53 Responses to World’s Oldest Obama Voter Dies at 115

1. Patvann says: 51

   Note to Moderators…I would love to go back and fix typos (breading/breeding) but the cursor wants to wonder up to the top of the text-box, making it impossible to do so.

   Is it me and my machine, or the utility?

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   September 14, 2009 at 6:46 pm
2. Stephen says: 52

   It’s amazing to me how the Progressive picks and chooses which of the Founder’s words to apply, and which of those words to put forth to support their CURRENT posit, to the exclusion of all the others. No mention or weight is given to any of the others, except when the Progressive finds that it suits their needs. Nevermind the fact that in a different argument that same Progressive would dispise every word that same Founder ever uttered, because they “OWNED SLAVES!!!”

   It’s ridiculous to claim that I even think that. I’m simply saying that the fight over how the general welfare clause should be interpreted has gone back to the beginning of our country. Yes, some of the Founding Fathers did think that “general welfare” didn’t give Congress the power to do stuff like fund education, but some did.

   And all that really tells us is how to read the document in the way the people who wrote it intended. Which means that this issue is up for debate, but what is not up for debate is the idea that everyone was in agreement about this issue.

   I think the Founders should neither be ignored nor idolized. We should not ignore their intentions but we should also amend the Constitution when it turns out to be lacking (e.g. slavery).

   More amazing is how they pick and choose which of their present “problems” is supposedly “solved”, by applying the select words of their select founder.

   All I was claiming was that it was a matter of contention going all the way back to the founding of our country, and to act as if Obama and the progressives are “ripping up the Constitution” is bullheaded and alarmist.

   This case is a perfect example of their “logic”…THEY have determined that Healthcare insurance is too expensive, so their “cure” is to tax those of us who save and prioritize to pay for those who have not, meanwhile ignoring that most of the uninsured could either afford their own, but choose not to buy it, or are actually eligible to be on a present government plan, but may not know it.

   I’d like to see you tell that to my friends I mention earlier, who work their asses off for sometimes 60 hours a week and tell them that they are “choosing” not to buy health insurance. They are having enough problems paying for gas money to get to work every day, and cannot afford to purchase health care on their own. Why should small businesses be left out in the cold and forced to pay 3 times as much as large businesses do?

   It never occurs to the Progressive-drone that food and water costs more per month than health insurance, and is indeed more crucial to survival, yet there is no proposed “cure” for this “problem”…Yet.

   There is a “cure” for this “problem” — we call it food stamps. If you can’t afford food, the government will give you an EBT card. And progressives complain about stuff like the farm bill that keeps healthy food from being affordable to low income families. That’s something I’d like to see fixed. Health care is just this president’s agenda.

   Also, this simply isn’t true. Food and water cost per month is about $176 — that’s the amount food stamp recipients get. Insurance can cost anywhere from $250 to about $400 a month for a single person — and that’s for a healthy young person. (I’m basing this off my personal insurance experience.) For an older person taking a lot of medication, that can skyrocket to $700 — and the cost is just getting higher. Not to mention that this isn’t full coverage insurance — you still have a $2,000 deductible to meet! So that’s $166 more, and you’re looking at about $500 a month MINIMUM just to pay for your health care.

   Hell, cellphones and TVcable/internet costs more than insurance for most single people, but those same people NEED to have a cellphone so that they can call into vote for the next American Idol!

   They need a cell phone because they’d like to have a number potential employers can reach them at, and it’s cheaper than buying a land line.

   But this is all a digression. My main points are that HR3200 has no freakin death panels and a public option is not unconstitutional nor is it “socialism.”

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   September 14, 2009 at 7:11 pm
3. Patvann says: 53

   I now point and laugh in your general direction.

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   September 14, 2009 at 9:01 pm