And this is why: He must hate Louisiana and her people. Coburn, whose state obviously never has had a major disaster (judging from his behavior) introduced an amendment to the Senate healthcare bill stripping it of the $300 million Mary Landrieu had had added to help Louisiana make up for what would be a catastrophic Medicaid shortfall.
Talk about kicking somebody when they're down--Louisiana seriously needs this money.
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When Jesus heard that, he said to them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor; those who are sick do. I've come to call sinners, not people who think they have God's approval."
(emphasis added)
GOP Health Care Obstructionists, are you Listening???
The Pharisees, thought they were doing God's work too.
Imagine their surprise when this upstart Carpenter, from the old neighborhood, dared to stand up to their blatant self-righteousness ... and dish back to them some cold, hard truth ...
Yvette Melendez from Glastonbury, Conn., who is sitting in the nominee's VIP section in the hearing room, said she winced inwardly when Sen. Tom Coburn said, "You'll have a lot of 'splainin' to do." But Melendez says she didn't feel offended. "I personally did not think it was appropriate," she told me in an interview. "But I'm sure he said it as a joke."
What do Hillary Clinton, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Bill Nelson, and Tom Coburn have in common?
They are either members or friends of the Elitist Christian Right group The Family. The family holds weekly prayer meetings or "advisory" meetings where members discuss their problems, both personal and political, and give each other veto power over each others lives.
The Family has operated under various names since its formation in 1935. They have gone under the names:
National Committee for Christian Leadership, International Christian Leadership, the National Leadership Council, Fellowship House, the Fellowship Foundation, the National Fellowship Council, the International Foundation
They hold their prayer meetings at the Defense Department, the Pentagon and have their own little cul de sac of houses called Ivanwald where they groom future leaders. They also have a house in Washington where senators and congressmen live called C street. Residents of the C street house include Brownback, Coburn and Ensgin, including both Democrats and Republicans. The Family has connections to the CIA as well as to governments around the world including the former Suharto dictatorship, the current dictator in Uganda,Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the former president of Honduras, Ricardo Marudo and The Family has been involved with coups in Fiji, of all places.
Glorious news from our nation's capital (and/or Capitol) today!
Buried deep inside a boring bill about reformin' credit card practices was a provision that stirred my patriotic loins in a way that's been sorely missed since President Bush left office. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), seein' a major flaw in this credit card legislation, fixed it right up there by insertin' an amendment to allow loaded guns in national parks. Check and mate, you greedy credit card companies!
These days the Democrat party usually strips all of the patriotism right out of bills like this and replaces it with socialism. But not this time! Coburn's amendment passed with the support of 27 Democrats in the Senate, includin' the majority leader Harry Reid. That makes TWO patriotic things Reid did in ONE day, along with his come-to-Jesus moment on not closin' Guantanamo. Wow! Maybe there's hope for this guy after all. Or, maybe not, accordin' to Nevada's likely voters.
March on Washington
