Why Obama is hard to beat.....

[DamnYankee]

That depends on who the "we" are. The "we" who have abundance and heading towards complacency and apathy or the "we" who are currently in financial bondage and exhibiting the courage to free themselves?

I suggest you watch the first segment of Jon Stewart's Nov 16th show. He critiques O'Reilly's lamentation how America is changing and it's no more "white man's land". As Stewart makes clear that's precisely the American Experiment. The country changes as times change, as the population changes, as people evolve.

Jon Stewart? Isn't he a comedian?

Try answering the question again. "We" means the people of the united states, as a whole.

 

[DamnYankee]

There is no way that Obama defeated Romney in a fair election. The chickens will be coming home to roost soon, as Senator McCain stated today on Fox News. There will be Impeachment proceeding brought against Prez Obama eventually, and then The Senate has to hold a trial, after that who knows what will happen. The Lib Demos are so corrupt, along with the Lib bias Main Stream Media, it sickens me. Listen to the Libs on here, they are good Party Members and I am not refering to the Democrat Party. George Soros(Media Matters) is behind this entire Kabal, trust me on that one, he started it with Stock Market manipulations online about 7 years ago. Of course this is all strickly my opinion and like they say opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one.

I doubt the House Republicans have the balls to impeach, and there is no way in hell that the Senate will vote to convict. Impeachment is purely a political exercise and a severe weak point in our form of government. Impeachment is rarely used with even judges, who serve 'on good behavior', which is a fairly low standard.

 

[apple0154]

Jon Stewart? Isn't he a comedian?

And political satire. However, his excerpt of O'Reilly is quite enlightening.

Try answering the question again. "We" means the people of the united states, as a whole.

I asked for clarification. "The 'we' who have abundance and heading towards complacency and apathy or the 'we' who are currently in financial bondage and exhibiting the courage to free themselves?" The "we" who could afford to built 150,000 homes in a Nevada community and leave them to rot while saying the country can't afford to house the poor or the "we" on the street kicked out of their predatory mortgaged homes?

 

[Rocketman]

The people looking after her not only have a right but a moral responsibility to see she does what's in her best interest. Considering she's mentally disabled which President will look after her better; a President who supports medical care or one who tells people to take responsibility for their own lives? Of course, we know that helping people is considered despicable by many Repubs.

Only despicable when said people will not lift a finger to help themselves.

 

[apple0154]

Only despicable when said people will not lift a finger to help themselves.

If you had a child, say 16 or 17, who just hung out in their room and never participated in activities with others and didn't take an active interest in life wouldn't you suspect something was wrong? When a "man" of 20 or 22 acts the same way the first thing people say is he's a lazy bum. Why? Healthy, happy people want to improve their lives. If we see someone who doesn't there is a problem. It could be something as easily diagnosed as a vitamin deficiency or low blood pressure to a serious mental illness. Now that ObamaCare is covering young people under their parent's plan hopefully the annual checkup will spot problems and they'll be corrected.

 

[Rocketman]

If you had a child, say 16 or 17, who just hung out in their room and never participated in activities with others and didn't take an active interest in life wouldn't you suspect something was wrong? When a "man" of 20 or 22 acts the same way the first thing people say is he's a lazy bum. Why? Healthy, happy people want to improve their lives. If we see someone who doesn't there is a problem. It could be something as easily diagnosed as a vitamin deficiency or low blood pressure to a serious mental illness. Now that ObamaCare is covering young people under their parent's plan hopefully the annual checkup will spot problems and they'll be corrected.

26 year old ADULTS, and adults is what they are do not need to be mooching off Mom and Dad. I received the largest single year increase in 30 plus years of work after that was passed, in fact it was more than the last 5 year increases combined.

 

[apple0154]

26 year old ADULTS, and adults is what they are do not need to be mooching off Mom and Dad. I received the largest single year increase in 30 plus years of work after that was passed, in fact it was more than the last 5 year increases combined.

Obviously those ADULTS don't have a job or a job that covers medical. One accident/illness could put them in debt for years. Where is your generosity and humanity?

 

[119ENG]

Ha! the right wing believes in society! Wrong. The poor are to be used.

Not the poor necessarily but the less able and many times the poor are less able. This is due to the fact that they lack the resources to raise themselves up & other times because they don't have the willpower to raise themselves up.

 

[DamnYankee]

And political satire. However, his excerpt of O'Reilly is quite enlightening.



I asked for clarification. "The 'we' who have abundance and heading towards complacency and apathy or the 'we' who are currently in financial bondage and exhibiting the courage to free themselves?" The "we" who could afford to built 150,000 homes in a Nevada community and leave them to rot while saying the country can't afford to house the poor or the "we" on the street kicked out of their predatory mortgaged homes?

