ThomasDoubting's Comments (30)

“Big Insurance will get what they want. Big Pharma will too. I think that Big Insurance likes it the way it is, a lot of young people, paying every month, or maybe their employer just pays them several dollars less per hour. and takes care of it.,kickba­cks and all. A lot of people think that they have insurance until they try to use it. 44 years ago Big Insurance, refused to continue to insure people who had reached the ripe old age of 65, and then retired. Then Medicare was created for those 65 and older. What they would like now, is private health care for those who are young, healthy, and wealthy, and public health care for the rest of us. Why not "Medicare for All" / Accept Nothing Less / Don't get fooled again”

“Part 1 I read the Warren Report, and I read the 911 Commission Report. The 911 Report failed to notice that 3 buildings turned to dust that day. They only commented, on the twin towers. but apparently forgot to mention the third building (WTC7) that turned to dust that day.That was the one that was not hit by a plane but turned to powder just like the other two. That commission created the "Pancake Theory" like the Warren Report created the "Single Bullet Theory". Neither of which is physically possible. After the report was written some of the commissioners complained that the Report contained false information regarding NORAD's scrambling of those jet fighters to protect our country. They said that the Defense Department lied to them, and refused to cooperate. It is now known, that our multi-billion dollar a year, military, did not get even one plane, off the ground during the almost two hours, that the attack lasted. No reason was ever given for the standdown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_E4N5YIycI&feature=PlayList&p=54CA3953A323524B”

“Part 2 The Warren Commission had the services of J.Edgar Hoover who was a master of the cover-up. Forty six years later, new information is finally appearing, photos, films, eyewitnesses who survived, and are now willing to speak out, and death bed confessions, not to mention the audio record of many shots fired almost simultaneously, from different directions. If that is not enough to convince you, look at the Zapruder film, that shows the president being shot from the front. For the younger folks reading this, remember that they will not release CIA files, on Lee Harvey Oswald until the year 2039, for national security reasons, of course. So much for the lone nut theory. If this was a random act by a lone nut why are they not able to convince us. The men who killed JFK must still be in positions of power today to have maintained this cover-up for all these years. The 911 cover-up was a very sloppy job. For those who have the courage to look in to this, you will find the truth fairly easily. Of course that does not mean, that you will be able to express that truth, openly. The only people who believe the Warren Report and the 911 Report are the people who have not read them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_E4N5YIycI&feature=PlayList&p=54CA3953A323524B”

“It appears that Bill Maher has backed himself into a corner, when it comes to what happened on 9/11. These truthers are pretty clever, they have caused him to deny any knowledge of what happened that day, other than what the Bush/Cheney regime told us through their media outlets. It was a lot easier to bullshit people, immediately after the attacks. There was a lot of fear, sometimes expressed as rage. George W. Bush 's approval rating went from 51% to 91% within days. Was it because of the immediate and effective response that stopped the attack when the first plane was reported hijacked? It must have been in spite of the military Stand Down, that allowed the attacks to go on until it was finished. Or was it because he handled a Megaphone well. To those 20% or so who still support Bush and his policies, you probably believe he never lied to you. To the 80% or so whose minds are open to the possibility that maybe, they didn't tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, all the time. If you are one of those who does not know what happened that day, The link may provoke some questions and some answers. Discuss it with your friends, neighbors, and co-workers. They might surprise you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_E4N5YIycI&feature=PlayList&p=54CA3953A323524B”

“It appears that we are not going to get a Free, Universal, Single Payer, Not For Profit, Health Care System, in the near future. The polls say that more than 70% of the American people want a Single Payer System. The Congress, those who admit to being Republicans, and those who say that they are Democrats, together have sold us out to the Insurance, and Pharmecutical industries. Many people feel that anything this government gives us, will be better than what we have now. That does not necessarily follow. In fact with this crowd, that is presently in power, it's hard to believe that they will not make it worse. I know, it is hard to believe. Maybe we should vote it down, until they give us what we want. Isn't that how it is supposed to work, in a democracy ? "Medicare For All"”

