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		<title>A Chance To: PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Says:
  

Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice for a change if our elected officials in The Legislature, or any where else for that matter, gave us our money&#8217;s worth. Sure it would. House Resolution 615 does just that!
 
Republican Congressman John Fleming, who happens to be a  physician has really hit on something by using the underlying principle in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="color: #800000;">Charlie Says:</span></em></p>
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<div>Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice for a change if our elected officials in The Legislature, or any where else for that matter, gave us our money&#8217;s worth. Sure it would. House Resolution 615 does just that!</div>
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<div>Republican Congressman John Fleming, who happens to be a  physician has really hit on something by using the underlying principle in the adage, &#8220;..what&#8217;s good for the goose, is good for the gander..&#8221;  come to think of it, here&#8217;s another that applies, &#8220;..put your money where your mouth is.&#8221;</div>
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<div>One of the outstanding debates is that over The Public Option; Government run Health Care.</div>
<div>Congressman Fleming, Proposed an amendment and Republican Senator Tom Coburn brought it to the Senate health committee where it passed 12-11.</div>
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<div>HR 615 is only two pages in duration. The amendment would require Congressmen and Senators to enroll in the same health care plan they&#8217;re shoving down our throats. Fair.</div>
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<div>Still, the only three Democrats to vote yea, where Chris Dodd, acting chairperson, Barbara Mikulski and the late Senator Ted Kennedy via proxy. So what gives with the rest of the Democrats?</div>
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<div>It so ironic that in a day that has Dems acting like Reps and visa verse we still can&#8217;t get it right.</div>
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<div>Here&#8217;s the moral: if it&#8217;s so good for us, you eat it too.</div>
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<div><em><span style="color: #993300;">Rich Says:</span></em></div>
<div>Who&#8217;d ever thought that Charlie and I would agree on the same thing, or that I would actually back an amendment from the anti-American (American people) Republicans. I guess the party that spawned the &#8220;Dark Lord&#8221; can have a little spark of good in them. Now if we could only get them to think about the people more often instead of their corporate handlers.</div>
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		<title>Health Care Reform &#8211; Who&#8217;s Going To Pay For It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Care costs]]></category>
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The main objection to Health Care Reform, other than the Repuplican sponsored lies such as &#8220;death panels&#8221;, &#8220;reduction and elimination of Medicare&#8221; and &#8220;Government interference with my health&#8221; is &#8220;Who is going to pay for it&#8221;?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="color: #800000;">Rich Says;</span></em></p>
<p>The main objection to Health Care Reform, other than the Repuplican sponsored lies such as &#8220;death panels&#8221;, &#8220;reduction and elimination of Medicare&#8221; and &#8220;Government interference with my health&#8221; is &#8220;Who is going to pay for it&#8221;?</p>
<p>As Senator Ron Paul (The only Republican with even an ounce of honesty in him) states it pretty clearly in this video. END THE WARS! Hey, what a concept. Stop pouring money into an illegal war and start spending it on our own citizens. Who&#8217;d thought?</p>
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<p>The ones who started that arguement about costs are probably the same ones who can afford to get insurance. But to those the costs are skyrocketing. In the <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1194021.html">Miami Herald</a>, the Commonwealth Fund stated;</p>
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<blockquote><p>A Commonwealth Fund report being released Thursday reports that Florida and the rest of the nation saw health insurance costs increase far faster than salaries.</p>
<p>Between 2003 and 2008, single premiums in Florida increased 26 percent, family premiums 36 percent. As a percentage of median household income, Florida employer premiums went from 16.2 percent in 2003 to 18.5 percent in 2008.</p></blockquote>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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<p>With so many people who can&#8217;t get insurance and must live in pain and many times die unneccessarily, why can&#8217;t we have a plan that would cover them? What is the problem? Will it cost too much? How much is a life worth to these people?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the answer is that too many people are just too greedy and selfish to let others live a decent, pain free life. These people would rather you listen to the lies and propaganda about Socialism, bankruptcy and all sorts of eveil things. The same things they have been saying all along, and have never happened.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Charlie Says;</em></span></p>
