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November 17, 2009 at 12:16:22

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I know some of my words are not nice-- crude, vulgar-- but if you're not thinking something like them, you don't get it. And if you have been thinking them, but don't want to say them, send your legislator my article.

Just thinking. The current legislation that the Democrats have celebrated in the House is a pile of shit, an incredible insult.
People are dying.

Tell your legislators in congress what you think of their health reform.


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People are enslaved in jobs they hate, abused by employers, because they can't afford to leave because they'd lose healthcare coverage.

What have they offered us?
-a four year wait for a plan that affects hardly any Americans.
-no controls on drug costs, and every likelihood that co-pays will go through the roof, since raising co-pay is one way to cut monthly insurance rates.

-We should expect rates to go up and benefits to keep shrinking.

-The current version is a horrific affront to women-- the 60+% of whom voted for Democrats-- that they would have no rights to control their bodies and no abortion rights. Disgusting. It's amazing Pelosi not only allowed the amendment to reach the House floor, but that she celebrates any legislation that cuts women's rights.

There are a handful of legislators who are calling for single payer. That is the only legislation worth talking about. The majority of the population wants it. America desperately needs it. I can't see myself voting for anyone who doesn't support it.

So, when the Senate starts working with the House's bit of garbage health reform, let your senator know that anything less than single payer is an insult and a shameful failure to do what needs to be done.

Let him or her know that waiting four years is obscene.

Make it clear to all your legislators that what they've done so far is not enough.

There are teabaggers (see the wikipedia explanation of Teabagging) who oppose single payer. I can see legislators opposing it because they are whores who have sold out their constituents to health care companies. But the grassroots idiocracy is another story. These are the dumbest, most deluded, mislead lemmings in American history. They will be remembered as a movement of fools and idiots, dupes who bought the lies of Sarah Palin, Glen Beck, Fox News and the right wing echo chamber that was used by corporatists to take America from First to Third world status.

History does funny things. If the teabaggers win, which is possible, then they will be lauded as rescuing America. That will be history written in the US of Teabaggery. But outside the US, where truth may still see daylight, they will be seen as the moronic idiots that they are.

It's time to remember that health care is a human right, a civil right, and those who block it are no different than those who have engaged in blocking other human rights. It's time to remember that even after 40 years of equal rights for blacks, there are still tens of millions of racists. The toxic dregs of humanity don't go away. They linger, putting brakes on human progress. Now we face a new challenge to fight these dark forces. It will take the same kinds of strategies that freedom riders and protesters who supported Martin Luther King in the sixties south and those who supported the fighters against Apartheid in South Africa used.

Congress must be told that their best so far is not even close to good enough. The current incarnation of the public option is a sham. It will set back progress. Tell your legislators. Raise your voice. Let them know that they are not even close yet. Tell them to find their spines.

 

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The incredible insult by Bryna Hellmann on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:27:12 PM
How by Michael Dewey on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:31:10 PM
A third party by Scott Baker on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:29:31 AM
have you seen TeaBomb.com? by daveys on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:28:43 PM
Why not a better proposal by BFalcon on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:38:52 PM
Compromise is a dirty word by The Old Codger on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:25:12 AM
First,, access for all by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:11:46 PM
Why not this? by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:56:15 PM
A Magic of words by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:56:35 PM
I can give you my ten cents worth BFalcon by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:29:12 AM
Read Old Codger above by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:15:10 PM
I'm listening by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:00:20 PM
Here is the short version by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:03:02 PM
That is absolute nonsense by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:07:11 PM
I am not for compromising by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:05:52 PM
End the war in Afghanistan.. by Michael Shaw on Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:19:57 PM
Q: "...which single payer model...? by Terry Adcock on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:47:08 AM
I believe I know the gist by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:21:42 PM
Take Action for True Health Reform by David Schwab on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:12:44 PM
How by Michael Dewey on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:27:06 PM
Mr Dewey by Michael Shaw on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:26:39 PM
The color of change by Jim Prues on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:43:52 PM
How by Michael Dewey on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:42:28 PM
Obama is a good president by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:27:50 PM
He isn't listening to us at all.... by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:56:01 PM
Just be realistic by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:20:25 PM
Rep Alan Grayson D-FL Has Begun a Solution by Jason Paz on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:53:53 PM
Bravo Rob! by Michael Shaw on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:21:35 PM
An Alternative View by Jim Bennett on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:36:34 PM
sounds viable-- a completely universal health care system by Rob Kall on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:22:09 PM
Replace Medicare? by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:37:09 AM
Doomed from the start by Scott Baker on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:20:19 AM
Many Americans will lose by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:28:10 PM
I support most of your view by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:34:05 PM
Exactly - They Can Stick It by Ed Encho on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:42:15 PM
Yep by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:36:43 PM
Progressive Poop by Techknowledgie on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:23:14 PM
Here's the really depressing thing... by FAITHCARR on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:16:24 PM
Welcome by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:43:26 PM
Faith by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:49:35 AM
I'm with you, and... by Bob Fireovid on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:19:49 PM
How by Michael Dewey on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:50:00 PM
Well Bob by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:05:20 AM
Inappropriate Language by Marcus B on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:17:44 AM
STATE OF EMERGENCY by mollycruz on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:38:29 AM
SIDE NOTE by Blaine Kinsey on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:12:37 AM
the constitution by wagelaborer on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:34:04 PM
The Bird by sandy valencour on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:59:58 AM
Health Care Reform by Janet Loughrey on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:49:53 AM
This is exactly what our worthless representatives..... by Ernest on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:22:36 AM
This is exactly what our worthless representatives..... by Ernest on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:29:12 AM
We should also demand that Obama resign by Perry Logan on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:00:21 AM
Pelosi before Obama by Rob Kall on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:49:34 AM
Exactly... by FAITHCARR on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:07:35 AM
I think a lot of Dems are to blame & bribes explain it by Kathleen Bushman on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:36:25 PM
No, you are wrong by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:47:20 PM
Kucinich managed to get a single payer for states option by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:13:07 PM
Getting the bill is not an accomplishment by BFalcon on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:36:01 PM
This Sure by shadow dancer on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:55:55 AM
Troll Alert! by Terry Adcock on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:31:03 AM
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE by Blaine Kinsey on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:30:47 PM
Sounds like you know alot about teabagging by steve griggs on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:19:30 AM
Yet Another Troll Alert! by Terry Adcock on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:33:49 AM
YOU ARE BARELY COHERENT by Blaine Kinsey on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:43:07 AM
I couldn't have said it better myself! by Caronome on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:15:23 PM
I couldn't have said it better myself! by Caronome on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:15:56 PM
Send ALL the DC bums home - & start over by Kathleen Bushman on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:09:42 PM
Jason Paz is spot on by shirley reese on Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:54:37 PM

 

 

 

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