The musings of a passionate albeit opinionated guest on Earth.
Posted in Politics, tagged filibuster, jettison, remove, repeal, rule 22, senate on 23 February 2010
The filibuster in the U.S. Senate has our government in deadlock. According to a recent poll, 86% of Americans agree that our government is broken. It is time to do something about it and the solution couldn’t be any simpler.
Posted in Health, Politics, tagged brown, coakley, healthcare, legislation, massachusetts, reform, seat, senate, veto on 13 January 2010
The Massachusetts Senate race between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown could very well decide the fate of the healthcare reform legislation under consideration by Congress. For the sake of the country, the GOP must pick up this seat.
Posted in Health, Politics, tagged 2010, corporate welfare, cowardly, deficit, democrats, elections, expansion, filibuster, healthcare, insurance, insurance companies, KO, lieberman, medicare, monopoly exemptions, obama, Politics, pre-existing conditions, public option, reform, reid, republicans, senate, warfare on 16 December 2009
Healthcare reform has been officially knocked out. Yes, it is out for the count on the floor of the U.S. Senate. If our elected representatives won’t take a stand, it is time to start over and take a new approach. It is either that, or take a stand.