Katie's just cannot seem to conceal her seething liberalism whenever she interviews anyone from the Right. However, look her up on her interviews with people like Michelle Obama, or Caroline Kennedy, she is filled with such orgasmic delight that she cannot control her sheer delight. If she were a real journalist, we should never be able to tell who she likes and agrees with & who she doesn't. And so her tenure with CBS goes down as a complete flop.
msimamaji, that was an eloquent and well written statement about the need for health care although your statements lead me to believe that you may not be informed of all the facts. Most people (including those heathen Republicans) understand the need and support a change to our current health care system. It's the changes that are proposed that are the issue. How can any change that will allow the bribe of one state to the tune of 300 million dollars be good for our country? How much prenatal care would 300 million dollars cover? I can guarantee you that we could obtain an eighty percent approval rating for changes that would not be bound by bribes or back room deals that seem and indeed do, only include one party. This bill is political and does not have the best interests of anyone but the politicians as their final goal. How can something as noble as increasing the ability of every American to obtain health insurance be limited to just one party? Why would it have to include bribes and back room deals? The fantasy that there will be 500 billion dollars in medicare cuts should certainly get your attention. I couldn't agree more that we need to help every American who wants health care insurance and can simply not afford it but this bill is not the answer. Here are three things that I think eighty percent of Americans would support and would be a great first step. 1) Break down the state barriers imposed on buying health insurance. 2) Save the 500 billion first and put it in a savings account to be used towards subsidy's for American's who want but can't afford health insurance. 3) Pass tort reform. I am certainly not as good a writer as you but I think it's obvious that this bill is so convoluted and expensive that it will lead us to bankruptcy. One other thing, don't forget that the payments to this plan start years before the benefits. That was a little accounting trick that allowed the politicians to say that it will be deficit neutral over the next ten years. Even with that trick, they still had to say that medicare would be cut by 500 billion dollars. I'm sure you can see why I'm skeptical. If this country goes bankrupt, what do you think the mortality rate will be then? In conclusion, I feel as much as you do for the people who need health care in this country, I just don't see this bill as the answer.
Today, the day before the health care debate in the Senate, the church I attend observed AIDS Sunday. The service revolved around John 9:1-7.
That chapter describes Jesus' healing the blind man at Siloam. Jesus' disciples asked Jesus if the man became blind because of his own sins or the sins of his parents. Jesus refuted this belief. Then, he spat in some clay, spread it over the blind man's eyes, and told him to wash his eyes in the pool of Siloam. The blind man did, and he was cured.
I can't help thinking about John 9:1-7 whenever I hear about the so-called health care debate. Jesus healed the blind man without asking about pre-existing conditions and without asking about the blind man's HMO. But beyond that miracle, I must ask the question - Who was blind in this story? The man whom Jesus cured? Or the community in which the man lived, including the religious authorities, who permitted a cherry-picked verse of scripture blind them to the common humanity they shared with the man they branded and ostracized as unclean?
Except for Obama, I have heard little discussion about the need to health care reform. The media in particular gives a lot of press time to the Tea-Baggers, but almost never shows the plight of the 50 million people in this country without health care. As a result of this blindness, 44,000 thousands Americans die each year because of inadequate medical care. (Source: a recent study by the Harvard University Medical School.)
Babies fare very badly in our for-profit health care system. According to the 2009 CIA World Factbook, our infant mortality rate is twice as high as the infant mortality rates of Sweden or France, and nearly 3 times higher than the infant mortality rate of Singapore. Washington DC has the highest infant mortality rate in the country, according to Statesmaster.com; the infant mortality in DC is 3 times higher than the infant mortality for Sweden or France, and nearly 5 times higher than the infant mortality rate of Singapore. As lobbyists are bribing Senators with campaign contributions, a few blocks away, babies are dying. Why am I the only person in the country who notices this.
