"It was the Screaming that woke us up" - Hill-air-ree-ous!

OK - so this is incredibly hil-air-ree-ous! Little Lucas shoots robber with dad's gun and becomes a hero. What's not so hill-air-ree-ous is that there are going to be thousands of people who don't get the sattire and think little Lucas is an american patroit. To prove my point, I would like everyone to post this on conservative pages as a "real story" let's see if this gets picked up by a Glen Beck or a Joyce Kaufman as a "real story". Game? OK - let the fun begin....

Rick Sanchez to Fox News - "You Lie"

Conservative wingnut tool Fox News recently took out an ad in The Washington Post that said NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN didn't cover that nutty Tea Party in DC. Rick Sanchez beautifully tell's Fox news to go shove it with clips from CNN's coverage from at least four different reporters, a clip from Bill O'Reilly mentioning CNN covering the rally and hs own conspiracy theory that the picture in the Fox ad actually came from a CNN camera. Nice work, Rick!

My Personal Take on the Healthcare Issue

I'm not a doctor person. I literally only go to a doctor when I self-diagnose on webmb.com and the diagnosis comes up "cancer" (actually every webmb diagnosis comes up cancer). I then go to a doctor for an assurance it's something that I really thought it was - like hives or a hangnail.

Seriously, I've never had a doctor do anything for me except to either cause me pain, discomfort or push some pill at me that will make me feel either like sleeping for two days or saying inappropriate things to coworkers.

So I'll tell you that the whole healthcare reform thing should be what I want to fight about least of all - but it's not. And here's why...

I never could understand that in the United States you can actually go bankrupt because you don't have healthcare. I could never understand why when in the rare instances when I do go to a doctor and I am covered by whatever insurance I have, the statement is some ridiculous amount - like $5,000 for tests run at an allergist or $2,000 for an emergency room visit on Thanksgiving for a lymph node infection (not including the antibiotics).

But then I do know why - it's precisely that little insurance card you have that your employer probably pays for. It's people like a coworker who goes to the podiatrist for a pedicure because the copay is cheaper than the salon. It's people who go to the dermatologist instead of the spa for a facial. It's people who go to the doctor for a cough when they really need Robitussin. This happens all the time. And it's the doctors who "upsell" their services. And they do - they medicate us, order an obscene number of tests and get indignant if you question them. They after all, are doctors. They have the final say. They are all-knowing.

It's the insurance companies who meter and dole out procedures. So easy to say no to everything because paying up brings their profits down. Insurance companies aren't on the side of the insured by their very nature.

So what do we do? Well, President Obama and President Clinton and Senator Kennedy have all fought for universal healthcare. President Obama's plan currently makes sense for the American people - have your current plan stay more or less status quo. Eliminate pre-existing condition clauses. Make catastrophic healthcare mandatory for all americans. Offer a public option. That's fair. That's actually free market enterprise at work. Have a public option that will force the private insurance companies to keep their rates fair. Make healthcare mandatory the same as car insurance or home insurance when you have a mortgage.

But some people want to see the President fail. These people say that there are Death Panels, that the DMV is going to give you a PAP smear and that you're going to have to wait on line for years, perhaps decades to get a checkup, a pacemaker, a broken bone set. These people don't even know what they're fighting against. They use buzzwords like - Socialism, Communism, Tax Hikes. They don't want to compromise and they will stop at nothing until this proposal is killed and our President defeated - even if it tears apart our country.

I stopped at the bank today near Mt. Sinai Hospital. I passed the Humana clinic. The doors opened as I walked by and I looked in. The conservatives' nightmare of healthcare's future was staring at me right now - lines and lines. People waiting in chairs looking like they had been there for hours. Elderly patients being bussed in from points West and North. Spending hours perhaps days to see a doctor to be told that they had a pre-existing condition or to just takes these painkillers. What I didn't see were any of those conservatives there to look at the broken system as it is right now.

I have friends, good friends that have chronic illnesses and I have friends that have children with chronic illnesses. I am willing to pay a few dollars more to see that they will never have to go bankrupt if their child needs chemo or a liver transplant. And I am willing to ask them to do the same for me. You want to call that socialism? Go right ahead. I call it society. And I back my President's plan. Do you?

