Solid seal of disapproval for Obama

Solid seal of disapproval for Obama

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Friday, March 12. 2010

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An anonymous "ranter" complained this week that this page's handlers "must have graduated from the college of negativity" for all our criticisms of Barack Obama.

Blame The Chronicle all you like. But if anyone thinks this page is alone, or even off base, in its urgent criticism of this president's misbegotten policies, they're just not tuned in to reality.

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#1 Anonymous on 03/12/10 at 08:37 PM

wishful thinking republicans

#1.1 Anonymous on 03/13/10 at 08:00 AM

What does that mean? were being TOLD what is right for us, it has nothing to do with party lines. If republicans disagree does it mean its wrong? This is the problem we have, too many party lines and not what the voice of the country wants. Why cant WE the People vote on this health care bill?

#2 chuck on 03/12/10 at 09:03 PM

obama is not fit to be president of this country.He has too many czars,32 @last count,He is wasting time and money on a healthcare bill that is not going to pass. He will be able to add this to his list of failures.This is the worst president i've seen in my lifetime,55yrs,even worse than jimmy carter. and his crooked gang, pelosie,reid,rahm emanual are just as worthless.This country is in alot of trouble if this continues.

#3 cake buddy on 03/12/10 at 11:39 PM

i bet chuck is white and a republican it being a year give the man chance where was this two year ago tea party member stop hating glen beck sean hannity fox new walter geiger andrew odom shelia tolley

#3.1 Anonymous on 03/13/10 at 07:57 AM

Give the man a chance? We did and we now have major debt, buig time government that puts it's hands in everyones pockets, we gave BILLIONS to the rich bankers with no accountability, were on the verge of a health care bill that is NOT what the country wants but are being force fed, he wont listen to other ideas rather than his, and there is no plan on the table for jobs, small business growth, or even money in the pocket of the hard workers in America. But hey, at least we gave hime a nobel peace prize and the world loves us now!

By the way, hows that war that he was going to end going??

So my question to you is this..... what does race, political parties and fox news have to do with anything? There not in control, but.... If you listen to the polls, America doesnt want what he is feeding so why are we being forced to eat his change?

#3.2 gb on 03/13/10 at 08:20 AM

Looks like you can add a huge majority of Americans, white or black, Democrat or Republican, that now appose the policies this president is trying to ram down our throats. The President and the Congress are supposed to be representatives of the people. To continue to push legislation that the people don't want is rediculous!

#3.3 Anonymous on 03/13/10 at 08:30 AM

Why did you feel the need to put color in your statement? I could say "I bet your black and don't have spell check or grammar check". But I'll just say ask chuck to proof your comment before you click send.

#3.4 chuck on 03/14/10 at 08:01 AM

ok ,cake buddy , I can see you chose to insert race into your comment,and i will not confirm or deny my race, and I don't care what color the president is.But the kaos and the string of broken promises,and the fact that this president still treats the office as if he is still campaining, and his unwillingness to accept responsibility,letting the entire world know that he is sorry for being the most powerful,and yet the most generous nation on earth, ever. I hope the American people get this president out after one term.
It will take a very long time ,if ever ,to rebuild our country after he is through destroying it.
So if you voted for this president because he is black,and I am probably right when I say you didn't vote at all,then you, my friend,are the racist,

#3.5 Anonymous on 03/14/10 at 05:28 PM

wonder what color you are, seeing as you can't even talk right, it's idiots like you that want to always bring up the color thing, it doesn't matter what color he is, he's always going to SUCK!!!!!!!

