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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (17077)	10/19/2007 11:31:55 AM
From: TopCat	Respond to of 224749

"If you've ever watched Mission Imnpossible..." I think I'm beginning to understand your mental problem. You get your "reality" from the movies. Do you spend a lot of time across the street from where you live?

To: American Spirit who wrote (17077)	10/19/2007 11:38:56 AM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Congressman Marsha Blackburn moved to rein in the liberal Leadership's move to "slow motion socialism" by voting to sustain President Bush's veto of H.R. 976. Rep. Blackburn had the following statement after the House voted to sustain the veto 273 to 156. "Everyone in Tennessee watched TennCare, Tennessee's attempt to institutionalize Hillary Clinton's plan for universal healthcare, inflict pain and pressure on our healthcare system. We observed first hand that expanded enrollments weakened eligibility requirements, which lead to access and affordability problems. I am therefore proud of my colleagues for sustaining the President's veto on H.R. 976, legislation that ignores the TennCare lessons, while spending billions of dollars to substitute private health insurance coverage with government-run healthcare coverage." Blackburn, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health, noted that H.R 976 would weaken current law requiring states to document a beneficiary's citizenship status; a move that would allow illegal immigrants to access government-funded health care benefits. "By attempting to strip current law prohibiting Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants, H.R. 976 would prevent the federal government from ensuring that taxpayer-funded SCHIP services are only distributed to qualified individuals. The vetoed bill would have moved SCHIP from a block grant to an entitlement program and would have increased spending more than $120 billion in federal funding over the next ten years. The poorly drafted bill would have left the program under funded by $40 billion in mid 2012. Why would someone vote for a bill that plans to fail?" "I remain committed to working with my colleagues across the aisle to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program to protect underprivileged children who currently lack health insurance. However, I cannot support legislation that will expand the welfare state, provide government health care benefits to illegal immigrants, and irresponsibly draw-down the public purse."

To: American Spirit who wrote (17077)	10/19/2007 5:28:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Armitage and Novak say otherwise. And Fitzgerald didn't charge anyone with outing Plame. There's no indication publicizing Plame's employment did any harm at all. If she had been covert, it would have been a mistake for her to arrange her own husband be sent on an information gathering mission that might point back at her. Furthermore, Novak has disclosed that Wilson himself wasn't concerned about his wife's being identified.