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How are you, Pepe?

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

Some people have a lot of self loathing, about their race, their nationality, their color, etc. She’s a classic case.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:14 pm

I think they’re talking hockey, but I agree with your statement about the other, repulsive Malkin. Good evening, btw.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:09 pm

Yvgeny, right?

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:08 pm

Will Abortion Debate be Democrats Civil War?

Jeffrey Hunter….LMAO

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:34 pm

Thanks, been railing against this bill over at HP the past couple of days. God, I hate this bill in so many ways.

Things have been kind of interesting over there; Sassy and ladynaga are all pissed off at me because I won’t cop out and support this bill. Too funny, I was never that interested in being part of the in crowd, anyway, but there are a lot of nice folks there.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:25 pm

Kalima, I went on a rant the other night here, railing at how this bill stinks. The Stupak Amendment is the main reason why. As a father of two daughters, I felt their outrage when this was added and I’ll have plenty to say about it in the debate on Friday night.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:06 pm

KQ,

Good evening. I guess it will be you and me on Friday night. Go easy on me will ya? LOL

» Posted By KarateKid On November 10, 2009 @ 5:01 pm

Update #3: HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL PASSES HOUSE 220-215 IN HISTORIC VOTE!!!

The Senate is our House of Lords.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 8, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

AdLib, I read an article that said Joe will not filibuster, that he developed an appreciation for Harry Reid after Harry declined to punish Joe and allowed him to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee.

I guess only time will tell. I don’t expect any healthcare bill in the senate to be done until after the holidays.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 8, 2009 @ 7:25 pm

By the way, your should have seen the hysteria of Andrea Castillo this morning, the bitterness. It was funny, seeing Miss Cool lose her cool.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 10:09 pm

The question is when he exchange or option will be in operation. I feel for your plight and hope it works out, my friend. And friends can disagree.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 10:08 pm

If that happens, it sort of makes my point moot, but I wonder how much this bill will cost the Dems in 2010…..Good night, have a good one. We disagree but I am your friend.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

AdLib: One last question before I hit the sack: Pertaining to your first question: How do the Republicans hold with every vote except one, but the Democrats can’t? Leadership style, perhaps? Or leadership, period?

I didn’t mean to piss on anyone’s celebration, sorry about that; but it IS my POV.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 10:03 pm

KQ, who is being intellectually lazy here. Don’t you think those slimeballs in the insurance industry are already thinking about countermeasures? I would if I were in their position. Raise rates higher until they’re prevented; cut off coverage for abortion; cut off other services; collude. They already do that, just go to eHealthinsurance.com and you won’t see a lot of differences.

And they’ll have the time to do that, too.

Oh, did I mention how many more billions they stand to make from the mandate? Let’s use round numbers, 45 million times $2500/year comes to a little over 1 billion per year added to what they already get and that’s a conxervative cost.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:55 pm

I think that is a false assumption. If they did this right after the mid terms, it would have been more clear cut what kind of voting bloc they had. If he had begun the withdrawal and wind down our occupations, the money saved would have made a difference domestically in job creation and debt reduction. They’ve done a lot but could have done a lot more without these war costs. That could have led to a greater margin, given the behavior of the no solution Republicans, and then, who knows.

But I don’t buy the 15 year business, I don’t think the American people would have stood for this.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:47 pm

I don’t dispute your claims. But the more I read the bill, and I read the whole thing, the more I felt a lot of those issues were vague and open to interpretation, at the discretion of the Secretary of HHS.

Also, I became more leery of the cost. Allowing for the usual government inefficiencies and waste, I wondered if the plan went from 900 billion to 1.1 trillion, how much higher it would go, and if it did, would those services you mention get cut?

What if the Dems lose seats in both houses in 2010? or 2012? Then what happens?

And for every family that is saved from bankruptcy due to illness, how many more will be forced into it because they can’t afford to pay even with a subsidy, which was not specified in this bill, only that there would be one.

Finally, what makes you think some of your pet features will survive in final form?

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:40 pm

AdLib, my criticism is that it should not have been done this year, in the first year of his administration. Don’t you think they knew the margins up front?

