wandering girl's Comments (1809)

“I don't know about any of the rest of the agencies or organizations involved, but I know for sure that TSA is useless. their people don't know the regulations, they make them up on the spot. most of them sit around on their butts until they have to "inspect" some female & her luggage. rude, unhelpful, and inept - that's about 90% of the problem, as I see it.”

“God doesn't want people to live and be healthy?

wow. this woman's "god" is pretty satanic.”

“because until now, the HMO's have been the kindest, gentlest entities in the US>”

“almost everything.”

“and if you believe government handouts started with this administration,
and if you *didn't* protest and actively object during the *last* administration,
and if you took advantage of military healthcare while you were active duty (if you actually were),

then you are a lying hypocrite. shame on you.”

“"For millennia, CHRIST has been the reason for the season."

um, no.

neither "Christmas" (December 25) nor "the birth of Christ" were celebrated by the early church, and once it was dictated to be a "Christian" date, it was quickly melded into other, non-Christian solstice observances that had taken place (possibly "for millennia").

Oliver Cromwell, good Puritan that he was, outlawed Christmas celebrations in England, and the Puritans here across the pond forbade any observance of the date whatsoever, religious or otherwise.

the traditions we associate with "the season" are pagan Germanic Yule traditions. what *we* think of as Christmas was actually Queen Victoria's interpretation of the holiday (yes, "holiday," from "holy day"), blending good old Anglo-Saxon revelry and licentiousness with her consort's Germanic pagan symbology.

"War on Christmas," indeed. more like "Denial of History" perpetrated by the uber-pious and ultra-ignorant.”

“so - yet another GOP ex-governor showing the world the American Family Values brand of hate, racism, bigotry and ignorance.

waitin' for the karma bus here.”

“booooo.

NO president is god.

NO president rules by fiat.

SOME presidents have gotten legislation enacted through lies and fears.

THIS president isn't one of them.”

“wow. maybe you ought to study american political history a little more closely. if you think this is the worst it's ever been, you are sadly uneducated.”

“I blame you. yes, you.

if you actually believe that the president rules by fiat, then you are sarah palin's twin sister, regardless of your gender.”

“joe wilson is a boor. nothing a boor says will be either believable or acceptable.”

“I cannot even begin you don't know that uninsured individuals pay more than insured - that's what insurance companies do: they negotiate a cap on services. there is *no* cap for uninsured. health providers are free to charge whatever they want.

and no, it was *not* my deductible. a$$whipe.”

“a couple years ago, there was a 1-month gap where I was no longer covered by my previous employer's insurance and not yet covered by my husband's. within that 30-day period, I had an emergency room visit.

under my previous insurance, it would have cost me $500 out of pocket.

under my husband's, it would have cost me $250.

as an uninsured individual, it cost me $9000.

that's what "buy(ing) care from doctors and hospitals" costs.”

“still crazy after all these years.”

“once a dog, always a dog, regardless of color. meh.”

“I know you are, but what am I?”

“yeah, that would be McCain.”

“yeah, didn't he just show up at your door yesterday to take your guns away?

oh, wait - that was a lie. just like what you're saying.

you flunked history, linguistics, civics, and etiquette all in one little sentence. aren't you special.”

“show me where the constitution was trampled here.

I mean, I understand how the Patriot Act did, but oh - right. Repubs.”

“oh, I thought that was Palin.”

“you misspelled "Michael Steele"”

“yeah, those g-d d-mn progressives.

they're responsible for:
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM,
GI BILL
LABOR LAWS that ended the exploitation of children
FOOD SAFETY LAWS
WORKPLACE SAFETY LAWS
CIVIL RIGHTS
UNIVERSAL PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
among hundreds of others.

just think, if we didn't have those things, there'd be more robber barons now than ever before!”

“you are either seriously deluded, seriously uneducated, or both.

I vote both.”

“oh, is this the final version? there will be no more changes to it? are you a prophet?”

“oh, excuse me - I did not realize that we elect our legislators to only pass bills with a maximum number of pages. that must be because conservatives aren't capable of reading anything past a third-grade level?

what exactly is wrong with their education that they can't do the job we elect them for?

and when did Americans get the opportunity to read the entire Patriot Act before it was passed? anyone? Bueller?”