#4 G on 03/13/10 at 09:38 AM

Obama was a rookie senator with absolutely zero experience as a politician. He was really elected on his ability to tell lies better than the others running for that office. In 2008, we had no qualified candidates. People based their opinions on a dislike for Bush and for the skin color of another. Hillary was piggy-backing off of Bill. Voter irregularities played a tremendous role in the election process – (not to say that is anything new) just that is was more obvious in 2008. Jimmy Carter was known as the worst president to ever occupy the office. He gave the Panama Canal away. Enter Obama. He will now fill the worst president slot. He gave the United States away. The people of this country have spoken yet he turns a deaf ear. He is hell bent on ramming an unwanted health care package down America’s throat. It obviously has an ego need to show power. On the other hand he disregards the voice of the people regarding the economy and unemployment. His spending wants – approved by a democratic congress – is totally out of control. He exceeded spending in 9 months what it took Bush 8 years to do. He has disgraced this country in his travel to foreign nations acting beneath them and apologizing for a great nation. Third world national leaders are laughing at him which they are laughing at the appearance of fools (the American people) that put him in office.

Obama will be a one termer but the damage he will put on the country will take decades to recover from, if ever.

But don’t put all the blame on Obama. He can only do what congress allows him to do. Obama is working his thoughts. Congress allows it. That is the place where cleaning needs to start. We need people in congress that will work for the people that elect them. We don’t need people that swear an allegiance to a political party. Start this year and replace them all. While it will be true that some good ones will be replaced with all the bad, that will be our burden to bear for real change. Those good ones allow unethical practices by bad ones. They allow bribes to take place when they have the power and ability to bring charges. Replace them all.

Sometimes – you just have to start over.

#4.1 Living in Lamar on 03/15/10 at 05:35 AM

G, let's face it. Every politician is elected on their ability to tell lies better than the others running for that office. I am in no way a fan of Obama, but they all tell us what they think we want to hear in order toget elected.

#5 yddub ekac on 03/13/10 at 11:20 AM

I bet cake budddy is of the same race as the current president and supports him based on his color. In Obama's first year as leader, he has not accomplished much except infuriating the American people. He may have good ideas, but the way he goes about bringing them to fruition is wrong. I don't see a Republican candidate that can beat him in an election (yet), but I hope they have one that will gove him a run for his money.

#5.1 Anonymous on 03/14/10 at 05:34 PM

Yeah, can't you tell, he can't even talk right!!

#6 Anonymous on 03/13/10 at 11:23 AM

This isn't about being Black, White, Green, Purple or Pink it's about a MAN that should have never been put in charge of our GREAT NATION...

#7 cake buddy on 03/13/10 at 02:58 PM

the republican was in office for 8year was happen yall say it isnt a black are white thing that a lies if he do wrong he would be on his case stop hating reagan wasnt good at first good it take time the wrld wasnot built in a day get over it are get ran over republican trash

#7.1 A on 03/13/10 at 07:54 PM

Speak and write in English please!

And HG fix this damn SPAM thing!

#7.2 Anonymous on 03/14/10 at 05:32 PM

Gee, looks like you would learn to write correctly before posting on something the public can read, I'm embarassed for YOU!!! You are obviously one of the RETARDS that voted for this man!!!

#7.3 Chaz Michael Michaels on 03/15/10 at 11:42 AM

You're HIGH!

#8 post turtle on 03/13/10 at 03:45 PM

Definately a one-termer.

Bush was pretty much despised by many at last election, and people were so caught up in doing something "new and different" that he was elected. I don't see the same outporing of support coming to his aid for re-election.

Fact is, he has NOT picked up any additional support since being president, but has lost a lot. ...You really think he will be re-elected? ...Riiiight.

#9 Anonymous on 03/13/10 at 05:24 PM

He didn't check wiff Jason on how too run thangs...

#10 Bill on 03/14/10 at 04:27 AM

Well all you 32 million who voted for this man,hope youre happy,this country will not survive another 3 years under this president,vice president,Polosi.we will be a socialism country like Russia,everyday another right is taken away want be long beforewe can't say thesethings.Our grand children will cuss us for this.Glad to say I was not one of the 32 million.This country has never had such idiots in charge.Even as bad as Carter was still not this bad.

