I visited some right blogs, “down with the traitor Snowe. Vote her out!” But ironic to visit the left blogs and see the same thing. This is a Dem bill written by a Dem, supported by a Dem congress and prez, and the left is angry at Snowe for supporting it?? The one Republican is to blame for the entire mess?

I’m telling you, if women really are this powerful, I think it’s about time we put them in charge.

He said “Sunlight is the best disinfectant”.

Now, Obama always has to outdo the worst. So when Cheney was having meetings with Enron, etc, Obama is fighting to keep his lists of visitors from the public AND again, after campaigning the opposite.

We won’t get in to all his other lies, extraordinary rendition, ending Iraq war in year, Telecomm Immunity.

We’re just talking on the Health Care debate right now. Pretty pathetic, isn’t he?

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

So informed as to realize that “the governement” can provide “health care” without cost. Well, not exactly, but us “rich folks” can pay for it through varied systems of taxation, robbery and financial sleight-of-hand. That is, after the limousine liberal crowed axes out a nice chunk off the top, sort of like Tony Soprano did with his crew.

You aren’t informed, you are freaking naive.

The case you make for not having to buy car insurance is also bogus, because the person HAS TO BUY personal liability insurance, which, in litigation mad America, is one of the most expensive parts of most automobile insurance policies, in part because of the huge medical costs that car accidents can bring.

Most Americans see the need for many socialized services in their country, when these services are used mainly by people in the most vulnerable times of their lives: services like education for children; firefighting; police; Social Security and Medicare for the elderly.

Basic Healthcare should be socialized, or, to the extent it is left in the private system, it should be heavily regulated and non-profit as it is in Switzerland or Germany. Americans are being ripped off by the insurance and drug companies, and by medical institutions and healthcare providers who charge astonomically unjust fees for their services. Americans are paying, on average, more than twice, per captita, of what other OECD countries pay for healthcare, and, according to statistics measuring major health indicators, the United States only ranks 37th.

Mr. Precious has conned a cult like group of politically naive infants into believing he would really deliver on healthcare reform, among other issues.

Yes but it’s not the cult that he has to worry about. It’s the lefty liberals who actually have a vision and a plan for health care reform. I started to lean conservative and republican from my democrat roots some twenty years ago. Even though I differ with liberal ideology in some respects, I respect the integrity of their beliefs.

There is no integrity in the behavior or attitude of the cult.

Report: Obama Poised to Announce 45,000 Troop Escalation in Afghanistan

The Obama Administration has reportedly told the British government that it intends to announce an escalation of another 45,000 troops in Afghanistan, potentially as soon as next week.

The report comes despite claims that the Obama Administration is continuing to hold talks about the strategy, though this seems to be more based on the question of whether to emphasize the failed battle against the Taliban or focus what will soon be over 100,000 troops on fighting the roughly 100 al-Qaeda members reportedly in the nation.

Britain annoucned that it intends to send another 500 soldiers to Afghanistan to bolster its 9,000-strong force. The announcement reportedly came as a result of the US assurances, and despite the growing domestic opposition to the war.

Several Democrats, including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, have expressed reservations about the massive escalation, particularly coming just seven months after the administration’s last escalation. Yet Rep. Hoyer urged fellow Democrats to go along with whatever President Obama decides.

http://antiwar.com/

Obama At The Crossroads

What is particularly disturbing about Obama’s deliberative process is that he does not consult with anyone who was opposed to the Iraq and Afghan conflicts from the beginning, narrowing his options to those advocated by the liberal interventionist and nation building wing of his own party, a perspective that differs little from that of the Republicans. Divergent views are unwelcome. The Israeli lobby’s torpedoing of Charles Freeman as head of the National Intelligence Council in February 2009 eliminated a possibly independent voice over fear that he might chart a reality-based course in the Middle East and elsewhere. As all the choices The White House is likely to consider are bad, those of us in the antiwar community should perhaps ponder whether the status quo is a better outcome than a new surge, which would undoubtedly kill even more Americans, Afghans, and Pakistanis.

http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2009/10/14/obama-at-a-crossroads/

Historic example: Stalin killed off his most valiant and dedicated officers and supporters FIRST. Lenin did the same. So did Castro I believe.