MaryanneAZ's Comments (4434)

“Obama plays to whichever side is politically expedient. He will play to AIPAC one night, the ACLU the next, "clean coal" supporters on another day and unions the next. People project whatever they wish to see onto the vague screen he very consciously erects to cover his position--which is for the most part to maintain what he sees as the economic, social and political status quo. That is not a centrist position; it is a conservative one.

I have not read his books, true enough. Perhaps doing so would alter my views; perhaps not. I am basing my opinions upon his actions--or inactions as the case may be--and his words in the broader media; his actions have included escalating a pointless war in the Middle-East, an utter failure to take a firm and courageous stand on healthcare for all Americans when the support for such change is close to an all-time high; the appointment to key positions in his administration of persons of Right-wing disposition along with the virtual shunning of persons of a Leftish persuasion.

On occcasions--I can count them on my fingers--Obama in his public statements has yielded to what seems a more liberal impulse--e­.g. on the plant takeover in Chicago awhile back. His statement about critics of the Honduran military coup on the other hand could have come from a Fox Spews pundit. I suppose that's what makes him a "centrist.­"”

“You are on to something profound here. Obama really believes in the American legislative system. He believes in the American rule of law and the three branches of government as outlined in the Constitution.

Bush's eight year usurpation of executive power corrupted many Americans. They might have voted for Obama for President, but they were actually hoping for an antidote to Bush. They were actually hoping for a philosopher king. I wonder if Obama is aware of the disconnect?”

“Maryanne -

The President's base are the people who consistently voted for him and supported his Presidential bid from the beginning.

Unfortunately for the President -- his base is on the Left - while he wants to govern in the Center.

You don't always choose your base - your BASE chooses you!”

“He used to be a single-payer advocate, too.....,”

“Hi MaryanneAZ. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to fan you back.”

“Sorry to hear about your plight. I apologize for misjudging your situation. The mandate isn't going to help you, or me, or the democrats. Big insurance will be the only ones to benefit and they don't care about anyone but themselves.”

“Many will fall through the cracks as they do now.
Probably even more than now.

You are wrong that the working poor don't pay taxes.
It depends who you classify as 'poor'.
Many people work and can barely make ends meet, but they still pay taxes and make too much to qualify for medicaid.

So you can call it 'fear mongering hysteria' all you want.
For tens of millions of people, it's a very real concern.

And if you watched that clip that I linked above, President Obama has no problem with penalties. He compares health insurance to auto insurance.
Big difference -- for starters, we can choose not to have a car, AND there is competition with auto insurance.”

“We all pay taxes to the government which we own, not Big insurance. Your comparison might be worth mentioning if we all had access to a public option. As it is now, you are confusing corporate servitude with a citizens obligation.

You stated- "The fact is even with the mandate and the regulations preventing dropping expensive insureds the insurance companies stand to lose a lot of their profits. Covering everyone means that they have to cover the sickest and that means they will have to use the premiums for health care services and not profit margins".

Wrong- They have to cover them, but they can charge whatever they want in premiums. So just like now, they will charge enough to make covering those people profitable. There are no price or cost cutting commitments or obligations in this bill. You are straight up...wrong­.

Of course you are for the mandate you don't understand. You are on disability and already in line for state funded help. I don't have insurance, have a pre-existing condition and live in a red state that is likely to opt out of the public option. How selfish of you.”

“Abortion is not a Catholic teaching.

Can you understand that?

And just because one Bishop may say that, not all Bishops or Priests will agree.”

“It is because the congregations are shrinking that they are so rabidly against contraception etc.

Brainwashing the hopefully plentiful offspring of current catholics (when not molesting them outright) is about the only way to keep up the numbers.”

“No she facilates with whoever is in office in Baton Rouge. She can go both ways. After the horrid management of Katrina in LA by the Dems., they became a much redder state and elected a GOP governor.”

“It seems absurd to me that the CBC believes that the Administration is holding back job creation for some unknown reason.

Apparently CBC is more astute about business and the world then you can ever hope for.

Do they really believe that there are jobs being kept from their constituents that the WH has any control over?

Yes the WH has a lot of control over jobcreation, where, how they are created. The main control is Tax Code and it is the reason all the jobs went out of the country.

What jobs do they think the President can order created or restored?

Any job that fills a demand. Does not include derivatives, you can't eat, wear, of be sheltered by a derivative.

The foundation of our businesses is their ability to borrow and spend. Without regulations in place, banks and investment companies will be able to continue their business as usual and businesses will be out of luck for investment capital.

Well as one or your idols says, this is bass ackwards! Are you really this clueless?

No one is going to hire unless there is a demand for their product/services and they have the ability to borrow capital to maintain and grow their business.

There are a lot of companies that don't need to brorrow, but banking is needed.

We Dems certainly do not need enemies to thwart our agenda, we are our own worst enemies.

Your Democrat!? Really!? Sound like something else...”

“Not that absured when you read in the same paper here that our congress gave money to foreign countries for green projects. Money our companies could have used to hire local people!
How stupid is that. Sometimes I wonder why we have these idiots in Washington but then again,
we keep voting for them over and over. Nothing is too far fetched with our leaders.”

“If we ram through the Rebuild America Program , rebuilding our schools, infrastructure, Smart electric grid. That will grease the wheels. These people will spend money in their communities, by the products that will encourage the manufacturers to hire more , and so n and so on. It isn't deficit spending when it put's the middle and lower class back to work. That money will recycle itself and unstick main street.”

“They want huge handouts to do nothing, but aren't union members yet.”

“it make sense what you say
i moved to Florida from NY 8 years ago
and i was in a culture shock (i still am)
yap they create a frankestei­n...”

“"The just have to do the work to win them [converts]"???

Are you suggesting that the evil (and they are evil) evangelical fundamentalist just have to just "work" a little harder to convert followers so they can create a "christian nation"? Do you realize they are not much different than the People's Liberation Army of the 60's in their pursuit of lunatic fanaticism to change society? Do you realize that most of evangelical proselytizing is based same exact techniques Rev. Moon used in the 60's? Have you noticed how they try to mainstream their extremism as a wholesome, normal lifestyle that everyone will adore once they win all hearts and minds?

This is unabashed christian rehash; bring back the hippy jesus movement that failed in the 60's.
These people are so uncreative that they are re-treading their efforts a second time, hoping no one will notice...a­s in the Anita Bryant pageant queens, the Nixion-esk rallies, the big lie of the end days...the­y have a world of ugly, past lives all wrapped up in their collective little mindset. Why is it they always long for the good old days of beating up hippies and lynching people of color as the dominant focal point of Americana? Work harder to win converts..­.they need to leave and find some other piece of property. Real Americans are all sick and tired of their "founding father" phobia.”