JusticiaParaTodos's Comments (69)

“What occurred on 9/11/01 will never be clearly understood. The primary focus in Afghanistan was to capture Bin Laden and after eight futile years it will never happen! The Afghan people do not want us there and we have accomplished very little there.
World War II for us lasted about four years. How is it some stone age third world nation like Afghanistan can keep us engaged for eight years?? The answer is simple; IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY! Defense contractors are raking it in ( at our expense)
The tragedy is that Obama could have been a president long remembered for bringing our nation back to peace and prosperity. Instead he has sold out to the corporate monsters and provided us with very little to rejoice about! The Obamaites will continue to make excuses for his misdeeds but history will NOT absolve him! He has let us down with healthcare reform, ending the wars, bringing Bush to justice, Employee Free Choice Act, environmental legislatio­n... and the list just goes on.Looks like a one term prez to me.”

“I know why Dennis Kucinich chose to vote against the bill; the proposed legislation is crap! It mandates that everyone have it or face fines, yet is set up not to cover everyone!

This is not reform! It is another give away to the corporate monster! Democrats had better be prepared for the repercussions next election year!

Physicians For a National Health Program stated that no bill would have been better than the bill the gutless democrats have been in ectasy all week about!”

“As a straight Chicano activist I can say that it's not only the gays that the Democrats have taken for granted. The dems make a lot of promises to get into office. Once in they listen only to their corporate masters and subsequently nothing truly progressive gets passed.

I would invite gay people to seriously consider uniting with people of color, labor, environmentalists, socialists, populists and other "progressives" to form a viable third party alternative to the two party farce we have now. When we put aside our differences we will surprisingly come to see that our commonalities far outweigh our differences. Then the prostitutes of the democratic party will no what true fear is!”

“The tragedy at Ft. Hood was without a doubt a heartbreaking tragedy. However it was bound to happen sooner or later. Dr. Hasan a military psychiatrist was well aware of the horror stories from returning war veterans especially those suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

He had to be aware of the military's downplaying of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder amongst returning veterans. The rate of PTSD is at record high and resources for these soldiers are scarce. There are reports of soldiers with PTSD ordered back to combat duty despite the obvious danger to the soldier and his/her comrades .

This does not excuse or lessen the severity of his crime. However he was obviously a bomb waiting to explode. Torn between professional and religous convictions and perhaps even mental health issues, he lost it. The result is 13 dead and 31 injured including himself.

We must ask ourselves does Hasan's crime take precedent over the crimes of Bush ,et al in starting wars that have no justification, have no apparent end and have accomplished little in bringing to justice the criminals of 9/11!

Justice for the Ft. Hood victims will come about when Obama orders the troops home NOW! Adequate funding for the VA healthcare system must be assured so that returning vets have resources to heal their physical and emotional injuries! Lastly we must also demand that Bush and Cheyney be brought to justice! The real crime began with them and where it must ultimatley end!

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“If one digs deep enough one will see that organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan are funded by local businessmen, especially in the South.

The guys in $1,500 suits don't have the cojones to do their own dirty work, so they hire thugs with IQ's of a gorilla to do it for them. Same thing occurred in the 30's when labor was organizing. The bosses hired thugs to beat, tar and feather union organizers.

Not much has changed in 70 + years. Only now the thugs have computers and are fully protected by the reactionary Supreme Court.”

“Snowe's support means nothing. The bill that was voted on is useless. The HMOs and other healthcare corporations stand to make a lot of money while the quality of our care continues to decline. I heard that about 26 million will still be uninsured and now the idiots want to tax us?

With or without any GOP support the dems have managed to sell us to the healthcare insurance corporatists! It's a lose, lose situation for the common people!”

“I respectfully disagree with your last sentence. I voted for the president and despite my not always agreeing with his positions, I do respect the man. (unlike his predecessor who I despised)

However President Obama must bring an end to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq! Neither war has accomplished much except line the pockets of the arms manufacturers and sub-contractors who have shown what unscrupulous bastards that they are! Both of these wars have also shown the world that U.S. imperialism is the true reason for the wars rather than to "stop terrorism.­"

Another gesture towards truly earning the Nobel prize would be to investigate and fully prosecute Bush, Cheyney, et al for their crimes against the people of the United States as well as crimes against humanity! I say this NOT in a tone of revenge, but rather as one who seeks JUSTICE!

