VIDEO: Soldier Dies After He Re-Enlists To Get Health Coverage For Family

By GottaLaff

How's that Big Insurance version of "the best health care in the world" working out for everyone, hmm? Hey Deathers, how about supporting your troops? Or is that now unAmerican, too?

Utterly heartbreaking:



Here's a bonus quote, slightly off topic, but close enough:

"I have had it with members of your party undermining our troops, undermining a commander in chief while we are at war..."

—Sean Hannity, 11/05

H/t: Hippie_Cyndi

Sad Comment-ary

By GottaLaff

Comments on two of my YouTube posts have gotten out of hand. One of them has finally settled down, mainly because it's been around awhile. But the other, which I posted here at TPC the other day, is generating so many hostile, disgusting, vile homophobic comments that I had to disable them.

The difference in content between the two comment threads was notable. While, along with the spew, there was an outpouring of support for the Obama video, the opposite was true of the Anderson Cooper clip. The majority of responses was so hate-filled that I couldn't allow them to continue. It was too time-consuming to keep blocking and removing, so I finally deleted and disabled them today.

What a sad commentary. Even though YouTube may not be an accurate representation of the population in general, it's a terrifying reminder that bigotry is alive and kicking in America.

Just ask the Tea Tantrumers.

Sad news: John Travolta's son dies in Bahamas

By GottaLaff

This is too sad:

The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas, according to the family's lawyer.

Jett Travolta, 16, suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island, attorney Michael Ossi said.

Attempts were made to revive him, but he died at the scene, Ossi said.

Jett, who had a history of seizures, was the eldest child of Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston. They also have a daughter, Ella Blue, who was born in 2000.

I'm sorry for the family. This is too painful for words.

UPDATE 5:15 PM ET -- Police just released more details. According to a report, Jett was last seen going into the bathroom at their private suite at the Old Bahama Bay Resort sometime yesterday. The body was discovered by the caretaker, Jeff Michael Kathrein, at 10:00 AM today. The report says Jett suffered from seizures.

An autopsy is being performed to determine the exact cause of death.