Bush ready with children's health-care veto No. 2

I think I'll watch the classic movie: Mr. Scrooge once more just for kicks. . .

Who plays Tiny Tim? The millions of American Childrens.

Anyone notice that today's Gallup poll has Bush's approval ratings up to 37 percent while the Demo tribe in Congress is wallowing at 22 percent? Bush continues to outsmart the Democrats at every turn, which is not as major an accomplishment as one might assume considering that Reid and Pelosi are the leaders in Congress.

Is "Grace" just Bruce showing his feminine side?

I wish we could veto Bush.

Gracie, I agree that Reid and Pelosi are nothing to write home about, but disapproval of Congress includes those of us who blame the obstructionist Bush Republicans for the failure to complete a budget and override the SCHIP veto. I'm looking forward to seeing the Bush backers take another beating next November.

I keep asking this question and no one answers: Where will the money originate when the increased tobacco tax does what anti-tobacco proponents claim it does-cause smokers to quit?

This is a shrinking revenue source...why not reduce the tax and add a tax on beer, wine, liquor and similar items?

400 billon for war and the oil industry 0 for our own children, bush doesn't care cuz he's stolen billons for his family already. So one needs to veto his aXX

Another anti-family veto from the Decider.

Mr President, have pity on the workin' man.

disappoint

I think it's my cue now. . .

"Bahhh Humm Bug!"

Bush, his entire family, and all Republicans who continue to support him are anti-working class family. The Bush's have been spoon-fed from the sweat of Americans their entire lives. The current President Bush is a complete disgrace to this country. He should be pulled from his office and marched in disgrace out of power. Merry Christmas to America from your President and Republican Party.

Kids have health care. The needy already have health care. The U.S. is not a socialist state. The government caused the problem with health care cost crises in America by over socializing (with mandates) medicine to the extent it is not completive, and we want to exacerbate the problem? U.S. Capitalism refers to an economic system in which the means of production are all owned and operated for profit, and in which investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are determined through the operation of a market economy. It is the right of individuals and groups of individuals acting as "legal persons" or corporations to trade capital goods, labor, land and money (see finance and credit). See http://www.InteliOrg.com/

Keep sending the same bill to him, Congress. Let him veto it every week until January of 2009.

Let the world know what the Republican party stands for!

"Kids have health care. The needy already have health care..."

Posted by: Dr Coles | December 12, 2007 6:10 PM

While Dr. Coles got rich off of the dysfunctional health care system we now have, many millions of working class Americans have no health care. And that includes the children of those working middle and poor class, Dr. Coles. You should be ashamed of your views. How's the Mercedes running?

Bush has adopted Hitler's "Nero Decree" in vetoing this bill. There will be more veto's to follow--any bil that is good for America will be vetoed by the ""Decider". Google--"the 14 points of Fascism".

Dr. Coles. You should be ashamed of your views. How's the Mercedes running?

Posted by: Rick/Sneads Ferry, NC | December 12, 2007 8:12 PM

Congrats Rick. When I brought up the good doctors Mercedes and his typical DR/rich guy views my comment didn't make it through. Probably a glitch. Anyway Dr. Coles we all know it's about maintaining wealth. Not about sick people.

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm

Posted here because the conseraswamp doesn't carry enough anti-bu$h articles.
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A tiny town called Potrero just north of the border in California, an area ravaged by the recent wildfires, just stood up and resoundingly said no to another impending disaster: Blackwater moving to town. It was the nation’s first ever electoral vote on Blackwater and it was a massive people-powered grassroots victory over the mercenaries. Every “stop Blackwater” candidate won by at least 63%. It was an an enormous statement to Blackwater: stay out, you are not the kind of neighbors we want in our community. It is also a blistering statement by a very conservative town to reject the Bush world view. Our nation is not better served by having a privatized Army and there is nothing pro-troop about supporting Blackwater.

The video is a short documentary on Carl Meyer, a quiet farmer who has lived in Potrero his whole life. He helped lead the “Save Potrero” slate. He won last night with 71.4% of the vote, replacing the most ardent Blackwater supporter and chair of the Planning Group, Gordon Hammers. The Courage Campaign produced the film and it gives you a great sense of why he is my hero today and a true grassroots leader.