#11 cats on 03/14/10 at 07:47 AM

All you unhappy people, and yes, I'm one of you, get registered to vote. Starting right here in this county with some elections coming up, make sure you get out there and VOTE.
We have things we want to change from the local level all the way up to the national level.
Make your voices heard.
Sure this is a great place to moan and complain, but you need to vote. As it is now, the polls are where we make ourselves heard.
And that war we've involved our young men and women in? They believe they're over there making a difference for US, to keep terrorism at bay and keep it from our shores. Make sure you honor them my exercising your right to vote.

#12 cake buddy on 03/14/10 at 10:06 AM

STOP HATING STOP HATING

#13 GM on 03/14/10 at 01:07 PM

The destruction of the United States begins with Congress; not the president. The president can only do what Congress allows him to do. His major role is to sign a bill into law that Congress forwarded to him. The president shows his irresponsibility to the people by signing a bill the people don’t want.

Although Obama is a disgrace to the United States and a completely unqualified Commander in Chief, it was still the American people that put him in office. Therefore the destruction started with the people. Of course they elected congress too. Unfortunately, the people cannot discover their mistake and remove a person from office because they mostly don’t want to come together and unite to do it. And those in Congress won’t do it. They have lost the ability to listen to the people.

It is my personal opinion that we are witnessing the American people permitted attempt of overthrowing our current form of a republic and replacing it with a socialist government. I have no doubt that Obama is a socialist intent on the destruction of our current form of government. Because the people will not unite to stop it, our only recourse is to wait until election time. This year is the only year we have as a free people to send a message. We can replace the House. The problem is not with being a republican or a democrat. The problem is finding people to serve in office that will sacrifice everything to uphold the ideals set down by our founding fathers. They are out there.

The preservation of this great nation and its ideals are more important than those people seeking office for their own gain and change. Remember this, Benjamin Franklin said, “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” Later on in history James Monroe said, “It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.”

I don’t know if the people have become ignorant and degenerated into a populace but, we don’t exercise common sense at election time when we allow corruption to remain in power threatening our sovereignty.

#13.1 Anonymous on 03/14/10 at 06:44 PM

I think the American people are just beginning to realize with the last presidential election that they are not a factor in how this country is run. Corporations have a death grip on congress and anybody who is not on board with their interest is ridiculed by the right wing media as being some kind of liberal or socialist flake. The thinking man doesn’t trust the Republicans because their propaganda is so transparent you would have to be a moron not to see through it. They don’t like what the Dems. are doing but they know with the rapidly evaporating middle class bady needed reform in areas that will insure a somewhat quality of life for the average American is the only choice we have.

#14 Anonymous on 03/14/10 at 02:39 PM

Kool-ade anyone?

#14.1 M.S. on 03/14/10 at 05:02 PM

I want some of that purple stuff.

#15 wdm on 03/14/10 at 04:13 PM

Obama's biggest problem is he campaigned as a moderate. Since being elected to office, he has turned extremely left. Plus, he is about to hamstring the group of people, young Americans 18 to 29, who got him elected by making them buy health insurance. Obama is making alot of the same mistakes as Georgia's last one term governor Roy Barnes. Pushing ideas on people is one thing; shoving it down there throat is another.

#15.1 Anonymous on 03/15/10 at 05:07 AM

ole king roy, thats another one I thought we were rid of, why do they keep resurfacing?

#16 Dubya on 03/15/10 at 08:14 AM

Y'all don't even listen to what you're saying...you just keep repeating the same phrases you've heard on FOX News...and from Limbaugh, blah blah blah...

G:
"Obama was a rookie senator with absolutely zero experience as a politician."

wdm:
"shoving it down there (their?) throat is another"

gb:
"policies this president is trying to ram down our throats"

Can't you come up with something original?

#17 wdm on 03/15/10 at 09:48 AM

Glad to see you are keeping up the liberal tradition of name calling and diversion techniques from the facts. It is not even an arguement how leftist and socialist leaning Obama is. The facts are to overwhelming on that issue. Everything Obama and the democrats have touched in DC this past year has to do with bigger government involvment in our personal lives and a much bigger national deficit left for our kids and grandkids to pay off. These are indisputable facts and all the name calling and diversion tactics in the world will not change it. And just to show you how screwed up Obamacare is, he can't even get his own party to vote for it. How embarassing is that? But I am sure to you and your liberal friends it is George Bush's fault.

