katklaws

The problem for the republican party is that these people are not becoming noise, they're becoming mainstream. New poll numbers released yesterday: 24% of republicans think Obama is the anti-christ 67% of republicans think Obama is a socialist 57% of republicans think Obama is a muslim 45% of republicans think Obama wasn't born in the US and is therefore not eligible to be president 38% of republicans think Obama is doing many of the things that Hitler did Not too bright. The republicans are allowing themselves to be overtaken by Glen Beck conspiracy theorists and e-mail forwards to their own detriment and it's making the entire republican party look ignorant. I know there are very intelligent people in the republican party and there are intelligent points to be made. But the people are rallying around the birthers not the economists and it's killing the party. So, yeah, we think we're right and you're not.

We want a careful system of checks and balances between the public and private sector. Both working together, one without too much power. There is no such thing as 100% laissez faire capitalism anywhere in the world. I sure as hell don't want anarchy.

Where do you get all of these garbage statistics from?

He was? Well, that's not so cool. But he did work on a political prisoner case with me about 15 years ago, and I respected him for helping out with that. But Chuck Norris is just .. ewwwwww ... maybe if he shaved or something. He looks like a little hairy rat. Oh, and he supports HUCKABEE! Yuck.

I am an animal lover, but would hunt to feed my family. I am more concerned with factory farms than I am hunting. Hunting is natural. There is nothing natural about factory farms and what they do. If you knew, you would hunt too and never buy store bought meat again. http://www.foodincmovie.com/

hahahah. Are you delusional? Check your facts. This is not even CLOSE to socialism. And everything tanked under Bush. A Final Weekend of Whoppers? | FactCheck.org Despite the fact that the federal health insurance plan (a.k.a. the “public option”) is now gone from the bill, Republicans and conservative groups have continued to claim that the bill institutes a system like the one in the United Kingdom, or Canada, or otherwise amounts to a government takeover. It doesn’t. A pure government-run system was never among the leading Democratic proposals, much to the chagrin of single-payer advocates. Instead, the bill builds on our current system of private insurance, and in fact, drums up more business for private companies by mandating that individuals buy coverage and giving many subsidies to do so. There would be increased government regulation of the insurance industry, however, to require companies to cover preexisting conditions, for example. These “government-run” claims have also included heavy criticism of health care in the U.K., such as the outrageous assertion by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop that seniors would be “too old” to qualify for artificial joints and pacemakers in the U.K. The majority of those getting joint replacements and pacemakers in the U.K. are, not surprisingly, seniors.

Many of those morons in Texas need to just get it over, seceed from the nation, and take that icky Chuck Norris with them. (Steven Segal is WAY cooler. ) When I heard that the Congressman who said 'Baby Killer' was from Texas, I just rolled my eyes and thought .. FIGURES!

There are way too many people who react on misinformation just because it's fashionable in their little world. This is NOT socialism. Not even close. "Despite the fact that the federal health insurance plan (a.k.a. the “public option”) is now gone from the bill, Republicans and conservative groups have continued to claim that the bill institutes a system like the one in the United Kingdom, or Canada, or otherwise amounts to a government takeover. It doesn’t. A pure government-run system was never among the leading Democratic proposals, much to the chagrin of single-payer advocates. Instead, the bill builds on our current system of private insurance, and in fact, drums up more business for private companies by mandating that individuals buy coverage and giving many subsidies to do so. There would be increased government regulation of the insurance industry, however, to require companies to cover preexisting conditions, for example. These “government-run” claims have also included heavy criticism of health care in the U.K., such as the outrageous assertion by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop that seniors would be “too old” to qualify for artificial joints and pacemakers in the U.K. The majority of those getting joint replacements and pacemakers in the U.K. are, not surprisingly, seniors. BTW, you rock too BJean

Well, you pretty much rock.

Yay! It passed, not perfect, but it's better than nothing. Truth vs Fiction. A Final Weekend of Whoppers? | FactCheck.org PolitiFact | Top 10 facts to know about health care reform

HAhahahahaha. That's what I mean. These right wingers latch onto anything that feeds their paranoia, fear and hidden predjudices. I do this stuff for a living, and this guy is just WRONG!!! I can point to a whole slew of economics experts who will say the very same thing. The Fiscal Agency just yesterday said the health care bill would bring down the budget. But you can't tell a Tea Party fool that.

You are so clever. You must be from Texas.

For Health Care Reform, seriously, I don't get people who aren't. It's fear based on misinformation, for the most part. Educate yourselves with primary unbiased information, and don't read every email you get as fact. Geesh. FactCheck.org is a good start. I know too many people with pre-existing conditions who can't get insurance, or it's completely cost prohibitive. I remember working 4 jobs with no insurance. Not a good time. It's cheaper when you pool people together. The co-op idea is a good compromise. But as is?? Get real. Even the Public option ISN'T socialism folks. If I see one more misspelled sign that says, 'Keep the government out of my medicare' I will throw up again a little in my mouth.