So it has come to this. The health care bill was passed and there have been threats to congressmen and vandalism to democratic hq's. Racial slurs to James Clyburn, homophobic shouts at Barney Franks, death threats to many and bemoaning by all of those who opposed the bill. Is this really who we are? Maybe we should remove "In God We Trust" from our currency. With the amount of hate that has been shown this week in our country are we really "One Nation Under God"? No I do not agree with everything in the bill. But I do agree that something had to be done. The republican response throughout has been "we need to take more time to discuss" which was BS. 14 months has been long enough. They only wanted to prolong the effort to tie things up. My question to all those who oppose this because we can not afford it is, Where were you when Bush & Cheney were financing 2 wars with borrowed money? Speaking of fiscal irresponsiblity, cutting taxes while staging 2 wars? That doesn't begin to make sense. During WWII Americans were encouraged to give more not less. How sad is it that we have an unlimited budget for killing and worry about the price of saving someones life.
Again I say, I don't agree with everything in the bill. But I do not think my healthcare should be limited to the amount of money in my checking acct. Or do I believe that someone should risk bankruptcy because they became ill. With Insurance or Without it's happening everyday. Aren't we a better Country than this?
"We are the people our parents warned us about" Jimmy Buffett
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Good post Syd! Unfortunately this is exactly who we are! If we don't like what you say, we're going to make racist and ignorant comments about you to stir up our fellow haters.
On the bright side of things, Rush Limbaugh is talking about leaving the country. I'm sure Barney Frank would let someone yell epitaths at him every day in exchange for the King of Hate leaving the country!
Syd, both your posts on healthcare are spot-on. It's amazing how many people claim the name of Christ, yet ignore the second of the greatest commandments: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Also: "Religion that God finds acceptable is this: To care for orphans and widows."
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