Is "down for maintenance." Or, as Google says, Joe Wilson is Offline.
Wait, wait. Update: Joe Wilson's website now simply doesn't connect. I guess that "down for maintenance" bit was too obvious.
And what's the big stink? I personally think there should have been at least half of that room standing up and calling out Bush for lying when he was at the podium.
Update update:
Yep, this is what I've got for you this morning. Maybe something better later. Maybe not.
....but hey, you do what you want....you will anyway.
Joe Wilson told the truth - the President Lied. JUST WAIT AND SEE - but no one really cares.
ReplyDeleteon the contrary - people DO care. that's why this story is such a big deal. who is lying is better left to someone who can decipher and make sense of the whole "health plan" fiasco. as far as i can tell, right now it's a 'take your pick' issue, so i won't argue your point that obama lied.
ReplyDeletei do have a question for you, though: did you care when bush lied, repeatedly, about things that affect the whole globe and not just americans' health care?
we sure could have used some more caring when that was happening.
but, i'm sure obama would not want me dwelling in the past, would he?
P.S. that same comment from anonymous could have been used when cheney & libby outed valerie plame. wouldn't have needed to change a word.
ReplyDeleteso, okay, i checked with factcheck.org, and they say that joe wilson is wrong - well, not specifically joe wilson - this is from a fact check of an email that was making rounds:
ReplyDeletehttp://factcheck.org/2009/08/twenty-six-lies-about-hr-3200/
False. That’s simply not what the bill says at all. This page includes "SEC. 152. PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE," which says that "[e]xcept as otherwise explicitly permitted by this Act and by subsequent regulations consistent with this Act, all health care and related services (including insurance coverage and public health activities) covered by this Act shall be provided without regard to personal characteristics extraneous to the provision of high quality health care or related services." However, the bill does explicitly say that illegal immigrants can’t get any government money to pay for health care. Page 143 states: "Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States." And as we’ve said before, current law prohibits illegal immigrants from participating in government health care programs.