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		<title>By: Leen</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/pat-roberts-fights-for-your-right-to-lobby/#comment-47488</link>
		<dc:creator>Leen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;American dream&lt;br /&gt;
because  George Carlin “you have to be asleep to believe it”&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>American dream<br />
because  George Carlin “you have to be asleep to believe it”</p>
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		<title>By: wedidit</title>
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		<dc:creator>wedidit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;QUIZ Roberts about the contents of the Bill after Roberts has had 72 hours to read the Bill.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No cheating by letting Roberts lean over and ask his staff, err, lobbyists buddies what the answers are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If he fails the quiz, public option automatically gets put in the bill.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>QUIZ Roberts about the contents of the Bill after Roberts has had 72 hours to read the Bill.  </p>
<p>No cheating by letting Roberts lean over and ask his staff, err, lobbyists buddies what the answers are.</p>
<p>If he fails the quiz, public option automatically gets put in the bill.</p>
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		<title>By: NAVDOC3rdMAR</title>
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		<dc:creator>NAVDOC3rdMAR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The Congress is back in session and doing the dirty work for the Medical Industrial Complex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mcconnell $3.3M, hatch $2.9M, baucus $2.8M, grassley $2.7M,&lt;br /&gt;lieberman $2.6M, burr $2.4M, ensign $2.4M, cornyn $2.2M, kyl $2.1M,&lt;br /&gt;conrad $2.1M, cantor $1.8M, boehner $1.7M, coburn $1.2M, j wilson 800K&lt;br /&gt;were paid by the Medical Industrial Complex to kill Health Care Reform.&lt;br /&gt;(Source: OpenSecrets.org)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Co-Author Dr. Steffie Woolhandler of a Recent Harvard Study on Annual Deaths of America’s Uninsured, says the lack of coverage can be tied to about 45,000 deaths a year in the United States. The only way to affordably cover all Americans is through a Medicare-for-All, Single-Payer System. A Single-Payer System would generate $300-$400 billion in administrative savings annually, enough to cover all of the uninsured, and to plug the gaps in coverage for Americans with only partial coverage. Obviously, Medicare-for-all is anathema to the insurance industry. What politicians are doing is saving insurance industry profits, by sacrificing American lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12 Million Americans were denied health care coverage by the Medical Industrial Complex because they had a pre-existing medical condition. 12K Americans are denied insurance coverage everyday by a for-profit Insurance bureaucrat. (Source: WaPo Article 05′ by Harvard Prof. E. Warren) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medical malpractice lawsuits are a hot topic but, are they? Tort Reform is such a “Red Herring” and is easily disproved.  A 2004 report by the Congressional Budget Office said medical malpractice makes up only 2 percent of U.S. health spending. Even “significant reductions” would do little to curb health-care expenses, it concluded. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bush(43) economic speech writer david frum, at least, is willing to admit the idea about selling insurance across state lines is a crock: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Jersey health policies cost more in large part because New Jersey hospitals and doctors charge more. If I buy a cheaper Kentucky policy that reimburses my providers at Kentucky rates, leaving me to pay the balance, how much good does that do me? And if the Kentucky policy is made to pay New Jersey rates, there vanishes my low Kentucky price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are some of the easily refuted arguments bought and paid for by the Medical Industrial Complex to derail any chance of their criminally massive profits being reduced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow the Money: &lt;a href=&quot;http://hmc-lavadogs.livejournal.com/20128.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call Congress and demand, Single-Payer Health Care for All!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Toll Free # House and Senate)&lt;br /&gt;1-866-338-1015 _____ 1-866-220-0044&lt;br /&gt;1-800-473-6711 _____ 1-866-311-3405&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign Single-Payer Petition: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.singlepayeraction.org/join.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t let the Medical Industrial Complex steal your Health Care from you and your family by donating huge sums of money to Crooked Politicians in order to maintain the Status Quo. Keep up the good fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEMPER FI!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Congress is back in session and doing the dirty work for the Medical Industrial Complex.</p>
<p>mcconnell $3.3M, hatch $2.9M, baucus $2.8M, grassley $2.7M,<br />lieberman $2.6M, burr $2.4M, ensign $2.4M, cornyn $2.2M, kyl $2.1M,<br />conrad $2.1M, cantor $1.8M, boehner $1.7M, coburn $1.2M, j wilson 800K<br />were paid by the Medical Industrial Complex to kill Health Care Reform.<br />(Source: OpenSecrets.org)</p>
<p>Co-Author Dr. Steffie Woolhandler of a Recent Harvard Study on Annual Deaths of America’s Uninsured, says the lack of coverage can be tied to about 45,000 deaths a year in the United States. The only way to affordably cover all Americans is through a Medicare-for-All, Single-Payer System. A Single-Payer System would generate $300-$400 billion in administrative savings annually, enough to cover all of the uninsured, and to plug the gaps in coverage for Americans with only partial coverage. Obviously, Medicare-for-all is anathema to the insurance industry. What politicians are doing is saving insurance industry profits, by sacrificing American lives.</p>
<p>12 Million Americans were denied health care coverage by the Medical Industrial Complex because they had a pre-existing medical condition. 12K Americans are denied insurance coverage everyday by a for-profit Insurance bureaucrat. (Source: WaPo Article 05′ by Harvard Prof. E. Warren) </p>
<p>Medical malpractice lawsuits are a hot topic but, are they? Tort Reform is such a “Red Herring” and is easily disproved.  A 2004 report by the Congressional Budget Office said medical malpractice makes up only 2 percent of U.S. health spending. Even “significant reductions” would do little to curb health-care expenses, it concluded. </p>
<p>bush(43) economic speech writer david frum, at least, is willing to admit the idea about selling insurance across state lines is a crock: </p>