President Obama, you do have the opportunity to go down in history as one of the best if not the greatest presidents in our history. However you must begin listening to the people, not your assistants and advisers who haven't a clue as to what the right thing is!”

“Both Moore and Grayson deserve kudos for their skills in telling it like it REALLY is and not a lot of b.s. like the apologists for the HMOs have been doing!
Unfortunatley it will take more than verbal skills to shame Congress and the White House into doing the right thing! Politicians that accept legal bribes from healthcare corporatists could care less what you tell them! They are laughing all the way to the bank! What is needed now is for activists to plead our case to the United Nations and shame the HMOs and Congress before the world!”

“With all due respect Codycap why would these same corrupt politicians pass legislation that would limit their receiving what amounts to as legal bribes? Think about it! If we can't get REAL healthcare reform due to healthcare corporatists buying off weak politicians, how are we going to see real campaign reforms passed?

Whether one is Democrat or Republican is not the issue. The issue is that our electoral system is seriously flawed and that is by design! Neither party truly represents the interests of working people, the elderly, the poor or those with disabilities. Opportunists exist in both parties and this is precisely why we cannot get REAL healthcare reform passed!

I would propose that trade unionists, environmentalists, REAL liberals (as opposed to neo), populists, socialists, etc unite and build a viable alternative to the corruption we are stuck with now! Until then we and our families will never see any good come from our esteemed Congressional representatives!”

“I am afraid that brother Acuff must acknowledge that the Democratic Party has indeed sold out to the corporate monsters! Just look at what is going on with the so-called heatlhcare reform, the fight for cleaner environment and the Employee Free Choice Act.

So long as the democrats continue to accept the legal bribes from the corporations, workers and their families will not see the needed changes so sorely needed! We cannot match what the bosses bribe the politicians and we never will.

We must abandon the idea of depending on the democrats for change! We must take our concerns, our needs, our demands to the streets! Workers in France, England, Italy and Germany use this tactic and usually win or succeed in slowing down attacks against their standard of living. We must learn from these tactics as well.

I for one look forward to the development of a pro worker political party as well as more confrontational tactics to back up our demands! Chit chatting with sell out politicians is a waste of time!”

“One major difference that accounts for the superior healthcare system in France is the fact that the French labor movement is about 50 times stronger and more militant than ours.

Another major factor is that in France there are strong left wing parties that stand up for the people, unlike here where our so-called freedom is sold to the highest bidder!

In the motion picture SiCKO an American woman who chose to move to France summed it up quite nicely; In France the government is afraid of the people. In the U.S. the people are fearful of the government­." (Please paragraphs one and two)”

“Sorry Ms. Huffington, but we have a hybrid version of capitalism in this country. It may not be the same capitalism that Adam Smith stood for, but capitalism it is. What we have at present is the first cousin to old fashioned capitalism; it is referred to as state monopoly capitalism. It is where competition has virtually been eliminated and the government protects the capitalists rather than the public. It is where the government is owned lock, stock and barrel by the corporate elite. Soon the Supreme Court will decide on a case that will basically give full sanctions to corporations buying their influence of government. When this occurs you, me and most other citizens will have little if any chance at getting needed legislative changes through Congress.

If President Obama does indeed see the movie I doubt that he would fully understand it. . Capitalism is a socio-economic system that thrives on exploitation, corruption, racism and war. Therefore capitalism is indeed evil. The current struggle to reform healthcare is a classic example of how evil capitalism is.”

“As a 57 year old Latino male I too am disappointed in President Obama's unwillingness to confront the bigotry, the lies and the just the whole issue of racism in this country!

President Obama must cease listening to his professional advisers and listen to the will and needs of the people! Those mamby pamby, over paid, primarily white males cannot and do not have the pulse of the people of this nation! I would charge that they only exist to find ways to accomodate the wants and greed of corporate America and one of corporate America's greatest weapons; RACISM!

