cross posted from Daily Kos

Reading KingOneEye's piece on Glenn Beck and the corresponding news piece, it dawned on me that history may be repeating itself.

I'm angry and I'm scared with regards to what is happening these days.  Not just on healthcare, but also the safety net.  After reading Angrybird's sad note on the foreclosure, my anger simply grew. How could we allow this?  Not just the homes, but the jobs and the insurance and the schools.  Yesterday I got into a heated argument with a long time friend, someone who now I know probably won't speak to me. She's a libertarian who simply had (to use her own words)"fuck 'em if they weren't prepared, don't take from me!" attitude. Maybe just as well.  But I'm not one to leave someone to the wolves.

It's been a while since I've last posted on here (health issues).  But given the recent developments concerning a certain senate committee, I'd figure it was time.  So yes, this is another healthcare reform posting.  I've been reading the ones posted on here, and my take is from a different perspective.  You see, I'm disabled and I'm on Medicare.  Frankly, I think you should be on it too.

Greetings everyone, today marks the return of a series I had put off for health reasons (actually this is the second attempt, sorry).  On this inaugural I would like to focus on the foreign investor.  As many readers of my past columns know, Manufacturing Monday has been a staunch advocate of building products here.  Primarily focusing on promoting our current captains of industry to open up a shop here instead of say Asia or Mexico. Or in getting new (green) industries going. If they (being foreign countries) are "taking" our jobs, how about us getting some from their companies?

Reading Pluto's piece on Chase, America's soon-to-be most hated bank, and thought to myself "Johnny, now normally you have an economic and civil libertarian bent,but you also believe that when the market fails the gov' steps in and vice versa."  This got me thinking (the white russian helps), President Obama is pushing right now for that "public option" (yes, I know, Medicare for all, but so far that ain't the deal we're getting) for health care, maybe its time we look at one for banking?

You know, first we had Sen. Ensign, now Governor Sanford.  Am I the only one here that is tired of the hipocracy of the social conservatives in regards to marriage?  I'm gonna keep this short and sweet, but I really want to get this off my chest.

(The following was cross posted from Economic Populist and Venomopolis.)

I'm a sucker for barbecues, especially good ones.  Normally I'm not a "family" person, but I am a people person.  When it comes to barbecues, though I tend to even go to the ones my family puts out.  This year I hosted, unfortunately the weather was not on my side and being someone into risk management I decided to hold an "indoor bbq."  The food, as always, was good, but my other type of appetite was also satisfied, my hunger for news and tid bits

For crying out loud....some people just make me shake my head and be disgusted.  As many of you know, there is a potential health problem of major proportions going on in Mexico.  Now for logical folks, commonsense says stay cool and find a way to help the less fortunate.  But oh no, you got some on the Right who think "hot damn, I get to bring out the racist in me!"