Comments on: Why Congress’ healthcare plan isn’t like the public option

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:58:29 +0000

camo, just figured it out. It’s a new way spammers are trying to get their spam posted. They somehow ‘assume’ the identity of the person who made the comment, but change the link section the commenter fills out with a spam site. I usually catch that but didn’t catch this one. It was in the spam folder, and I assumed one of your comments had gotten stuck in it by mistake so I released it.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:31:28 +0000

Not sure, camo. Just noticed that. Maybe you have a ghost writer?

By: camojack

camojack — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:32:35 +0000

How’s come my 3:36 AM comment re-posted at 6:01 AM, sans links? I know for a fact that I was riding my Harley out through one of the security gates at the Military-Industrial Complex™ at that time…

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:39:51 +0000

In a practical way, those who do government welfare work (which covers most government workers from local to national) are already in an elite class because (since they make such a voting block) politicians are bent on keeping them very happy with perks and pay, all at the expense of those of us who have productive jobs in society.

By: Always Right

Always Right — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:37:44 +0000

In the old Soviet Union the elite had special stores to shop in with more and better products. They drank a better grade of vodka, drove better cars and even had a special lane on the highway that no one else could drive on.
The further left a society moves, the more isolated and elevated the elite political class becomes. Politicians, Democrat and Republican, are mostly egotistical, otherwise they would make an honest living. If we let them, they will eventually set themselves up as a royal class.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:57:25 +0000

Oh, so the public option is just for the “public”….private citizens…but, if you happen to be one of the lucky elected or their staff, or any part of the government (even a custodian at the White House) you have options and still will after the “public option” is rammed down our throats.

One more reason for term limits and getting them all on board to pay into social security and medicare, too.

You can go to the government workers website and see all the great options they have…..why not just take that model and let all the rest of America have access to it? Of course, you will have to get over the sticker shock…I don’t think our employers could afford it. But we employ these guys and we should damn well have the final say in what they get, not them. Does anyone else see something intrinsically wrong about that?

But as we all know this is not about health care this is about socialism. That’s not so hard to understand.

By: camojack

camojack — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:36:55 +0000

"Um – um, not quite, sez Cassandra" Uh-huh...and as I said at her blog: One of the Republicans in Congrefs proposed an amendment that would have required Members to be covered by the Public Option plan if they approve it for private citizens. "Predictably, however, the Heller amendment was defeated, with all 21 committee Democrats voting against it. That vote is indicative of the reality that any bill requiring Congress to be covered by the same health care as the public has the proverbial snow ball in Hades' chances of being enacted." No takers. No surprise...

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:54:21 +0000

Not long ago I heard a conservative friend say he might reconsider his opposition to ObamaCare if it was the same as the package of options, prices and care given to Congress.

My question to him was, “Why? Does that make it any less a government intrusion into American lives where government has absolutely no authority to intrude?”

I have no problem with congresscritters getting an insurance package. Lots of employees nationwide do. The problem I have with it is that they are the ones who decide the package choices, costs, etc., instead of their bosses (we, the people), so I kinda figure it’s almost like another area where they’re stealing from the taxpayers.

But, like everything else to do with Joe Citizen, they really don’t give a rusty rip what we who foot their extravagance think.

By: MarkJ

MarkJ — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:42:57 +0000

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn’t belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the others,
Then you’re absolutely…right!