“It appears that we are not going to get a Free, Universal, Single Payer, Not For Profit, Health Care System, in the near future. The polls say that more than 70% of the American people want a Single Payer System. The Congress, those who admit to being Republicans, and those who say that they are Democrats, together have sold us out to the Insurance, and Pharmecutical industries. Many people feel that anything this government gives us, will be better than what we have now. That does not necessarily follow. In fact with this crowd, that is presently in power, it's hard to believe that they will not make it worse. I know, it is hard to believe. Maybe we should vote it down, until they give us what we want. Isn't that how it is supposed to work, in a democracy ? "Medicare For All"”

“Corporate America claims that they are paying from 5 to 10 dollars, per hour, per employee to the health insurance companies. Everyone gets a 5 to 10 dollar, per hour, raise, with a Free, Universal, Single Payer, not For Profit, Health Care System. Talk about a stimulus package! If those in corporate jobs, with private insurance have illnesses, that have been identified, they are stuck, working for that employer, until the employer dumps them. Even if it's a family member, who has a preexisting condition, that employee can forget about a different insurance company, or a different job. I have been told, that it is hard to negotiate a raise, or a promotion, when they know, that you can't leave. Why are we not demanding, to be paid in cash? Maybe they are paying 5 to 10 dollars, per hour, per employee. If they are, then why are they opposed to "Medicare for All" ? ?”

“Does this plan call for the private insurance companies to continue to insure healthy young families as long as they are healthy, and young and put the less desirable, higher risk, people into some kind of pool of people, that the private companies don't want to insure. Something like Medicaid, but for people who used to consider themselves middle class. We need a Free, Universal, Single Payer, Not For Profit, Health Care system. If everybody is in, and nobody is out, it will work better for everyone. Why would anyone other than some of the filthy rich, and members of corporate America want a two tier system? Don't they know that they will be in the bottom tier as soon as they miss a couple of paychecks. These people don't seem to understand that their employer is paying some of their salary to one of these insurance giants, and maybe, getting kickbacks. I would prefer the cash! "Medicare For All"”

“The reason why a Free, Universal, Single Payer,Not For Profit, Health care System works so well is because we throw all the money in one big pot, then if some people become ill, they will be cared for and for those who are fortunate enough to be well, they can enjoy their good health throughout their lives. They can also sleep better at night knowing that, if they become ill, it will not bring financial disaster too. Among the people who are fortunate enough to have employer health insurance, many of them are young healthy adults with no obvious health issues, otherwise they would probably not have been hired in the first place. When the employer pays, they are careful about who they hire. This contributes to discrimination, by age, weight, sex, etc. Whatever the employer saves, goes into the companies profits. What the employee sometimes forgets, is that the money paid for health insurance is part of their salary. In other words, if the employer no longer pays for insurance, does everyone get a raise, sounds fair to me. You know that any increase in the cost of insurance represents a pay cut or a missed raise for you, so why not a raise when it goes down. With private insurance, you don't know if you and your family are insured until you see that hospital bill marked "Paid in Full", and then you have to worry about next time. ,,,"Medicare For All"”

“Part 1 The Health Care Industry as represented by the Insurance Companies have a plan for how they want this issue resolved. The Democratic Congress and President also have a plan, and although, we have heard bits and pieces of the government plan, most people have no idea what they are proposing. The fact that the proposed bill has more than 1000 pages is a bad sign. If the sponsors thought that the American voters would approve, they would be telling us all about it, with pride. Why are these "progressive" Senators, and Congressmen telling us about the need to go slow, and getting it past the right wingers. The first class, in Negotiation 101, teaches that you ask for more than you want, not less, and do it, with the confidence that you will win. They should be telling us, that we now have a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress and we are going to use this opportunity to something that the American people want. Not only give the people what they want, but do it cheaper. Recent polls show 70% of the Americans polled, said they want a Free, Universal, Single payer, not for profit, health care system. We don't need no stinkin, Insurance Companies, and people know it.”

