mcgreen's Comments (180)

“ah men - maybe you could understand it if we put it like this... lets setup a law that if any male gets a female pregnant we force him to marry her and provide X dollars of support for care of said offspring until this child is a functioning adult.

why would anyone ever force a person who doesn't want a child to have it? child as punishment? volunteer a little bit with abused children and maybe your mind will open a hair”

“She has alot of courage to stand up for what she believes, you on the other hand... like you said its a good thing you don't work for a morally challenged business.”

“Credit Unions are the answer - they really do care about their customers and go out of their way to help you out.

I have a home equity loan at 4% - a car loan at 4.99%. I don't pay fees for using my own money. I have a credit card sponsored by my credit union - I earn points I can use to get things from a neat catalog - and when interest rates go down they actually pass it back to their customers!!!! shockingly good service.”

“HERO!!! power to you gal, may many more take heart from your courage!”

“I will agree that she has more experience at running a state with the highest rape rate in the country. She sided with bar owners over citizens who wanted bars to close earlier to reduce the rape rate. She attacked and fired Walt Monaghan as a 'rogue' for attending a seminar on tactics to reduce rape statistics.

As a woman I find her VERY OFFENSIVE.”

“typical teabagger arguments. they claim public concern is unjustified for the 'small' number who have been negatively impacted.

my sister was a victim of incest/rape at 12, a compassionate doctor treated her with a 'DC' in our state where abortion was illegal at the time.

teabaggers would have child victims like my sister die trying to carry a child to term. I don't care how few people are raped or victims of incest or who might lose their life carrying a child to term. It's wrong to force people to go to term. Equally appalling is to force pregnancy on some one who DOESN"T want the child.

I wish all these mouthy people would volunteer to work with abused children from families that don't won't them. Right - they don't care, they just whine about why should these families get any federal support.”

“hmm, people like you are amazing. My sister was only 12 years old when a pedophile got her pregnant.”

“then don't let the birthers speak for you, squash Palin worship, speak out against Beck. You are judged by the company you keep - and it's indeed difficult to remember that their are breathing intelligent republicans who have a valid point to make in an open minded discussion.”

“why do you say that?

we know how auto insurance works. what if it was done like our health insurance? would you feel safe enough to drive anymore? I wouldn't.

americans need to take a hard look at what this health care insurance process has become. Our local paper did a writeup today on multiple births - natural and fertility treatment route. A lot of these babies have serious health problems and cost millions to care for til they can go home. And sadly many have health issues for the rest of their lives. What is on the table is a discussion that fertility clinics only implant a single embryo at a time....

we the taxpayers need to really decide what costs we are willing to underwrite and consider all those millions who have no health care at all...”

“right - take back all that funding for the G.I. program after the war that sent them to college and powered our economic growth.

What are you - a Luddite?”

“boring boring line - republicans are not all knowing saints, get off your high horse and quit trying to patronize us poor peons who don't agree with you.

Nothing worse than 2 history geeks each making fervent opposite arguments about why they know the one truth.”

“teabaggers are always claiming voter fraud - and there is little proof. It's usually a matter of making it as difficult as possible for poor citizens to vote because they are least likely to be moved by republican usual mantra of tax breaks for the wealthy.

The worship of greed has brought about an attitude that people who are poor deserve to be poor, that they aren't as good or smart or as hardworking as the 'rest of us' and therefore deserve nothing including the right to be heard in government.

Look around you, who is collecting from the stimulus? cash for clunkers ? only had to be a care with !!! 22 mpg rating? $8000 for homebuyers as long as you bought your last home more than 3 years ago?

Your average nurse's aide holding 2 jobs to make ends meet? what kind of take tax benefits for her? HA!

So thank goodness there are organizations like ACORN that protect the poor from the predatory practices of banks, credit card companies and mortgage companies. Going after the poor is very PROFITABLE and safe as they have very very little political clout. Look at the republicans piling on ACORN. No sense of outrage against Halliburton and KBR or other companies ripping of tax payers for billions..­.. much easier target is an agency of low-paid and volunteer employees whose goal is to ... help the poor.”

“I read where Oklahomans have decided every woman who gets an abortion in their state will have all her personal history published on the internet.

Oklahoma is apparently not a safe place to be female nor will there be any privacy. The long arm of Oklahoma laws wants to pillory you in the public eye. Guess they are angling to get up their with Sarah Palin's state, the highest rate of rape?”

“How can they oppose abortion to save lives and oppose health care for illegal immigrants in the same breath? They are only prolife when it comes to americans?!!

blithering idiots and the fools that fall for these games.”

“wilson - unplug your ears and listen to those of us having major issues with private insurance. It's a problem NOW and nobody is paying attention to us, they are stumbling over themselves to protect private insurance profits.

I was going thru chemo, dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer, uterine cancer AND kidney cancer - with all this going on I had to ride herd on my insurance company. You know there is no guarantee provides the some one every year. The have different processes to get permission to see the doctor. Did you know all oncologists are considered specialists and therefore you pay more to see them? The coding mistakes, rejected, misfiled claims were ridiculous. You cannot count on your insurer to pay on a timely basis. Nothing like finding out your $1500 bill wasn't paid and the medical office submitted it to collection so you have to hurry up and pay it out of your own pocket.

You think the current process is great? Hope to heck you never get sick or lose your job after being diagnosed with a pre-existing condition for your next one . You would find yourself in the same boat as the rest of us that want a public option.

i'm tired of americans accepting the mediocre overpriced process we have.”

“http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1039722.ece is the St. Pete article.

St. Pete times has multiple stories about people who have insurance that doesn't provide enough coverage to keep them from losing their home, their job.... adding to the 60% of the bankruptcies due to health care problems.

http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/maxed-out/

Only in America apparently we send our poor and sick to tent cities in the woods to die.”

“It reflects poorly on the person making the claim - they assume anyone who was in a disadvantaged position would take revenge when they reach a position of authority against their perceived aggressors.

They think this because it is what THEY would do.”

“unfortunately girls have been impregnanted as young as 9 years old - carrying to term can be a death sentence.”

“actually unfortunately that is not true, there are some who are against abortion for any circumstance. It's sad but we have to be so vigilant.

My 12 year old sister was a victim of incest and a compassionate doctor gave her a D&C when abortion was illegal where we lived.”

“corporations are like people when it comes to the First Amendment. republican mantra.

I don't disagree that a corporation is a collection of individual's that have a right to a say for their business - but they are also a block holding immense dollars and monopoly over their employees as to have an unfair advantage over individual citizen's wishes. I think It's a dangerous precendent to allow corporations to dump as much cash as they want into the political process.”

“you are a fan of giving up? that americans are incapable of achieving what other industrialized nations already have done? provide medical care for all citizens for half the price?

isn't this something like when the big three automakers 'gave up' on producing fuel efficient vehicles?

Not me, I don't want to see the future of our country in the toilet. It's ignorant and foolish to continue to insist that our countries needs are best served by a dog eat dog attitude for winners and losers.

Look at our current economic downturn. This occurred because many seem to worship profit making even when it includes unethical behavior because they are somehow 'fitter' since they are so financially successful. It's called stealing.”

“Arrogant remarks from people like you who have never been diagnosed with said cancer in the US and had to fight with private insurance ... are typical of the far right - no substance just fury.”

“the big money is the health company execs pulling down $5000-$18000 an hour.”

“what can we expect from people that believe wild eyed accusations about kenyan birth certificates.”

“So that makes it fine in Tampa for your hired guns to shove around and shout at senior citizens in Tampa?

One question - how much did they pay you?”