Damn.

By the way, this may be a really strange thought, but do you suppose the timing of the release of the 2 journalists was “planned” as a distraction? I can’t help but wonder if we might see a lot of things happen in the month of August, timed primarily to “take our attention” (and the media’s attention) off of what is happening in the town hall meetings during this month? If we see something else big “happen” right after the excitement of the release of the journalists, I think we know what to expect then: one after another all month. Just a thought. We’ll see if it pans out as the month progresses.

hey, who you callin an old lady?

“Tea Party folks are trying to get a bunch of people to show up to crash the event – to make it a news story that the attendees were against the health care reform.”
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would that they were this vigilant when it came to the faux-democratic primaries. They didnt seem to mind much when those who would undermine the primary processes (all of whom should be imprisoned for live… from the top down. Oh wait, that would be expensive… I bet there’s a more efficient less expensive way.)

murphy
are you and HP going to be able to restrain me if I start screaming
“hey tsongas why did you f*ck Hillary over?”

wack
back
lata

persephone 08.05.09 at 9:44 am

murphy
are you and HP going to be able to restrain me if I start screaming
“hey tsongas why did you f*ck Hillary over?”

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HELL NO…you go girl!

did everyone see this?

excerpt from the SOS press briefing yesterday-can you just feel the gloat?
hehe

NORTH KOREA

Query on President Bill Clinton’s Mission in North Korea / State Department has Nothing to Add to What White House Has Said

AMERICA IS BROKE

AMERICA IS BROKEN

THROW THE BUMS OUT!!

#24 – persephone…

here’s the irony in all this. The congresscritters could have taken a smaller, initial swipe at healthcare with some of the TARP / cash for clunkers money and covered *some* amount of people by expanding Medicare right away, instead of bailing out banks, or helping people buy more foreign cars. And enforce some immediate laws (that I would support & for which I’d throw a fireworks show), to cover pre-existing conditions & catastrophic illness? (this is just a short list of what’s wrong – I know there’s others).

Remember the old saying – the best way to eat an elephant is one leg at a time, not the WHOLE elephant at once!

Isn’t getting *something* done, better than *nothing*??? For chrissake!!

So far the MSM has chosen to support the Obamatron line that opposition to their brand of health is being manufactured (no shock there) but I don’t think that can last. As W2 and company desperately email, text, tweet and I don’t know, send smoke signals, to manfacture “counter” opposition to the opposition, even the dumb*ss media won’t be able to overlook the irony. I may be the only one left who still allows the *ssholes at the DNC to send me emails, but they are begging people come out and support there lame reform. They haven’t offered any money for support but it is still early. When the media gets bored with the “birther” non-story I think they may have to actually cover “serious” opposition, at least a little.

helping people buy more foreign cars.
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Many “foreign” cars are manufacturered in the US, and many “‘murican” car parts are manufactured in countries other than the US.

NikkisMom 08.05.09 at 9:58 #26
Poll: Americans Want Health Care Town Halls in their Communities
Forty-one percent say they are “very likely” to do so.

Your post prompted me to repost #222 from yesterday. Apologies to all who saw it already. I just want to encourage anyone so inclined to EXPRESS YOUR THOUGHTS AND ASK THEM TO TAKE NOTES IF A TOWN HALL IS NOT SCHEDULED.

HUGS TO ALL WHO EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT TO ME YESTERDAY. (I also sent an email listing my thoughts in emails to Greta and Hannity. I AM SICK OF HEARING THAT PEOPLE EXPRESSING OUTRAGE ARE RIGHT WING LOONS, OR ITS ALL JUST MANUFACTURED1

MY post from resterday
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California Pumas, and all for that matter!
I just called my two Senator’s district offices closest to me. Neither one is scheduling town halls or office hours. They offered to take notes. The more I talked, the more I felt REPRESSED feelings OVERWHELM me. I found myself saying things that were NOT a part of my “script.”

