GREATEST HEALTH CARE FEAR — GOP TO NUTTER: SO WHAT? – MEEHAN ON THE MOVE
THE REAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS
Like everyone else in America, I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can about the complicated plans for health care reform. So far, paying for the reform is a puzzle, and we need the pieces to be put together quickly. The will to get a reform package in place is definitely there. But there has been one question that is largely ignored, and mostly not answered.
How will the American health care system handle the inclusion of 39 million people into the system? We know already that certain states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey, have a shortage of doctors. We know that emergency rooms are overworked, snd sometimes barely able to handle the current load. We will need more doctors, more clinics, more hospitals and more nurses. Does anyone inside the Beltway know the answers to these questions? This issue may be the most important on the agenda. If the care is not there, no health reform package will ever work.
REPUBLICANS TO NUTTER – WHO CARES?
So here, without embellishment, is the problem facing Michael Nutter, the Mayor of Philadelphia. Dominic Pileggi, Pa. Senate Majority leader, says he won’t fast track the state budget resolution just to help Philadelphia in its dire budget crisis. Mayor Nutter says wholesale cuts will be coming shortly, including those affecting the public safety. The Majority Leader, who represents nearby Chester and Delaware Counties, has said repeatedly that Philadelphia should not be treated any differently than other cities waiting for a budget.
That’s an interesting take from a major state leader who represents a district where a large chunk of voters has a real stake in Philadelphia’s financial health, many of them working for city companies. Leader Pileggi may be risking his own party’s chances at taking back the Governor’s seat next year. I do know this – Democratic strategists are salivating over Pileggi’s drop dead attitude toward Philadelphia. Power is fleeting. That’s the great lesson that few have learned in the Pa. Legislature, on both sides of the aisle.
GOOD NEWS (for a change) FOR GOP
Pat Meehan is seriously considering running for the Congressional seat held by Joe Sestak, the Democrat who will challenge Arlen Specter next year. Meehan, the former corruption-busting U.S. Attorney, will have a good shot at taking the seat back for his party. Meehan had considered running for Governor, and despite heated pressure, turned down an opportunity to run as Lt. Governor with Tom Corbett, the expected Republican nominee for Governor.
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I don’t understand how Kane thinks this move damages Pileggi or the governor’s chair for the GOP — he didn’t make his case. Kane has to get deeper into the numbers. Philly is owed $425 million in overdue property taxes, almost half a billion in a broken, patronage collection system where property tax payment is described by the Ink as “optional.” If the Philly bailout passes, this rewards this and other aspects of Philly’s deeply dysfunctional government. Just say NO: http://www.stoppataxhike.com/
The GOP and Democrats who oppose the Philly bail out aren’t saying “so what” to Philly’s broken government, they are saying “go back and try again” to collect overdue property taxes of almost half a billion, pass AVI and change the millage, collect the forfeit bail of $1 billion and get out of the bail bond business as a city, take the corrupt, patronage, ineffective BRT out of the Philly School District budget, give back your pay raise, don’t increase Council’s budget during a recession, don’t keep your girlfriends on the payroll of City Council, and basically show us that you can figure out how we can help you without smearing ourselves. Philly concentrated on the cell phone ban that deprived it of state highway funds instead of addressing a single item that blocked passage of a sales tax hike, a pension refi/payment delay, or a state personal income tax hike to fund Philly schools. Until the left gets that they can’t expect support for corrupt bad government, they will have a hard sell before them. Just let your state rep know how you feel about paying more for Philly’s City Council to diddle and waste: http://www.stoppataxhike.com/
A job-killing sales tax hike during a recession will denude Philly business of revenue, and end many little mom-and-pop operations once and for all. Is this really the only thing Philly can do, when it has 23,000 employees for a city of only 1.3 million, where paying property taxes is optional and even staff of City Council don’t pay their property taxes? I suspect Philly can do what Nutter promised to do his first year in office when he ran on a reform platform first before raising sales taxes, the state personal income tax, and an irresponsible pension refi/payment delay in an already dangerously underfunded pension system that is near collapse. This is not ideology, folks. it’s Econ 101. Let your state rep know how YOU feel about how Philly is run, and what Philly needs to do first: http://www.stoppataxhike.com/
Pileggi isn’t risking anything Larry. He’s being a responsibible politician and holding the city to account. If there were mmore men like Pileggi in California that state would not be in the fiscal crisis it finds itself today.
Larry, you prove, through your own writing each week, that you haven’t a clue and cannot make well developed cogent arguments. It’s a miracle that you are gainfullly employed at Comcast.
What you’re saying Larry, when you say “I do know this” is that you are in disbeleif that Pileggi is taking on the Demoocrat machine and that he will pay a price if he doesnt watch himself. Larry, you are a colossal dick.
hello larry,where’s the kind words for bill clinton and hillary clinton??
Philadelphia created this problem 40 years ago. The city was use to Democratic Presidents and Congressional majorities bailing out the mismanaged cities (and states). Reagan put an end to that. He cut the federal deficit by putting an end to bailouts at state and local levels. Philly is not alone, perhaps more mismanaged over time, but not alone. Cities and states have not reacted, recovered or figured out how to be self sufficient. This goes way beyond Pillegi and Nutter.
Larry, once again you have tried to oversimplify the situation. Once again you are wrong. Why has some mayor or city councilman in Philly figured out how to make the city self sufficient in 25+ years? Like so many Americans they have become dependent on the federal gov’t to bail them out.
JR, no kudos for Bubba. He just flew in after a deal was already done and escorted the 2 nitwits home. No negotiation or diplomacy needed. Prearranged. Some day we’ll find out what Dept of State traded for the 2 nitwits. Plutonium? Oil? Computers?
I have not moved my bowels since Friday!
