Displaying 10,621 To 10,650 Of 10,917 Comments I agree, Boomer. But if that accomplished something good, people would forget that, I think. Besides, I do feel it is never good policy to base legislation (or lack thereof) on punishing someone. Do what is good for many, not just bad for a few. Unfortunately, I still don’t see how this is, in reality, good for many. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 11:43 am No cost control of premiums is a big problem. And while there is a prohibition on refusing pre-existing conditions, I have read that the penalty to insurers is only $5000 per refusal. Also, more important, is that they can charge more (either 3x or 5x)for the older subscribers and for those with pre-existing conditions. Combine that with the mandate, and it is unaffordable and unacceptable. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 11:40 am It is my understanding (based solely on Lawrence O’Donnell) that nothing can be ADDED to the bills in CC. In other words, the bills are blended, but nothing that was not in either final bill from the House or Senate can be added. While the House has a PO, I am not sure it can be added to the Senate bill. In short, while I completely agree with your analysis of how to play the game with Lieberman et al, I am not sure how the two bills get reconciled. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 11:35 am Did anyone see a clip of Ted Kennedy on last night’s The Ed Show? I am still trying to find it. That is what we need now. From our President. Kennedy lost the battle for health care reform, but he rallied the Democratic base. Sometimes, it is not only results that keep us fighting, but the passion of our leaders. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 11:30 am Rashomon 3: Eleven views of Copenhagen deal Hah! As if. No, just felt dissed on Obama’s behalf. But my husband had another take. He voted Obama but is disgruntled. Anyway, his take was that maybe the other world leaders felt dissed that Obama only came for the last day. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 12:44 pm Crraaack! PFFFFTTT! Here ya go. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 12:18 pm Here ya go, Pepe— Consider yourself 20 bucks richer!:~)) » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 12:08 pm I heard a troubling story last night on Maddow from Andrea Mitchell– who, despite her husband– seems pretty even-handed as a reporter. She reported that when Obama got to Copenhagen he was told that the Chinese Premier, the Indian PM and a couple of other heavyweights were already at the airport, and couldn’t meet with the President. Turns out, they were in a meeting. And the meeting was without the United States. That sounded like an unprecedented diss to me! Eventually, they all did meet, but still… Am I getting too “Liz Cheney?” » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 19, 2009 @ 12:00 pm I saw it and was looking to post the video. Friday night’s music thread here had it posted, Bito told me. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 9:00 pm While that would be fun, (and it would!) what would be fair is to make them take out a separate rider for Viagra to be covered. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 8:16 pm LOL!!! Indeed. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 8:09 pm I think he’s be a biter. Ugh! » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 7:58 pm OMG– wasn’t that just the most disgusting display? “Abortion has no place on a health care bill.” Is he fucking kidding?! What a turd. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 7:31 pm Ahahahahahah!!! I did it!! » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 2:20 pm That’s true. But I try to look at the pluses. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 1:51 pm Oh! Hi there!! » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 1:35 pm Sorry Flying, I should have been clearer– The passage of any health care bill is a defeat for the Repugs. They were determined to kill it. They held fucking prayer sessions to defeat it! As much as I think the bill sucks, they see it as a big win for the Dems. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 1:35 pm Hi, Flying Lotus, and welcome! Yep, me too– fuck ’em. Right now, my consolation prize for crappy legislation is that the Reptilians got fucked. We did too, but not as hard as they did, so there’s that. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 1:04 pm AdLib, I was going to write a similar post, but you did it much better– really! And it IS scary because I know that the Reptilians will at some point regain control of Congress. As we know, these are not our parents Reptilians either. They are MUCH more radical and fascist. That said, on principle, we must overturn the filibuster rules, as they are not only undemocratic, but actually designed for gridlock. They practically ensure that no legislation passes– this is WAY beyond incrementalism. But I do not believe this Congressional session will ever invoke the nuclear option, and not only because these are some of the most spineless Dems ever. I think Obama himself would not request or approve of it. It’s not his way, and that’s too bad. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 20, 2009 @ 12:44 pm The culprit isn » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 18, 2009 @ 9:44 am Wow!! So happy you are here, Scher! And great post!! » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 18, 2009 @ 9:15 am Progressive Senators to Contact NOW I’ve sent mixed signals over the months as well. But I don’t worry about it– I’m sure they don’t keep a file on us and pull out all our emails. LOL! I can see it now; Sanders holding your stacks of your emails, saying, “Gee, last week Escribicat said to vote yes, then no, then yes! What should I do?!” » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 3:59 pm Personally, I keep it as short as possible. For something like this, I wrote: Thank you for sticking up for Americans. Insist on a strong public option, or better, MEDICARE FOR ALL! Do NOT vote for a bill without this. Thank you for your hard work. Signed, me » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 3:54 pm LOL–my bad. I should listen more to the Reich-wing, to whom Kyl and McCain ARE too Progressive! » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 2:36 pm Thanks so much, Nellie. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 2:26 pm Should I have posted it under Morning Blog? Or under News and Politics? » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 2:17 pm And thank you or AdLib (?) for cleaning it up. I tried several times on Dashboard, but today it wouldn’t listen to me! » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 1:42 pm A Mandate for Civil Disobedience Even yesterday, I heard him defended by Amy Klobucher, and she’s a good senator. What I’ve heard from her and Barbara Boxer and several Libs is that his voting record on liberal issues is good. He’s pro-union, pro-choice, pro-cap and trade and over the years was considered a liberal stalwart. Something very bad happened and I don’t know what. My guess? It had something to do with his ego. I believe he is so petty, sometime, someone in power on the Left hurt his vanity, and he went off the rails. He found an admirer on McCain, and needed that admiration more than he needed his principles. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 4:23 pm LOL– I noticed that! Great minds…. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 12:37 pm Bito, this is very confusing. The link you provided makes a good case for passage, yet Dr. Dean and others make equally compelling cases for not passing this bill. And on top of all of that, there IS no bill to read, since it is not yet scored by the CBO. Where are both sides getting their information? As Nellie suggested yesterday, someone has to make a chart of pros and cons. I’ll try, but it might be too daunting. » Posted By Chernynkaya On December 17, 2009 @ 12:13 pmComments Posted By Chernynkaya
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