A little perspective never hurt a fly
Since I've been subjected to Fox News' endless rants about health care reform being "shoved down everyone's throats", I'd like to point out that it has quite a bit more support than other recent "signature" legislation.
Here's a comparison:
1) People who support "health care reform": 49% against, via Gallup (as of November 2009)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124496/americans-leaning-against-healthcare-legislation.aspx
2) People who were against the Patriot Act: Polls vary, although they all show one trend: the more people knew about it, the less they liked it. 71% were against section 213, 51% against section 215. Only 33% were for it as of May of 2003.
http://www.bordc.org/resources/public.php
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/shapiro/2003-08-19-hype_x.htm
Jon Stewart once said "Republicans are confusing tyranny with loosing", and while I don't put much faith in polls (very few of them survey over one thousand people), as a barometer of the "people's will", I think we can all agree that heath care reform is not the America killing boondoggle that so many say it is. So can we give it a rest?
On a slightly different note, two worthy links.
The first is a PDF of the most completely awesome presidential personality study ever- a look at their doodles. From the early 1800's to GWB, there is a sampling of most of our most prominent #1's. Very much worth a look (it's only a few pages long):
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/information/clippings/pdf/atlanticmonthly_pd.pdf
Number two, which needs little explanation, is the Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency. It is what it sounds like.... Fact or fiction? You decide!
http://www.fvza.org/
Here's a comparison:
1) People who support "health care reform": 49% against, via Gallup (as of November 2009)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124496/americans-leaning-against-healthcare-legislation.aspx
2) People who were against the Patriot Act: Polls vary, although they all show one trend: the more people knew about it, the less they liked it. 71% were against section 213, 51% against section 215. Only 33% were for it as of May of 2003.
http://www.bordc.org/resources/public.php
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/shapiro/2003-08-19-hype_x.htm
Jon Stewart once said "Republicans are confusing tyranny with loosing", and while I don't put much faith in polls (very few of them survey over one thousand people), as a barometer of the "people's will", I think we can all agree that heath care reform is not the America killing boondoggle that so many say it is. So can we give it a rest?
On a slightly different note, two worthy links.
The first is a PDF of the most completely awesome presidential personality study ever- a look at their doodles. From the early 1800's to GWB, there is a sampling of most of our most prominent #1's. Very much worth a look (it's only a few pages long):
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/information/clippings/pdf/atlanticmonthly_pd.pdf
Number two, which needs little explanation, is the Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency. It is what it sounds like.... Fact or fiction? You decide!
http://www.fvza.org/