http://www.crankymediaguy.com News, Commentary and humor from a Blue Collar, Working Class perspective on media and the world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:25:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Libertarianism's poison pill: Having everything run by corporations who only care about this month's profit statements always leads to disaster because corporations are acting in their own short term interest with absolutely no thought to the general welfare of the country or the long-term consequences of their actions. Dubai is just the latest victim.
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/251/another-libertarian-paradise-goes-tits-up/ A medical doctor admits what anyone who has bothered to pay attention to anything already knows: Lack of universal health care is a mass killer. “In my 20 years of practice as a family physician, I have encountered dozens of cases where the main contributing factor to a person’s death was the lack of health insurance [...]
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/248/the-death-panels/ Everyone who has a Facebook account has gotten notices that so and so is a friend of a friend of yours, asking if you want to “friend” them (yes, “friend” is sometimes a verb in Facebook-speak).  I got such a notice the other day about a guy named Jeff.  What the hell, I thought, throwing [...]
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/245/who-needs-facts-when-youve-got-a-perfectly-good-opinion/ Anyone who has EVER worked in the health care industry knows that insurance has a high component of smoke and mirrors to it. Many outsiders don’t know this, however; they think that their insurance will be there if some dreaded and costly illness strikes. As we have said, however, America does not have a health care [...]
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/244/get-really-sick-lose-your-health-insurance/ We’re not the only ones spreading truth and common sense, although we seem to be the only blog that told the truth about how health care is NOT and cannot be a free market endeavor. That story was picked up by radio talk show hosts and others interested in the truth. Another blog gives a [...]
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/243/another-blog-take-on-us-health-care/ Let’s take our recent discussion of healthcare as an example: We cite facts, figures, objective information. The conservative response; “America has the greatest health care system in the world” and “Why don’t you go live in Cuba.” So we see anecdotal evidence every day that conservatives don’t live in a world of facts, they live in [...]
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/242/conservative-mind-avoids-reality/ To get the best healthcare in the world, you should be at least a millionaire. If you aren't a millionaire, the next best thing is to be a citizen of any industrialized nation in the world EXCEPT the United States.
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/241/healthcare-ceos-admit-they-are-pricks/ The health care system is not and cannot be a free market system because people are compelled to buy and the supply is artificially restricted. Incontrovertible proof, presented in two very simple steps.
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/240/conservatives-are-wrong-about-free-market-health-care/ Evangelical Christians love torture! link I rest my case.
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/239/proof-that-evangelical-christians-dont-have-any-fucking-idea-what-jesus-was-all-about/ The Florida state legislature is considering creating a special Jesus license plate for its state’s drivers.  ‘Cause, you know how oppressed Christians are in America.  I mean, if they weren’t, wouldn’t you see churches all over the place and wouldn’t churches have tax exemptions?  Uh, wait… Anyway, this idea for the Dead Carpenter license plate is [...]
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/238/anyone-in-florida-have-balls-this-is-a-serious-offer/ A Canadian filmmaker is planning on having a tiny camera installed in his prosthetic eye to make a point about ubiquitous surveillance. He’s going about this the hard way.  Why doesn’t he just buy a pair of sunglasses with a digital camera built into them, like I got as a present for Christmas?  It works just [...]
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/235/this-guys-doing-it-the-hard-way/ So, you say you don't believe in evolution. OK, here's the deal: you're a fucking moron. Evolution is about the best proven theory in the history of science. Eh, who needs FACTS though when you've got a perfectly good book in which snakes talk, people can fit two of every species on Earth onto an ark and sail around aimlessly and a broke-ass carpenter is the Son O' God.
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/234/a-quick-word-with-those-of-you-who-dont-believe-in-evolution/ Right wing ultra-biased commentary thinly disguised as journalism. That's Politico. This time they are ranting about the horror of a lefty being at a White House Press conference - and they get it wrong, as usual. But right-wing actions NEVER count.
]]> http://www.crankymediaguy.com/233/youd-never-see-the-bush-white-house-sully-itself-like-this/ If you can’t have jelly wrestling – formerly called Jell-O Wrestling – at the McMurdo Base in Antarctica, then I can’t think of one good reason to be there. Organizer fired after Antarctic Jelly Wrestling Event.
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