Comments on: Tell Us Why, Mr. Bush

Dick Meyer Detects An Aroma Of Hypocrisy In Dustup Over Funding Of Health Program For Children

[pugster]

Bush and those wacky 'pro-life' Republicans were up at arms about letting the human vegetable Terry Schiavo to die. However they don't seem to have a problem letting an ordinary American who needed a medical treatment die who otherwise have lived because it cost the HMO money.

[briannorwood]

Don't ya just love that compassionate conservatism!

Yer doin a heckuva job Dumbya!

[cruzn66]

Well, its just one more example of Mr. Bush's "Shaft America" plan. History has shown us that King George II of England had lost his mind during his reign, maybe it's time for this King George to have a mental checkup as well as a physical. How is it, that in a free society, we have given so much power to one person, then allowed him to abuse it in such blatant manner? And yet he still finds support from others who share his views, which are so detrimental to the country as a whole. Someone needs to come to their senses soon, for the sleeping giant of public outrage is growing and that outrage will consume both good and bad. I remember the 1960's, and the storm is coming!

[gkc99]

We all know who owns Bushit and his corrupt administration. Anyone with a billion dollars.

But why the lickspittle Congress doesn't stop him is the question. Sure they are not veto proof. But do no Repubs even have a conscience?

Or are all Repubs just spineless little suckups, or wetting their pants in fear of the mean ogre Darth Chickenshit?

[donteplays]

Many question Michael Moore, but I think he got across a very valid point in his movie "Sicko." Universal health care in the good ol US of A may be as distant as flying cars, but if we as voting Americans select the right people with OUR best interest in mind, then our country may someday return to prosperity....ah, optimism..you have to love it...

Thank you Mr. Meyer for speaking from your heart and mind. It's an outstanding article. For Bush it's okay to pump $700 billion into Iraq and Afgan for the last 5 years but he doesn't want to put $50 billion in our health care system for the poorest children in our nation. I have a question for our "Decider", would God abandon his children for oil?

[soldat44]

What a wonderful article!

Thanks Mr. Meyer.
Posted by CBS_Oliver at 08:01 AM : Jul 26, 2007

+1 !

[gavrielle4]

"President Bush. He thinks the free market is so cool that it should be subsidized by the government."


That's brilliant.

[bluestardad]

CONFRONT THEM! NO ONE IS REPORTING THIS!

THEY BLOCKED FUNDING FOR WALTER REED!

Here are a list of the Republican Senators up for Reelection in 08.

Ask them how much their support for the Israeli lobby group AIPAC influences their vote on Iraq?

Is their support for Israel more than their duty to the Americans living in their states?

Democrats do it too! Carl Levin and Steny Hoyer are two!


Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)



If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

The House Speakers email address: [e-mail]

[e-mail] Here is the Republican Party email address too!

[e-mail] Here is the Democratic Party email address also!

[mrhoppy-2009]

Everybody in America need to know about the HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association)

They operate as a non profit in all 50 states and bring together Insurance, health care, legal, collection and finance for "training" under one roof.

This is the white collar crime syndicate with a secret membership list that has organized the high cost of medicine in America. In Oregon, they are listed as a "Non Profit Family Farm Cooperative" with the State of Oregon. I guess they grow money trees...

Our worthless attorney general hardy Meyers and corrupt politicians give them tax benefits, liability protection and anything else they want.

At OHSU, they got a 50 million dollar sky tram to take the doctors to their cushy high rise on the river so they don't have to drive their $250,000 car down a hill.

Providence Milwaukie is even more corrupt than OHSU. They charged me $6000 for 9 stiches in my hand, gave me an infection after not cleaning all the metal out of the wound, gave me no antibiotic, then the wrong antibiotic (even though they were warned in writing that I was antibiotic resistant), billed me for the right antibiotic to cover up for the malpractice and now are billing me for another $1000.00 for the infection they gave me after they didn't clean out all the metal from the wound.

Who loses and who wins? Everybody on the HFMA side wins and we lose.

[truthspeake2]

Bush never cared about this country or its people. He was allowed to be put into power for basically two reasons; 1) To oversee the takeover of an oil rich country, and 2) To further divide the masses and strip away our civil and constitutional rights. It appears that he and his administration has overwhelmingly succeeded at accomplishing both of these objectives. What's really scary is that the American people has seemingly gracefully accepted all this. If Americans don't wake up, this country will certainly go the way of the Roman Empire and its just a matter of time.

[jjp735i]

Bush is gone in 18 months, but it will take years to undo the damage he has done to the country.

Bush is more worried about what history will say about him than he is of the people he is supposed to make sure are taken care of.

[cbs_oliver]

What a wonderful article!

Thanks Mr. Meyer.

[redfiveuk]

How does the saying go - The Rich get Richer and the Poor get Poorer or should that be nothing - Wow isn't democray great.

[tomtomasters]

Insurance Companies are next to one of the biggest frauds in history, especially when they use the education system to promote people toward making careers into the medical field, then turn around and downsize hospital staff, and close hospitals.
President Bush being worried about a big increase would be the "beginning of the salvo of the encroachment of the federal government on the health care system," gives new meaning to what style or system the federal military seems to be referred to by the President, as they reap the greatest encroachment of money program siphoning from the public in all of US history. Bush has polyops on his brain, giving money to murder but nothing for care.

[mrhoppy-2009]

Insurance companies produce no product other than financial slavery of the poor and profits for the rich. They were once illegal in America and for good reason, they are parasites on humanity.

I strongly object to my tax dollars going to insurance companies. We used to have hospitals owned by the city and they were affordable. Seattle still has one (Harborview)and it is the best in the Northwest.

I am for universal health care but opposed to insurance companies skimming and price fixing.

If our attorney generals and insurance regulators were not part of the problem, we would have affordable health care.