Like the religious authorities in Jesus time, who blamed the blind man for his affliction, so blame the victims. We claim they are too lazy to work, or we blame them for not earning enough money to buy health insurance. We blame them for being too fat, or for having a pre-existing condition like acne or asthma. We blame them for having inadequate insurance, or for getting dropped from their insurance provider because they come down with an expensive illness, like breast cancer. Like the religious authorities, we are allowing our love for the market place blind us to the human needs of our neighbors
What makes me even angrier is the blindness of the so-called religious authorities, especially Mike Hucabee, which matches the religious leaders whom Jesus violently denounced. Yes, they will mobilize to keep gays from getting married, or for preventing a 14 year old who has been brutally raped by her stepfather from terminating the resulting pregnancy. But they show absolutely no interest in a health care overhaul that will save thousands of babies lives and will prevent thousands of desperate women from resorting to abortions because they cannot pay medical bills.
When we pledge allegiance to the flag, we claim to be "one nation under God", yet our for profit health care system rations health care according to a person's ability to pay. This is a obscene violation of the most fundamental precept of the Gospel. Jesus said "Whatsoever you do unto the least of these my brethren, you do also unto me." Our blind, callous disregard for the uninsured is a jihad against Christ.
Tin foil hat? I wonder if I could get HBO with that? Now listen pilgrim, and listen good...(Thanksgiving...pilgrim...get it?). Get used to this push to divide us. It's what has been done every election with both parties. We have to stick to our guns and demand a change. I don't care if it's Republican or Democrat, Jew or Gentile. If we can get a few people in office who will actually try to stop spending, become fiscally responsible and do what they say they will do. I'm all in. I don't care if he is wearing an aluminum foil hat or if she is wearing burlap underwear. We need our government to work for us. I can guarantee you that there are at least a dozen issues we could get eighty percent of the people behind. Doesn't anyone ever wonder why it's always close to 50/50 on every issue? It's by design. Divide and conquer. Well I have had enough. Together we can do anything and we need to do everything possible to get together.
I'm seeing a bunch of people write "why didn't anyone speak up while Bush was President? Where were all these people then?". I guess we could also make the point "Where are the people who wanted Bush to stop spending?", "Where are the people who said that it's our right to disagree with the current administration?". Blah, blah, blah... Who cares...If the point is to say that we shouldn't try to make things better now because we didn't say something earlier, does anyone really think that's a good idea? That's what divides us...Democrat against Republican. I'm done blaming someone else. We need to get together on a few simple concepts and move forward. I don't care what party they belong to, our government must stop the spending and start being responsible for their actions. I challenge anyone to prove to me that this is a bad idea.
Over the Centuries, more blood has been spilled because one does not believe as another then for any other reason. Whose idea of the Creator is more correct then the others? Are we foolish enough to believe that the written word of Man is the final word of whoever may have created all of this? In the absence of proof, will we allow our intellect and humanity to dictate how we treat the young who look to us with innocent eyes?
Relegion is fine in it's place, however it does not belong in Govt. If you want to strt a govt. go for it, if you want to start a church, you can do it in America, just keep it out of Govt. Jerk or start a Church!
You should do some research on our country's founders, who were religious. Our constitution was founded on a Christian basis. You really should learn your facts.
Grand Pa Mike Huckaby is a slick, smooth talking Grandfatherly figure funded by the Republican Party, Corporate America, and their supporters, which is Corporate America. Never forget this! (Our Brothers, sisters, Fathers and Mothers... We are all doing this to ourselves and destroying our Standard of living in the process because we think the rich will take care of us latter, (Trickle down, forget it, it didn't happen!) In the old days, the large companies provided complete medical and dental benefits over and above PAY!... Mike Huckaby and his supporters don't want the Young of America to know about this. They want things to stay just the way they are, keep the young dumb, even if it's to the detriment of their own offspring, go figure? Mike is set for life, he will never have to worry about loosing an election to a Mexican, because no Mexican politician can run against American politicians unless they are born here, yet, a Mexican worker can take a job from an American worker. Remember, the Republicans will never be satisfied until slavery is fully reinstated, including Grand Pa Mike Huckaby! Globalization- The Globalists could not bring the standard of living of the worlds up to U.S so they, along with the likes of Grand Pa Mikes decided to bring our standard of living down to the Third World so that our Labor would be forced to compete with third world Nations including Child Labor. Look at GM, no more Unions, no more child labor laws, no more Work/Life balance/ No more eight hour work days, where you can enjoy your family and children. No more work/Life balance, just 14 hour work days and hope no one notices. Mike huckaby and his cohorts want Globalization, slavery and they will stop at nothing to get it, including dividing us with issues such as God, Guns and gays, even when it means our American Standard of Living has went from Number One in the World after WWII to about Number 37th in the world and infant mortality that is an embarrasment to where we used to be. Go ahead, vote Republican if you don't care about the future of your children...
