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Happy New Year

December 30th 2009 23:02

Here's wishing everyone out in BLOGVILLE a very Happy New Year!

I know we all need it - this past year wasn't so great. But, it's got to get better

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"Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays"

November 12th 2009 17:27

Why is it that so many Christians think that religious freedom means freedom to force your religious beliefs on others, but not for them to voice their own religious views?

I am a Christian, but this is a behavior that really bugs me! I recently received an email, "'Twas the month before Christmas," that kind of set me off. I've recieved the same thing in the past, and it didn't always bother me in the way it did this time. I think my own personal religious views have evolved to be a lot more tolerant of others

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Obama's Heath Care Plan

October 18th 2009 16:42

The White House website has a video posted: The Obama Plan in 4 Minutes. It's his health care plan as presented to Congress. Below is an outline of his plan, but I encourage you to watch the video.

The Obama plan isn't exactly what I'm hoping for (a national health care plan, Medicare for All), but it's a lot better than what we have now

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Tired of Politicians

September 15th 2009 03:08

I'm so tired of politicians. Do they know what the term "constituent" means? It doesn't mean someone who voted for them, or someone who agrees with them, it means someone whom they represent.

I've written to all my representatives about the health care issue. The problem is, none of them agree with me, or even come close. I can live with that

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Why does the government protect some industires, but not others?

August 18th 2009 03:53

I just don't understand. We had all these bailouts for banks, insurance companies, auto manufacturers, etc. Congress and our President are doing everything they can to protect the health insurance companies with the supposed health care reform, but the drilling industry is just left to die. I don't like Sarah Palin, but I liked one thing she said - DRILL, BABY, DRILL!

Don't get me wrong, I don't think we should have bailed out any corporations. I don't get it. People are all upset because of the health care thing - "the government shouldn't compete with private business." But, it's just fine for the government to bail them out of financial trouble

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Who wants universal health care?

August 11th 2009 04:10

Who wants universal health care?
Many large corporations, medium and small businesses, organized labor, unorganized labor, entrepreneurs, doctors, nurses, medical students, a diverse group of associations and clubs, individual U.S. residents, married couples, single people, many Democrats and Republicans and the City of Philadelphia even voted for it. Every person in the United States is affected by this crisis

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U. S. Government CAN Run 1st Class Health Care Program

July 28th 2009 18:18

Republican strategist, Bill Kristol said on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart that the U. S. Government can and DOES have the best government run health care program in the world. But, he said that the American public doesn't deserve access to it.

Bill Kristol on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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Health Care Concerns - Write Your Congressman

July 27th 2009 21:44

As anyone who has read any of my previous posts will know, I am concerned about health care reform. I am FOR a single-payer program. I INSIST upon reform of some meaningful kind SOON.

Needless to say, I'm a Democrat. Some would call me a Liberal - but I don't always fit that mold

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A Question for Conservatives...

July 12th 2009 06:44

Who do you think the following quote is from? And, do you agree with it?

"The national government will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality. Today Christians stand at the head of our country. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit. We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theatre, and in the press-in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during recent years."

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Hospitals Agree With Health Care Reform

July 11th 2009 01:43

The White House announced on Wednesday that hospitals are committed to health care reform. Listed below is the background information provided by the White House for the announcement.

As families, businesses and governments struggle with the increasing burden of health care costs, hospital leaders are joining with the Administration to say the status quo is no longer sustainable. Like others in the health care industry, hospitals have seen firsthand that Americans with health insurance are struggling to pay their health care bills because they are under-insured and their out of pocket expenses are rising. Often those without insurance – because they have lost a job or someone in their family suffers from a pre-existing condition – are forced to throw themselves on the mercy of America’s hospitals. Hospitals absorb some of the cost of caring for Americans without insurance – while the remainder is passed on to taxpayers or Americans with insurance. The hospital industry agrees with the President that the time to enact health reform that lowers costs and assures quality and affordable coverage for all Americans is now. It cannot wait

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