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Give us your sick, your hungry, your poor. And we'll bury them.

Healthcare. Health. Care? Dont get me started. Coming from a country that has free basic healthcare for ALL of its citizens I find the level of care, or lack thereof, in this country shameful. The wealthiest, most powerful country on earth cannot even give its people the most rudimentary of care. I moved here 12 years ago and even back then the politicians were talking and talking about healthcare reform. And after 12+ years of talk things have only gotten worse. And the same politicians are doing nothing but talk still. And its funny, because if the voters in this country REALLY cared about healthcare, made it their number one deciding factor come election time, then there would be a much better chance for change. But as long as Bush and the wacky Christian right are allowed to dumb the debate down to "national security" or "gay marriage" or "pro-life (give me a break)" then this is what you are stuck with. These guys sure arent gonna change things. These...

A Message From Lee Iaccoca

This was sent to me by a family member via email. I'm not sure where it originated but it is so well said that I would like to reprint it with/without the permission of the author. I can only hope that more eyeballs see this and absorb the sentiments expressed in this article. Whilst Mr Iaccoca was a Bush supporter in the 2000 stolen election, he apparently saw the error of his ways and backed John Kerry in 2004. In light of that fact, it puts much of what he says in this article into context. An ex-Bushie Republican industrialist has had enough too. Had Enough? Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what'shappening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloodymurder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state rightover a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can'teven clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead ofgetting mad, everyone sits around and nods their hea...