I would love to know your thoughts.

Would You Let Your Children Behave Like Joe Wilson (I hope not....)

"F**K you, Congress"



So here's the question - you have a child. You take said child out to some crappy place in a strip mall for dinner because you got home late and the last thing on your mind is to make dinner. So you and your husband (or wife or whatever) take little Timmy out with you to TGI Thursday's or Green Lobster or whatever. While there, the waitress comes over and says "Hi! We have drink specials today 2 for 1 margaritas" You say that sounds great and while the waitress gets your drink order, Little Timmy, seed of your loins, throws a tantrum at the table because he wants chicken fingers and you want him to have the steamed chicken and broccoli so he doesn't turn into an obese child (because you cant afford the medical bills if your angel gets diabetes at the age of 10). He screams at you and makes a scene - what do you do? Punish him or give him his favorite dessert as a reward?

If that child were mine - that better not happen, I'll tell you that. Because even a crappy restaurant is a restaurant and there is a sense of decorum in how you act when out in public. My parents threatened me once - if you act out we just wont take you anywhere - and that's all I needed.

So my question, dear readers is simply this.....why the hell would anyone Republicans, Conservatives, Space Aliens....let Rep. Joe Wilson get away with his behavior last night at the President's address to Congress? What kind of message does this send? To me it doesn't send a message of protest or disagreement for The President's bill and ideals - the way to show that is clearly in the sitting on the hands and looking a little perturbed that the Republicans (and Democrats) know how to do so well. That in itself speaks volumes to The President when he addresses Congress. I personally LOVE this bit of theatre - it reminds me of old movies of Parliament.

But this...this shouting of "You Lie" by Rep Wilson is just bad behavior. And it makes a mockery of Congress, his office, and the Republican Party. It shows that he has no taste and clearly no respect for his job or his party or his country. Forget about his not agreeing with The President - you do not shit where you eat! That's the first rule of having a job. For this alone to show respect for the hall of Congress and the Country that the Republicans say they love so much more than the Democrats do - they need to condemn this act by a crude man - not order him a hot fudge sundae!

Barack Obama's Big Night

Last night President Barack Obama addressed Congress and the American people on the issue of his health care reform bill. I eagerly awaited this address because I have been feeling for months now that President Obama, by taking the high road and not addressing full out the craziness that has been brewing by the conservative right, was letting an opportunity slip away - the opportunity to make fools of these crazies by bringing to light the truth about the health care plan.

Lat night, President Obama did, I feel, make his position known in a more forceful manner. I loved his speech about he not being the first President to fight for Universal Health care but he would be the last. I love the fact that he addressed Sarah Palin's idiocy about "death panels" and called her out without naming names.

I even love the age old theatrics of the address to Congress - the party that sides with you stands and cheers everything you say. The opposition literally sits on their hands (except, of course, for Joe Wilson - the rude prick). Whenever I see this, It really takes me back to a time over 200 years ago when I'm sure the founding fathers that the conservatives talk so much about disagreed with and were outspoken with each other.

But let's get back to President Obama's outline and why the hell wouldn't we want this to pass? President Obama said that if you have health care from work or Medicare or Medicaid your coverage would stay the same except for the fact that there would be no pre-existing ailments and your coverage can't be "changed" during or after a sickness. If you don't have health care you have to be required to buy some form of basic health care or be penalized by the IRS. And if you still can't afford it, a basic basic form would be offered to you covering, say, heart disease of a broken leg so that you don't run off to the hospital emergency room, rack up a $25,000 bill and skip out on it. That everyone would have to be covered for basic health care like drivers are covered by car insurance. - What the hell is wrong with that?

