leonardse's Comments (67)

“"A Christian Civil Liberties Organization"? Isn't that an oxymoron?”

“At a time when we are concerned about the quality of air, these "activists" are wasting good air. QUIT BREATHING!”

“What amazes me is that the weak-kneed people in Congress who are either on the take or just plain scared of losing their congressional seat know that the American public is aware of their inability to support the right decision, and yet they continue to obstruct the will of the people. It is unbelievable that these people have such a lack of good judgment and still show their face in public. They absolutely have no shame. I guess they are not any different than the insurance Execs.”

“What's the big deal? How many people really give a rat's $ss about golfers? How many parents want their children to grow up to be GOLFERS? There aren't many children running around trying to be another Tiger Woods. The only people he represents as a role model are mostly over 65 wannabes with nothing else to do. Woods is just another immature (supposed athlete) who believes his own press clippings. Bid deal. BTW, who decided golfers and NASCAR drivers are athletes. Totally ridiculous.”

“She gets some more free press and she acts indignant??? Even SP is not THAT stupid. She is riding this mule for as long as she can.”

“AH, Huckabee, Paterson, Guilani, all against trial in NYC. We should listen to these winners! Two out of three could not take out Sarah Palin. Let's listen to these people.”

“Widdles-

You certainly are spot on. I couldn't believe it when it happened to me, so am grateful for your comment.”

“Who the hell is Wesley Pruden? Editor Emeritus of the Washington Times! A retired Moonie? About the same level of a retired janitor. My bad. The Janitor deserves more respect.”

“I like the person's idea about moving the trial out of NYC to Podunk, IA. They could probably use a financial boost. On the other hand, I think KSM should be tried in Texas. Now if that doesn't scare the hell out of a terrorist, I don't know what does. They would prefer to execute five minutes after the trial.”

“Rudy cleaned up NYC so no criminal is safe to wander around in a city of millions. I don't think this third-world sand flea is going to be much of a threat in a NYC courthouse. In fact, with all the waterboarding, he could be heard squishing a mile away. Quit using the threat of "it is a danger to our country". It is getting a bit worn and most people aren't buying this Repub blather anymore. In fact, if everyone had been doing their job in THIS country, 9/11 may not have happened. Rudy may have changed his spots, and it maybe understood better with a list of his clients who are making him awfully rich.”

“I think it is time for CNN to quit rewarding Wolf Blitzer for almost 20 years after the first invasion of Iraq.
The guy has the personality of a dead fish.”

“Pretty funny! Compounded dumb mistakes!

Maybe this is Gladly, the cross-eyed bear.”

“I think there are a lot of frustrated people in this country, both Demos and Repubs. I think there is a majority that is tired of the "do nuthin" Republicans who don't give a crap about the American people ,but only want to get even for electing Obama. IF Obama gets going and becomes a strong force, then I think the American majority will back him. They are waiting for him to take a strong stand on ANYTHING. If he takes control, why would it be any different than past Republican Administrations? Screw the Repubs, they don't need to be a part of a consensus. They ask for concession, and then vote against legislation anyway. However, there is no "there" there yet. I think Obama can still do this despite incoherence of the Repubs, and yes, the racism that has raised it ugly head. If Obama doesn't take a harder tack, it will work against him. Remember, if we are asking if this is overt (covert) racism, then you can be sure it is there.

Forget a health care bill. Pass enabling legislation and then form a commission who can take this on even if it takes 2-3 years to develop. It would make more sense than what is going on now. Why rush legislation in the speed of a 20-second sound bite? It will inevitably be just crap, anyway.”

“Some in Congress are complaining that with the Healthcare Bill taking up all the time, nothing else is getting done. I find this refreshing and consider this to be progress.”

“Why doesn't this spineless a hole just declare himself to be a Republican and be done with it? He was elected in a Red State and they obviously don't know what a Demo even looks like if they think this guy is one. He should just "join hands" with Mitch "Girley Guy" McConnell and stroll off into the sunset. Obviously, this would be a grateful nation and certainly help in the "greening" of Congress.”

“I dumped their newspaper years ago. The members of the editorial board are the original right wing nuts. These people are goofier than Murdoch and all his minions together. Their political cartoonist ,Ramirez, is a really dark, worthless contributor. I wonder if he has a green card?”

“Michaleenflynn-

Do you work at HuffPost? All your crap seems to never get dumped out by the censors. Highly unusual.”