<p>New Jersey health policies cost more in large part because New Jersey hospitals and doctors charge more. If I buy a cheaper Kentucky policy that reimburses my providers at Kentucky rates, leaving me to pay the balance, how much good does that do me? And if the Kentucky policy is made to pay New Jersey rates, there vanishes my low Kentucky price.</p>
<p>These are some of the easily refuted arguments bought and paid for by the Medical Industrial Complex to derail any chance of their criminally massive profits being reduced.</p>
<p>Follow the Money: <a href="http://hmc-lavadogs.livejournal.com/20128.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p>
<p>Call Congress and demand, Single-Payer Health Care for All!</p>
<p>(Toll Free # House and Senate)<br />1-866-338-1015 _____ 1-866-220-0044<br />1-800-473-6711 _____ 1-866-311-3405</p>
<p>Sign Single-Payer Petition: <a href="http://www.singlepayeraction.org/join.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a></p>
<p>Don’t let the Medical Industrial Complex steal your Health Care from you and your family by donating huge sums of money to Crooked Politicians in order to maintain the Status Quo. Keep up the good fight.</p>
<p>SEMPER FI!</p>
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		<title>By: Robt</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/pat-roberts-fights-for-your-right-to-lobby/#comment-47443</link>
		<dc:creator>Robt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;“my right to lobby”??&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think the Roberts SCOTUS is deciding my lobbying rights as we blog.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“my right to lobby”??</p>
<p>I think the Roberts SCOTUS is deciding my lobbying rights as we blog.</p>
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		<title>By: dannyluv</title>
		<link>http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/09/23/pat-roberts-fights-for-your-right-to-lobby/#comment-47440</link>
		<dc:creator>dannyluv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I’m watching these proceedings and I see them texting their little fingers off while going over the provisions.  Its like they have to check in to see “what they think” about things…………….I guess this is the modern day version of puppet strings…… What’s next?  Necktie cameras and earplug mic’s?  Why don’t they just get the lobbyists to sit on their freaking’ laps?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m watching these proceedings and I see them texting their little fingers off while going over the provisions.  Its like they have to check in to see “what they think” about things…………….I guess this is the modern day version of puppet strings…… What’s next?  Necktie cameras and earplug mic’s?  Why don’t they just get the lobbyists to sit on their freaking’ laps?</p>
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		<title>By: serge</title>
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		<dc:creator>serge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;As the cat says about the proverbial dog who wants back in the house, “[You’re] obviously deranged.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You see, it’s a House of prostitution…Senate, to be sure.  That just doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the cat says about the proverbial dog who wants back in the house, “[You’re] obviously deranged.”</p>
<p>You see, it’s a House of prostitution…Senate, to be sure.  That just doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Leen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;More&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:A7HoxpGcdXcJ:intelligence.senate.gov/phaseiiinc.pdf+Phase+I+and+Phase+II+of+the+Senate+Select+committed+on+Intelligence&amp;cd=3&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://74.125.113.132/search?q.....#038;gl=us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not one person or persons have been held accountable for all of that false pre war WMD horseshit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hundreds of thousands are dead DEAD, injured and millions are displaced.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hey just move on, forward, next chapter, turn the page….PATHETIC&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More<br /><a href="http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:A7HoxpGcdXcJ:intelligence.senate.gov/phaseiiinc.pdf+Phase+I+and+Phase+II+of+the+Senate+Select+committed+on+Intelligence&amp;cd=3&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://74.125.113.132/search?q&#8230;..#038;gl=us</a></p>
<p>Not one person or persons have been held accountable for all of that false pre war WMD horseshit.</p>
<p>Hundreds of thousands are dead DEAD, injured and millions are displaced.</p>
<p>Hey just move on, forward, next chapter, turn the page….PATHETIC</p>
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		<title>By: Leen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;the reports&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:V91h8G2BIVcJ:intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2a.pdf+Phase+I+and+Phase+II+of+the+Senate+Select+committed+on+Intelligence&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://74.125.113.132/search?q.....#038;gl=us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:btv1Omuh1q8J:intelligence.senate.gov/phaseiiaccuracy.pdf+Phase+I+and+Phase+II+of+the+Senate+Select+committed+on+Intelligence&amp;cd=2&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://74.125.113.132/search?q.....#038;gl=us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the reports<br /><a href="http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:V91h8G2BIVcJ:intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2a.pdf+Phase+I+and+Phase+II+of+the+Senate+Select+committed+on+Intelligence&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://74.125.113.132/search?q&#8230;..#038;gl=us</a></p>
<p>More<br /><a href="http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:btv1Omuh1q8J:intelligence.senate.gov/phaseiiaccuracy.pdf+Phase+I+and+Phase+II+of+the+Senate+Select+committed+on+Intelligence&amp;cd=2&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://74.125.113.132/search?q&#8230;..#038;gl=us</a></p>
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		<title>By: xargaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>xargaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Since when do Senators represent a lobby group? Aren’t they supposed to represent the voters?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since when do Senators represent a lobby group? Aren’t they supposed to represent the voters?</p>
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		<title>By: alank</title>
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		<dc:creator>alank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the background. Good questions.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the background. Good questions.</p>
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