SOME of these things I said were:
-I have been a voting Democrat for 40 years, but no more!
-I am disgusted with what I ONCE called my party . . MORE DISGUSTED than I was of the 8 years with Bush. (stealing votes, caucuses, May 31, no roll call in Denver, etc, etc. etc.!))
-Democrats are acting like “kids in a candy store” now that THEY “have the power,” and they are doing what they want and don’t want to hear from anyone!
-When people speak out, we are all labeled right wing Republicans, and we are not! The anger being expressed IS NOT MANUFACTURED!
-I have to budget, and balance my books every month and I can’t have everything I want, and our state has to balance a budget every month. Because of that, as a teacher, I have seen cuts in education that drastically impact me, my colleagues, and my students (teachers dismissed, class sizes increased, supplies limited). At the state level, and at home, we have to all tighten our belts, but the federal government doesn’t?
-How come our government can spend money on anything they want and there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY? How come I have to be fiscally responsible, the state has to be fiscally responsible, but the Democratic controlled federal government gets what they want, increases our taxes so WE pay for it, and then our children and grandchildren have to pay for it too, because our taxes still won’t cover everything? I EXPECT MY GOVERNMENT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE!

I made some suggestions:
-Have a REAL DISCUSSION about health care before you throw everything out!
Figure out what is broken and fix it!
-Fix Medicare, and Medicaid, and expand it for the uninsured.
-Study systems and programs that are working and incorporate them. I belong to an HMO and it’s working and I like it! It operates in the black because it eliminates the middleman (insurance) Obama’s grandmother had an HMO and he thought it was a very efficient, effective system. Learn from the systems that ARE working
-REGULATE insurance and pharmaceutical companies!
-Whatever program is decided upon, Congress and their families need to have it, too! What is good enough for me is good enough for Congress and their families, ESPECIALLY since I have to pay for it!

I encourage anyone, so inclined . . if you can’t find a town hall meeting, call your representatives and givem an earful! They BOTH took notes, asked questions, and didn’t have much to say!

Oh, (((Dances))), you have mail!

C4C is encouraging people to buy cars who can’t afford them.
Hello, paging Fannie and Freddie!

Go into any car dealer and tell them you’d really like a new car but your credit sucks.

Wanna bet they tell you that is not a problem?
Any jackass can get a car loan.
So what if a jackass loses their job and defaults?
Guess we’ll have to bail out those poor lenders, goddess forbid our economy might crash otherwise.

This is another program that illegal aliens can benefit from.
They don’t pay taxes but will benefit from the *suckers* that do.

3 billion in funds to this program. 3 effing billion.
Homeowners in foreclosure who were victims of poor lending practices didn’t get this kind of government help.
How can people with brain cells support this?

How can people with brain cells support this?
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“with brain cells” is the key.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVSjYvqVkuA

MICHELLE MALKIN…..she has a chapter on every one (Obama’s admin) of them in her new book. Asked who was the worst one for corruption and she started with Michelle Obama.

from Obama’s Organizing for America site:

By BarakaWolf the GREEN WOLF Today at 3:46 am EDT (Updated Today at 3:46 am EDT)

I was at one of the Listening Tour events this past evening in my town. The thing everyone was talking about was: a.) Our Congressman’s town hall in two weeks, and b.) The townhallers’ distruption tactics, and how we were going to counter them.

We came up with some ideas:

- Come early, lock up the front with friendly faces.
- Ban outside signs in the assembly hall.
- Should we get some Teabaggers in the hall and they start their reindeer games, don’t answer them. Don’t try to shout them down and turn it into a melee between rival gangs of crows and magpies.
Simply get up, and go up to stand with the Congressman. We steal back the power they’re trying to take by force and trickery, and put them on the spot.

This is what democracy is about.
Take heart, friends! The majority of Americans want healthcare reform. The numbers and the momentum are on our side. Show the Teabaggers that they’re not just the minority, but the lunatic fringe.

Since you guys have some time, can you round up those in your community who are NOW struggling with health care issues, have them front & center, testifying BEFORE your Congressperson gets onto stage?

Maybe their REAL stories will humble-embarrass those who are there only to disrupt and jeer???
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Instead of a Listening Tour, maybe the community organizers should read the bill.

Video by Reason.tv – Obama to citizens on healthcare – send in all fishy emails.

I started to write a letter to McCaskill, Bond & my rep. about this, but decided against it. Let the site at whitehouse.gov continue and everyone will expose what Obama is really about!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9bWqcZnrDg

HP Boston 08.05.09 at 10:36 am
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32283931/ns/us_news-the_elkhart_project
Link if you want to get puke all over yourself!
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I think I’ll wait to puke all over myself until I’m at home, thanks.

