ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or the government. What is the politicians' answer? To have more costs paid by insurance companies and the government.

TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS: “Twenty-five years ago, a little after sunrise on a Monday morning, the front door of my house was kicked in by a man who had blown his mind with crack cocaine. He marched my family upstairs at gunpoint. When I reached the top of the stairs and turned around, he put the gun in my forehead and pulled the trigger.”

Now read the rest.

POLITICIANS WHO ARE PUSHING “for a government-controlled medical care system say that it will 'keep insurance companies honest.' The very idea of politicians keeping other people honest ought to tell us what a farce this is.”

RECONCILIATION: Pickett’s Charge?

An unintended analogy, I’m sure, but ... health care reform is akin to slavery?

MY ARTERIES, MY BUSINESS. Seconds for me, but none for thee.

ON SHOVING A HEALTH CARE BILL THROUGH CONGRESS: “It's no longer about health care reform. It's all about ego now. The president's ego. Nancy Pelosi's ego. This is about personalities, saving face, and it has very little to do with what's good for the American people."