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changes made

Jeff — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:58:53 +0000

for us here at 1LS, one of the best parts of blogging is having a digitally-permanent record of our lives.

that being said, four years ago I was blogging about the Bush v. Kerry debates…

the more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?

Originally published Sept 30, 2004:

“Debate Impressions”

I’ve been trying to convey the impression I get when I watch Bush speak and tonight Jessi Klein summed it up perfectly.

“Watching Bush talk always gives me that feeling like when you’re watching an alcoholic uncle give a toast at a wedding – you’re just kind of hoping he’ll get through it without messing up too bad, but he inevitably does.”

bush and I have something in common

Jeff — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:53:55 +0000

oh, bushy.

presidential FAIL

Jeff — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:31:38 +0000

FAIL

budget cuts and the health care crisis

Jeff — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:44:08 +0000

while the highest cost of the failed bush policies are counted in the number of dead in iraq, other critical programs are being cut in order to fund the administration’s errant foreign policies.

From the American Association of Medical Colleges:

Bush Budget Cuts Will Cripple U.S. Teaching Hospitals and Erode Medical Progress

“The AAMC strongly opposes the administration’s proposal to slash Medicare payments to America’s teaching hospitals. Cutting indirect medical education (IME) payments by more than 60 percent, combined with other Medicare cuts affecting all hospitals, will have devastating results. Millions of Medicare patients—as well as the uninsured, the disabled, and the severely ill—rely on teaching hospitals for health care and community services. Such unprecedented cuts to these institutions will endanger their ability to provide the full spectrum of patient care and treatment, erode their fragile trauma and emergency services, and impede the progress they have made in advancing the health of all Americans through education and medical research.”

You can read the full article here and look at this special report for more details.