While I generally agree with the cost issue as you put it and totally agree with your last sentence, I think most people just don't think the current system is fair or even moral. I think providing healthcare to all citizens is a moral imperative....
And all the right wing rabid Conservatives are trying hard to hid their glee.
Gee, if their actor hero, Reagan, had gone overseas to help bring the Olympics to America would they have been attacking him day and night?
I've heard some Conservativ...
It's a good book. I loved his argument about how the US is really a more liberal nation than a conservative one. Not based on stupid polls, but based on getting down to the actual issues people are concerned about and want for themselves and the c...
I borrowed a copy of the CD for Michael Moore's 2002 book "Stupid White Men".
Learned a lot, especially about how Bush stole Florida in 2000 with the help of Jeb. He really did steal it, you know? It's not a figment of someone's imagination.
Her...
I'll toss my hat into that ring.
Though I will continue to scream for him.
Ernie, the problem is this: how will my son be able to buy health insurance? He lost his job this year. Seems like no one cares if my son can get coverage or not.
greg
You like the way he humanizes his situation? Does that mean that Nobilis helped you understand the plight of the American public? Individual situation? Well, by golly, are we not all individuals?
"What are your options under the status quo? What ...
I'm a part time photographer
I sor tof hit "photographers block" about ayear ago
I ran out of things in SB to take pics of
SB Mission, the wharf, the courthouse, the old presedio, etc
Then I read some where that some photographers take the picture of the SAME THING for years (decades)
One guy well established photgrapher has taken pic of the Brooklyn Bridge for decades
Each shot IS different
The lighting, the shadows, the people, the cars, etc
So I decided Storke Tower (on UCSB campus) was gonna be my ONE THING
It is a beautiful tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storke_Tower
Here is one from 1969
If you were getting at why I don't have my FACE as my avatar
Not gonna happen
I piss off to many people on the net with my VIEWS
I keep my face and address private on the net
Plus I have an ugly mug!!!
Have you been to Santa Barbara Old Fiesta Days?
It's the "largest 'equestrian'" parade" in the country
http://www.independent.com/news/2007/aug/02/fiesta-equestrian-parade/
It's tommorow
You should check it out some year
Now that you are part of the Central Coast community
Olbermann brought it up last night- shocking for a mainstream show!
Keith Olbermann: “Dateline: British Colombia. Best paranoid freedom of speech suppression. Border Guards at the Peace Arch at the U.S.-Canada line last week they stopped Democrac...
I'd like to see Obama take that advice.
When we elected you we didn't expect miracles. We didn't even expect much change. But we expected some. We thought you would stop the madness. Stop the killing. Stop the insane idea that men with guns can r...