Comments Posted By Bald Ninja
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JUST LIKE THE BIRTHERS ONLY WORSE: LIBERAL CONSPIRACIES ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM
I guess community organizers are no longer acceptable?
Oh, those clever shadowy corporate suits are behind this! It all makes sense. The conspiracy is vast - they've caused unemployment to rise, the national debt to skyrocket, forced Obama to break most of his campaign promises, and found a way to befuddle all of the polling that show plummeting popularity for Obama and Democrat policies! And don't worry about insulting fiscally conservative moderates and liberals - they really don't mind Democratic policies that will raise taxes, deepen the recession, increase inflation and prolong high unemployment.
Sleep well tonight in the knowledge that there isn't any real opposition to Obama and Democrats - it's all fake and made up. Your Unicorn is on it's way!
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 6.08.2009 @ 10:55
You're on a roll Rick - keep it up!
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 6.08.2009 @ 08:54
TPM MUCKRAKER AND THINK PROGRESS SPREAD THE CRAPOLA
Great post Rick.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 6.08.2009 @ 08:35
SHOUTING DOWN THE OPPOSITION AT HEALTH CARE MEETINGS IS NOT THE ANSWER
busboy33,
If you wish to think that the majority of all the protests of the Democratic congress and Obama is ginned up by the GOP, corporations, etc then go right ahead. Ignore all the polls that show Obama's popularity is dropping. Ignore all the polls that show that ObamaCare is unpopular. Call all the moderates and independents who are fiscally conservative and turning on Obama a bunch of shills and plants and fakes - don't worry no one has noticed Obama has already broken most of his campaign promises.
It's all just fake and made up - you've got nothing to worry about - your Unicorn is on the way.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 6.08.2009 @ 09:00
busboy33,
I think the spontaneity of the angry people showing up to chew out their representatives is due more to the co-occurance of
(1) Government spending massive amounts of money we don't have
(2) Government planning on spending massive amounts of money we don't have - which will inevitably lead to higher taxes for the rich and the middle class, inflation and prolonged high unemployment rates and prolong the recession.
(3) Congresscritters are returning for their August break.Look at #3 and read it again. You admit that there are people who are legitimately angry at their representatives - so when else are they going to express their displeasure? Are they supposed to fly out to DC to tell their representatives what they think? The first opportunity for people with legitimate gripes with their representatives to speak to them in person has been this week...this explains the spontaneity. Representatives were not holding town hall meetings until recently.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 6.08.2009 @ 07:59
Oh, you don't have to send me a link to the memo - I already got it in my right-wing nutcase action alert email *wink wink*! I can't wait to cash my protesting check! Seriously, you think that the amount of anger and protest being seen around the country is being generated by corporations like this? Really!?! One of the protest videos I've seen is a self-proclaimed registered Democrat chewing out Hoyer. One of the big reasons the Democrats took back control of Congress is because they promised to be fiscally responsible (which the Republicans were not) - so is it any surprise that because the national debt has gone up almost 2 trillion in 2 years (all under a Democrat controlled Congress) and talk of spending trillions more in healthcare that the voters who put the Democrats back in control are also upset?
For the past 8 years the lefty groups like ACORN, Move-On, Code Pink etc have been amassing protests and demonstrations and 'infiltrating' townhall meetings and so forth and this has been called 'grass roots' and the organizational skills of these 'concerned citizens' has been hailed as democracy in action...but as soon as hard core liberals are asked some tough questions at townhall meetings something nefarious has to be behind it. The double standard is not astounding but that you don't see it is.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 5.08.2009 @ 15:23
I don't know if lefties are being disingenuous or not but I find it insulting that everytime conservatives protest, question or get upset about something liberals and the media (but I repeat myself) wonder if these people are racist, 'extreme', plants, duped, corporate shills, dangerous, etc. These people are portrayed as wanting to end debate and stop the 'ongoing dialogue'. Their genuineness is questioned or they are considered extreme and dangerous/racist/etc.
Do liberals do this as a tactic or are they genuinely fearful of opposition and the conservative argument?
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 5.08.2009 @ 10:11
Mike,
These politicians represent everyone in their district.
And I agree 100% with Rick. Conservatives can make a strong and forceful case against ObamaCare but can do so respectfully and calmly. Descending into the anger that defines the left will only hurt our cause. The DNC and Obama' administration is already pushing out the notion that any opposition to their plan is fear mongering that is 'shutting down debate' and comes from nutters or is generated by CEO's etc. These claims are laughable but being overly angry and screaming at townhall meetings only serves to give their hypocritical smear attempts a veneer of truth.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 5.08.2009 @ 08:43
chuck,
People are stupid for thinking government will screw up healthcare if they take it over? I find it astonishing that you and michael reynolds seem to have unwavering faith in government to be able to solve this 'problem'. Medicare, Medicaide and the VA are all messes - and you expect this to turn out differently somehow?
I agree that healthcare could be improved but I disagree that it's all that dire a problem. Most of those 'uninsured 47 million' will have insurance within a year or 2, another large portion are young people who don't really want insurance, and another portion are people who could get insurance (free and provided by the government) but don't know they can sign up for it or won't. There isn't a crisis. There might be in years to come but given how poorly managed Medicare, Medicade and Social Security are government is the last place I'd look for a solution.
There are lots of free market solutions to the current problems in the system. Pretending that those of us who are opposed to ObamaCare are really just supporting the 'eeeeeeeeeeevil' and 'villianous' insurance companies only makes you sound unreasonable and unhinged. It's the typical response you expect from liberals - whenever a conservative attacks the effectiveness and morality of government taking over something liberals respond with the straw man that corporations are really really evil and we need protection from them. I find it ironic that while liberals are pushing the idea that the government option will create competition they are simultaneously villafying insurance companies and doctors.
You also usually seem to be on the side of more freedoms instead of less - explain to me how putting government in charge of your healthcare decisions isn't an infringement on your freedoms.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 5.08.2009 @ 07:44
Chuck,
You really believe that those of us who hate the idea of government run healthcare do it for the insurance companies or that those showing anger at townhall meetings are somehow insurance company plants?
I imagine you are just being glib but keep it up - it's a great way to convince people to give up more money to government than they do to insurance companies to get fewer choices and crappier healthcare in return, not to mention a loss of freedom that will come when the government gets around to rationing and 'controlling costs'. I have yet to hear of any corporation that made a profit larger than what government wastes.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 4.08.2009 @ 17:07
