Displaying 1,111 To 1,140 Of 5,146 Comments LIVE BLOG: Florida GOP Primary 2012 or “Can $16 Million in Negative Ads Buy an Election?” Oh Murph – that’s priceless! Thank you for that! » Posted By choicelady On January 31, 2012 @ 6:29 pm But OMG – Newt is pretending he’s a POPULIST reaching out to all people (including all the people of color he just stomped on) as a Washington OUTSIDER???????? And then he turns around and talks about his long DC career. I say it again. I believe Newt is mentally ill. Seriously. You know it’s sick puppy time when you’re rooting for Mitt… » Posted By choicelady On January 31, 2012 @ 6:28 pm I agree, KQ – good work, AdLib, and a clear reminder of the power of the buck over issues, message, and substance. With Romney’s negatives, the only thing he has going for him is money. What struck me powerfully is how “right” he looks on that ten thousand dollar bet – uh – bill. Then it struck me – the reason NONE of us can relate to him is that he is the living embodiment of The Old White Guy you see in portraits in history books and historical societies. He’s a throwback to the age of patriarchy, to privilege and dominion, to white supremacy. He probably is a dead ringer for his polygamous great grandfather and all that could mean in terms of attitudes and self-righteousness. Oh, I have those ancestors, too – one of them looks utterly humorless, but I know he ran an underground railroad transit line in central Illinois. Still, I’d not have liked to have “Deacon Cook” for political office – the light of self-righteous zealotry may well have been shining on his face, too. I’m proud of him. I’m just glad I did not have to know him. Even more glad he never ran for public office. He’d have been insufferable I bet, but in that pre-Civil War day and age, there was no doubt he HAD core values! Mitt? Who could be proud of him or his family? I am constantly confused by the drumbeat of money substituting for ideas, character, policy, goals, but now I understand. I think the reason Romney is the perfect GOP establishment candidate is because he has no core and goes where the money leads him. I used to think, for good or ill, that candidates represented the best IDEAS of their parties, but today it’s the most money they can raise, and hang ideas. Ideas just get you into trouble! You have to be accountable! You have to live up to them! So it’s a lot easier to follow the money and go where it takes you. Good speechwriters can pretend you are focused and principled even when you have never been. It will work out OK – just look at Mitt! He’s ahead – and no one likes him! Mitt’s the best at that practice. He’s the candidate for everyone who doesn’t care. » Posted By choicelady On January 31, 2012 @ 3:30 pm Well, here it is 7:30 in the morning, and The Planet is already on my doorstep, so to speak. Thank you, Cher! Excellent edition today. Far more news than my local print paper I must say! A word – again – about the comparisons between RomneyCare and ObamaCare. The latter is vastly more affordable to us all. MA subsidizes a flat premium rate ( about $200 per month) pegged to a healthy person mid-30s. To do that, it charges $5000 deductible and $10,000 out of pocket. Your premium MAY rise if you age (always a good thing to do) so you start paying more as you grow older. Almost nothing is exempt from hitting your deductible before you can use your insurance. ACA charges you from 1-9% on a sliding scale based on your income. Between 133% to 400% of the federal poverty level, you would at 400% pay a maximum of 9% of your income. The deductible is very low – around $1500 – BUT huge numbers of tests and prevention measures are exempt from having to dip into your deductible. This includes high costs measures such as colonoscopies. Staying well then become an aspect of ACA that is simply not available in MA’s plan. And we DO have a public option – the High Risk Pool does not use private insurance now for those who have been rejected by insurance companies for pre-existing conditions or who simply cannot afford the cost – upward of 15-20+% of your average Americans’ income. The highest cost for people not eligible for Medicaid is about $400 per month in an area such as San Francisco. That is a $100 per month DROP in cost over what it was in 2010. Other parts of the country have much lower costs, and suddenly millions are getting coverage they never before could afford. Why FamiliesUSA want to portray ACA as the same as MA is perplexing since the MA plan is not at all good. The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization once was MassPlan’s biggest booster, but once they saw what obstacles were stopping people from using it, they became its biggest critics. Their final statistical assessment was that no one under 