Steamboater's Comments (1451)

“There is no "war aside" - not only did Johnson radically escalate the Vietnam war and also the Cold War when the Pentagon wanted him to, and support dictators around the world if they were anti-Communist, which led to massive demonstrations by all of us then-young kids, you might remember that on the domestic front we had race riots in lots of big cities for a couple of years, and that wasn't just a result of Martin Luther King getting murdered.

He was able to do some things about civil rights, because he had the late Kennedy's name to wave around, and as a Southerner SOB he could say things that northern elitist liberals wouldn't get away with, and he pushed through a War on Poverty that didn't reduce a lot of poverty but appears to have had devastating effects on black families (who usually had fathers around in 1960.) Yeah, there were some positive results, and some things that took a long time when we'd have all hoped they'd be quick, but overall he was scarcely better than Nixon.”

“It's sad to say, but you're right on the mark. I think, we Liberals/Progressives are grappling with the realization that Obama has been nothing more than "smoke and mirrors".

God help us all, if his failures lead to a take over of our gov't by the Teabaggers!!!”

“A sensible pragmatist interested in making real progress rather than whining about imperfection won the White House.”

“Reed's a corporate shill. There will NEVER be reconcilliation. This is the result Reed wanted from the beginning. The whole sharade was designed to convince us that he REALLY wated something progressive. That is why he threw in the public option.

We are all suckers. And juding from the good Senators well rehearsed propaganda, you are all buying it. It just never fails.”

“All three of you are unfanned.”

“I couldn't agree with you more. I donated a lot of money. Remember how the campaign would send you three or four emails a day urgently requesting funds by the noon deadline, the 5 pm deadline, the deadline on the 30th, the end of the quarter? We need your money to get the change we can believe in was the common refrain. Well, look at what we got? A few nice speeches on foreign policy, but for some reason he's whistling past the grave yard when anyone brings up DADT. They were so surprised that the GLBT community got a little angry that they wrote a brief in support of DOMA. Those weren't my only priorities. My biggest priority was true and meaingful health care reform. It was important. It was for everyone. It's the right thing to do. Anything that would lead to real cost saving has been eliminated by the Democratic Party. The GOP is obstructionist, the Democrats are actually working against us. Joe Lieberman has to have his moment of heart-stopping drama and pig-headed flip flop on the whole Meidcare buy-in, and then Aquanet Ben Nelson (I mean, really, what's up with that hair hat?) is getting snippy about one issue or another. And they are accommodated. It doesn't matter that it is bad policy and clearly designed to protect the already VERY profitable insurance companies.”

“"Enemy of the people" ? I trust that is overheated rhetoric. That phrase can have lethal consequences when applied.”

“Co-signed!”

“Exactly!”

“OUR country
OUR government
OUR representatives
OUR tax dollars

You wouldn't think we'd have to beg, would you?”

“Peddling lies has become the tool of right wingers. This bill does not cut billions from Medicare. Rather, it cuts billions of federal government giveaways to insurance companies enacted by the Republican controlled Congress. How do I know this? I am one of those "constituents who are seniors" who has taken time to educate my self about this bill rather relying on right wing Propaganda. How ironic indeed that right wingers who vehemently opposed the creation of "socialist" Medicare are now, all of a sudden, posing as defenders of Medicare. Sorry, you have no credibility!”

“That is BS. What they are cutting is the 15% more the BUSH PRIVATE Medicare Advantage HMOs get paid by Medicare than regular medicare cost per person.These private Medicare providers were suppose to be cheaper and more efficient, but need to be subsidized???

They also pay DOCs/Hosipitals 20-30% less than medicare,, deny treatment 20% of the time and add 40% more overhead to offices dealing with getting your treatment approved with their employees in Indai and/or here getting a bonus when they deny treatment.



regards,,,”

“They are cutting the waste and abuse of Medicare Advantage, that private insurance that the republicans pushed through. It costs 14% more.

Seniors will lose no benefits, in fact they will gain.”

“How Kirk keep a straight face when he wrote this that's what I'd like to know.”

“"...when asked to speak out against the child sex trade there, he refused."

I'm glad you're not letting go of this -- more people need to demand Tiger Woods take an official stand on this disgusting issue since he's so "in bed" with Dubai.”

“You beat me to this comment. An excellent book by an excellent writer.”

“Yeah, but have you noticed that Disney has started to offer "DVD/Blu-ray Combo Pack" for their offerings? They price of the DVD is actually essentially the price for the BLU-RAY while the DVD only makes up the 3 or 4 dollars you pay. They word it so it's like the Blu-ray is the "bonus", when it's the other way around. All while up-saling the price.”

“Sorry - it's like night and day. It's like comparing the first Who CD's from the 80's with the remasters of the 00's.
If you can't see the difference, your system is defective. Or your vision is impaired. Seriously.
Blu ray is astounding.”