Comments on: New health care “reform” compromises stink

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:37:48 +0000

rickl: Thanks for filling in more information about Pierce. I was also puzzled by the title of the Whitman piece because I also read that Pierce was the 14th president. Like you, I theorized that he was counting terms, but that would mean that there were only four two-term presidents in the first 14. I just checked, and that was, in fact the case. The two term presidents were Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson.

I meant to check back last weekend, but kept having computer issues then.

By: Mark @ Israel

Mark @ Israel — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:18:32 +0000

How can this be a health care “reform” bill when it stinks like dead meat? The lawmakers are supposed to realize this. But it seems that they have put on face masks. Maybe, the only way for people to get rid of this is to stop the dems from winning.

By: camojack

camojack — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:29:16 +0000

I’d be impressed if the Congresscritters would agree to subject themselves to whatever…excrement they ultimately put forth. 😡

By: rickl

rickl — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:08:47 +0000

Kurt: Your comment inspired me to look up Pierce, since I was pretty sure he came before Lincoln. He was in fact the fourteenth President, so I don't know why Whitman titled his pamphlet the way he did. Maybe he was counting terms of office instead of individual Presidents. I did find this historical tidbit on Wikipedia:

Having lost public confidence, Pierce failed to receive the nomination by his party for a second term. Testament to Pierce's ruined reputation is the fact that he was the first president to have a full-time bodyguard, having been attacked once with a hard-boiled egg.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:19:52 +0000

Your post reminded me of Walt Whitman’s pamphlet “The Eighteenth Presidency” about Franklin Pierce. Here is the most vivid and memorable sentence: “The President eats dirt and excrement for his daily meals, likes it and tries to force it on The States.”

Increasingly that is how some of us are beginning to feel about our current administration.

By: kcom

kcom — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:31:18 +0000

And apparently that whole “equal protection under the law” thing doesn’t mean a whole lot any more either. You from Nebraska? Your deal is different. You a member of a union? Your deal different. You (insert x exception)? Your deal is different.

By: betsybounds

betsybounds — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:53:35 +0000

What a show.

“Two thousand dinars for the throne of Rome!”

“Four thousand dinars for the throne of Rome!”

By: Amused Observer

Amused Observer — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:19:40 +0000

The money quote

“But the real subject is the process we are seeing–which indicates that our government has lost all sense of decency and fair play, and is not even trying to hide it. “

By: betsybounds

betsybounds — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:08:21 +0000

So, once again, as in the other cases where what the executive and legislative branches appear to be attempting are not favored by the public they purport to represent, we see that these guys don’t seem to care. They’re again acting as though there is some reason why public disfavor doesn’t matter to them.

And we are once again moved to wonder just why this might be. Why might it not matter, during an election year in a democratic republic, whether the public’s opinions are against a given government action?

Inquiring minds want to know.

By: NeoConScum

NeoConScum — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:47:06 +0000

ASSUMPTION is the Mother of All F*** Ups.

Been my #1 Rule in TV Producing for..ohhh…30-years, plus or minus. If it works with Industry Infantile Temperaments, it’ll serve anyone well in gov’t dealings. Trust me.