Do As I Say, Not as I’ve Done: Trying Too Hard Is a Problem

Well, many of us hear that “Do as I say, not as I do” thing as children, and yes, it’s annoying. But Ms. Sanity has inadvertantly provided a fabulous example of things not to do, and why people say that “do as I say…” thing. It can be helpful when we learn from the mistakes [...]

November 26, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane, Tips  One Comment

Republican Ideas About Health Care in A Nutshell: Quotation of the Century.

Apologies for this drive by posting (and slow posting schedule of late…) but I’ve been up to my eyeballs in a multitude of levels and your Ms. Sanity hesitates to write you darling people unless she’s feeling at least marginally sane.
Anyway, ran across this, and it needed more eyeballs:
Apparently Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), explaining the [...]

September 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  No Comments

Please Cut The Crap on Health Care Discussions

I am really, really, really, really tired of the blatant, self serving, and manipulative lies coming out of the Right wing and the $1.4 million/day (look it up!) health insurers’ lobby regarding possible changes to the US health care system.
Over and over and over ad nauseum I’ve seen blogs and “tweets” and letters to the [...]

September 2, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  No Comments

Insanity Everywhere; Links on US Health Care Reform

Apologies for being missing; the workload has been rather heavy and I’ve been watching events far more closely due to the potential for real health care reform in this country. Unfortunately your Ms. S. is trying valiantly to stay sane watching the crazies come out in full force AGAINST said reform… generally in any permutation.
Occasionally [...]

August 4, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane, Resources  No Comments

More Lies We’re Told About Health Care in the US

One of the things you’ll hear frequently when discussing health care В with Americans has to do with “the reason why prescription drugs are SO expensive in the USA.” Those of you reading from outside this country may be surprised to hear that the average person on the street in the US probably believes (and I’ve [...]

July 20, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  One Comment

There’s No Doubt Who The Bad Guys Are; Time to be Furious.

I’ve read with some interest people debating the potential for universal health care access in this country. Then I run accross this:
Executives of three of the nation’s largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some sick policyholders…
Note that these are POLICY holders–who have been [...]

June 21, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  6 Comments

Got An Illness in America? Welcome to Bankruptcy…

With all the current talk about a posible, sorely needed systm of universal health care in the USA, it’s interesting that a report by Harvard Medical School just published says that 62.1% of bankruptcies in the United States are because of a health care issue.
That is absurd, my friends. I knew the number would [...]

June 6, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  2 Comments

The Bankers are Not Your Friends

I don’t know that much about Senator Dick Durbin, (though I am glancing over his voting record as I write this) but I did run across this interesting little quote from him today.
Durbin is a Democratic Senator from IL, and apparently he said recently:

“And the banks – hard to believe in a time when we’re [...]

May 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  2 Comments

We Hold What Truths To Be Self-Evident?

Tipsy Dazy has a comment here that challenged me to think long and hard about, well, everything, and particularly about communication.
Most of the people I have ever known do all tend to make assumptions regarding what is meant by a particular turn of phrase or word usage, (not to mention tone of voice, and so [...]

March 27, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Sane  No Comments

Diogenes and Obama

I know I’m late on the uptake here but I just had to mention that it seemed that President Obama is unwittingly being called to behavior right up there with one of the original cynics, Diogenes. I’m speaking in the context of President Obama’s attempts to get his cabinet populated. В  In case you don’t [...]

February 12, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  One Comment