They should have concentrated on getting us out of these two quagmires and fix up the economy BEFORE embarking on healthcare reform. Look at all the hate they fomented. You think this is going to help them in next year’s elections? I guess we’ll have to see; there was a story today that Obama is leaning toward sending 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan. If this is true, he’s really rolling the dice. If our brave soldiers start coming back in bodybags, how will that affect 2010 and 2012. Look what happened to LBJ. He was a pretty popular guy in 1965, after signing the Civil Rights and Voting Rights bills, but look at him in 1968.

It seems to me he’s got a tiger by the tail.

p.s. I not only contributed money when I didn’t have a whole lot extra, but I walked the streets of Porter County Indiana, too, on six weekends.

Maybe I expected too much.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:32 pm

KQ, on some things I can compromise. On this, and our involvement in Afghanistan, I can’t. Sorry to be the troll, I guess I’m just a diehard Progressive.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:22 pm

Remember when they said it would be 900 billion over 10 years? Now, it’s $1.1 trillion. So, what is the real number?

Also, this public option saves taxpayers 30 billion over 10 years; the more robust one saved over 3 times that amount. The numbers, can they be trusted?

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:20 pm

I don’t know how old you are, but you’ll be a lot older before a real meaningful reform will be to your benefit. Me? I’ll be six feet under.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:17 pm

Excuse me? That amendment passed.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:14 pm

You call this progress? This bill could have been done in 500 pages in half the time if all there is, a pre-existing cause, a cap and they can’t cancel you for getting sick. And, it may have been truly bi-partisan.

Reform my ass.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:11 pm

This bill stinks to high heaven. They have a lot of nerve calling it a public option, they ought to rename it uninsured option. They didn’t even allow a single payer amendment to come to a vote, having sold us out from the beginning. Then, they pass this hideous amendment that jeopardizes a woman’s reproductive rights, making a crap bill even worse.

Oh, don’t forget we still have the Senate bill to go yet, which is even crappier than this one. Then we have the merged one. Let’s see the public option survive even as is.

And there’s the matter of a mandate, which REALLY stinks. Imagine a family of four, with the breadwinner out of work, barely subsisting on food stamps and unemployment (if it hasn’t run out). Now they have to pony up or pay a huge fine, so even with a subsidy they’re still out of pocket further.

Then, let’s look at when the bill fully kicks in, 2013. Gee, what a coincidence, I guess they thought we were too stupid to notice the significance of that date.

After all this, a Democratic majority in the House and Senate, and the WH, this is all we get.

Now, watch, they’ll stand in front of the country, acting like they did something, wave that piece of paper over their heads, and claim, “Peace in our time”

*sneering*

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 9:07 pm

He has a conviction and stands by principle instead of goosestepping with Pelosi. I respect him for that.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 7, 2009 @ 8:59 pm

Plan-It POV

Are you asking me? This is where this format throws me sometimes. If indeed you are asking, I am 61.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 6, 2009 @ 8:18 pm

So you were all there, but how old was the thread; it said Nov. 6 but I saw dey and HITO there so it must be older. I guess I missed it or was on another thread at the time. I had it out with her a couple of days ago and she was really rattled and pissed.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 6, 2009 @ 8:04 pm

I will. I like to chill here, away from the trolls. But, I like to take them on, too. heh heh heh. Most of our friends know about the planet; you see I delivered Mika, who is so cool, one of my favs.

Looks like Agent86 got the 86 from HP.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 6, 2009 @ 7:34 pm

Just wanted to report in that I had encounters today with Gringo in the morning and flossy this evening and called them by their opposite sock; they both wimped out and quickly disappeared. Flossy said Gringo was his buddy, but it was too late. We all let him have it and he went…poof.

HP is trying to take back the main, scrubbing away all our songs so we moved. It was a boring one, anyway.

I had it out pretty good with the trolls in the teabag sites, what a catharsis and a good way to make a work day go faster. But, the afternoon was dreadfully slow.

What happened to the site? I tried all day.

» Posted By KarateKid On November 6, 2009 @ 6:58 pm

Did I deliver or what??

» Posted By KarateKid On November 6, 2009 @ 6:50 pm