Great panel discussion. I really feel that that sane people are together on this. This whole disaster points to an even more dangerous problem than healthcare. the senate. WHEN did the senate become jiffy lube for the banking, insurance, defense and energy industries??!! since when did a law regulating an industry, have to require the 100% approval and yes! vote of the insudtry being regulated?? the senate is broked and fucked up beyond any useful functioning, and the senate needs to be overhauled, or gotten rid of.

sorry for the typos. i type angry..

the next day, Kathleen Sebelius started slow-rolling the White House’s retreat from the public plan

I caught Kathleen Sebelius’ talk today on CSPAN radio. She addressed the public option dust-up–by saying essentially the same thing again. The white house is clearly not wed to the public option, and this is now their message from top to bottom, unified.

Some media speculating this might be a ploy to shake the senate bill out of committee by making weak, pathetic noises. Alternatively, WH simply doesn’t really care–just get a bill, and save the potus.

Jane, since you wrote $30,000, we zipped past $40,000. I hope the 6-figure goal isn’t pie-in-the-sky.

amazing!

Special Book Salon up at the Mothership with Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real Health Care Reform hosted by Jason Rosenbaum

I can’t give until Thursday, but know it’s in response to this.

Jane, is this video supposed to stop before you speak? It runs 9:30 min then stops…

A dopey question, but genuine: Given that I only have a small amount to give today — ca. $50 — is it better to spread it out (say a seemingly ludicrous $1 to each)? Or more effective to give it all to one? Or better to give the sum to the Blue America pac? How best to thank the reps for their pledges for the public option and to let them know it matters to us?

Thanks so much for giving, tenzen. I’d say spread it around. But if you wanted to give it to one person who has been critial, I’d say Nadler, Pingree or Grijalva. All have been great.

FYI-
Know and spread the extent of hypocrisy by the Grand Old Pedophiles.
Post these links on all healthcare discussion blogs

Rush, Newt, and Sarah supported Death Panels too. What about Glenn Beck?
Be sure to view both videos!
http://www.thenation.com/blogs…..panels_too

Sarah Palin- will she stand by her death squad talk?
“Euthanasia section called Advance Care Planning Consultation – same as that co-sponsored by Republican Senator Isakson:
http://voices.washingtonpost.c…..o_eut.html

Isakson comments:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.c…..019436.php

I spread my $50 around, giving $20 to “my” rep [Hirono - HI-2] since she’s stood up while Abercrombie hasn’t. Also gave to Nadler because he’s been a champ, and to Anthony Weiner because he too has been fabulous.

Then I picked Bennie Thompson from MS, just because I figured there probably aren’t many donors in his neck of the woods, and the total of his receipts was pretty low.

That’s my crazy thinking.

Sorry, but the mere act of passing a very bad bill isn’t going to save POTUS. Anything short of what he promised is going to hurt BO badly, as well it should. People running for office need to learn to stop lying.

I’ve been engaged in an acidic e-mail exchange with a local Obama supporter. She wrote a letter to The Maui News urging everyone to “support the President” and then sent it around to her e-mail list to celebrate her efforts.

I replied that I couldn’t “support” whatever it is [if anyone can figure it out, other than it’s got no public option] that Obama’s proposing and enumerated a few reasons.

She shot back that “Dems are good at analyzing, but now we’ve got to fight.”

I hope you can imagine my response. Crap. It’s bad enough that we have to fight Republican stupidity.