March 27th, 2010 
My Health The bill could be written so that if Obamas health care caused any Private insurance to fail, or if it turned into single payer it would immediately stop being a Program and would no longer be funded.
The way I see it, if you have trust in your presidents integrity you’d be willing, no demanding that go into the bill.
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16 Comments » December 30th, 2009 My Health 
It can be very frustrating when you are trying to follow a recipe, but you don’t understand the cooking terms used. Sometimes even instructions on a packet of pasta can confuse you – what does cook until “al dente” mean? So, let’s have a look at some basic cooking terms and the language used in recipes:-
Al dente – This term is often used with pasta and literally means “to the tooth/bite”. Boil the pasta until is is tender but still has some “bite”, not soggy and falling apart. Packet pasta usually takes 5-10 minutes in boiling water.
Baste – This term is often used when roasting chicken or cooking meat in a marinade. You will need to regularly “baste” the meat with the juices or sauce to keep it moist. For more details www.tailgating-recipe.com .You can use a spoon to spoon the juices or sauce over the meat or you can use a “baster” which is a bit like a syringe or bulb.
Beat – A term often used in cooking or baking. You may be instructed to beat and egg – simply crack an egg into a bowl and beat (stir rapidly) with a fork or whisk to combine the yolk and white. In cake recipes, you may be instructed to beat the margarine and sugar together – use an electric whisk or beater for ease.
Blanch – A recipe may call for blanching vegetable. This simply means to plunge them into boiling water for about a minute.
Chop – self explanatory but use a good sharp knife and try to chop vegetables etc. so that bits are uniform in size and thickness. Onions often have to be chopped finely so chop them as small as you can.
Cream – Cake recipes often instruct you to cream the butter or margarine with the sugar. Beat them together either with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until they are well combined and the mixture has turned a paler colour.
Dice – If you are instructed to dice meat or vegetables, it means that you should chop into uniform squares.
Fillet – This word can either be used as a noun or a verb. A meat fillet is a good quality piece of meat which has been “filleted”, had the bones removed. If a recipe asks you to fillet a piece of meat or fish, it means you need to remove the bones. This is tricky so buy fillet meat or ask your butcher or fishmonger to do it for you.
Fold – Cake recipes often tell you to fold in the flour after creaming the margarine and sugar and adding eggs. For more details www.apples-recipes.com .Add the flour a bit at a time using a metal spoon and a figure of eight movement to “fold” the flour into the mixture while retaining the air added by creaming or beating.
Julienne – This term is used with vegetables. Julienne carrots are carrots which have been chopped into matchsticks or strips.
Marinate – To coat a piece of meat or fish in a sauce usually overnight or for a few hours in the fridge. The meat will take on the flavours from the sauce.
Pare – Remove the skin from fruit or vegetables.
Peel – Remove the skin from fruit, vegetables or prawns.
Poach – To cook in liquid. Poached eggs are cooked in boiling water and poached fish is often cooked in hot milk.
Puree – To puree a vegetable or fruit is to blend it until it is as smooth as baby food. Use an electric blender.
Saute – You can saute vegetables and this means to fry in hot oil over a high heat for a short amount of time.
Season – To flavour with salt and pepper.
Simmer – This term is often used with sauces or recipes like curry or chilli. It means to bring a sauce to boiling and then turn down to a level where the sauce is bubbling but not boiling.
Stiff peaks – If you are instructed to beat cream or egg whites until stiff peaks are formed, then you need to whisk or beat until the mixture forms peaks which do not collapse and you could even turn the bowl upside down without the mixture immediately falling out.
Stir-fry – To stir-fry is to cook meat and/or vegetables in a wok at a high temperature. Stir-fry packs can be found in supermarkets and all you have to do is fry them briefly in hot oil in a wok, add sauce or spices and serve with noodles or rice.
Whisk – Use an electric whisk or a hand whisk to beat something like cream.
Hopefully these explanations will help you to feel more confident when using recipes.
December 27th, 2009 My Health Democrats strike a deal to shore up the final vote they need to pass health care reform in the Senate.
By toughening restriction on abortion coverage, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has agreed to support the plan.
The President calls Saturday’s compromise a major step forward in providing health insurance to the millions living without.
But, Senator Tom Coburn calls it a fraud that will lead to taxpayer funded abortions. The Oklahoma republican was one of the first to speak out against the bill.
Senator Coburn says Saturday’s developments put the country on the path for federally funded abortions. But his critics call the Senator’s posturing an empty gesture.
“The negotiations, whoever did them, threw unborn babies under the bus,” said Sen. Tom Coburn, (R) Oklahoma.
An angry Senator Tom Coburn took to the podium shortly after it was learned that Nebraska democrat Ben Nelson agreed to a healthcare reform compromise.
The bill has restrictions on abortion coverage in policies sold inside the government exchanges.
States would be permitted to ban insurance coverage of abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life. It also creates a way to keep funds that would be used to pay for abortions separated from federal subsidy dollars flowing to health plans.
In states where coverage is permitted, consumers must notify the company they want it and pay for it separately.
But Senator Coburn says there’s no way to keep federal money separated unless abortions are strictly prohibited in a public plan.
“For the first time in the history of this country, under this bill, federal tax dollars will be used to pay for abortions,” said Sen. Coburn.
But Oklahoma democrats say the senator’s anger is misguided.
“Clearly he’s just putting a series of political stunts ahead of doing what’s right for Oklahoma or Oklahoma families,” said Karina Henderson, Oklahoma Democratic Party.
Karina Henderson says Senator Coburn should spend more time at the bargaining table than in front of the microphones.
“I think what Senator Coburn is doing is using a divisive issue as an excuse for his own failures to govern,” said Karina Henderson.
The Congressional Budget Office said the Senate bill would extend coverage to more than 30 million Americans who lack it. But Senator Coburn says it simply goes too far to fund a procedure that pro-life groups say should stay out of the government wallet.
The other health care plans under consideration all ban the use of government money to pay for abortions.
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn’s news release:
“This reprehensible and deceptive agreement is a historic and radical shift in policy that will require taxpayers to pay for abortion. The American people will be outraged when they realize this so-called compromise is a farce. I can’t imagine there is a single pro-life taxpayer in Nebraska, or any other state, who would agree to pay to end the lives of the unborn for a never-ending Medicaid earmark or tax breaks for insurance companies. Unfortunately, Senators Reid and Nelson disagree,” Dr. Coburn said.
“The fact that the most ardent pro-choice Senators support this agreement while pro-life groups, such as the National Right to Life Committee, oppose it should send a chilling signal to taxpayers in Nebraska and across America. Majority Leader Reid wants to rush this phony agreement through the Senate precisely because he does not want the American people to have time to understand its implications. Yet, in spite of these efforts to mislead the public, the American people will grasp and understand this decision and they will hold accountable anyone who defends sacrificing the unborn on the altar of political expediency,” Dr. Coburn said.
“Senators Reid, Nelson and others are using Enron-style accounting gimmicks to justify this radical shift in policy. Their claim that federal dollars will be separated from private dollars paid by premiums is a farce and they know it. In reality, the dollars will be fungible and mixed just as Social Security ‘trust fund’ dollars are used to finance other areas of government,” Dr. Coburn said. “The fact is this agreement, which was allegedly reached after weeks of gut-wrenching negotiations, is an elaborate charade. This new language is identical to, or worse than, the underlying abortion language in the Reid bill. Senators Reid, Nelson and others will have great difficulty convincing taxpayers that they were working to accomplish something other than carving out special favors for particular states.”
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