PatRiley's Comments (731)

“Mr. Schuringla was already interviewed and confirmed his heroic actions.”

“true.... Jessica Lynch...etc”

“...or the thousands of other ones that turned out to be true.”

“How about Uli Derickson? She was the flight attendant who managed to save all but 31 passengers (one was killed, the other 30 released 17 days later) from TWA Flight 847, Father's Day weekend of 1985.

Among the passengers were 2 church groups visiting The Holy Land, including one from my then home town of Algonquin, Il. I lived across the street from the Catholic church the hijacked group was from, & it was very strange to see the international press descending upon the church & the town.

Algonquin was then a town of 8,000 with just one stoplight, and everyone knew everyone else. When the story came out about Ms. Derickson's heroism, the town invited her to a welcome home parade & celebration for the church group members. She attended & was made to feel a part of our town. The people who remember still are grateful for her acts.

She died in 2005. Here are links to a NYT article about her, and to the "Blog Of Death", because there are many personal tributes to her there. She was the real deal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/magazine/25derickson.html

http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001330.html”

“Glen Pr!ck won't be publicising this part of the deal”

“I know....”

“That your thinking is far superior than mine.”

“pat riley of miami heat doesnt talk like tat :).....dont belittle an act of courage”

“How long till we find out you are a serious b.s.”

“What happens if you don't pay the penalty?”

“Why can't we just, you know, pay for health insurance at tax time?”

“not unless they are truly delusional. The silence will be deafening in 2010 in their support.”

“ya think?”

“i guess you weren't there in the 60s, huh?”

“My goodness, the air in this comment section is thick.”

“Bye!

Good luck.”

“co-sign”

“Beck told you he was a fraud”

“That's exactly how they passed medicare! How many seniors want to give that back now?”

“Yeah, I sense your frustration. But there's a real reason (or reasons) why in 50 years no Administration has come anywhere near the point this one has in getting something substantive done.

And, no, you didn't carry those signs for nothing. It got us to this point.....and keeping it alive will get us further along the road, though it might take a decade or longer.

Remember that Civil Rights Legislation didn't happen overnight either.”

“Not to mention that it was the 55-64 voters that would have sent Obama to defeat if they had their way. That was the age group that Obama did poorest against.”

“As someone who is 50, I'm thinking that the news of the expanded medicare has knocked a lot of wind out of my sails around this, making me almost think happy thoughts.. Then I wondered if that was the point.

We're not done until we all have affordable insurance.”

“And where will we be in 40 years if we don't lower the age to 55?”

“I should also note, I'm not saying lowering the eligibility age to 55 is a bad thing. It's better than nothing. It's just not what we carried signs at rallies, called/wrote our Congressmen, and donated money to these guys for.”

“We will also be expanding Medicaid by at least 18 million. And that is based on a Medicaid expansion of 150% of poverty.

They are now talking about 300% of poverty, too.”