Today’s Water Cooler lineup of off the beaten path online stories are: Chairman Mao Adorns White House Christmas Tree, Democrats Protect Federal Employees From Health Care Overhaul, and Ammunition Control by the Obama Administration.
- NewsReal: Chairman Mao Adorns White House Christmas Tree
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President Obama and our first lady have chosen a lovely ornament featuring China’s mass murderer, Chairman Mao, to adorn our national Christmas tree at the White House.
- The Conservatives: Democrats Protect Federal Employees From Health Care Overhaul
Why is the Senate ‘protecting’ federal employees by keeping them in their own, separate plan? Isn’t the whole point to aggregate as many consumers as possible, to enhance negotiating power and better average risks across a large pool? Further, why force OPM to operate two separate, but equal plans - wouldn’t it be simpler and less costly to merge the plans?.
- Human Events: Ammunition Control by the Obama Administration
In other words, the reasons behind the current shortage, as the well as the price increases on what little ammunition is available, are both governmental and nongovernmental in nature.
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