<div>Lets face it, when it comes down to who&#8217;s paying for it, the answer is usually a very simple one. So simple in fact, even a third grader knows the answer. It is Us, we who will be paying for this fiasco. After all, aren&#8217;t we always paying for it? Don&#8217;t we always pay the tab for the incompetent legislation the wacko left tries to push down our throats? FDR is probably the worst culprit of &#8220;Band Aid&#8221; legislation. Doomed to fail from the start. &#8221; Roosevelt&#8217;s &#8221;New Deal&#8221;, full of short term remedy only. Everything from  Social Security to Medicare is now in or heading to the crapper.</div>
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<div>Health Care Reform as it is being proposed, is junk. Joe Scarborough MSNBC, perhaps put it the best, &#8220;..The Democrats now own D.C. &#8230;they don&#8217;t need bipartisanship , they have the votes(in both houses) to do everything they want to do..&#8221; However,it is the people of this country and some wise democratic legislators that have  now become  outraged! They&#8217;re finally speaking up and just saying no, to junk.Expensive junk at that.</div>
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<div>Rich believes somewhat naively, that ending &#8216;the wars&#8217; is a way to redistribute money to pay for good things like citizen benefited programs, such as Health Care Reform. Everybody,save the far out left knows that one thing has nothing to do with the other. Besides, The Dems will always find away to spend the money else where.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Priorities &#8211; They are so crucial. First let us find a viable solution,or solutuons to our current Health Care System&#8217;s woes . Then perhaps in spite of The Dem&#8217;s constant mandate of spend, spend spend, the answer to &#8220;Who&#8217;s Going To Pay For It &#8220;, may be simpler than we think. CHEAPER TOO! </div>
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		<title>Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie says:
What do Professor Henry Louis Gates, Sargent James Crowley and President Barrack Obama have in Common? History. Also, an apology.
 
You would think that the bigger the man, the easier it would be to offer up a simple  thing like an apology;  just three small words, I am sorry. Unfortunately, it isn&#8217;t. Those three little words can change [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Charlie says:</span></em></div>
<div>What do Professor Henry Louis Gates, Sargent James Crowley and President Barrack Obama have in Common? History. Also, an apology.</div>
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<div>You would think that the bigger the man, the easier it would be to offer up a simple  thing like an apology;  just three small words, I am sorry. Unfortunately, it isn&#8217;t. Those three little words can change the course of the world and most likely they could have changed history too.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The Scene: The Harvard Professor got locked out of his house.  A concerned neighbor seeing a possibly suspicious activity called 911. </div>
<div> The Police responded.  </div>
<div>     </div>
<div>Fact: The Officer, Sargent Crowley  and The Harvard Professor got into a verbal dispute.</div>
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<div>Fact: The Harvard Professor got arrested.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Fact: A few days later, President Barrack Hussein Obama got himself involved.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Of course this mess could have been avoided. Example: &#8217;Sorry Officer I seem to have locked..&#8217;  &#8217;Sorry to have disturbed you Professor..&#8217;</div>
<div>This leaves us with just one more apology to be made.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Keep in mind The United States has history. Some of the history is vile.</div>
<div>Much of the violations committed  have not been properly addressed nor atoned for. No sorry.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>President Obama in an unprecedented moment, commented not knowing all the facts, on his buddy&#8217;s Prof. Gates&#8217;s case during a nationally televised live Press Conference. Turns out that his expressed statement/sentiment (&#8220;.. the police acted stupidly..&#8221;) and his premature assessment of the case were wrong. To his credit Obama now admits, as usual in sooo many words, that he was, wrong.(?) &#8220;..I could have calibrated my words differently.&#8221;</div>
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<div>The sad truth is that once again Obama came face to face with a challenge; a social challenge. The candidate of CHANGE had the opportunity to come clean. Look into the eyes of the country and the world and apologize.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Sorry, (that) &#8216;Sorry seems to be the hardest word&#8217;. </div>
<div> <br />
<em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Rich Says:</span></em></div>
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<p>Let&#8217;s see, Charlie admits that the President said he was wrong&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. OK, what part of that is not an apology?</p>
<p>The President admits he could have used (calibrated) his words better. He took the action of sitting down with all concerned parties to smooth things over and than because he didn&#8217;t part the Red Sea then somehow this is indicative of being a bad President.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t remember any President in the past that have acted so graciously. Has Bush apologized for torturing innocent people including US Citizens and killing our soldiers by illegally invading a soveriegn country?</p>
<p>No, he hasn&#8217;t. So why the big deal about something so small and insignificant that at best it gives a bunch of drunks at the local bar something to talk about.</p>
<p>People are loosing their homes because of bancrupcy, have lost their jobs because of a corrupt past administration and the focuses is on one little comment about nothing.</p></div>
<p><strong>Now let&#8217;s hear the real story</strong><br />