500% FPL should be required to use it. FamiliesUSA should tout the DIFFERNCES as well as the similarities. It matters. » Posted By choicelady On January 30, 2012 @ 7:59 am Oh wow – medical. And here I thought it would be ALL negative! LOL!! I dimly recall some discussion among middle of the road people years and years ago that yes, part of the reason to have an all-volunteer army WAS to suck kids up and off the streets and payrolls. Poor whites, kids of color – not so much of a problem when they’re in the military and thousands of miles from, well, us. And since this becomes the only reasonable opportunity to learn a trade, get skills, and maybe have benefits (should you not get blown to pieces) then we pull in the “dregs” of our society and no longer have to risk, via a draft, the endangering of our precious upper class white boys and girls or face the discomfort of being asked “what did YOU do during the wars, Daddy” when we dodged that draft. All good for the white upper crust. Boffo solution! So it’s not just a by-product I think. You’ve defined at least ONE goal of our massive military expansion! » Posted By choicelady On January 28, 2012 @ 3:03 pm Es – does this make them the Rotten Apple in the barrel? » Posted By choicelady On January 28, 2012 @ 2:53 pm Wow. I know I’m convinced…those poor, poor Apple execs. The travails under which they labor! People thinking mean things about them. How can we stand idly by when such horrific working conditions are imposed on these tender souls? » Posted By choicelady On January 28, 2012 @ 2:52 pm EVerything today is very useful, Cher – thank you. But I have to agree that the Romneyandme.com is a hoot. Sobering to be sure, but very funny. Why do we defend the rich when we are not? When Lee Iacoca got a then-record $600 million for one year at Chrysler it was equal to nearly 20,000 employees at that time. He might buy 1 or 2 refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc. maybe had a dozen cars, some antique, had a couple of homes – but those 20,000 employees likely bought 20,000 of each item. So who stimulates the economy? And then – who created wealth? As I noted, investments are like being a slumlord if you’re not the initial investor – you skim money, you do not create company well being but they have to pay YOU. So where we once believed that work was more important than riches, now it’s the other way around – all under the justification that financial folks “create wealth” when they do NOT. They create riches for the few, NOT wealth for prosperity. Seeing the Romneyandme.com site really made clear how great are our disparities not just in money – but in focus about what and who builds our nation. GREAT day on the Daily Planet, thank you! » Posted By choicelady On January 27, 2012 @ 4:28 pm It would be very hard NOT to know, funk. Apple’s management goes over to watch what they are doing, and they HAVE to know the time sheets etc. to see what the per hour or piece rates are. Furthermore, there are huge numbers of reports from various human rights groups about these conditions – they are ubiquitous for ALL overseas companies. Keeping the unit price as low as possible is utterly incompatible with elevating working and living conditions. They cannot be that ignorant. If I know it – Steve Jobs MUST have known it. » Posted By choicelady On January 27, 2012 @ 4:18 pm LIVE BLOG: GOP Debate in FL on NBC – 1-23-12 Or MAYBE Santorum. He’d not want an anti-war person on his ticket. Gives him the willies when he’s pounding the drum for war. And to his credit, I do NOT think Paul would accept. For him it’s first chair or nuttin’. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 8:54 pm Seriously? I did not know that they believed such things. Yikes! Or are you just funnin’ us? » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 8:53 pm Are we VP’ing after? That’s almost as good as us all going out for beer and pizza together! » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 8:52 pm I heard several analysts say of course these are NOT debates, that the usual sponsors such as the League of Women Voters are totally absent. When you let parties such as the TP do it, all it comes down to is gladiators in the Colloseum. No blood, no guts spilled, no gore – not any FUN. It’s not about issues – it’s about the up and down thumb on someone’s life. That alone makes these “debates” useless. They’re not seeking the best candidate. They’re seeking the biggest bully on the block. