If you don't have some core beliefs, you got nuthin'.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

I have a core belief and it is that every single American is entitled to (yes, I said "entitled") cradle to grave medical coverage regardless of health, wealth, or employment status.

Other countries far less wealthy than our country make this guarantee to their citizens and until we do the same, I will consider us on the second tier of the world's nations.

[HughMoran]

1. There is a reason our healthcare is 36th in the world

[valerief]

3. Hey, hey, hey! We're 37th! We're 37th! We're 37th!

Proud to be a Healthcare Loser!
:patriot:

[HughMoran]

4. Heh, I knew it was somewhere in the 30's

I just guessed - I was only off by one :)

[valerief]

5. I'm sure we'll be 38th before you know it! nt

[HughMoran]

7. We suck!

Woohoo!!

...and the Republicans love that the US is the gutter for 1st world countries WRT healthcare.

[mitchum]

2. Ha! I got nihilism!

(Bad)joking aside,
I completely agree with you; it should be a right.

[Laelth]

6. To many here (and inside the beltway) this is a game.

The sole goal of the political game is to help our team (the ones in the blue jerseys) win. It's not about doing anything good for the American people. You can hear this sentiment all the time.

"You must be a freeper who hates Obama if you don't support what he's doing"

"DK is a whiner. He should be supporting the President."

"If we don't pass health insurance reform, we will lose in 2010."

It goes on and on. They just want to win. They would rather pass a horrible bill that hurts more Americans than it helps just so they can say "Obama won."

Their only core belief is that their team should win. I suppose they have some values (if we can pick up 20 more Senate seats and 50 more House seats then we can pass solid, liberal legislation!), but they always believe that "winning" must come before working toward the actualization of those values. In the end, their values are completely overwhelmed by their desire to "win" at all costs, and to hell with the people.

:dem:

-Laelth


Edit:Laelth--grammar, clarity.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

8. I agree with everything you wrote.

I have read many of your posts on this subject and I know for you this is personal and not a chess game where the American people are the pawns that are played to political advantage.

It is personal for me too and I resent being part of the expendable pawn brigade.

[Solly Mack]

11. Yes!

The gloat factor, nothing more.

[fascisthunter]

9. right on (nt)

[OneBlueSky]

10. given this administration's policies regarding healthcare, the war(s) . . .

the financial industry bailouts, etc., I'm beginning to wonder of Barack Obama has any core beliefs that he would fight to the death for . . . all I see so far are re-hashed BushCo policies, and lame attempts at "bi-partisanship" that have as much chance of working as Sara Palin does of winning the Nobel Peace Prize . . .

[Solly Mack]

12. K&R