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What a glorious day!
Aug. 7th, 2009 08:26 amFirst, CNN Anchor Rips Into Health Care CEO Who's Funding Anti-Reform Effort:
Sanchez started simply, asking Scott, the founder of Conservatives for Patients' Rights, if he takes credit for the recent disruptions at health care reform events. Scott responded, "It'd be nice to, right?" before saying he thought everyone should go to meetings, but "oughta be nicer about it."
Then Sanchez started in on him, describing the charges and fines against Scott's company, the Columbia Hospital Corporation.
"Some would argue, and it would be hard to say they're wrong, that you would be the poster child for everything that's wrong with the greed that has hurt our current health care system," Sanchez said.
Scott tried to defend himself, saying other companies were fined in the big health care fraud scandals of the 1990s. Sanchez stopped him.
"How much more wrong can you be than what you just said? Not only is your company screwed up, and you just admitted to it, but you said look at all the other companies, they did the same thing," Sanchez said. "It doesn't sound like a sterling system we have here, does it?"
And when Scott tried to shirk responsibility for the fines, saying they were leveled after he left the company, Sanchez put his foot down.
"No, no, no, no! You're playing with the facts, sir!" he said.
Wow. More, please?
Also, Pitchman Ben Stein Gets Economist Ben Stein Fired at the New York Times:
Ben Stein's TV ads for a scuzzy "free" credit product have finally caught up to him: The New York Times has fired Stein as a Sunday business columnist for violating ethics guidelines.
Stein was pilloried online for his endorsement of the bait-and-switch operation, which offers a free credit score but charges an outrageous $30 per month to see the credit report behind the score. As Reuters blogger Felix Salmon pointed out, consumers can get a free online report under federal law.
To which I can only reply, "HA HA HA HA HA HA!" and "About damn time!"
And lastly, want to create your own Kenyan birth certificate just like the birthers? do so then please post your result!
Sanchez started simply, asking Scott, the founder of Conservatives for Patients' Rights, if he takes credit for the recent disruptions at health care reform events. Scott responded, "It'd be nice to, right?" before saying he thought everyone should go to meetings, but "oughta be nicer about it."
Then Sanchez started in on him, describing the charges and fines against Scott's company, the Columbia Hospital Corporation.
"Some would argue, and it would be hard to say they're wrong, that you would be the poster child for everything that's wrong with the greed that has hurt our current health care system," Sanchez said.
Scott tried to defend himself, saying other companies were fined in the big health care fraud scandals of the 1990s. Sanchez stopped him.
"How much more wrong can you be than what you just said? Not only is your company screwed up, and you just admitted to it, but you said look at all the other companies, they did the same thing," Sanchez said. "It doesn't sound like a sterling system we have here, does it?"
And when Scott tried to shirk responsibility for the fines, saying they were leveled after he left the company, Sanchez put his foot down.
"No, no, no, no! You're playing with the facts, sir!" he said.
Wow. More, please?
Also, Pitchman Ben Stein Gets Economist Ben Stein Fired at the New York Times:
Ben Stein's TV ads for a scuzzy "free" credit product have finally caught up to him: The New York Times has fired Stein as a Sunday business columnist for violating ethics guidelines.
Stein was pilloried online for his endorsement of the bait-and-switch operation, which offers a free credit score but charges an outrageous $30 per month to see the credit report behind the score. As Reuters blogger Felix Salmon pointed out, consumers can get a free online report under federal law.
To which I can only reply, "HA HA HA HA HA HA!" and "About damn time!"
And lastly, want to create your own Kenyan birth certificate just like the birthers? do so then please post your result!