#18 wdm on 03/15/10 at 09:49 AM

Glad to see you are keeping up the liberal tradition of name calling and diversion techniques. It is not even an arguement how leftist and socialist leaning Obama is. The facts are to overwhelming on that issue. Everything Obama and the democrats have touched in DC this past year has to do with bigger government involvment in our personal lives and a much bigger national deficit left for our kids and grandkids to pay off. These are indisputable facts and all the name calling and diversion tactics in the world will not change it. And just to show you how screwed up Obamacare is, he can't even get his own party to vote for it. How embarassing is that? But I am sure to you and your liberal friends it is George Bush's fault.

#18.1 just my thoughts on 03/16/10 at 06:41 PM

You can say it twice but it don't make it true.

#19 cake buddy on 03/15/10 at 10:53 AM

even you bush people no he were not very good pres he dont do as much as mr obama and try to fix health for all yall all put the bad word out on him to keep him down but he will show you all what a black man can do when he incharge

#20 Anonymous on 03/15/10 at 10:56 AM

McCarthy would be proud. At least our more evolved, younger generation are not as easily brainwashed as some of our older generations were/are with this fear of socialism tactics. Now who is really doing the name calling and diverting?
Pot..meet kettle.

#21 Dr Pepper on 03/15/10 at 11:36 AM

I hate coca cola.

#22 Dane on 03/15/10 at 11:56 AM

I'm sorry I voted for him and to all my followers I apologize.I'm responsible for about half of the 32 million that voted for him.

#23 cake buddy on 03/15/10 at 01:31 PM

wdm always look at fox and hear what hannity beck oreally say then come on here and post all that thrash about mr obama he cant use his on head to listen obamas plan it is for the best of us the man been pres for just 1 year and want give him chance

#23.1 G on 03/15/10 at 06:35 PM

Oh well. At least he can write and communicate in an understandable English language. I have no idea what you are saying. You just as well write in sandscript. Some good advice for you would be to proof read before you hit the :Submit Comment" button. That is of course if you can understand what you are wanting to say.

As for Obama. An idiot can see the damage he has done in less than one year. If you want to kiss his butt, you go ahead. You know your IQ factor and what category you want to be in. Many of us know the man is dangerous and needs to go as soon as possible. We won't kiss his butt like you.

#24 CM on 03/15/10 at 01:58 PM

Wdm you no fireman and obama da man!

#25 MINIcoop on 03/15/10 at 04:41 PM

The level of intelligence from many of the Obama supporters is very apparent in their posts. Just sayin'...

#26 MINICoop on 03/15/10 at 06:57 PM

The intelligence level of some of the Obama supporters is really apparent in their posts...just sayin'

#26.1 just my thoughts on 03/16/10 at 07:27 PM

Please keep sayin it. I love it when you say it a bunch.

#27 Anonymous on 03/15/10 at 09:26 PM

Here is some intelligence for you..

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-presapp0605-31.html

If you are capable of reading a graph then take a look at this link for Presidential approval ratings since 1945. What we are seeing now is no different than ANY previous Presidency.
Gloat if you want.. LOL.

#27.1 Carl on 03/16/10 at 04:11 AM

Gloat? Theres nothing to gloat about, obamma and his cohorts are ruining this country, and are trying to cram stuff down our throats that we don't want, and people are sick of it.

The new has worn off, and there he sits, useless and ridiculous, running around like an idiot trying to make a scene. Ridiculous.

Definately a one termer like carter.

#27.1.1 Anonymous on 03/16/10 at 06:49 AM

Can anyone comment without using Fox News Propoganda? Fox News is a perfect example of media used to instil fear and undermine critical thinking. It is difficult to be fearful and also think logically.
The sentence "Obama is ruining the country." is a matter of opinion.
The sentence "Bush ruined the country." can be proven as fact :)

#28 Dubya on 03/16/10 at 07:20 AM

Here we go again. Like I said, y'all just keep repeating the same lines...