There are only two scenarios that I can think of why the Republicans are so against this plan and this man - and neither of them make them look good in any way, shape of form:

1. The Republicans are in the back pocket of the medicine and insurance industries (duh). Of course they are - I literally snort coke zero out of my nose every time the Conservative Right says that they're for the people and that the Democrats are for big business and big government.....What? what? Republicans are notoriously for big business and tax breaks. They are the poster boys for bribery and being bought and sold for a buck. Do you want to know what got the only positive reaction by the President on the Republican side of the aisle yesterday? When The President acknowledged John McCain? NOPE! Guess again......How about when he said he would look into Doctors malpractice insurance practices and try to deregulate some practices and procedures for doctors? DING DING DING DING! The Republicans are being strong armed by the Insurance and AMA to not budge an inch lest there be less money to be shared. See? The Republicans still believe in trickle down economics - profit is trickled down from BIG INSURANCE right into the pockets of Republican Congressmen.

2. Like the sore losers they are, the Republicans want to see President Obama fail and will take down the country with it if they have to just to get a big "See? I told ya so" in the end. I don't know if it's racism, jealousy, aversion to change and hope or a weird allergic reaction to peanuts or shellfish, but these Republicans literally will stop at nothing to get Barack Obama to lose.

But here's the thing...In the end, the conservatives will self implode in a sea of craziness and the light will come down on the truth - that this system is broken and we have to change it. That President Obama's plan is no different or more insidious than having mandatory car insurance or home insurance on a mortgaged home. And that the really sad, sad truth in those that disagree is that it's OK to insure your THINGS - your car, your boat, your home because they have a tangible value but human health (especially the working class) much less important to the Conservatives after all.

Barack Obama - Coming for YOUR Rugrat at a school near you!

First of all - look at all the cool fun images that I found on the web of "concerned citizens" of the United States who just "care about their country"....Yeah - give me a f**king break!



What happens when a conspiracy theorist gets a hold of Adobe Illustrator


Hey - does this mean Michelle Obama is Eva Braun?

So now that I got your attention, President Barack Obama is going to speak to school children in a satellite feed on September 8th! Yes my friends - instead of our little angels watching mind-enriching programs like American Idol, Hannah Montana and Spongebob Squarepants (and truth be told, probably Real Housewives of Atlanta and Extreme cage Wrestling)...the will be exposed to....The President of the United States urging them to stay in school!

The audacity! The terror! Yeah, I know, I know...it sounds funny to think that this might be construed as a bad thing, but the nutters on the conservative front are making it out to be the formation of Hitler Youth!

First of all this isn't the first time this has happened. In 1991 Pres Bush addressed schoolchildren in much the same way - via satellite. As far as I know, no children were indoctrinated into the fold.


Psst...excuse me...Mr. President?....Uh....your book is upside down...And the World Trade Center is ON FIRE!

In 2001, The second President Bush was at a school class in Florida reading a book upside down when he was informed of the WTC attack. I suppose we didnt have to worry about Bush being a Marxist - I mean he thought a Marxist was someone who always got the bullseye to win the BIG PRIZE at the Crawford County Fair!


Napoleon Dynamite - Cute Indy Film or Communist Plot?

When I was a kid we had mock elections - We had the Carter/Ford election. I made up campaign buttons for Jimmy Carter with peanuts taped to each one. The boys wanted Ford. I guess we were all little commie bastards in 1976 Brooklyn. Back in the day it wasn't called indoctrinating children - IT WAS CALLED SOCIAL STUDIES OR CIVICS! In fact, several years of hypnosis will probably reveal the little chip the democrats implanted in my head that year that I was 9.


Goldwater Girl - or zombie bitch?

But getting back to President Obama and next week - the wacky conservatives are starting a campaign to pull their kids out of school that day. And many are threatening home schooling their precious little cargo. (Home school kindergarten classes include Why Jesus hates Muslim terrorists, Why Liberals are the Devil's spawn, and The proper ways to clean your rifle) So what kind of message do these hate mongers send to their children? That the President and the Government is bad? What next? Don't listen to the police? Learn to shoot a rifle for the new militia uprising?

And these crazies are forgetting one point that makes all this craziness obsolete - politics, to most kids, is boring! It's not World Cage Wrestling or Real Housewives of The Pittsburg Steelers. It's not American Idol or Spongebob. And the surest way of getting kids to be totally uninterested in something is to have it taught in school. So get over it you freaks! Your little rugrats won't even listen to Barack Obama at school - now if he went on The Simpsons or something - that's different!


