It's official. Bush has vetoed the child health care bill raising it by an additional $35 billion over 5 years. That bastard. It was getting too close to that phrase that strikes fear into the hearts of Republicans - socialized medicine.
Of course, it's perfectly okay to tell congress he needs an additional $150 billion in 2008 for the "War on Terror".
Over four times as much spent on killing people in other countries, rather than healing our own.
We have a fucking sick country... and I'm not talking about disease.
Speaking of sick. If you haven't seen Michael Moore's SICKO yet, please, PLEASE do.
One quote from the film continues to stick with me from the British... and I continually forget this gentleman's name and position in government. But he was explaining why the Brits moved to socialized medicine after World War II, when their country's economy was in shambles. To paraphrase, "If we had enough money to kill people, we had enough to heal them."
Amen to that. Come on, America. Put your money where your oh-so-Christian-ideals should be - helping people instead of harming them.
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The gentleman is Tony Benn.
Back in my right-wing ROTC days, I used to think Benn was a monster. Why? Because he opposed Thatcher. Thatcher was tight with Reagan. That meant she was good. Benn? Benn wanted to reduce defense spending and put it towards the country. Benn was bad.
My opinion has shifted, of course. Dramatically.
Thank you, hon! I need to remember that. His comments made such and impression.
Thing is, Benn is a bit of a wacko. But he's always been a wacko with his sites set on peace, not the Military Industrial Complex.
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