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March Madness

My column for the Daily News is online.  It’s called, “March Madness.”  It’s about the unpredictable NCAA tournament this year.  Wait, that’s not it… it’s about the health care bill that the Democrats have rammed down our throats.

Posted by Owen at 0700 hrs
Politics + Politics - General + Politics - Wisconsin

1. Do you really want to remind people that the GOP opposed Medicare? Do you want to remind people that Ronald Reagan fought hard against it and failed? Do you recall what President Reagan did about Medicare? Medicare was 1.05% from both the employer and employee when he took office. When he left, he not only hadn’t abolished it, but the rate was 1.45% on each (and with a higher maximum).

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 0742 hrs
   
   
   

2. And now that Regan and the GOP increased the funding so that Medicare would at least be solvent, the Moonbat Messiah and his sheeple in Congress are taking $500 million out of it to fund their pie-in-the-sky freebee health care from “Obama’s Stash.” This should insure the failing of yet another socialist government program.

   I predict that by the time Obama leaves office all the presently county-owned nursing homes will be closed. Medicare was all that was keeping them afloat against the massive losses experienced through Medicare. Now that that’s gone, there’s no way any county in Wisconsin can fund a nursing home with state imposed levy caps.

   Welcome to the Socialist Workers’ Paradise!

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 0803 hrs
   
   
   

3. experienced through Medicare.

   Please change that to “...experienced through Medicaide.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 0805 hrs
   
   
   

4. No laws are “rammed down our throats”.  Like it or not, 219 people voted for this.  Conservatives bitching about this being “rammed” and “shoved” down our throats come off as pathetic as the democrats who still think Gore won Florida.  Do yourself and your agenda a favor and stop acting like a whiny bitch.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 0905 hrs
   
   
   

5. yeah, I’m not sure what it is with all the throat-ramming talk.  Watching too much internet pr0n, methinks.  CNN just did an interesting poll in which 3% of those who “opposed” the bill actually opposed it because it was’t liberal enough.  Factoring that in, you find a solid majority of Americans who are on our side, not yours.  Ram <i>that<>.

   Posted by scott on March 23, 2010 at 0948 hrs
   
   
   

6. Sore Losermen.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 1101 hrs
   
   
   

7. Correction: I mean 13%, not 3%.

   Posted by scott on March 23, 2010 at 1103 hrs
   
   
   

8. So 13% of 35% (opposed to bill) equals about four per cent of Americans wanted the bill to be stronger…

   yeah ...

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 1136 hrs
   
   
   

9. What it means is, 52% supported it or thought it should be more liberal while 42% thought it was too liberal.

   Posted by scott on March 23, 2010 at 1143 hrs
   
   
   

10. yeah ... that’s what it means…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 1150 hrs
    
    
    

11. Well what does it mean to you?

    Posted by scott on March 23, 2010 at 1154 hrs
    
    
    

12. .35 x .13 = .0455

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 1156 hrs
    
    
    

13. ram that.
    come on scott how immature are you.
    lets try to be a little civil, put your big boy pants on

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 1158 hrs
    
    
    

14. At least I’m wearing pants!

    Maybe taking a look at this will help clarify where I’m coming from.

    http://mediamattersaction.org/blog/201003220006

    Posted by scott on March 23, 2010 at 1323 hrs
    
    
    

15. Hey scott, while that is interesting, you should try looking at the actual poll instead of regurgitating what a biased source writes about it.  Look at some of the responses to the other questions of that poll (24 through 29).

    And finally, at the end of the day, the majority did oppose.  The reasons might be different, but it was a majority that didn’t want it as it was written.  “Ramming” is a poignant term to describe it.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 1353 hrs
    
    
    

16. .59 x .13 = .07

    7% of Americans want to push it further towards socialism,
    and this is from a liberal source.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 23, 2010 at 1356 hrs
    
    
    

17. Fine criticisms.  But all I’m trying to establish is that a poll that shows disapproval doesn’t mean they all agree with you—one presumes they would have preferred single-payer or at least a public option.  If they’d gotten their way, you’d be on your way to the republic of Congo right now for some of that sweet, sweet free market health care. 

    Anyway, I am heartened by the fact that when you ask people their opinions on the bills major provisions they’re quite in favor of them.  I suspect—but no, I don’t know for sure—that the reason they are against the bill itself is because they’ve been lied to for so long about what it is by Republicans and rightwing media.

    Posted by scott on March 23, 2010 at 1359 hrs
    
    
    

18. Bummer about the lack of decent copy-editing…

    At that point, the power of the marketplace that has been responsible for the highest standard of health care and standard of living in the history of mankind will be supplanted by the arbitrary of politicians pandering to the latest aggrieved group.

    and…

    A government than controls our health care controls everything about us.

    Give ‘em hell. You deserve better than that. Even if I don’t agree with the fear mongering in the column.

    Posted by Mike on March 23, 2010 at 1453 hrs
    
    
    

19. A government than controls our health care controls everything about us.

    And apparently the Dems know that.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 24, 2010 at 0915 hrs
    
    
    

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