HP Boston 08.05.09 at 10:47 am
DancesWithPumas 08.05.09 at 10:39 am
Yup and wait till we see those im’grents pour in faster than a lie spewing from obies mouth! The new Republic of chinamerica!
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I don’t have any problem with legal immigrants. I have a problem with spending borrowed money on non-essentials, comprehensive pay-back bills that haven’t even been read, rewarding upper echelons of the failed fraudulent financial sector, paying back campaign debts with money that isn’t his own. Like Dumbya, Bawacky has been a failure all his life… Beavis and Butthead presidunces and the beat goes on…

From Scarlet’s #42 link:
The Press Release (by the same schmucks who dragged obama over the finish line he otherwise would have never crossed.)

“For Immediate Release

Date: August 4, 2009

Contact: DNC Press Office

Phone:

Statement from DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse on the Republican Party and Allied Groups’ Mob Rule

The Republicans and their allied groups – desperate after losing two consecutive elections and every major policy fight on Capitol Hill – are inciting angry mobs of a small number of rabid right wing extremists funded by K Street Lobbyists to disrupt thoughtful discussions about the future of health care in America taking place in Congressional Districts across the country.

However, much like we saw at the McCain-Palin rallies last year where crowds were baited with cries of ‘socialist,’ ‘communist,’ and where the birthers movement was born – these mobs of extremists are not interested in having a thoughtful discussion about the issues – but like some Republican leaders have said – they are interested in ‘breaking’ the President and destroying his Presidency.

These mobs are bussed in by well funded, highly organized groups run by Republican operatives and funded by the special interests who are desperately trying to stop the agenda for change the President was elected to bring to Washington. Despite the headline grabbing nature of these angry mobs and their disruptions of events, they are not reflective of where the American people are on the issues – or the hundreds of thousands of thoughtful discussions taking place around kitchen tables, water coolers and in homes.

The right wing extremists’ use of things like devil horns on pictures of our elected officials, hanging members of Congress in effigy, breathlessly questioning the President’s citizenship and the use of Nazi SS symbols and the like just shows how outside of the mainstream the Republican Party and their allies are. This type of anger and discord did not serve Republicans well in 2008 – and it is bound to backfire again.

Brad Woodhouse
Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
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Brad didnt seem to be bothered by pigboy’s sexism against Hillary Clinton last year… didnt seem to be bothered by charges of racism every other day… instead this shmuck and his party are worrying about devil horns being photoshopped on the heads of selected officials. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Fuck him and his and the ass they rode in on.

thanks for the sobfest murphy! OHMG I didn’t know one of the girls had a daughter!

I hope Dawg was whispering “fuck you traitor” in Al Gore’s ear.

Seems as if the only two people that have actually accomplished anything in the past 6 months is our former President Clinton and our future President Clinton.

Hilllllaaarrrryyyy

DancesWithPumas
I don’t have any problem with legal immigrants.
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Nor do I , these won’t be illegals..CHINA will own AMERICA, if they don’t already.

Thank you President Bill Clinton for being there when we needed you most, Thank you SOS Hillary Clinton for the job you are doing, and thank you media for saying “2 American Journalist return home and not two Asian American journalist come home…this is the way this country should be at all times on all things. The sooner we get there that we are all simply Americans will be the day I see this country is not divided but truly the United States of America.

#15…..oh, I want to be unable to subdue Persephone when she goes all PUMA in someone’s face!

In a hypothetical match-up between the two most formidable female candidates in their respective parties,
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No, zip, zilch, nada, comparison.

Here’s a slide show of the heartwarming homecoming of the two journalists:

http://tinyurl.com/my58mj

It’s a three hanky view. Be warned that they insisted on throwing in shots of Zerobama walking to a podium to speak on the women’s release. But even those are worth it because they show that unlike every other human who was either smiling warmly or crying tears of joy, this empty suit narcissist was pouting, pursing his lips and almost scowling in every single picture! He was obviously peeved at being upstaged.

Which is more presidential? Securing the release of two American journalists from the bowels of the Evil Empire? Or having a beer with two testy guys?

Or having a beer with two testy guys?
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Assume pun was intended (teste)

#54 Dances…exactly.

When I was trying to see some coverage of the women journalists yesterday all I kept hearing was whining about Zero’s picture being made to look like the JOKER. I wondered…what about the pictures of Hillary with horns? Wasn’t it the MASS MEDIA who USED those? Not to mention, where was the outrage over the picture of Sarah getting her teeth knocked out as a “MILP.”

