tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post4705062635174927620..comments2024-03-06T04:35:38.806-06:00Comments on Disaffected and it Feels So Good: Barack Obama already ranks among the Greatest US PresidentsGrung_e_Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-71419370913977898122012-01-27T05:17:35.055-06:002012-01-27T05:17:35.055-06:00SF,
Having already proven Right-Wingers see what...SF, <br /><br />Having already proven Right-Wingers see what they want to see, it would be the height of tomfoolery for me to engage one, even as courteous and intelligent as yourself (although you are completely unreasonable and borderline schizophrenic) in a "normal" dialogue. <br /><br />But, since "your side" is stuck with the Worst President Ever, it's been a mad dash to create the Alternate Universe. It's not exactly projection or transference or delusions or straw man arguments but a combination of them all with the added element of self-conditioning 'Bush kept US safe on 9/11 Oooooooooohm'. Repeat ad infinitum.<br /> <br />Anyway, once you decide to accept Objectivism and realize as Ayn Rand would put it that A=A, i.e. President Obama=Great we could discuss the level of his greatness.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-75129796294236736522012-01-26T09:41:20.854-06:002012-01-26T09:41:20.854-06:00Normally, a post extolling the virtues of someone ...Normally, a post extolling the virtues of someone would list some accomplishment and supporting informaiton...<br /><br />Oh that's right. He doesn't have any!Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-72387150649259828472012-01-26T09:10:15.369-06:002012-01-26T09:10:15.369-06:00I agree with Tom completely. Obama's speech wa...I agree with Tom completely. Obama's speech was great. Now it's time for executive orders to do what he can and just start hammering the Republicans on the other things he mentioned that 75%+ of the people want done:<br /><br />Tax hikes for job offshoring, tax breaks for bringing jobs home, millionaire's tax, payroll tax cut extension, ending oil company subsidies, infrastructure investment, regulating the banks, and getting Congress to do something.ranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584685394945176255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-18100776031253132882012-01-25T18:55:33.432-06:002012-01-25T18:55:33.432-06:00I thought Obama's SOTU speech was great. He&#...I thought Obama's SOTU speech was great. He's always been skilled at giving unifying upbeat speeches that reach out to everybody. But last night he added firmness, a "yeah, make my day" tone that I hadn't heard before. This is what he's needed to do.<br /><br />And of course he'll need to back up last night's speech with a lot of executive orders and whatever else it will take to get around that giant speed bump that used to be called Congress.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-56354308735107526702012-01-25T16:45:07.187-06:002012-01-25T16:45:07.187-06:00Certainly as the first 50/50 black/white person to...Certainly as the first 50/50 black/white person to be president, it is a great milestone. Of course the black part is the problem in that it is the whole as seen by most of the people who call themselves republican. <br />I agree with your writings here, but the racist hatred for Obama and his family living in the Whitehouse will not go away when he does. I think in the next 15 years we will see a flood of history books that will appear to be about different people. We see now the tea bags wanting to rewrite histroy in Tennessee and Texas, we see the Reagan and Bush camps trying to create a myth now too. It's easy to see the venom they have for him, he is the personification of the white decline in influence, the coming inevitable sharing of power with other races and religion, it scares hell out of them and we saw their grim panic and angry faces at the state of the union last night.<br />It is going to take an effort 50 years from now to know who he really was. I hope like hell there are some good honest historians that will get to work on some books, and hopefully they will make it into the libraries, if that is allowed.the yellow fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00003652058436636394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-55781693729432361122012-01-25T16:03:54.135-06:002012-01-25T16:03:54.135-06:00These are reasonable points which we could debate ...These are reasonable points which <i>we</i> could debate Sarge. But, we're living in an Age of Republican Unreason.<br /><br />Especially when it comes to healthcare "Providers". <br /><br />Illinois Blue Cross Blue Shield, the states' largest health insurance company, <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-02-24/business/ct-biz-0225-blue-cross-sick-kids-20110224_1_illinois-blue-cross-sick-children-nursing-benefits" rel="nofollow">paid $25 million to settle allegations</a> that it denied coverage to sick children in need of nursing care by "fraudulently" shifting their claims to the state's Medicaid program.<br /><br />This is basically a synopsis of what Republicans want everything to be like, in their made scramble to privatize all. Companies get to retain all profits and get to shift the burden of losses or high costs onto taxpayers. It's their same plan time and again.<br /><br />You can not reason with such people. The Right has lost vital breath... It needs must wither...Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-21518342709200162672012-01-25T15:27:54.560-06:002012-01-25T15:27:54.560-06:00A am not in favor of a single payer health care sy...A am not in favor of a single payer health care system - I am for fairness in underwriting - No pre-x, refusing coverage, or canceling someone once they get sick. Is mandated coverage the answer? Yes. It is the only way the system will work. The rule of large numbers means - the more premium you have coming in the greater risk you can assume. <br />Now, Medicare eligibility needs dropped to age 62 - So you can retire early with health care.<br />I am in favor of eliminating income taxes in favor of a national sales tax - people drawing social security would be excluded from participation and things that are already taxed like booze and cigarettes would be exempted along with food and prescription drugs.<br />People don't like this - But I am in favor of a national ID card -<br />tamper proof. Without ID - you don't do shit. <br /><br />Just some spit-ballin...<br /><br /><br />RonSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892211119418623595noreply@blogger.com