One Education Under Obama
Somewhat lost in all of the ballyhoo over health care was a provision snuck in late in the process. Did the Democrats add some language to provide some relief to doctors against excessive lawsuits? Maybe they snuck in an allowance for insurance companies to be allowed to sell health care insurance across state lines and spread the risk? How about a provision to allow more use of health savings accounts that accumulate throughout your lifetime? What about loosening requirements for insurance plans to cover everything from addadicktomies, to botox injections (sorry Ms. Pelosi), to counselling when someone is mean to you? I know they added a provision to make health insurance more portable?
As we wait to see if we get health care shoved up our posterior a subtopic is how the electorate will react to those who voted to stick it to us. I got this note from a friend:
The Weekly Standard’s Michael Goldfarb is quoting a Senate aid that White House Chief of Staff, 
A month ago Costco featured former VP, Al Gore, on their magazine cover. Many members of the warehouse club expressed our displeasure with both the free publicity for Gore (he was hawking a book) and the shot the editor David Fuller seemed to take at Glenn Beck who was charged by Costco for the same privilege to hawk his book. The second of these issues is what
If you asked my family, they may describe my relationship with Costco as a special one. I do most of the grocery shopping for our family and I do most of it at Costco. I have belonged to our local store since it opened many years ago and even have a favorite parking spot (though I rarely get it). My youngest often goes with me and we enjoy snack-shopping (being fed lots of samples while we shop) and having lunch together after we shop. My chili recipe ingredients starts with two big packs of Costco ground chuck, a big pack of red peppers, a huge can of whole tomatoes, and a huge can of tomato paste (I should explain that we have a huge freezer and this recipe makes enough for about ten meals).
The target was fairly easy to pick this time as Glenn Beck of Fox News and his syndicated daily radio show. Glenn was probably a wise pick as he really does not fit into the strict conservative mold. He certainly drives me mad sometimes with the gloom and doom scenarios, but there is no doubt that he is a patriot. His book, 