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 8:50 pm Oh Sally – how awful for her! I am so sorry! This must be devastating to her, and there are no good solutions unless and until we get serious about looking after people such as she. How can the GOP be so heartless! Yes, employment is picking up some, but where are the corporations with their mountains of cash that are supposed to be the “job creators” when wonderful people such as your daughter have SO much to offer and so few chances to do it???? Please tell her that all of us here are sending her good energies and hoping the best for her. I want something GOOD to come her way and NOW! A big, virtual <<<<<<<>>>>>>> to both of you! (That’s a hug – but it won’t SAY so.) » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 8:44 pm I’m with you, Sally. Not giving up my curly locks over these buffoons! » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:34 pm Those are the places they all get wet dreams over – military, space race, big stuff like hyped up versions of NASCAR. They want manly man things, not wussy stuff like feeding the hungry. Keep the Male/Sissy mantra in mind when these issues come up. They are shitting because Obama took out our most horrific enemy and one of the biggest thugs in the world – and they can’t DIRECTLY sissify him so they say he’s a coward on Iran even though absolutely NOTHING has changed there or even HAPPENED there at all. These guys all play “mine is bigger than yours” (entirely a guy issue), and they are terrified of Obama who won’t play but whom they fear fits a racial stereotype they can’t even approximate. So they’re trying to feminize him, make him into some kind of coward or at least of poor judegement on foreign policy. Man – is that a recipe for failure by the unfit white guys! » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:31 pm You noticed that, did you? Have template. Will travel. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:26 pm Obama has not cancelled any of the space program save the human flight which has returned almost nothing of significance. The science based work of unmanned flights is fully funded – and that, like Voyager, IS where the science is. Newt just made it clear – we are to commercialize outerspace. Then – why not leave THAT to the private guys? Sorry – Bush tax cuts did not work because tax cuts to the rich do NOT work EVER. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:25 pm The Bible Bangers are violating first principles – marriage is to be between a man and a woman, and NO one is to come between them! unless you don’t LIKE them, of course, then your superior virtue trumps theirs. Even if you don’t know them. Man – talk about cherry picking the Bible… » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:22 pm You know – you’re right! » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:19 pm LIar! Santorum DID lead a Congressional action against Mr. Schiavo’s right to deal with his wife’s condition and outcomes. He is freaking LYING! » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:19 pm Wars? Where is the plural coming from???? » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:17 pm No – just ego. And Ayn. What’s mine is right, and what’s yours is wrong. Can’t you get that clear, AdLib? » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:16 pm How can Mitt say Obama has failed and keep a straight face? EVery single indicator from unemployement to the national debt is vastly better than he found it in 2009. Obama RARELY plays golf – and the numbers of days off he has had are a fraction of Bush’s. These are the hallmarks of a candidate so out of touch with real solutions to real problems. It’s like the GOP in ’96 who reverted to calling Clinton “fat”. Huh? Absurdism posing as politics. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:15 pm You nailed it! The Nightmare Act? » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:11 pm Would he like to send his granddaddy back? » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:10 pm WE do it in CA, and it works well. Since most native English speakers can’t make head or tails out of ballot propositions anyway, seems only fair to make it easier on non-native citizens. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:09 pm Hey – if your only route to citizenship is the military, we now have the answer to how we make more wars! We have the troops – 50 year old farmworkers, 67-year-old housekeepers. Just join the military and you’re IN! Yeah! Two-fer: war and dealing with “illegals”. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:08 pm Mitt lies – they never taught kids in their native language only. As everyone else, they had ESL classes but not all were in indigenous languages but brought kids to English very quickly. Man – does he lie (‘scuse me, AdLib – prevaricate…) » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:06 pm And pumping for it against EVERYONE. » Posted By choicelady On January 23, 2012 @ 7:04 pmComments Posted By choicelady
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