being
am i
still
won tin
be tween
be tween
be tween
be tween
be tween
tin tin
still
i am
being
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Health Care Reform
Health Care Reform so far as I have observed it
Mr. Obama: Our health care system as it currently exists will not provide adequate care to all Americans. Expenses are growing disproportionally, many currently insured Americans will lose their insurance and those who are uninsured are already not being provided for. Even for those who remain insured, the current rate of growth in cost will stagnate the economy and bankrupt many businesses.
We need to work together to find a plan that will work for all Americans.
I propose that your elected representatives of all parties in the Congress of these United States work together and come up with a plan to fix this problem.
Socialist in Congress: (Sen. Bernie Sanders - VT) OK.
Democrats in Congress: Why don't we keep busy and look like we're doing something but not do anything and maybe no one will notice and maybe this problem will go away so we don't get blamed for anything.
Republicans in Congress: Hey, this is a great opportunity! What we can do is completely bugger up this process, that is what we're so good at. We won't offer any useful suggestions, we'll obstruct everything we can, and we'll rabidly criticize everything that is or isn't done. That way when it fails we'll be able to blame Democrats for it failing!
(Backbencher voice: Hey, don't forget that damn socialist, he is a SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST, not only that, he's also LIBERAL, LIBERAL, LIBERAL, LIBERAL, LIBERAL! So anything he says is PURE EVIL and will KILL OLD PEOPLE! and MURDER SMALL CUTE ANIMALS AND BABIES!).
Insurance industry: If we don't continue to get our huge profits, any plan that you come up with will be LIBERAL EUROPEAN ATHEIST NAZI COMMUNIST SOCIALISM[1]! If you change anything at all, any plan you come up with will:
KILL OLD PEOPLE[2]!! and
MURDER SMALL CUTE ANIMALS AND BABIES[3]!!! and
YOU'LL BE FORCED TO GO TO DOCTORS THEY TELL YOU TO GO TO[4]!!!! and
YOU'LL BE DENIED PROCEDURES[5]!!!!! and
YOU'LL DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH IN PAIN AND AGONY[6]!!!!!!
Insurance industry fine print:
[1] as opposed to our current Mammon-worshiping fascist system
[2] as opposed to the old people we kill because we don't cover them and/or deny them coverage and/or drop their coverage as soon as they become ill
[3] as opposed to the children and babies we currently murder because we don't cover them and/or deny them coverage and/or drop their coverage as soon as they become ill
[4] as opposed to the doctors we force you to go to because we don't cover the one you want and/or deny you coverage and/or drop your coverage as soon as you become ill
[5] as opposed to the procedures we deny you
[6] as opposed to the bankruptcy, pain, agony, and death of our current system
Mr. Obama: Our health care system as it currently exists will not provide adequate care to all Americans. Expenses are growing disproportionally, many currently insured Americans will lose their insurance and those who are uninsured are already not being provided for. Even for those who remain insured, the current rate of growth in cost will stagnate the economy and bankrupt many businesses.
We need to work together to find a plan that will work for all Americans.
I propose that your elected representatives of all parties in the Congress of these United States work together and come up with a plan to fix this problem.
Socialist in Congress: (Sen. Bernie Sanders - VT) OK.
Democrats in Congress: Why don't we keep busy and look like we're doing something but not do anything and maybe no one will notice and maybe this problem will go away so we don't get blamed for anything.
Republicans in Congress: Hey, this is a great opportunity! What we can do is completely bugger up this process, that is what we're so good at. We won't offer any useful suggestions, we'll obstruct everything we can, and we'll rabidly criticize everything that is or isn't done. That way when it fails we'll be able to blame Democrats for it failing!
(Backbencher voice: Hey, don't forget that damn socialist, he is a SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST, not only that, he's also LIBERAL, LIBERAL, LIBERAL, LIBERAL, LIBERAL! So anything he says is PURE EVIL and will KILL OLD PEOPLE! and MURDER SMALL CUTE ANIMALS AND BABIES!).
Insurance industry: If we don't continue to get our huge profits, any plan that you come up with will be LIBERAL EUROPEAN ATHEIST NAZI COMMUNIST SOCIALISM[1]! If you change anything at all, any plan you come up with will:
KILL OLD PEOPLE[2]!! and
MURDER SMALL CUTE ANIMALS AND BABIES[3]!!! and
YOU'LL BE FORCED TO GO TO DOCTORS THEY TELL YOU TO GO TO[4]!!!! and
YOU'LL BE DENIED PROCEDURES[5]!!!!! and
YOU'LL DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH IN PAIN AND AGONY[6]!!!!!!
Insurance industry fine print:
[1] as opposed to our current Mammon-worshiping fascist system
[2] as opposed to the old people we kill because we don't cover them and/or deny them coverage and/or drop their coverage as soon as they become ill
[3] as opposed to the children and babies we currently murder because we don't cover them and/or deny them coverage and/or drop their coverage as soon as they become ill
[4] as opposed to the doctors we force you to go to because we don't cover the one you want and/or deny you coverage and/or drop your coverage as soon as you become ill
[5] as opposed to the procedures we deny you
[6] as opposed to the bankruptcy, pain, agony, and death of our current system
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Abyss
Standing
at abyss edge
I look back
across the wide plain
to distant hills
whence I came
no one of thousands
who were behind me
still stand
not even dust
of one
footprint
remains
looking right
only the distant
horizon
looking left
the same
scene
Below my feet
stretches immeasurable space
far below
its end
hidden in shade
Above me nothing
but empty sky
Standing
here
at chasm edge
a loan
at abyss edge
I look back
across the wide plain
to distant hills
whence I came
no one of thousands
who were behind me
still stand
not even dust
of one
footprint
remains
looking right
only the distant
horizon
looking left
the same
scene
Below my feet
stretches immeasurable space
far below
its end
hidden in shade
Above me nothing
but empty sky
Standing
here
at chasm edge
a loan
Sunday, August 02, 2009
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