The most excellent Garrison Keillor writes about HCR:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

"The Republicans fought long and hard for people's right to wait three hours in an emergency room for someone to take their blood pressure, and they went down to defeat, and now they should stop and rethink their Waterloo strategy. ... If you choke on your shoe during a speech in the House of Representatives, you'll be whisked away to Walter Reed, and specialists will extract your hoof from your mouth and your head from your colon and clean you up and all for a tiny annual premium. It does not behoove men who are enjoying a huge pork sandwich to deny a few pork rinds to others and to grin in the process..."

http://www.salon.com/news/healthcare_reform/index.html?story=/opinion/keillor/2010/03/23/healthcare_in_america_landmark_bill

[mirrera]

1. Awesome...

[patrice]

2. I love this man.

The prospect of perfect harmony is not good at the present time. Happy Easter. Good hroth. Be garful.

Garrison Keillor is a national treasure.

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. I was listening to the Troy, Alabama NPR station on Sunday.

It was one of those typical NPR fund raising shows that we get from time to time, but on this one the host was playing selected clips from Garrison's Prairie Home Companion. I don't remember the host's name, but he gave some glowing testimonials about Garrison and my favorite radio show. Garrison is a genius. I dread the day he retires, for Saturday afternoon will never be the same.