tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post5794887376184726962..comments2023-12-29T21:34:44.579-05:00Comments on Political Yen/Yang: A Bed Made Of StrawLA Sunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-80022542149390096212010-03-25T08:56:58.785-04:002010-03-25T08:56:58.785-04:00this is exactly why we (the people) must insist th...<i> this is exactly why we (the people) must insist through our state legislatures that the States reassert their sovereignty.</i><br /><br />the best way to accomplish this is through elections. we need to focus on finding good candidates who are committed to preserving individual and states rights, and who work for the middle class.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598103358345060855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-29272839014843047752010-03-25T00:00:29.646-04:002010-03-25T00:00:29.646-04:00Plugged (piggy backed) within this piece of garbag...Plugged (piggy backed) within this piece of garbage is the "government takeover of the student loan industry". I propose that you think about the people at Sallie Mae, Nelnet and other student loan providers that will lose their jobs! Then ask yourself, what does the government running student loans have to do with Health Care???<br /><br />I don't think it gets any more MASSIVE Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-17819171851208342082010-03-24T22:34:28.261-04:002010-03-24T22:34:28.261-04:00You may be right, but do not underestimate the pow...<i>You may be right, but do not underestimate the power of an angry electorate. It may take some work and it may not be easy. But to give it no chance would seemingly indicate that it is hopeless. If that is the message we give, people will become discouraged and stay home.</i><br /><br />I'm not giving it no chance, it's got a good chance. Just can't see it as a lock as some do A.C. McCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961702447997409190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-8770739168829248342010-03-24T22:34:11.522-04:002010-03-24T22:34:11.522-04:00Greg, this is exactly why we (the people) must ins...Greg, this is exactly why we (the people) must insist through our state legislatures that the States reassert their sovereignty. Do this, we can remain free. Do it not, and we will be enslaved by oppressive central government.<br /><br />MustangAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-55081013028558980862010-03-24T20:52:39.112-04:002010-03-24T20:52:39.112-04:00Mustang, unfortunately, there's no longer much...Mustang, unfortunately, there's no longer much left of 'substantive due process.' I don't think the individual rights argument is going to work. The Supreme Court isn't likely to find there is a fundamental right to be uninsured, much as I wish it would. <br /><br />In addition, the argument that Congress has exceeded the enumerated federal powers doesn't look likely toGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598103358345060855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-50841778665369803392010-03-24T18:27:11.552-04:002010-03-24T18:27:11.552-04:00//I may not be the biggest 'glass half full gu...//<em>I may not be the biggest 'glass half full guy', but I have no confidence the right is going to re-take Congress this fall based on the media's ability to spin news.</em>//<br /><br />Who would have ever thought the seat held by Ted Kennedy would have been won by a Republican? <br /><br />And.....only 53% pct of the electorate voted for Obama many of them were independents who LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-63825601685168173562010-03-24T15:56:34.753-04:002010-03-24T15:56:34.753-04:00I may not be the biggest 'glass half full guy&...I may not be the biggest 'glass half full guy', but I have no confidence the right is going to re-take Congress this fall based on the media's ability to spin news. They smeared the entire Washington Tea Party based on a few unsubstantiated reports, and the rest of the dog pack followed on command.A.C. McCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961702447997409190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-59639902787545893272010-03-24T15:46:01.298-04:002010-03-24T15:46:01.298-04:00And isn't it lovely that the lawmakers are all...And isn't it lovely that the lawmakers are all exempt from the insurance mandate? What's good for the goose is exempt for the gander.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18096051756459933731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-27436545570045796562010-03-24T13:18:44.926-04:002010-03-24T13:18:44.926-04:00//He had to do some real twisting and turning to m...//<em>He had to do some real twisting and turning to make his point in a way that dubbed anyone who fought this bill was a racist, but that's their game.</em>//<br /><br />Exactly...it's been this way since the campaign. Racebaiting got him in and now racebaiting is the only argument they can use to justify some of the most horrendous decisions made in this nation's history.LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-70986959165028383792010-03-24T12:51:25.022-04:002010-03-24T12:51:25.022-04:00I was flipping through the channels yesterday and ...I was flipping through the channels yesterday and saw a small bit of an interview with Chris Matthews (ewww!) as he was talking to one of the State's Attorney Generals about the law suits against the mandates in this bill. Anyway, tickle-me-chris was, of course, using an analogy that went something like this "if a black guy goes into a diner and wants an cup of coffee and he's told Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18096051756459933731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-66514418795044787132010-03-24T12:41:02.241-04:002010-03-24T12:41:02.241-04:00Anytime someone takes the United States Constituti...Anytime someone takes the United States Constitution and runs it through a shredder, it is a massive takeover. The purpose of our Constitution is to protect us from government. The purpose of the Constitution is to limit government to those things enumerated by our founding fathers; and those things <em><b>not</b></em> enumerated by the founding fathers, are reserved to the states and to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-63902737675355391132010-03-24T10:28:32.557-04:002010-03-24T10:28:32.557-04:00//I don't really see this as a massive gov'...//<em>I don't really see this as a massive gov't takeover.</em>//<br /><br />It depends on what your definition of massive is. If it is the public option, then you are right. It is not massive. But when you fully measure the breadth and length of the ramifications of this massive bill and the expense that it will put on the shoulders of the American people, you might want to rethink that LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-28825321686971811742010-03-24T08:56:10.313-04:002010-03-24T08:56:10.313-04:00I don't really see this as a massive gov't...I don't really see this as a massive gov't takeover. It's really just a cynical attempt by Obama and others to mark their place in history. It's more reaming of the middle class, b/c of course, as usual, the middle class will foot the bill for those whose health insurance will be subsidized. No one's premiums will go down. Instead, with more people with health problems Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598103358345060855noreply@blogger.com