Once again the line is blurred. I’m feeling oh just a little betrayed, but that seems to be the cost getting anything done in Washington. All the southern coastal conservative states are getting their drilling rights, just like John McCain and Sarah Palin promised. The question is, has President Obama made a new backroom deal in exchange for support of the Climate Bill that’s looming on the horizon, or is this just a clear case of “Oops, I thought I was reaffirming the drilling ban, you know… what I campaigned on… who changed the wording here??!! Rahm what did you do to me??!!!” No such luck...
This carefully calculated return to drilling is tragic if not laughable. We have a continued ban on drilling for the liberal states that oppose it, i.e. the whole west coast and the liberal elites from New Jersey to Maine, while the states that all voted for McCain can pollute their coastlines to their little hearts content- the latest version of “win-win” I suppose.
This geo-political executive gerrymandering could be the new vehicle for getting everything done. Just give people what they want in the states where they live- wow! Why didn’t he think of this sooner? He could’ve had full bi-partisan support for health reform if any state that didn’t want it could just say “No thanks”. We could even initiate geo-political tax distributions. If a state opts out of a government program, everybody’s income tax in that state could be prorated lower- and vice versa.
The states that want nothing would pay no taxes at all, except of course for defense, social security, Medicare, interstate highways, bridges, federally funded airports, trains, flood control dams, inland waterway maintenance, park subsidies, main street renovations, environmental pollution remediation, border patrol, coast guard rescue, drug interdiction, federal crime prosecution, human rights abuses, veterans rights, ADA enforcement, US Postal Service, education, student loans, and several other minor items I didn’t think of!
Applying federal guidelines in such an obviously political way is a slippery slope- one I would not even want to ski down! Shame on you President Obama!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Bon Voyage Rush Limbaugh!
I’ve been enjoying the conservative rant this week- especially Rush Limbaugh. Wasn’t he moving to Costa Rica if the health reform passed??? I suppose he didn’t really mean it. I wonder what else he really doesn’t mean when he rants??
According to the conservatives we’ve lost our freedom, tyranny is ruling in Washington, and the country is going to socialist hell in a hand basket. Come November all the Democrats will be booted out of office and life will return to normal, whew- just in time.
I chuckle at the thought of majority rule being called tyranny. These whining conservatives must think democracy is rule by minority. Taken one step farther, maybe the smallest minority would have the most power by their definition of democracy. Yep. Then the party that’s giving tea a bad name could run the government, ole lip stick Palin could set us straight (as opposed to gay), and everything would be hunky dory. You betcha.
Rush has his Hanes in a wad over the name calling too- calls them a bunch of babies. He says he gets death threats everyday. He says it comes with the job. Live with it. Of course if he didn’t slam liberals on a daily basis he wouldn’t have an audience or a program. Name calling is his life blood. The uglier the better. Unfortunately he has a large audience that believes and worships his every word. I try not to think about that too much. I get goose bumps.
Oh well, we got some health reforms. Maybe the people who benefit from these reforms will like it. Maybe some Republicans will get booted for being anti-people and too pro-corporation. Probably not, but the thought takes away my goose bumps.
According to the conservatives we’ve lost our freedom, tyranny is ruling in Washington, and the country is going to socialist hell in a hand basket. Come November all the Democrats will be booted out of office and life will return to normal, whew- just in time.
I chuckle at the thought of majority rule being called tyranny. These whining conservatives must think democracy is rule by minority. Taken one step farther, maybe the smallest minority would have the most power by their definition of democracy. Yep. Then the party that’s giving tea a bad name could run the government, ole lip stick Palin could set us straight (as opposed to gay), and everything would be hunky dory. You betcha.
Rush has his Hanes in a wad over the name calling too- calls them a bunch of babies. He says he gets death threats everyday. He says it comes with the job. Live with it. Of course if he didn’t slam liberals on a daily basis he wouldn’t have an audience or a program. Name calling is his life blood. The uglier the better. Unfortunately he has a large audience that believes and worships his every word. I try not to think about that too much. I get goose bumps.
Oh well, we got some health reforms. Maybe the people who benefit from these reforms will like it. Maybe some Republicans will get booted for being anti-people and too pro-corporation. Probably not, but the thought takes away my goose bumps.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
No, No, No, and No
I feel like I’m living in a Lewis Carroll world of inverted logic. Now the party of “No” is busy figuring out how to repeal the Health Bill even before the ink dries on Obama’s signature- does this make them the party of “Un-No” or “Oh No”?
Many states also want to pass laws that would prohibit the Federal Government from mandating private health insurance. The irony of this sanctimonious GOP opposition is that it was a Republican idea first proposed by Senator McCain many years ago, and as we all know, also implemented by Republican Mitt Romney when he was the Governor of Massachusetts.
This is nothing more than a giveaway for the private health insurance corporations- universal coverage the capitalist way. They're clicking their heals at the thought of 32 million new consumers- not patients. Their stock is soaring.
Mandatory private health insurance goes against everything Democrats stand for, yet they were forced to include it because the health cartel bought everybody- key Democrats included.
The only other way to achieve universal health coverage is by providing Medicare for all. Since that would essentially kill the capitalist health system, hell would freeze over two or three times before we’d see that day, so the only means to universal coverage is through a contract with the devil.
If the Republicans had implemented this bill it would've been as hailed as a pillar of capitalism. Democrats would be screaming, or at least whining…
The bottom line is the GOP hates Democrats even when they implement GOP ideas, or especially when they implement GOP ideas. Duh… Help me out white rabbit, I think I ate the wrong mushroom.
Many states also want to pass laws that would prohibit the Federal Government from mandating private health insurance. The irony of this sanctimonious GOP opposition is that it was a Republican idea first proposed by Senator McCain many years ago, and as we all know, also implemented by Republican Mitt Romney when he was the Governor of Massachusetts.
This is nothing more than a giveaway for the private health insurance corporations- universal coverage the capitalist way. They're clicking their heals at the thought of 32 million new consumers- not patients. Their stock is soaring.
Mandatory private health insurance goes against everything Democrats stand for, yet they were forced to include it because the health cartel bought everybody- key Democrats included.
The only other way to achieve universal health coverage is by providing Medicare for all. Since that would essentially kill the capitalist health system, hell would freeze over two or three times before we’d see that day, so the only means to universal coverage is through a contract with the devil.
If the Republicans had implemented this bill it would've been as hailed as a pillar of capitalism. Democrats would be screaming, or at least whining…
The bottom line is the GOP hates Democrats even when they implement GOP ideas, or especially when they implement GOP ideas. Duh… Help me out white rabbit, I think I ate the wrong mushroom.
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