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NPR with its liberal slantings?

That’s totally understandable, since NPR is not FOX, and after all, there was that little issue of 4 years ago when there were allegations of NPR being biased.  According to Media Matters, a progressive media group, numbers showed 63% of NPR experts from think tanks came from right-leaning organizations while 37% came from left-leaning organizations.  There we have it. Proof NPR must have liberal slantings, as after all, there was that 37% of input to them from lefties.  Some find fault in NPR not leaning 100% conservative, and for some, that is understandable. What further proof do we need than that lefty auto advice show, “Car Talk”.  Be aware.  You listen to those guys long enough, they’ll have you driving your pick-up that only turns left.

Never know.  There are others of dubious nature that might have a percent or two of liberalism inserted into their broadcasting.  There is PBS, Disney, Discovery, Hallmark, Smithsonian, Discovery Kids, Smile of a Child (gotta be some sinister liberal agenda behind such a name), and too many others.

Best we have Fox-only, along with the drugster tossed in for icing.  Yes sir.  All yea need are those outlets.  Be careful.  There is a local newspaper that might not be conservative enough for some folk, although the editor of 2 Cents is applauded for making sure there is proper balance of postings.  Of ten postings on Nov 29, there was that one that slipped through the cracks; the one about charging folks to leave rest stops, a liberal idea for raising taxes, surely it be.  That commentary section is suppose to be for conservatives-only and its choir.  Got to work on making sure it stays that way.  Don’t want any liberal slanting labels, right?

Actually I regret that last line it should read “convert to terrorism” as true Islam is a peaceful religion. Sorry.

Someone may be asking too much of another who does not understand Hawaii is truly a state. 

We’d think birthers would have meekly slithered under their rocks by now, but there are some still trying to sell snake oil. Po things. What’s truly a pity is some even believe the stuff. We feel like laughing and saying, “Come on now. Surely you jest?“, but after being so ridiculed, those left appear to plum not know any better.  The jokesters have long departed the stage.  What’s left is…well, is what it is. 

Perhaps a small portion of the truly far-out portion of the drugster’s ditheads?

Truth without deceit.

First, the idea our current for-profit-only health care delivery plan increasing in cost by double-digits annually is affordable is a farce.  In addition, National Public Radio (NPR) polling finds doctors are among the biggest supporters in the United States of a public option in the health care overhaul with nearly three-quarters favoring a public option, per research conducted by Mount Sinai School of Medicine.  As to malpractice rates, per Sep 3 issue of Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, the total cost of malpractice insurance, legal fees, and settlements amounts to just over 1% of our total delivery system.  If tort reform is such a big issue, the Cheney/Bush duo with their Congress had six years to reform the entire system of such, not just with healthcare portion.  Separate issue.  Want to bet Cantor, Boehner, and such of GOP cloth will insert overall tort reform into their 2010 campaign platforms?

Second, Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu did not try to hide the benefits of her success for Louisianans in obtaining needed funding to cover a vast Medicare fund shortfall that starts Y2011.  She was rightfully proud to announce before voting on Nov 21 to start debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the provision in the Act for some of the funds that would offset $900 million in Fed Medicaid cuts for LA.  While the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported the provision would cost $100 million, Landrieu said she believed it would provide her state with $300 million.  Congrats to the Senator’s support of many months of efforts by R-Governor Bobby Jindal to obtain badly needed funding to help save lives of the poor of LA.

Third, some consider efforts to save our fellow citizens’ lives as wasteful pork barrel spending, as was almost $300 million Sister Sarah kept in Alaska for a bridge to nowhere that was never built.  Civilized citizens view such as money well-invested, as saving human lives is kind of important to most folks, like bridges of life vs. bridges to nowhere.

Beware of use of snake oil by some people who are blinded by politics.

Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu of LA voted with her Party for the Senate Health Care Bill.  In doing so she secured $300 million in Medicaid funding in Y2011 to partially offset $900 million in Medicaid funding LA is scheduled to lose in starting in Y2011.

Sold her vote?  Oh, I’d think like all other Democrats did, Democrat Senator Landrieu was going to vote Party line, just like all Republicans, many of whom sold their votes to insurance corporate lobbyist, in the GOP’s block vote attempt to kill affordable health care for all citizens.

Being practicing deceit by not explaining the $300 million for much needed state Medicaid funding, and accusing a Dem as to selling a vote, might not want to start shining a spotlight on true vote selling, as members of the GOP would rather you all keep some stuff in the dark.