Larry, stop peddling that same old crap as perpetuated by Charlie Gibson. That is, “how can our health system handle XX million more people who are currently uninsured?” (XX = number of million, which Larry says is 39mil but could much higher as of right now)
Do you actually think that ALL the uninsured people are ones who are going to just jump right into the emergency room and demand care? Are they all going to go to the doctor and demand a checkup?
Answer: no and no.
My sister has a superb healthcare plan provided by her company but she (stubbornly) does not use it at all. No emergency room visits, no checkups, no specialist visits, no nothing. Rather stubborn, yes, and I realize that there tons of people out there who would kill for her insurance that she doesn’t use, but she is a microcosm of what most people would do if they got insurance: nothing.
Most people think “I am healthy, so why do I need to visit a doctor?” Instead of using doctors for preventative care they use it for care AFTER the fact. And I guarantee you that at least half, if not more of those 39mil people will think they are healthy and not do anything.
You do realize that part of the health care reform is a MANDATE to force people to get insurance, right? A lot of people don’t even get insurance just because they think they are healthy and don’t need it.
Simply put, insuring the 39mil people who are uninsured will not flood the system as Larry (or Charlie Gibson for that matter) is alluding to.
Larry, the emergency rooms are overwhelmed with the 39 million people that don’t have insurance. They treat the emergency rooms as if it was their own 24/7 doctor. What do they care, they never pay for the treatment anyway.
BTW Larry your pay for their treatment.
That is Larry, YOU pay for their treatment.
Lord Abott has wonderful insurance because he chooses to pay for it.
It is one of his top three priotities after food and shelter.
Most American don’t even rank it in their top ten priorities.
They act like its free. How many of those 39 million
Uninsured have cable TV, video games and eat out at resturants.
Give me a break! People don’t want to pay their own money or divert
Funds from other priorities. Larry Kane is a clueless
tool of the left wing media, good news is its so obvious so
he’s not convinving anyone of anything.
Larry, don’t worry about universal healthcare, Barry, Nancy and Harry have it all figured out. They will tax the working Americans and give them substandard healthcare service so that the nonworking vagrants will be covered. One way or the other working Americans will pay for the services. The difference is with Obamacare everyone will get crappy healthcare. That’s the American way!
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Waiting for the 7:01. Have I mentioned what a bad idea Obamacare is? I’m the first VP from Scranton and I can see that. I can also see that Larry is a tottie and a putz. Open your eyes and ears Lar. The first time you have to go to government run clinic in North Philly instead of Dr Feelgood at Main Line Health in Bryn Mawr your tune will change. Tottie!
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I’ll leave all that technical business talk to Lord Abott who I trust in all my financial matters. Of course I did lose a chuck of savings to Bernie Madoff. I don’t want to see a different gynecologist everytime I go in for a checkup. It’s bad enough one doctor probes are in there. I don’t want a different doctor each time. You may say, Lady C, you have had hundreds of lovers. Why do you care about how many doctors examine you? Well, I choose my lovers. I’ve always chosen my doctors. I don’t want to have to go to some random gov’t clinic in South Jersey for a pap smear.
Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself.
Trust me.
For all you lily-livered liberals out there afraid to fight for your current healthcare plan read this.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_080709/content/01125107.guest.html
Rush, I can hook you up with some wicked cheap meds. All you need to do is lay low and let my package fly through Congress before anyone gets a chance to read it, except Larry of course. Can you do that for me? Quid pro quo.
Rush, I went to you site for the first time yesterday.
Its a bit nuch,a little truth, a lot of spin.
Its kind of like TMZ but for politics, great marketing
but a lot of fluff and inuendo.
Lord Abott most people would be honored that a person of your position and stature would visit their website. I on the other hand are neither impressed nor flattered. My question to the Lord is where have you been?
Keep in mind that I am the great communicator. I determine what people want to hear and pronounce it with great confidence. They love the way I exude confidence and take on the big guys. Particularly the Seniors who feel they are the Forgotten Generation. No longer America’s Greatest Generation. The Government has forgotten them. Their kids have forgotten them. Their grandkids don’t even send thank you notes. People make fun of them at the mall. Only early bird special restaurants and I pay any attention to them. That is why I am a genius and beloved by millions. That is why our illegal alien President is trying to discredit me and the good work we do on the EIB. They can not stop us. They can only hope to contain us. Crash the Obama Healthcare Fest in NH tomorrow. Your parents will thank you.
From the 5:08. Rush I’m only 67 years old but I know I look a lot older. Maybe the plugs weren’t such a good idea. Sometimes I think I look like Frankenstein when I look in the mirror. I do have a hot young wife though. And you can’t seem to hold on to one despite all your money. You did touch on a salient point though Rush. I guess that proves that even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionaly. Seniors are an entire block of voters that feel forgotten. I think that’s why Barack picked me as his running mate. You know kind of a Chico and the Fossil kind of thing. Make the Seniors think they had one of their own in the White House. It might have worked.
Your raging Larry. Your blog made me kick myself in the balls like you would not believe. Like a heavy metal rock fantasy man. Kyle and I plan to look you up for some serious partying when we get to Philadelphia. Later.
Kisses,
Jabels
The talking heads in this country have truly taken over the airways. Whether it’s a Rush Limbaugh rant or the musings of a Kieth Olberman, we poor people suffer from the apparent jousting for the all mighty dollar. Viewer/listener ratings is really what it is all about. As citizens of this country we are less informed and more divided because of these people. We used to elect people to take care of the peoples’ business, but we learned all they care about is being re-elected (see Arlen Specter). All the talking heads care about is their ratings(look at Bill O’Reily). As usual the “people” are stuck between a rock and a hard place….. greedy talking heads and paranoid politicians afraid to lose their job
Dear Friend,
I need your help today to encourage the Pennsylvania State Senate to
take action now on House Bill 1828, legislation that will help our
city fund vital services and will ensure that our city will not have
to make massive, drastic budget cuts beginning next week. All
Philadelphia State Senators support this legislation.
