What if We Win the Healthcare Fight?  —  What would it mean to “win” the healthcare fight?  —  For some, the answer is obvious: beat back the president's proposals, defeat the House bill, stand back and wait for 1994 to repeat itself.  —  The problem is that if we do that... we'll still have the present healthcare system.

Have You No Decency?  —  Harold Pollack is a professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Special Correspondent for The Treatment.  —  Governor Palin issued the following statement on her Facebook page yesterday.  I quote it in its entirety so you can judge for yourself.

Hundreds Show Up to Protest SEIU Thuggery & Violence In St. Louis (Video)  —  ST. LOUIS TEA PARTY PATRIOTS DENOUNCE SEIU THUGGERY & VIOLENCE—  St. Louis Tea Party Patriots ask the ACORN-SEIU Union— “Don't Tread On Me!”  —  Gadsen Girls, talk radio host Dana Loesch (left) …

August Is the Cruelest Month  —  Protesters are following members of Congress around this summer, disrupting their constituent meetings and shrieking about socialized medicine.  They claim to be following the great American tradition of dissent.  This must refer to the time back in colonial days …

Video: Democrat screams at constituent for asking tough question on health care  —  And by “constituent,” I of course mean crypto-Nazi political terrorist.  You'll find the full unedited exchange right here but I'm giving you the news segment because it provides important context.

Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security  —  WASHINGTON — The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics …

Video: World's worst TV interview  —  Let's say you're a talk-show host and you get the one guy who precisely predicted the financial collapse a year before it happened.  You want to talk to him about the health-care reform debate and the financial implications of the current legislation.

LIVE BLOG: Deposition of Sibel Edmonds Completed, DoJ a ‘No Show’, Bombshells Under Oath  —  Live blogging coverage of the Sibel Edmonds deposition at the National Whistleblowers Center in Washington D.C. For background see previous coverage:  — 8/5/09: Sibel Edmonds Subpoenaed, Set to ‘Break’ Gag Order

House Health-Care Reform Bill Oversteps on End-of-Life Issues  —  The House Bill Skews End-of-Life Counsel  —  About a third of Americans have living wills or advance-care directives expressing their wishes for end-of-life treatment.  When seniors who don't have them arrive …

No Survivors Found as 2 Aircraft Collide  —  A small private plane carrying three people and a New York tourist helicopter carrying six collided in midair and plunged into the Hudson River off the West Side of Manhattan just after noon on Saturday.  At least two people were confirmed dead …

A Missed Opportunity on Climate Change  —  DURING the presidential campaign of 2008, Barack Obama distinguished himself on the economics of climate change, speaking far more sensibly about the issue than most of his rivals.  Unfortunately, now that he is president, Mr. Obama may sign …

Sullivan blasts Obama plans, says bipartisanship needed  —  First District Congressman John Sullivan said Friday that the nation's big problems can't be solved without bipartisanship, but that didn't prevent him from scorching President Barack Obama and the Democrats.

Ten Things Obama Did Wrong on Health-Care Reform  —  Helen's right, damn it.  And look at Gibbs' deflection: “We've had a pretty good week.”  Sorry, Gibby, health-care reform is slowly slipping away.  Don't just stand there.  —  Here are my thoughts on what the White House did wrong, in no particular order:

As Dems fret, Obama sharpens war goals  —  President Barack Obama next month will send Congress a new plan for measuring progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in an effort to build confidence among wavering Democrats and give sharper direction to a costly and increasingly bloody war, White House officials told POLITICO on Saturday.

Paulson's Calls to Goldman Tested Ethics During Crisis  —  Before he became President George W. Bush's Treasury secretary in 2006, Henry M. Paulson Jr. agreed to hold himself to a higher ethical standard than his predecessors.  He not only sold all his holdings in Goldman Sachs …