The repeal of the Court...

this Supreme Court is no stranger to doing strange things and healthcare legislation, the lifeboat for so many millions of people will be in the crosshairs of the most philosophically backward Court since the days of the New Deal...they have proved that they will not respect the presumed power of Congress to regulate the things it finds fundamental and necessary if there is a conservative cause that can be promoted...and here it is no less a cause than the convenience of the War Machine---the Holy Grail of the Republican Party.  They could reword the dollar...in War we trust...

Healthcare is a blip on the screen--$120 Billion per year...the Iraq war on the surface was about $12million per hour...about  $1Trillion in six years, and that was just the parts that tended to show in the budget.  War is like an iceberg, the greater part is unseen, but it is the precedent that matters most, the idea that people might shape a priority for government.

During the Bush years, we needed healthcare reform- they offered to limit our right to sue for the unlimited damage medical mistakes, we were supposed to be happy if they reduced our insurance bill by a dollar. When we needed roads and infrastructure, they studied why our bridges were falling down; when we needed action to protect pollution of oceans and loss of whole food stock species- they gave us doubts that human pollution was polluting the seas; when we saw the weather weirding, power of storms swamping cities- they said we had to wait to be sure before we would make anyone change the way they do business, in fact wanted to relax air quality standards, mileage for cars ( can you believe they actually made bigger and bigger cars---and we bought them!!!)

So the war machine is starting to get antsy, they have many billions to spend, and the Supremes say baby we'd love to see you spend it to do to public opinion what has been done to the food supply here-- overwhelm the consumer until they think a grease burger and oily potatoes is God's gift -- and they once again choose war: expensive, pricey, high- tech conflicts that show how strong we are, invasions for our liberty...now admit it don't you feel more free now that there is a trillion dollars worth of democracy in Iraq...well you don't quite get what you used to...for a Trillion$ do you?

healthy days ahead

the Obama Administration has done something remarkable, they have overcome long odds to pass a health care bill that portends major change---that's right America--some change from the tired song of what we cannot do for our own people.  The Republican Party has once again disqualified itself from leadership, and discarded the interests of the American People in favor of the one thing that it does do--raise and spend other people's money for political victories.  They want to rule but have nothing to offer except war and spending massive amounts of our future to feed corporate allies--- look at Iraq--that is One Trillion of our dollars to one of the richest oil reserves in existence, look at it-- that is your child's college money, his/her future career in a new industry, the electric car, the healthcare so many millions need to prevent serious and costly medical conditions--there it is-- the incredible waste of our futures. The war did not have to be even 25% as costly as it was for us, the costs should have been shared by many including Iraq, should have been much lower to begin and end--yes it should have ended long ago too. It has not ended yet, and the lessons learned there, the bravery of the Iraqi people...so many good things, but the amount we paid-- the enormous lavish waste of money to reward the political allies of a marginally competent administration--that was the sinful waste of our futures.  Nothing is measured unless we know how much it costs to do it--- and these costs are deeply offensive to the national interests, we are weaker as a result.  So now we do something that is not for killing, but for saving life.  There is the difference between the Parties, one wants to keep us at war and ignore the needs here, the other wants to invest in the American people, in there needs and best wishes..I know which side I'm pulling for, isn't it nice to have a government that is trying to do something for the American people...i mean other than send our children off to die for corporate profits.