MSNBC writes this whole sob story, and only casually mention that the reason that the husband in the first example can’t find work is because nobody should have hired him to begin with:

Because of his immigration status, Aguirre could not collect unemployment. He could find nothing that paid anywhere close to his previous wages

And since when did “Illegal” become “Undocumented”?!?!
*fumes*

The non-illegal example that they use is so non-typical that it’s laughable:

“...they were switched into a much higher interest rate than they had been told they could get, ... they found they had been misled about the condition of the building, which needed a new roof, foundation work and many other costly repairs… Their insurance company refused to cover the house and the lender added $400 a month in “forced-placed” insurance premiums to their mortgage payment, driving it from $800 to $1,200 a month

To me, this just confirms the notion that most people losing their homes should have seen it coming.  I also blame the banks that were dumb enough to lend money to an illegal immigrant and a guy who didn’t get a home inspection, lock in an interest rate, and get an insurance quote before closing.  Stop wasting my money on these fools!!!

Where does the government get its money anyway? While 65 percent understand the government’s money is their taxpayer dollars at work, some 24 percent think the federal government has “plenty of its own money without using taxpayer dollars.”

Wow, we’re supposed to believe that Mexico has an effective control of their gun trade even though they have no control whatsoever over the drug trade?  Then the article shows photos of guns that are already mostly illegal in the US.

Furthermore:
The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1

I guess that the donkeys forgot the lessons of the 1994 election.  It’s like deja vu all over again.

He rejected the argument that more tax cuts are needed in the plan and that piecemeal measures would be sufficient, arguing that Americans made their intentions clear in the election.

This bill is a disaster

“I reject these theories, and so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change,” he wrote.

Funny, but I thought that Republicans lost in Nov. was because they did not follow through on their promise to control spending.  Now Obama is claiming the exact opposite.

One of the next Virginia class submarines will be SSN-784 North Dakota.

(We already got ours - the USS Missouri, SSN-780, is sitting partially-finished in Groton in the same location where the North Dakota will eventually be built.

Virginia Class Ship List

(The JC is an extended Seawolf Class)

Battleship North Dakota

So basically the myth that all of these uninsured kids exist due to lack of affordable coverage is untrue.  The parents choose not to purchase the additional coverage for their kids.  Why?  Because they don’t have the foresight to see the need and because they are used to walking out on ER bills and on having medicaid pick up the bill, so they don’t see any use.  These are the same people who don’t carry car insurance because they don’t see a need.

What does the author decide to do?:  Add a quote from some jackass who says we should pay for it instead by expanding SCHIP, then point out that eeeevil GWB vetoed expanded entitlement for these people who choose not to care for their children.

I seriously hope that Jay Nixon is not our next governor.

In that episode, a state trooper stopped a sport-utility vehicle about 1:20 a.m. on Interstate 90 in Bellevue after he noticed the vehicle drifting across traffic lanes. When the trooper approached the couple inside, he found they both were naked and trying to stash an empty wine bottle.

King County District Court Judge Linda Jacke ordered 24 months of probation; a 90-day jail term, which was suspended; attendance at a DUI victims’ panel; and fines that totaled $1,718.

His family presented documentation showing that his SUV has been donated to a charity.

And, Jacke was told, the young man’s girlfriend has left him.

“The price he paid at home was far greater than what he paid in court,” said the judge.

WASHINGTON (CNN)—President Bush on Friday proposed a temporary, broad-based tax relief package aimed at spurring the nation’s slowing economy.

Right now, President Bush is said to want an income tax rebate that would be generated by eliminating the 10 percent tax bracket, which applies to roughly the first $8,000 of income for single filers and the first $16,000 of income for married couples filing jointly.

Democrats could get on board with an income tax rebate if it’s fully refundable, meaning that everyone with earned income would get the full rebate, even if they didn’t make enough money to owe income tax, said Furman.