skippy the bush kangaroo

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

he's good enough...he's smart enough

and gosh darn-it...he's kickin' some intellectual butt in congress...
one of the highlights of the hearing was when sen. al franken (d-mn) questioned hudson institute senior fellow diana furchtgott-roth about medical bankruptcies. franken asked furchtgott-roth — who claimed that moving towards a european-style system of universal health care would increase bankruptcies — about how many medical bankruptcies there were in countries that have universal health care, like switzerland and france. furchtgott-rott repeatedly told franken that she didn’t “have that number,” and franken informed her that the number was actually zero - think progress

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Franken rocks
commented by Blogger AArdvarker, 4:42 AM PDT  
Franken has hit the ground running. He also did a bill that would allow civilians working in Iraq and other places to sue their employers in courts here in the U.S. for things that happen on the job over there. My opinion of Franken gets better as time goes on because of what he is doing in D.C.
commented by Blogger Kulkuri, 7:42 AM PDT  

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