tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post8075621612437242653..comments2023-03-29T20:17:04.984+00:00Comments on United States of (Sc)America: Distress!Rusty Shacklefordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327520857919855952noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-16593255510627326682010-03-28T17:14:54.068+00:002010-03-28T17:14:54.068+00:00Rusty,
It is obvious you and the rest of the teapa...Rusty,<br />It is obvious you and the rest of the teapartiers are making up your lies as you go along. The other commenters agree.<br /><br />Rusty, you really need to study and read the truth and stop believing LIARS like Beck, Malkin, Limbaugh and the teapartiers. <br /><br />The worst prez in history was Bush. I don't know why you or the teapartiers didn't protest when he took us to a wrongful war or when he instituted the patriot act which took away so many of our American Civil Liberties. <br /><br />I feel sorry for all of you teapartiers. You need to get a clue!Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-72209827110567099582010-03-24T19:56:32.217+00:002010-03-24T19:56:32.217+00:00@ZZMike, Compared to the former Soviet Union, Engl...@ZZMike, Compared to the former Soviet Union, England is pretty much a capitalist country, so yeah. France and Germany tend to be a bit more pro-Union, aren't they? But even they are G-8 level economies and major players on the global economic stage. And they have uni health care too. Try also India and Brazil, developing economic powers (getting big enough to earn a seat with the G-8) also with universal health care.<br /><br />Notice a trend? All these nations do pretty well as financial engines on the global economic stage, and all of them have universal health care.<br /><br />As for Japan's economy being in the tank, a lot of that has to do with their capitalist system - especially their stock market and real estate systems - getting a bit too unregulated and overextended. Try http://www.aei.org/outlook/27568 for more details. As best I know, Japan's Lost Decade had nothing to do with universal health care.Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-13895411146226715002010-03-23T00:30:44.316+00:002010-03-23T00:30:44.316+00:00"(Capitalist stalwart nations Japan and Engla..."(Capitalist stalwart nations Japan and England especially!)"<br /><br />Do you really think Formerly Great Britain is anything resembling a capitalist country?<br /><br />Japan's economy has been in the tank for years.ZZMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913899667726940233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-7715284093682844902010-03-22T14:24:51.875+00:002010-03-22T14:24:51.875+00:00Well, I would suggest visiting the Politifact webs...Well, I would suggest visiting the Politifact website at http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/mar/19/top-5-lies-about-health-care/ to get some insight on the issues regarding health care.<br /><br />Another thing about this whole "we're sliding into SOCIALISM" fear meme: can you readily define socialism today? Are we going by Safire's definition or John Birch's? Why is Socialism still viewed as a threat nearly 18-19 years after Capitalism (as pushed by Thatcher and Reagan) had proven more flexible, durable and lasting than Socialism (and by extension its bigger nastier brother Communism)? Why is universal health care considered "socialist" when every other G-8 nation (Capitalist stalwart nations Japan and England especially!) have universal health care? Can it be possible to have health care reform and still be a capitalist-based economy?Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-12973206464714323852010-03-22T07:15:14.636+00:002010-03-22T07:15:14.636+00:00People want to see evidence? We are talking about...People want to see evidence? We are talking about a Republican here...blazingmonkhttp://www.blazingmonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-74276980544186629402010-03-22T06:22:36.730+00:002010-03-22T06:22:36.730+00:00Freddy: Your Golden Boy renewed the PATRIOT Act:
...Freddy: Your Golden Boy renewed the PATRIOT Act:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0301/Obama-signs-Patriot-Act-extension-without-reforms" rel="nofollow">Obama signs PATRIOT Act extension without reforms</a><br /><br />He has also increased the size of the Federal Government beyond anything Bush did. This new health-care fiasco will generate dozens - if not hundreds - of new bureaucracies.ZZMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913899667726940233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-44135537705605972012010-03-22T04:17:03.093+00:002010-03-22T04:17:03.093+00:00If you could, please and thanks, add links to your...If you could, please and thanks, add links to your article about the hazards of the Health Care Reform bill. At least a few entries from the Cato Institute, or something. All we have is your word that these things will come to pass. As a librarian by trade, I need research to confirm the arguments.<br /><br />And to the anonymous poster above suggesting numbnuts here should get cancer: if you're gonna insult someone, have the balls and the decency to sign your work.Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-65164247994169579992010-03-22T00:29:16.943+00:002010-03-22T00:29:16.943+00:00May you please give some sort of proof to all that...May you please give some sort of proof to all that was stated above?<br />I would love to see where you're getting all your information. Statistics, journals of respect, and so on would be lovely.<br />Thank youArtemis Blackpearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-86966029640293553082010-03-21T21:42:12.797+00:002010-03-21T21:42:12.797+00:00i did not vote for bush, nor did i support the out...i did not vote for bush, nor did i support the outrageous bloating of our federal government on his watch. i'm an independent voter and i oppose the creation of a nanny state!Rusty Shacklefordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327520857919855952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-14805250850596375622010-03-21T21:24:12.704+00:002010-03-21T21:24:12.704+00:00Where were you when Bush II was passing the Patrio...Where were you when Bush II was passing the Patriot Act, wiretapping American citizens, and really using 1984 as a instruction manual. Your protests ring hollow when the Federal government already accounts for at least half of all medical spending today.FreddyGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-922388817772541298.post-46579961505476397742010-03-21T21:17:01.391+00:002010-03-21T21:17:01.391+00:00I would love to see some hard numbers on the above...I would love to see some hard numbers on the above information. Do you have links or resources you could recommend?TBT Networkhttp://www.turbulentblacktea.comnoreply@blogger.com