RE: Unhealthy lies and the truth about health care reform

Posted by iamjamieq on 08.24.09 @ 01:58 PM

Once again, a typical Grooms post - stupid, unintelligible, ridiculous, illogical, idiotic, and worts of all, unjournalistic! I can't believe he calls himself a reporter!

frankgriffin has done a great job setting the record straight on the lies Grooms calls debunking. Even still, the "lies" that Grooms is using as examples, at least most of them, are not claims by mainstream opponents of the House resolution. Most of them are just claims that were made by a couple of people that Grooms will hold up as typical. Sorry, Grooms, but when the former governor of Alaska uses the term "death panels" on Facebook that's hardly a credible example of the general thoughts of reform opponents.

But about that, you claim that Obama doesn't want to kill granny. In fact, Obama has said so himself. While I don't believe that section 1233 will create death panels, you might ask yourself (well you won't because you lack journalitic integrity) why people started thinking those sorts of thing in the first place? Maybe because the Obama administration is doing things elsewhere that might indicate with section 1233 would turn into. For example, the VA Death Book. The Obama administration has reinstated a practice that was stopped by the Bush administration, to use a book, entitled "Your Life Your Choices" when discussing health care options with people being treated by the VA. Sure, the name of the book sounds great, but some parts of the book seem questionable, such as Page 21, titled "What makes your life worth living?" (http://www.rihlp.org/pubs/Your_life_your_choices.pdf) Its things like that, John, that make people question the President's claim.

As for being forced into the government run system, even if you ignore the fact that frankgriffin pointed out, that after 5 years everyone will be forced into the public "option" (hardly an 'option' at that point) the House resolution prevents anyone from altering their plan. So when the private companies start lowering their prices, thanks to the government competition, as is the claim we're being told, those on a private plan will not be able to change to a cheaper plan because as soon as they try to alter their plan they are forced to choose the public option. How does that make any sense? Rather, how can you claim that government will not be running the entire health care system with provisions like that?

Now, as for people like Grooms and Sandra Gray, who continually claim that opponents have offered up no other solutions, that's complete and utter 100% bull and if you'd look for them you'd see them. Unfortunately, people like you are more content crying foul than considering someone other than Obama had any ideas for health care reform. The GOP has a website dedicated to tracking different solutions proposed by GOP members and others (http://barackobamaexperiment.com/gop-health-care-solutions). The CEO of Whole Foods has written a FANTASTIC op-ed that highlights all kinds of great ways to reform health care, while keeping government out of it (http://www2.wholefoodsmarket.com/blogs/jmackey/2009/08/14/health-care-reform-full-article/). Here's some reality for Obamacare supporters: HIS WAY IS NOT THE ONLY WAY!! I don't give a crap who the President is, but just because he says it is so, doesn't make it so. Also, and this goes out to jasonbowman, the opponents of Obama's health care reform are not just the "cons" you claim them to be. In fact, the bipartisan effort on this topic is against Obama's health care reform, not for it. A majority of Americans DISAGREE with Obama, not the other way around. That is FACT!

Grooms, you get an emphatic million thumbs down for this article. I mean, I've read some the trash you've written in the past, but this takes the cake.

RE: East Charlotte blues

Posted by iamjamieq on 04.16.09 @ 10:26 AM

Why doesn't the Eastside PAC just go to an Obama town hall meeting and beg? I'm sure they'll get what they want.

RE: The Ryan Moats debacle

Posted by iamjamieq on 04.10.09 @ 11:00 AM

Wow! I am actually impressed with this story. For two reasons actually. First off, because Nsenga finally wrote an article that makes sense from a logical and an emotional perspective and isn't just a rant about some crap nobody cares about, or that makes no logical sense. But second because she didn't make this a racial thing. I've had a long discussion with a friend about this story, and all she could say is that the cop made it a racial thing, that the only reason Moats was stopped is because he's black. Nsenga never once, for the first time since I've been reading CL, claimed that Powell overexerted his power with racist intentions. Instead she pointed out that he was just being a d-bag, which he clearly was. Thank you, Nsenga, for finally writing an article that makes logical points, references historical fact, and avoids all emotional tendencies to label everyone a racist, sexist, or something similar. Officer Powell is simply a dick who should seriously be evauated, and most possibly fired. Society needs cops, not power hungry, uncompassionate jerks like Powell.

RE: 'War On Easter'

Posted by iamjamieq on 04.10.09 @ 10:30 AM

Why am I not surprised that John Grooms has no respect for people who have different beliefs than him? But John Grooms is ooooohh so tolerant. You're right, Grooms, conservative "blowhards" have no right to fight for what they believe in. Only liberal Obama-ites are allowed to have beliefs in Grooms' world. Of course, if the right wing were to ever mount a campaign to have Che Guevara shirts banned from public Grooms would be all up in arms about the disrespect towards one of his prophets. John Grooms, you are an ignorant, intolerant jerk. But of course you are, you're a liberal.

RE: Boomer by the numbers: The list edition

Posted by iamjamieq on 03.24.09 @ 10:41 AM

I shoud make my own list now:

Five minutes of my life I won't get back

All five would be the ones it took to read this article.