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POPSBetsy McCaughey on death panels Here's the woman who started the notion of death panels, doing interviews with Dylan Ratigan and Jon Stewart. Don't miss the Stewart interview, especially. Unfortunately I couldn't seem to clip the video, so you'll have to click through to the Health Spectator site to see them.
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POPSDem: GOP Wants You To Die Quickly represents a Republican-leaning district around Orlando and was already among the GOP’s top targets for the 2010 elections. Ken Spain, spokesman for the House Republican campaign arm, said Democrats should be "lining up to call on him to apologize." "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now has an opportunity to condemn the very behavior and tone of this health care debate that she claims will ‘incite violence,’" he said, referring to Democratic concerns that the bitter tone of the health care debate could lead to attacks. But you see it is the Republicans who are ‘demagoging the issue.’ It is Republicans who are ‘using scare tactics.’ By the way, note how in typical fashion the Associated Press uses this outrage to bring up Mr. Wilson’s spontaneous outcry " as if there is a moral equivalency. Republicans are likening Grayson’s remark to South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s widely criticized shout of "You lie!" during President Barack Obama’s address
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POPSGlossary- a Bird's eye view! Tax – certainly not the fine that goes along with the individual mandate. No matter what that little #&%@! Stephanopoulos or Webster’s say. These and more at the site.
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POPSObama: Legalize illegals to get them health care No, he wasn't planning on covering illegals with health care. That was a "Right Wing Scare Tactic". What he really meant is that he was going to make them legals first and then cover them. You libs better watch these "Right Wing Scare Tactics" . You may find out it is really the truth.
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POPSTime For Bickering Is Over Obama said the legislation he seeks would guarantee insurance to consumers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, as well as other protections. "As soon as I sign this bill, it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it most," he added. The president assured those with insurance that "nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have." Obama also said the legislation he seeks would help those who lack insurance to afford it. "These are not primarily people on welfare," he said in a line that appeared aimed at easing concerns among working-class voters. "These are middle-class Americans."
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POPSThe modern land of racism and apartheid. danger of marrying non-Jews If this is not inhuman practice of shamelessly open racism and apartheid, than WHAT is racism and apartheid? Where are dissenting voices of Jewish bright minds? Do they understand the dire outcome of this politic?
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POPS2000 Students at Washington State Another round of scare tactics to consolidate government control of health care. Although this could be a real pandemic, who is to make that call? Should the CDC or another Self Appointed Czar, or just another reason to build a civilian security force? Are we heading toward liberty or tyranny? Everyone needs to stop and think, and look at the man in the mirror, before any rash action is taken.
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POPSThe Christian adoption racket I always suspected that there was a dark side to the compelled birth movement. Turning women into baby factories. Now, many of these group might mean well, but Hell is ----> way.
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POPSFive Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate
I am tired of wading through the inflammatory claims designed to scare people into thinking the government is out to rob us blind and turn us all into socialist puppets. These manipulative tactics are not conducive to debate and are designed to hijack the legislative process to fulfill the needs of selfish interests. If any politician cannot debate this issue with truth and honesty and with respect for their opponents and the democratic process then they need to be identified and removed from their positions. Those participating in this despicable charade dare not claim themselves to be American for it besmirches the spirit of our founding fathers and denigrates their intended ideals for this nation. Lies are the tools of desperation and should be brought out into the open along with their underhanded perpetrators. There are valid fears of socialism when the government begins taking over the means of production but valid meaningful debate needs to take place to prevent it.
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POPSLaw, Not Torture, Protects National Security Politicians and pundits ought to understand by now, the American system of justice was always meant to apprehend and prosecute criminals, and to ensure that those who apprehend them do not violate the law in doing so. That system routinely investigates law enforcement officials who use excessive force because we recognize that the credibility and authority of the law depends on universal accountability. The author, Joe Conason, got it exactly right. According to Cheney, preserving the rule of law will expose the nation to devastating terror attacks. This is total BS. “He has repeatedly claimed that waterboarding as well as other abusive methods are all that stand between us and a repetition of 9/11 or much worse”. Absolute scare tactics that reasonable adults know is not true. Through the release of the 2004 CIA inspector general’s report on the agency’s use of “enhanced interrogation,” provides little support for the former vice president’s bluster. Bring them to justic
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POPSGet the real facts False Republican Attacks on Health Insurance Reform In an attempt to stall or even derail health insurance reform, many Republican officials have continually made false and outlandish claims that distort the truth about the reforms that are actually being proposed. Special Interest Groups' Misinformation Campaign Special interest groups continue to rely on scare tactics and mistruths to create confusion and distort the debate. In many cases, they’ve attacked provisions that don’t even appear in any of the health-care measures under consideration. Viral Chain Emails Filled with Blatantly False Claims Many people have received anti-health-reform chain emails filled with blatantly false claims.
