just thought i'd begin with a little imagery...
the House of Representatives voted, narrowly, to pass the much ado about nothing Health Care Reform. The vote was 220-215 for the bill that has been watered down from an impressive piece of legislation, that would help Americans and finally call out the Health Care Industry for what it is, a profit mongering group of soulless corporate shills with several lawmakers sipping at their teet protecting the interests of the free market. Like the free market ever needed any protecting. One lone Republican voted for the bill, which extends coverage to millions more Americans but still forces folks to pay out of pocket for services that the rest of the civilized world does not. Let's give a round of applause for Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao, whom in his infinite wisdom decided to back this bill because it is what his Democratic constituency would want. As if every Republican constituency in this country would want to continue to pay exorbitantly for their health care rather than allow the great and exulted Free market to adjust for a true public option, one that actually creates competition—one of the true cornerstones of American Capitalism. Its the same old story. When big business is threatened it runs to the government for help and there, always with arms wide open, is the right wing...
this is a Republican Party that believes in smaller government, but thinks it knows how you should live your life in the privacy of your own home. Believes in letting the Free Market flow without regulation until its most influential members cry poor and beg to be bailed out. They believe in the right for a person to choose to have as many guns as they desire, procure them with ease and without fail but choose to do nothing to prevent or even deter the crimes such a laissez faire attitude produces. They continue to allow the gasbags of their party rifle off ridiculous accusations that the the US Mint is taking the god out of our money, or that the President is a racist tool of Islam. And a ton of that talk comes from a network owned by a foreigner. But who cares, we import everything these days, while exporting our natural resources, that includes our intelligence and our jobs. It is a scary thought that cyber-espionage is possible, simply because the computer chips made for defense department computers and the power grid and banking computer systems are made by the Chinese. Has anyone ever actually read the Iliad?...
so i was wondering. Is this the party you want? Is this what you envisioned when you registered to vote. A party that cares more for the Free Market's bottom line than yours? A party whose pundits and representatives blur the truth and slander its opponents? If it is, then i am at a loss. If this is the Republican Party you stand up with, then so be it. I can't argue with that. The problems that plague this country today are the same that plagued us six years ago—bad economy, poor education, poor health care and war. This Republican Party of yours had a congressional majority and a President in the White House and couldn't solve these problems. But if you want to stand with this ignorance, i suppose i can't stop you...
this is not a great health plan. It allows for more people to have access to health care and that is important. It is feckless in its attempt to force any change upon an industry that has raped us and made us pay for the use of a rape kit. But this whole fight over the past six months is not about this bill. Its about the next bill, and the one after that, and after that. Change comes in small increments. I couldn't possibly expect the Free Market to acquiesce to the demands of practical thought, not today. But this bill is a compromise. The left came sown from the mountain and met more than half way the despots in the Republican Party as well as their own. The left had to sell its soul once again to get a lousy majority of centrist hacks who can't see the forest for the trees. And yet the Republican Party refuses to come to meet in the middle. They want to keep pulling things back. Attaching Anti-Abortion Legislation to the bill. and dooming it to a longer floor fight and possible extinction...
this is your party, you have to answer for it...
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