Perhaps there was a misunderstanding. (sm)
Posted By: Marmann on 2008-12-30
In Reply to: its certainly not a - abattoir
And if there was, I apologize. Was up all night, on some pretty heavy pain meds right now and trying to stay out of the hospital (again).
I don't disagree with the OP. My post was more of a "Pot, meet Kettle" post.
As I tried to point out in my post, the right wing has been boycotting TV shows, advertisers, etc. for many, many years now, but as soon as a liberal suggests that we do the same thing, it outrages them.
As far as keeping her on TV (and giving her her own show), I believe daylight is the best disinfectant. She's already associated with the rabid right, and the more she speaks, the more she speaks for THEM. If they continue to accept her, all things hateful that spew from her mouth will come back to bite THEM in the butt.
(I apologize for my first post maybe not being clear enough. Although I'm not sure that this one is much better, I hope it is, because I believe you and I are on the same side.) 
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I think it's a misunderstanding (sm)
Obama's bill to fund Volunteer America includes funds to establish a commission that, among other things, will consider the possibility of making volunteerism mandatory for that age group - if you can believe that. My guess it will never get past the American public.
No misunderstanding. Just don't happen to
I think everyone is misunderstanding what he means...
he does not mean he is going to level the playing field of rich and middle class, he is going to tax the wealthy who have so many loop holes to keep every penny and we are (the low middle class) are paying without all those lucrative benefits. If the wealthy (or over 250,000 income) start paying their fair share and we get lower taxes (i mean you do have to pay taxes to get a tax break), after all, Obama is not going to stand on the street corner and hand out money he gets from the wealthy. I wonder how much in taxes Richard Fuld paid, he has made a billion dollars off the crash (actually before the credit catastrophe, knowing it was going to crash). Bet he didn't pay much in taxes.
Use common sense.
This probably all started with a 7-yo misunderstanding his teacher.nm
Let me straighten one thing out....there seems to be a misunderstanding here...
this is not a matter of passing a children's health plan. The SCHIP program has been around for several years. This is the year it was due to expire. What the squabble is about is how to continue it. The Democrats do not just want to continue it, they want to expand it. It is already overrun with a gazillion illegal's kids. The income requirements are not being enforced like they should. Bush and the Republicans wanted that tightened up. They asked the Democrats to vote to extend the program for another 6 months to a year as it stands right now (nothing changes) and come up with a plan that would better monitor the income requirements and would make it harder if not impossible for illegal aliens to get their kids on the program. I, frankly, do not see why the Democrats would stonewall that, other than to get the headlines they wanted: BUSH THREATENS TO VETO THE CHILDRENS HEALTH PLAN. Sighhhh.
I wouldn't call it misunderstanding. s/m
It's..........well, words fail me. Someone keeps mentioning sheep. This country seems to be overladed with sheep. Whether or not anyone believes Obama will do what he says is one thing. He won't and neither will McCain. I happen to agree with everything Michael Moore said last night. Maybe we really need a radical in the White House!!!
As for Obama's taxes on the wealthy.......did anyone happen to watch Bill Gates testifying before the Senate because he needs more visas so he can have more cheap labor. Doncha think he's about wealthy enough?
As I've said before, and I say again, until people stop supporting the party and start using common sense things are only going to change for the worse. When will enough "worse" be enough? Regardless of who is elected, I expect the rabid Republicans will be sitting homeless by the side of the road holding up signs saying "vote for the Republican" in 2012.
Not a problem - thought it was just a misunderstanding (nm)
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That's the word- thanks & JTBB new it was just a misunderstanding
Thanks - that was the word. Dontch just hate it when you can't think of the word and then try spelling the word you can't think of. HA HA Don't think I quite stated my point to begin with. Boy guess that's what I get for trying to make a statement while being exhausted. :-) Okay, now I need a margarita. :-)
I think there's a big misunderstanding about universal health care
And anyone that has had the cheapest medical insurance you can get knows this - just because you have insurance doesn't mean you're covered. It might cover doctor visits for sinus infections and such, along with certain prescription medications, but like the poster above said, God forbid you need something serious because the government can turn you down just as easily as an insurance company.
A friend of mine moved to the US from Canada because she found a lump in her breast. Her doctor in Canada told her to keep an eye on it and come back in six months. She waited and went back and the doctor told her he wanted to do a biopsy and to come back in four months for that. She came to the US for a second opinion, got a biopsy, was diagnosed with breast cancer, had surgery and recieved chemotherapy all in the four months it would have taken her to just have the biopsy in Canada. She has since become a citizen of the US and gave up her citizenship of Canada just for that reason. She is now a 6 year cancer survivor.
I don't want to see that kind of thing happen in this country and that's what we would get with universal health care. Agreed that something has to be done about the prices of medical treatment, but to put the government in charge of it is not the right way to go.
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