Colon Cancer
Pennsylvania has a blogger voice on the issue: Coal Region Voice. Can this state getting something done about requiring colon cancer screening from health care insurance?
Tuesday July 10, 2007 at 8:10am
Six cents per mile
That's the charge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Seems pretty reasonable, so why was it such a good idea to privatize?
Friday July 6, 2007 at 12:08pm
But Could She Do It Without Help From "Blue Man"?
Anita Smith versus Michael Moore. Yeah, I'd like to see that.
Monday July 2, 2007 at 8:02am
Remembering Colin Powell
This wasn't some cheap draft dodger like Dick Cheney trying to sell a war against Iraq four years ago, this was a real soldier. This was Colin Powell.This was Powell: sitting in front of the United Nations Security Council in February of 2003 as George Bush's secretary of state, talking about nuclear weapons and the link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, putting his good name, the name of an American hero, to a war Bush and Cheney had become obsessed with fighting.
And of course, much of what Powell had to say that day was crap. You can dress it up with a bow as pretty as you want but the stench remains. If you have a can of Glade handy, you might want to revisit his words.
Speaking of the makers of Glade, why aren't they one of the "star sponsors" of the 23rd Annual Pennsylvania Chamber Dinner? Because the Pennsylvania State Chamber expects businesses throughout the state to plug down some serious money - almost $2000 bucks for a corporate table of 10 people - to hear this same Colin Powell speak.
Would you want your company to be spending $2000 for your corporate honchos to be hearing - and perhaps even persuaded - by a guy who so dubiously misinformed the United Nations in the most important speaking event he ever participated in? I know I wouldn't want my employer to...
And who are those sponsors, anyway? Who's willing to pay to promote the misinformation by the misinformed?
Highmark - they spent the most money. That's really discouraging for those of us insured by them. What a waste of cash.
Lancaster General. A freakin' hospital?
Comcast. Well, that's not surprising.
First Commonwealth
PCI Insurance - well, they're run by the Chamber, no surprise here.
Insurance Coalition.
Air Products
AK Steel
Armstrong
Arnold Logistics
ATX
BMC
Citizens Bank
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
CTC
Crown Packaging
Geisinger
Glatfelter Insurance
Harley Davidson
Hershey
High Companies
JPL Productions
Merck
Penn Waste - now that may be appropriate
Pennsylvania American Water
Post & Schell
PSECU
Shaner
Soni Diamond Media
Sunoco
Wachovia
Waste Management
Quite a questionable expenditure by all.