States Fighting Health-Care Act Don't Have Precedent On Their Side | Crooks and Liars

I do believe that the phrase "hoist on their own petard" comes to mind here:

States Fighting Health-Care Act Don't Have Precedent On Their Side | Crooks and Liars:

Reporting from Washington - Lawsuits from 14 states challenging the constitutionality of the new national healthcare law face an uphill battle, largely due to a far-reaching Supreme Court ruling in 2005 that upheld federal restrictions on home-grown marijuana in California.

But this week, Obama administration lawyers pointed to Scalia's opinion as supporting the constitutionality of broad federal regulation of health insurance, and most legal experts agreed.

I hate the individual mandate without a public option and I want to do everything possible to fix that, but pissing off Republicans just makes me smile. The fact that it's Scalia opinion that burning them on this, is just a gift. Hee.

An open letter to conservatives | AmericanDad's Blog

AmericanDad at TPM offers this INCREDIBLE list of Republican crimes and offenses against decency, logic, and citizenship:

An open letter to conservatives | AmericanDad's Blog: "Your party -- the GOP -- and the conservative end of the American political spectrum has become irresponsible and irrational. Worse, it's tolerating, promoting and celebrating prejudice and hatred. Let me provide some examples -- by no means an exhaustive list -- of where the Right as gotten itself stuck in a swamp of hypocrisy, hyperbole, historical inaccuracy and hatred.

If you're going to regain your stature as a party of rational, responsible people, you'll have to start by draining this swamp:"

It's long, but go read it.