Newshoggers Archive: We're Number 37

Farewell. The Flying Pig Has Left The Building.

Steve Hynd, August 16, 2012

After four years on the Typepad site, eight years total blogging, Newshoggers is closing it's doors today. We've been coasting the last year or so, with many of us moving on to bigger projects (Hey, Eric!) or simply running out of blogging enthusiasm, and it's time to give the old flying pig a rest.

We've done okay over those eight years, although never being quite PC enough to gain wider acceptance from the partisan "party right or wrong" crowds. We like to think we moved political conversations a little, on the ever-present wish to rush to war with Iran, on the need for a real Left that isn't licking corporatist Dem boots every cycle, on America's foreign misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. We like to think we made a small difference while writing under that flying pig banner. We did pretty good for a bunch with no ties to big-party apparatuses or think tanks.

Those eight years of blogging will still exist. Because we're ending this typepad account, we've been archiving the typepad blog here. And the original blogger archive is still here. There will still be new content from the old 'hoggers crew too. Ron writes for The Moderate Voice, I post at The Agonist and Eric Martin's lucid foreign policy thoughts can be read at Democracy Arsenal.

I'd like to thank all our regular commenters, readers and the other bloggers who regularly linked to our posts over the years to agree or disagree. You all made writing for 'hoggers an amazingly fun and stimulating experience.

Thank you very much.

Note: This is an archive copy of Newshoggers. Most of the pictures are gone but the words are all here. There may be some occasional new content, John may do some posts and Ron will cross post some of his contributions to The Moderate Voice so check back.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

We're Number 37

Picked up by John Ballard at The Health Care Blog.

Here is a little song celebrating our position at #37 in the world in healthcare.

"We're Number 37"

(Lyrics after the break.)

Come one,
Down to the hall
Were gonna make noise

Were gonna bust balls

Were gonna disrupt
Were gonna jump in the fray
I got a list of all the things that were supposed to say
Were gonna get real rowdy
Have a barrel of fun
But were the USA so by the way be sure to bring a gun
And buddy

Were Number 37

Were the USA

Were Number 37

And were so proud to say

We got old people crying at the pharmacy

Pay your deductible

This aint the land of the f-f-f-free
Grandma

Were Number 37

Were the USA

People of the town come on down

And if you got a crazy rumor you can spread it around

I kind of like my insurance and I like my health

The other 47 million can go treat themselves

To some prayer in chapel
Fold your hands and pray

Because we are a Christian nation and that is the Christian way

And brother

Were Number 37

Were the USA
The big Number 37

And were so proud to say

Were #1 one in tanks

Were #1 in planes

Were #1 in war with #2 for brains

Were Number 37

Were the USA

I drew a Hitler mustache on the president

Yea!
Aint that neat

My brother had a hernia operation last year

And now hes living out on the street

Were Number 37

Were the USA

The big Number 37

And we want to keep it that way

Be sure to bring the kids

All of the boys and girls

Because the #1 health care system in the world.

Is in
France???

Were Number 37

Were the USA

Were Number 37

And we got something to say

We pay more for less
40% in fact

Lets bite some fingers off

Shout at the handicapped

Cause buddy

Were Number 37

Were the USA

Were Number 37

Were the USA

Were Number 37

Were the USA

� Paul Hipp 2009

Farewell. The Flying Pig Has Left The Building.

Monday, September 14, 2009

We're Number 37

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