Random Nuclear Strikes

There has been a discussion going on for quite some time about how we label the left.

They like “Liberals” because it is happy and sounds like someone you’d want know. While there is some recent history of the label becoming somewhat of an insult and dozens of leftists whining about how their favorite label has been turned in a “dirty word”, and while most thinking folk have figured out that the name is wholly inaccurate and have, for the most part, remembered to not use it any longer, the MSM has kept on helping their side by forgetting that the name is inaccurate and using it regularly.

Myself, I have stuck to using the other label, “progressives”, as often as possible. Mostly because I know the history of the Progressive movement of the early 20th Century and the role it played in setting up both our modern welfare state and European Fascism. But also because it is rather accurate. The leftists believe in government getting progressively more and more powerful and intrusive and think that this is a good thing, because they also believe that the most of what government does is “good”. Sure, there are some some bad things too, but if they put “the right people” in charge, then everything will work out for the best.

/insert the definition of insanity here/

/insert not learning from history quote here/

Sorry about the slash marks there, typing that shit repeatedly gets old after a while. You know the quotes I’m thinking of, right? Then let us move on.

So now the good man, Brian Mickelthwait from Samizdata UK says that the label “progressive” is still too cheerful to let them use or for us to use to label/describe them. I’ll give him that. It is a happy sounding word and most folks would put it in the “sounds like a good idea to me” column.

So now what?

Personally, I like “assholes”, but some folks take objection to that label and you really can’t get that on the radio or television without the FCC or some other governmental agency coming down on you demanding you pay them money for saying a word.

Help a brother out. Leave your answer here or there. There if you actually have a serious answer.

How can some folks feign surprise at this “revelation”?

They were told repeatedly that this would happen

More patients flocking to ERs under Obamacare

It wasn’t supposed to work this way, but since the Affordable Care Act took effect in January, Norton Hospital has seen its packed emergency room become even more crowded, with about 100 more patients a month.

That 12 percent spike in the number of patients — many of whom aren’t actually facing true emergencies — is spurring the Louisville hospital to convert a waiting room into more exam rooms.

“We’re seeing patients who probably should be seen at our (immediate-care centers),” said Lewis Perkins, the hospital’s vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer. “And we’re seeing this across the system.”

That’s just the opposite of what many people expected under Obamacare, particularly because one of the goals of health reform was to reduce pressure on emergency rooms by expanding Medicaid and giving poor people better access to primary care.

Instead, many hospitals in Kentucky and across the nation are seeing a surge of those newly insured Medicaid patients walking into emergency rooms.

Bad gas? Go to the ER.

Skinned knee? Go to the ER.

When people think something is free, they use more of it. Sadly, more and more of them are finding that it is NOT actually free and are skipping out on these new, unnecessary ER visit bills, leading to more problems for hospitals, and not less.

When you want something done right, the last people you want to ask for help is your government.