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		<title>Conservative Try To Demonize Anyone Against Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rich Says:
Why is it that when you hear from the CONservative (notice how their name start with Con &#8211; as in Con Men) side about the Health Care Reform Bill, they use descriptive words like &#8220;horrible&#8221;, &#8220;barbaric&#8221; and tell you that the Government is going to take your rights away when you get old and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Rich Says:</span></em></p>
<p>Why is it that when you hear from the CONservative (notice how their name start with Con &#8211; as in Con Men) side about the Health Care Reform Bill, they use descriptive words like &#8220;horrible&#8221;, &#8220;barbaric&#8221; and tell you that the Government is going to take your rights away when you get old and euthanize you.<br />
 <br />
Gawd, these people never give up. Thye didn&#8217;t give up during the Bush reign of terror(ism) and they still think that we&#8217;re going to believe their propaganda.<br />
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The sad part of it is that we are always looking for a boogy man, a demon to fight against, never mind that they just don&#8217;t exist, they&#8217;ll make one up. So to take the offensive (and they are very offensive) to prevent them from being labeled the Demon, they demonize everything about Obama and Progressives, all in the name of power, and their Lobbyist fattened bank accounts.</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Charlie Says:</span></em></p>
<p>It is amazing what a Liberal will conjure up. This time however, the missing link to their often ridiculous tactics has been detected. The long and short of it is, they&#8217;re nothing more than spoiled angry children. Case in point: Take &#8216;Poor Rich&#8217;, (an Oxy Moron or simply a matter of fact) he actually has it all backwards. It&#8217;s the Liberals that are continuously deceiving the country. Have you seen any of the promised change in the way government in D.C. functions? Lobbyist and &#8220;fattened bank accounts&#8221; still are an on going issue. in fact, this problem may even be bigger now, than ever. One must have sympathy though, for a human being blinded by CONsent. Rich suggests that the con in the word conservative is foretelling;  &#8216;..con as in con men&#8217;. Then of course, just like a spoiled child we, (actually he,) continues to ramble on and whine whine whine.   Enough already with the same old tired augments! The veneer is wearing thin.<br />
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Fact is the Liberals always have a hidden agenda. They never really are who they portray themselves to be. Nor do they do what they say they will do . They purposefully try to CONfuse the issues to disguise and CONceal their real motives. They want to CONtrol everything. Add Healthcare Reform to The Stimulus Plan and Cap and Trade and they just might! What a mess!<br />
Obama and Progressives ..try His Highness and His repugnant Socialists.<br />
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Rich, here&#8217;s a suggestion, for you and everyone else; this includes Liberals and Conservatives. Look up the word conservative. Then apply it to the conventional wisdom of Thomas Jefferson.<br />
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&#8220;.. my reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.&#8221;<br />
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Seem familiar? Can you relate!</p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s In A Birth Certificate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Says:
 
There is one dragon that continues to raise its head. It is the whole ordeal of Obama&#8217;s Birth Certificate. It just won&#8217;t go away.
The fact is The President never released the original long form hospital birth certificate. Instead, a short form Certificate of Live Birth has been finally submitted. The Hawaii Department of Health&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Charlie Says:</span></em><br />
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There is one dragon that continues to raise its head. It is the whole ordeal of Obama&#8217;s Birth Certificate. It just won&#8217;t go away.<br />
The fact is The President never released the original long form hospital birth certificate. Instead, a short form Certificate of Live Birth has been finally submitted. The Hawaii Department of Health&#8217;s Birth Record Request form does not give the option to request a photocopy of the long form. The Short Form offers enough information to apply for a passport. It omits certain information such as birth weight and parents hometowns. Still, it does constitute officially, proof of birth in Hawaii.<br />
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Technically, the short form, The Certificate of Live Birth is a  birth certificate. The Obama Administration has offered a COLV, complete with The Official State Seal. Interestingly, Obama&#8217;s parents listed two different hospitals on the certificate.<br />
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Shwew, what an ordeal just to get a candidate for president and eventually The President Of The United States to adhere to an important constitutional requirement. The President Of The United States Of America, must be a &#8220;natural-born citizen.<br />
 <br />
Fact is Obama has refused to release other documents regarding his public and private life. Among the key documents that continue to be shielded from the public by Obama are:<br />
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* Obama released just one brief document detailing his personal health. McCain on the other hand, released his complete medical file, totaling more 1500 pages<br />
