OK GOP.
Here is your best bet for the next Presidental election.
President: Sarah Palin
Vice President: Carrie Prejean ...(you know, the homophobic, porno vids, wacko religious beauty queen)
They are perfect for your "base". They would also give late night talk shows an endless stream of comedy.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Well, we have a President who refuses to sign the land mine ban, secretly extended the USA Patriot Act, and now has overseen the gutting of health care reform. The only beneficiaries of the hcr Senate bill will be the health insurance industry. The rest of us little measley citizens will be mercilessly robbed, and sacrificed to the god of corporate profit. Obama has thrown progressives under the bus.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Health Care "reform"
Last night I had a fitful sleep. I woke up at 3 am thinking about the botched health care reform process in the Senate now. As a left liberal, I had hoped for universal health care, certainly not universal health insurance. No such luck. Barring universal health care, I was backing the public option. That too went down in flames. Then came the Medicare buy-in at 55. Hmm. I could see the logic in that. But, of course, that got stripped out as well. So what's left?
Not much, in my opinion. We will be forced to buy health insurance, or pay a fine to the government. If you are really poor, the government will pitch in a few bucks toward premiums. Insurance companies will gain 30 milion new customers. Insurance companies will be able to charge any amount that they wish for insurance. There are no effective cost controls. And nothing to stimulate competition. If you have a pre-existing condition, you can get insurance but the insurance industry will raise your premiums to the sky-think five times other people's premiums. As it stands now, middle class people will be expected to shell out 10 to 17% of their income for health insurance- and that is just for the premiums. The co-pays and deductables will be paid on top of that. And, in addition, you know that subsidy for premiums that poor people will get. That comes from our tax money. Don't get me wrong. I want poor people to have health care. It's just that health insurance companies are grossly inefficient at providing health care. Massive amounts of that money will go straight to Insurance company fat cats. And one more thing. We are banned from buying medications from any other country. (like Canada) That means we will be forced to pay 50% more for our medications than necessary. In summary, we're screwed! We are really screwed. When health industry insiders said "We won! They weren't kidding. They won and America lost.
Not much, in my opinion. We will be forced to buy health insurance, or pay a fine to the government. If you are really poor, the government will pitch in a few bucks toward premiums. Insurance companies will gain 30 milion new customers. Insurance companies will be able to charge any amount that they wish for insurance. There are no effective cost controls. And nothing to stimulate competition. If you have a pre-existing condition, you can get insurance but the insurance industry will raise your premiums to the sky-think five times other people's premiums. As it stands now, middle class people will be expected to shell out 10 to 17% of their income for health insurance- and that is just for the premiums. The co-pays and deductables will be paid on top of that. And, in addition, you know that subsidy for premiums that poor people will get. That comes from our tax money. Don't get me wrong. I want poor people to have health care. It's just that health insurance companies are grossly inefficient at providing health care. Massive amounts of that money will go straight to Insurance company fat cats. And one more thing. We are banned from buying medications from any other country. (like Canada) That means we will be forced to pay 50% more for our medications than necessary. In summary, we're screwed! We are really screwed. When health industry insiders said "We won! They weren't kidding. They won and America lost.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Mccain is a mess
I think that John McCain is largely driven by guilt. When he was a POW he totally cracked. I'm not saying that I'm a better man, or that prison wouldn't have cracked me, but I watched a video taken by the North Vietnamese of John McCain signing a long confession in front of the cameras. He confessed to many atrocities, including killing civilians on purpose. He probably did kill civilians as a pilot in that war, and much of that was certainly intentional. The thing is that since then he has over compensated by portraying himself as some kind of super patriot, and red white and blue hero.
The other incident was his involvement in the "Keating Five" hearings. McCain was one of the legislators accused of ethics violations. He was one of the "Keating Five." The bribes and corruption that these five men engaged in were a disgrace to their offices. Since then McCain has posed as the man who wants to clean up Capitol Hill. It's just another over compensation to try to undo his corrupt exploits in the past. Sorry bud, we aint buying it.
To this great record, add the fact that he is known to have an uncontrollable anger problem. Just what we need. He is also impulsive, and erratic. A recipe for catastrophe.
The other incident was his involvement in the "Keating Five" hearings. McCain was one of the legislators accused of ethics violations. He was one of the "Keating Five." The bribes and corruption that these five men engaged in were a disgrace to their offices. Since then McCain has posed as the man who wants to clean up Capitol Hill. It's just another over compensation to try to undo his corrupt exploits in the past. Sorry bud, we aint buying it.
To this great record, add the fact that he is known to have an uncontrollable anger problem. Just what we need. He is also impulsive, and erratic. A recipe for catastrophe.
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