"Barbara O’Brien’s wide-ranging account of Zen history is conveyed with a master storyteller’s ability to keep the forest from getting lost in a myriad of trees. Wearing her scholarship lightly, she blends just the right amount of skepticism about her hagiographic sources with a deep appreciation for the Dharma." — Barry Magid, author of
Nothing Is Hidden and
Ending the Pursuit of Happiness Order here!
What the Republicans forget is that one of the key target audiences already has experience with the healthcare insurance industry. From what I have heard, even with the glitches, the Federal website is light years ahead of the industry standard for application for inurance.
But, of course, industry always does it better than government…
When “free markets” and “privatization” eventually break something, which they usually do, the cure is increasing doses of socialism.
Ask a normal country.
And by that, I mean one which understands that we’re all in this together, and not lone wolves in our packs, preying on weaker animals.
Oh, and one that understands medicine, and dosages, and science – and not one which “believes” in praying to Jesus, and good old “American Exceptionalism.”
Now, if there were only cures for “TEH STOOOOOOPID!”, and “TEH STOOOOOPID AND EVIL!!!”
“(CNN) — For all the difficulties of the Affordable Care Act’s rollout, Americans are more patient than you might think: A new poll shows a majority expressing optimism that the problems are going to be ironed out.”
Imbedded in this statement is a key point that progressives and conservatives ignore. I had to search for this, but it’s a cardinal point, perfectly expressed, which defines a principle of democracy that too few have confidence in.
“I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is left free to exert her force.”
–Thomas Jefferson to Comte Diodati, 1789.
Mahablog is where I most frequently attend to find the force of reason.
where reason is left free
Yeah, but is reason left free? When you’re bombarded with distortion, lies ,misinformation and all the other contraptions of religious and political enslavement then reason is only truly free in a theoretical sense. Even Jesus enslaves reason when he sets the captive free.
I’m encouraged to see that article on CNN. Good article in the LA Times, As Obamacare website relaunches, there’s reason to hope.
Some good rebuttals against GOP talking points:
Swami – With the right-wing nuts throwing EVERYTHING against AHC with a faulty rollout, they still can’t get a majority of Americans to oppose the law, and nothing even approaching a majority supporting repeal. Yes, the coverage by the media has been abysmal and my paranoid nature says large sums of money passed under the table at the highest levels in major media. Nothing else explains the bias against AHC. And STILL – the public has adopted a policy of letting the law prove itself or fail a fair test if it’s really incapable of meeting the objectives.
This is actually a powerful affirmation of the ‘good sense’ of the majority.
The Anti-Pope dies:
Doug… I agree that Obamacare will prevail.. because it’s an idea whose time has come. I can’t explain the bias toward Obamacare either, except my suspicions lead me to think that it all has to do with who ultimately ends up with financial accountability.
The questions I ask myself is why do 26 states refuse to set up healthcare exchanges or why does Governor Scott refuse to expand medicaid when the Federal government is willing to fully fund the expansion 100% for the first two or three years and fund it at 75% there after. I don’t have to know the exact answer to those questions to know that the state’s accountability to its citizens and future financial costs related to the States responsibility under Obamacare are the two primary factors for trying to sandbag Obamacare.
I think it’s all about the money.. and the claim of defending our liberty and protecting our economy from the ravishes of socialism is just pure bullshit intended to confuse the rubes.
Moonbat,
One time, about 30 years ago, my father and I were flipping through stations on cable, and came across this Jesus-grifter, his grossly obese wife, and anther Jesus-grifter, and they were all talking about “the best ways to reach the Lord.”
They mentioned tithing first, of course, then prayer, and listed some other things, and then his wife, an Orca with silver hair and a diamond ring on every finger, chimes in with, “And let’s not forget the BEST way to reach the Lord – FASTING!!!”
My mother came down the stairs to see what the hell had happened. We were both rolling on the floor, screaming and crying from laughter!
“Fasting.”
The sheer, blatant, naked hypocrisy of a 300+ pound woman talking about fasting. Her idea of fasting must have been no chips or Twinkies while reciting “The Lord’s Prayer.”
I guess his “moran” suckers will have to find another Jesus-grifter to send their money to.
I could use a job like that.
But even an old Agnostic like me feels like he has something akin to a soul.
an Orca with silver hair and a diamond ring on every finger 🙂
Not to mention she looked like she got hit in the face with a paint bucket. Her eye make-up looked like it was applied by an undertaker.
I was surprised to hear that Paul Crouch was a butt pirate. But I guess with a wife like his, butt piracy with his chauffer added a little necessary excitement to his sex life.