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This doesn't sound like such a good deal to me. We need more
than "cutting spending growth". We need to cut current premiums in half -- right now. We cannot continue to pay what we're paying now. I honestly don't think Obama or the people working on healthcare understand how expensive it is. If Obama
would start talking to the people who actually pay the premiums-- the businesses and the individuals who pay their own premiums, he might understand how dire this situation is.
"Cutting spending growth" isn't gonna cut it.
He's just unconsciously incompetent, he's not doing it on purpose. He means well. He just didn't happen to take any economics classes or math classes when he went to those fancy schools. He took political science (which means he should know
what socialism and fascism is, though)
Garofalo is a flake; mean-spirited, angry, bitter person and she's found a new "cause" that she can be angry about. Like anybody really pays attention to the limousine-liberal, movie stars and comedians? These left-brain types are really known for their critical-thinking, analytical ability, aren't they?!! Yeah, right. Go back to your "make-believe" world, Garofalo. Same for Sykes. Or maybe you need to go back to school and learn about what this country is all about: freedom, free enterprise, freedom of speech, etc. I attended a tea party where there were 8,000 people, and its funny, I didn't see any racism there. I did see signs protesting taxes -- which will definitely increase due to Obama's trillion dollar budget. Where do you think the money comes from to pay for that trillion dollar budget? Its not about racism, its about the deficit, taxes, inflation. You know, all those boring subjects that movie stars and comedians don't take in college.
Most Americans agree with Miss California. Too bad we only hear from the obnoxious liberal activists who want to reinvent marriage.
We need much deeper cuts, much quicker than the private health insurance companies promise. We can't wait 10 years for this to happen, either.
Overzealous left-wing activists only wanted the pictures and details exposed for political reasons. These zealouts are dangerous because all they care about is their own agenda, they don't care how it impacts anything else. Any government officials involved in discussions or carrying out the abuse can still be dealt with accordingly, without dragging the rest of our country down.
The conservatives are regrouping, which is normal for any party
defeated in an election. They will come out a stronger party as a result. Meanwhile, we'll watch the democrats self-destruct before our eyes. There are too many weak links in the democrat party to sustain themselves much longer.
Liberals are such hypocrits. You're all for "protecting minorities" -- but only when it furthers your agenda! How dare you spread lies and rumors about mormons, simply because you are intimidated by their talent and success. You disgust me. Remember, a government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always be supported by Paul. That's what you phonies rely on, isn't it?
The left-wing flakes don't care about torture, this is all about politics. Its utterly ridiculous to second-guess "so-called" torture --actions our government took against real "Terrorists" -to protect our country, none-the-less,
"after the fact." If flaky Pelosi and the rest of her left-wing, limousine liberal, democrats gave a rats ass about so-called torture, they would have put a stop to it THEN.
You can add Pelosi to that list. If she was truly concerned
about the supposed torture, the time to take action was back then, to prevent the supposed torture from happening again. To address it "after-the fact" is for purely political reasons.
The Democrats would rather throw their country and their armed
forces under the bus however, in order to attack a former president and vice president who did everything they could to
protect our country from enemies who are bent on destroying us.
I think we need to talk about whether the CIA lied to Pelosi,
as she claims. This is a very serious allegation.
Obama's only been in office a short time, however, the weaknesses are very apparent. The conservatives can sit back and watch how it all plays out. Yes, there's a very bright future for the conservative party.
To the contrary, it appears to many of us that Obama and the Dumbacrats are eating a lot of their own words lately and look pretty unorganized and weak on security and defense.
Many of Obama's claims regarding defense and security made during the campaign are proving false. The same will happen with the economy. The large majority of Obama's administration, including Obama, have no business or private sector background. He's relying on advise from idealists and theorists and flaky left-wingers. (Can't wait to see how the union and our government manage to run Chrysler!)
Flaky liberals are so fixated by their intense hatred for the former administration, that they're showing more concern for the criminals --the Terrorists, than the people who kept them safe after 9-11. Get a grip, people, you are the ones who need help. Seriously. You should be concerned that Obama's promising things that he has no idea how to carry out; you should be concerned this administration is spending hundreds of thousands of your taxdollars to fly airplanes over NY to get promotional pictures; you should be concerned that the Speaker of the House is lying to cover her ass; you should be concerned that thousands of dead people, some who don't even have SSN#'s, are getting stimulus checks in the mail, etc., etc. This administration is already out of control and it hasn't even been six months yet.
Afraid what they'll find out, aren't they?! I think an allegation this serious certainly should be investigated.
Obama spent 90 minutes preaching; didn't hear any solutions.
Looks like its taking longer and longer to win Americans over...
Seems to me more and more people are quickly realizing they're more conservative than they thought. Probably has something to do with that trillion dollar deficit.