I'm still waiting...

I’m still waiting to understand why we need Obama Care for EVERY SINGLE US citizen when only a small part of the population is affected…anyone? ANYONE? ANYONE AT ALL?!? Why is it that we have a problem that affects 15-20% of the population (and I’m using PBO’s numbers here—I happen to think that it’s much less than 15-20%—but I’ll use PBO’s numbers for the sake of argument) and the solution that’s being proposed covers 100% of the population? There’s a word that's used for that concept…OVERKILL!

In the 8/3/2009 CNN poll, 83% of respondents said they’re “generally satisfied with the health care they receive”, 74% said they’re “generally satisfied with their health care coverage”, and approximately 59% said they’re satisfied with the cost of their health care coverage. I happen to agree that health care costs a bit too much—but that’s a discussion for a later blog…i.e. taking down state mandated health insurance barriers which allows a person living in MN (for instance) to choose between only 7 or 8 different insurance companies when there are more than 1300 insurance companies in the US (it’s called “competition”)…so I tend to agree that the cost is a bit too much. But back to PBO…

When the Pentagon proposes to spend more money than they NEED, it’s called unnecessary and something that “needs to be corrected” (no argument here)…but when PBO proposes to spend more money than he NEEDS to spend on healthcare, it’s called “critical funding.” WHAT?!? Did someone take just a few too many hits of the happy juice? It’s a “20%” problem people (see my earlier caveat)! Let’s look at a 20% solution for it! Anything else is just plain STUPID!

I have 4 daughters…when we go shopping for shoes, I buy enough shoes for my 4 daughters…I don’t buy 16 extra pairs just for the heck of it! Hello McFly!

I just don't get it...maybe someone can explain it to me...I dunno, maybe PBO’s using the new math…

Those dang right-wingers...

So I keep hearing about the “right-wingers” who are causing so much trouble these days. Huh…I guess all right-wingers are nothing but trouble.

Take the Obama Joker poster guy…this “right-winger” is a guy named Firas Alkhateeb, a 20-something student from Chicago and a Dennis Kucinich supporter…WAIT! Dennis Kucinich? That’s gotta be wrong…this joker poster HAS TO be the work of some right-wing lunatic, doesn’t it? Oh…well…I guess not. (NOTE: I am only referring to the depiction of Obama as the Joker…the moniker “socialism” was added to the picture at a later date—I am not attributing that to Alkhateeb.)

Okay, how about that girl who called Obama’s health care plan a “Nazi plan” at the Barney Frank town hall? Surely, she has to be some right-wing nut! Doesn’t she? She had a picture of Obama as Hitler and everything! Oh wait, that particular picture she had is something used by Linden LaRouche supporters. (For those who don’t know, LaRouche is about 3 tics to the left of Obama and his supporters consider Obama’s health care plan a “Nazi plan.”) DANG! Another “right-winger” that didn’t pan out!

I guess that’s just too bad for Maddow, Olbermann, Daily Kos, HuffPo, ThinkProgress, et al…

However, this poster of Obama as the Joker got me to thinking about a secondary issue. On several occasions, the poster has been referred to as a racist representation of Obama. But wait a minute; I seem to remember hearing that minorities can’t be racist (from the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, etc…).

SO…either the poster IS racist which would mean that Jackson and Sharpton are WRONG…
OR…the poster IS NOT racist (as is being claimed) because Alkhateeb, a Palestinian, cannot be a racist since he's a minority.

So which is it?!?

Anybody can be a racist…witness Jackson’s “Hymietown” comment and Sharpton’s “Diamond Merchant” comment…seems pretty clear to me. Of course, I’m nothing but an inbred, right-wing, bitter clinger…so what would I know anyway?

DailyKos, HuffPo, et al... OOOOOOOOOOOPS!!!!

It seems that the pictures of Obama as Hitler--which was reported on by DailyKos, HuffPo, and others--was actually being held by a John Dingell supporter (he was handing out Dingell literature at the end of the rally)! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!!!!

Furthermore, if you look at the bottom of the poster, you can pretty easily see the link listed there: http://www.larouchepac.com ...now there's a right-wing organization (NOT!). So I went to the website...front page, upper right corner--"Stop Obama's Nazi Health Plan"--wow! So I clicked on that button...and hey, look at that, a button for the "I've Changed! Obama Poster"...it's the same picture! But wait, what do LaRouche and his supporters really stand for anyway? Digging a little deeper, LaRouche has not only been affiliated with the US Labor Party (once), but also with the Democratic Party (seven times) in his bids for president. And not only that, his approach to health care is this...

1. abolish HMO's (BTW, given to us by Ted Kennedy in the 60's--THANKS TEDDY!)
2. revive the 1946 Hill-Burton Act
3. institute a single-payer system

WOW, this guy is full of right-wing talking points! Or not so much...





So, DailyKos, HuffPo, etc...why dontcha return to Journalism 101 and cross-check stories before you post 'em! Why dontcha try not to simply jump to a convenient conclusion that is not supported by the facts! And please stop taking every single opportunity to abdicate your responsibility as journalists and conveniently lay the blame at the feet of right-wingers no matter how thin the evidence. In this particular instance, YOU CHOKED! Nice try, though.
NEXT!!!!