Anthem Blue Cross plans to go ahead with rate hikes

By GottaLaff

Here is what Anthem Blue Cross considers "appropriate":

An executive for the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross told state officials Tuesday that California's largest health insurer will go forward with much-criticized individual-policy rate hikes of as much as 39% once a two-month delay lapses May 1.

James Oatman, vice president of WellPoint Inc.'s consumer division, told the state Assembly's health committee that the premium increases, and the profit they generate, are appropriate despite wide criticism from consumers, regulators, members of Congress and the Obama administration.

Is showing them my middle finger appropriate, too? That's what they're doing to us, after all.

How's that health care reform obstruction coming along, GOP?

P.S. My family is one of the 39%ers.

Pakistan, U.S. Intel Capture 2 Top Taliban Figures, Militant Chiefs

By GottaLaff

President Obama has accomplished more in a year than BushCo did in eight:

KABUL — Pakistani authorities, aided by U.S. intelligence, said Thursday they have apprehended more militant chiefs following the capture of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 figure — arrests that together represent the biggest blow to the militant organization since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

The Rushpublics can ignore, twist, and distort our president's track record all they want, but it won't change the facts.

GOP chief counsel on Senate Judiciary Committee: Gay marriage=pedophilia

By GottaLaff

The Party of No, the Backward Party, the Party of Bigots, the Ignorant Party, the Party of Homophobes... need I go on? Because I'm angry enough to do that. Oh, I could go on all day:

Last week, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) named William Smith as the chief counsel for the GOP on the Senate Judiciary Committee. David Ingram of Legal Times reports today that Smith recently compared support for same-sex marriage to support for pedophilia. In a blog post that has now been taken down, Smith responded to former McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt’s speech to the Log Cabin Republicans by writing that he wondered “if next week Schmidt will take his close minded stump speech to a NAMBLA meeting. For those unfamiliar with NAMBLA, the acronym is for North American Man Boy Love Association.” Smith also compared same-sex marriage to bestiality.

Party of Bottom Feeders, the Sphincter Party....