It is totally hypocritical to criticize S&P NOW for telling the truth about our political system

Let me be blunt: If S&P was a know-nothing agency filled with nincompoops, then they were also a know-nothing agency filled with nincompoops last year... last month... and last Thursday when they had the U.S. credit rating set at AAA. Either they know something or they know n

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Reform, meet Anthem Blue Cross

Written by Editorial | Los Angeles Times | 11 February 2010

The prospects for healthcare reform legislation in Washington are cloudy, but Anthem Blue Cross apparently isn't taking any chances. The company recently informed many of the approximately 800,000 Californians who buy its individual policies that premiums will rise sharply March 1.

Although Anthem provided no details, insurance brokers say they're already seeing increases of up to 39%. That's on top of even larger rate hikes last year.

Why Republican Healthcare-Reform Proposals Fall Short -- Way Short

Written by Ken Terry | bnet.com | 11 February 2010

bnet Despite recent bipartisan overtures by President Obama, Republicans have refused to attend a proposed â€œsummit meetingâ€ on healthcare unless Democrats drop their pending reform legislation and start from scratch. So how good are the Republicansâ€™ bright ideas for saving the healthcare system, and how much would they actually help?

The short answer: Not very good, and not very much.

Taken as a whole, these proposals show that the GOP has not faced the fact that, without concerted government action, our system is headed for disaster.

N.O. US Attorney Steps Down from Landrieu case

Written by New York Times | 02 February 2010

Jim Letten, the United States attorney for New Orleans, recused himself from the case involving four men arrested last week on charges of interfering with the phones in Senator Mary L. Landrieuâ€™s office.

Mr. Letten said that after consulting with Justice Department officials, and â€œin consideration of various relevant factors,â€ he was allowing his first assistant attorney to handle the case.

Google and eBay in furious dust-up

Written by whisperDispatch.com | 14 June 2007

Andrew Clark in New York | Thursday June 14, 2007 Guardian Unlimited
There is nothing more enraging than a clash in social diaries, as two of Silicon Valley's top firms have just discovered.

A decision by Google to hold a party in the middle of an eBay conference has prompted a furious dust-up between the two technology companies.

Rarity: Tabloids Issuing Retractions?

Written by whisperDispatch.com | 12 June 2007

(whisperDISPATCH) - What is the rarest thing you'll ever see as it relates to the media? Give up? The rarest thing you'll ever see is a tabloid printing a retraction, especially if the story is about Michael Jackson.

Aphrodite Jones new Jackson Conspiracy Book

Written by whisperDispatch.com | 30 November 1999

(whisperDispatch) - Writer Aphrodite Jones has written a new book, Michael Jackson Conspiracy, reportedly lambasting the media mindset during the 2005 trial against singer Michael Jackson.