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08/18/09
Just... REALLY?
Me and a friend are probably going to stand near them tomorrow (apparently they're out there all the time) and just fight fire with fire. We'll get our own Obama poster and try to sway some crazies to our side. It's a long shot, but I can't just sit home knowing our side isn't being heard.
08/18/09
Tangent: why does everybody have to be Hitler? I even balked at the Bush=Hitler comparisons and I detest that guy. Find a new meme plzkthxbai.
08/18/09
And it's absolutely reprehensible for Sarah Palin to use her sone for cheap political melodrama and falsehood, but what else is new?
08/18/09
Please do not run for any office whatsoever. I have a bunch of lightning bolts ready if you aren't convinced.
Sincerely,
The Lord
08/18/09
Because I don't freaking get it. I can sort of comprehend the town hall protesters because they are generally uninformed idiots who listen to politicians uncritically but I don't understand why the politicians themselves are playing demagogue.
08/18/09
Honestly, I think the fact that we elected a black president is really fucking with them, and they don't know what else to do about it.
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Or else they'd tell Bachmann and Palin to GTFO and attempt a reasoned discourse.
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damnit, i give up on animated gifs
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There are reasons why certain services are nationalized in a free society -- defense, basic education, social security, transport to a certain extent -- and I believe that universal healthcare qualifies, too. We need to provide a bottom line for our citizens. Each one of the services I mentioned can be supplemented at a private level in this country (from gun rights to private universities to 401Ks), so why can't we do the same with healthcare?
08/18/09
Even the price of the care is misunderstood. They are complaining that the government will charge $50 for a Band-Aid. Have you seen hospital statements? That is how much they charge!
Don't these people read their EOBs? (Explanation of Benefits)
08/18/09
Like I said, I really believe there's a place for universal care. A "public option" sounds like a strained experiment in American capitalism (in the sense that the private care system we have works great, as long as you have capital at any point in the system). Despite the rhetoric here, I'm not a communist -- I've just experienced the failure of our healthcare system at a personal level in my family and it's a rock that will hold this country down until cast it off.
Capitalism, at certain levels, has proven itself to be a catalist for growth and progress, but at a certain point you've got to rein it in where it becomes an obstacle. We've learned there's no invisible hand. Government does have a serious role to play in American society -- anybody who denies that is being disingenuoys. I've heard talk about regional insurance collectives, and it's piqued my interest to learn more. I hope we can figure this out now.
08/18/09
And even if they do, they don't understand them. the average american adult reads comfortably at an 8th grade reading level. the average insurance document is written at a first-year college reading level.
(Consumers Union June 2009 report)
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08/18/09
1. Michelle Bachman's own son now has a job with a "reeducation camp." He works for Teach for America, which is funded by...wait for it...Americorps! Oh, the irony, she is thick.
2. Republicans who persist in believing Obama really wants to kill their grandma do not have a legitimate beef with the health care bill. They are just willing to believe anything bad about Obama personally because they have a problem with HIM. I would like to think it's a disagreement over policy but given the overlap between the death panel-believing crowd and the birthers, I think most of them just don't like a black man as leader of the free world.
3. People who protest and scream about government taking over health care are either completely unaware of how their VA, Medicaid and Medicare are funded (or how much of their own tax dollars fund the uninsured), or they already have health care and don't give a flying fuck about the 40 million others without. And they think they will never get hit by a bus.
4. People who carry around "Death to Obama and his rotten children" signs at town halls meetings are not interested in a dialogue about health care. CNN needs to ignore their asses. And Fox News, which loves any maniac who's against the Democrats, just needs to go away.
5. Obama needs to let Rahm Emanuel off the leash and instead of speaking gently about misunderstandings and misconceptions, just say these death panelists are LIARS WHO ARE FUCKING WITH YOUR IGNORANT HEADS.
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08/18/09
Also, are we gonna talk about the CRAZIES bringing guns to obama public meetings as an exercise of their 2nd amendment rights? Those people make me sick and its all so so dangerous.
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1. "That's really my standard." Is it just me, or doesn't "standard" imply... standards?
2. She sounds like a crusader, or Paladin if you will. Meaning a crazy psychopath who refers to "the realm." I would have preferred "the Kingdom," but apples to apples.
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I need my government to interfere with private, painful family situations involving the end (or beginning) of someone's life. You can't leave these kind of decisions up to just any little ol' woman.
08/18/09
Here, read this one and see if you don't feel better:
[online.wsj.com]
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