Saturday, March 20, 2010

On This Day In History

Tomorrow could witness one of the biggest moments in American history. I say could because it's not 100% positive the vote will take place on Sunday. It most likely will, but it could be delayed. Our government has made it Us (the American people) vs. Them. They won't listen to us. We talk, we ask, we yell, we scream, we cry, we beg, we plead and they continue to turn a deaf ear to us. This bill will pass. Please, have no illusions to the contrary. Universal Hell Care will pass. Progressives will lie, cheat, intimidate, threaten and bribe to make damn sure it does. I truly weep for where this country has fallen.

5 comments:

Silke said...

There are many Americans who support health care reform and voted for Democrats in the last election who campaigned on this issue – so I disagree with your characterization of “Us vs. Them.”

Also, some of the people who oppose the current legislation oppose it because they don’t think it goes far enough.

Chris said: Universal Hell Care will pass.

This is not a universal health care bill. According to the CBO even if the bill passes there will still be 24 million uninsured in 2019.

Christopher Lee said...

There are many Americans who support health care reform
Silke, I support health care reform but not this. Abortions, forcing us to have health care coverage, the IRS taking refunds to pay fines for not having said coverage. This isn't reform. More Americans don't want this bill than do. And it has become Us vs Them. We're telling them no and they're not listening. The government doesn't work for us any more. They do what ever the hell they want and they don't care.

As for it not being universal, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
"We can have universal health care by the end of the next president's first term, by the end of my first term" - Barack Obama to the AFL-CIO in 2007

Silke said...

governing than surely you believe we should have been out of Iraq before the surge and should be pulling out of Afghanistan right now.

And it has become Us vs Them.

But according to you “Us” means the American people. I’m an American and I support what this legislation is trying to do. Why don’t you consider me an American?

We're telling them no and they're not listening.

They are listening. They just don’t agree with you and there are many who are telling them yes.

The government doesn't work for us any more.

That’s what elections are for. I’m sure repealing this legislation will be one of the top campaign issues in the mid-term elections and 2012.

Silke said...

Chris, this should have been at the top of my comment above:

Chris said: More Americans don't want this bill than do.

Poll results all depend on the way you ask the question and if this is your metric for

Silke said...

Chris said: More Americans don't want this bill than do. And it has become Us vs Them.

Chris, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll, when asked whether the bill's passage is "a good thing," nearly half of respondents responded positively (49 percent), while only 4 in 10 did not (40 percent). Since more Americans support the passage of the new health care plan than oppose it – do you now support the bill?

As I stated earlier I personally think that polls are unreliable but you specifically identified this as one of your major oppositions to the bill. You can't have it both ways, Chris. You can't cite public opinion to support your argument and then ignore it later.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-03-23-health-poll-favorable_N.htm