Arkady's Thoughts

On today's episode, Hanna explores the virtues of entrepreneurship and self reliance with her new found friend Tresa! Tresa gives Hanna some much needed relationship advice, advice sure to be useful in life's challenging ordeals. In terms of the ACORN saga, the excitement is starting to wear off. Not only has Tresa firmly proven to be unhinged, but her stories of murder and violence appear to be largely exaggerated . Personally, the first three videos were far more incriminating than the ramblings of Tresa Kaelke . Here is the second part, but it's hard to hear and rather unexciting.

According to theHill .com it appears that the last vestige of Republican support has melted away in the form of Olympia Snowe who expressed concerns over the budgetary constraints the health reform bill poses. When a woman who voted for the 787 Stimulus package is concerned over price, you got a problem! Max Baucus feels he addresses some of the concerns put forth by critics, specifically payment of the program. In the speech to Congress, Obama suggested the Democrat's bill will not add one cent to our deficit by matching every expenditure with a cut. He also maintained NOTHING will change for those currently insured. OK , let's see how this holds up. The proposal is as following: Fees on insurance companies, drug makers, medical device manufacturers and insurers. Tax of 35 percent on insurance plans costing more than $8,000 for individuals and $21,000 for families, applied to premium amounts over the threshold. Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. A fee on employers whose worker...