58 continued (sorry this is really bugging me..)

If anyone goes to a Townhall where the MA healthcare program is being touted as some great model, please be aware that the Insurance companies got a SWEET DEAL. Everyone forced to buy crappy insurance, what’s not to love?

Coverage is very expensive. Deductibles for the “affordable” coverage are really high. Many of the so-called affordable plans have no prescription coverage whatsoever.
PBS/WGBH has aired a few very good programs during which MA citizens with pre-existing health problems were interviewed
and talked of falling through the cracks of this program.
These programs can be viewed on the PBS website.

Don’t fall for the BS.
Go here to see the crappy options and their costs:

http://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/site/connector/

Per this site, the average cost of a halfway decent policy (some deductibles, some prescription coverage) for a family of 3 making 60k per year is $800 per month!
does anyone have an extra 800 bucks lying around each month??

Health insurance industry pushes back on Democrats

Karen Ignagni, the president and CEO of the trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), said the industry would take its case directly to the American public via a television advertising campaign and by dispatching insurance company employees to public events staged by Democratic members of Congress during the August recess.

Ignagni said the industry is not launching a full-scale attack but instead will emphasize the reforms it supports and argue that its opposition to creating a government-run “public option” insurance plan does not signify its opposition to reform.

“Health plans were the first of the stakeholders to come to the table with a comprehensive proposal to reform our own sector,” Ignagni said.

Before Obama was even sworn into office, AHIP endorsed proposals that would require its members to enroll anyone, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, and to place limits on charging higher premiums based on age, health status or gender, among other policies, according to Ignagni.

The industry’s support for these reforms is contingent on the government mandating that nearly all individuals obtain health coverage, a policy included in each of the Democratic healthcare bills pending in Congress.

During the congressional recess, AHIP will continue its ongoing ad campaign by highlighting the reforms it supports rather than focusing on the public option or other proposals it opposes. “The best way to address it is straight-up,” Ignagni said, “to talk about what we’re for.”

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/health-insurance-industry-pushes-back-on-democrats-2009-08-04.html

I think there is a special place in hell for Ariana Huffington.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

HopePuma.
I’m sorry for the delay. I had some phone calls.

By advocating for support for HMO’s I hope no one feels that I am saying that HMO’s are the ONLY way to go. I just feel that ALL options need to be considered, and studied. When I saw Greta’s piece on Cleveland Clinic, it looked very much like my HMO! Your experience sounds awful! My HMO is Kaiser Permanente, the same as Obama’s grandmother. Obama stated once when asked about his grandmother . . ” So my grandmother was generally very happy with her care, and if we could actually get our health-care system across the board to hit the efficiency levels of a Kaiser Permanente or a Cleveland Clinic or a Mayo or a Geisinger, we actually would have solved our problems.” A piece in The Wall Street Journal recently said “Integrated health systems like Kaiser Permanente, which serve as both insurer and care provider. . .are much more likely to deliver cost-effective care that keeps their members well because these organizations are involved in both delivery and financing of care.” I’ve been in this HMO for 40 years and you really have to LEARN the system. They are a well-oiled machine that can cut costs because their is no insurance company. My daughters and my husband all had major surgeries, with incredible doctors, and great follow-up. NO wait time! My record is on line, and I’m tracked electronically, for mammograms, etc., and I have a GP (that I requested) that is very thorough and conscientious. I never have had a problem getting referrals to a specialist, and once you are in the system, checkups are not a problem. I make my own optometry and dermatology appointments, since I had an initial referral years ago. I go to one of the regional Kaiser hospitals for major needs, but my GP is at one of their clinics down the street, and that’s where I take care of optometry, and well-care needs and prescriptions. I like the fact that my records can be transferred within the system electronically, wherever I go, and MANY states have Kaiser. If they don’t, I’m compensated when traveling and I might need care or assistance. If I am really sick, I go to the local hospital, and I am triaged and treated. I really don’t care who I see, and I usually see whoever is on call. NO complaints here, either. My mother is NOT in Kaiser, and she doctor-shops all over Southern California. She likes to go on line and look for “the best” for whatever part of the body she is concerned about at the moment. (At one time she had 8 different medications for her blood pressure, and she was taking them all! If they don’t tell her what she wants to hear, she fires them, then goes on line to find another one. Again,I have no complaints, but I know others have. Again, you have to learn how to work with and learn the system. There is NO perfect system. I think for those who have problems anywhere, one needs to ask, is the grievance with the doctor, or with the system. If it’s with the doctor, change doctors! and find another one. If it’s with the system itself, then leave it. I’ve had problems with some doctors so I have changed, but I have NEVER had a problem with the system!

persephone…hmmmm….maybe! I’ll know more on Friday.

