Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Well, we've got a little situation here at AMERICAblog. John may have to get emergency eye surgery as a follow up to his eye problems last week. Until then, he's forbidden to do any reading -- so he better not be reading this. And, he has to stay on his side 24 hours/day until they decide what to do. Literally, on his side. (He tells me he has his laptop sideways on his desk, and it works.) It sounds a little intense. Chris in on vacation with his wife. So, for the next couple days, it's just me. There's plenty to write about. I'll try to stay on top of everything. Just bear with me.

Your president is heading to North Carolina and Virginia today to talk about health care. He should travel up to Capitol Hill to knock some sense into the Blue Dogs, Max Baucus and Kent Conrad. Those idiots are selling out the Democratic party -- and Barack Obama.

It's hard to believe the House and Senate are going home without passing health care reform. Not many of us can take a month-long vacation without completing our work. But, they all have excellent, taxpayer-funded health care. Although, maybe, with H1N1 on the Hill, they should all be quarantined til they get reform done -- and done right. (Can you imagine a worse torture than being quarantined with the likes of Jim DeMint and Michelle Bachmann?)

Let's get this started...