Cold-hearted libertarians

The trick is, to realize this whole "freedom" thing is a con, somehow we have allowed very unwell but clever people to convince us liberty is
unequivocally tied to socio pathology and thats okay

told you so

Ron Paul Wasn't Joking About Letting Uninsured People Die -- His Uninsured Staffer Died of Pneumonia

“It was stunning. My first reaction is how far have we degenerated as a society?” said NNU Co-President Jean Ross, RN who said she was watching the debate.

The nurses union also notes:

“Healthcare should be a right for everyone, not just a privilege for the few, a point nurses would debate with anyone,” said Ross.

Ross said she was also disturbed by Paul’s comment about “freedom.”

“Abandoning people is not freedom,” said Ross, especially those without the resources to buy increasingly expensive private insurance. "That isn’t what I hear from my patients or their families.”

Are Jobs on Their Way to Becoming Obsolete? And Is That a Good Thing?

“[W]e are attempting to use the logic of a scarce marketplace to negotiate things that are actually in abundance. What we lack is not employment, but a way of fairly distributing the bounty we have generated through our technologies, and a way of creating meaning in a world that has already produced far too much stuff.”

This is the question, then: How do we solve this problem?

The Truth About Rick Perry's Controversial Social Security Remarks

This is the same sentiment, which many progressives interpret as blatant hypocrisy or selfishness, that led so many conservative seniors to adamantly oppose ObamaCare while demanding no cuts in Medicare--or even because they believed extending health coverage to the uninsured would directly lead to Medicare cuts.

The fact that Social Security, and to an even greater extent Medicare, in fact do represent a redistribution of money from taxpayers to most if not all beneficiaries has not shaken the iron conviction of many seniors that the programs are fundamentally different from "welfare" in any form.

So ideologues like Perry who have identified Social Security and Medicare as just part of the vast march to socialism during the twentieth century are in danger of an attack that may conventionally look like it's coming from "the left" but may actually threaten them most among staunch conservatives who think federal austerity measures should strictly come out of the hide of "those people" who haven't "earned" their benefits--you know, younger people, poorer people, darker people.

Rick Perry’s Vasectomy: The Governor's Reliance on What He Denies to His Fellow Texans

Rick Perry has only two children?! As the biographical information flashed by on television during a recent debate of Republican presidential hopefuls, it was strangely incongruous to see that the rising star of the religious right was so woefully behind his competitors. Rick Santorum and Jon Hunstman led the pack with seven kids each, followed by Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Michelle Bachman with five (and the 23 children she had fostered). To be sure, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain also had a paltry two, but they, unlike Perry, were not considered to be the new favorite of the social conservative wing of the Republican. Recent polls show Perry supplanting Bachman in that role, not withstanding her impressive numbers.

Military Officials Ignored Cheney’s 9/11 Shoot-down Order

Newly published audio this week reveals that Vice President Dick Cheney's infamous Sept. 11, 2001 order to shoot down rogue civilian aircraft was ignored by military officials, who instead ordered pilots to only identify suspect aircraft.