Meanwhile, here is a treat if this link works. Two comedians kill Dana Milbank’s attempt at humor by spoofing his “Mad Bitch Beer” video.

It’s hilarious to watch them go all neanderthal after calling Hillary “bitch” —pretending to throw their feces and everything. They correctly nail the level to which the Washington Post has sunk!

http://tinyurl.com/kluaxs

#78 FLBarbara…

The thing that pisses me off most is that nothing is being said about these women journalists’ work…investigating human trafficking. Hillary has been saying for decades that such women are not “invisible” to her. And now, I kid you not, the CHATTER meme of the day is how these foolish young women had better not do such stupid dangerous things in the future or they might not be so “lucky” next time!

ok! must run!! Great thread, Murphy! And regarding post #1…I wish I’d saved the precise quote. Madam Secretary Clinton did indeed say it was a very good day.

I have mixed feeling reading this top post……..

happy that the Clinton’s are finally getting some well deserved respect by the media,

sadness at all that was stolen from them and yet they do the right thing, no matter what it costs them personally……and even more sad we don’t have them at the helm.

Yet so proud that there are decent people in politics, if only………….

Go dear Hillary and Bill!!! Thank you for all your hard work and service to us little voters, you are why we are PUMAs. Party unity, my ass!!!

Lurking while working…

Just had this emailed over to me..seems congress is spending more of our money…this time on private planes…

http://www.rollcall.com/media/37552-1.html

ZEE

I am surprised Obama has not come out and said the journalist acted stupidly.
But there is still time for that and then a beer in the rose garden.
And I am not surprised Obama distanced himself, it is a Dances said his M.O.

Did President Clinton pay for the trip?

Obama Healthcare plan draws majority disapproval – poll

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aM56e_kb2m9Y

President Barack Obama’s effort to revamp the U.S. health-care system is drawing increasing disapproval from Americans worried about higher deficits, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.

The July 27-Aug. 3 poll found that 52 percent of American voters disapprove of the way Obama is handling the health-care issue and 39 percent approve. That’s a switch from the 46 percent who approved and 42 percent who disapproved in late June, the university’s polling institute said.

Almost three-quarters of the respondents said they don’t believe Obama’s promise that Congress can pass a health-care measure without adding to the budget deficit. And 57 percent say the legislation should be dropped if it adds “significantly” to the deficit, Quinnipiac said.

“It’s obviously a problem for the people who are trying to push health-care reform,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Hamden, Connecticut-based polling institute, in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “The White House and Democratic leadership are very concerned that the month of August not become the time when the plan died.”

Who paid for the beer and the beer nuts?

Why Obamacare doesn’t sell

http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/futureinvest/180476

It is true that Medicare is the big “budget buster” over the next two decades and that improving the delivery of health care will improve the long-term economic outlook. But why, in the midst of the worst recession in 75 years, do we have to rush into a mammoth reform of the health care system, especially one that will significantly increase our already swollen deficit?

Health care is contentious enough that Obama should not move ahead until he has some consensus. Perhaps he should appoint a bipartisan commission to study these issues come up with a set of recommendations.

To use Obama’s own words, we need reform we can believe in, not just a new government program financed by higher taxes, new mandates and a trillion-dollar price tag.

Ruh-roh, Raggy – “71% Say Obama’s Policies Have Driven Up Deficit”

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/august_2009/71_say_obama_s_policies_have_driven_up_deficit

Seventy-one percent (71%) of U.S. voters say President Obama’s policies have increased the size of the federal deficit, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Only five percent (5%) say the president’s policies have cut the deficit, and 10% say they have had no impact. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure.

Eighty percent (80%) of investors say Obama’s policies have driven up the deficit, a view shared by just 57% of non-investors.

Not surprisingly, 88% of Republicans blame the president’s policies, compared to 52% of Democrats. But 79% of voters not affiliated with either party agree.

greenfun 08.05.09 at 11:53 am

I think there is a special place in hell for Ariana Huffington.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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Consider the source greenfun, Ariana must be pretty jealous that she flopped in politics and Hillary is still moving up and respected.