"trying to cram stuff down our throats"

#29 Pearcey on 03/16/10 at 07:33 AM

All you peeple make mr obama out to be enemy when you want let the man do his job.He has plan to help us but you put him down and not let do his job.We need more like he in capital.We are better now and look to future.Great things to come and cant wait.We dont need to pay if sick not fair cause you are rich and have money.Not my fault cause i hurt and cant get job just saying.

#29.1 MINICoop on 03/16/10 at 11:55 AM

This reinforces my point.

#29.1.1 Dubya on 03/16/10 at 11:58 AM

And this reinforces mine....y'all can't take a joke!

#30 Anonymous on 03/16/10 at 01:43 PM

Opinions formed by most Americans are a result of the media influence. Not by facts. All someone has to do is spend enough money for advertising and hire the right people and they can make anything from health care to taxes look any way they want. Look at how we were all manipulated with Bush and 9-11. The truth is we are all motivated by fear, greed, and hate more than rational thought or planning for the future.

#31 just my thoughts on 03/16/10 at 02:30 PM

I approve of President Obama more and more as time goes on, so don't think your seal of disaproval is solid. You all should be thanking him for stopping the free fall the economy was in when he took over. Your memory and your forsight are so limited. We stayed the course with the republicans so long because they had no other ideas. Maybe you didn't mind those WMD lies that took America into a war for the sake of Bush's massive ego and plan to stay in power. I mind. Maybe you have no compassion for those suffering with medical and financial burdens they can't get out from under. My president does. Maybe you think America is only about capitalism but you are selling us short. It's the people who made this country great, and for the first time in years we have leadership that cares what happens to you and your family. That scares you because you have been conditioned to be afraid of anything that doesn't come from the republicans. Really people, what have they done for you lately? Did you loose anything in that little Iraq joke? Over 4,000 American families lost something besides tax dollars. They are the ones who deserve justice. Go have a tea party for those families if you want something to be so indignant about. America (not Georgia) put Obama in office by a landslide. He ran on healthcare reform among other things. He will pass healthcare reform and then move on to other things. There are republicans that I love as people, and I don't see them as stupid. But, if I told the whole truth, most are racist and greedy. Most know that if republicans were back in power they wouldn't even try to work for the people. They wouldn't cut your taxes like Obama did. Now they are shaking in their shoes cause they know how much this healthcare bill will do for our citizens, and they blocked it any way they could. You see, they know their credibility will be history and you won't be as easy to manipulate. You might put 2 and 2 together and figure out what the rest of us already know. They got nothing.

#31.1 My thoughts about your thoughts on 03/16/10 at 02:55 PM

Is it dark way up in there? Just my thoughts - it is people that screwed up everything - not a political party. You obviously don't know anything about how the economy got in the fix it is in and you apparently are just another misinformed finger pointer. And what you don't know about Iraq and WMDs would boggle your tiny mind. Now the US is set to turn its back on Israel so I guess that you approve of that too. Thankfully there are fewer people hellbent on being stupid these days.

#31.1.1 just my thoughts on 03/16/10 at 03:59 PM

They got nothing and you got nothing. What do you know about WMD that I don't know? I think you're wrong about fewer people being hellbent on being stupid. Did the UN inspectors tell you something they didn't tell the rest of the world or did you hear that on Faux News?

#31.1.1.1 My thoughts about your thoughts on 03/16/10 at 05:18 PM

Some people were directly involved in the sand lot search. Just like the UFOs in New Mexico - some things are better kept unknown. I don't know about the UFOs but you can bet your bottom dollar on bio-warfare WMDs. The public was so worried about gas and other chemical agents that they just went to sleep around biological viral agents. Don't forget that gases dissipate but cells multiply.

