It's worth repeating:
Dick Cheney: Everything you have EVER said was either a LIE or WRONG. So Shut the fuck up.
Slink back to your hidden bunker and entomb yourself there.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
The Republikan Fascist Federation (Aka, "The party of NO"
Why is it that Republicans always resort to childish name-calling
--and get away with it?
Now they're trying to rename the Democratic party to something so ludicrous I won't even repeat it here. Yes, Republicans are masters at propaganda and distorting language. They already undermined the term "liberal," and now that the Republican party itself is shrinking and dying after eight years of not being at all "conservative" they're trying to destroy the Democratic name.
And we live in a Democracy!
So, OK, if the Republicans say they're allowed to rename somebody else's political party, then so are Democrats.
So I dub the GOP (rather than merely the "Grumpy Old Party") "The Republikan Fascist Federation." This replaces my earlier name for them, which was simply "The Nazi Party."
In this case, it's entirely true. the Bush/Cheney years were one long exercise in turning democracy into Fascism--a government run by and for corporations. And we see where that lead--to the collapse of the world economy, to the undermining of the constitution (something Fascists now try to pin on Democrats--because they're from the"I'm rubber, you're glue" school of projecting their own vices out on everyone else).
The "Republican Party of No" once again has NO new ideas, NO positive plans, NOTHING to offer other than fear, anger, hatred--all Nazi tactics. They're still the GOP, only now they're the Grotesque Old Party.
--and get away with it?
Now they're trying to rename the Democratic party to something so ludicrous I won't even repeat it here. Yes, Republicans are masters at propaganda and distorting language. They already undermined the term "liberal," and now that the Republican party itself is shrinking and dying after eight years of not being at all "conservative" they're trying to destroy the Democratic name.
And we live in a Democracy!
So, OK, if the Republicans say they're allowed to rename somebody else's political party, then so are Democrats.
So I dub the GOP (rather than merely the "Grumpy Old Party") "The Republikan Fascist Federation." This replaces my earlier name for them, which was simply "The Nazi Party."
In this case, it's entirely true. the Bush/Cheney years were one long exercise in turning democracy into Fascism--a government run by and for corporations. And we see where that lead--to the collapse of the world economy, to the undermining of the constitution (something Fascists now try to pin on Democrats--because they're from the"I'm rubber, you're glue" school of projecting their own vices out on everyone else).
The "Republican Party of No" once again has NO new ideas, NO positive plans, NOTHING to offer other than fear, anger, hatred--all Nazi tactics. They're still the GOP, only now they're the Grotesque Old Party.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Health Recovery plan
If you're self-employed and have a pre-existing condition, then you simply cannot get individual health insurance, companies don't give it to people with pre-existing conditions, plain and simple. You're out of luck (I mean, it was kind of thoughtless of you to get sick, wasn't it?)
In some states, such as California, you might be able to get state backed high-risk insurance, for $1,500 a month... but you will have to wait for someone else on the plan to die. Honestly.
If you happened to work for a company with insurance in the past, you can keep it, for a while, because of legislation like COBRA or HIPAA. But both of those programs have set limits as to how long the insurance company must cover you. And even these plans can cost $600 a month for an individual. After that, they can cancel you at any time--even after you've given them tens of thousands of dollars and never made a claim. Fair? No. Scary? Yes.
There's no other major industrialized country where citizens have to worry about health and insurance and costs like this every month. My friends in Canada, England, Germany and Australia think it's insane--and so do I.
The USA needs REAL "national security" where American Citizens are not at the sole mercy of companies who make their life and death decisions based on profits.
How can we have a real "recovery" plan without helping individual American citizens recover when they are ill? "We the people" are people, not banks or corporations.
WE NEED A HEALTH RECOVERY PLAN FOR ALL AMERICANS AT LONG LAST.
In some states, such as California, you might be able to get state backed high-risk insurance, for $1,500 a month... but you will have to wait for someone else on the plan to die. Honestly.
If you happened to work for a company with insurance in the past, you can keep it, for a while, because of legislation like COBRA or HIPAA. But both of those programs have set limits as to how long the insurance company must cover you. And even these plans can cost $600 a month for an individual. After that, they can cancel you at any time--even after you've given them tens of thousands of dollars and never made a claim. Fair? No. Scary? Yes.
There's no other major industrialized country where citizens have to worry about health and insurance and costs like this every month. My friends in Canada, England, Germany and Australia think it's insane--and so do I.
The USA needs REAL "national security" where American Citizens are not at the sole mercy of companies who make their life and death decisions based on profits.
How can we have a real "recovery" plan without helping individual American citizens recover when they are ill? "We the people" are people, not banks or corporations.
WE NEED A HEALTH RECOVERY PLAN FOR ALL AMERICANS AT LONG LAST.
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