Backlash, Violence Over Healthcare Reform

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I guess fair democratic debate is only constitutional if you agree with a democrats point of view, otherwise you are "inciting", because I disagree with Washington policies does not make me a right wing nut job, I just don't like having things "rammed through" without careful deliberation of the facts.

It seems to me the Obamamnator was going to get this done and it did not matter what the downside was, as long as this reformation carried his name to placate his all encompassing ego.

Lord help us if there is any truth to any of his opposition, because as history will show, by the time we figure out how bad it is going to be it will be too late.

Ray of IL 1:34PM April 09, 2010

Your missing the point, every American would love for everyone to have heath care (payed), the point is, it is not the business of the government !! If I want to have a big fat hamburger, with fries, it is not the governments business !!

If I want to smoke a big fat cigar, it is not the governments business !!! GET THE POINT !!!!!!!!!

jerrbarn of LA 3:28PM April 05, 2010

As I was watching the morning news on ch 205 this past Sat 4/3/10 there was an announcement of a slaughter of 25 Sunni civilians in a small village in Iraq. It was reported the civilians killed had sided with the allied troops and were assisting the soldiers through information in trying to liberate their village from the stronghold of Al Queda. Every commentator of the Fox News station that reported the attack stressed that witnesses said that the attackers were probably Al Queda terrorists dressed in Iraqian soldier uniforms and some though dressed like soldiers spoke broken english with heavy Iraqian accents. Not one witness of the village in any way said or implied there were foreigners (allied soldiers) involved in the attack on the civilians. Every reporter as I watched the news that morning and during the day followed protocal and the news outline of what they were to say. But to my disappointment one female reporter a Jamie (something) probably trying to adlib and improve her ratings as a media commentator said something that I felt was out of place and detrimental to the American image and dangerous for our troops, who are trying to help the civilians while trying to survive in a hostile environment. While none of the witnesses said anything about any foreign soldiers being involved in the massacre of the Sunni civilians, Jamie while on the air asked the news correspondant who was reporting from Iraq.. (If any American soldiers were involved?) WHAT!!! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!? No other reporters during the day or night of any media station to my knowledge, had made any reference to American soldiers being involved in what happened that day in the Sunni village. It is because of negative remarks like these and reporters like Jaime (something) that have no consideration as to the consequences of their questions and why America and its citizens are not respected by citizens of other countries and are always being verbally attacked throughout this planet, no matter how much we sacrifice ourselves in helping them in their time of need. Reporters and their editors who disregard facts and interject their opinion into witness statements and are more interested in selling the story should be held personally accountable for remarks that are detrimental to or affects the subject the story is directed towards. Are American reporters really WOLVES in sheep skins? Sometimes I wonder who controls the American media and the news. Are they really Americans who believe in Truth, Democracy and the American way of life or are they just Liberals who believe in controlling the masses with their ideas, innuendos and half truths. It has been proven down through the centuries that those that control the news many times have manipulated the truth and the outcome of events, to sale their fish wrappers. Don't believe everything you read or hear or what is being said about others in the media, follow the subjects carefully and make up your own mind!!!

BORN AMERICAN of CA 8:40PM April 04, 2010

As I was watching the morning news on ch 205 this past Sat 4/3/10 there was an announcement of a slaughter of 25 Sunni civilians in a small village in Iraq. It was reported the civilians killed had sided with the allied troops and were assisting the soldiers through information in trying to liberate their village from the stronghold of Al Queda. Every commentator of the Fox News station that reported the attack stressed that witnesses said that the attackers were probably Al Queda terrorists dressed in Iraqian soldier uniforms and some though dressed like soldiers spoke broken english with heavy Iraqian accents. Not one witness of the village in any way said or implied there were foreigners (allied soldiers) involved in the attack on the civilians. Every reporter as I watched the news that morning and during the day followed protocal and the news outline of what they were to say. But to my disappointment one female reporter a Jamie (something) probably trying to adlib and improve her ratings as a media commentator said something that I felt was out of place and detrimental to the American image and dangerous for our troops, who are trying to help the civilians while trying to survive in a hostile environment. While none of the witnesses said anything about any foreign soldiers being involved in the massacre of the Sunni civilians, Jamie while on the air asked the news correspondant who was reporting from Iraq.. (If any American soldiers were involved?) WHAT!!! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!? No other reporters during the day or night of any media station to my knowledge, had made any reference to American soldiers being involved in what happened that day in the Sunni village. It is because of negative remarks like these and reporters like Jaime (something) that have no consideration as to the consequences of their questions and why America and its citizens are not respected by citizens of other countries and are always being verbally attacked throughout this planet, no matter how much we sacrifice ourselves in helping them in their time of need. Reporters and their editors who disregard facts and interject their opinion into witness statements and are more interested in selling the story should be held personally accountable for remarks that are detrimental to or affects the subject the story is directed towards. Are American reporters really WOLVES in sheep skins? Sometimes I wonder who controls the American media and the news. Are they really Americans who believe in Truth, Democracy and the American way of life or are they just Liberals who believe in controlling the masses with their ideas, innuendos and half truths. It has been proven down through the centuries that those that control the news many times have manipulated the truth and the outcome of events, to sale their fish wrappers. Don't believe everything you read or hear or what is being said about others in the media, follow the subjects carefully and make up your own mind!!!

