Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Spirit Is Willing, Flesh Is Weak
On May 17 I pointed out that “Women are being taxed to pay for men’s erections” which is absolutely not the way any reputable news organization chose to report on the Medicare coverage of Viagra and other performance-enhancing drugs — although, I noted, the deliberately provocative headline was 100% truthful.
Well chalk this one up under the “good” column for the House of Representatives in the 109th Congress. The House has voted 285 to 121 to stop this insanity.
Impotence drugs such as Viagra would not be covered by Medicaid and Medicare, the government health programs for the poor and the aged, under new prohibitions approved by the House on Friday.
By a 285-121 vote, the House approved an amendment by Rep. Steve King (news, bio, voting record), R-Iowa, to stop the government from paying for the drugs. King said his amendment would save taxpayers $105 million next year alone.
You know what else needs to happen? This needs to get publicized. I’m really all for horny men gettin’ some, as long as I’m not paying for it, and mathematically $105 million really doesn’t count out of $2.6 trillion in federal outlays.
What cheeses me off has to do with the insanity of our social programs. It all has to do with lowering the pain threshhold. The program is proposed, and we have to debate something vital to human existence like oxygen, basic sustenance, medicine, shelter, or the like. Once the program gets going, the pain threshhold is lowered, and lowered, and lowered again, ad nauseum.
Until we find ourselves paying for boners. If you love a liberal, make sure he or she knows about this story, and emphasize that this is the rule, not the exception. This is the way social programs work.
It’s all very European. You like Europe? Go there. Leave our money-grubbing capitalists alone, and let them pay for their own erections, not somebody else’s.
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