Sloane7's Comments (169)

“I don't care who they have in red state Arizona, but it would just be nice to not see his picture anymore.”

“Wow, totally interesting! Hopefully they do find use for this as a setting or at least a short documentary on what they find.

Seattle has portions of the original downtown preserved underground too.”

“Wooten's take may not be a book, but it would make a very nice Vanity Fair article. Mr. Dunn, how about it?”

“Exactly right.”

“Steve Schmidt put political aspirations over the future of the country, so I have no sympathy for him. But it's poetic that the person he tried to throw the county over for turns around and comes after him.”

“So...5'10" 120 lbs is fat. Hmm. Perhaps we could just put the clothes on automated wire hangers so they look thin enough.

The picture looks like a Tim Burton movie. Her head looks like a monster climbing out of the body of the person it just inhabited.”

“++1”

“Some of us in Washington State are embarrassed that Mt. Vernon is doing this. But apparently the mayor is friends with his parents.”

“Even MSNBC.com has a push poll right now on their front page driving the angry town hall message. I did the poll but I'm very disappointed in MSNBC. I thought they were better than that.”

“How about putting a hold on Medicare and making everyone opt back in? Before someone qualifies for Medicare, they have to acknowledge that Medicare is a government health care plan and that they are opting to participate in it.”

“Raina, thanks for correcting them on this issue. Here is a link to the government health care plan explanation:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/25829.html

It's not government run, but it sounds like they have a choice of really good plans because they are so large they can negotiate it.”

“Not true. They'll have you and all your rabid protesting friends as customers. You guys can all pay through the nose. But don't file a claim or you'll be sorry.”

“I would still move if I were you. I lived in a Republican leaning state a few years ago for a very short time.. I couldn't deal with it. I felt like I had to be careful even casually talking to a neighbor. I lost money in that move but still quickly moved back to blue.”

“Since I too am in Washington State, I agree. Make the public plan an option available to each state. LOVE IT. When the rabid anti-health care people lose their insurance in the non-participating states, they can vote their Republican Representatives OUT. In the meantime, those of us who live in states that understand the concept, can go on living our lives with health care reform that has a public option.”

“Open any fashion magazine and there's lots of nude women. It's not a big deal at all.”

“So you just said government health care is the best medical care available. Thank you.”

“Also, when you and your strong back go to get health care, you may be denied due to previous injury. Or you may have your claim denied or canceled. Just wait. The reason so many want health care reform is because it is broken. Just wait until it happens to you. And don't mock your fellow citizens who have worked hard all their lives and are ruined due to an illness when the insurance they paid for promptly canceled them.”

“It is government run. And the cattle mantra is not what they have experienced. If you feel the VA health care is earned, then it is a benefit worth having. For Medicare recipients to denigrate government health care while receiving it themselves is misleading at best.”

“Thank you and it's great to hear that there are those that see it. For those of us that are far away from the prospect of Medicare, watching these elderly folks rail against government run health care is the irony of ironies. The Tampa rally was a pretty good example.”

“My brother-in-law was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He will thrilled to find out that the time in spent in the Navy in the 70's qualified him from some VA benefits. He was not an officer and he was not in all that long. He is being treated for prostate cancer now and speaks very very highly of the quality of his care.

My sister-in-law was also in the Navy. She was diagnosed with MS while serving. For the last thirty years, I have been amazed at the level of her care and benefits. We're talking cars retrofitted for wheel chairs, house customization with ramps, counters lowered, etc. plus a monthly payment that supports her. She too was not in the Navy that long, maybe six years and not an officer.

My sister-in-law is an exaggerated example, but the health care the VA provides is extremely good. While my sister-in-law has experienced an enormous challenge by having MS, I am continually reminded of the good fortune she had to have been in the Navy at the time of her diagnosis. And this is government run health care. Car and home retrofitting are more than I would ever ever expect, but the medical coverage itself should not be underestimated.”

“I judge that he appeared to be hitting on a woman at the "love of his life's" funeral.”

“What a great story; her label was clever too.”

“Funny, she's been collecting Vogue for 25 years and I've been collecting J. Crew catalogues for five years.”

“Take comfort in knowing how the show defines success. Janice Dickinson was/is (?) on that show for years and she's pretty hard to take. You might consider this a compliment.”

“Wouldn't it be fun if we corralled all the GOP into Oklahoma and Utah?”