HEALTHCARE; THE BRIBES CONTINUE; A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

so the senate figured out that there was opposition to the "public option". so lets just change its name. they got rid of the public option and replaced it with medicare for everyone aged 55 and above. now medicare was basically broke already so what is adding 10 more years of lives to a broke system, a good hunk of the baby boom generation, myself included, into medicare. its the public option by another name.

jeez!

FEDERAL RESERVE INDEPENDENCE

this country did not get onto a sound financial footing until it had a stong central bank. i am not in love with either alan greenspan or ben bernake but congressional attacks on the feds power and independence is hugely dangerous; too dangerous.

mistakes were made. but many correct decisions were made also. having a strong independent fed is a requirement for our country. during the meltdown, did you look into the eyes of harry reid and nancy pelosi? deer in the headlights, they didnt have a clue.

this is serious. keep congress away from the fed!

CBO; CORRUPTED OR MISSPUN?

one of the few reliable sources of analysis is the CBO, also the GAO. so the cbo just came out with a report on the senate health bill. in the nytimes, the headline says "no big cost rise in u.s. premiums is seen in study."

when you read the details however this conclusion is AFTER government subsidies. in fact premiums will go up but the government with somebodies money is going to give certain people subsidies against the increases, so after the subsidies there will be no big increase. what sophistry!!!!!!!!!!

on page 20 it says that, "the proposal would tend to increase premiums for people who are young and relatively healthy and decrease premiums for those who are older and relatively unhealthy."..the average premium per person in the individual insurance market would be 10percent to 13 percent higher than under current law.... 18 million of the 32 million people buying insurance on their own would qualify for the federal subsidies, which would reduce their costs well below what they would have to pay under current law.

this is a great incentive. lets punish the healthy and reward the unhealthy! its been estimated that 70% of health problems and costs come from lifestyle. we should incent healthy lifestyle maybe? this is just tax the rich and redistribute to the people who vote and contribute to the democrats.

one of our great institutions, the cbo is being used and tarnished.

as they say, "if the queen had balls, she'd be king!"

HEALTHCARE WHEELS COMING OFF?

will the democrats snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory? on the front page of the la times today (i know, not a great source) were two bookend, top of the crease articles. one about some democrats attacking the deal obama cut with the pharma industry. the other about a govenment reccomendation against mammogram frequency.

obama shrewdly cut a deal with one of the most powerful lobbys in healthcare. it took them out of the dialogue. blow up the deal and they will wade in. really stupid

mammograms? well in theory this was an objective finding but counter intuitive and an incredibly personal and emotional issue. i think many people, men and woman will not like this and cause them to be more anti government, thus more anti healthcare bill

DEMOCRATIC HEALTHCARE PERFIDY

i have tended to vote republican more than not; voting my pocket book, not liking all the nutty, intolerance and worse with their social agenda. i made my peace with obama and the dems in power thinking that at least womens rights, to choice, privacy etc. would be strenthened during this period.

now the ultimate betrayal. the dems, inorder to pass their 2000 page healthcare disaster of a bill did a deal with anti abortion democrats to withhold federal funding for abortions in this new unhealthy bill.

the betrayal. women betrayed by democrats, by a woman, nancy pelosi.

where is the outrage?

NOBEL DUMBED DOWN

the guys who invented fibre optic cable just got the nobel prize, about thirty years later. i think fibre optics are pretty important and cool

barrack obama just got a nobel peace prize after being in office about 30 weeks; for what? where is there peace? in iraq, in afghanistan, in the middle east, in korea, in pakistan, in kashmir? what peace has he created, he has tried to make nice to the russians, played a key card given to him by the bush adminsitration re the new iranian reactor and not done much with the play.

what has he done?????????????

why dont they give me a nobel for making up with my girlfriend?

BUT SO IS POLANSKI

in my prior blog i called steve cooley and asshole. i stand by that. however upon reflection and with more information, i must conclude that so is polanski.

13 is still 13. unacceptable

whats good for the goose is good for the gander. i objected to polanskis plea deal being violated. subsequently he reached a civil settlement with the victim for $500k. he did not pay on time and may not have paid at all. unacceptable

a sordid tale all around. at this point polanski should be both allowed to and required to enter a criminal and civil agreement, pleading guilty, restitution and probable lifetime ban from US.

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