I finally had enough this morning.  You open the webpage and there's the smiling face of the lame columnist for "Right Matters."  Since cash-for-clunkers is an Obama effort, naturally he says it's a bad program in every conceivable way.  But if Bush had proposed it, of course he'd be extoling it, and it literally isn't any more complicated than that.  And you've got William Kristol and George Will and Krauthammer who probably needs a lot of medical attention, plus that dreary Michael Gerson, and who was the jackass who said Obama should stop pressuring Israel to find a durable solution? (oh yeah, Jackson Diehl), all under Neocon asshat Fred Hiatt. (Got that asshat word from Maggie BTW!) Recently they've had architects of the Iraq catastrophe Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton, to fill out with Kristol already there as noted a month ago.  Post is now like a jolly fraternity for all of these pied pipers of our ruination.  (How long before Palin has a regular column (ghost-written by some fascist), seriously?)

At some point you say, this is just not the newspaper I used to read.  "Right Matters?" "On Faith?"  I know we're a Creeeeeeeeeeesjun nation and all (despite the opposite principle in our Constitution), but mercy me!  How about "On Policy"?  (Oh I know, that's for Palin.)  Some of you have already remarked, "why would you even read that?"  I find myself increasingly agreeing -- seeing this "Right Matters" stupidity this morning somehow just tipped it (told them to "Stick it" BTW).  

I'll try making NYT my primary newspaper and see how that works for me. Registered there today as Overreach THIS! from the same location as indicated in my data here.   It felt good! :)

Any act of terrorism/violence against the government, I expect the birthers et al to accept the blame immediately.

 

The birthers and their Swift-boating Faux-newsing financiers and organizers need to step forward and say:

 

"We caused that and it's our fault."  

 

We're not doing again what happened when Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995 by Likud supporters responding to Netanyahu and others with coffins marked "Rabin" .  We're not going to then say "this is difficult situation and it is not time for politics or exploit this tragedy" and let those who rallied for blood to be spilt to quietly ease away.

 

It's cause and effect.  I strongly hope that nothing happens, but if we witness an effect,  heaven forbid, the cause is what we are seeing right now.  And I expect them to come forward and offer, "Charge us criminally for inciting this violence and for treason and we'll plead guilty."  As in for when they paraded around with a marble tombstone image of representative Dogget.

 

If you talk to a birther or Swift-boater, i.e., a modern-day Klansman only this time against the President, I recommend this:   Tell them that they are supporting terrorism and anarchy and you don't approve.  If they question you, get right big in their face and confront them:  What?!!  If they are out of their minds, then they need professional help and should get it immediately.  This is not a civil discussion, they are promoting *insurrection!*  If they wanna say insurrection is good, you don't agree, but you are not there to debate with them whether their anti-Constitutional rabble-rousing is insurrection or not, because that's a fact and they need to own it.  If blood is spilt or an attempt made, it's right on their hands and you expect them to step forward spritely and say "Yes, I helped cause this!  Where's my jail cell?"  And tell them they mustn't forget or hedge their material role if that day comes, because you certainly won't and you'll be sure everyone is aware and you'll be demanding an accounting.  

You expect them to plead guilty in court.  If not, you can be a witness that they were timely informed  of their criminality but knowingly refused to curb it.

I spend most of my time in developing countries where expensive and widely-used "Western" drugs are dirt cheap.  Why the difference?

In USA if there is an age-old, banal and well-understood malady like high blood-pressure, there are already like 12 generations of medication to control it.  If you do control it, you'll have fewer heart problems even that some who doesn't suffer from it, because you and the doc are on the case and those drugs are effective (add diet and exercise for better results).


But in the States, a new 13th generation is *URGENTLY NEEDED* and it requires a great deal of investment and research, then testing, schmoozing, bamboozling, political contributtions, lobbying, approvals, medical "conferences" at ski resorts, spread cash around at "receptions," train venal (or lame-brained) doctors to parrot their talking points ("This is an important breakthrough!"),and add heavy promotion and costly advertising.  

And somebody's got to pay for all that expensive hype, i.e., Y-O-U!  And so why is the 13th generation so pressing for something we have treated effectively for many decades?

As an investment, that's why.  Like opening a casino, i.e., to make more money for people who already got a lot.  

You send out some sleazy incentivized doctors to falsely claim new hope for countless millions, find a few stooges to agree ("This is important work they're doing!"), crank up the bamboozle machine, and you're off to the races!  And it's never too early to start thinking how to cash in on 14th generation!