Comments on: After “Teaching the GOP a lesson” in ’06, America is stuck Paying the Tuition

By: skinny dude

skinny dude — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:00:29 +0000

astounding. The righteous right leaves probably what is the biggest disaster on all fronts, and somehow, it’s the lefts fault.

You just can’t make this stuff up can you. Apparently, even half wits can’t seem to figure this out can they.

By: Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired

Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:42:19 +0000

I called my senator’s office in Wichita just shortly after I had my left kidney removed for cancer in September. I was unemployed but due to being retired from The Armed Forces Of The United States, it was for the most part covered by Tricare. My chunk of the almost 30 grand is 3 grand. I asked the staffer if he knew of any part of the pelosi-reid-obambozo health legislation would be addressing Tricare as applied to Armed Forces Retirees. His answer was unique to say the least. It was the Law of Unintended Consequences at work. I doubt the writers of this are even aware of those of us who rely on Tricare.
I am fortunately back at work. I have a civil service, aircraft mechanic job with the Air Force at Edwards AFB as of the 9th of this month. Due to overly high premiums for my wife and I, we will keep the Tricare and just purchase dental and vision. But I am fully prepared to be deprived of that which I earned from 1973 to 1993 in the Service of The Republic. I have a feeling that the VA will be all but eliminated, even for those with service connected disabilities, including myself at 30 percent. And before EvilRedScandi gets his panties in a wad, the job was only open to those with up to 30 percent.
Anyone with any info? I would like to hear from you.

By: Steynian 399 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 399 « Free Canuckistan! — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:28:36 +0000

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By: EvilRedScandi

EvilRedScandi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:28:43 +0000

Another thing to keep in mind is that for all of the hubbub, McCain’s positions on economic issues weren’t terribly different than Obama’s. In fact, you could argue that we’d see more aggressively destructive legislation passed through his “maverick-y bipartisan” approach than Obama has been able to achieve so far.

McCain was for a huge stimulus.
McCain was for Cap and Trade.
McCain was for more bailouts.
McCain’s vision for health care reform probably wasn’t as stupid as what we’re presented with, but given his positions on other issues I doubt we’d sitting around praising his genius.

By: EvilRedScandi

EvilRedScandi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:25:17 +0000

The simple matter is that the GOP has been presenting a “prisoner’s dilemma” to its base for several decades now (albeit with a brief respite or two provided by Reagan and the Contract for America) – vote for us or things will be worse. This is hardly something to strive for. I’ll take a 10 year depression if it allows conservatives and libertarians to come out strong on the other side. The alternatives are an endless crawl towards socialism / totalitarianism under the GOP punctuated with brief sprints under the Democrats. Sooner or later we need to clean house. The longer we wait, the worse it will be.