Dear President Obama,
"I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: Try to please everybody all the time."
– Herbert Bayard Swope
I must write to tell you how disappointed I am in your presidency thus far.
You told your progressive base that we could HAVE the audacity of hope. We could make progressive change happen in this country if we elected you. We believed you and your magical words.
But, there has been very little change. A few clunkers sold here and there to inspire an auto industry. Bank bailouts to stop the bleeding. But, banks are getting richer and Americans are still losing their jobs. And, we are sending more troops than ever to war. And, health care reform looks like it will benefit insurance companies instead of citizens.
And, now you won't even make a full fledged commitment to the Public option. You are being too cautious and too amiable. You need to be strong and and make the tough decisions to stick to your promises you made to progressives instead of trying to please everyone. Those on the right want to stop you...and don't want to see you succeed, and you are helping them out more everyday by looking like a wimp without any convictions.
I am starting to turn off the TV when you talk...just like I did when Bush spoke. I am beginning to think I can't really trust you much to do what you promised you would do and what we elected you to do.
You need to:
Stop the war.
End Corporate dominated corruption in DC.
Investigate torture.
Hold Bush responsible for his sins against Americans.
And...give us our health care as promised.
You can't please everyone, but you can make life better for the majority if you please your progressive base and do what is right.
Our hope in you is fading fast.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Media reform is what we really need
What we really need in this country is Media Reform, so truth WILL win out.
The letters to the St. Louis Post are running three to one in favor of health care reform...so why aren't they talking that up instead? The people who want this are writing real letters, making real calls to the Senators, really ARE grass roots organizations and doing what they can to keep make health care reform happen... but the tea-baggers get the front page.
All the lies being pushed on Americans are coming from the media outlets who are owned by large corporations whose interests are NOT the average citizen, but their bottom line.
"Bottom line" for corporations is the most important thing, and you can bet the insurance companies, the big media outlets, Ruppert Murdoch, etc..are all connected in some way...they cover each others backs.
You are going to hear more about tea-baggers because they ARE corporate run organizations, than you are going to hear about real grass-roots movement in this country.
WE are screwed until we take back our media outlets, and real journalism is back in fashion...instead of reporting whatever the corporations say they should report.
The letters to the St. Louis Post are running three to one in favor of health care reform...so why aren't they talking that up instead? The people who want this are writing real letters, making real calls to the Senators, really ARE grass roots organizations and doing what they can to keep make health care reform happen... but the tea-baggers get the front page.
All the lies being pushed on Americans are coming from the media outlets who are owned by large corporations whose interests are NOT the average citizen, but their bottom line.
"Bottom line" for corporations is the most important thing, and you can bet the insurance companies, the big media outlets, Ruppert Murdoch, etc..are all connected in some way...they cover each others backs.
You are going to hear more about tea-baggers because they ARE corporate run organizations, than you are going to hear about real grass-roots movement in this country.
WE are screwed until we take back our media outlets, and real journalism is back in fashion...instead of reporting whatever the corporations say they should report.
Turfs & Serfs
What we have is a serfdom being played out with the tea-baggers doing the work for their Lord & Masters—the insurance companies hired hands— the Front groups like "Coalition to Protect Patients’ Right"s and "Americans for Prosperity".
There is little or NO competition among providers of health insurance. That's the biggest problem we have over this issue. Monopolies gone amok, protecting their turfs with the serfs (tea party wing-nuts) they have sent out in the heat to do their bidding.
The Public option would give Americans a choice, cover people who have no coverage and give the monopolies some genuine competition...which they deserve. Maybe your paycheck will be bigger if the big corporate companies have to reduce costs to stay competitive?
Four health insurance companies dominate the country. And in most cities nationwide, one or two firms dominate, according to the American Antitrust Institute.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090808/NEWS01/908090348/1055/NEWS/Little competition among health insurers
Why should anyone in their right mind fight this? Everyone will benefit when Health care reform takes place.
How much more of a bite out of your paycheck are you going to let those monopolies get away with when they can earn billions in PROFIT every year??
The could use a little healthy competition, but the teabggers are fighting against their own best interests by believing the lies the insurance companies are putting out there through the Front groups they have paid for.
There is little or NO competition among providers of health insurance. That's the biggest problem we have over this issue. Monopolies gone amok, protecting their turfs with the serfs (tea party wing-nuts) they have sent out in the heat to do their bidding.
The Public option would give Americans a choice, cover people who have no coverage and give the monopolies some genuine competition...which they deserve. Maybe your paycheck will be bigger if the big corporate companies have to reduce costs to stay competitive?
Four health insurance companies dominate the country. And in most cities nationwide, one or two firms dominate, according to the American Antitrust Institute.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090808/NEWS01/908090348/1055/NEWS/Little competition among health insurers
Why should anyone in their right mind fight this? Everyone will benefit when Health care reform takes place.
