Uninsured back universal health care

When Andrew and Merry Kuharsky had their first child in Canada, they never got a bill from the hospital.

Their second child, born in Greenville, cost them about $3,000.

As they see more and more Americans becoming uninsured, and fear what their own future may hold with only catastrophic coverage, the Kuharskys, directors of the Greenville Ballet School, think it's time to change the health-care system. Read more…

The major "news" outlets - with ZERO percent of the precincts reporting, a mere four minutes after the polls closed - have projected Barack Obama the winner of the Democratic primary in South Carolina.

In related "news," the New England Patriots have been declared the winners of the 2008 Super Bowl.

Congrats to Tom Brady - oh yeah, and to Barack Obama. Who needs a scoreboard?

Tom Turnipseed, my good friend and future United States Senator from South Carolina, sent me an e-mail this morning about Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been twisting a lot of far-right evangelical arms in South Carolina for his "Surge" buddy, John McCain. The response among evangelicals has been, shall we say, less than enthusiastic. So McCain has broken out the old "consultant" (wink, wink) checkbook and is flat-out trying to buy the wingnut vote.

This is how the sham shakes out: Read more…

This Time/CNN poll does not surprise me one bit. It is nothing more than a popularity contest between a popular Republican and an unpopular Democrat. WTF?? Read more…

The South Carolina legislature sure are busy bees. Fresh off the proposal to give prisoners six months off their sentences if they become human organ farms and donate kidneys, they now have come up with a new doozy of a proposal. If you want an abortion in the Palmetto state, there is a new catch. Read more…