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* Obama refused to offer his official papers as a state legislator in Illinois.<br />
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*Obama did not release his client list as an attorney or his billing records.<br />
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*Obama ignored requests for his records from Occidental College, where he studied for two years before transferring to Columbia University.<br />
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*Obama&#8217;s campaign refused allow Columbia to release his transcripts.<br />
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Need more?<br />
Obama still hasn&#8217;t released the names of those who donated at least one third of the over 750 million raised.<br />
 <br />
Ironically, Obama accused Bush of having &#8220;one of the most secretive administrations in our history.&#8221; He also remarked and chided than Sen. Clinton for not releasing her White House schedules.<br />
 <br />
So why all the hassle? Why the constant tug-of-war? Currently, unclear.<br />
One thing is for certain, Barack Hussein Obama remains one of America&#8217;s most mysterious and opaque presidents ever.<br />
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<em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Rich Says:</span></em><br />
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The &#8220;Dragon&#8221; is more of a right-wing attempt to un-Americanize our President. First he was too black, then he was &#8220;Exotic&#8221; followed with not being Black enough. Sheesh, give me a break!  The only one that this would be important to is&#8230;&#8230;a racist. No surprise there.</p>
<p>They raise such a stink about it but completely ignore the fact that their own candidate was not a Natural Born citizen but was naturalized at age 16 when congress passed a law giving hose who were born in the Panama Canal Zone citizenship. Naturalized Citizens are not eligible to be elected as President.</p>
<p>As far as his Health Records are concerned..Please&#8230;show me where in the constitution it says he has to release them. If it were me I&#8217;d tell you it&#8217;s none of your damn business.</p>
<p>He has stated that he did not keep his personnal records from Illinois and his successor &#8230;&#8230;..has stated that whatever he did leave was discarded. His official records are kept  by the state. So what&#8217;s the problem???</p>
<p>How many records do the right-wing fanatics need before they find something, just something that they can pin on him because he&#8217;s too black, not black enough, too exotic or non-American????</p>
<p>I just wish they would start paying attention to the important things and stop trying to find some petty nonsense so they can point &#8220;see, see see, I told you so!</p>
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		<title>Republicans on a Rampage to Derail Health Reform &#8211; But What Have They Offered in it&#8217;s Place?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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With statements like this: &#8220;The Republican National Committee will engage in every activity we can to slow down this mad rush while promoting sensible alternatives that address health care costs and preserve quality,&#8221; it&#8217;s a wonder that the Democrats aren&#8217;t pushing this bill through even faster. They also don&#8217;t provide any alternative to the [...]]]></description>
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<p>With statements like this: &#8220;The Republican National Committee will engage in every activity we can to slow down this mad rush while promoting sensible alternatives that address health care costs and preserve quality,&#8221; it&#8217;s a wonder that the Democrats aren&#8217;t pushing this bill through even faster. They also don&#8217;t provide any alternative to the bill.</p>
<p>What does the Republican party have against Health Care Reform? Just follow the money trail to find the answer!</p>
<p>Pharmaceutical companies have spent hundreds of millions on Republican Representatives to &#8220;buy&#8221; their vote. Then count the hundreds of Millions they spend on Doctors to be their drug pushers and you no longer have to wonder why the Republicans want to keep the present Sick Care system in place. Follow the money trail.</p>
<p>They state that the Government will take over your health care, but that is just another lie. (remember the last 8 years of their rule?) The Health Care reform bill does not usurp your rights but provides you with a lower cost alternative, and alternative that the poor and middle class need the most. I guess you now know why the Republicans oppose it, they represent the rich conglomerates.</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Charlie Says:</strong></span></em></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">The Democrats have done it again. They&#8217;ve created a bunch of junk that they can&#8217;t wait to shove down our throats. The Health Care Reform proposed plan is very expensive. It does little more than what individual States in the past have done on their own. It was simply called Guaranteed Issue health Insurance. It was issued as an alternative, to those who did not have one. Your acceptance was guaranteed. After all the cockamamie futzing around, all we&#8217;re getting with the Dems. proposed Bill is a plan that isn&#8217;t as good, for a heck of alot more money. Are you surprised that The Health Care Reform Bill is a Dem. creation? Its got all the markings.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">One of best statements I heard recently came from a House Republican. It went by like a flash on one of the TV News Channels. I didn&#8217;t catch The Legislators name, sorry. The quote: &#8220;..as it concerns my friends on the other side of the isle, don&#8217;t listen to all they say, rather watch all that they do..&#8221; Dems. talk all kinds of stuff. Then go ahead and do something entirely different.<br />
