A storm of hurricane force has now weakened to a Category 1 and may possibly die without doing any major damage to the United States. Of course I’m talking about the Health Care Bill that was passed by the House on Saturday.
Senator Joe Lieberman has threatened a filibuster if the Health Care Bill reaches the Senate with a public option included. Now to filibuster, as I understand it, the senator can take the floor and speak as long as he wants on any topic. To benefit all of us, maybe Lieberman should stand there and read and interpret all 2000 pages of the Health Care Bill. Then maybe we'd all know what the hell was going on.
The record filibuster was set by Strom Thurmond in 1957. He filibustered against the Civil Rights Act for 24 hours and 18 minutes. Can you imagine Joe Lieberman speaking for 24 hours?
The only thing that might be worse would be a day long marathon of Mr. Rogers.
According to the New York Times, there has been an extremely low turnout at clinics providing free swine flu vaccinations. I guess New Yorkers figure, Why bother? If we can survive riding the subway without a shot, we can survive anything.
The transit strike in Philadelphia is over. Well, it's Monday and the strikers needed a way to get to work.
About Me
- Wendel Potter
- My writing career took off in 1979 and it continues to roll. I've written comedy for Joan Rivers, Jay Leno, Rodney Dangerfield, and the Yakov Smirnoff Show. I was a weekly columnist for a Nebraska newspaper for 10 years. Several of my short stories have been published in a national magazine, Woman's World. This blog is a return to old columns dear to my heart and new essays that are currently ideas on a close horizon. I hope we can become friends.
1 comment:
Wow! That's a relief! It would be horrible if everyone had healthcare and politicians didn't get money from Big Pharma and Big Health Insurance! Politicians know that man is mortal and so doesn't need healthcare!
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