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If there's no Public Option, then nothing has really changed, has it?
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There's a lot of debate about health care in the USA, but it all boils down to one central concept:
Should everyone have access to a doctor, both before and after they get sick?
If your answer is yes, then you have to admit that SOMETHING has to be done. Let's get it started, and fix any errors down the road.
If your answer is no, then we have a fundamental dsiagreement in principle, and nothing more to talk about. On some things, there is no middle ground.
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The shootings in Ft Hood? It's a tragedy, but I'm finding it hard pressed to get worked up about it. As far as we know right now, the guy wasn't an Al Qaeda operative, just another misguided, angry soul.If later facts change anything, then we have something to discuss. Otherwise, it's already old news
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McGraw Millhaven spent an hour on the story of a bereaved mother calling the PM of Great Britain and dressing him down for spelling errors in a condolence letter that he hand wrote to her. While this is interesting, it's a story about the PM of Great Britain. It's not worth an HOUR of your show, or my life.
Also, from what I've heard, Gordon Brown is blind in one eye and has notoriously bad handwriting. Perhaps it's sloppiness, not poor spelling?
In any case, the leader of Great Britain took the time to hand write a letter. That says a lot about the man, whatever you think of his politics.
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Oh, and I don't have any idea of what Gordon Brown's politics are, nor do I particularly care. He's really not my problem.
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Gay marriage was voted down in Maine. It's bullshit, but again, it doesn't affect me.
Or maybe it does. If they let gays get married then I'll have to buy a wedding present for my Sister-in-Law and her partner, and my little brother and his partner. Probably for Margo & Vicky, and Murray & James too.
OK. I am now officially opposed to Gay Marriage until the economy improves or I'm done paying off my furnace.
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Can you tell I'm getting remarkably unconcerned about most things. If it won't affect my daily life, then I really don't give a shit, and don't have energy to spare for it.
~Eas
Thank God for kindred spirits! (And the courage to say it like it is!)
I have a bumper sticker I got for free online that says I Want a Public
Option. I think I'll be putting in on my car tomorrow. I'm with you, let's
put the current plan in play and fix it as it needs. We are going bankrupt
because of medical insanity. Not to mention the whole social contract
thing. Let's just get it done!
The Gordon Brown thing was really a bit disturbing: the mother gets a
handwritten note from him and promptly goes public to complain about it.
Brown rings her up personally to apologise and she secretly records the
conversation and gives/sells it to The Sun newspaper. It all seems a bit
ghoulish to me, but I'm puzzled to see how anyone could make a program
lasting more than 5 minutes about it; nor why they would want to.