camipco's Comments (189)

“obama is no progressive. he campaigned as if he were, but his true inclinations have since come out.”

“I think the problem Progressives have with this bill is that the money goes to insurance companies. The impression I have is that progressives would rather see insurance companies punished than the 30 million or so people get insurance.

This is more anti-corporation than pro-health care.”

“Money that is forced from our pockets through taxes and then given--by law--to private insurance companies who become even richer. "Subsidy" isn't a magic word that means free. It's another tax-supported give-away to the rich.”

“lol. I can't imagine the phrase President Santorum any better than President Sheetstain. *shivers*”

“In reality, the lower cost of wages means that prices would DEFLATE to realistic levels. A "well-paid" worker at $8.40 per hour while Gold is $1150 per ounce versus the "well-paid" worker for $0.25 when Gold was $20.00 an ounce.

1940 Minimum wage 1:80
2009 Minimum wage 1:137

You've lost 50% of that "well-paid" workers salary getting a higher price for him. Good job, keep making the poor poor ... and they love you for it, and you can sleep better at night, right?

Try telling them the truth. Good pay is reflective of the economic impact of those wages. In a generation of systemic stupidity we've lowered the purchasing power of the minium wage and thusly lowered their standard of living.”

“Oh the republicans would never go for that. Sorry. That would be "socialism" for the people. In this country we only have socialism for the well-connected and the corporate whores.”

“Yup”

“No way Hugo, stop trying to get in our game. Only is the US can you have too-big-to-fail banks. You have been w@arned.”

“And the color scheme is totally ripoff Pan African.”

“general Welfare is not federal controlled health care...unless you are a liberal

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers...but not if they were not delegated to the United States by the Constitution.

The US has had federal government provided healthcare since at least 1930 (the VA) and Medicare since 1965. Those haven't been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and they are both far more federally controlled than the voluntary public option the current bill proposes...

Medicare is unconstitutional, just because "Those haven't been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court" does NOT mean they are NOT in violation of the 10th amendment.

"...voluntary public option the current bill proposes..." VOLUNTARY? peloci's bill will fine and possibly jail you if you don't participate.

So, yeah, you don't have a clue what you're talking about.”

“Another entitlement to further burden the middle class and reduce their standard of living. If you can't afford medical insurance for your children then you should not have had children. This will only encourage the poor to have more children to burden the working middle class.”

“I agree. Who are the people responsible for this cover-up? People need to be investigating and whistle-blowers inside need to be offered amnesty for delivering the goods on the key players in the decision to deny this young woman her civil rights and dignity after she was raped.”

“Your prescription for punishment of KBR and its directors is apt -- especially in view of the fact that corporations, according to SCOTUS and case law, enjoy all the rights of "personhood". So far, however, they have managed to avoid, thru bizarre interpretations of law (limited/no liability for directors, shareholders and managers via the "corporate veil"), any of the responsibilities and/or liabilities of personhood. Insertion of mandatory arbitration clauses into contracts is simply an extension of that avoidance. (Read any of your credit card notices lately, announcing escalation of their interest rate and other fees, due to these "challenging economic environments?" They contain a mandatory arbitration clause in case of ANY dispute, and constitute enforceable contracts.)

What's needed, in addition to prosecuting the specific case with KBR, is legislation: a) creating public financing of election campaigns; b) revoking corporate "personhood"; c) imposing a limit of one or two years on the duration of corporate charters, and requiring applications for charters/renewal of charters to demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that the corporation serves a useful and beneficent PUBLIC purpose -- not just that it provides jobs and makes money; and d) a Constitutional Amendment to forever bar a corporation from being granted "personhood" and thereby claiming the rights and privileges of a human person.”

“Unfortunately, we can't really look at this, as you say, "the other way around," because it didn't work that way, and it never will.

You'll never ever run a poll that finds a majority of any group of people were or are against that "Franken amendment." It won't happen.”

“I agree Camipco, it should be run something like a debate. Solo argument followed by questions, followed by other argument, followed by questions - each in proper order. If the other justices have not already made up their minds, then why don't they just shut up and let the lawyer finish his/her limited time to speak, and THEN ask questions? The justices are too aggressive with their questioning; only Sotomayor gets a pass for now until she has had time to get into the flow.”

“You cannot be serious - he's by far the worst justice on the bench, and in 99% of cases, you know exactly how he'll vote by simply listening to Scalia.”

“When are you folks going to wake up and realize that "Hey! I just got slapped upside the head again and it hurt!" and DO SOMETHING?
How much slapping upside the head does it take?”

“The nerve of these people. Not only do they want to do this to us and our children, but they want us to pay for the privilege!”

“NO MORE LIKE HOPING WE ARE”

“Perhaps someone should organize a campaign to send Senator Bogus copies of the Constitution.”

“Excellent!”

“Ha! Love the last line!”

“Peace?

That's a wimpy leftist point of view no?

War is what 'real' men (and pit bulls) do.”

“Put her in charge of fixing the mortgage/banking crisis? Are you crazy?

Put her in charge of everything. She's awesome.

At least get her a new picture for HuffPo. That floating head picture is disturbing.”

“Yeah, I need to get me one of those.”