Happy Hour News Briefs
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The comedic stylings of Republican Rep. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Don’t forget to tip your waiters! Try the Veal!
- WI Rep. Ron Johnson is claiming bragging rights for making Hillary Clinton angry. (BuzzFeed Politics)
- Texas! - So nutty that Texas elected him again a decade plus later, Rep. Steve Stockman is the closest Texas has gotten “to electing a gun.” (Mother Jones)
- Putting the pp in Mississippi - Boss Hogg’s hand-picked replacement, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R – what were you expecting?) says that every single American already has all the health care they need, you know, from emergency rooms. The Census Bureau estimates that nearly 49 million people were uninsured in 2011. Over 20 percent of working Americans don’t have health care, and 40 percent of the people living in poverty were unable to visit a doctor in 2010. Mississippi has a 19 percent uninsurance rate, which puts it near the bottom of all the states. (Think Progress)
Although easy to do, Cotton keeps putting the ass in Arkansass.
I guess I should have picked another week to quit drinking. Stockman is scary because he is so loco. There are too many tea party militia types in our government and that is not good for anyone.
Governor Phil can kiss my grits – I’ve spent the last year avoiding going to the doctor when I know I should, it might or might not save my life, but I CAN’T AFFORD TO. The last time I went to the ER for a CAT scan because I had a small stroke I HAD health insurance, and my COPAY WAS $1200. Now that I’m uninsured, I’m just screwed.
I’m trying to let idiots like Bryant go, but I’m damned close to wishing them all devastating, bankrupting medical situations.