#31.1.1.1.1 just my thoughts on 03/16/10 at 07:42 PM

Yeah, don't forget shock & awe either. If there was anything, anything, anything to back up Bush's claims of WMD in Iraq, every living creature on this planet would have heard about it 95 times by now. They weren't there Dude.

#31.1.1.1.1.1 My thoughts about your thoughts on 03/16/10 at 09:52 PM

Don't forget that you are the one that ask what I knew that you didn't know. If you can't handle the answer, don't ask the question. I guess that's something you never learned.

#31.1.1.1.2 just my thoughts on 03/16/10 at 08:01 PM

guess the UFOs got the WMDs before the USA got there. Remember, viruses mutate but aliens multiply.

#31.1.1.1.2.1 Anonymous on 03/16/10 at 09:03 PM

Ha...didn't you just love the little "mission accomplished" speech on the aircraft carrier with the American flag in the background?...priceless.

#31.2 Anonymous on 03/16/10 at 03:19 PM

We don't want what they are trying to force on us.

You'll see next election.

#31.3 MINICoop on 03/17/10 at 09:19 AM

Who told you that Obama lowered taxes? Bush's earned income credit will expire this year, which means you will pay more income taxes next year...Why didn't Obama keep that going? Also, this new healthcare bill will cost an absolute FORTUNE!! Who's going to foot the bill? Me and you. How? Through taxes...WAKE UP!!!

#32 NOT SPAM on 03/16/10 at 03:04 PM

Wrong! Maybe you but not me because I look at actions, not the media. November can't come soon enough!

#33 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/16/10 at 03:14 PM

Am I the only one that has noticed the pro comments supporting Obama seem to come from under educated folks that can't speak proper English enough to put it in written form. They can't spell or use proper grammar. I have formulated an opinion that the majority of those supporters are those that don't want jobs, are too lazy to work, and prefer to live off government handouts. It seems that with all that time you have crying for more that you could spend a little time working on you communication skills.

#33.1 just my thoughts on 03/16/10 at 03:43 PM

Hurry Batman! Boy Wonder needs you. Seems The Joker has taken over his mind. He just keeps repeating Rush's BS and he thinks he is the one thinking it up. So sad to see the Boy in such a state. Damn that kool-ade.

#33.1.1 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/16/10 at 04:17 PM

Then stop drinking it.

Geez it's funny what you chose to defend in your thoughts. All the government freebies! I rest my case. Oh; and don’t worry, lots of other people see it too.

Let me suggest you spend some of your free time and work with cake buddy on his/her communication skills. Let’s not forget that Rush, Beck, and FOX enjoys a good joke like anyone else. Pass the peas please!

#33.1.2 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/16/10 at 04:21 PM

Oops; I almost forgot.

Bring it on just your thoughts. I love to argue with an inferior brain. LOL

#33.1.2.1 just my thoughts on 03/17/10 at 02:52 PM

OK Boy Wonder, what do you want to discuss? And that wasn't me talking about gov. freebies. I mentioned tax cuts cause so many seem to be obsessed with their taxes on here. Just pointing out they got a tax reduction. I know nothing's free but some money is well spent. The cost of healthcare is hurting this country in too many ways to ignore the problem. When you ignore problems they tend to get bigger. Govt. policies that make life better for Americans are good policy.

#33.1.2.1.1 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/17/10 at 07:19 PM

Read the bill - learn the facts and cost and compare that to what it will actually do for the people.

Research an article in the Wall Street Journal, Obama's Health Rationer-in-Chief, by Betsy McCaughey, and check out "The Reaper Curve". It is a chart that illustrates what Obamacare thinks the ages on which health care spending should be focused. Be prepared to start declining health care starting at about age 55.

I don't know how old you are but you might get a wake up call. That is unless you want to continue to trust what Washington is telling you, to sell a bill of goods at any cost.

This is not a bill for the people - it's a bill for a show of power.