As a result of the global financial crisis and the ongoing recession,
our city faced a potentially huge budget shortfall, which would have
led to difficult choices between drastically cutting city services and
significantly increasing tax revenues. To preserve vital services,
including police and fire, City Council and I agreed on a budget that
relies on new revenue from a temporary one percentage point increase
in Philadelphia’s sales tax, as well as changes in our pension system.
These two important legislative measures, contained in HB 1828
represent $700 million in our five-year plan, but do not cost the
Commonwealth any money.
However, to implement these extremely important changes, they must
first be approved by the PA General Assembly and signed into law by
Governor Rendell. The good news is the PA House of Representatives
last week approved legislation that would enable us to enact these
measures.
Now the legislation is awaiting approval by the State Senate, but the
Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA) has
directed that these measures must be approved by August 15th or the
city will have to submit a new five-year plan that would include
severe, painful cuts to every city department, including the Police,
Fire, Health and Recreation Departments.
That PICA August 15th deadline is why I urgently need your help today.
If you agree that we must prevent massive service cuts that would be
disastrous for our city and region, please contact your State Senator
today, tell them that you support House Bill 1828 and encourage them
to take action now and pass this bill.
Click here to send an email to your State Senator right now. –
http://www.nutter2007.com/index.php?/senatecontact
We are not blaming Harrisburg for our budget crisis, nor are we asking
to be bailed out by state government – this fiscal crisis was caused
by the global recession and HB 1828 doesn’t cost the Commonwealth a
dime. We are only asking for the legislative tools we need to balance
our budget while preserving vital city services. To do that we need
action now from the State Senate on HB 1828. We cannot afford to wait
any longer because of our fiscal crisis and the potential negative
impact on city services.
Please click here to urge your Senator to take action now. –
http://www.nutter2007.com/index.php?/senatecontact
After you email your Senator, please forward this email to all of your
friends, relatives and co-workers in Pennsylvania and ask them to
contact their State Senator too. This issue is crucial to Philadelphia
and the region’s present and future, and we all need to make our
voices heard today.
Thank you so much for everything you do for Philadelphia.
Sincerely,
Michael Nutter
Mayor of Philadelphia
Until the city is on the verge of default and destruction, city management will not take a serious look at cutting sacred cows, nepotism and sweetheart deals. They will say no trash collection, no snowplowing, no sports or music in schools. They’ll tug on the heartstrings of the average taxpayer. Truth is there is millions of dollars of fat, corruption and waste in the budgets. Fire a couple hundred useless relatives off the till. End the service contracts with relatives and bibbers. Scaleback the ridulous pensions of city employees retired at 55. There is no need to panic. That is city government’s first tactic. Next they reduce service in highly visible areas so that everyone sees the results of under funding. Don’t be duped like the naive John Fisher.
I HAVENT SEEN THIS MANY GAY SOCK PUPPETS SINCE ANDY DICKS BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Dick Dilworth was a personal friend of mine ‘n’ you ain’t no Richardson Dilworth.
Why don’t you take pride in this great city, which Dilworth did?? He truly did clean it up, putting an end to the blight and corruption, endured by the masses, under decades of Republican rule. The view of this great city has improved so much that, if you have lived long enough to make a comparison, you too would share the pride!!!-:) Not that there was never an element of corrupt Democrats but they’re generally beaten down by the good guys. Of course, if you are a disgruntled upstater, or loco Republican, I understand!!-:)
Waiting on the 7:01. JF remain blissfully confident and cheerily hopeful that both this President and the powers at be in Philly will fix all the problems. After all they are bright and articulate guys. They speak of hope and change. They speak about a better entity for all. They have done nothing to fix any of the existing problems. They have shuffled around some of the chairs on the Titanic and asked the band to play on. Instead of tackling the real problems in bloated, corrupt, and mismanaged government as RD suggests, they are using smoke & mirrors to divert attention. They are asking the working, middle class to again handle the burden of bailing out failed government. I can’t see why anyone would be encouraged.
It has arrived. Time to go.
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KC Keith is spelled Keith not Kieth. But you knew that. I’m sure you were just talking a shot at the self absorbed, self entertaining Keith Olberman. Does anyone actually watch him or MSNBC for that matter?
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Hey Joe please just shut up. Thank you.
I received this nice letter from a great American. Someone we can all be proud of. Someone who is not just sitting around waiting for the Gov’t to help him. I’m encourage by such great Americans. Here is the letter I’d like to share with you:
Dear Mr. President:
I’m planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me.
We’re planning to simply walk across the border from the US into Mexico, and we’ll need your help to make a few arrangements.
We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws.
I’m sure they handle those things the same way you do here.
So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Calderon, that I’m on my way over?
Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. Please print all Mexican government forms in English.
4. I want my grandkids to be taught Spanish by English-speaking (bilingual) teachers.
5. Tell their schools they need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my grandkids to see the American flag on one of the flag poles at their school.
7. Please plan to feed my grandkids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver’s license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico, but, I don’t plan to purchase car insurance, and I probably won’t make any special effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from their president to leave me alone, please be sure that every patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.
11. I plan to fly the US flag from my house top, put US flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any business I may start.
13. Please have the president tell all the Mexican people to be extremely nice and never say a critical things about me or my family, or about the strain we might place on their economy.
