CornSyrupAwareness's Comments (58)

“ACORN is being inappropriate, Larry”

“7 years of Afghan war, 6 of Iraq war... yah definitely not a warmonger. /sarcasm

He was the president who did too little. He failed to protect this nation on the days leading up to 9.11 and to make up for his mistakes in protecting this nation he went overboard. He pushed for war against all advice... that conveniently made his Vice President filthy rich and I'm sure his Texas oil buddies did OK too when the price of gas tripled.”

“Dylan.. love the show. Just added it to my tivo. I wonder why you let this guy get away with saying ACORN committed voter fraud. They did not. ACORN staff committed voter registration fraud, which is a much different crime. It's the difference between potentially stealing the election and have Zero affect on an election.”

“As long as it has a public insurance option. Healthcare for all without competition is a giveaway to the insurance agencies and Wall Street. I wonder what % of the overhead that private insurance takes goes to Wall Street? They are not popular right now at all, it might be good strategy (and the truth) to ask why Wall Street needs $.15 on every dollar that should be going to my doctor and the companies that make my drugs.”

“Thanks for this tribute Harry. Thanks also for your support of the public option. If you're failing at anything it's in messaging. Forget public option, call it the public insurance option. Public option is a confusing term to normal folks.”

“What about the idea to allow anyone who wants to, to buy in to Medicare? That's simple to explain. It won't cost the government more if you pay your way, in fact it might lower costs to bring in some under 65 folks into that pool.

A government mandate with or without a public option is not an easy sell but giving an option for people to opt out of insurance company greed is an easy sell.

Look at these numbers thanks to vinniethesnake

Total Compensation to CEOs of Health Insurance Companies (2002)
Norman Payson, M.D., CEO of Oxford Health Plans: $76,010,825
Leonard Schaeffer, CEO of WellPoint: $21,765,532
D. Mark Weinberg, executive VP of WellPoint: $14,046,201
The total of the twenty highest-paid executives in 2002 annual compensation, not including stock options: $237,907,917!”

“Ya Palm Springs golf courses use a lot of water but they also provide a lot of jobs. They are the only thing keeping Palm Springs from having an avg population age of 94.

Your meat comments are right on, because not only are these CAFOs polluting their own piece of land, the smells travel miles stinking up entire towns. The water pollution travels all over, and then add on top of that the fuel costs and the petroleum costs for growing corn to feed the cows... that's a big deal. To top it off the cheap meat is tagteaming with cheap corn sugar and making much of our population obese and sick. You ever look back at a group photo pre 1986? It's amazing how many skinny folks there were.”

“Fantastic! Arianna is lovely and always a fierce advocate.”

“Great job! Blue dogs should be concerned about the heavy cost that is levied on small businesses and individuals under the current for profit scheme. Or should I say scam? A public option would save on administrative costs because they wouldn't hire thousands to try and charge the most money for the least service. A public option doesn't have billion dollar a year CEOs, or the thousands of other millionaires at the top of the HMO gravytrain pyramid.

The other night my friend fainted twice and hit his head. He had a concussion. He was looking to me for advice and I should have been able to say, lets go in and see a doctor. That's not what happened. He avoided the nightmare of dealing with insurance companies and high costs. He said later that night he got an even worse headache to follow the concussion. Scary stuff... not the best system on Earth.”

“This point would be better made by comparing to aboriginal tribes which consume a diet high in red meat but have low rates of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. It's true we're not lions, but we're also not rabbits. Meatless Monday is a good idea for most, but the sales pitch needs some work.”

“Why not. It's the same standard they've applied for decades. Was this not the party that demanded MoveOn.org be sanctioned for their comments in the US Congress?”

“Thanks Joe Good Job Today.

That should mean a lot, since I almost never enjoy what you say. Keep it up!”

“I'm with Paul Rieckhoff and IAVA. If we come home and protect our own borders and ports the terrorists and drugs will have a less likely rate of success than the current plan without a goal.”