#33.1.2.1.1.1 just my thoughts on 03/17/10 at 10:33 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not "The Reaper Curve". I'm scared already. You do a little research on how much money the insurance industry has spent trying to kill this bill. That might provide you with a clue. Then dig a little deeper and find out the #1 cause of bankruptcies in this country. Then get sick with a chronic illness with no cure (or if you really got [email protected] try living with 3 of 'em). Then watch everything you worked for slip away through no fault of your own. Yes Robin, it's true, democrats work and pay taxes just like the other guys. If you want real fun, go to work when you are so weak you can barely make it to the bathroom to puke up the medicine you must take to go to work at all. That might explain why Batman sports an Obama sticker on the Batmobil. You could learn a lot from that guy.

#33.1.2.1.1.1.1 GM on 03/18/10 at 03:25 PM

I said I wasn’t going to get amid these conflicting views but you have forced the reply. I've been following your dialog with Batman and I just wanted to pass along a personal congratulation to you. You have thoroughly convinced me that liberals either lack the ability to understand, lack the ability to reason, or are just plain stupid.

I also question if I’m going to come under fire for my comment because liberals - don’t, - won’t, - can’t – or - ‘ain’t going to ever be at rest with the facts.

I am very familiar with the “Reaper Curve”. I’ve discussed it with three doctors and one oral surgeon. Why; because I’m at the age where it matters most. I’ve had lengthy conversations about this healthcare reform and I am absolutely convinced that this is a threat to the United States of America. Fear plays no part. Facts are the key. I question if you have studied the ever changing bill? If so, I would question if you could comprehend it. Of course, I don’t think anyone comprehends the thing, not even those who wrote it. The bill has been passed along and beaten up so bad, added to and taken away from that its only useful purpose now would be fire-starter. Only an irresponsible Congress would send it to the president, and only an equally irresponsible president would actually sign it.

They need to start over and get it right rather than do attempt to show their arrogance on the matter. If you have children or grandchildren you should be very concerned about it. In fact you should be very concerned about what Washington is doing all together. The House will certainly discover this in November.

Or you can do what all liberals do. Deny facts and blame Bush. Now, that is something you people have ownership rights to.

#33.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/18/10 at 04:47 PM

It's Robin, not Batman!

#33.1.2.1.1.1.1.2 just my thoughts on 03/18/10 at 08:25 PM

No GM, you've been hating on liberals for a few years, ever since I started posting here anyway. You're giving me too much credit. As far as doctors go, their opinons are as varied as everyone else's. You even admitted that you don't understand it fully either. I did try reading it but gave up. It was kinda like when senators speak, so rambling and drawn out your mind shuts it out before they ever get to the point. I truly believe this reform is needed. There is nowhere I could possible get affordable insurance, if they would take me at all. My problems are autoimmune. There is no cure but there are a lot of new treatments that are very effective and very expensive. I have been on 2 that worked well for me, and my quality of life was much improved. At times I even felt normal again. I couldn't afford to stay on them even when I was working full time. I know I've been a smart ass to you and I'm sorry. You have been a smart ass too. I feel like screaming at people who keep insisting that this health care reform is just for a bunch of sorry, lazy people that want a handout. I want my old life back. I know I can't have that but I could have medicine that works well. Maybe even work full time again. And your right about my children and grandchildren. I do worry about what the future will be with the way things have been heading. I worry if they will end up in this same situation. Autoimmune diseases, like lots of other diseases run in families. Among my close blood relatives there is type 1 diabetes, chrone's disease, rheumatiod arthrites, lupus, multiple sclerosis and Hoshimoto's disease. All these are autoimmune. All are treatable if your insurance doesn't drop you. I'm not begging for sympathy. I know people who are much worse off. I know people who have worked hard and raised fine families, but can not afford insurance. The system is out of control. If this bill does nothing more than eliminate the pre-existing condition thing it will be one giant step in the right dirrection. Looks like we'll know one way or the other pretty soon. I would agree 100% about starting the whole thing over if I thought there was any chance of the parties working together. The climate has been too hostile and it needs so much to change. I'll try to change too :)

#33.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1 GM on 03/19/10 at 05:57 PM

I don't hate liberals - I just don't like what they stand for. I don't hate you - I don't like what you stand for. After all - if we didn't have liberals, who else could we argue with?

