copestir's Comments (126)

“The assumption here is that Bush did not create such an environment. It was bad enough to have a White House that suffered intelligence problems. But please, please do not leave Bush's political bulling go unmentioned as if it did not exist. Bush was the most divisive president since prior to the civil war. When do the Republicans want to solve problem with out creating hysteria? This comparison is not historically accurate or serves any sort of purpose. Remember this was the White House that outed a CIA agent because someone did not agree with their "intelligence".”

“What a jerk”

“I can not stop laughing. Katie may or may not have low self esteem. But for Palin to do anything outside her own self serving interest makes me laugh.”

“You mean to tell me the Birthers lie. No kidding. And it is really shocking to learn they have no boundries. They even sleep around. Shocking.”

“It is time to IGNORE her. Ignore her book. Do not let her on TV.”

“The religious right engages in considerable name calling. An example is "inappropriate." So I guess it is appropriate to send her boyfriend sex tapes. But for Larry to ask a question about the reason she decided to settle he is inappropriate. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to ask why she sent sex tapes of her self in a self-stimulating posture? Is it really inappropriate to be puzzled by her behavior?”

“Don't be cruel.”

“Health care is all about profits. And to maintain the profits we allow the drug companies to promote false hope at their best and fraud at their worst. It is all about profit now. There is not a thought or consideration about comfort or pain management.”

“Sorry iedit. When I was in Canada for vacation I heard lots of Canadians say that.”

“May you and your family find peace and healing after this terrible loss. May peace be with you. May peace be with all of us.”

“Since this guy has so much to say. Let him go the the waiting room of his local emergency room and talk, talk, talk to those that are waiting to be seen with chest pain. Man this guy is a pain.”

“We are a government of the people. We need and require change in a health care system that would rather devour its young for a profit than care for basic needs of the people. Private industry has failed the people. Like in the days of the robber barons and trust busters, we the people require the business of health care be taken out of the hands of those that would rather have the majority suffer unspeakable pain than loose a penny of profit. The insatiable appetite for profit above all else from all corners of the health care industry has resulted in calls for reform from the people.
The cost of health care has become so great that the economy has begun to suffer. The only way health care can continue to maintain its horrific profit margins is to simply consume the middle class. The insurance and the for profit hospitals need regulation to support the end of suffering and treat illness without bankrupting or allowing death to the members of the middle class. This is not about destruction of individual rights, or about gun control or the need to organization militias , it is about loving and caring health care.”

“There is a problem with it in that there is an anti-abortion part to it.”

“I have no experience as a chef. I would love to be a participant in a reality show teaching and learn how to be better cooks. As a learner there is no point or fun in being called a donkey or worse.”

“In order to sell your soul you have to have one. And if you had one, would anyone really want to buy it?”

“The health care industry is very regulated in how and what we door with the patients. But the insurance industry trumps everything and make direct medical decisions based on profits rather than what is in the best interest of the patient. There is no regulation that I can see to prevent the insurance in making these kind of decisions. The Insurance companies have their own death panels already in place”

“It would force them engage in an open marketplace and not foce hospitials and the public to accept their rates.”

“It is about time. The insurance industry is just one pyramid scheme that we are all forced to deal with. The only way they can manage to keep going like this is to trap us all into subscribing to their Ponzi financial building.”

“I hope they get neighbors that smoke cigars.”

“I believe there is a problem with gated communities and with homeowner's associations in general. Is it even Constitutional to have an organization to tell you what decorations you can have or not have for your holidays. Can they restrict who you have visit and stay overnight. Can they restrict you to what color you can have your car? While I appreciate the fact that many of the communities seek to meet the special needs of the senior; there is a tendency to put ageism into overdrive. It is a growing problem that more seniors are taking up the raising of their grandchildren. Still on fixed incomes, facing profound disappoint in their children' but holding responsibility to their grandchildren; they attempt to carry on.
I am reminded of the story of one of my parent's neighbors in the senior community. Their daughter just gave birth only to be abandoned by her looser of a husband. The grandmother took both of them in while the daughter recovered from he birthing process. The daughter and the baby stayed only three days before the homeowner's association went nuts. What Kind of a society are we living in? I think it is time we put some Constitutional regulations on the homeowners generally and take a look at the discrimination evident in 55 and over communities.”

“I wonder how retirement communities get around ant-discrimination laws?”

“Excellent. Maybe he needs to move to Colorado City.”

“Where does he find this stuff?”

“And the insurance industry wonders why we want reform.”

“And the insurance companies wonder why there is a need for reform.”