You have been sold down the river. So have we all.
We need to differentiate between healthcare reform and tinkering with health insurance. Yes, there is a difference. The entire burlesque these past few months has revolved around the tinkering.
A handful of congressmen offered HR 676, Medicare-For-All. That represents reform. All of the rest of our [...]
Quack, Quack
November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Health, Politics
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Do You Want A Democracy?
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · My Seat, Politics
Do you REALLY want a democracy? The healthcare reform farce we see in Congress is proof positive that we do not actually enjoy a democracy in the United States.
Who is to blame? You and me. Who can bring back democracy? Only you and me. How, you ask. Well, that’s what I’m here for. I have [...]
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One Possible Scenario
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Health, Politics
This is not a prediction. It is only what I see as an optimistic scenario.
What’s going to happen with healthcare reform in Congress? Your guess is as good as mine. Because there is no leadership, no one knows what the outcome will be.
We do know a few things, however. Since it was given away before [...]
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Clean The House
September 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments · Economics, Health, Politics
President Obama is a politician. He is a Constitutional expert but, by and large, he is a generalist.
Being a Constitutional scholar comes in handy in the Congress and on the Supreme Court. It’s not necessarily a bad thing in the Oval Office but being a generalist can be a positive. It can also bring disaster.
A [...]
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Stupid And Useless
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Health
I finally received a response from Bart Gordon, my Congressman. He totally ignored my request for a debate. Now I know why.
I had challenged him before the August recess. As September has arrived, that means it took him a month to respond. It is obvious from his email that he would have had to come [...]
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A Closer Look
September 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Health, Politics
Aren’t you somewhat bewildered when you hear the story of Esau selling his birthright for a bowl of porridge? How could he be so stupid? How could he trade away his inheritance, his special place, for a bowl of soup?
He isn’t the first one. He won’t be the last. Former Senator Bill Bradley caught my [...]
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Alice In Washingtonland
August 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Health, Politics
In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote a classic for children. However, the logic contained therein seems to be the basis for present political discourse.
A firestorm was kicked up this past weekend by comments from Obama and Kathleen Sibelius. Has his “requirement” of a public option itself become an option, a dispensable element of a plan he [...]
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Drip, Redux
August 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Health, Politics
A few of us are unfortunate enough to be able to remember the decade of the 1950s. I’ll refrain from naming names. But, I will if I have to.
There was a major scare back in that strange, misbegotten decade. The “Bomb,” of course. No. Even scarier. The Communists had an even more devious plot [...]
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At The Head Of The Table
August 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Health, Politics
Who’s in charge? Here is an article from the New York Times illuminating the real role that al-PhARMA is playing and how the administration is prostituting itself, unnecessarily.
Be prepared to be sickened. Understanding what they are doing and how they are doing it spotlights just who is in control and why the final result of [...]
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The Wrong Way
July 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Health, Politics
Someone recently asked me what the objections to single-payer are from those opposed. I’m glad they didn’t specify that it had to be rational objections. That would leave me searching for another topic.
My job was made somewhat easier by a column in the New York Times by Randy Cohen, former writer for David Letterman. Mr. [...]
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