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POPSBullies at work They're in charge of an unfair, overpriced, underperforming system, and they like it that way; and they're willing to resort to lies, fantasy, scare tactics and bullying to keep it that way. American Healthcare is about creating profits, instead of taking care of people; and if you aren't outraged by that, then maybe you should be getting some mental health care.
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POPSObama Faces 'Scare Tactics' Head-On The right wing extremists remind me of the slaves that was brought to America. They were conditioned to hate themselves and reject anyone who said anything against their (corporate giants) slave master. If someone went to a slave and said "hey, you got it bad. these people are treating you like dirt, you don't have to take this". In return, they would lash out at the very people that was trying to help them.
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POPSthe new yahoo the formatting did not come through, but basically the yahoo logo and accent elements went from red to purple. I like the old yahoo better.
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POPSWelcome to the World of 'Chicago-Style' Politics "You've unfortunately reacted by once again resorting to the playbook of the Chicago political machine." Issa particularly notes the coordinated effort against Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. Issa quotes a Politico report that claims Emanuel launched a campaign using cabinet secretaries to send letters to Gov. Brewer following remarks by Kyl on the Sunday talk shows where he blasted the stimulus. The idea was to intimidate Gov. Brewer under "suggestion" that stimulus money could be withheld because of the statements by Sen. Kyl. Issa noted, "The fact that the letters were coordinated by you to maximize the level of intimidation is supported by the timing, structure, and content of each letter. Not only were the four letters all sent the day following Senator Kyl's remarks, but they were also remarkably similar in tone and sentence structure."
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POPSIssa goes Rahm-bo on Rahm Last month, Politico reported that Emanuel had “launched a coordinated effort to jam” Senator Kyl and other Administration critics… “ fter seeing Kyl and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) again paint the legislation as a failure on Sunday talk shows, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel directed that the letters from the Cabinet secretaries be sent to Brewer, according to two administration officials.” Issa noted, “The fact that the letters were coordinated by you to maximize the level of intimidation is supported by the timing, structure, and content of each letter. Not only were the four letters all sent the day following Senator Kyl’s remarks, but they were also remarkably similar in tone and sentence structure.”
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POPSDoctors Demand Apology From Obama Of course, no one in the media is reporting this in favor focusing on the 'race issue'. The news conference on Wednesday night lasted an hour. Many things were said - but still no actual facts or figures. We still don't know what the "PLAN" looks like or will actually cost. We DO know that Obama has no problem speaking out of turn on topics he knows nothing about. Like the 'acted stupidly' comment, he misrepresented and maligned another group in America - Doctors. In truth, I don't mind him making ridiculous statements. They prove that he is ill-equipped to tackle these issues and uninformed about the facts. I'm tired of all the liberal cheer-leading... I want the truth. Is the health system in trouble? Yep. Is government run health care the answer? Let me introduce you to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. My answer is Nope.
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POPSObama Running Scared
Some 47 million Americans are uninsured -- many because some employers have dropped coverage in the economic downturn. Others lack insurance because pre-existing illnesses deny them access to private insurance. There also are millions with no way to pay for soaring health insurance payments because they have lost their jobs. Nearly all Republicans and some moderate Democrats oppose any public plan option. These are the same lawmakers who receive many government-provided perks including health insurance. In his remarks to the AMA, Obama warned against "scare tactics" and "fear mongering" by opponents of the public plan option, which the President said should be available to those who have no health insurance. Obama rejected the "illegitimate concern that's being put forward by those who are claiming that a public option is somehow a Trojan horse for a single-payer system." Obama should tear a page out of LBJ's vote-getting manual and shame the heartless opponents. The hea
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