You never really know their real agenda.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Of course The Republicans are fuming, aren&#8217;t you! 1 1/2 Trillion for a lousy guaranteed issue HMO(Health Maintenance Organization). Forget the whining Rich, big business this, big business that. Stop blaming the other guy. Dems. are always so angry and bitter. With all the misgivings of the status quo, The Insurance Industry, still managers to work. If passed, This Bill will bring about change. It&#8217;s called disaster.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">One more thing, The Government does not want it to seem like they want to take over The Health Insurance Industry. They want other health insurance carriers to exist. The Government simply wants to totally control the Industry and everything else.</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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The Universal Health Care Bill is now officially on the table. The estimated cost, 1 1/2 Trillion Dollars. It would be absurd to even ask how the government plans to pay for it, right! We, the people must pay and pay we will. Add this trillion and a half to Cap and Trade and [...]]]></description>
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<div>The Universal Health Care Bill is now officially on the table. The estimated cost, 1 1/2 Trillion Dollars. It would be absurd to even ask how the government plans to pay for it, right! We, the people must pay and pay we will. Add this trillion and a half to Cap and Trade and The Stimulus Bill, now swallow hard. If you are wealthy, a goal many wish to attain, than you&#8217;re really in for &#8216;a treat&#8217;. Hold on to your hat.</div>
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<div>As Obama has promised, he will redistribute the wealth in this country.</div>
<div>Redistribute, as if it got into the hands it is in wrongly to begin with. The American Dream is in part, to acquire wealth. Should the government be able take it away?</div>
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<div>The Heath Care Reform proposal has a built in surtax for the wealthy.</div>
<div>Household incomes of 250,000+ will have to pay this additional tax. With all the added taxes coming on board and Bush&#8217;s tax breaks soon coming to an end, people in the upper income bracket will be extremely hard pressed. Penalized for their success.</div>
<div>They will be paying 50% of their earnings in taxes. This is absurd.</div>
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<div>Many feel that health care reform as proposed by the Democrats is  il-fated, already doomed. It will be too expensive for a mediocre plan.</div>
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<div>With the financial woes we are in these days, why look to tax Americans more? Why not lower taxes and decrease spending? We need to allow the economy to get back on its feet.</div>
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<div><em>Rich Replies:</em></div>
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<div>Yes, there are many who are in financial woes today. Did you ever wonder why?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The number one reason for bankruptcy, after the recession is the outlandish medical bills people owe because their insurance didn&#8217;t cover an illness/injury or they just didn&#8217;t have any insurance at all. Having insurance seems to be a priveledge reserved for the rich, not the middle class or poor.</div>
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<div>And this is exactly how the Republicans want it. They don&#8217;t want anything interferring with the profits of the pharmaceutical companies, and hence their campaign contributions.</div>
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<div>Yes, the wealthy will have to pay more, but being wealthy is not the American Dream. The dream is to be able to own your own home and provide for your family, something the Republicans seem hell bent on preventing most of us from doing and only allowing the rich to accomplish.</div>
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<div>I and the majority of Amewricans have been holding on to their hats already, maybe now it&#8217;s time for the Republicans and their wealthy benefactors do the same</div>
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		<title>Sarah Palin resigns &#8211; Alaska Breathes a Sigh of Relief.</title>
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Sarah Palin resigned her Govenorship last Friday and now Alaska can get down to doing business instead of having their &#8220;Leader&#8221; grandstanding across the country. She has pretty much ignored her duties as Govenor since she returned from her failed Vice-presidential bid. Heck, she won&#8217;t even live in the State Capitol and tries to [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sarah Palin resigned her Govenorship last Friday and now Alaska can get down to doing business instead of having their &#8220;Leader&#8221; grandstanding across the country. She has pretty much ignored her duties as Govenor since she returned from her failed Vice-presidential bid. Heck, she won&#8217;t even live in the State Capitol and tries to run the state from her home in Wasilla, 600 miles away.</p>
<p>She no longer has the support from her own party in the state legislature and has become a liability for the State of Alaska. If this is what she will do to her own state, can you imagine how she will handle being the President? I for one would not want to see her in any office. It seems Gomer Pyle had a lot more sense than she does.</p>
<p>Of course her supporters like to point out that she is a competent Political leader and like to show how she was the Govenor of the countries largest state. However, the population of Alaska is smaller than the City of Miami and she pretty much ran her State like they run Miami.</p>
