It has been quite some time since I have written on my blog . I was in the hospital in October. It has been a interesting time of of recuperating and watching some of the dumbest programs on television. All the judges on day time TV , the political talk shows on cable , and less we forget all the half hour commercials spreading it's way from station to station.
Lets Talk Politics
November News
TEA PARTY ( "DUH... LETS DO IT AGAIN" )
The Tea Party protesters are proof enough that there is a serious lack of education in some parts of America, it is hard to believe these angry republicans cant' or won't read the Health Care Bill and why should they? many of their cognitively challenged Republican leaders in congress refuse to read it too. How many pay for play protest are they going to have in Washington before they finally get it ...most of main stream America wants Health Care / Insurance Reform.
They lack the ability to construct a reasonable argument or debate against health care reform, and what is truly sad is that their so called real leaders of the GOP, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, the Questionable Christian Right and all of Rupert Murdoch s minions at Faux News seem to relish in their ignorance of the facts.
Sarah Palin Holy Book Tour
Amazing that this woman can still stir up enough attention that every television network such as Fox, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS continues to allow her lie all book to get press, many in the msm are not allowed to ask any questions this goes especially for the public. The Christian Right has embraced her (lies, racist idiology and all ) as the greatest leader since the Holy Apostles.
Her book is promoted and sold at Christian book stores , advertised on Christian radio and television stations. Most surprisingly she is touted by many so called Christian leaders as a viable candidate for President in 2012, so was Alan Keys, Pat Robertson, and Gary Bauer who all were considered to religiously conservative to even receive the nomination by the Republican Party.
It's All About Looks ( Looks Sell )
Bottom line... if a less attractive woman made half the dumb, lying, statements Sarah Palin is accused of making she would be yesterday's news. She would not be on the front page of "News Week Magazine" posing in a short pants jogging suit. People don't care whats in that wacky brain of yours as long as you look good spouting your ignorance and will pay money to read it.
Motor Mouth Matthews ...Get it Right
On his MSNBC November 20th airing of "Hard Ball" Chris Matthews questions if president Obama is " dithering " on a decision regarding an Afghanistan troop surge?
OK lets look at the numbers of dead men and woman who bravely defended our nation in both campaigns of war in Afghanistan , Iraq According to i Casualties.org there have been a total of 4,371 soldiers who paid the ultimate price in " Operation Iraqi Freedom" and in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan the US fatalities is now 936 soldiers.
The Washington Post gives a slightly different count of 4,356 soldier fatalities in Iraq and 932 in Afghanistan as of Dec 22, 2009. There is a a total of injured or wounded is over 31,557.
Since President Obama's Dec 1 announcement he is sending 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan the next question by the talking heads of cable news is will he be able to keep his time line for ending the war? and how is the surge of troops going to work ? and why is he?, and will he?... it never ends with these so called political pundits.
Some of these TV pundits get on my last nerve they are afraid of the GOP or Palin but will go toe to toe with the most powerful leader in the free world and question every little thing he does from eating a chili dog to his not wearing a lapel pin.
http://www.icasualties.org/Iraq/Index.aspx
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/
Bottom line after only one year in office facing the biggest financial crisis since the "Great Depression" taking on other issues like Health Care which has a direct link to our economy making every effort to repair our standing in the world.
December News
December 24 the Senate passed the last hurdle in the 25 day debate over health care in a 60 to 38 vote to move the Senate version of the Health Care Bill H.R. 3200 to committee in order to now compare both senate and house bills and see what stays or goes or is added to the final bill.
Health Care has been an issue since Teddy Roosevelt called for health care reform back in 1912 the same year the Titanic sunk.
Bottom Line
Rather then get all flustered about the issues within the two bills we should see what the House and Senate work out. Some say that there may be some type of a Public Option in the bill that will offer a better health care choice for those insured and un insured citizens.
Some unhappy progressives and new voters want to "Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water", but keep in mind that we have never done this before and it will be a growing process much like the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 under Lyndon B.Johnson. Democrats are so used to not being in the majority and loosing that they want the whole Enchilada or nothing at all, and bottom line is politics don't work that way.