Maybe President Obama IS out to take over kids' minds, after all......


What's your opinion?

Why so Angry???? And so Crazy???

Health protestor: Obama has 'broken his oath'Aug. 12: Craig Miller, the man who confronted Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., at a town hall-style meeting, joins msnbc's Dylan Ratigan to discuss the incident, as well as his feelings on the role of government. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32386333#32386333

My husband, Jack, got me hooked on Morning Joe on - as far as morning news shows go, I have to say that it's pretty intelligent (with the possible exception of the title host, Joe Scarborough). Actually I even like Joe - though he is a conservative, he plays well with liberals.

When Morning Joe ends, that's my cue to start the day - until yesterday and today, when I was fascinated by Morning Meeting host, Dylan reporting on the Town Hall Meeting uproars that are going on across the country. Yesterday he interviewed a woman who was waiting for The Obama Town Hall meeting to start in NH. She was the NH Tea Party Organizer. Barely coherent and not making sense, she reminded me of the cat ladies that sort of rant about conspiracy theories. She said that she expected to not be let in to the Town Hall, but wanted to express her concerns that Government was taking away her freedoms. When Dylan Ratigan pressed her for specifics, there were only the same talking points.....Cap and Trade......What about the Constitution......at least she was, by my accounts, wacky but mentally competent to stand trial, let's say.

But today.....oh today....Dylan gave me a piece of viewing that was both difficult to watch and fascinating at the same time. I think we all saw the clip of the man berating Arlen Specter at his Town Hall in PA yesterday. Of some man screaming at Mr. Specter, some other guy trying to hustle him out and then Mr. Specter getting between them to diffuse the situation as the crazed angry man was leaving and screaming "God will judge you".......

Well Dylan (my new boyfriend if he keeps this up) had the crazy "God will judge you" guy on the air today in a 9 minute interview! A 9 minute interview without commercial break, mind you. Mostly because this guy was ranting about 31 czars and President Obama broke his oath and was sworn in twice and Obama is a liar and Obama can't keep his word and....cap and trade and he wants to see an accounting of the federal reserve and..... what? what? what? This was the saddest and most pathetic thing I've ever seen. Now here's the thing that I saw. I saw a man that was mentally or emotionally disabled. I saw Arlen Specter handle this so well. Then I saw this on TV. Now at first I said what you're saying...if the man is mentally unstable (and look for yourself, the link is below)....., then why would MSNBC put him on the air...but then I realized that the man had pages of talking points on his lap and he was just reading the talking points so someone SOMEONE thought it was good idea from his side to put him on television.

I used to work at a conservative radio station, that I will not name. At that station there were many rabble who were on the air purely for ratings and didn't care a whoop what they were ranting about. They traipsed people like this around much in the same way that the Easter Seals telethon did the horrible marching of the crippled children in the early 70's. The people that are raging against the Obama administration and their local politicians are for the most part easily led, at best. They might be lonely, or subject to believing everything they hear, but they are not representing the American people.

These conservatives would have you believe that they are true Americans, trying to uphold the constitution and the American way of life. Don't be fooled. True Americans love this country and want it to be the greatest country in the world. They are open to critcisism but it has to be constructive. Violence is by its nature destructive, not constructive and these people are using violent words and actions. They don't want a dialogue, they want to stop the dialogue.

Now, what can we do? Well, just like an annoying mosquito or the town drunk when he wants to pick a bar fight after one too many....we should ignore them. We SHOULD go about our business of convincing the more rational people on the fence that there are no death squads, the DMV will not take over your annual pap smear and a government official will not be asking you to turn and cough.

And we should keep on letting these people expose themselves as robots with talking points and embarassing themselves - because they are the best advertisement for not taking them seriously.



Health protestor: Obama has 'broken his oath'Aug. 12: Craig Miller, the man who confronted Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., at a town hall-style meeting, joins msnbc's Dylan Ratigan to discuss the incident, as well as his feelings on the role of government. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32386333#32386333