14. I want to receive free food stamps.
15. Naturally, I’ll expect free rent subsidies.
16. I’ll need Income tax credits so although I don’t pay Mexican Taxes, I’ll receive money from the government.
17. Please arrange it so that the Mexican Gov’t pays $ 4,500 to help me buy a new car.
18. Oh yes, I almost forgot, please enroll me free into the Mexican Social Security program so that I’ll get a monthly income in retirement.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all his people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Calderon won’t mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.
Thank you so much for your kind help. You’re the man!!!
Richard Costella
Richard Costella does sound like a great American. He’s had enough and can’t take it here anymore. I follow him and move the EIB to Mexico. Perhaps Cancun. I can drink umbrella drinks all day. Get unlimited discounted drugs. Have my mansion staffed by Mexicans. How would that be any different than here in WPB?
On second thought Richard you need to stay and fight for American rights. You need to be vocal and standup for the working naturally born legal Americans. This has become WWIII. We need all the soldiers we can get in this battle. Hell, I may even have to institute a draft.
Details. Just vote for my healthcare plan. If you don’t like it you don’t have to use it. You do have to pay for it though.
My greatest fear is that I’ll have to hire a full time private doctor like Jacko. I refuse to go to some rundown government run health clinic in Miami with doctors with diplomas from Grenada, St Maarten and Haiti.
I believe that government is not our future
Ignore them well
And let them stay out of the way
Show them all the restrictions
They possess inside
Give them a sense of pride
To make it easier
Let the people’s laughter
Remind them how we used to be
Everybody’s searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone
Who fulfilled our needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me.
I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone’s shadow
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I lived as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can’t take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
I believe the people are our future
Teach them well
And let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty
They possess inside
Give them a sense of pride
To make it easier
Let the people’s laughter
Remind us how we used to be
I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone’s shadow
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I lived as I believe.
No matter what they take from me
They can’t take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of meThe greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
And If by chance that special place
That you’ve been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love
Rush those good doctors just won’t prescribe the drugs you how have to buy under the table. Bet your sweet ass that if you needed a blood/heart transplant, etc. you might not be happy but, after the fact, you may discover the benefit was derived from a person of a shade other than your own. If you’d rather be dead than accept blood that is read = that’s up to you!!! MAKE A LIVING WILL!!!-:)
A moment of silence for Eunice Kennedy Shriver.I sure hope President Teleprompter doesn’t make any special olympic jokes today.
Talk about health care…. I’m sitting in a doctor’s waiting room the other day and four gigantic women dressed in those nurses fatigues were behind a glass enclosure, making appointments doing the filing and whatever else they do for the doctor. Along comes a representative for some drug company handing out samples of the newest miracle potion. She was to die for. I mean a killer body and a face to boot. She’s also handing out to the fat ladies behind the glass the latest Starbucks concoction that probably had so much sugar and cream in it that reasonable people would cringe at the sight of such a libation. The four obese women seemed a bit distracted when served the calorie laden drink. It was as if this happened all the time. And by the looks of them it did…….
I’m surprised at the editing. I didn’t realize this was a moderated forum. If I have broken any rules, I apologize!!-:)
When that bitch asked me what would my husband think about some stupid issue I almost lost it. I am the Secretary of State not some sleezey secretary on the show Mad Men. When I speak I channel the thoughts of Barack Obama not Bill. BTW did I look a little pudgy in that clip? My waist has grown a bit over the last few months. I couldn’t even keep my pants suit buttoned while doing that interview. Boy am I glad to be heading back to the good old USA.
I just learned that the bill supports a full lifetime supply of Oxycontin for me!!!! I’m changing my view!!!! Bring on my hillbilly heroin!!!!
Will it also provide the condoms and the KY lubricant for us el Rushbo?
Rush can you introduce me to your rent boy please or show me where to get one. I think the bill also provides for Viagra! Woof!
It does not take long for the nimrods and liberals to come out of the woodwork and attack like termites in a tenement. Like lazy no goods after a welfare check. Like Ted Kennedy after a Chivas. Like Bill Clinton after an intern. You get my drift. You liberals can not stop ElRushbo. You can only hope to discredit me.
Rush, if it is really you, why would you even care about health insurance? Your income is only exceded by the income generated by McDonalds. You fat piece of lard….. why would I even care about what you think? Is it because you pontificate about the downfall of western civilization as we know it or is it your insight into the demonic and socialistic agenda of the terrible Democrats.
Perhaps it is the latter. I do have an uncanny insight into the liberal mind and how disfunctional most liberals are. The vast unwashed population does not realize they are being manipulated by the liberal press and the socialistic elitests running the White House. It is my sworn duty to expose these charlatans and their minions.
Eunice Shriver made it cool to be retarded!
Maria Shriver’s hair resembles a lions’s mein.
Arlen Spector got an earful at Town Hall and it was not scripted.
He is finished, an old hound dog of a man that didn’t know when to quit.
Arlen Spector reminds me of Larry Kane in many ways.
I always enjoyed my visits with Rush. While he didn’t do much for me, what with the way he pops Viagra and swarthy rent boys, he did share some of those boys with me. Mama likey!
I’m going to jail. Dumbo won’t be there to pardon me either.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_go_co/us_rove_prosecutors
Oh Karl you will have ethics investigations. When your a shitty liar like me those things happen. Todd says I’m so dumb that I look outside when someone says the refrigerator is running. Telling lies is so much fun though. A lot of people are stupid enough to believe me. Todd says their so dumb that they need their knifes to say “pic up on other end” on the blades. I don’t know what he means. Gotta go get the word out about death panels. It is fun in politics because I don’t even have to tell the truth! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_end_of_life_q_a
Riding on the 7:01. Ohhh Sarah you are not so dumb. You were a formidable opponent for me in the VP debate. I had to recall all the crap that Barack and his people force feed me for that debate. It’s a good thing the mind is the second thing to go. Not that I have any problems in the other area. All through the debate I was trying to undress you with my eyes. I’ve fotgotten what a comely young woman looked like close up. You were bewitching that night. It took all my powers of concentration to focus. Don’t sell yourself short. You were a victim of the vicious attack dog media. You were a victim of fabricated rumors and inuendo. You would look very hot in a swimsuit. Do you have any pictures from Miss Alaska? Do my hairplugs creep you out?
