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There are 265 Democratic House members and 59 Democratic Senators with 2 more supposed Independents that vote with the democrats.
In the house one only needs 218 votes to pass a bill and 51 in the Senate. SOMEONE explain HOW the Republicans are doing ANYTHING to stop bills from being passed.
It requires that 11 Senators vote with a solid Republican block or for 48 House members to vote with a solid block of republicans. SOMEONE, ANYONE, explain this to me? HOW in the hell can the Liberals STILL blame the Republicans for failing to get their agenda passed?
Have our National Press reporters, writers and anchors all gotten so STUPID they can make these claims?
Why is it that when someone protests what the Liberals want they are terrorists, but when they protested what the Conservatives wanted they were patriots? Come on explain it to me?
I'll give you a "hint"...READ the article, the author makes it clear...CRYSTAL...
The Republicans aren't interested in health care or how it effects We, the People, our economy or our businesses. They are not interested in debating health care issues...They are only interested in spreading FEAR though outrageous lies and defeating President Obama for their political gain.
"If we're able to stop Obama on this [health care reform], it will be his Waterloo. It will break him...
Senator Jim Demint (R) South Carolina
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHV4nDS501Y]YouTube - Sen. Jim DeMint calls defeating Obama like Waterloo[/ame]
I'm going to send a formal letter to my doctor, we should all think about this, directing him NOT to comply with "health Care Reform" if it means sending my records to Obama and his personal Dr. Mengele, Ezekiel Emanuel
and anyone who disagrees, needs to be reported and put in re-education camp, got it.
Friday, August 7, 2009
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The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological fellow-travelers on the effort to reform the health-care system have been so misleading, so disingenuous, that they could only spring from a cynical effort to gain partisan political advantage. By poisoning the political well, they've given up any pretense of being the loyal opposition. They've become political terrorists, willing to say or do anything to prevent the country from reaching a consensus on one of its most serious domestic problems.
There are lots of valid criticisms that can be made against the health reform plans moving through Congress -- I've made a few myself. But there is no credible way to look at what has been proposed by the president or any congressional committee and conclude that these will result in a government takeover of the health-care system. That is a flat-out lie whose only purpose is to scare the public and stop political conversation.
...
The Republican lies about the economics of health reform are also heavily laced with hypocrisy.
While holding themselves out as paragons of fiscal rectitude, Republicans grandstand against just about every idea to reduce the amount of health care people consume or the prices paid to health-care providers -- the only two ways I can think of to credibly bring health spending under control.
When Democrats, for example, propose to fund research to give doctors, patients and health plans better information on what works and what doesn't, Republicans sense a sinister plot to have the government decide what treatments you will get. By the same wacko-logic, a proposal that Medicare pay for counseling on end-of-life care is transformed into a secret plan for mass euthanasia of the elderly.
Government negotiation on drug prices? The end of medical innovation as we know it, according to the GOP's Dr. No. Reduce Medicare payments to overpriced specialists and inefficient hospitals? The first step on the slippery slope toward rationing.
Can there be anyone more two-faced than the Republican leaders who in one breath rail against the evils of government-run health care and in another propose a government-subsidized high-risk pool for people with chronic illness, government-subsidized community health centers for the uninsured, and opening up Medicare to people at age 55?
Health reform is a test of whether this country can function once again as a civil society -- whether we can trust ourselves to embrace the big, important changes that require everyone to give up something in order to make everyone better off. Republican leaders are eager to see us fail that test. We need to show them that no matter how many lies they tell or how many scare tactics they concoct, Americans will come together and get this done.
If health reform is to be anyone's Waterloo, let it be theirs.
Read the entire article... washingtonpost.com
I'm going to send a formal letter to my doctor, we should all think about this, directing him NOT to comply with "health Care Reform" if it means sending my records to Obama and his personal Dr. Mengele, Ezekiel Emanuel
So Frank, you're offended being called terrorists, but oblivious to your false charges of "NeoNazis" and "Dr. Mengele"...
Please provide PROOF of your charges...
LOL...In America, a country founded on liberal tenets? The age of UN-enlightenment crowd also know as conservatives of that day supported King George...they would NEVER support radical change from the status quo...
