In response to:
A Marine's Wife Confesses
This came from a
Marine’s wife. It says it all:
I sat, as did millions of other Americans, and watched as the government underwent a peaceful transition of power, a year ago.. At first, I felt a swell of pride and patriotism while Barack Obama took his oath of office
However, all that pride quickly vanished as I later watched 21 marines,
in full dress uniform, with rifles,
fire a 21-gun salute to the President.
It was then that I realized how far America 's military had deteriorated.
Every one of them missed the b@stard.
I was tempted to roll out one of our sarcastic "surprise" headlines for this post, but nothing about this law is surprising anymore. Over and over again, conservatives' admonitions and predictions -- ranging from premium levels to cost curves to basic logistics -- have been vindicated by events. We already knew that individual and family premiums were on the rise thanks to the president's signature law; the New York Times now reports that the government is forcing insurance companies to reach into citizens' pockets and extract up to hundreds of additional dollars per month for healthcare:
my boot your face