Posts Tagged ‘Cartoons’
We at USDemocrazy often find ourselves dismayed by the partisan shouting in US politics today. The cartoon above has a curious take on it all… what’s your take?
Micheal Moore is out making movies again. This time he’s directing…a love story?
Officer who killed Maryland student in drunk driving accident gets let off with a fine. Is this what we call justice?
This week’s best editorial cartoons brought to you by Slate.com.
If you’re like us here at USDemocrazy your head is probably swimming with news about the future of health care.
Obama’s giving a speech here, spending will increase there….there seems to be a zillion stories with tons of info.
And…if you are like us… you have been desperately searching for someone to summarize ALL this STUFF (minus any political fluff).
Our first search took us to Obama’s website. Too vague. Then we typed “Obama health care reform in a nutshell” into google. All we got was this cartoon by Mike Ramirez:
We like cartoons, but we wanted to learn more.
We do know Obama is keeping his options open. He is not saying much about his controversial health care bill. Meanwhile it is prudently being crafted behind closed doors.
Here’s Obama:
“We are still early in this process,” he said. “So you know, we have not drawn lines in the sand, other than that reform has to control costs and that it has to provide relief to people who don’t have health insurance or are under-insured.”
On the other side of the aisle, Sen. Mike Enzi, Republican’s ranking member on the health committee said of the pending legislation,
“This is the most comprehensive legislation that any of us will ever work on,” Enzi said Wednesday. “It will fundamentally impact one-sixth of the nation’s economy … affect the health care of every American. … It’s too important not to take the time to get it right.”
Not satisfied with this info, we decided to do our own research on this HUGE issue.
Here’s what we found out.
Obama appears to favor….
- Convincing doctors and hospitals to emphasize the quality of care they provide over the quantity of procedures they perform (and be paid accordingly).
- A public insurance plan similar to Medicare that would compete with private insurance companies.
- Having as many people insured as possible so that health care costs will be pooled within the largest possible population.
- All those who buy into the public plan would be offered the same rates regardless of their health risks.
- Mandating state health care plans to provide a certain minimum level of health benefits. This level being equal across the country.
- Increasing the availability of preventative measures and care for chronic conditions
- Modernizing the US health care system to lower administrative costs and increase effectiveness
- NOT borrowing/increasing the national deficit to pay for his health care plan
For more details and the best comprehensive analysis of the Obama plan we found thehealthcareblog.com.
This blog also tackles the difficult questions regarding HOW Obama plans to cut health care costs by instating a public plan with a trillion dollar price tag (YES, THAT IS TRILLION). I’m sure we’re all itching to find that out…
We also found several intelligent arguments presented against Obama’s cost-cutting plan and doubts with regards to Obama’s statements with which he used to back up his plan!
Hope you find our notes helpful. If you find something interesting that we haven’t mentioned yet please give us a tip off. We’ll leave you with this touching clip and a chance to decide for yourself on the health care solution America ought to adopt …
One of the many new features being launched at USDemocrzy is “Cartoon of the day.” From time to time we will showcase some really cool cartoons we find on the web that provide interesting insights on the issues of the day.
We particularly want to trumpet the artwork of our blog editor KAL from The Economist. This is not because we think the cartoons are any good, but because the price was within our budget (i.e. free).
Please let us know of your favorite cartoons and cartoonists on the web!
President Obama heads overseas this week where he will finally escape all the depressing talk about the US economic disaster and instead engage in refreshingly different talk about the world economic disaster.
We at USDemocrazy feel for the President. We feel he might need a laugh or two to get him through the week. So we are posting some amusing goodies that we have found on the web to start his (and your) week with a giggle.
To get the President on the international mood we start with a clip from Scottish (now American) comedian and late night talk show host Craig Ferguson talking about his mother’s love of America.
We couldn’t resist this gem from the brilliant Andy Borowitz who has some Heinous Investment Advice to share.
While traveling, we recommend the President open his laptop on Air Force One and check out the fun satirical website Political Irony. The site is full of great columns and cartoons.
Speaking of cartoons, the Prez may want to check out some foreign cartoonists who will no doubt be drawing him during his European adventure. Here’s two greats: England’s Steve Bell and Swiss Patrick Chappatte.
Finally if the President wants a little more challenge in his downtime (as if he doesn’t have enough challenges…) he can take the cartoon test at The New Yorker to assess his humor bonafides. (We answered correctly 4 out of 5… How about you?)
People are fighting in Washington DC!! Okay, what else is new. But now it’s about President Obama’s economic stimulus plan. Here’s a little breakdown to understand what in the heck these Congresspeople are fighting about.
Like a Tom Clancy novel, but real… Apparently there’s been some shady dealings between some U.S. guys and the Russians. Are conspiracy and money laundering family values now?
While Obama asks Congress to read his lips, political cartoonists are drawing them!
So, we know Blago got impeached. Wanna know the reason why? The Onion thinks they have the answer!
