Dylan (MSNBC) just absolutely MURDERED a

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health insurance lobbyist!

"Would you support a piece of legislation that repeals the exemption of health insurance companies from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?"

Ratigan was literally shouting and nearly seething with anger. The lobbyist could not, would not, answer the question.

He then said: "Let it be known by our viewers that the insurance company lobbyist refuses to answer the question!"

That was excellent! If more teevee talking heads would be this aggressive, it would either cause their downfall from a lack of guests or it would finally serve to inform, rather than bullshit, us.

[DainBramaged]

I saw that, it was great (home sick)

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18. He just did it again, this time with an ACORN antagonist!

Brought up other organizations that have committed fraud and the republican't idiot could only stick to his given schtick. Dylan sends him off at the end of the segment with: "Thank you for your paid opinion."

[Whisp]

53. 'Thank you for your paid opinion' - ROFLMAO!

I wish every interviewer used that line from now on.

sweetness!!!

[DainBramaged]

34. Up now

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#33070811

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38. Thanks, but that's not the segment to which I was referring. This one is:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#33071405

[DainBramaged]

40. Yup, I missed it, bad me.....

:argh:

[timtom]

52. Thanks to the original poster and thanks to you.

Oops. Responded to the wrong poster, but thanks to you too, dainbramaged.

That was MARVELOUS!

I will be on the lookout for more Dylan Ratigan henceforth.

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60. Not a problem, timtom. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

54. Thanks for the link - that was great!

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59. YW. Ratigan will attack. n/t

[CatWoman]

56. lol

he doesn't screw around, does he?

:rofl:

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58. Not when they let him off his leash. n/t

[UndertheOcean]

1. Bob Dylan ?

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3. Yes, Bob Dylan. n/t

[NoPasaran]

68. "My best friend my doctor won't even tell me what it is I've got"

Dylan was talking about health care way before it was cool.

[meegbear]

8. ANSWER THE QUESTION PLEEEEEEESE!

[librechik]

12. Dylan ratigan, on MSNBC early am--he's totally great! I saw him slice and diceJudd Gregg

with his lame puke talking points on health reform--Dylan neatly refuted every one, leaving gregg stammering.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Wow, perhaps there is reason to turn on MSNBC before Schuester in the Afternoon?

:shrug:

[SoCalDem]

4. I haven't seen Shuster on much lately.. Norah seems to have taken his spot

with Tamron..and he's not even filling in for Keith lately.

Where is David Shuster?

[ShortnFiery]

5. It's been rumored that he has been on vacation and is to be back some time this week? eom

[HipChick]

13. He went to a wedding overseas, and took a vacation at the same time

[ShortnFiery]

17. Thanks HC. I was curious.

:hi:

[Kahuna]

33. Thanks. I've been having the DTs since he's been gone. I..

absolutely adore him. :loveya:

[EmilyAnne]

6. I hope this clip gets posted soon. I'm proud of him. nt

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7. Watch for it here:

http://morningmeeting.msnbc.com

[havocmom]

22. thanks for link

:hi:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9. He was asking the lobbyist if he favored the continuation of

the exemption of the Sherman anti-trust act for insursance companies.

the lobbyist refused to answer and kept on dodging the question.

Dylan said Major League Baseball and the insurance industry are the only two entities that have an

exemption.

[deadmessengers]

26. I'm pretty sure some transportation companies have an exemption, as well.

I used to work for a container ship line, and I remember hearing in my new hire training that the overseas shipping industry has an exemption, as well. It's been a long time, though, things might have changed since then.

on edit: found this: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-154817179.html

[inna]

47. why should they be exempt, anyway???

that makes absolutely no sense!!


except that it allows them to rape us, basically!


I didn't even know they were exempt until I heard about that this morning, thanks to Dylan!

[madokie]

10. I guess I'm going to have to start watching him

cause I would have loved to have seen that.

[Wanet]

11. Dylan was awesome today

I don't usually like his show, but he did a great job of explaining how there is no competition for most of the health insurance industry and that's why they keep jacking up their rates and health costs with them. -- Wanet

[handmade34]

14. he's cooking with fire today

awesome... I am beginning to like this guy

[eleny]

15. And now he went after a guy who is going after ACORN

Ratigan is doing a great job of pointing out that investigations need a broader focus such as going after insurance companies and Halliburton plus other contractors.

[Enthusiast]

20. He is right on track then

because allowing corporations to run roughshod over the country is unsustainable. I guess after the banks did it everyone wants a piece of the action. I'm fed fucking up with it.

[loudsue]

66. You and me both. I'm totally fed fucking up with it.

:kick:

[Lugnut]

16. I like Morning Meeting.

Dylan is usually quite outspoken and he doesn't suffer fools.

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21. I've been watching him for awhile now. When I got interested in the coming

economic collapse back in 2007, I began watching CNBC. I have watched him evolve from a talking head reading his lines to a thinking citizen outraged by the corruption of the system. Then, he was taken from his CNBC show Fast Money and moved to MSNBC. I, for one, am glad they did it.

[guitar man]

19. Excellent!!

The Almighty says stop changing the subject and just ANSWER THE FOOKIN' OUESTION!! :evilgrin:

[SIMPLYB1980]

29. LOL!nt

[kentuck]

23. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours...

Arianna put him on the Huffington Post again today. In return, he brought Arianna on his show. But that's alright. They're combining forces.

