tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post6507912580617652053..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Epic NailSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-27433601759468489562009-12-30T11:34:16.348-06:002009-12-30T11:34:16.348-06:00Apparent translation: some folks don't learn v...Apparent translation: some folks don't learn very fast. Now go away.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-22127608092191446862009-12-30T11:32:35.103-06:002009-12-30T11:32:35.103-06:00Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing...Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam faucibus erat a urna rutrum commodo. Nunc ac sapien est, quis dignissim ipsum. Cras sem lorem, convallis et sagittis at, faucibus quis odio. Vivamus nisi nisl, accumsan quis ultricies quis, fermentum feugiat elit. Aliquam auctor augue eu neque rutrum vitae placerat tortor sagittis. Aliquam vel nibh quis ipsum consectetur rutrum id eu ligula. Nullam porta accumsan auctor. Suspendisse condimentum feugiat lacus, id sollicitudin sapien sollicitudin vel. Aenean vel arcu libero. Vivamus vel purus metus. Etiam ligula erat, dictum et luctus eu, tempor sed nunc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-52224982911027281132009-12-29T18:02:36.486-06:002009-12-29T18:02:36.486-06:00Cowardly Anonymous who will not put his name to hi...Cowardly Anonymous who will not put his name to his disagreement: is that supposed to make a difference? If you believe a U.S. resident should be denied coverage because s/he is not a citizen or is undocumented, (a) you are one heartless bastard, and (b)you haven't given adequate thought to whether infectious viruses and bacteria can distinguish an American citizen from anyone else. In other words, you're a fucking fool. Go away.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-57109499468143614152009-12-29T14:25:40.840-06:002009-12-29T14:25:40.840-06:00FYI, the reforms don't leave 16 million Americ...FYI, the reforms don't leave 16 million Americans uninsured. They leave 16 million non-U.S. citizens without coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-50202079377064529602009-12-29T13:52:36.977-06:002009-12-29T13:52:36.977-06:00Welcome, LarryE, to the YSS. That is a disturbing ...Welcome, LarryE, to the YSS. That is a disturbing increase, even allowing for the difference between last September (the Census Bureau report) and 2019 (CBO's numbers), that's a huge (and to me unacceptable) number of people uninsured. Some "reform" plan, eh?Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-4979935412344631372009-12-29T11:54:22.506-06:002009-12-29T11:54:22.506-06:00Just came here from The Sideshow.
An adjustment t...Just came here from The Sideshow.<br /><br />An adjustment to your numbers: In scoring the Senate bill, the CBO said that under "current law," in 2019 there would be 54 million without health insurance. The Senate bill would see 31 million of that number insured, the agency said.<br /><br />That is, by the CBO's analysis, in 2019 there would be <i>23 million</i> still without any health insurance.Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-20229106535774525812009-12-25T00:14:14.076-06:002009-12-25T00:14:14.076-06:00Have a Merry Christmas, Steve and Stella! And a H...Have a Merry Christmas, Steve and Stella! And a Happy New Year!ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-5792259124005532012009-12-24T20:55:07.565-06:002009-12-24T20:55:07.565-06:00A very Merry Christmas to you, Stella, and Samanth...A very Merry Christmas to you, Stella, and Samantha, Steve.<br /><br />Save your anger and worry to the new year, because we don't know what, if anything, will come from the conference.<br /><br />The House has been sounding a little annoyed lately, and might surprise us all by showing a little spine.<br /><br />I'm not pinning any hopes on that, but it's possible.Bryanhttp://whynow.dumka.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-69584942445739360282009-12-24T16:06:13.199-06:002009-12-24T16:06:13.199-06:00I found these comments at a BBC discussion page to...I found these comments at a BBC discussion page to be pertinent:<br /><br /><i>(People have taken) and kept jobs they hated for no other reason than employee health coverage. It is one of the ugly truths about capitalism (,) a type of enslavement to your job for fear of not having health coverage especially if you have children. If there was true public healthcare in the US it would change the entire workplace relationship. This bill makes 'slavery' in the US offical. (...)</i><br /><br />Duprey, Terre Haute, US<br /><br />It appears that Lieberman played a decisive role in killing the public option. While on the surface, the bill from the Senate appears to be a victory against the bad guys -- no Republican voted for it -- it's hard to figure how no public option -- that is, the refusal by the government to allow people to use their government to organize their own care and security -- is in any way an incremental victory for the people, especially as it comes at a time when the left presumably wields a lot of power. (I don't believe that, but things may well get worse soon, especially if the right is successful in hyping this pro-business bill as the second coming of Stalinism.)terrettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089485599452329902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-23393628038108127072009-12-24T14:52:11.847-06:002009-12-24T14:52:11.847-06:00Here's wishing you and Stella a very happy Chr...Here's wishing you and Stella a very happy Christmas, Stevejams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.com