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Michele Bachmann Gets Crazy; Says Obama Could Dictate That Women Just Have 1 Baby
Just in time for this week’s latest debate on women and birth control, Michele Bachmann jumps in with her opinion–and it’s a doozy. According to the fine congresswoman, Obama’s contraception mandate requiring religious organizations to cover birth control could lead to our government limiting how many babies are born per family. Communist China, anyone? More »
New Book Alleges Sarah Palin Snorted Cocaine; I’m Not Turned Off
In his new book, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, Joe McGinniss reveals something that I’m sure he thought would shock people: Palin has snorted cocaine. Off an overturned 55-gallon drum during a snowmobile excursion, no less. Along with this allegation, he also claims she had her share of affairs and domestic struggles at home. (But let’s stick with the health-indiscretions of doing drugs for now.) Aside from trying to picture Miss Going Rogue herself snorting coke and then attempting to drive a snowmobile (let’s hope she was out in the middle of Alaska’s nowhere), I don’t see how this affects my–or anyone’s–political view of her. More »
Should Obama Bypass Senate to Appoint Health Care Official?
President Obama announced yesterday that he will bypass congress to appoint Dr. Donald M. Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The decision, called a “recess appointment”, is going through while senate is in recess, which many find surprising because it’s only in recess for a short amount of time.
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said that the appointment is needed to carry out the new health care law, which calls for big changes in both… More »
President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
With President Obama’s recent nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, conservatives are busy trying to find some dirt on Kagan that will sully the nomination. The best (or worst, I guess) they can come up with are Kagan’s days as the dean of Harvard Law School. In 2004, Kagan kicked Pentagon recruiters off of campus because of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits openly gay citizens to enter the armed forces. After the government threatened to… More »
President Obama’s Cancer Panel: Carcinogens are Everywhere
The President’s Cancer Panel reports that Americans are surrounded by cancer-causing agents present in the environment. But before you give up all hope and start puffing cigarettes and chugging Diet Coke like there’s no tomorrow, most leading cancer experts say that we already know what causes most cancers. The experts fear that by claiming that threats lie all around us, people will use it as an excuse to ignore behaviors that are proven to cause cancer, including smoking and obesity.
The… More »
Your Bucket List: What’s On It?
I lied. I’ll admit it. I like to say that I’m adventurous. I tell people that I live everyday like it’s my last. But the truth is, I live everyday like I have to be at work at 8 a.m. the next morning.
Before I leave my office each afternoon, I make stacks of things to do, an order in which to do things, and what time to have things done. I (try to) watch what I eat, because in five… More »
Want to Get Happy? First Get Angry
Last week, a college friend and I reunited via text. She’d read my recent post on Blisstree, and wanted to talk about her new-ish blog. She said her blog was a great idea because it finally put her “foul mouth to good use.”
The more I thought about it, I remembered this woman, Heaven Beiene-Carthon, during college. She never seemed to get stressed. As far as I could recall, she’d never been sick – not even with a cold. Now, to… More »
Read It Like a Man: Conspiracy Theory Books
Patrick Sauer is funny. This is his second “Read It Like a Man” weekly column for Blisstree. Read the first installment here.
Chapter 2: Conspiracy Theories
The Overton Window is a political theory that goes something like this: Previously unaccepted theories become more mainstream when ideas from the fringe are thrown out, thus making the previously stated ideas seem less radical and extreme. (It’s also the title of Glenn Beck’s upcoming novel, natch.) The Overton Window explains why conspiracy theories are… More »
Should Obama Resign…His Cancer Sticks?
Barry’s pounding the pavement to gain support for his Health Bill, but a much more popular topic is his own bad health habit: Smoking. We love to love our Prez, but lighting up doesn’t look good on anyone – even the Commander-in-Chief.
Recently, The Christian Science Monitor reported that Obama still struggles with the vice. We know he’s not superhuman, but there’s something hypocritical about a smoker preaching better public health policy. Does it bother you, or is it just a… More »