“Good job Congressman Frank. This is obvious information to anyone that checks the record. I've been talking about it for months. The Republican smear machine is very strong, this idiotic meme about yourself and Senator Dodd is everywhere. I wonder how many more months you'll have to continue to redeem yourself before the MSM picks this up. What happened to all those factcheck organizations!?”

“Erin Burnett's smugness annoys me to no end. She's 33 and knows it all? Get out of here with that.”

“Every time I hear something this common sense, I immediately assume it's not politically possible. The prison lobbyists would never let this happen. Thanks for a great article.”

“The problem with Reaganomics is that it's completely nonsensical. Lower taxes only makes sense to a point right? Or do you want no taxes at all? With the notion in mind that you want a government and that requires taxes, what level of taxation is appropriate and how progressive should that structure be. Republicans completely refuse this type of conversation because it involves the hideous notion that there is a level where taxes are too low, and the correct answer would be to raise taxes. Sadly, the myth of Reagan is getting manhandled by the ideologues that want to worship him. You never hear that Ronnie was originally a Democrat and campaigned for Truman.
If you can bring that type of open conversation to your party you'd be a legend. I doubt that's possible or that's your real intent. I believe you only want to insult our ideas and bring openness of Republican ideas to us. I don't want an open an honest conversation with denialists and sloganeers. Now's not the time for talk, we've been talking for eight years, now's the time for action. We didn't seek advice from Barry Bonds about cleaning up MLB from steroids or ask Bernie Madoff to write a part of the new regulations to prevent ponzi schemes. There might be some benefit in doing so, but we're a nation that likes to punish those who wronged us. You can earn trust Joe, you can't demand it.”

“Nice one Alec!”

“This is a really weak argument. Wal-Mart's success is inversely related to the success of Mom and Pop businesses across this country. As Wal-Mart and similar corporate retailers and restaurateurs have risen Mom and Pop have sold/lost their shops and invested in mutual funds and stocks. It's the loss of Mom and Pop's as an investment vehicle that has our whole nation so desperately tied to Wall-Street and credit and jobs from others.

At least they have a job? We're all Wal-Mart shoppers now? Please! Support your locally owned businesses folks, though I know that's not always economically possible.”

“Great stuff Lawrence. I find this highly suspicious given Governor Patterson's tendency to post over at the Daily Kos. I doubt he'd waste our time by posting there only to appoint a neoHooverist to the Senate. I'm surprised to hear about this balanced budget pledge. I won't condemn the Governor yet though, I'll give him and Hillebrand the benefit of the doubt for the moment. We need some more info ASAP about why the Governor did this and what the new Senator will vote on the infrastructure plan.”

“Awesome! Thank you Senators Sanders and Clyburn!!”

“Suze do you think the current system is smart? It seems absurd to valuate companies by the same mechanism people use for day trading. Most people tend to buy stocks because they believe others will buy them. Rather than buying stocks because they think the company is valuable. And then they sell them when they think others will sell rather than because the company has lost value. No?”

“Thanks for the Sand Hill Road shout out, I drive it all the time!! :D Ya Obama needs to think much larger. I've come up with a few ideas along this line. The Surgeon General Can Fix The Economy http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/7/132029/8085/189/681219 and Infrastructure Proposal for Food Vendors, Farmers Markets http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/22/191017/88/5/676302”

“This is my issue. I am a 1 issue voter on this one. Obama as much as a fan as I am, this is the best way for him to lose me. I still have hope for trials though. I doubt he will set that kind of precedent for the World his children will grow up in.”

“Some compromises just don't make sense. This one doesn't. Peace is good for people with open minds. I don't feel homophobes have open minds. They pick and choose what they want from the bible which enables them to profess prejudice and hide behind a religious curtain. Cenk Uygar points it out quite well when he discusses how the bible says you should stone to death adulterers.”