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The Death Of Compassionate Conservatism

By Mike Burns

Some of the most memorable and troubling moments of the recent Republican Debates have been the conservative audience’s spontaneous and emotional outbursts. They loudly voiced their belief that those without insurance and without the funds to afford care should just simply die. They literally booed an American soldier, actively serving in Iraq, just because... »

Fighting The Good Fight

By Mike Burns

With all of the negative energy swirling around Democratic circles recently, I thought it would be a good idea to look back on exactly what was accomplished over the last three years. Rachel Maddow had a great piece on Democratic successes that aired before the midterm elections. I had used it in a previous... »

Extremism In Defense Of A Lie

By Mike Burns

Shortly after the passage of health care reform last week, a brick was thrown through the window of a Democratic office in New York. Attached to the brick was a note that said, “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice”. This was a quote from Barry Goldwater’s 1964 acceptance speech as the Republican... »

Russian Style Prison Medicine Coming to America

By Mike Burns

I would think that anybody who was going to be scared would already be hiding under their beds. »

Senator Kyl Defies Reality

By Mike Burns

Senator Kyl from Arizona appeared on Meet The Press two weeks ago to talk about health care reform and put his foot in his mouth again. In his desire to defend the health care status quo, he stated he wasn’t “sure that it’s a fact that more and more people die because they don’t... »

America Does Know The Difference Between Fact And Fiction

By Mike Burns

In a somewhat surprising bit of news yesterday, a new poll conducted by Bloomberg News reported that the majority of Americans have rejected outrageous claims by conservative opponents of health care reform as nothing more than scare tactics. 63% don’t believe in “death panels”. 59% don’t believe that care would be rationed. 52% don’t believe that we... »

Maria Bartiromo Fails To Explain Her Mistake

By Mike Burns

A quick update on the earlier Maria Bartiromo debacle where she seemed to not know that a person had to be 65 before they could go on Medicare. Today on Morning Joe, she made the claim that she hadn’t been talking about Medicare at all when she made her remarks. Instead, she was trying... »

Voodoo Economics: The Bush Tax Policies Rise From The Grave

By Mike Burns

As we debate the  efficacy and wisdom of extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, it would be beneficial to review what that policy has actually accomplished  in the past. The annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care serves up the bad news for the Bush legacy project.... »

Twenty Six Lies About H.R. 3200

By Mike Burns

Some of  you may have gotten a chain email pro-porting to “interpret” the first 500 pages of the health care reform bill H.R. 3200. Thanks to the folks at FactCheck.org We now have a full analysis of the 48 individual items in this Email. They have identified 26 outright lies, 18 statements that are... »

Maria Is A Little Confused About Medicare

By Mike Burns

It might have been useful to fully understand the issues before you went on camera to debate the issues. »