Blackwater has been working this little town of 509 registered voters (which went for Bush over Kerry by 25.8%) hard. They deployed Brian Bonfiglio, a Vice-President at Blackwater out to San Diego County to regularly show up to town meetings in Potrero. They sent out propaganda mailers and generally tried to ingratiate themselves with residents of the community. In short, Blackwater has invested a great deal of resources into P.R. within Potrero and cares very much what the residents feel about the company. Naturally, Bonfiglio and Blackwater are trying to downplay this huge loss, even trying to claim that they couldn’t give a crap about the town.

Riiiight. Blackwater just got popped in the nose by a tiny town they thought they could steamroll. Not this time, fellas.

The results of this election should send a loud and clear statement to Blackwater and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (which has final jurisdiction over this proposal): Potrero does not want Blackwater to move into their town. They don’t want to ruin their quality of life. They don’t want to risk their sole source aquifer. They don’t want an increased fire risk in a very fire prone area. They don’t want a massive increase in traffic. They don’t want guns firing from 15 ranges for hours on end. And they don’t want a company who employs a band of mercenaries, who kill innocent civilians to be their neighbors.
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Yeah they all hate bu$h and his president and his cronies murdering innocent Iraqi citizens. Let the spin begin.

Compassionate conservatism in action, seems Bush’s health care scare tactics are becoming a harder sell. Personal experiences of Americans and their loved ones are at odds with the Reich wing think tank propaganda. Americans are experiencing extraordinary suffering, unnecessary disability, bankruptcy and premature death. Arguments designed to defend the indefensible insurance are beginning to have the opposite affect by making Americans angry. With billons of greed money at stake, right wing rationalization has become a laughable art. Americans are beginning to see through health insurance ads using tactics of pacifying and reassuring the masses while at the same time, creating a false sense of trust that they actually care to change. No longer can we afford to throw money down an administrative waste black hole ($350 billion) when that money could be used to cover 47 million uninsured and improve coverage for everyone else. Americans cannot afford the wasteful middlepersons benefiting from this mess: employer plan administrators, association managers, insurance claim adjusters, insurance companies paying billions in sales commissions, ad campaigns, executive bonuses, stockholder dividends, corporate acquisitions, luxurious office buildings, yacts, vacation homes and year-round political contributions in the tens of millions of dollars -- all from your monthly premiums while people die.

"Kids have health care. The needy already have health care..."

Posted by: Dr Coles | December 12, 2007 6:10 PM

There are no problems with health care...says Dr. Zuess!

President Bush is a brave man to stand up to the socialists and outright communists who post here.
The government has no business to provide health care to adults and those making $83,000 a year to get free health care for their children.
This is socialized Hillary care period!
President Bush you did good. Jerry White, Springfield, IL P.S. We can't keep giving freebies to the non-poor. A safety net yes but free for all NO.

The government caused the problem with health care in America by over socializing (with mandates) medicine to the extent it is not completive, and we want to exacerbate the problem? Kids have health care. The needy already have health care. The U.S. is not a socialist state ( see http://tinyurl.com/2znnvl ). No one is entitled to be given a house, car, food or health care, etc. If we want these things, we have to earn them. The government does not earn money. Perhaps some of us should take a civics class and learn about America. We all have to labor for what we want. For those who need help there are the charities and state programs. We need to fix the health care issue but we cannot fix it unless we know how it is broken. For the answer, please see http://www.InteliOrg.com/

I just don't understand how people with income 4x the poverty level can honestly say they can't afford health care. I don't make that much money, but my kids have health insurance. We prioritize and budget carefully. Maybe they just need to spend less money on expensive cars, homes, and satellite tv.

You prayed for the salvation of Big Oil,Defense Industry,Insurance Industry,and you got it.He has done more for Big Business in two terms than any president ever would.You will recognize team players on the Belt way one arm is always longer from stuffing greenbacks into burlap bags.

I believe that President George W Bush Jr. is doing everything that he can given everything that is going on in the world today. The president had everything left at his feet upon office and this is what the president is left to fix. It is the left over baggage that Clinton has left over from the years he was in office. If Clinton was such a great president why did he take the military out of certin areas of our country? and if Clinton knew about the problems that had been going on why did he not do what he could to stop the problem. there are things that have been going on for years before the president took office. One thing that I know is that the president is doing everything that he can. and I support him all the way.