The bigots are getting bolder each day. They disrespect our president despite the fact that he has not led us into an immoral, unjustified war. They disrespect him daily despite the fact that he has not lied to us and the world regarding weapons of mass destruction. They continuously disrespect him despite the fact that he did not authorize the use of illegal and inhumane torture by military or CIA interrogators!

Fire is best fought back with fire. Playing along to get along doesn't work. Never has and never will. President Obama; YOU WERE ELECTED BY PEOPLE WHO WANT AND NEED CHANGE! ACT LIKE IT!”

“Max Baucus the DEMOCRATIC senator from Montana is the same Baucus who refused to put single payer on the table. He was also responsible for having 13 single payer activists ejected from the Senate building and arrested by D.C. cops for speaking up for single payer!

Max Baucus has received almost $4 million from the HMOs and other healthcare corporate interests. Baucus along with Nancy Ann DeParle Obama's "chief healthcare adviser" are both recipients of big money from the healthcare cartel. DeParle received $2 million last year.

Democracy? PLEEEZE! The United States of Corporate America is not a real democracy, we the people just haven't figured it out yet!”

“We waste over a billion dollars a week on the war in Iraq, a war that was never justified and will never be winnable! Ending this immoral war would help fund needed healthcare!
Revoke the tax cut that Bush gave his wealthy friends!
Funding healthcare is not a problem, it's deciding to do the right thing is what is the problem!”

“Health insurance reform? What happened to reforming our healthcare system(s)? Sure we might get some semblence of reform, however the culprits of our healthcare woes, the HMOs and Big Pharma will continue their profit binging at our expense.

Nothing substantial will change. Single payer was the only humane and viable alternative to the gross injustice we have now. Neither the White House or Congress has the guts to stand up to the healthcare corporate monsters! What a tragedy!

What is now needed is electoral reform! We need to change unfair laws to allow for the creation of viable political alternatives to the Democraatic and/or Republican monopoly. Our electoral system is far too corrupt for anyone to say we have a true democracy!”

“Labor Day should be celebrated to commemorate the struggle for the eight hour day, public schools and worker's right to organize. Instead it is now considered another excuse to run sales at local retail stores.

Locally hotel workers at the Grand Hyatt in downtown San Antonio are in a fight to form a union with UNITE HERE. Despite the fact that 62% of the workforce signed union cards, management will not recognize the union and has begun firing the more visible labor activists! So where is their protection to organize?
The NLRB became quite useless years ago. Today the bosses have total control of the government that at one time was supposed to protect us.

In the U.S. a very small percentage of the population (3-5%) control the government, the economy, the school systems, the news media, the entertainment industry and even a lot of the churches.
Is this a true democracy? Think about it. Those that rant and rave about the virtues of capitalism are those who profit from our sweat, our blood and our tears! Over a hundred and thrty five years ago plantation owners in the South used to rant and rave about the virtues of slavery! Do you see the parallel?”

“It is ironic that you should mention the money wasted in healthcare. While the quality of our healthcare dwindles, the profits of the HMOs continues to skyrocket upwards! It's not rocket science. We pay more for less so that corporate executives can make six and seven figure incomes! Meanwhile 18,000-22,000 Amereicans continue to die as they are either denied coverage or have needed treatments rejected!

At the Town Hall Meeting held by the congressman from the 20th Congressional District, my esteemed congressman had the audacity to ask the 1,000 or so in attendance; "What's wrong with the HMOs making an honest profit?" I guess he's either to stupid to realize that few if any HMO profits are earned honestly or he's in the pockets of the HMOs. ( He received over $130,000 from the corporate healthcare leeches)

Yes, healthier lifestyles are definitley in order. So are healthier mindsets on healthcare. We must overcome the negative mindset that healthcare is a commodity. The rest of the world considers healthcare a basic HUMAN RIGHT! So when is the United States going to come into the 21st Century??”