“Part 2 In the 1950s and 1960s, when medical technology began to keep people alive, longer than the Insurance Industry had planned, they refused to insure those over age 65, which was a common retirement age, at that time. If you left your job, that was the end of your health care insurance. That's why the government created Medicare. Medicare has covered seniors who are relatively high risk, while they left younger healthier people to the private companies. Now it looks like they want the federal government to insure the millions considered 'uninsurable'. Of course they don't want to lose their healthy young people, many of whom never even see a doctor, while their employer, pays a large percentage, of the employees' salary, to this insurance company. Only when the hospital says 'Paid In Full' will they be sure if they were really covered. I suspect that most of those 1000 pages tell us, what we are not going to get. When the right wingers have some input, of course they will make it even worse. "Medicare for All"”

“Part 1 The Health Care Industry as represented by the Insurance Companies have a plan for how they want this issue resolved. The Democratic Congress and President also have a plan, and although, we have heard bits and pieces of the government plan, most people have no idea what they are proposing. The fact that the proposed bill has more than 1000 pages is a bad sign. If the sponsors thought that the American voters would approve, they would be telling us all about it, with pride. Why are these "progressive" Senators, and Congressmen telling us about the need to go slow, and getting it past the right wingers. The first class, in Negotiation 101, teaches that you ask for more than you want, not less, and do it, with the confidence that you will win. They should be telling us, that we now have a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress and we are going to use this opportunity to something that the American people want. Not only give the people what they want, but do it cheaper. Recent polls show 70% of the Americans polled, said they want a Free, Universal, Single payer, not for profit, health care system. We don't need no stinkin, Insurance Companies, and people know it.”

“Part 2 In the 1950s and 1960s, when medical technology began to keep people alive, longer than the Insurance Industry had planned, they refused to insure those over age 65, which was a common retirement age, at that time. If you left your job, that was the end of your health care insurance. That's why the government created Medicare. Medicare has covered seniors who are relatively high risk, while they left younger healthier people to the private companies. Now it looks like they want the federal government to insure the millions considered 'uninsurable'. Of course they don't want to lose their healthy young people, many of whom never even see a doctor, while their employer, pays a large percentage, of the employees' salary, to this insurance company. Only when the hospital says 'Paid In Full' will they be sure if they were really covered. I suspect that most of those 1000 pages tell us, what we are not going to get. When the right wingers have some input, of course they will make it even worse. "Medicare for All"”

“This is a precedent! Now that it has been established, that we will allow our government, to hold non-citizens indefinitely without even filing charges, how long will it be, before they openly hold American citizens, indefinitely, without filing charges? Didn't we just replace the President? What happened to the change that we voted for? We already have millions of our people, in prison. Some have committed serious crimes but many arrestees, are only charged with possession, of a certain illegal substance. Nearly a million people a year are arrested on marijuana charges. It is unknown how many were actually in possession of the pot, before their encounter with the police. Is the torture still going on? Is the waterboarding more successful under Obama? Are the confessions coming? That's just for non-citizens? Right?”

“It's nice to have a president, that can put a whole sentence together.”

“This is one of those situations where the people who know the least about the subject, (those who have never inhaled) are considered to be the experts.”

“The American people can no longer afford to pay for their own health care. Costs have skyrocketed, while salaries have declined. This capitalist system requires workers to have a corporate sponsor, if they are to have health care insurance. Even people who do not care about their fellow man, are forced to acknowledge that the cost must be shared, for everyone to be covered. Those who are still opposed to covering everyone, even people who do not have a corporate sponsor, refuse to see that it will cost each of us about 30% less.”

“Part 2
With about 16,000 murders in America, there are only 65 executions in a given year. There are many reasons why only 65 are chosen for official Government Executions, First among those reasons, is the fact that only a small percentage of the 16,000 murders leads to an arrest. Even when arrests are made many of the suspects establish their innocence at that time. Of those convicted many, with decent legal defense, win on appeal. Of those who remain, although many are condemned, only about 65 people are killed. We can speculate on the 65! Are they rich or poor? White or black ? Male or female ? Yuppies or high school drop-outs ? Average intelligence or less than normal ? Non-drinkers or alcoholics ? Private attorney or public defender ? Rx drug user or street drug user ? Self-supporting or unemployed ? Total 16,000 + 65 = 16,065 . . How does it benefit you, if we kill these people ? . What's really going on?”

