Today’s local paper has two front-page (dead-wood version), different sections, articles on health care insurance. In the Health section is Sherry Wilcox who is uninsured and had to go to Thailand for a hysterectomy because the same procedure was unaffordable here.
Wilcox, a real-estate agent, works on contract and thus isn’t eligible for group insurance through [...]
Archive for August 18th, 2008
Defining Health Insurance Irony in TN
Posted in Health Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, tagged Health Insurance, health insurance ironies, TennCare, uninsured on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Mark of the Beast Found in Schools
Posted in Civil Rights, Education, Humanism on August 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Oh boy, you can’t make this shit up. Of the 4 comments, at the time of this writing, to this article on Memphis handing out bar-codes to track students, you’d think this was the beginning of the end. Well, for some, apparently it is, and I have to note that these musings are from neighbors.
The [...]
Musharraf Stepping Down
Posted in Government, tagged Musharraf, Pakistan, resignation on August 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf is finally stepping down.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday after weeks of pressure to relinquish power.
Musharraf told the nation in a televised address that he would step down — nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999.
“I don’t want the people of Pakistan to [...]
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