BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

Un-flippin-believable. I've had my go-rounds with the insurance industry since I became permanently disabled. No love lost there. I know what horrible, awful decisions they make and how the 'human factor' is completely missing from decision-making at an insurer. But this is INCREDIBLE. I believe we do need reform but I don't think Obama's plan is good or 'healthy' for all of us. The insurance industry is the biggest lobby in D.C. This article, if nothing else, screams that this greed-mongering scum must be stopped and exposed for what they are. Reform is needed but appeasing the insurance industry isn't going to cut it, Obambi. Getting Beaten by Your Husband Is an Excuse to Deny Coverage by Ryan Grim In eight states and the District of Columbia, being the victim of domestic violence is considered a pre-existing condition by insurance companies. Tools With the White House zeroing in on the insurance-industry practice of discriminating against clie...

BATTERED ISRAEL SYNDROME In bed yesterday, holding a heated oat bag to myself and wearing a metholated chest plaster to stop the coughing I started thinking about lying. My post on lying and how I feel about it yesterday was on my mind. Also on my mind was last week's Annapolis summit. It still upsets me. It was a dangerous and foolish meeting. One of the reasons I feel that way will stay personal. If I told you, you'd all send out the men with straightjackets telling them to look for me blogging while wearing a tinfoil hat. The other is the lying. The non-stop and lethal lying. Bush is lying to himself that he can do one "good" thing by making peace in the Middle East. He's already created a bad situation in Iraq, and he and his buddies are backstroking in oil money. But he's got Clueless Condi, the Dhimmi - telling him she can do this. He can't and she certainly can't. Condi, stick to your Ferragamos and stop kissing and hugging terrorists...