Let’s not overlook what’s been accomplished over the past year. Yeah, it’s not sexy. Yeah, it’s not the kind of thing you want to work on. But it’s progress nonetheless.
. . . We’ve brought the economy back from the brink of the worst economic condition since the Great Depression. Heck, we’ve even already been paid back some of the bailout money so many people, including myself, are generally upset over.
. . . We’ve articulated a plan to withdraw from Iraq.
. . . Our standing in the world has dramatically improved.
. . . We have plans for Afghanistan that help focus [ more . . . ]
This is my one, fundamental complaint with Democrats and the Democratic Party . . .
Why do Democrats think the People want to put them in charge if — on the big issues — all Democrats do is compromise and seek bipartisan support when they’re in near total control? After all, Democrats can just as easily play that role as the MINORITY as opposed to the MAJORITY party. Lead, Fight, and Get the Things Done that Need Getting Done!
Simple — If it’s right, and you can make it happen, DO IT! Once done and done well, the People will love the [ more . . . ]
I’d like to suggest that everyone in Massachusetts band together for the sake of informing the General Public exactly who the hell this guy Scott Brown really is.
But let’s be honest and fair — I’ll start.
Scott, it may be a disappointment, but I’m not voting for a truck. Just like I always thought it was a bad idea for people to vote for a guy you could have a beer with (George Bush), I’m voting AGAINST you on the issues.
First and foremost, you, Scott, gave a television interview where you prided yourself on hopefully being the 41st Senator to [ more . . . ]
So, an interesting opportunity sprang out of nowhere as I was returning home on Sunday following a really pretty wonderful, long Thanksgiving Weekend with Family . . . A friend out of the blue called me, asking whether I’d be interested in driving his new wife’s father’s car down to Florida for the winter.
The immediate reaction was, “Huh”, followed by, “Gee, that’s a really interesting opportunity.” It took only about a day to figure out it was a great way to do, i.e. achieve, something really pretty simple and straightforward.
You see, my health insurance just went up this past month, [ more . . . ]
There’s been a lot of debate on the topic (no pun intended, well, actually I think it’s a fantastic pun so, I’m going to use it!), but what exactly happened last night on the floor of the Senate vis-a-vis last night’s vote on Healthcare Reform is something worth investigating and explaining.
If you go to the Senate website and take a look at the Senate’s Legislative Process guide (.pdf link), you’ll see pretty clearly exactly what happened last night . . . and why what happened last night is so extraordinary.
For starters, what happened last night was not a vote [ more . . . ]
It’s past 8PM on Saturday evening on November 21, 2009, and the United States Senate just voted — weirdly enough — on one of the most critical votes of the year, if not perhaps a generation, that of proceeding with debate on Healthcare Reform.
I say ‘weirdly enough’ because it’s actually a really simple procedural vote that has since become perhaps THE most contentious vote of the year. Simply put, NO Republican wants to even talk about Healthcare Reform. And that’s embarrassing to us as a Nation and to the Republican Party, in particular.
Again, NO Republican actually wanted to formally talk [ more . . . ]
I feel like I know these people. I feel like they’re my Mother or Father. I feel like I felt years ago when I was sitting in a hospital bed uncertain about my own future and, unknown to me, about to fight a multi-year battle with my insurance company and former employer over benefits I paid for and deserved.
These people, albeit actors, personify real people — Watch.
Yes, I know — It’s been said before. But I don’t think it’s ever been truer than it is right now, and now is the perfect timing to do it.
First of all, look at the Republican Party’s infrastructure and what they currently have in place, starting with the Republican National Committee.
There isn’t anything there, at least very little of any actual value. The RNC is a piece of junk and, led by Party Chairman Michael Steele, as apt to say something palatable as it is to say something that gives most Americans the heebie-jeebies. Heck, in a [ more . . . ]
The Right’s next best effort at fear mongering, this time on a domestic issue, is DontKillGrandma.com. It looks like they’ve started only in the past week or two (late October or very early November). What’s stunning is the website’s basic premise, that someone — anyone — wants to Kill Grandma.
Look, this isn’t some Kill Bill: Vol. 2 sequel — This is real. It’s unacceptable to hold Grandma hostage to such tactics, virtual or otherwise. It’s an wholly unintelligent tactic to gain notice and make people afraid, made all the moreso pathetic by the simple fact those behind DontKillGrandma.com know [ more . . . ]
Health insurance companies don’t possess money by virtue of their very existence. They get it from You, the people who buy their health insurance products.
So when you hear that, by many estimates, the health insurance companies spent EACH DAY, at least during the latter portion of the summer when Congress was in recess (and all those wacky Town Hall protests were going on), approximately $1,000,000 EACH DAY lobbying against healthcare reform, how does that make you feel? Is that how you want your money spent?
Wouldn’t you rather that money go to pay for your care (if you [ more . . . ]
