Joe Scarborough Is Shocked, Yet Awed by Single-Payer Logic
Something rather remarkable happened on Tuesday's Morning Joe. Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes, and Joe Scarborough, after first trying to spin it some gossamer threads, broke down and said, By God, you're right, this emperor is a naked money-making machine Full Story »
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There isn't much honesty on the right, since most people that call themselves "conservative" (they have no conception of the true principles of conservativism) prefer to live in a fantasy world and are unable to be honest with themselves. But now and again, it becomes quite impossible for one of these people to deny the reality of a particular viewpoint and they come face to face with self-realization and honesty. Weiner is just one of those people who dares to tell it like it is and to challenge others to stop playing little mind games in order to justify a pile of nonsense. Obama has been saying that the public is being ripped off by the insurance companies for years and we all know it. All we have to do is stop pretending that there is some theoretical good reason to let them stick it to us, while they send their millions to offshore accounts.