, former Georgia Gov. and U.S. Sen. Zell Miller said Thursday that America is "spending like we’re Paris Hilton." But the comparison to the blonde socialite might not be the worst offense in Miller’s litany of all that’s wrong with the country.

Speaking to more than 1,000 conservative - overwhelmingly Republican - lawmakers from around the country, Miller said, "Today, we’re spending like we’re Paris Hilton, regulating like we’re Ralph Nader, nationalizing like we’re Hugo Chavez, printing money like we’re the Weimar Republic and taxing like we’re, well, the Democratic Congress."

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