Which is why I introduced H.R. 4789, the Public Option Act. This simple four-page bill lets any American buy into Medicare at cost. You want it, you pay for it, you’re in. It adds nothing to the deficit; you pay what it costs.

Let’s face it. Health insurance companies charge as much money as possible, and they provide as little care as possible. The difference is called profit. You can’t blame them for it; that’s what a corporation does. Birds got to fly, fish got to swim, health insurers got to rip you off. And if you get really expensive, they’ve got to pull the plug on you. So for those of us who would like to stay alive, we need a public option……………………………………And to the right-wing loons who call it socialism, we say, “if you want to be a slave to the insurance companies, that’s fine. If you want 30% of your premiums to go to ‘administrative costs’ and billion-dollar bonuses for insurance CEOs who figure out new and creative ways to deny you the care you need to stay healthy and alive, that’s fine. But don’t you try to dictate to me that I can’t have a public option!”

http://www.opednews.com/articles/HR-4789-and-The-Public-Opt-by-Alan-Grayson-100313-437.html

Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama’s health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.

“It won’t be long,” before lawmakers vote, predicted Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She said neither liberals’ disappointment over the lack of a government health care option nor a traditional mistrust of the Senate would prevent passage in the House.

At the White House, officials worked to maximize Obama’s influence over lawmakers who control the fate of legislation that has spawned a yearlong struggle. They said he would delay his departure on an Asian trip for three days – until March 21 – and he will go to Ohio next week for a campaign-style pitch for his health care proposals.

The delay gives congressional leaders much-needed breathing room to finish the legislation and nail down support from wavering lawmakers.

continued here…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/12/democrats-link-student-ai_n_497686.html

In the United States, Dan Shea, an attorney for several victims, has introduced the Ratzinger letter in court as evidence that the church was trying to obstruct justice. He has argued that the church impeded civil reporting by keeping the cases secret and “reserving” them for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

“This is an international criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice,” Shea told The Associated Press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/12/popes-former-diocese-admi_n_497167.html

VATICAN CITY — Germany’s sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later abused children.

The pontiff is also under increasing fire for a 2001 Vatican document he later penned instructing bishops to keep such cases secret.

The revelations have put the spotlight on Benedict’s handling of abuse claims both when he was archbishop of Munich from 1977-1982 and then the prefect of the Vatican office that deals with such crimes – a position he held until his 2005 election as pope.

more here….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/12/popes-former-diocese-admi_n_497167.html

“Speakers made with carbon nanotube sheets are extremely thin, light and almost transparent,” Kozlov said. “They have no moving parts and can be attached to any surface, which makes the surface acoustically active. They can be concealed in television and computer screens, apartment walls, or in the windows of buildings and cars. The almost invisible strands form films that can “talk.’”

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Invisible-speakers-powered-by-martinweiss-100312-503.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDntUxPN2PQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farrell_(rugby_league)

Anyway gaffers, I’d bet against it having happened, but there would still be a few old timers out there who would know for sure if the Saying No To Bumper story was ridgy didge.
Bozo and Johnny Raper would know the truth for sure.

Maybe it was Chapelli ?
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19730520&id=cxIfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qOUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6293,3941780

I would imagine if that happened Bumper would have paid him another visit at another time.