So your opinions are based on a comedian's skits.

I told you what "we" means: the country as a whole. Don't bother trying to avoid the question by regurgitating anti-capitalist talking points. Again, what phase is the US at?

 

[apple0154]

So your opinions are based on a comedian's skits.

I told you what "we" means: the country as a whole. Don't bother trying to avoid the question by regurgitating anti-capitalist talking points. Again, what phase is the US at?

The same phase as the rest of the world. For the Arabs it's about acquiring basic freedom. For the US and other western nations it's about acquiring financial justice. People are waking up. The threats of "we better leave things the way they are or we'll make them worse" no longer holds the people.

Things could very well get worse before they get better as the ones at the top are perfectly happy with the way things are. They played by the rules/laws that were/are currently in force and "made it". They don't care if the rules are just and reasonable. They like the rules because they prospered under those rules and they're going to fight to keep them. That includes spreading lies and misinformation trying to strike fear into the masses. The reality is it is they who are fearful because they know change is on the way and like what we saw with the Republican party they keep saying they'll prevail, their way will win, when we all see them sinking into oblivion.

One hundred years since the first idea/conversation about government medical care. One hundred years. Outrage doesn't begin to describe it.

As they say everything is on the table. I like to think of it as everything is in the washing machine. First we'll get rid of the dirt and then see what we have. The lies, the inequality, the injustice.....time for a good house cleaning. That's the current phase we're in and the dirty, filthy ideas and people will be flushed out with the wash water.

What do you think?

 

[DamnYankee]

The same phase as the rest of the world. For the Arabs it's about acquiring basic freedom. For the US and other western nations it's about acquiring financial justice. People are waking up. The threats of "we better leave things the way they are or we'll make them worse" no longer holds the people.

Things could very well get worse before they get better as the ones at the top are perfectly happy with the way things are. They played by the rules/laws that were/are currently in force and "made it". They don't care if the rules are just and reasonable. They like the rules because they prospered under those rules and they're going to fight to keep them. That includes spreading lies and misinformation trying to strike fear into the masses. The reality is it is they who are fearful because they know change is on the way and like what we saw with the Republican party they keep saying they'll prevail, their way will win, when we all see them sinking into oblivion.

One hundred years since the first idea/conversation about government medical care. One hundred years. Outrage doesn't begin to describe it.

As they say everything is on the table. I like to think of it as everything is in the washing machine. First we'll get rid of the dirt and then see what we have. The lies, the inequality, the injustice.....time for a good house cleaning. That's the current phase we're in and the dirty, filthy ideas and people will be flushed out with the wash water.

What do you think?

We are a sovereign country, so no, your answer is more avoidance of the question. Give me a number, 1-8.

 

[Haiku]

We're just now getting around to it....amazing! We aren't the 'leaders' we tell our selves we are. I'd laugh if it weren't so damned sad.

Thirty-two of the thirty-three developed nations have universal health care, with the United States being the lone exception . The following list, compiled from WHO sources where possible, shows the start date and type of system used to implement universal health care in each developed country . Note that universal health care does not imply government-only health care, as many countries implementing a universal health care plan continue to have both public and private insurance and medical providers.

Country – Start Date of Universal Health Care – System Type

Norway - 1912 – Single Payer
New Zealand – 1938 – Two Tier
Japan – 1938 – Single Payer
Germany – 1941 – Insurance Mandate
Belgium – 1945 – Insurance Mandate
United Kingdom – 1948 – Single Payer
Kuwait – 1950 – Single Payer
Sweden – 1955 – Single Payer
Bahrain – 1957 – Single Payer
Brunei – 1958 – Single Payer
Canada – 1966 – Single Payer
Netherlands – 1966 – Two-Tier
Austria – 1967 – Insurance Mandate
United Arab Emirates – 1971 – Single Payer
Finland – 1972 – Single Payer
Slovenia – 1972 – Single Payer
Denmark – 1973 – Two-Tier
Luxembourg – 1973 – Insurance Mandate
France – 1974 – Two-Tier
Australia – 1975 – Two Tier
Ireland – 1977 – Two-Tier
Italy – 1978 – Single Payer
Portugal – 1979 – Single Payer
Cyprus – 1980 – Single Payer
Greece – 1983 – Insurance Mandate
Spain – 1986 – Single Payer
South Korea – 1988 – Insurance Mandate
Iceland – 1990 – Single Payer
Hong Kong – 1993 – Two-Tier
Singapore – 1993 – Two-Tier
Switzerland – 1994 – Insurance Mandate
Israel – 1995 – Two-Tier
United States – 2014 – Insurance Mandate

http://blog.livenewschat.tv/2012/03/31/list-of-countries-with-universal-healthcare/

We need to get to single payer....look at our date! So late in the game. So many got rich along the way.