Well, well, surprise. Another gridlock. The wheels of our government have frozen with the outrage of the (dis) loyal opposition. It wasn't so long ago republican members were chastising those who opposed their jingoistic leaning and expenditures as being unpatriotic for not lining up behind the fool in the White House and supporting his forays into war. So what do we call those who ignore the state of our economy for political purposes. I don't know how these republicans have the gumption to claim the moral high ground. To hear them talk you would think that when they held the national purse strings they were stewards of the first order. The truth is the money flew out of our pockets with staggering speed while contractors failed to do the work and Haliburton lined its pocket with overcharges. To top it off, we are learning that what went down in Iraq put to shame Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and everyone locked up or who was ever locked up for theft. Then, a southern senator brings Christ into the debate as if this unholy reference somehow gives credence to their obstruction. There is absolutely no end to either the hypocrisy or out right sophistry of these two bit political hacks.
This country is in a hole brought on by the incompetent and criminal actions of an administration and its congressional cohorts. For eight years, we were lead by the unknowing into one pit after another. To hear these clowns, one would think that when they were in charge we had record surpluses and all our actions were guided by divine providence, unfortunately the conveyor of good lord's word was a sinister vice president who had no regard for morals, ethics or laws.
One clown after another clown parades in front of us juggling such inept arguments such transparent, temporary and targeted. All the while, they are picking their collective noses and attempting to come up with rhetoric (not ideas) to put that new guy in his place. After all, as stewards, they have done such an exemplary job. Of course, there is a new standard for irony since that what they advocate had no place in the previous cabal.
Of course, Obama didn't help by naming a cadre of cheats and scofflaws. Can we believe Daschle didn't know about compensation laws? It strikes at the heart of our dilemma. Geithner is no prize either. The boy wonder, the brightest kid in the room, didn't know about some basic tax matter. I bet they had some scheming accountant do their taxes. Heck, I bet turbo tax would have gotten them an honest return. The fact is that the high and mighty go about their business unconcerned about anything. Mistakes? Come on!
Now this whole business of health care boils down to the need for some serious study. Unlike the republicans who think that any intervention by government is a death knell to efficiency and effectiveness, I believe the heart of this discussion should begin with the insurance companies. Their compensation packages, the administrative over head, their incestuous relationship with specific members of congress and their practices regarding care -- all need to be investigated. One has to ask how these profiteers ever got hold of our health care system in the first place. The death grip these insurance companies have on the our health care is truly a mystery. Our system is bankrupt because special interests have placed their concerns above the public needs. Daschle was the wrong man for any number of reasons.
The last eight years have been instructive. First, we should know by now that we are not the be all and end all things political. Quite frankly, we don't know how to manage a health care system. We don't know how to provide for the care of our citizens. We are not the leading nation in the delivery of health care. Perhaps we should send someone over to countries where there is an effective health care system and stop relying on people who know nothing but what they have experienced and worse created. There are countries in this world where the citizens enjoy solid cradle to grave care. Let's learn from those who have delivered good health care. It is quite obvious that no one around Washington or Hartford knows anything about it. All these titans and hacks know is how to take money out of the system and prop up those who stand in the way of a comprehensive system. As for the (dis) loyal oppositions all they are doing is conjuring up rhetoric that serves no purpose whatsoever save to get their faces in the meida.
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