Well, it appears that the Far Right, banking on HL Mencken's famous observation: "that no one ever lost any money underestimating the intelligence of the American people" have effectively killed off health care reform in America for generations to come.  They can rest easy tonight secure in the knowledge that they can keep their money safe in their pockets, and reference free market principles to justify letting their fellow citizens die and/or go bankrupt. We have truly entered "Idiocracy" and taken one further step to solidifying our place as a Third World Nation with Nukes!"

The entire health care debate can be boiled down to this one quote:

"If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to help people."
Tony Benn

Posted on the Guardian Website 8-17-09

"If Obama can't get the public option passed, he will be a failed president, and will probably lose in 2012 (due to the abstention of the progressive vote). If you can't get it passed with 60 senators, then what is the point? All that the co-op scheme will do is funnel money to insurance companies on a massive scale.

I really do not understand why progressives bother in the US. It is a politically dysfunctional and reactionary country. The ranting wingnuts that turn up on CiF are more representative of the typical American than Obama is.

You can't have smart government in a dumb country."

The Republican Health Care Plan

Alan Grayson's Apology

Enjoy your visit and e-mail me with any comments or suggestions! Tony