Comment by Scott A. Hunt on November 13, 2009 at 8:52am

No, you are not the only one. The problem all along with the health care bill is that the Republicans are against just about anything, especially if the Dems are for it, and the Dems have no backbone whatsoever.

Comment by Johnny on November 13, 2009 at 10:44am

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Comment by Frink on November 13, 2009 at 11:26pm

"As the liberals would have you believe."

Liberals are not a bunch of judgmental asshats, as the conservatives would have you believe.

Comment by Stephanie A on November 14, 2009 at 3:09am

I admit that my ramblings were brought upon by my anger at the situation, coupled with a couple cocktails. In actuality, I'm a little embarrassed by not writing out my thoughts more clearly.

So yeah, Neal, it was weird and I promise I will back up my random thoughts with references and better thought out sentences.

Jen, yes, I completely agree, it's really not off topic because it's law vs. "family" and it's not right. I'm very passionate about how family is defined and legislated. This bill in particular spells out what's required to qualify for the government healthcare depending on how many children you birthed/adopted/support AS A PARENT5 and if you are married, coupled with how much you earn... not your expenses; Not somebody like me who supports a bunch of people but doesn't subscribe to to the typical marriage or people who are same sex or are widowed with risk of losing pensions or retirements.... how many of us does that leave out if we don't subscribe to "normalcy" or the biblical description of a commited relationship? But yet we are REQUIRED to carry either the government plan or a plan of our own or be FINED. Then on top of all that it denies abortion for those who really need the insurance to pay for it! So, those who opposed abortion get to say "my money doesn't go to that" but those of us who don't want to deny abortion services are required to support this plan???? GRRR!!! Sorry getting angry again.

Frink, sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I was more trying to position myself as in between. I'm liberal with personal responsibilities and a conservative economically... my political party is Libertarian although I realize that's probably idealistic and chaotic to the extreme.

In any, case I will expound further, but at the moment I'm super tired. Thanks for reading and replying.

Comment by Gaytor on November 19, 2009 at 8:12pm

For me, even bigger than choice, is that under the Stupak Amendment, women whom use the subsidy of the public option, can't even buy private insurance that covers abortion. Those whom choose to bury their heads in the sand don't realize that abortion is a valid medical procedure. You have stillborns, that need to be extracted. Missing brains, Spina bifada that isn't survivable, No skin, etc etc. The defects list can go on and on. Should a baby be born to appease a religious tenet that is Biblically invalid in the first place? It's more religion preventing reason and science.

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