How much more of a bite out of your paycheck are you going to let those monopolies get away with when they can earn billions in PROFIT every year??
The could use a little healthy competition, but the teabggers are fighting against their own best interests by believing the lies the insurance companies are putting out there through the Front groups they have paid for.
The insurance industry is not your friend
Front groups are behind all the frenzy out there.
The insurance industry is not your friend. It is out for itself, and really could care less about you. It is expensive. It is discriminatory. If you have it—It will kick you when you are down and out. It will abandon you when you may need it the most. You can go bankrupt and maybe die because your insurance company refuses to cover your illness. Or, you are denied coverage altogether should you apply and have some illness they won't even consider covering.
And, right now you can't do anything about it, and shop around for something else better...because that is all we have offered to us. It sucks. Our system is broken and needs a major overhaul.
But, all those people out there defending that industry are being played as fooled by the front groups who are pretending to care about them. It is a total sham. And, it is being played out in those townhalls by the buffoons who feign outrage in order to keep the status quo for an industry that would kick them to the curb in a minute.
They are suckers for defending an industry whose only interest is making a profit off the lives of its customers. They have no heart or soul, and are scamming Americans to death.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Front_groups
A front group is an organization that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or interest whose sponsorship is hidden or rarely mentioned. The front group is perhaps the most easily recognized use of the third party technique. For example, Rick Berman's Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) claims that its mission is to defend the rights of consumers to choose to eat, drink and smoke as they please. In reality, CCF is a front group for the tobacco, restaurant and alcoholic beverage industries, which provide all or most of its funding.
The insurance industry is not your friend. It is out for itself, and really could care less about you. It is expensive. It is discriminatory. If you have it—It will kick you when you are down and out. It will abandon you when you may need it the most. You can go bankrupt and maybe die because your insurance company refuses to cover your illness. Or, you are denied coverage altogether should you apply and have some illness they won't even consider covering.
And, right now you can't do anything about it, and shop around for something else better...because that is all we have offered to us. It sucks. Our system is broken and needs a major overhaul.
But, all those people out there defending that industry are being played as fooled by the front groups who are pretending to care about them. It is a total sham. And, it is being played out in those townhalls by the buffoons who feign outrage in order to keep the status quo for an industry that would kick them to the curb in a minute.
They are suckers for defending an industry whose only interest is making a profit off the lives of its customers. They have no heart or soul, and are scamming Americans to death.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Front_groups
A front group is an organization that purports to represent one agenda while in reality it serves some other party or interest whose sponsorship is hidden or rarely mentioned. The front group is perhaps the most easily recognized use of the third party technique. For example, Rick Berman's Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) claims that its mission is to defend the rights of consumers to choose to eat, drink and smoke as they please. In reality, CCF is a front group for the tobacco, restaurant and alcoholic beverage industries, which provide all or most of its funding.
Public Option Option's
Public Option:
A. You pay the government
B. The government pays the Doctor & the hospital.
C. You get the same high quality health care you get now from the same doctors. They get paid very well. No one is taking their profit-making ability from them.
Private Insurance:
A. You pay the insurance executive
B. He pays the lobbyist
C. He pays the lawyers
D. He pays the congressman
E. He pays the advertising agency
F. He pays the for the Jets, the accountants, the business towers, the mistress, the expenses of running a giant corporation
G. You get sick
H. He MAY pay for your Doctor after you pay a huge deductible and your out of pocket expenses.
I. They MAY cancel your coverage after you have paid them well for many years.
J. You are SOL and have no where else to turn.
Health care should be a right, but the system we have now makes it a privilege. And, in the future only the very wealthy will be able to afford it....if reform is not passed this year.
Keep your wonderful private insurance, but I would gladly opt out of my outrageously expensive for-profit insurance that spends 20% of my dollar on marketing— to have 100% of my dollar going towards health benefits for me and my family. Keep paying for the CEO planes and gold plates...I want the public option.
A. You pay the government
B. The government pays the Doctor & the hospital.
C. You get the same high quality health care you get now from the same doctors. They get paid very well. No one is taking their profit-making ability from them.
Private Insurance:
A. You pay the insurance executive
B. He pays the lobbyist
C. He pays the lawyers
D. He pays the congressman
E. He pays the advertising agency
F. He pays the for the Jets, the accountants, the business towers, the mistress, the expenses of running a giant corporation
G. You get sick
H. He MAY pay for your Doctor after you pay a huge deductible and your out of pocket expenses.
I. They MAY cancel your coverage after you have paid them well for many years.
J. You are SOL and have no where else to turn.
Health care should be a right, but the system we have now makes it a privilege. And, in the future only the very wealthy will be able to afford it....if reform is not passed this year.
Keep your wonderful private insurance, but I would gladly opt out of my outrageously expensive for-profit insurance that spends 20% of my dollar on marketing— to have 100% of my dollar going towards health benefits for me and my family. Keep paying for the CEO planes and gold plates...I want the public option.
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