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Sup with all the negativity and hostility concerning my healthcare plan. Don’t these people get it? Don’t they know that I know what is better for them than they do?
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Cheers%2c+jeers+from+1%2c500+greet+Obama&articleId=ffbed74d-f624-4301-92e5-26b93f1c0e7e
We don’t need debate and compromise on healthcare we need closure. Let’s pass this thing and get ur done.
What do you expect from a state that gave Hillary a 10% victory over me in the primaries? Complete losers in NH. A bunch of unsophisticated sloths missing teeth and married to cousins. It is amazing that these people are only 45 miles from the center of the universe, Harvard, yet so out of touch with my one world philosophy.
Joe I have some pictures Todd took of me blowing a moose. Would you like copies?
Oh and your hair plugs don’t freak me out. I got some myself down there when my “landing strip” was going bald after hard use by Levi. What a stud!
Sarah I do have pictures of the press blowing all of the stories and rumors about you out of proportion. But thank you very much. I would like a Miss Alaska swimsuit photo if that is available. Now that would make my salmon swim upstream.
I think it is wonderful that you blow up Bullwinkle for the Macy’s Parade each year. What a great American! I would think they’d get Barack to do that in the future. He’s proven to be so full of hot air and with such an inflated ego.
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Oh Joe your so gallant. It wasn’t Bullwinkle. More like a bull’s winkie! Reminds me of one of Todd’s favorite jokes. What’s brown and comes in quarts? A moose! He had to give me mouth to mouth afterwards because I nearly choked to death.
Sarah is that s’oeL hand up your pittuttie? I’d check for HIV.
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http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Cheers%2c+jeers+from+1%2c500+greet+Obama&articleId=ffbed74d-f624-4301-92e5-26b93f1c0e7e
Even CNN is turning on me. :(
Just to be clear, I was the one that was cute, fun and perky on the Today Show years ago. (at least until that Matt Lauer character) I am the former cheerleader turned anchorwoman. I have to make a living too. If it takes bringing Sarah Palin down to keep my job than no story is off limits regardless of how true or believable it is. Besides, can you imagine anyone thinking that she is better looking than me?
Joe I think it is chaovinistic of you to claim I am not my own woman. You were so gallant. Say it isn’t so Joe.
Katie give it a rest. I don’t know what I read because I can’t read. Are you happy now? You ruined me. It wasn’t my misuse of my office or that I put state business in unsecured Yahoo e-mail accounts that Todd read. It was you. You probably downloaded all of my moose pictures too you perv.
I’m still cross at Todd too. He slept with Tina Fey four times and claims it was an accident because he thought she was me. I am no New Yourk fancy elitist like her. I bet she doesn’t even smell like moose spunk.
Prediction: Arlen Spector decides to retire rather than
Try to take on the avuncular Joe Sestak.
Poor Hillary, she really came unhinged. I have to wonder
What Jack Russell thought about that,she really has a nasty
Side. She made Biden look like a steady guy, and
that’s an accomplishment!
Blah blah blah… Sarah Palin, blah blah blah…. Rush Limbaugh, blah blah blah…..
Joe Biden, blah blah blah ……blah blah blah blah blah.
Passing through Elkton Maryland on the 7:01. GC you have out done yourself this time. You’ve captured the website in 17 blahs. SP you are far to hard on yourself. Sure you aren’t perfect but the press exaggerated stories and created rumors. Where are my Miss Alaska swimsuit pictures? Rush you may be a pompous a-hole by I do come down on the same side as you on the healthcare issue. Hell, Barack will be cutting of healthcare services to me before our re-election. LA you are right on about Hillary. It was just a matter of time before she melted down as an also ran laboring behind the scenes and not in the spotlight. JR must be very proud.
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I used to be refered to a Cute. Now it is the other C word used to refer to me. How things have changed. All I ever wanted to do was light morning TV for stay at home moms. CBS forced me into a suit and stuck me on primetime news. No wonder I’m bitter and shrewish. Sarah don’t take it personally. I’m envious of your husband and family. All I have is a trophy dog and a plush apartment in midtown to show for my 20 years of hard work and sleeping my way up. Now that’s a real bridge to nowhere.
Joe what part of keep your mouth shut and shut up don’t you understand? You make me regret the day I selected you as a running mate. I’ve been dodging bullets from your comments since day one. It’s like sniper fire in Bosnia. Speaking of Hillary another decision I’m growing to regret. She can’t be a team player. It’s always about the Clintons. Don’t they know they’ve been out of office for over 8 years? They act like they are back in power. Newsflash: I’m in charge thunder thighs. Excuse me but it has been a tough week. Joe and Hill and now my healthcare plan is crumbling before my eyes.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/was-hillary-clintons-answer-in-congo-the-right-one/?hp
what part of the clinton’s administration did you not like,the peace or the prosperity????
you had a chance to but you wanted lord obama,now you have him,is this unhinged or unqualified??is this team leadership??what team the 69 mets,who’s on first??what’s on second??
A wake up call for those who are capable of assiminlating:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-daou/why-the-national-debate-i_b_257599.html
“Top Five Health Care Reform Lies—and How to Fight Back
When they LIE to/about YOU – Tell the Truth About Them
Lie #1: President Obama wants to euthanize your grandma!!!
