Recent Votes

• 99 Year Old Receives $35,000 Medicare Reimbursed Surgery; Young Go Hungry

  Source: The New York Times

  "She's just a peek into the future," said Dr. Steven M. Greenberg, a Long Island cardiologist who performed Mrs. Homer's surgery, for which the average Medicare reimbursement at the time was $35,000.

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• Ronald Reagan: Success, or Failure?

  Ronald Reagan is the quintessential conservative - a president whose memory stirs passionate emotions of almost anybody that was alive during his tenure in office.

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• Hoffman Throws in Towell: Conservative concedes after falling behind by 4,337 votes in NY-23

  Source: watertowndailytimes.com

  Democrat Bill Owens is leading in the 23rd Congressional District race. The Plattsburgh attorney has 60,916 votes compared to Conservative Doug Hoffman, a Lake Placid CPA, with 56,579 votes.

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• Our Produce-or-Die Culture Is Killing Us -- And We're Idiotically Grinning and Bearing It

  Source: AlterNet.org

  We've been reduced to "human assets" in a relentless economic machine. And we can't even complain: appearing cheerful is vital when all of life is monitored by an employer.

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• Do you think that Keith Olbermann has given the Obama administration a pass for far too long, and do you believe that it is about time for a special comment?

  First of all, I think it would be fair for me to state, that I am a huge fan of Keith, and a proud liberal.

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