[Skidmore]

24. Did you see them talking to Scott Ritter? That was some excellent

analysis all around on facts and "faith" and trying to pick a fight with Iran.

[kentuck]

25. Absolutely!

Very excellent!

[Skidmore]

27. Ritter left me frankly wondering if

Hillary is the right person for the SoS job. I'm hoping that her stand is just a negotiating stance and that the President and she are open to more than the same old-same old hardline BS that is cranked out to maintain the status quo in the ME. Ritter had some very excellent points to make about the distribution of power and the reality of armaments. If we are going to insist on adherence to regulation of nuclear facilities in the world, then the regulations need to be applied to all holders of the technology--Israel included.

[inna]

48. It was great. I couldn't believe that I was hearing this on teevee!

Basically, he said that the Obama administration was going through the same motions as the Bush admin was before invading Iraq.

It was very disconcerting, and the similar thought about Hillary occurred to me as well.

Frankly, I expected better from the Obama administration. I see the entire Iran thing in completely new light now, after that segment on MSNBC today.


(Who would've thought.... Now I'm going to start watching/listening to that guy Ratigan in the morning; never heard his name until this morning.)

[WonderGrunion]

28. Dylan isn't a progressive

But he's a strong advocate for truth. And since truth has a well known liberal bias, that's good enough for me.

[Kahuna]

32. Yep. He has a (gasp!) conscience. nt

[supernova]

30. Anybody got a clip?

I stay away from daytime TV, but I'd love to see this.

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39. Here is the clip of the segment I referred to:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#33071405

[supernova]

41. Thank you so much!

Man, he really bit that guy's ass off!

:rofl:

[Kahuna]

31. I've tried watching Dylan. Then that hideous contessa person pops up..

and I have to change the channel.

[kentuck]

35. I like Contessa...

She doesn't take herself too seriously.

[Skidmore]

36. You haven't seen Contessa in action with some of these people.

I've seen her take more than one conservative liar apart. Give me Contessa anyday over Alex Witt or Mika (still can't believe she's Zbiggie's daughter).

[Neecy]

37. I have, too

She has no use for the fringe right-wing, and she has no problem smacking them down. She's tougher than she seems.

[Kahuna]

42. Yes, I have. I've seen contessa both ways. I don't care for the occasional

bones she tosses. I can't stand her entire demeanor. She's too argumentative. Even when she's supposedly on "our" side.

[euphoria12leo]

44. Contessa ripped Republicans

over their phony "alternative" budget. They unveiled a "budget" with no numbers and no budget estimates. She went nuts. She was waving papers in the air asking, "where are the numbers?" I think she wanted to cut em!!!



Republicans :hide:

[otohara]

46. In This Video She Cuts The Mik on Palin Pal

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

[euphoria12leo]

55. Contessa didn't cut the mic soon enough

I do remember that interview. Ziegler is a pos who has to insult people rather than answer a question. I made the mistake of reading comments below the video on YouTube and people are actually calling Contessa stupid among other things. I'm sure they mean Palin. Yeah, it's Palin they are referring too.



:think:

[alfredo]

43. Ratigan on Huffington Post - Great editorial

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-ratigan/why-would-we-let-them-rig_b_302480.html

[inna]

49. wow! i'm blown away! thank you for the link!

i just discovered Ratigan this morning, and i totally dig him!! this is great stuff and REAL journalism!!

[alfredo]

62. How "liberal" he is across the board, I can't say.

[inna]

45. OMG, I was watching it! In fact, I was attempting to post a thread very similar to yours

when I found this thread! Rec+18!

I didn't even know who Dylan Ratigan was until I heard him this morning as I was getting ready to go to work!

Good job! Perhaps a little too aggressive and loud, but at least he drove the point home! Personally, I had no idea that insurance companies were exempt from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act! Why should they be exempt??? This is ridiculous and obscene!

Anyway, it was definitely very informative. Arianna was pretty good, too. I'm going to start listening to MSNBC every morning now!

[inna]

50. what a GREAT piece in HuffPo!! (see the link below)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-ratigan/americans-have-been-taken_b_285225.html

absolutely brilliant and brutally honest; please read!


i think i'm in love with Dylan at this point!! :silly:

[NashVegas]

51. Did He Explain The Relevancy To Viewers?

That is, healthcos screaming obscenities about government-run single-payer?

[tomp]

57. People, the only person in this world called by the one name "Dylan"...

...is Bob Dylan, the musician. Please, let's have no more of this. If you mean Dylan Ratigan say Ratigan or Dylan Ratigan, not Dylan.

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61. Sentiment justified. My bad =(. n/t

[sellitman]

63. This guy rocks!

I love it!

[madmax]

64. Dylan Ratigan speaks for me!

Rachel, Ratigan, and Big Ed are the only 3 who will call someone out as a liar - in most cases, politely (unless :evilgrin:)and will continue to pursue an answer to their questions. When I watch any of them I don't have to scream at the TV my follow up questions. :)

Let's show them some love - write them and MSNBC and let them know what you think. Then write all the other stations and tell them that these 3 ARE REAL REPORTERS and their talking hairdo's should learn from them.

[Shanti Mama]

65. Insurance companies are exempt from anti-trust, but

the anti-health care reform advocates want to ensure that there's choice in health care? What the hell? I wonder how many people know about the exemption.

[glowing]

67. Honestly, how many people even know what an anti-trust lasw is?

Most people in this country can't make it to the polls.. don't know who the first Pres. was... and many just don't care... They take it all for granted and bitch when it goes wrong.