tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post1542650379718642719..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: New GOP talking point: House plan outlaws private health insuranceBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-23423587244061097402009-07-19T15:58:06.714-07:002009-07-19T15:58:06.714-07:00required reading of every member of the GOP - 1984...required reading of every member of the GOP - 1984<br /><br />doublethink and newspeak<br /><br />and it worksDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-57740462389742872412009-07-18T08:14:33.357-07:002009-07-18T08:14:33.357-07:00Reminder: READ THE RULES. Posts that consist solel...Reminder: READ THE RULES. Posts that consist solely of insults will be deleted. I welcome all viewpoints, but insults are not viewpoints. Only the Penguin is allowed to be an ass here. This is my blog, my property, my rules.<br /><br />- Badtux the Rules PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-39796237275250936842009-07-18T06:17:06.071-07:002009-07-18T06:17:06.071-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Tante Wailekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263943929692511131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-73162758822525255502009-07-16T21:05:32.025-07:002009-07-16T21:05:32.025-07:00Your source is http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArt...Your source is http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=332548165656854<br /><br />Yeah, Investors Business Daily, what a right wing bunch a nut jobs! You definitely have more street cred than IBD :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011529552526031462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-59287780481538223072009-07-16T15:09:14.563-07:002009-07-16T15:09:14.563-07:00The reason is because there's a huge amount of...The reason is because there's a huge amount of federal legislation regarding health care, and any new legislation has to tiptoe a minefield around it unless it does an HR676 and just outright repeals it all and replaces it with an entirely new regulatory framework. Plus there's quite a bit of pork towards the end of the bill, but that's another issue.<br /><br />- Badtux the Policy Wonk PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-34274346410322821202009-07-16T14:53:14.433-07:002009-07-16T14:53:14.433-07:00Can't wait to see what else is buried in here....Can't wait to see what else is buried in here.<br /><br />Cause there's always a reason for the long, long legalese.<br /><br />Rock on!<br /><br />Love ya,<br /><br />SCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-77126272913440906852009-07-16T13:53:20.223-07:002009-07-16T13:53:20.223-07:00Taking things out of context is what the wingnuts ...Taking things out of context is what the wingnuts do best.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974356693812650266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-85165293173547077512009-07-16T09:52:11.162-07:002009-07-16T09:52:11.162-07:00There are two major varieties of wingnuts 1)The br...There are two major varieties of wingnuts 1)The brigands, I mean officeholders and their Rovian alter egos, in the Repugnicant party. 2) The common folk who believe their drivel. " . . . Simple farmers. People of the earth. You know - morons." <br /><br />That's not quite it, though. I know lots of intelligent educated people who either mostly agree with wingnuttery, or actually lick up Rush Limbaugh's vomit. <br /><br />It's not a lack of intelligence. I've come to view conservatism (even the real thing - not just wingnuttery) as one of two things: a) ignorance - I've seen people turn when the scales fell from their eyes; or b) a serious personality defect. Those people are hopeless.<br /><br />JzB the movie quoting trombonistJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-55515626301770706102009-07-16T07:27:05.391-07:002009-07-16T07:27:05.391-07:00They're not ignorant, they know exactly what t...They're not ignorant, they know exactly what they're doing. The Republicans have dominated the political discussion in this country for the past thirty years with a very simple formula: Find a simple message/slogan, one that doesn't require too much of that pesky reasoning and appeals to the basest, most primal emotions of voters, and repeat that message, ad nauseum, over and over and over. All members of the party march in lockstep and repeat that same message at every opportunity. This is how "health care" becomes "slavery," Barack Obama becomes a "Communist," and Sonia Sotomayor becomes a "racist."<br /><br />Even now, when the Republicans are in a distinct minority in both Houses and should be ignored by all sensible human beings, they are still managing to steer the direction of national policy discussion.<br /><br />The efficiency of the operation is truly awe-inspiring. If only all that energy wasn't being directed towards destroying everything good in the world...Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02716397987389879836noreply@blogger.com