The truth: These accusations—of “death panels” and forced euthanasia—are, of course, flatly untrue. As an article from the Associated Press puts it: “No ‘death panel’ in health care bill.”4 What’s the real deal? Reform legislation includes a provision, supported by the AARP, to offer senior citizens access to a professional medical counselor who will provide them with information on preparing a living will and other issues facing older Americans.5
Lie #2: Democrats are going to outlaw private insurance and force you into a government plan!!!
The truth: With reform, choices will increase, not decrease. Obama’s reform plans will create a health insurance exchange, a one-stop shopping marketplace for affordable, high-quality insurance options.6 Included in the exchange is the public health insurance option—a nationwide plan with a broad network of providers—that will operate alongside private insurance companies, injecting competition into the market to drive quality up and costs down.7
If you’re happy with your coverage and doctors, you can keep them.8 But the new public plan will expand choices to millions of businesses or individuals who choose to opt into it, including many who simply can’t afford health care now.
Lie #3: President Obama wants to implement Soviet-style rationing!!!
The truth: Health care reform will expand access to high-quality health insurance, and give individuals, families, and businesses more choices for coverage. Right now, big corporations decide whether to give you coverage, what doctors you get to see, and whether a particular procedure or medicine is covered—that is rationed care. And a big part of reform is to stop that.
Health care reform will do away with some of the most nefarious aspects of this rationing: discrimination for pre-existing conditions, insurers that cancel coverage when you get sick, gender discrimination, and lifetime and yearly limits on coverage.9 And outside of that, as noted above, reform will increase insurance options, not force anyone into a rationed situation.
Lie #4: Obama is secretly plotting to cut senior citizens’ Medicare benefits!!!
The truth: Health care reform plans will not reduce Medicare benefits.10 Reform includes savings from Medicare that are unrelated to patient care—in fact, the savings comes from cutting billions of dollars in overpayments to insurance companies and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.11
Lie #5: Obama’s health care plan will bankrupt America!!!
The truth: We need health care reform now in order to prevent bankruptcy—to control spiraling costs that affect individuals, families, small businesses, and the American economy.
Right now, we spend more than $2 trillion dollars a year on health care.12 The average family premium is projected to rise to over $22,000 in the next decade13—and each year, nearly a million people face bankruptcy because of medical expenses.14 Reform, with an affordable, high-quality public option that can spur competition, is necessary to bring down skyrocketing costs. Also, President Obama’s reform plans would be fully paid for over 10 years and not add a penny to the deficit.15
We’re closer to real health care reform than we’ve ever been—and the next few weeks will decide whether it happens. We need to make sure the truth about health care reform is spread far and wide to combat right wing lies.”
John Fisher has repeated the top five lies being told
by those who espouse a socialistic reform of healthcare.
Smart people do not believe such lies or the liars who repeat
them.
Obama’s plan is dead on arrival. His wife and mother in law
are very upset with him for pushing this issue so early in
his term. It was a rare but huge mistake. He will temper his
plan dramtically. We should thank Mrs Robinson for saving us from
this terrible idea. She knows what’s best and what works for all of
America, not just the poor moochers who want something for nothing.
Barrack got a little carried away with the sweet smell of his own
gas, thankfully he passed it in the presence of his mother in law
and she told him the truth about how putrid his plan smelled.
Here’s to you Mrs Robinson, God loves you, you are for real!
And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson
Barack loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)
We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files
We’d like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the White House grounds until you feel at home
And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson
Barack loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)
Hide in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put hide in your pantry with your cupcakes
It’s a little secret, just the Obamas’ affair
Most of all, you’ve got to hide it from the kids
Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs Robinson
Barack loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the healthcare debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you’ve got to choose
Ev’ry way you look at it, you lose
Where have you gone, Ronald Reagan
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)
What’s that you say, Mrs. Robinson
Rockin’ Ronny has left and gone away
(Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey)
The day you turned 70, your healthcare got turned off. Sorry, Mom, it’s what’s best for everyone. We can find another daycare worker.
Thank you, John Fisher, you can cut and paste our material very well. Keep up the good work for the cause and we may let you live after 70.
You forgot lie #6 – The President and Congress will not be using their own national healthcare plan. Propaganda’s reply: The President and his family are so confident in the new national healthcare plan that they will be gleefully using it along with every other American including your courageous Congressmen.
For those of you looking to follow the lead of John Fisher, please visit our website:
http://healthcarepropaganders.gov/lies/deceit/halftruths/rumors/bogusexplanations/bilkamerica/greatsocialistrepublic
New advertising campaign coming out for Labor Day weekend by Healthcare promoters:
“Throw Gramma under the Healthcare bus”
“Healthcare, we don’t need no stinking employee healthcare”
“Leave the doctoring to us”
“Diagnosis, you can’t handle a diagnosis”
“Darwin’s Law – Only the strong survive”
“We’ll pay you not to visit the clinic”
At the age of 80, it works well for me, thank you!!=:) I’m more concerned about the 4 generations left when I depart what has been a wonderful life!!!=:) Most of those, in the second (and succeeding) generations are college graduates who have quite successful careers. There’s ALWAYS a body in the oven ‘n’ more are being added to the family of over 200 in each succeeding year.
I’d advise, if you are interested in the future of your family, and the progress of this once greater nation, you TOO look towards the implementation of a (even though that is not the current plan) single payer plan.
As for the President, and his family, they will have the same options as you, under what is being discussed, YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME OPTIONS AS THE PRESIDENT AND OUR “COURAGEOUS” CONGRESSMEN!!!
JOHN FISHER you are a great American. Thank you for championing the cause.
Will you join us in the White House for dinner?
By the way, you will be cut off of all healthcare services once our plan is implemented. I know you’ll understand.
I want private profit incentive death panels funded with oil revenue.