<p>Of course, if she does decide to run as the Republican candidate, and they choose her, then she most likey will guarantee that almost any Democrat will get elected.</p>
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<p><em>Charlie Replies:</em></p>
<div>Sarah Palin burst ed on to The National Political Scene, like a bolt of lightning. From her introductory speech at The RNC; you know, the one that breathed life into the Republican Party. The same one  that sent shock waves down the spine of The Democratics. Palin has been Brilliant! She has told us all  about herself. Who she is, what she is all about and what you could expect. She is as straight as an arrow and to the point. What you see is what you get. If you&#8217;re a Democratic strategist, from that speech on, you knew one thing, Sarah Palin must be stopped.   Damage Control. Thus, enter  The Crappola.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Remember the rhetoric. All the nonsense that  we heard about Palins experience and qualifications, or the lack thereof. Funny, but when compared side by side with Obama&#8217;s,  The similarities are striking.</div>
<div>As a matter of fact, Palins experience as a Governor out ways Obama&#8217;s as a Senator. At least, she showed up for work!</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Sarah Palin has accomplished much while Governor in Alaska. She has has ushered in ethics</div>
<div>reform. She initiated and implemented the largest energy project in  the world through The Alaska Gasline Inducement Act. Palin,  a Fiscal Conservative, slowed the rate of government growth. She worked with the legislature to place billions of dollors in savings. These accomplishments and others have have only improved Alaska. Alaska Loves Sarah!</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Sarah Palin Resigns.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>&#8220;I am determined to take the right path for Alaska, even</div>
<div>though it is not the easiest path. &#8220;  &#8220;Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace</div>
<div>the conventional &#8216;Lame Duck&#8217; status in this particular climate would be just another dose of &#8216;politics as usual&#8217;. &#8220;  There is also the issue of  ethic violation charges. They are bogus. All have been dismissed. Still, they cost millions to defend.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Palin is not your typical &#8216;Beltway Politician&#8217;. She is not afraid to make the right move, even at a great cost..at least, seemingly, for the moment.</div>
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<div>Rich, who knows, you might just get your wish. Sarah Palin just might put, &#8216;almost any Democrate&#8217; in a position to get elected. Or maybe get surprised.</div>
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<div>By the way,  Rich,what do you have against Miami?</div>
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<div><em>Rich Replies</em>: You mean other than being the most corrupt city in the country????</div>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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The House Of Representatives moved with sonic speed Monday to pass the controversial “Cap and Trade Bill”. The Bill supposedly would reduce greenhouse gas emissions 17 % by 2020. It would further reduce greenhouse gas emissions 83% by 2050.
 
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<p>The House Of Representatives moved with sonic speed Monday to pass the controversial “Cap and Trade Bill”. The Bill supposedly would reduce greenhouse gas emissions 17 % by 2020. It would further reduce greenhouse gas emissions 83% by 2050.<br />
 <br />
The trouble is the house introduced and passed this bill within hours. Nobody had a chance to read it.<br />
This conflicts with a campaign promise to have sufficient time allocated so that congress, people and everyone else, could have time to read proposed legislation before it is voted on.<br />
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This is not the first time that this Democratic dominated Congress rushed through extremely important legislation. The Stimulus Package also got a rush job, only to find out later that it was filled with all kinds of pet projects and agendas, “Pork”.<br />
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It’s unconventional tactics like these that make you wonder,  what do the Democrats have up their sleeves? What are they hiding?</p>
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<p>Sonic speed!?!?!?!? I’m not sure what you mean by that but I doubt Congress has ever acted with anything that could be classified as speed.</p>
<p>But Charlie,  why didn’t you protest when the Republicans not only rammed All of their bills through, but never even allowed the Democrats to see, or participate in any debate, or allow amendements when they were in power?</p>
<p>There is “good” pork and then there is “bad” posk. Every piece of legislation has had both. We have elected our representatives to represent our best interests. Adding “pork” to a bill is part of that. In fact, some bills are pure “pork”.  But then there are “bad” pork provisions, mostly it seems from the Republican party over the past 8 years of their reigh. Remember the Bridge-to-Nowhere in Alaska?<br />
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There were plenty of people who had a chance to read the house bill so that a decision could be made by the Repulican Representatives, unfortunately those people were the ”dirty energy” lobbyists from coal and oil companies.</p>
<p>Before we can start pointing fingers at our representatives for legislative misdeeds, we need to get rid of all the lobbyists that control both parties.</p>
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