tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post8873055115294116335..comments2023-07-30T01:08:43.318-07:00Comments on Politics Plus: Where Are the Death Panels?TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-49118234395986665002009-09-07T12:55:57.859-07:002009-09-07T12:55:57.859-07:00Thanks libhom. You made an excellent point about ...Thanks libhom. You made an excellent point about Van Jones at your place. :-)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-82084803098362045912009-09-07T10:08:08.328-07:002009-09-07T10:08:08.328-07:00You make an excellent point about HMO/insurance co...You make an excellent point about HMO/insurance company death panels.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-53944395974607062542009-09-07T06:10:25.506-07:002009-09-07T06:10:25.506-07:00I agree, Brother. When I visited him, I thought h...I agree, Brother. When I visited him, I thought he had moved his blog. ;-)<br /><br />LOL, Randal. Do they think they are still the minority?TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-28415087419742599582009-09-07T05:28:31.163-07:002009-09-07T05:28:31.163-07:00Brother Tim about covers it. The Dems seem genetic...Brother Tim about covers it. The Dems seem genetically predisposed to fear any kind of conflict. It's okay to fight back against lies and scare tactics, it really is. Sheesh.<br /><br />Word verification: wingset. Noun, a group of wingnuts. ;-)Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-57614624360490811512009-09-06T18:56:36.609-07:002009-09-06T18:56:36.609-07:00Dave--
Your insightful and wisdom-filled comments ...Dave--<br />Your insightful and wisdom-filled comments are making up for your lack of posting. :)<br /><br />P.S. But don't push it too far. ;)Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-72683835102828365892009-09-06T15:47:54.481-07:002009-09-06T15:47:54.481-07:00Thank you, Josie. I only wish I were a Canadian, ...Thank you, Josie. I only wish I were a Canadian, just to get your health care system. The WHO rates the US behind most industrialized countries. Twenty years ago 95% of insurance company premiums were paid out in benefits. Now it's 80% Senate Republicans are pushing for an ammendment to reduce the permissible level to 65%.<br /><br />Dave, unfortunatelly far too many Democrats never met TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-22492205867076446112009-09-06T13:57:15.544-07:002009-09-06T13:57:15.544-07:00I see two large death panels. One is, of course, t...I see two large death panels. One is, of course, the insurance industry. The other death panel is the Republican Party and its Democratic enablers.<br /><br />Corporatism is the death panel for democracy as well as life and liberty.Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-42585704213177529082009-09-06T12:37:19.042-07:002009-09-06T12:37:19.042-07:00Welcome back Tom. You have been missed...!
I hav...Welcome back Tom. You have been missed...!<br /><br />I have been reading so many Republican blogs who have used Canada's health care system is a bad example of health care. And yet according to the World Health Organization and the United Natons, we are way ahead of the United States. It would not be such a bad thing to use some of our system as a template for American's health care Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-67872812358059059462009-09-06T11:08:59.478-07:002009-09-06T11:08:59.478-07:00Thanks Ivan. To listen to the right wing, you Can...Thanks Ivan. To listen to the right wing, you Canadians have to wait six months for an aspirin. I have enough Canadian friends that I know better.<br /><br />Thanks, Mark. I plan to put mine up today. I hear you. The best defense against fear is information, I think.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-90471023038755289762009-09-06T08:47:54.900-07:002009-09-06T08:47:54.900-07:00http://themanwhowalksalonewalksfaster.blogspot.com...http://themanwhowalksalonewalksfaster.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br /><br />Welcome back Tom. You're already linked in to my blog roll. <br /><br />It is the words that frighten them (the them that is the same them as it has ever been, them that are not one of us.) Not us as in exclusionary but us as in the excluded.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-87881303038796931702009-09-06T08:35:15.468-07:002009-09-06T08:35:15.468-07:00Welcome back, Tomacat.
Wow. What you'd recent...Welcome back, Tomacat.<br /><br />Wow. What you'd recently gone through makes Oliver Twist seem like a Sandals vacationer.<br />You had been missed by me and my Quarks, fellow travellers of my blog.<br />Well, we've got free healthcare for everybody here in Canada, even Mamma San brought in from Asia by relatives.<br />But don't light a cigarette!<br />Big Brother will snuff it out, ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-83227567242698738732009-09-06T07:05:51.861-07:002009-09-06T07:05:51.861-07:00Brother, welcome back. You could not be more corr...Brother, welcome back. You could not be more correct!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-7818801899426812432009-09-06T05:07:44.442-07:002009-09-06T05:07:44.442-07:00This was the major mistake of the Democrats during...This was the major mistake of the Democrats during this debate. They should have responded to these lies with 'guns-a-blazin'. The most powerful rebuttal would have been, "The Death Panels already exist, they are staffed by the Insurance Industry; this is what we're going to eliminate."Brother Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08603553502416272941noreply@blogger.com