After President Obama signed health care reform into law, I noted the reaction of the “compassionate conservatives” on line, in person, and in talk media.  In short, their reaction is; “I do not want my money going to lazy people.” The presumption is that these reforms ar/… Read full post »

The Tea Party is angry that our government provides welfare to middle class and poor citizens.  That’s socialism, where the government taxes one in accordance with the ability to pay and then gives to another in accordance with the need.  Wow, that’s what Karl Marx said, isn&… Read full post »

Clue #1.  "Taxes are collected at the point of a gun".  Well, yeah, ultimately all of our laws are enforced with force, if it gets to that point, and paying ones tax is a law.  Traffic signs are enforced at the point of a gun.  Does this somehow remove the validity… Read full post »

In the days following 9/11, President Bush told us to get back to our normal lives, to go shopping, to help grow the economy.  Forget about the loss of thousands of American lives.  Forget that a foreign policy that helps feed our addiction for foreign energy was the root cause of… Read full post »

In order to oppose Universal Health Care (UHC) and support Corporate Profit Based Health Care (CPBHC), you have to believe the following statements to be true:

1. With my private insurer, I can select any doctor I want and there is no one between my doctor and me when it comes
… Read full post »