“In reality SS the people of the United States are indeed ready for healthcare reform. Unfortunatley the President has changed the emphasis to "health insurance" reform.
Another reality is that our healthcare system(s) is profit driven rather than service driven. Until we change our mindset on this REAL healthcare reform will not become a reality! Last night I attended a Town Hall Meeting sponsored by my Congressman in the 20th Congressional District. Much to my dismay he asked the 1,000 or so people present; "What is wrong with the HMOs making an honest profit?" Obviously this guy is either stupid or he's been bought off by the corporate healthcare interests! ( He has received over $130,000 in contributions) When elected officials see no moral wrong doing of corporations profiteering at our expense, then the whole system is corrupted and must be replaced!

Removal of the corporate influence, healthcare education, stricter control of the additives in our foods and moving towards a more green energy system are all great ideas for the future of our nations's health. The issue is will WE THE PEOPLE stand up to the corporate parasites that have profiteered for so long at our expense? Are we willing to seek alternative candidates from the corporate owned and controlled two parties currently in control?”

“What is conveniently not mentioned by Congress or the President is that the HMOs are solely responsible for the deaths of 18,000-22,000 Americans annually either because they were denied coverage or could not afford the high costs! Also because of HMO greed more than 50% of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are due to the cost of catastrophic illness!

So why are we allowing the corporate leeches to continue profiteering at our expense? The so-called free market had it's chance and has failed us miserably! HEALTHCARE IS NOT A COMMODITY, IT IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT! MEDICARE FOR ALL!”

“First of all we have NO Freedom of the press in this country, except for a few, small often ignored papers or magazines. For the most part corporate giants own and control the printed and broadcast news in this country. Corporations such as GE, Murdoch, Hearst and others.

Secondly journalists who are REAL journalists must demand that freedom of the press be reinstated in this nation! Journalists must organize, not so much for better wages or benefits, but for protection from bosses who will retaliate against them!

I don't think that the Obama Administration has the capacity or will to bring about the commission that Rather calls for. However the crisis must be addressed if we are to have a flow of free news. Given Obama's caving into the banks, the healthcare insurance companies, I don't see him bucking the newspaper corporate bosses anytime soon.”

“Here we go again; BLAME the people for a corrupt system! It's not our fault that politicians take bribes (contributions). It's not our fault that politicians lie to us in order to get elected!

The Democratic Party is no different from the Republican Party. Both want corporate funds to continue misleading the masses! Americans need to wake up and STOP THE INSANITY!

A viable alternative free of corporate corruption is obviously needed. Can the left come together and agree on this? Or is the left so strongly committed to the democratic party that a divorce and alternative way is far too much for their heads?

As to Obama he's a one termer and rightfully so. He lied and no longer has the trust of those of us who helped him get elected!”

“Don't forget that Nancy DeParle, Obama's "chief healthcare adviser" received $2 million from these same corporate interests! Is it any wonder single payer was "off the table" even before the debate began??

I voted for Obama and hoped to see REAL change. I along with hundreds of thousands of others are deeply disappointed. It's a damned shame when 2-3% of the total population controls the government, the news media, the economy, the school systems, the entertainment industry, even the churches! That my friends is NOT real democracy! Think about it!”

“If the public isn't turning out in masses for Obama's public option it is because the plan has been kept in secret! The only thing we know is that it would allow the HMOs to continue profiteering at the expense of the American people and decide who is in and who isn't. So where is the change?

Ask yourselves, how many supporters of the public option have been ejected from Senate hearings and jailed? 0 as of this date. On the other hand over 20 single payer activists have been jailed for having the audacity to demand that Congress give single payer equal consideration. So what plan has the HMOs shaking in their boots? What plan will include everyone and exclude NO ONE? SINGLE PAYER!”

“If the public doesn't support President's "public option" plan it is because few people know what it entails. It remains vague with the exception that the profiteers from the private HMOs and other healthcare corporatists will continue providing declining services as their profits rocket skyward!

Single payer on the other hand is supported by the public, physicians, nurses over 540 labor organizations, yet no one wants to give it the opportunity to be heard that it deserves! How many people have been ejected from Senate hearings and thrown in jail that support the "public option"? As of today's date; 0. Over 20 single payer activists have been jailed since last May for the audacity to demand that Congress give serious to single payer as the option for REAL healthcare reform! So what is the REAL reform plan? What plan has the corporate profiteers shaking in their boots?”