Comcast already throwing it’s weight around
The acquisition of NBC barely went down, yet Comcast is already making major moves.
Keith Olbermann, MSNBC’s most successful personality has been cut loose by the network. It makes no sense considering Olbermann’s show had huge ratings. It would seem Comcast wishes to move MSNBC closer to the right. The contriversial host of Final Countdown had 2 years remaining on his deal. Hopefully he won’t have to sit out too long.
Comcast has yet to make an announcement, but the rumor is they didn’t like Olbermann’s defiance.
Huh?
Considering Keith Olbermann was bringing in big time money for NBC, it seems like Comcast didn’t like his stance against right wing nonsense. Comcast is controlled by the Roberts family, whom are known to be supporters of conservative interests. Just another reason NOT to like Comcast.
Keep your head up Keith! I got nothing but love for ya baby!
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: January 22, 2011 at 12:17 am | by Ryan
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Political Grand Standing
The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted to repeal the Obama Health Care Bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) Wednesday. The Bill which is called, the “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act” passed 245-189.
What we have here folks is political grand standing. This legislation will not pass the Senate and the Republicans know this. What’s even more pathetic is Republicans didn’t present an alternative to replace the Health Care Bill. The GOP tried to twist the words of the Congressional Budget Office, by saying the Health Care Bill would kill 650,000 jobs. The CBO came out and said this was not true, but the GOP leaders still moved on with their blatant lies.
Time flows like a river and history repeats.
Barack Obama’s Health Care Bill is good for this country. It’s afforable, helps small businesses obtain it, stops health care companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, ends lifetime caps on coverage and allows families to keep children on their policies until age 26.
Sounds good to me.
[House votes to repeal health care law against long odds]
[The truth about the Health Care Law]
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: January 19, 2011 at 7:11 pm | by Ryan
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The truth about the Health Care Law
GOP House leaders are now claiming the Congressional Budget Office has said the Health Care law will kill around 650,000 jobs. Some people just love to distort numbers. The CBO never said that.
What CBO actually said is the impact of Barack Obama’s health care law on supply and demand for labor would be minuscule. A great deal of it would come from people who no longer need to work, or can switch to less demanding forms of employment, because insurance will be available outside that job.
“The legislation, on net, will reduce the amount of labor used in the economy by a small amount, roughly half a percent primarily by reducing the amount of labor that workers choose to supply.” – CBO
Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio and other top Republicans, chose to twist reality and say the CBO “has determined that the law will reduce the ‘amount of labor used in the economy by roughly half a percent.,’ an estimate that adds up to roughly 650,000 jobs lost.”
So basically Boehner and other GOP leaders deleted the fact that the impact would be small, and added the lie of 650,000 jobs would be lost.
From the Associated Press…
The Republican translation doesn’t track, said economist Paul Fronstin of the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute. “People voluntarily working less isn’t the same as employers cutting jobs,” he explained.
For example, CBO said some people might decide to retire earlier because it would be easier to get health care, instead of waiting until they become eligible for Medicare at age 65.
The law “reduces the amount of labor supplied, but it’s not reducing the ability of people to find jobs, which is what the job-killing slogan is intended to convey,” said economist Paul Van de Water of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The center advocates for low-income people, and supports the health care law.
In theory, any legislation that increases costs for employers can lead to job loss. But with the health care law, companies can also decide to pass on added costs to their workers, as some have already done this year.
To put things in perspective, there are currently about 131 million jobs in the economy. CBO projects that unemployment will be significantly lower in 2014, when the law’s major coverage expansion starts.
Some Republicans will stoop to any level. But I expect nothing less from a group of people that claim they are concerned about unemployment in America while supporting legislation and regulations which encourage corporations to ship jobs out of the United States. Oh, and if the Democrats try to keep jobs here, they’re socialists. What a joke.
[FACT CHECK: Shaky health care job loss estimate]
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: January 18, 2011 at 7:25 pm | by Ryan
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