You're a real card and you ought to be dealt with. :D

Don't I wish! :D

Michale.....

We're already halfway to single-payer.

You're a real card and you ought to be dealt with. :D

Hmmmmmm

Who has mentioned that concept several times in the last few months???

Hmmmmmmmm

"Who was it that said, 'Those who can't think, fight?' Oh... I guess it was ME!"
-Judy Robinson, LOST IN SPACE

:D

I think ya'all better prepare yourselves to make good on your threats. Because it doesn't look like Obama HealthCare has much more of a chance than Hillary HealthCare had.

So, ya'all might just have to live up to that deal you made...

Which will ensure that my prediction of a 2010 blowout for the GOP will come to pass..

Michale.....

one line i'm glad you repeated in more than one talking point was "NOT GOOD ENOUGH." I know that democrats tend to get bored by repeating slogans, but that one, as well as "NO EXCUSES" could really span across a number of different issues.

trigger? co-op? anything less than a strong public option?

NOT GOOD ENOUGH, and NO EXCUSES.

bank bail-outs? "stimulus" packages? anything that pays investment bankers to take away people's homes?

NOT GOOD ENOUGH, and NO EXCUSES.

That is -- without doubt -- the coolest thing I've ever seen a high school band perform. The singer was a little off on her timing, but man those kids are really good!

It's nine minutes long, and only Part 1 of the First Impression, but it is well worth downloading. Thanks for pointing it out!

(From HuffPost)
Nutcase -

I hear where you're coming from, but I have to say that Obama himself was one of the leaders in putting us where we are now -- by (1) never supporting single-payer as a candidate, and (2) saying over and over again "if we were starting from scratch, single-payer would likely be the best way to go. But we're not. So we're not really going to seriously consider it."

Max Baucus having doctors arrested was egregious, but Obama himself was the one who largely took this off the table before the debate even started. Like it or not, that's where we are now.

-CW

Mildmannered -

I got this question over at DemocraticUnderground as well. I direct you to FTP [83] from two weeks ago. Check out the MIDOTW section for a list of people keeping track of health care lobbyist money.

http://www.change-congress.org is a good place to start...

PrincipiaChamp and RumiSouth -

I always wonder, when I get inspired to do these "rant" columns, whether I'm going too far or just getting too far over the top. "Should I pull back?" I wonder. But, usually, I wonder this after I've already written the damn thing, so I just go ahead and post it to see what people think. C'est la vie. I have to say, surprisingly (to me) these have been some of my most popular columns. But it's always a risk... I mean, EVERY single person who was alive in the 1970s has heard this song on the radio about A HUNDRED THOUSAND TIMES, but is it relevant to the whippersnapper demographic today? I wonder, but, again, it's usually after I post....

So hearing your kind words is especially warm to my heart on days when I take risks like this.

:-)

-CW

As is normal for this time of year for an O's fan...

...no, I do not want to talk baseball.

Sigh.

I will check out the links, though.

:-)

-CW

I wonder if I might be so bold as to suggest a candidate for consideration for a future MIDOTW award...no, not him...

Check this out...

http://vetvoice.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=4204CBC5110EAD5F80E5174D443766F1?diaryId=2933

http://vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2935

By the way, watch any basball tonight? Heh heh

The only thing I would substitute is "email." Since the anthrax attacks, physical (snail) mail takes as long as 4-5 weeks to be screened before your Congresscritter gets it. So, just a word of caution to everyone, use email or pick up the phone. Go to house.gov or senate.gov for contact info for your reps...

:-)

-CW

I think you are right that now is the time for the public to speak out and let their members of congress know that they will not be voting for them - no matter how much money they have to spend on campaign adds - at the midterm if we do not have a strong public option in the healthcare reform bill.

Money and the influence that comes with it is what is driving this debate. Until we show Congress that we are serious there will be no real improvement in healthcare in this country.

...Stan