I'm a diabetic.

#33.1.2.1.1.1.2 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/18/10 at 04:48 PM

OK get it right. It's Robin, not Batman!

#33.1.2.1.1.1.3 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/18/10 at 04:53 PM

Yeah, I know - it is Bush's fault. I guess it will be Bush's fault after Obama get done with his mess too.

And Batman don't have an Obama bumper sticker on the Batmobile. You must be thinking of Blackman in the Pimpmobile.

Need som rims for yo ride go to rim tyme!

#33.1.2.1.1.1.3.1 just my thoughts on 03/18/10 at 09:23 PM

Nope, you guessed wrong. Old white lady.

#33.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1 Geez Batman, Robin says on 03/21/10 at 12:25 PM

Not so old but not entirely young either.

#34 Anonymous on 03/16/10 at 04:13 PM

Thats OK people. You feel free to give all your tax dollars to Dubya "chicken-little" Bush and his Iraq war. Good luck on finding those WMD's and dealing with the guilt of all the lives lost in vain. I will give my support to Obama so he can ensure hard working Americans without access to health insurance can see the doctor before they die of some treatable disease...which will inclue our honorable 9/11 first-responders who had to sue to get anything. Its a shame what some people consider tyranny and injustice.

#35 Anonymous on 03/16/10 at 06:12 PM

Boy, wasn't that a crock. Our own 9-11 hero's had to sue to get compensation!!! What a county. Trillions for the war, and not even a few million for the injured rescue workers.

#36 Anonymous on 03/16/10 at 09:40 PM

The Bville Dispatch says that former high ranking LCSO Grier Smith was arrested today on charges by the GBI??? Is this true?

#37 wdm on 03/16/10 at 10:41 PM

What it more embarassing for the democrats? That Obama couldn't pass his healthcare when he had a super majority in the Senate and majority in the House. Or that these guys above are now their local spokespeople.

#38 Anonymous on 03/17/10 at 04:15 AM

We might as well hate Obama and tell lies about him and his wife. That's better than the alternative, admitting he is really no better or worse than Clinton or Bush or anyone else.

I mean if we can't continue to screw ourselves out of a future by perpetuating our broken system with lies and hate, what can we do?

#39 digger dooley on 03/17/10 at 12:37 PM

Would someone explain just how organized crime took over the U.S. government? Wheeling and dealing, threatening, passing out favors under the table, working deals behind closed doors. It's not just Obama that's destroying this country; Congress is even more corrupt than ever before. Pray for these people. Psalms 109:8.

#39.1 Anonymous on 03/17/10 at 05:13 PM

you would have to go back several decades to answer that question...

#40 Anonymous on 03/18/10 at 10:30 AM

When the next election passes, we will frantically replace all the Democrats with Republicans. When the fog of change lifts we will see the ship we are on still continuing, albeit on a very slightly different course, toward the very same rocks at the same speed or faster.

The system is not fixable because money runs the system, not planning or common sense. Money is shifting into fewer and fewer hands, with most of those hands overseas. By keeping us arguing about things that don't really matter, and convincing us about things that are not even true, the system maintains itself on that same collision course. We stoke the boilers with hate for each other, while our passenger cabins are being robbed by the entire crew.

#40.1 Anonymous on 03/19/10 at 08:18 PM

Where have you been? You dont hear talk like that 'round these parts often.

#41 Zozy on 05/19/10 at 02:26 PM

An Associated Press-GfK poll says 56 percent of those surveyed in the past week approve of Obama's job performance, up from 50 percent in September. It's the first time since he took office in January that his rating has gone up.

People also feel better about his handling of the economy and his proposed health care overhaul.

Sorry Republicans, conservatives, tea partiers. I know how you hate to see President Obama do well, but you'll suffer a little longer, or move to Alaska--perhaps you can see Russia from Sarah Palins home...lol, couldn't resist.

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