Nobody Wants Health Care Reform Except Voters, And Who Cares About Them?

Jul 21, 2009

It was bad enough when we learned the government was withholding information from us about secret CIA programs and warrantless wiretapping. But this cover-up about how distracted driving can kill you ... this is our generation's Watergate. (Seriously, it's pretty bad.) [ New York Times ]
Guess what happens when you Taser a guy who's been huffing gasoline? He bursts into flames. [ BBC News ]
Peace in our time! Governor Schwarzenegger has reached a deal with the recalcitrant California state legislature to enact $15 billion in spending cuts and balance the budget. [ Reuters ]
People are feeling slightly more sanguine about the state of their healthcare this month, so no need to do all that pesky overhaulin'. [ AP ]
Southwest Airlines, which has a reputation for savvy fuel-price hedging, ended up on the wrong side of the market for most of 2009 and as a result their Q2 profits look pretty bad. [ Wall Street Journal ]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the nation's largest health insurance lobby are releasing separate ad campaigns to show they support a health care overhaul, just not one that has a prayer of making it through Congress or that actually overhauls anything. [ Wall Street Journal ]