http://www.mikebarklage.com/?p=842 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.mikebarklage.com/?p=842&cpage=1#comment-3727 mikebarklage.com » Blog Archive » New Rules Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:13:18 +0000 http://www.mikebarklage.com/?p=842#comment-3727 [...] I don’t mind people being against the idea of a buy-in government-run health insurance plan, a.k.a the public option, but at least start the fucking debate on planet Earth, people. I predicted the conspiracy nuts would return back in November, and once again I hate being right. At least it’s not a new phenomenon — Nixonland author Rick Perlstein has a new piece about “America, where the crazy tree blooms in every moment of liberal ascendancy, and where elites exploit the crazy for their own narrow interests.” When John F. Kennedy entered the White House, his proposals to anchor America’s nuclear defense in intercontinental ballistic missiles — instead of long-range bombers — and form closer ties with Eastern Bloc outliers such as Yugoslavia were taken as evidence that the young president was secretly disarming the United States. […] [...] [...] I don’t mind people being against the idea of a buy-in government-run health insurance plan, a.k.a the public option, but at least start the fucking debate on planet Earth, people. I predicted the conspiracy nuts would return back in November, and once again I hate being right. At least it’s not a new phenomenon — Nixonland author Rick Perlstein has a new piece about “America, where the crazy tree blooms in every moment of liberal ascendancy, and where elites exploit the crazy for their own narrow interests.” When John F. Kennedy entered the White House, his proposals to anchor America’s nuclear defense in intercontinental ballistic missiles — instead of long-range bombers — and form closer ties with Eastern Bloc outliers such as Yugoslavia were taken as evidence that the young president was secretly disarming the United States. […] [...]

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