If you think government run health care is higher quality or more equitable than privately run health care, think again. The Department of Veterans Affairs administers a health care system for our military veterans that is run and paid for by the US government. Unfortunately, it has become quite well known that it's an inferior system to the privately run health care system the vast majority of the American people enjoy. However, I don't think we understood just how inferior:

Just when you were probably convinced that liberal Democrats didn’t believe in property rights, President Obama demonstrates that they do. The catch is that from his perspective, the property is you. Using his party’s recently passed health care reform as justification, Obama all but declared total war on the American individual in an executive order he [...]

This really has to be seen to be believed. We all know that MSNBC--Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, etc.--is in the tank for the Obama administration, but I think this is the first time an on-air MSNBC personality has confessed to "working with the White House" on talking points; here, regarding the Gulf oil spill. The MSNBC employee in question is Mika Brzezinski, the daughter of Jimmy Carter's national security adviser. It's really pretty funny to see her reading the White House talking points on air:

Actually, it struck a while ago. But now it is affecting law schools in ways that have become embarrassingly transparent:

One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average.

But it's not because they are all working harder.

The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The goal is to make its students look more attractive in a competitive job market.

Of course, this will be blamed on the Republicans.  But let’s review the numbers. Dems in Senate:  57 Indies with dems: 2 Pubs in Senate: 41 Final vote:  45-53 In order to get to 45 voting for it, the dems have to lose a dozen of their kin.  Tain’t no way this is a pub thing.  The dems lost it all by their lonesome.

First headline – Monkeys like watching television. Do you actually have to read the article? Go for it.  No, btw, I did not watch Obama’s speech.  Got my fill of fiction earlier in the day.  Speaking of which …

Responding to President Obama’s speech about the Gulf oil spill this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “The immediate issue here is a broken pipe that’s been spewing hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil a day into the ocean for mor

The news we have been warning you about is in. Government workers on average exceed the pay scale of those in private industry. The unsustainable situation is here. It is now clear that Bill Clinton was a bit premature when he said that the “era of big government is over.” Sadly he didn’t count on [...]

The Blog Prof links to Chris Horner's article at Pajamas Media that details how Barack Obama, George Soros, and wind energy lobbyists colluded to hide the details of two economic studies that showed the wind energy programs in Spain and Denmark didn't help the economy and create jobs as the president said they did.

Mish at Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis is getting emails from readers that tell him that the FDIC is really cracking down on a number of banks' lending habits. It seems federal auditors are combing through the books of lending institutions and requiring that they downgrade or call in loans that are not yet problematic but could be at risk of becoming problematic over time. This is not good news for small businesses or home buyers.

Balancing stupidity with reality: "The White House took great offense this week when conservatives suggested President Obama might be trading a judicial appointment for a wavering Democrat's vote on his health care reform plan. "Absurd," a miffed administration official told Politico.com. Wherever could the American people get such an impression? Let us count the ways.

"On Wednesday, the very day Obama hosted 10 swing Democrats who had opposed the expansive health care takeover bill in November, the White House issued a press release trumpeting the nomination of Scott M. Matheson Jr.

Barry fails epically on health care. Yes, Bill and Clyde are calling it - health care is dead - the dems will not deliver a bill to Barry for signature. Other topics: Harry's incredible unemployment statement, an interview with Sen.