Been thinking the DEMS KNOW they can not get this HC bill passed. All the BS and saying it is the repubrightwingnuts is so they have someone to blame..That is my thought and I’m sticking with it till the Joker meets his match!

#104 Scarlet: don’t you think there is a very good reason they don’t us to be able to read the whole thing, nor do they want all the congressmen to read it before voting either? I do. I think there is a lot in there they do not want us, nor all the congressmen, to know. Even after a bill is done a batch of 500+ pages will “mysteriously” show up a few hours before the vote that nobody at all will have read except for the few who “snuck” those pages in at the last minute.

greenfun 08.05.09 at 11:53 am

Shit, it just dawned on me one of the reporters is Laura Ling — who Oprah loves having on her show — well, it’s been a long time since I watch Oprah.

I WANT HILLARY BACK !!

simofish 08.05.09 at 12:57 pm
I think that is LISA Ling that Oprah has on her show, Laura’s sister,

The mobs (who have read the bill?) wanting answers from their legislators

What makes this all hypocritical is that the Democratic Party leader; President Obama called for similar aggressive grass-roots tactics when he was on the campaign trail:

“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face,” he said. “And if they tell you that, ‘Well, we’re not sure where he stands on guns.’ I want you to say, ‘He believes in the Second Amendment.’ If they tell you, ‘Well, he’s going to raise your taxes,’ you say, ‘No, he’s not, he’s going lower them.’ You are my ambassadors. You guys are the ones who can make the case.”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/17/politics/p185733D40.DTL&type=politics

HopePuma-
I think we can’t assume ALL HMO’s are the same, but again none are perfect either. I’ve personally NEVER had a problem with referrals, and the four of us in our family have had MANY! The doctors work TOGETHER as a team in the same building, and if you have a particular unique problem, there are enough Kaiser hospitals in the state that I could be referred to, that do specialize. (My daughter needed eye surgery, and the doctor that specialized in that particular surgery was in another local city, so that’s where she went) The family has had many complicated procedures with NO additional costs. I have NEVER been deprived of any treatment that I felt I should have. My dermatologist wanted me to try a medication for a skin condition that was not covered in the plan because the medication was still experimental. He researched it for me and found two pharmacies, one in Canada, and one back east that carried it. He wrote me a prescription and I paid the full price for it. (Kaiser has their own pharmacies in their hospitals and clinics, with discounted prices).

Everyone’s situation is different. I just don’t want ANYONE trying to fix something that isn’t broken for a lot of people, then give me something else that I don’t want, and tell me I have to pay additional for it with taxes now and in future generations . . and you can BET that in any plan the CONGRESS would like to mandate on us “drs WILL BE given a manual to follow that says what procedures are “covered” and for what for conditions.

Whe can’t they study ALL the systems that ARE working for people, and use what they learn to improve? Fix what is broken first, then build from there?

“People, though, are all individuals with individual needs and individual sub-problems and conditions. Just as we are all as individual as our fingerprints and DNA, our healthcare needs to be just as individualized.”
EXACTLY! And some of us LOVE our HMO’s!

Another great piece of information..passed and added that “O” was born in Hawaii?? Why was this added to this bill?? Now it is passed by law that “O” was born in Hawaii??

This was intr in the house by Abercrombie..his parents are tied back to “O’s” mother through an anti gov group..he also attended school with “O”. H. RES 593 passed July 27 2009

Senate passed July 28 2009…. S. RES 225

http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.+Res.+225:

Rep’s who tried to question this were shut down in both houses.

Looks like all the tea party folks – etal are dutiful citizens and have listened to their president!!!!
REMEMBER THIS!!
“I want you to get in their face.” — Barack Obama
“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.“
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMDur9CDZ4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftexasdarlin%2Ewordpress%2Ecom%2F2008%2F09%2F18%2Fobama%2Dto%2Dsupporters%2Dargue%2Dwith%2Dyour%2Dneighbors%2Dget%2Din%2Dtheir%2Dface%2F&feature=player_embedded

According to Greta, the DNC’s at it again; this time it’s the exec director trying to squelch the First Amendment rights of the press and the American people. Yesterday it was the communications coordinator. Verbal thuggery courtesy of BO’s Chicago DNC.
http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/08/05/protests-3/?action=late-new

Gotta go. BBL to check in…

the One is calling on his Obots to come out & fight the opponents of healthcare.