“Senator, you are not good enough to carry Bill's jockstrap.

On your best day, you don't even rise to the level of "Ho-hum".”

“I suppose that if this argument is true, then your next article with refer to Limbaugh and Hannity as Heckle and Jeckle. Were they lucky? I can't remember.”

“Like most Conservatives, you are just coming to the table with issues that arrived and left the station long ago. No new ground plowed here.”

“Healthcare reform has to happen. If it does not happen now, who knows how long it will be before this once again becomes an important issue. If the Repubs get back into power in 2010 and/or in 2012, you can bet this will disappear off the radar screen (for a long, long time). When Hillary was promoting this in Clinton's administration, the big error (in my opinion) was that it was being directed by politicians. I remember sitting in a meeting when a leading Senator told us that change(national health) will come and there was nothing we could do to stop it. Well, we didn't and they didn't. Our group was actually interested in health care change. It showed us that politicans can preach to the (wrong) choir. However, the fact was (and still is) that change had to come. Hillary wanted national health when no one was ready to accept that. We probably still are not ready. However, this does not preclude "change". Change is desperately needed. This can't be done in one month or six months. It will probably take a couple of years to do it right. That is worth the investment of time and money. We need legislation to enforce whatever is decided (by NGO's), not legislation telling us how health care will be accomplished.”

“I worked in the field of health care administration for 35 years (not for an insurance company, Doctor's group or hospital).

Yes, healthcare does need reform. In my locale, our hospitals struggle every day to remain solvent. The one hospital group (non-profit) recently sold out to a for-profit national corporation. The hospital group is a great provider, but the best they could do recently was to get back in the black, and actually had a $4 million surplus. The problem is that they need to invest $100 million to renovate and update their equipment in order to be competitive. There was no way this could happen. The only alternative was to sell to a for-profit organization. Corporate promised a new world to the hospital staff, the Board of Trustees and the community . There is no way they can make the $100 million investment PLUS a committment to invest an additional $150 Million in the community. There is no magic bullet. They have already started making cuts. I have seen this type of takeover before. They lied through their teeth to the local Board of Trustees (who are volunteers, not professionals in healthcare), knowing full well that the "promises" could not be kept. They are leveraged to the hilt and they also know that once this decision was made, there was no turning back. My prediction is that this will all blow up within five years and Corporate will walk away leaving a disaster for our community.
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“fratricide08-

You are absolutely dead on. There are many arguments (even within Japan) whether Japan would surrender and if not,, what would have been the toll. Many in the service were dreading an invasion of the Japanes mainland knowing it would be an absolute bloody fight to the end. We will never know for sure. However, I agree that this should be shown to everyone in the world so they understand what can happen in a much larger degree than these two bombs.”

“My wife was diagnosed with hypothyroidism several years ago (finally!). She had been going through all the issues that many other people have experienced before getting this problem under control. One of her major stumbling blocks was finding a physician who cared and was curious enough to stay involved. Many physicians have never learned much after leaving medical school and those who still think a TSH of 5-10 is normal are among those physicians. Yes, my wife had a Dr tell her that her reading were normal. I had a friend with the same problem who found out that her Dr had received lab reports indicating the TSH as being abnormal, but he over rode the lab and told she was normal. She found this out and now insists on copies of the lab reports ,including the one that her doctor had received showing abnormal test.

What appears to be normal is that any number is not a norm. My wife feels best when her TSH is .5 or less. My friend indicates she feels good with a reading of 2. It appears that how the patient feels is one indicator of what is normal for that person.”

“I don't give a rat's a$$ what Obama's Dr. says.

I don't give a rat's a$$ for what the Republicans have to say. They want Obama to fail, and are going to use the health care bill to try to bury him. What these morons in congress don't seem to get is that health care HAS to be reformed or we will drown in more debt and useless medical plans. This will not be Obama's failure, this will be OUR (public) failure.

Is Obama moving too fast? Yes. Does this require more thoughtful oversight and serious planning by our Congress? Absolutely yes (if they can manage to do it). This is probably the most important legislation that anyone in Congress will ever address in their whole political career. It is time for them to get on board, quit bitching and start working.

There needs to be a honest, responsible group in Congress (if it is possible to find them) and even throw in a couple of responsible Republicans (they will be much harder to find). The American people needs to show these people we expect results, not finger-pointing. Obama will carry the day. What he needs is some help and some people with a spine.”