BORN AMERICAN of CA 8:40PM April 04, 2010

In the Socialist countries of Western European, people live longer and pay less for health care. Need I say more. I know one true I do not trust AGI to do the right thing with anything. So why would I want AGI coming between me and my doctor. It seems that the Tea Baggers are the uneducated ones. "Its Obama" what is a racist rant. Do you enjoy teabagging?

kkstl of MO 11:00AM March 30, 2010

During the eighteen years I have been a practicing nurse, Health insurance has only been been available, or affordable for my family and I three and a half of these years. I recently had to quit a job of nine years, a job I loved, so that I could have health insurance. This insurance costs my family and I 15% of our our gross earnings.

With Bush taking away overtime provisions for nurses, union representation illegal and no payed holidays or vacation pay available in my last job, I'm surprised there are any nurses left. But then, where else in this economy is a person responsible for people's lives going to find employment?

Maynard Keynes said that when there is a commodity shortage in a market, the cost of that commodity will nmaturally increase. This is not true. With the various state and federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, and "for profit" health care companies constanly striving to reduce the money available for lower echelon health care employees, my wages have and benefits have steadily declined the eighteen years I've been a nurse.

My Indiana congreessmen never represented my interests or even considered any of the thousands of folks here in Indiana who live in mortal fear of illness, of being brought to their knees or wiped out finacially because they are sick.

Am I bitter? Please re-read my comments if you don't understand.

How much does it costs us to not take care of so many Americans?

D. Craig McClure, Nurse of IN 8:26AM March 30, 2010

I have a problem with the Federal Government taking over the Healthcare Industry. As far as I can see, the Federal Government hs a poor track record of doing just about anything right. Fannie and Freddie are certainly two good examples of what happens under Federal control. We have members of Congress whose job it is to monitor these entities, and failed to do so. I hold people like Barney Franks responsible for their demise, and yet, Mr. Franks claims HE knows the steps necessary for corrective action. There is also Social Security. Another entity that has been run by the Federal Gov't that has NOT been successfully monitored. And this list goes on. Taxes keep going up, the Gov't is Trillions of dollars in debt, and we are supposed to believe that the Govt. is capable of running healthcare better than the private sector? Certainly, I believe something was needed to be done, but the Federal Gov't constantly kept pointing its' dirty little fingers at the Insurance companies. How about the Pharmaceutical companies? How about Insurance fraud? How about Tort reform???????? Yes, certainly something is needed for those that have pre-existing conditions and those that are strugglng financially, but let's not forget about those who are in poor physical and/or mental conditions that are due to their own poor choices. This is a time where we all need to start taking responsibility for our own actions. If we as a people fail to learn from our mistakes, then we will never learn.

Don Harris of MO 10:27PM March 29, 2010

Obama, his comrades and his media operatives are demonizing their victims – the American people.

Imitating Castro, Chavez and the rest of the Marxist thugs in Latin America, Obama and his comrades demonize those who oppose his Marxist scams. They accuse them of what they themselves ae guilty of: racism and violence.

Racism was used to elect a U.S. hating Marxist like Obama and Obama’s buddies are violence personified. Obama's buddy William Ayers (at whose house Barack Obama launched his campaign for state senate in 1995), bombed countless locations trying to destroy our country and NEVER expressed a shred of regret for any of his crimes! He’s said that he wished he and his group had set more bombs!

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/a_timeline_of_crime_for_obamas_buddy_william_ayers/

Tea party members are informed and patriotic Americans who want to defend themselves -- and their children and grandchildren -- from the abomination of Obamacare and Marxism. Most of them don't see themselves as black, Latin or white. They see themselves as AMERICANS.

It's progressives (Marxists) who use race to promote hate and manipulate uneducated blacks and Latins into believing that their socialist programs help them. The truth is just the opposite. Socialist programs create a plantation mentality that keeps blacks and others poor and enslaved.

INFORMED Americans, including blacks and Latins, are against the Obamacare scam. That's why record numbers of INFORMED and PATRIOTIC blacks will be seeking office as REPUBLICANS

AntonioGist of FL 9:20PM March 29, 2010

The sad thing about the Tea Party is that they do not yet realize that Palin is a RINO, FOXNews plant. She had just come from supporting McCain against a Tea Party candidate in Arizona and McCain has been instrumental in implementing the things that the Tea Party hates. Just before the rally McCain introduced unconstitutional terrorist legislation.. http://bit.ly/boHU2e

The scary thing about the Tea Party is that while they understand that they are being over taxed, they have not yet stopped to realize that all of the things that they are being taxed for are broken. The Postal Service is broken, Social Security is broken, Medicare and Medicaid are broken, Fannie and Freddie are broken, the War on Poverty is broken, the War on Drugs is broken, TARP is broken, the economy is broken, immigration is broken, our relationships with other countries are broken, our educational system is broken, the FDA and EPA are broken and not protecting us, the cash for clunkers program was broken before it was ever implemented, our financial system is broken, the tax code its self is broken, and instead of living in peace and prosperity, we are at war and struggling to put roofs over our heads and food on our tables. Once the Tea Party realizes this, there will be nowhere for people like Reid or McCain to run and hide. This, by the way, is why you really, really, don't want the government running health care.. http://bit.ly/dmW9A1

Web Smith of CA 5:46PM March 29, 2010

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