Wanna bet they haven’t even read the bill that they’ll be trying to defend? How rich will this be – fighting a mind-numbed obot with the facts at a townhall?!?!

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from President Barack Obama info@barackobama.com
reply-to info@barackobama.com
subject This is the moment

This is the moment our movement was built for.

For one month, the fight for health insurance reform leaves the backrooms of Washington, D.C., and returns to communities across America. Throughout August, members of Congress are back home, where the hands they shake and the voices they hear will not belong to lobbyists, but to people like you.

Home is where we’re strongest. We didn’t win last year’s election together at a committee hearing in D.C. We won it on the doorsteps and the phone lines, at the softball games and the town meetings, and in every part of this great country where people gather to talk about what matters most. And if you’re willing to step up once again, that’s exactly where we’re going to win this historic campaign for the guaranteed, affordable health insurance that every American deserves.

There are those who profit from the status quo, or see this debate as a political game, and they will stop at nothing to block reform. They are filling the airwaves and the internet with outrageous falsehoods to scare people into opposing change. And some people, not surprisingly, are getting pretty nervous. So we’ve got to get out there, fight lies with truth, and set the record straight.

That’s why Organizing for America is putting together thousands of events this month where you can reach out to neighbors, show your support, and make certain your members of Congress know that you’re counting on them to act.

But these canvasses, town halls, and gatherings only make a difference if you turn up to knock on doors, share your views, and show your support. So here’s what I need from you:

Can you commit to join at least one event in your community this month?

In politics, there’s a rule that says when you ask people to get involved, always tell them it’ll be easy. Well, let’s be honest here: Passing comprehensive health insurance reform will not be easy. Every President since Harry Truman has talked about it, and the most powerful and experienced lobbyists in Washington stand in the way.

But every day we don’t act, Americans watch their premiums rise three times faster than wages, small businesses and families are pushed towards bankruptcy, and 14,000 people lose their coverage entirely. The cost of inaction is simply too much for the people of this nation to bear.

So yes, fixing this crisis will not be easy. Our opponents will attack us every day for daring to try. It will require time, and hard work, and there will be days when we don’t know if we have anything more to give. But there comes a moment when we all have to choose between doing what’s easy, and doing what’s right.

This is one of those times. And moments like this are what this movement was built for. So, are you ready?

Please commit now to taking at least one action in your community this month to build support for health insurance reform:

http://my.barackobama.com/CommitAugust

Let’s seize this moment and win this historic victory for our economy, our health and our families.

Thank you,

President Barack Obama

House Orders Up Three Elite Jets
August 5, 2009
By Paul Singer
Roll Call Staff
Last year, lawmakers excoriated the CEOs of the Big Three automakers for traveling to Washington, D.C., by private jet to attend a hearing about a possible bailout of their companies.

But apparently Congress is not philosophically averse to private air travel: At the end of July, the House approved nearly $200 million for the Air Force to buy three elite Gulfstream jets for ferrying top government officials and Members of Congress.

The Air Force had asked for one Gulfstream 550 jet (price tag: about $65 million) as part of an ongoing upgrade of its passenger air service.

But the House Appropriations Committee, at its own initiative, added to the 2010 Defense appropriations bill another $132 million for two more airplanes and specified that they be assigned to the D.C.-area units that carry Members of Congress, military brass and top government officials
http://www.rollcall.com/media/37552-1.html

Another strange happening..

They have…govtrack.us..shut down..I guess so we can’t go in and see what bills have passed and what is in them..what are they hiding??

Even Thomas is hard to pull up by bill number…and is trying to block information. Never had that problem before..

And we thought the Rep’s were bad..they are starting to look like Sunday school teachers…and this adm is looking more and more like the thuggs we knew they were from day one!

OK report me to the Gov…my bad!

Murphy . . .

“couldnt resist” I know!

It “clears my mind of doubts.”

Sometimes we just need those fun little distractions! Now to go distract myself.

Oh, you have mail.

The O’fraud actually had the coconuts to send ME an email, asking for help passing HR3200, making sure I go and talk to people against the ‘lies’!

Baracko, go door to door yourself and spread your own lies. You are a f*cking fraud and I will do my very best to let as many people on this planet know that you have lied like a damn dog! (And I love dogs)

You need to start packing your bags. We have big plans to get your butt back to Chicago where frauds and crooks are a part of life.