Politics and religion.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Ok, I'm lost. His illness reminds you of the movie, A Christmas story ? ??

[RICHARD]

Ok, I'm lost. His illness reminds you of the movie, A Christmas story ? ??

No, I couldn't find a picture of him giving his speech last nite. When I first looked I thought it was a skit from a comedy program.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

No, I couldn't find a picture of him giving his speech last nite. When I first looked I thought it was a skit from a comedy program.

Oh, when I clicked on it, I got pictures from the movie A Christmas Story. No comedy skits either. I thought you might have thought he looked like the kid in that movie or something.

[RICHARD]

I thought you might have thought he looked like the kid in that movie or something.

HE does!

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I just flipped on CSPAN and saw a Qand A with a gal named Palmieri the veep of COMMUNICATIONS for some group called the Center for Amercan Progress?

Why do people insist on speaking in front of a group and when they improvise they cannot speak with out doing the Ummm and Uhhhhs?


This drives me friggin bonkers. You can tell that they are trying to give an answer that is PC and won't make them look stupid when in fact their ummms and ahhhs just add to the effect!

When they get to a question that they are pre programmed to answer they can recite it verbatim-because they practiced it many times over-

One question was about McCain -she was able to verbalize exactly what was wrong with his candidacy -same with BO's wonderful run. But asked specific questions about BO she began to stutter and back into the "he wants change' spiel. The other direct answer was about how JM wanted to raise taxes but she could not give a good answer, sans umms and ahhs, regarding BO's tax plan.


If they only knew how much of a turn off they are when they stumble thru answering questions or giving speeches!

[lizbud]

I didn't get to see the first day of the Dem. convention, but did see
Hillary give her speech last night. Great speech she gave. I still believe,
politics aside, she's proven herself to be a classy lady and I'll support
Obama for President. As she said last night, this election is MUCH to
important for American families to bicker over two people who share
basically the same ideas for a better country.

[Pam]

I didn't watch Hillary or Bill speak but I did watch Kennedy and last night I watched Biden. I kept thinking to myself "why isn't he at the top of this ticket?" *sigh*

[RICHARD]

Here's a small point that I want to make that you can revisit in one, two three and then four years.


Two things that make me laugh and think about how stupid the cheering throngs sound.


Oil and healthcare.



BO and JB are on the idea that raising the taxes for the oil companies will lower the price of gas.

This is another kneejerk reaction from the side that thinks a monetary levy will solve the gas crisis? From the same group that doesn't want wind mills or solar panels blocking their views. And the madame secretary is glad that everyone forgot her private jet/ government paid carbon footprint


The other thing is affordable health insurance for the masses.

Dream on! There will never be any affordable health care from the government because they are the government. The number one reason that doctors, health plans and insurance companies go not want to deal with them is that the gov't. drags their feet to pay, the docs and hospitals are governed by a thing called DRGs which tell the health providers that illnesses that require hospital stays are paid for up until a certain day.

THe last hurdle to affordable health care is the law, lawyers and litigants.

People watch too many stupid TV shows about hospitals and doctors that they think HOUSE could treat anyone. A sad sack physician-hack like that would last as long a passing gas in a bubble bath.

Maybe that is the answer.....

Sending people to TV doctors and then making them abide by the script.