You’ll have to wait for the Republicans to take hold of the reigns of power before euthanasia is being propagandized as the best option for younger voters to pursue. They’ll also incentivize some senior propagandists who think euthanasia is not such a bad idea after all, as long as it keeps socialists from taking over to protect such values as human life and the choices that freedom now allows them.
JOHN FISHER we are starting the process on your healthcare. Your prescriptions for Cosamin, Lipitor and Viagra are hereby cancelled. You don’t really need them. You are 80 years old after all.
Sarah can I set a set of those panels for my deck?
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Joe you can get me for your deck. Just say the word big boy. Oh mop your deck with me. I was against pork spending and that bridge to nowhere you betcha but that doesn’t mean I’m against porking. Like an animal screaming in the Alaksan wilderness by the great one Denali. Doesn’t that just get your torpedo ready to shoot? I’m flooding the tube Joe.
Americans are waking up like never before.
The mid term elections will be more overwhelming
than 1994. Who and what will Larry write about
when that happens?
Lord Abott you can bet that Larry will blame it on the “radical right wing talking heads” like me. He will say that we whipped the nation into a negative frenzy and reduced meaning legislature into political fodder. We will have lost the liberal opportunity of a lifetime to rethink, reshape and refocus this country. Blah, blah, blah
Brad Pitt just made a movie that cartoonizes
the Holocost. Larry will be silent because he
will never step up to his friends in Hollywood.
Death panels are not part of healthcare plan.
But maybe they should be, the last six months
of life are way too expensive!
Larry, sorry to interrupt your Sock Puppet Parade, but the media have reported that our hometown football team has seen fit to hire dog torturer and murderer Michael Vick in their quest to win a game. This is the most disgusting news I’ve heard in a long time. It reflects horribly on our city and it puts a confirmed cretin in a position that children are taught to admire.
I will be boycotting the team, which should be renamed the Dog Murderers, as long as he draws a salary. This is shameful. I mean, this is a guy who shocked dogs with jumper cables and car batteries, who hung dogs from trees, and who drowned dogs with his bare hands. And that doesn’t even start with the dogfights he ran.
The win at all costs mentality in our culture is a sickness, and this hiring is an obvious symptom. I trust you will have a comment.
Also, Larry, here’s a mainstream media failure you can address. News outlets showed an African-American woman being removed from a town hall meeting to cheers. What they didn’t show was that she tried to display a Rosa Parks poster, was assaulted by a “teabagger” protestor who tore the poster away from her, and was ejected for displaying a sign while some “teabaggers” were displaying “Don’t Tread on Me” signs the whole time. Of course, the media failed to report the full story to show that freedom of speech was only denied to the African-American woman. Here’s full video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGiLZF–ehA
It’s scary that a bunch of uninformed idiots, many of whom happily receive governmentally administered health benefits but don’t even realize it, are protesting perceived governmental involvement in health care delivery. A famous Englishman once said the strongest argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Here, we can see that rabid pundits on the right are effectively whipping up prejudice and ignorance in a cynical ploy for ratings and to prevent any reform. Sad.
I have to laugh at my flaming liberal friends like oeL. They complain about the ‘rabid pundits on the right’ and the ‘uninformed idiots’ that do not agree with their far left socialistic views. Last time I looked this was America not the USSR. People are entitled to debate and protest. Particularly when the 11th Ammendment is being threatened – the right to visit the doctor of your choice. Playing the race card in this argument is particularly devious. That is always the liberal ploy. Sad.
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i’m impressed that the security guard was able to strong arm sis out of that hall.that is one large woman.
oeL or whatever your real name is thank you for making my point. It is pinhead thinking like yours that exposes the soft underbelly of the liberal cabal. You don’t represent the vast unwashed masses my friend. You represent a small group of likeminded abstract thinkers that want to implement the One World masterplan. Go have your covert meetings and secret handshakes but leave the rest of us out of your dark world.
that woman being ushered out of the town hall better hope she doesn’t have to appear before one of obama’s death panels.one look at her & it would be instant death.
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi should be more concerned about a death panel than that poor lady in NH. Reid has exceeded the prescribed life limit of 70 years. SOH Pelosi will receive burn notification next March. Joltin Joe Biden the liberal lighting rod will receive his burn notice in November 2012. Does that mean the Messiah will have a new running mate in 2012?
Physician’s Plan for National Health Insurance:
http://www.pnhp.org/physiciansproposal/proposal/Physicians%20ProposalJAMA.pdf
Cock!
It’s amusing that GOPers never are opposing the true merits or language of the reform bill. Everything is either a fabrication about the bill or a collateral smear attack on Obama or elected representatives. The sock puppets in this thread make that abundantly clear. I actually find it amusing that so many people are dumb enough, but a famous man once said there’s one born every minute. The Europeans are apparently confused because they can’t even find a coherent message in the GOP opposition to Obama given that the ideological labels the GOP opposition uses against him are mutually exclusive. You cannot be a communist and a fascist. Except in the atrophied brains of some teabaggers.
Larry, I’m interested in your take on the Vick situation. Please address that. What does Josh Shapiro think? How about Eddie?
El Rushbo here. The problem is you guys just don’t get it. You don’t listen to dissenting views. You immediately discount dissenters as lunatics, nazis and militiamen.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/25/obama-challenges-reform-detractors-to-explain-themselves/
Guys like moolB don’t get where all the anger is coming from because they have their head up Obama’s ass. The people have bailed out the financial industry, the auto industry, plus spent billions of stimulus dollars on pork projects we know nothing about. Now Obama’s group is ready to spend the tax payers money on health reform. The only stimulus I get is when my creditors call looking for their money.
No, we know the anger is coming from about 25% of the population. In a democracy, that’s called tough titty for the 25%ers.
