tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post6807423833437497635..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Healthcare reform short: a democracy -- or not?janinsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-36037173718718284142009-08-11T17:07:31.076-07:002009-08-11T17:07:31.076-07:00We're looking at "the urgency of some day...We're looking at "the urgency of some day, maybe" that has been the defining characteristic of President Obama (distinguishing him from candidate Obama... though he was pretty vague then.) <br /><br />One does get the feeling that we've brought a knife (or, more accurately, a knife and a fork) to a gun fight, and our esteemed, well paid brownshirted "opponents" assumed, well, a gun fight. <br /><br />Still, sunlight seems a good disinfectant: the enthusiastic thugs should be hailed to the front of all town-halls they intend to disrupt, forced to publicly identify themselves (if they lie, the youtube videos and pictures won't), and explain themselves publicly, i.e., ask whatever questions they have about "socialism," etc., and, if under such circumstances they still don't behave themselves, they can be escorted out, preferably in handcuffs. <br /><br />Fear is the thugs main weapon; running scared is a bad plan; best call them on it, everywhere... they want to be thugs, fine, but then, there will be no hiding.<br /><br />As to actual health care reform, it seems that ignorance is the status quo's best friend, and this being America, there's no shortage of it. No predictions, but we do seem better positioned to get <i>something</i> on healthcare reform than we did in 1993/4, if for no other reason, because the players are different, and because the last 15 years may have caused a tipping point toward meaningful reform.<br /><br />Then again, ignorance is the status quo's best friend, and this being America, there's no shortage of it.the talking doghttp://thetalkingdog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-90163303945034806282009-08-11T08:44:10.581-07:002009-08-11T08:44:10.581-07:00You are so right. Truth is never spoken from the ...You are so right. Truth is never spoken from the lofty places because it might irritate a corporation with deep pockets. Generalities are all we get and we want specifics.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.com