Comments on: Tea Party Town Hall Meeting on Obamacare Aug. 15

By: Ken Steers

Ken Steers — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:18:07 +0000

I’ll call you Mitt, first my condolences and prayers for your wife. Second my respect, admiration and sympathy for having 3 children in college at the same time. I have 5 right now. Finally my 1% is simple mathematics. Take how many people are currently eligible for Tricare and divide by 300 million. It’s actually less than 1% but I’ll call it that for expediency. Another point is your assumption that Romney is my, your words “sperm donor”. I’m a fiscal conservative. And at this point I’m willing for almost anyone to replace the failed regime of Obama.

By: 1%ers

1%ers — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:13:41 +0000

It’s easier than that, James. After all, Dick Cheney’s still alive, having done fairly well with government medical benefits. If he ever saw the inside of a recruiting station it was when seeking one of his five Vietnam-era deferments.

By: Ken Steers

Ken Steers — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:08:26 +0000

Hmm “Medicare for all!” Is the battle cry. But only the 1%’ers DESERVE their Tri-Care premiums to be paid by the government for life.
What happens to those that can’t afford a “SPECIAL” insurance plan? Is it fair that just because one was lucky enough to retire from a government job that they should receive a special class of medicine? What about those who didn’t have the opportunity to spend a carrier in the military? Why should they be subjugated to an inferior health care system? As someone who has raised many Foster Children I can tell you that the first thing we is take these children off of their medicare/medical and put them on our medical plan. Because we could see first hand how horrible government funded health care really is.

By: Health care and Mitt?

Health care and Mitt? — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:56:19 +0000

Steers, I can’t find any reference to 1%, I guess you just made it up. …. I support the new health care act; it’s a place to start, which Mitt has agreed upon in the past, a plan that can be refined to give America a national health care plan equal or better to any in the world. The old system had to many fingers in the pot that just wont let go because their making the kind of money that’s worth fighting for, and because of that the system is broken beyond repair. I now have all three daughters in college on our health care plan, what a relief, and with cancer and my wife retiring soon, I doubt if a new insurance carrier would insure me…Why is it that you fight so hard against it when your own candidate is the sperm donor of the Obama Health care plan, he’s just not in the picture anymore.

By: James E.

James E. — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:54:12 +0000

Holy Cow! I finally made it into the medical 1%.
However, it’s available to all — just head down to the recruiting station and make it 30 years without being killed or maimed. See how easy it is. Who wants to join to get into the medical 1%?

By: Ken Steers

Ken Steers — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:20:37 +0000

Medicare is currently provided for all. Now is that Medicare wrapped with Tricare with the premium paid by a government pension for all?
Currently less than 1% of Americans qualify for that type of medical insurance.

By: gatopelon

gatopelon — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:10:40 +0000

Thank you James! Medicare for All with the public opposition!

By: McClintocks real counsel

McClintocks real counsel — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:58:29 +0000

John, his chief of staff is what you say, what I don’t understand is why do they keep his real counsel in the background, that would be Rocky Deal, former fighter pilot and Captain of the USS Oriskany whose office at McClintock headquarters is a shrine to the US Naval Services, very smart man, much smarter than McClintock and his staffer.

By: John

John — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:38:56 +0000

The panel of ‘experts’ cited in the letter is a who’s who of Libertarians/cum/neo-fascists. McClintock’s Chief of Staf??? You guys must be kidding trying to pass him off as an expert on anything except mouthing his boss’s far right agenda.

By: Stukas, Sign-Blight, Whining Session I understand

Stukas, Sign-Blight, Whining Session I understand — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:34:35 +0000

Stukas, Sign-Blight, White people whining session, these are things I understand and I think we all can agree on. What I don’t know or understand is who is making all the money in the health care world and why has it become a right wing election year issue when both candidates think it’s the right thing to do?

By: Ken B

Ken B — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:55:44 +0000

Nothing like a group of old white people to gather for a good whining session.

By: Fern

Fern — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:29:16 +0000

More Tea Party Sign-Blight on the way…

By: James E.

James E. — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:50:09 +0000

A bit off the health care topic, but the Stuka Ju 87 was a German dive bomber fitted with an ear-piercing siren designed to spread psychological panic on those being bombed. A key to successful dive bombing is knowing when to pull up — be a bit late and you kiss the ground. When rolling over for a gun run in Vietnam I had two thoughts. One being pull up before its too late, and second, there was no back ground music as we see in the movies. Back to the health topic: Medicare for All.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:37:41 +0000

The U.S. health care “system” outspends ALL OTHER COUNTRIES in the WORLD yet millions of your U.S. Citzens have NO HEALTH CARE.
Other countries(Canada, Australia, Western Europe) spend about half of what the U.S. spends per capita on health care. Among the 12 countries the U.S. system is consistently among the worst performer in health care efficacy. The WHO ranks the U.S. as 37th in the WORLD in health care system performance.

Oh, and why don’t you mention the shortage of doctors in the U.S. currently, or worldwide. Many countries are looking to India and China for doctors as will the U.S. as the education system spirals down. My uncle(a U.S. Citizen), who was a doctor moved to Canada to get away from the U.S. health care “system” with its insurance companies and lawsuits. I doubt that 25-40 percent of current doctors with their education will start waiting tables or bar-tending for a few hundred dollars a week.

By: prime time

prime time — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:27:10 +0000

The Impending Collapse of American Medicine

By: Ken Steers

Ken Steers — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:35:40 +0000

Air shows are dangerous. This was not a fascist/Progressive meeting. The Tea Party does not controll any state or the federal government. I don’t see a historical connection.

By: Historian

Historian — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:18:44 +0000

Nothing like good history lessons from 1939 English language Berlin newspapers.

By: Seems like history repeats itself

Seems like history repeats itself — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:02:10 +0000

Two articles from a Berlin newspaper 1939, 2nd page;
ENTHUSIASTIC PARTY MEMBER GATHER; A loud and enthusiastic group of loyal party members gathered in the town square on a crisp Wednesday evening with flags flying and shouting slogans in support of………..
13 STUKAS DIVE INTO GROUND; Last night during a disastrous air practice 13 stukas dived into the ground. There were no survivors.

By: James E.

James E. — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:04:16 +0000

Medicare cutbacks would be the money going to Kaiser, et al. Kaiser is not going out of business. At the Tea Party meeting find out how many are currently on Medicare out of total attendance. Would be interesting number. If you want to get rid of Obamacare, best you take over the House, the Senate, and the presidency. Good luck.

By: where's the "care"?

where's the "care"? — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:22:10 +0000

Already private practitioners with years of service are being forced out of business because of Medicare cutbacks, exorbitant insurance premiums and overwhelming amounts of paperwork. While every scrap of government legislation produces some winners, and party loyalists write about their own benefits, most of us are S.O.L. when it comes to Obamacare.