Prior to the American Revolution, colonial institutions were generally conservative, including established churches, entailed property ownership, and bondage labor. Local land-owning and merchant elites became powerful through patronage from colonial governors and formed "court" factions in the colonial legislatures, opposed by "popular" factions representing less privileged voters. These conservative elites and their followers are often referred to by modern historians as "Tories", the term later used by leaders of the American Revolution to describe those loyal to the Crown.
wiki
In Colonial times, Conservatives were making musket ball while Libruls were sucking King George's balls.
You need an education.
Conservatism = reactionism
Um I don't like more government intervention in my life and less money in my pockets? I think government is a terrible manager of my life. Mind if I say so Obama healthcare supporters? I am no political terrorist. I am a pissed off American exercising my freedoms every chance I get. Problem?
Um I don't like more government intervention in my life and less money in my pockets? I think government is a terrible manager of my life. Mind if I say so Obama healthcare supporters? I am no political terrorist. I am a pissed off American exercising my freedoms every chance I get. Problem?
Problem? I suggest you consider that our founding fathers CREATED a government...they DIDN'T create a corporate run entity that decided life or death by profit margins...
And I also suggest you study the cost of doing nothing...
Friday, August 7, 2009
...
The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological fellow-travelers on the effort to reform the health-care system have been so misleading, so disingenuous, that they could only spring from a cynical effort to gain partisan political advantage. By poisoning the political well, they've given up any pretense of being the loyal opposition. They've become political terrorists, willing to say or do anything to prevent the country from reaching a consensus on one of its most serious domestic problems.
There are lots of valid criticisms that can be made against the health reform plans moving through Congress -- I've made a few myself. But there is no credible way to look at what has been proposed by the president or any congressional committee and conclude that these will result in a government takeover of the health-care system. That is a flat-out lie whose only purpose is to scare the public and stop political conversation.
...
The Republican lies about the economics of health reform are also heavily laced with hypocrisy.
While holding themselves out as paragons of fiscal rectitude, Republicans grandstand against just about every idea to reduce the amount of health care people consume or the prices paid to health-care providers -- the only two ways I can think of to credibly bring health spending under control.
When Democrats, for example, propose to fund research to give doctors, patients and health plans better information on what works and what doesn't, Republicans sense a sinister plot to have the government decide what treatments you will get. By the same wacko-logic, a proposal that Medicare pay for counseling on end-of-life care is transformed into a secret plan for mass euthanasia of the elderly.
Government negotiation on drug prices? The end of medical innovation as we know it, according to the GOP's Dr. No. Reduce Medicare payments to overpriced specialists and inefficient hospitals? The first step on the slippery slope toward rationing.
Can there be anyone more two-faced than the Republican leaders who in one breath rail against the evils of government-run health care and in another propose a government-subsidized high-risk pool for people with chronic illness, government-subsidized community health centers for the uninsured, and opening up Medicare to people at age 55?
Health reform is a test of whether this country can function once again as a civil society -- whether we can trust ourselves to embrace the big, important changes that require everyone to give up something in order to make everyone better off. Republican leaders are eager to see us fail that test. We need to show them that no matter how many lies they tell or how many scare tactics they concoct, Americans will come together and get this done.
If health reform is to be anyone's Waterloo, let it be theirs.
Read the entire article... washingtonpost.com
Hate to disappoint, but USMB does NOT give awards for lamest, most partisan twisted bullshit articles.
Maybe KK can create you an honorary certificate or something.
Friday, August 7, 2009
...
The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological fellow-travelers on the effort to reform the health-care system have been so misleading, so disingenuous, that they could only spring from a cynical effort to gain partisan political advantage. By poisoning the political well, they've given up any pretense of being the loyal opposition. They've become political terrorists, willing to say or do anything to prevent the country from reaching a consensus on one of its most serious domestic problems.
There are lots of valid criticisms that can be made against the health reform plans moving through Congress -- I've made a few myself. But there is no credible way to look at what has been proposed by the president or any congressional committee and conclude that these will result in a government takeover of the health-care system. That is a flat-out lie whose only purpose is to scare the public and stop political conversation.
...
The Republican lies about the economics of health reform are also heavily laced with hypocrisy.
While holding themselves out as paragons of fiscal rectitude, Republicans grandstand against just about every idea to reduce the amount of health care people consume or the prices paid to health-care providers -- the only two ways I can think of to credibly bring health spending under control.