What a waste of my time trying to read these comments. It would be nice if you knew what you are talking about before trying to make a point. You have no credibility and you can't even back up any of your claim. No need for me to spend more time arguing with such a looser.
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1) Break down the state barriers imposed on buying health insurance.
2) Save the 500 billion first and put it in a savings account to be used towards subsidy's for American's who want but can't afford health insurance.
3) Pass tort reform.
I am certainly not as good a writer as you but I think it's obvious that this bill is so convoluted and expensive that it will lead us to bankruptcy.
One other thing, don't forget that the payments to this plan start years before the benefits. That was a little accounting trick that allowed the politicians to say that it will be deficit neutral over the next ten years. Even with that trick, they still had to say that medicare would be cut by 500 billion dollars. I'm sure you can see why I'm skeptical. If this country goes bankrupt, what do you think the mortality rate will be then?
In conclusion, I feel as much as you do for the people who need health care in this country, I just don't see this bill as the answer.
That chapter describes Jesus' healing the blind man at Siloam. Jesus' disciples asked Jesus if the man became blind because of his own sins or the sins of his parents. Jesus refuted this belief. Then, he spat in some clay, spread it over the blind man's eyes, and told him to wash his eyes in the pool of Siloam. The blind man did, and he was cured.
I can't help thinking about John 9:1-7 whenever I hear about the so-called health care debate. Jesus healed the blind man without asking about pre-existing conditions and without asking about the blind man's HMO. But beyond that miracle, I must ask the question - Who was blind in this story? The man whom Jesus cured? Or the community in which the man lived, including the religious authorities, who permitted a cherry-picked verse of scripture blind them to the common humanity they shared with the man they branded and ostracized as unclean?
Except for Obama, I have heard little discussion about the need to health care reform. The media in particular gives a lot of press time to the Tea-Baggers, but almost never shows the plight of the 50 million people in this country without health care. As a result of this blindness, 44,000 thousands Americans die each year because of inadequate medical care. (Source: a recent study by the Harvard University Medical School.)
Babies fare very badly in our for-profit health care system. According to the 2009 CIA World Factbook, our infant mortality rate is twice as high as the infant mortality rates of Sweden or France, and nearly 3 times higher than the infant mortality rate of Singapore. Washington DC has the highest infant mortality rate in the country, according to Statesmaster.com; the infant mortality in DC is 3 times higher than the infant mortality for Sweden or France, and nearly 5 times higher than the infant mortality rate of Singapore. As lobbyists are bribing Senators with campaign contributions, a few blocks away, babies are dying. Why am I the only person in the country who notices this.
Like the religious authorities in Jesus time, who blamed the blind man for his affliction, so blame the victims. We claim they are too lazy to work, or we blame them for not earning enough money to buy health insurance. We blame them for being too fat, or for having a pre-existing condition like acne or asthma. We blame them for having inadequate insurance, or for getting dropped from their insurance provider because they come down with an expensive illness, like breast cancer. Like the religious authorities, we are allowing our love for the market place blind us to the human needs of our neighbors
What makes me even angrier is the blindness of the so-called religious authorities, especially Mike Hucabee, which matches the religious leaders whom Jesus violently denounced. Yes, they will mobilize to keep gays from getting married, or for preventing a 14 year old who has been brutally raped by her stepfather from terminating the resulting pregnancy. But they show absolutely no interest in a health care overhaul that will save thousands of babies lives and will prevent thousands of desperate women from resorting to abortions because they cannot pay medical bills.
When we pledge allegiance to the flag, we claim to be "one nation under God", yet our for profit health care system rations health care according to a person's ability to pay. This is a obscene violation of the most fundamental precept of the Gospel.
Jesus said "Whatsoever you do unto the least of these my brethren, you do also unto me." Our blind, callous disregard for the uninsured is a jihad against Christ.
No need for me to spend more time arguing with such a looser.