It's Time We Stop... This Madness
<i>There's something's happening here...
What it is ain't exactly clear, there's a man with a gun over there...
telling me I got to beware.
It's time we Stop children, what's that sound, everybody look what's
going down....</i>
<b>Buffalo Springfield</b>
This incident at the Obama townhall in NH has me absolutely fuming right now! Let's imagine for a moment what the reaction would be if something like this happened at an event for our former President? With our former "leader" protesters might be limited to an area far away from either the event or the media (in a "free speech" zone) and/or anyone so much as wearing an unwelcome T-shirt hustled OUT of the event altogether... remember?
So here we are Today - with the right wing noise machine running every smear they can think of from commie! ,nazi!, socialist!, tyrant! I'm sorry to have to say this, but the Democratic Party should have been much more prepared for just what has come to pass - Pure Thuggery as we saw durning last year's GOP campaign events and over a long span of time before that. I guess the GOP simply assumes that the rules of civil discourse don't apply to them either when IN Power or OUT of Power - thus when Democrats properly identify a problem with discourse being squelched at townhalls - all of a sudden the GOP starts whining about their "Free Speech" give me a freakin break!!
As for the Healthcare debate itself.... all this is really about is breaking the monopolies of the insurance and medical establishments over healthcare for those alerady insured and those who still need coverage that they can't get or can't afford... Whether that goal is accomplished through a government system or through establishing Consumer Co-ops (not for profit!), it is a desperately needed step toward bending the curve of ever rising insurance and medical costs back to earth... It is vital to the competitiveness of our country in the world economy and part of an overall integrated approach toward moving our overall economy forward!
A simple retort to the GOP's "supply siders" who always rant about taxes as destroying the small business owner (etc.), well then what about the skyrocketing costs of Insurance? Isn't that cost even greater than marginal changes in tax rates?
I could go on (and on) but I just had to rant here.
Thank you for your time.
JHC
What it is ain't exactly clear, there's a man with a gun over there...
telling me I got to beware.
It's time we Stop children, what's that sound, everybody look what's
going down....</i>
<b>Buffalo Springfield</b>
This incident at the Obama townhall in NH has me absolutely fuming right now! Let's imagine for a moment what the reaction would be if something like this happened at an event for our former President? With our former "leader" protesters might be limited to an area far away from either the event or the media (in a "free speech" zone) and/or anyone so much as wearing an unwelcome T-shirt hustled OUT of the event altogether... remember?
So here we are Today - with the right wing noise machine running every smear they can think of from commie! ,nazi!, socialist!, tyrant! I'm sorry to have to say this, but the Democratic Party should have been much more prepared for just what has come to pass - Pure Thuggery as we saw durning last year's GOP campaign events and over a long span of time before that. I guess the GOP simply assumes that the rules of civil discourse don't apply to them either when IN Power or OUT of Power - thus when Democrats properly identify a problem with discourse being squelched at townhalls - all of a sudden the GOP starts whining about their "Free Speech" give me a freakin break!!
As for the Healthcare debate itself.... all this is really about is breaking the monopolies of the insurance and medical establishments over healthcare for those alerady insured and those who still need coverage that they can't get or can't afford... Whether that goal is accomplished through a government system or through establishing Consumer Co-ops (not for profit!), it is a desperately needed step toward bending the curve of ever rising insurance and medical costs back to earth... It is vital to the competitiveness of our country in the world economy and part of an overall integrated approach toward moving our overall economy forward!
A simple retort to the GOP's "supply siders" who always rant about taxes as destroying the small business owner (etc.), well then what about the skyrocketing costs of Insurance? Isn't that cost even greater than marginal changes in tax rates?
I could go on (and on) but I just had to rant here.
Thank you for your time.
JHC
