1. everyone is an expert. there are those, comfortable in their armchairs, sitting in some dark room with a laptop (I know this because that's exactly where I am!) who know more about politics than anyone in the upper echelons of power, including the President and his multiple advisors.

Homeruk, for the past sixty years we've left healthcare up to "the President and his multiple advisors." For sixty years insurance companies and big pharma have gotten enormous, their campaign contributions and bribes to politicians ever larger, and we the "inexperts" (ie citizens in a democracy) have gone broke and gotten sick. At what point do we stop trusting the greedy elites to look out for us, at what point do we stop acting like complete chumps when Obama lies to us?

I'm clad you own a comfortable armchair. But have you seen the comfort that the elites live in? Remember AIG, the enormously wealthy company that our elite politicians gave our money to so that AIG could distribute it to themselves as bonuses? Have you seen the news on the AIG's CEO's palatial villa in Croatia? That guy doesn't just have a comfortable armchair, he has a different crapper for every day of the month and then some. Our tax dollars, quite literally down the toilet. "Every bathroom is a work of art," he says. Eh, good for you, asshole. Could American borrow a couple squares?

2. everyone ignores what Obama has said all along. He came to power promising to change the ways of Washington and part of that was to seek to find common consensus among all people. His outreach to republicans is an explicit part of fulfilling that promise; now granted that hasn't been taken up by his opponents in the way that he wanted but is the answer to give up right now?

Yeah, consensus among "all" people, and so far "all" has meant the ultra-wealthy and ultra-powerful and ultra-right wing. So, when is Obama going to seek consensus among people outside of elite business people and politicians and Republican wingnuts? I have no doubt that rank and file Democrats and Republicans have common interests and desires for health care coverage. We find consensus everyday and these issues, even as we argue. But we average people have been totally left out of the the elites equation as they seek to divide the spoils of mandates amongst themselves. How about a little outreach that reflects the people's interests?

I declare freedom from the Kennedys, the Clintons, the Bushes.

I declare freedom from the tyranny of the cramped, selfish boomer's dream.

I declare freedom from Obama's betrayal.

I declare freedom from Republicans and Democrats.

I declare freedom for all the post-boomers who are bearing the nation's burden of wars and misgovernment.

I declare freedom to remake democracy.

I claim our birthright.

And not coincidentally, a man who used his inherited privilege to kill a non-elite woman without paying any meaningful legal consequence?

Can't the boomers come up with any better hero than this evil loser?

Can't the second-wavers at least TRY to suggest a substitute?

Oh yeah, let's all shut up, let health care availibility circle the drain, buy some popcorn and enjoy the Woodstock movies.

Peace, baby.

Liars.

I know it's wrong, but WaPo has become my favorite paper. The front page anti-Muslim editorials are the bomb. Everyday they fire me up to argue for an America free of ethnic and religious hatred.

Keep it up, WaPo bigots.

Gag me.

Senator Kennedy was the least. Not us.

We should have been arguing about which single payer option.

Barring that, which public option option.

Instead, we argue for belts and suspenders.

Obama has so cleverly weighted the debate in favor of the corporate elites, that none of the devilish details even enter the discussion.

Today, Obama could have turned his back on the corrupt elites. He could have buried Ceasar while praising him (them). He chose instead to walk back to the party at the beach house, call his advisors and lawyers, and go for a swim, while the trapped public option gasped for air and succumbed.

Ms Walsh channels her optimism from a past that never really was, and dreams of a present that never really is.

As the elites gathered today, jovially slapping each other on the back on the live feed, it was hard not to think about how much they've gotten away with, how little they've done for America these past many years, and how much they've enriched themselves and their families at our expense.

Will Obama turn his back on this tradition of greed, and dive in to rescue the public option from certain death? Will he risk his own chance at a hundreds of millions of dollars in post Presidency payoffs?