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Wednesday September 30, 2009: The Day in Tubes

Ok. I skipped Tuesday. It is partly done, but I was feeling a bit down yesterday, after the Senate Finance Committee defeated two different amendments for a public option in their health care reform bill. I couldn’t get to the funny and I didn’t want to start screaming my rage on the Moose.

So I will let someone else do that today.

Wow. I am sorry, but that was one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. A few repugnant’s got pretty upset with Representative Grayson and demanded he apologize.

So he did. Sort of.

Heh. As you can imagine, Lumpybag was outraged. Headzup spoke with him earlier today.

I wonder what his co-pay is for all of those oxy’s?

Profiles in Courage: Health Care Edition

I’ll keep this short and in the vein of our beloved ‘daily tubes’ but I reckon we have a winner here, h/t to TheUnknown285 and Tarheel74 over at MyDD.  Ever wonder what you might do with five minutes of floor time in the House?  Just watch this:


Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) took to the House floor last night to give his take on the Republican health care plan: Don’t get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.

Rachel Weiner – Alan Grayson: Republicans Want Sick People To Die Quickly Huffington Post 30 Sep 09

Which was pretty darn bold for a freshman, and witty too.  Oh, but there’s more…

Gore Vidal baits the PUMA

I thought I was having a dream when I read Gore Vidal’s comments on President Obama in The Times today.

Perhaps he’s lost it? I don’t know, but for the PUMA, it’s going to be like chum in the shark infested water.