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- Protests of the President’s proposed policies are artificial (ma’am). Go ahead and let us know if you hear anything “fishy” about the health care debate. How’s that new tone working out for you? Are you enjoying all of this thoughtful debate and transparency? I’m feeling kind of hopey and changey today myself, but I don’t think in the way Obama meant.
- I hope they have a grade-school children’s contest or something to determine what symbol The One’s opposers will be required to affix to their clothing. I mean, the yellow star’s out for sure—probably stars in general, actually—but other than that, it’s pretty open.
- The Phoebe Cates post performs strongly in the daily popular links list, just as I thought it would. It’s getting a lot of hits from Iran and Saudi Arabia lately.
- “There are no important differences in the nutrition content, or any additional health benefits, of organic food when compared with conventionally produced food.”
- Barack Obama recently nominated Sonia Sotomayor, who has a vagina and was born to poor Puerto Rican immigrants, to the Supreme Court. She is expected to win confirmation today.
- I hope your iPod doesn’t explode. But if it does, Apple might be willing to refund your money—if you sign a gag order never telling anyone about the settlement.
- Looks like the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is a go for 2010!
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Oh Bo, the SSotomayor line made me spew water on my keyboard. Thanks alot, buddy.
Saw a bumper sticker on the Arsenal yesterday that said: “I’ll keep my liberty, freedom, and guns. You keep the change” I kinda liked it. If I wasn’t afraid someone would key my brand new Ridgeline, bought without the help of the US Government, I might put a sticker or two on it. But alas, I ain’t quite that brave.
Heading to Lebanon TN this weekend to the Brooks Brothers outlet to pick up my Brooks Brothers suit so I can dress appropriately for the next spontaneous outrage politcal rally. Hope I get to wear it soon.
Exactly how does one manufacture outrage? Isn’t all outrage “manufactured?” I mean, if I get outraged, I am the one manufacturing it. Hmmmm. Go figure.
Sent my check off to my favorite political cause this morning. Who’s running against PG next year anyway?
I’m thinking about trading in my old full-size Chevy Suburban on one of the new H3s. I heard it’s on the approved Cash4Clunkers list. How sweet is that?
Reckon I’m done. See ya!
Everybody in a coma or something?? Not a single comment except mine? What’s up with that?
Just remember, there is no need for any extended discussion on health care reform, because there is huge, broad consensus for what’s going on. It’s just a few ne’er-do-wells and malcontents trying to stir up a bunch of trouble.
Here is the latest email the DNC is sending out to its supporters (and those pretending to be supporters to get a direct line on what these emails say):
–begin included text–
(first name of recipient) —
Members of Congress have been home for just a few days, and they’re already facing increased pressure from insurance companies, special interests, and partisan attack organizations that are spending millions to block health insurance reform.
These groups are using scare tactics and spreading smears about the President’s plan for reform, trying to incite constituents into lashing out at their representatives and disrupting their events.
The goal of these disruptions is for a few people to get a lot of media attention and hijack the entire public discourse. If they succeed, all Americans — Democrats, Republicans, and Independents — will continue to struggle under the broken status quo.
It’s up to us to show Congress that those loudly opposing reform are a tiny minority being stirred up by special interests, and that a huge majority strongly supports enacting real health insurance reform in 2009.
Your representative, __________, has been fighting hard for real health insurance reform. Can you call the local office in __________? Let the person who answers know that you’re a constituent. Then tell them: “Thanks for working to enact real health insurance reform this year. Voters like me support your efforts.”
According to our records, you live in __________ congressional district. Please call:
Rep. __________ at XXX-XXX-XXXX.
Once you’ve made your call, click here to report it.
(Not your representative? Click here to look yours up.)
Calling should only take a few minutes, but it’s a huge help. These local offices serve as the main connection between a member of Congress and voters in the district. And with representatives home on recess, the staff there are in daily contact with your member, keeping them updated on how many calls they receive that are for or against reform.
Once you’ve called, please tell us. Knowing how many calls are coming in from all around the country will help us better plan our campaign — and help us show that the American people overwhelmingly want health insurance reform this year. Let us know you called:
[Link to MY.BARACKOBAMA.COM removed]
Thanks,
Mitch
Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
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“my.barackobama.com” isn’t that just precious?? Have you seen the youtube clip of the AARP meeting? Hilarity ensued.
How come those who are against this behemoth bill can’t organize protests? Isn’t that Organizing for America’s mission? Were the million man marches spontaneous? Oh, silly me. They all just showed up at the same time…
Is booing a congressman who admits to being in a rush and not reading the bill any more disrespectful “dissent” than singing “nah nah nah goodbye” to an outgoing president?
I haven’t yet blogged about the shifting language. Did it here…remember that one?
The current one is that “health care reform” has become “health insurance reform.” Look for it. It’s all you see anymore. Little adjusted expectation there.
I cannot say this often enough: don’t let up. Obama has been relentlessly obstinate beyond all political reason, but the second we count on that we’re cooked. He may continue to hang himself, but if/when he does, it should be considered a bonus, not the primary mechanism.
Terri: Dammit! Did hilarity ensue and I missed it again? I LOVE hilarity!
I know, health insurance reform. Only about 800 pages of that bill have nothing to do with insurance.
Are provisions regulating the # of residents hopsitals have part of insurance reform? How about procedures that study how best to treat disease x? Or, the tax surcharges on higher income earners. That’s not insurance reform. (By the way, there’s a clause in there that if the gov’t doesn’t “Save” as much as expected, some of those surcharges DOUBLE the following year.)
Yes indeed, hilariry ensued. Hate you missed it. Check YouTube for it.
Here’s another one for ya…A guy called in to a talk show one day earlier this week and he said that the problem with the American health care system is that it is profit driven. OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!
Profit, how dare they?? Insurance companies making a profit? The horror. Doctors making a profit to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans? Those assholes. What are they thinking? Drug companies making a profit? Hell, don’t we have enough drugs already? Who needs R & D nowadays anyway??
Christ almighty, if it weren’t for profit driven folks in this country, we’d still be living in shacks and driving horse and buggies to work. Have people just lost the freakin’ minds or what?
Personally, I want the BEST doctor out there when I get sick and that probably means he/she is one of the more expensive doctors out there. Hell yeah! And last year, my FAMILY practice doctor ordered an MRI and you know how long it took me to get in to have it done? 5 days. FIVE!! And it only took that long because of MY schedule. If I were in Alberta, I’d probably still be waiting now 8 months later.
PROFIT! It’s a beautiful thing. Don’t know about you, but if I wasn’t making a profit, I’d just stay the hell at home and let the guv’ment support me. I LIKE profit. I like profit and having profit to support my church, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Republican National Committee, search & rescue, Humane Society, National Park Conservation Association, Wild Alabama, and the list goes on and on.
Pardon the rant and my manufatctured outrage. Just venting here on a beautiful Friday morning while taking a break from all the profit I’m generating…..
please excuse the occasional typ-o in that post….my fingers don’t always do what the brain says to.