Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’

Elected officials really have to have grown to hate the Internet and YouTube.  They make these grandiose speeches with all sorts of promises so people vote for them and send them to Washington D.C.  Of course they promptly forget their promises and ignore their constituents’ wishes as they become as corrupt as any in the [...]

Yesterday President Obama put the full court press for his socialized health care program by appearing on five different Sunday morning news programs. With polls showing 56% disapproval of the Obamacare plan, the White House hopes a media blitz can stem the bleeding (pun intended). Of all the interviews, probably the most revealing was done by [...]

God love the Marines!  Way to go, shipmate!

Amusing… I was just sitting here watching the president’s town hall in Grand Junction, CO. A person asks how private medical companies can be expected to compete with the federal government who doesn’t even have to maintain a balanced book. The president says private companies can and do compete with the government successfully and he [...]

As congressmen and senators return to their districts and states to open a dialogue with their constituents, they are certainly getting an earful.  Some of these protests have turned ugly which is a shame as no one wins a shouting match.  Reasoned debate will accomplish much more and stands a better chance of making Washington [...]

The August congressional recess begins this week.  The annual working vacation allows senators and representatives to return to their home states and districts to hear from their constituents.  Many will hold the familiar town hall forums allowing them to tell voters what they are doing for them and conversely, to answer questions from their employers.  [...]