I think a lot of this was brought to light by Katrina- pointing out how horribly the government handles poor minorities in this country, and we can’t forget the ramifications of Katrina (which continue especially with respect to healthcare!) in the coming elections…

There’s a documentary coming out called Desert Bayou which addresses how the government has mishandled the crises and relations with the impoverished and minorities in general.

http://www.desertbayoumovie.com/

I’m hoping this and other documentaries will get enough attention to help get the word out about issues of healthcare, poverty, and government mismanagement of poor minorities.

Take a look at Liberal ran cities.

I don’t know about cities, but how about states?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/211080_sciglianomoney.html

Only five blue states were net recipients of federal subsidies. Only two red states were net payers of federal taxes. Washington, despite its large military presence and big defense contractor The Boeing Co., received just 90 cents on its federal tax dollar.

If I was you, I would start saying “Oops” right about now.

I have lived in Japan, which has the highest longevity rate in the world for women and second highest for men. While Japan’s health care system is not totally socialized and universal, the National Health Care system is available to all citizens and legally resident aliens who want to join it; and it covers 70% of most medical bills. So do you really want to tell me, Maverick Coast and Daryll, that the Japanese people and their economy have suffered because of semi-socialized medicine?

Can’t get his mind around preventative health is less costly than long term illness from neglect. and Michael, blames bad parenting on kids getting sick..yeah that’s right not germs bad parenting. Michael says either don’t have kids or never lose your job.

Surely he isn’t real.

Comment by MaverickCoast — October 3, 2007 @ 5:32 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, MaverickCoast IS Rick Santorum!!!! Sorry about that last election, Rick. (NOT!)

The veto of the SCHIP bill? Remember?

See what trolls do to this thread? 362 posts (as I type this), and how many were about the SCHIP veto? Too few, if you ask me!

Even though we are on different sides of the isle, I hope that we can keep it civil and find common ground on the issues that are important to this GREAT country!

Adios, chow, aloha (I don’t wanna offend any ethic group by leaving them out! Ha!

Adios!

Mav

Ps. C*A*U*T*I*O*N….I will return :>)

Comment by RemoveBush

You changed the definition of marriage. Anything goes. That guy LOVES his dog. The dog loves him. Why not?

Comment by RemoveBush

That could be said about Congress

I wonder if you remember as I do the way America used to be? A given word mean’t something….you didn’t need a contract to back your word or product because you made it right. People didn’t jump on the lawsuit bandwagon when it was their mistake but accepted their fault. My husband in four years has never had to invoice for his work nor not gotten paid. So there are still some honorable people around but we are dying out so it is scarey.

Comment by texaslady

Amen. I agree. Do you think the negative light shed on this nation might be of OUR own doing. People have there hands out and we vote in a bunch of people that can’t be responsible and say ‘no’.

Litigation is totally out of control. That is the Left’s fault. Too many unfair tax breaks, that would be the Right’s fault. Point is, there is enough blame to go around.

Bush is not the bad person some make him out to be. I wonder how he has been able to do anything. DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN IN ATTACK MODE HIS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY! No one can deny that! Can you imagine being the boss of company with countless employees taking shots at you day after day. I didn’t agree with him on immigration. Democrats did!

I wouldn’t give a rat’s *ss for either Party right now. To me though, the Left’s agenda is much more dangerous than the Right.

Comment by RemoveBush

You can live with who you want to, but in the case of homosexuals, for example, don’t put the union between two of the same sex on the same pedestal as that of a marriage between a man and a woman.

What’s to say you can’t marry your dog someday?

Now laws are one thing morals’standards are another. What hurts others should be law…what is personal is just that personal.

People come here, however, many simply to make money to send home and then they return to their homeland. We have more people requesting citizenship to Canada then ever before. Many Americans have established communities in Mexico, giving up their Medicare because healthcare is just as good and much cheaper than here. Check your AARP magazine for that info.

We were once great but we are not anymore…our pride..our wealth..our young..our jobs are being depleted by a greedy, corrupt administration.

I wonder if you remember as I do the way America used to be? A given word mean’t something….you didn’t need a contract to back your word or product because you made it right. People didn’t jump on the lawsuit bandwagon when it was their mistake but accepted their fault. My husband in four years has never had to invoice for his work nor not gotten paid. So there are still some honorable people around but we are dying out so it is scarey.

Comment by RemoveBush

No doubt because of the politics here and all of the propaganda about the “evil” Bush.