Obama’s not the messiah everyone thought he might be. The stupid 25% who are now complaining were the ones that voted him into office. Now they are finding out that the man was not ready for the job. These 25% are having second thoughts and are now trying to rein this idiot in a little. I’m not happy it turned out this way but when you elect a man as president I think he should bring more to the table than being a smooth talker.
Ed, not even the idiots protesting would swallow the crap you just dished up.
The 25% are the 25% who think that Rush Limbaugh is credible, who think Sarah Palin is an intelligent genius, and who believe that Saddam Hussein blew up dirty bombs in the World Trade Center on 9/11.
The last time I read the ratings for Rush he had 13 million listeners per week. This breaks down to approximately 2.5 million listeners per day. How they compute all this shit I don’t know but I do know that 2.5 million listeners is hardly 25% of the population. moolB, who are you trying to kid?
I like when Ed and Leo fight. I also like shouting down
people in public forums. Its great to just be enraged an
not have any idea why. Taking misinformation and screaming
about it is a simple pleasure.
Arlen Spector said wait a minute 11 times, I think its becoming
clear he is senile and should be put before a death panel to determine
if the money medicare is spending on his cancer it worth it since his brain
appears to be dead.
I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Just sit down, shut up and do as I say. There. Isn’t that better?
I’m standing out in front of Home Depot waiting for it to open. Who would have guessed it didn’t open until 8AM?
As I stand here sipping my Dunkin Donuts coffee and chowing down on chocolate frosted cake donuts I can’t help but think about poor JOHN FISHER and the rest of the nice people sucked in by this healthcare plan. They mean well. They want healthcare for everyone. Its like being at Rehoboth when the tides get tricky and start pulling people out to sea. Sometimes its too late before you realize what is happening. The forces of nature become too strong. JOHN FISHER and the rest of the do gooders please swim to shore before you are pulled out to sea. After all you may not have healthcare very long and who is going to save you? Pamela Anderson?
I’m buying a round at the Purple Parrott tonight. Boys night out. Prepare to get hammered. Just stay out of the ocean.
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Wait a minute….wait a minute….. wait a minute!! …… wait just a god darn minute here …… OK ……. What were we talking about??????
I admire the Eagles, aka” Dog Murders”. Vick paid his debt
to society for a very minor crime. In his culture in other countries
dog fighting is not even a crime. In Latin countries cock fighting
is legal and considered family entertainment. Killing animals is
something that is done everyday so we can eat them.
Koreans skin dogs alive because the fur comes off easier, they also
enjoy eating dogs, rats and cats. People need to lighten
up about Michael Vick!
If Arlen doesn’t seem himself lately it’s because Obama asked him to volunteer in a new health program. It’s an end of life “counseling” panel. Obama wants Arlen to participate in order to see if it’s worth keeping his political career alive.
Cu cu ca chu Mrs Robinson
The White House is growing too crowded with you
Wu wu wu Mrs Robinson
Terminating your healthcare today
Hey hey hey hey hey hey
No more Plavix for your heart
Your going to have to live in some pain
Talk about it complain about it
Everything you do
In the end your gonna lose
Arlen we don’t need you anymore as a mole. You’re out of the closest as a true liberal. You are no good to us as a senile Democrat. Vote for the healthcare bill and we will terminate your policy.
This would be a good time to retire in Avalon.
JOHN FISHER I love you man. I only wish I had another 365M stooges.
Let your love overcome all the bitterness, and hatred, you have contrived which, likely, is based on lies of those who are out to destroy you, this country, and any plateau to which you aspire.
JOHN FISHER = Dr Love?
Are you inspired by the 40th anniversary of Woodstock dude? You are too much. Groovy. Mellow Yellow.
Lord about loves John Fishers lies, he tells
them with such care and passion, what’s not to
like? Its why we love Larry Kane, he’s unusually
good repeater of the lies told by by the left
and he does it with great passion.
The health bill includes government paid health insurance
for all pets that are licensed. Pet owners who license their
Dog or cat will be entitled to unlimited vetinary care with just
a $10 co-pay, yet senior citizens over 80 that are ill will get
Counseling and ice popsicles to moisten their lips
as they lay dying in socially segregated unaircondioned death
clinics. It will save billions and leave more money to provided
better care and social services to domestic pets.
Califorina has a new proposition that will require resturants
To serve animals at resturant tables. There was a time when blacks
Were segregated at resturants. Now it will be illegal to segregate
Animals from resturants or post “no dogs allowed” signs
in windows.
It’s ALL in your head, Abott!!!-:)
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Its in there Fisher, I was shocked too.
That last six months of life is so expensive
I think they realized how many animals could be
supported per octegenarian denied the current level
of medical care offered in that very expensive last
six months of care, and it huge. Thousands of dogs
cats can be nutered or spayed for each human denied
just a few weeks of intesive care in situations where
they’re going to die anyway. Every animal rescure in
the country can be fully funded if we just deny end
of life intensive care to residents of Rhode Island.
So you see the potential source of funds from this is
tremendous and can benefit not just animals, but children
And young immigrants who have not had good health care
in their country of origin and have not yet had much
opportunity to pay into our system.
Lord Abott wants to live to 100 so he has set up a special
account to pay his own way from 80-100. I have time to save.
But for seniors who don’t there are things called reverse
mortgages that can get the money they need out of their hosue,
so its not bleak for all! Also, why should people be able to
leave money in thei estate to child if they have incurred
Medicare or medicade expenses? The government will
claw back those expenses from your estate in full.
Once children learn their inheritance is at risk, then
we will have very cost effective care administed to seniors
at end of life!
Enjoy the weekend and stay healthy!
Vic ‘n’ you should join forces!!=:)