Says this AP article.
I'd quibble with the AP about the source of the opposition, as Republicans don't comprise nearly 60% of the country. But instead...hooray, the wicked plan is dead!
Glenn Reynolds warns of a feint. While the proposal has always been dishonest, if that turns out to be the case and it is somehow slipped surreptiously into a bill, I predict rioting.
Update: A public option by any other name... This fight is not over.
Showing posts with label nationalized health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nationalized health care. Show all posts
Aug 16, 2009
Aug 11, 2009
Civility My Ass
"Get in their faces." "Punch back twice as hard."
- President Obama, the Great Divider
This monstrosity of a health care bill isn't deserving of civility. I am in favor of a scorched earth policy. (And I would not be if most of Americans actually favored a single payer system. I would accept it with sadness and resignation. But it's not even being honestly debated about what the bill actually is.) Those on the right are always held to a higher standard of conduct and what does it get us? Bupkis. The Left is so accustomed to those on the Right standing by in docile fashion while they scream and rage and effect their policies. They don't know what to do when their own disruptive tactics are used against them.
The townhalls were propaganda/photo ops that were not designed for give and take. They gave the best seating to supporters, tried to shut out opposition, then called in the goons when sentiment started shifting. And let us not forget that this intended overhaul of 1/6 of our economy (and our entire society; see Steyn's article below) was not intended to be debated. It was supposed to have been passed in a legislative blitzkrieg couched in terms of dealing with the perpetual economic crisis. That sort of contempt for the citizenry, who will be stuck with this nonsense while the elites have their pick of what is left of the top tier health care system, is reprehensible. That the town halls and opposition to the health care bills are being publicized at all by the media are a direct result of the open hostility. And all of the actual violence that I have seen has been by Obama supporters.
This isn't just a health care bill- it's an attempt to redefine our society.
But if they think the hostility will die down once a bill is passed. Think again.
Rant over.
Update: What this guy says.
- President Obama, the Great Divider
This monstrosity of a health care bill isn't deserving of civility. I am in favor of a scorched earth policy. (And I would not be if most of Americans actually favored a single payer system. I would accept it with sadness and resignation. But it's not even being honestly debated about what the bill actually is.) Those on the right are always held to a higher standard of conduct and what does it get us? Bupkis. The Left is so accustomed to those on the Right standing by in docile fashion while they scream and rage and effect their policies. They don't know what to do when their own disruptive tactics are used against them.
The townhalls were propaganda/photo ops that were not designed for give and take. They gave the best seating to supporters, tried to shut out opposition, then called in the goons when sentiment started shifting. And let us not forget that this intended overhaul of 1/6 of our economy (and our entire society; see Steyn's article below) was not intended to be debated. It was supposed to have been passed in a legislative blitzkrieg couched in terms of dealing with the perpetual economic crisis. That sort of contempt for the citizenry, who will be stuck with this nonsense while the elites have their pick of what is left of the top tier health care system, is reprehensible. That the town halls and opposition to the health care bills are being publicized at all by the media are a direct result of the open hostility. And all of the actual violence that I have seen has been by Obama supporters.
This isn't just a health care bill- it's an attempt to redefine our society.
But if they think the hostility will die down once a bill is passed. Think again.
Rant over.
Update: What this guy says.
Aug 5, 2009
Aug 2, 2009
Here's One Way to "Bend" the Cost Curve
for Health Care
via Lucianne.com
Of course, another way would be to institute medical tort reform, but that wouldn't play very well with the plaintiff's bar, who might not be inclined to donate as much to the Democratic party.
via Lucianne.com
Of course, another way would be to institute medical tort reform, but that wouldn't play very well with the plaintiff's bar, who might not be inclined to donate as much to the Democratic party.
Jul 21, 2009
What Collectivism?
Cardin responded by asking Broadus what would happen if he became sick, broke a bone, had a car accident and ended up in an emergency room.
"You don't pay. You are part of the population that shifts its costs over to a person who does pay, and they're paying for you," Cardin said.
Explaining how hospitals have often to absorb those costs, Cardin said many hospitals would chose simply to leave the community.
"I just think the overriding public interest is to require you and everyone in this country to have health insurance," Cardin said
From a recent "Town Hall" (hate the term, thus the scare quotes) in D.C.
Update: Bobby Jindal presents a better way.
Nationalized Health Care
Suggested slogan: "If you're going to make an omelette, you have to amputate a few legs."
via Drudgereport.
Prove the government can run the health systems it already controls (VA, Medicare, Medicaid) well and then we'll talk.
Update: Crisis? What Crisis?
via Drudgereport.
Prove the government can run the health systems it already controls (VA, Medicare, Medicaid) well and then we'll talk.
Update: Crisis? What Crisis?
Jul 15, 2009
Wait, What's This?
An effective marketing counterattack on the Dem's health care plan by the Republicans?
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