August 8, 2007
Extra, Extra: Yet Another Bush Disgrace and More Congestion Madness

- More congestion insanity: the L.A. City Council has just approved a rethink in planning rules to allow more downtown developments.
- Tom Hanks, his wife Rita Wilson and Nia Vardalos have filed suit in Los Angeles alleging they weren't paid their full percentage "share of net profits" for the hit "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
- 10 individuals and businesses face federal charges of accidentally starting large wildfires.
- Officials at Angel Stadium have pledged to work harder to clean up their act.
- The budget stalemate in the State Senate may cut child care funding for tens of thousands of low-income children.
- The bodies of two drowned men were found earlier today in Huntington Beach after being spotted by some surfers.
- Could some routine tests have saved KTLA news anchor Hal Fishman from a premature death?
- 6 antiwar protesters were arrested at the office of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) earlier this morning.
- Virgin America, the newest affiliate to Richard Branson's airline, took off overnight from San Francisco.
- What a total dick: Bush says he'll override the will of Congress and veto the extension to children's health funding.
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Libertarians..
With all the talk of Ron Paul, no comment on this "editorial?"
S-chip is not being extended. Congress is trying to expand S-chip.
They want to extend coverage to families that are 400% above the poverty level and the bill re-labels as "children" anyone under the age of 25. 25! It also taxes private insurance a "fair share" tax so that it can fund a new government agency that will study the "comparative effectiveness' of various medical treatments." Since Congress has a new pay as you go rule, where is all this expansion coming from? Congress proposed to do away with Medicare Advantage, which allows poor seniors to choose from various private health care plans. This is not health care for children. It's a subsidy for middle-class families at the expense of poor seniors and it's an experiment in expanding government-provided health care, while impacting a program that promotes competition in the private sectors. Coverage for people at 400% of the poverty level!!! Come on. This is all election politicking so that politicians can say they voted to shore up children's health care. It's back-door expansion of government welfare!
Knee-jerk, uninformed liberalism at its best. I guess it's not limited to the Editor.