“Part 1
I am not willing to tell this government, or any government that it is alright to kill me, if I commit a crime. While some people like to euphemistically call it the "Death Penalty", I prefer to call it, what it is, an Official Government Execution of a Citizen. There are unofficial executions also, killing by police etc., but that is another story. We allow the government to kill any of us, but they choose to only kill certain of us. We all know the profile of those being killed. Is it part of our agreement with our government, that they only kill the poor? One way to deter murder, would be to solve every murder case. Unless we do that, the idea of a deterrent for a crime like murder, is absurd. Murder is almost always, a crime of passion. It is inconceivable that one, would hesitate to commit murder due the threat of being executed, when the alternative is spending the rest of your life in prison.”

“I believe that each of us deserve the right to practice, any religion, that we choose, however we do not have to encourage, this sort of thing. It seems to me that while people are entitled to believe this crap, it is our right as Americans, that they should not be given decision making responsibility, since they are not in a position to make objective decisions.”

“Many people felt that the anthrax attack was part of the terror of 911. Are we to assume that this right wing, anti-choice, Christian, Bruce Ivins, was on the same team, with the 19 Saudi Arabian guys with Koran's, box cutters, and amazing luck. Apparently they were lucky enough to get on the planes without tickets. They also got very lucky when they picked the time for the attacks, it just happened that the military was playing war games that day, which worked out well because the military did not attempt to interfere with the attacks.Th­e pentagon recently admitted, that our planes did not even leave the ground, during those two hours. Many questions remain about what happened that fateful day, but people are researching 911, and seeing the videos. I'm surprised that Ivins did not leave a written confession, as part of the 'suicide' story.

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“If everyone who was entitled to vote and wanted to vote, was allowed to vote. If every vote was certain to be counted, If it was the popular vote, that was counted, rather than the electoral college, then I would be very confident that Obama was going to win. After two questionable presidential elections maybe this time, the winner will be the one who gets the most votes.”

“It has become a tradition that male Republican politicians don't really like women. Some prefer congressional pages, while others prefer picking up policeman in public toilets. Then we have McCains transvestite pal in New York who is known for announcing his most recent divorce on TV, before he told his wife. It is no surprise to me, that "Blinky" McCain, who left his previous wife to marry the beauty contest winner, and beer heiress, Cindy McCain . Remember Newt Gingrich who asked his wife for a divorce while she was in the hospital. A couple of years ago we have also had a male hooker spending a lot of time at the White House. Maybe he was just coming to see Karl.”

“Hundreds of millions off dollars, are being invested in each of these campaigns. They know exactly how people will react. McCains' campaign strategists are aiming this one at their base. They're trying to create more hostility toward Obama, among the most racist among us. I don't think they have to worry about losing those votes. How is it that these same people don't seem to notice that Clarence Thomas has a wife who is white. Is it color that they object to, so strongly, or is it something else?”

“When the war began, I was among those individuals, and there were many of us, who did not believe that Saddam Hussein had anything to do with 911 . We also knew that there was nothing, that Saddam could do, to avoid the coming war. The weapons inspectors found nothing, and they were searching freely, without interference. Many of us knew early in the Bush presidency, that he was not always telling the truth. I have noticed that he often misled us about seemingly unimportant things too, such as the date, that he gave up golf. The last time that he was seen publicly playing golf, was 2 months after he said that he had stopped playing, and coincided with a torn ligament and sore knee. Apparently he gave up golf because of how it looked, to the people, whose kids were dying, in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, and he gave up running because of his injured knee. It was just a coincidence that it happened to be at the same time. Remember when Bush warned us to never listen to wild conspiracy theories about 911. He should have kept his mouth shut, because now 66% of those asked, in a recent poll, say that they believe that it possible that some members of his government, may have been complicit, in the events of 911.”