When Democrats, for example, propose to fund research to give doctors, patients and health plans better information on what works and what doesn't, Republicans sense a sinister plot to have the government decide what treatments you will get. By the same wacko-logic, a proposal that Medicare pay for counseling on end-of-life care is transformed into a secret plan for mass euthanasia of the elderly.
Government negotiation on drug prices? The end of medical innovation as we know it, according to the GOP's Dr. No. Reduce Medicare payments to overpriced specialists and inefficient hospitals? The first step on the slippery slope toward rationing.
Can there be anyone more two-faced than the Republican leaders who in one breath rail against the evils of government-run health care and in another propose a government-subsidized high-risk pool for people with chronic illness, government-subsidized community health centers for the uninsured, and opening up Medicare to people at age 55?
Health reform is a test of whether this country can function once again as a civil society -- whether we can trust ourselves to embrace the big, important changes that require everyone to give up something in order to make everyone better off. Republican leaders are eager to see us fail that test. We need to show them that no matter how many lies they tell or how many scare tactics they concoct, Americans will come together and get this done.
If health reform is to be anyone's Waterloo, let it be theirs.
Read the entire article... washingtonpost.com
Republicans have become political terrorists
The above responses point out the problem. The adversaries do not attempt to defend, modify or offer alternatives but only attack the presenter. This achieves nothing but defensive and offensive posturing and totally ignores the problems.
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If the Democratic plans fail then the Republicans will attempt to claim credit. The danger lies in the fact that if any of the Democratic plans succeed the Republicans can claim no glory and this may be reflected in future elections.
A larger problem looming for the Republicans lies in the fact that the economy will recover. Traditionally the President is given credit/blame for the economy and the Republicans will be viewed as opposing all of the "successful" plans which brought back the economy from the brink. Its not fact but perception which counts.
and anyone who disagrees, needs to be reported and put in re-education camp, got it.
Thanks for PROVING Pearlstein's point...
Ever hear of Pavlov's dogs?...
The only way you fucking NeoNazis get my medical records is over my dead body and at that point it won't matter anyway
Friday, August 7, 2009
...
The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological fellow-travelers on the effort to reform the health-care system have been so misleading, so disingenuous, that they could only spring from a cynical effort to gain partisan political advantage. By poisoning the political well, they've given up any pretense of being the loyal opposition. They've become political terrorists, willing to say or do anything to prevent the country from reaching a consensus on one of its most serious domestic problems.
There are lots of valid criticisms that can be made against the health reform plans moving through Congress -- I've made a few myself. But there is no credible way to look at what has been proposed by the president or any congressional committee and conclude that these will result in a government takeover of the health-care system. That is a flat-out lie whose only purpose is to scare the public and stop political conversation.
...
The Republican lies about the economics of health reform are also heavily laced with hypocrisy.
While holding themselves out as paragons of fiscal rectitude, Republicans grandstand against just about every idea to reduce the amount of health care people consume or the prices paid to health-care providers -- the only two ways I can think of to credibly bring health spending under control.
When Democrats, for example, propose to fund research to give doctors, patients and health plans better information on what works and what doesn't, Republicans sense a sinister plot to have the government decide what treatments you will get. By the same wacko-logic, a proposal that Medicare pay for counseling on end-of-life care is transformed into a secret plan for mass euthanasia of the elderly.
Government negotiation on drug prices? The end of medical innovation as we know it, according to the GOP's Dr. No. Reduce Medicare payments to overpriced specialists and inefficient hospitals? The first step on the slippery slope toward rationing.
Can there be anyone more two-faced than the Republican leaders who in one breath rail against the evils of government-run health care and in another propose a government-subsidized high-risk pool for people with chronic illness, government-subsidized community health centers for the uninsured, and opening up Medicare to people at age 55?
Health reform is a test of whether this country can function once again as a civil society -- whether we can trust ourselves to embrace the big, important changes that require everyone to give up something in order to make everyone better off. Republican leaders are eager to see us fail that test. We need to show them that no matter how many lies they tell or how many scare tactics they concoct, Americans will come together and get this done.
If health reform is to be anyone's Waterloo, let it be theirs.
Read the entire article... washingtonpost.com
