Howdy – you are gooooooood!!!!! You know him so well

Blogging is to addictive, it is hard to do just a little bit of it.
It is better to make a choice of either being in or out.

Do me a favor and don’t over analyze this post and make it something more than what it is.

You have challenged evey comment made by us especially when it came to the war and healthcare. But you don’t want to be challenged back. I listen to liberal view points and I do compare them to the facts. If the views are correct then I assume that way of thinking. I hope you would reconsider.

KT & K2 sorry if I offended you two, I was really impressed with the advice you gave to cindy, I thought for sure you would be biased but you were not. try to keep and open mind, many good things have come from Democrats as well as Republicans.

Adam
Good job on reporting, I will be looking for you on Fox news.
Take Care.

http://www.freemarketcure.com/whatshouldbedone.php

Info about the author of the article:

David Gratzer
David Gratzer is a physician, an author and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is often quoted on health matters in the U.S. and Canada where his articles have appeared in more than a dozen newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Weekly Standard. For his essays, Dr. Gratzer won the 2000 Felix A. Morley Journalism Competition, sponsored by George Mason University’s Institute for the Humane Studies. The late Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics, wrote that Dr. Gratzer is “a natural-born economist.” David Gratzer’s most recent book, with Foreword by Milton Friedman, is The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care (Encounter Books, October 2006)

Adam–did you mean the Iraq war?? That’s Lincoln Chafee, and he left the GOP and is now an Independent. He says Bush duped them into a war. If not,
I found a 1-800 number to call for voting history…..so if this trivia question is to Win a Mug or
a T-shirt, I might consider doing that….

http://www.freemarketcure.com/uninsuredinamerica.php

If this does not make you rethink about Universal Health Care, then I don’t know what willl.

http://www.freemarketcure.com/brainsurgery.php

We cannot afford it financially. We cannot afford it physically!

I wish they would open up the healthcare market allowing us to choose between different companies, which would bring on price competition, instead of having the industry monopolized per State. We could then have a better shot of having affordable healthcare.

When politicians today say that they are going to “bring down the cost of medical care” or make housing “affordable,” what are they talking about other than price controls?

They were trying to keep from going under while Franklin D. Roosevelt was denouncing them as “economic royalists.”

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/02/27/a_lesson_from_venezuela?page=full&comments=true

In the ’70s the Democrats tried this with Nixon. But the court said that Congress can’t use the court system as way of getting a law passed.

this appears to be the reason behind the lawsuit———

“The suit had a political purpose too. Democrats have urged that the filing occur swiftly so that a judge might rule before the November elections, when all 435 House seats and a third of the Senate are up for grabs. Criticism of Bush’s use of executive power is a key tenet of the Democrats’ platform, from the presidential race on down.”

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080301/D8V4C5HG5.html

Jen– on all the links I found- it was stated Grassley was one of two Republican senators who voted against the 1991 Gulf War resolution. … The internet is sometimes not always accurate- who knows— Adam has yet to give the answer- LOL

I read your link- yes- Hatfield was a pacifist for over 30 years–

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What is going on with Pelosi and her lawsuit?

And I agree about the earmarks. I’lll respond later.

I do recall Pelosi saying she would improve congress….however, we did not see the elimination of earmarks – we did see there is to be more transparency as to who attaches them to a bill. A good step, but what about who is behind the earmark and their relationship to the endorser.

Or better yet, NO earmarks.

Also, we have seen stall tactics…..not voting on the presidential appointments to the federal courts. Refusing an up or down vote – just stalling and not voting at all.

Obstruction of bringing the FISA bill to vote.

Honestly, our two party system is like a rush hour traffic jam…… slow moving and no progress.

We all know now, it did not work……

“The agreement is regarded by historians as exemplifying appeasement. As Hitler soon violated the terms of the agreement, it has often been cited in support of the principle that totalitarian states should never be appeased.”

May we not let history be repeated, once again.

If this is the business as usual of the Republicans, then I’m all for their business as usual, I like lower taxes and having the taxes we do pay going to areas that are supposed to. I want our taxes going to help those who need it. Corruption exists at all levels and it’s up to you the voter to vote out the Congress members that you feel are being corrupt. The President of the United States is not the watchdog of corrupt members of congress, that’s not his job.

Welfare was to be a temporary plan, until the economy improved and the 24% unemployment rate improved. It was not intended to be a never ending program.

However, we now know welfare will continue to help those who need it. Unfortunately, when benefits were added in the 1960’s it became a program that created dependency. Under Bill Clinton, welfare was reformed to remove people from this dependency and move them toward employment. This was very successful and unemployment under President Bush was lower than under Bill Clinton.

Never have I heard a Republican say they wished to disband Social Security, Medicare, Welfare.

I have heard conversation to take action to SAVE Social Security and allow for private investment of social security. At the present time, the Federal Government does not protect the SS money being used / spent outside it’s purpose.

I have heard conversation that Medicare needs to be reformed. The current system is subject to fraud, waste and abuse.

Welfare has been reformed and, as with any social program should be subject to continued review to see if any improvements can be made.

This economy can’t handle another attack. Bush has done an excellent job in keeping us from being hit again and he was right about the Iraq taking time to settle things down over there. His plan worked.

When McCain goes up against Obama (or Hillary) in the debates, taxes, the war, immigration all other hot topic issues will be compared. Right now all people are hearing about is the change that Obama wants to bring. That change will be defined when he goes against McCain. How are we going to pay for this change that Obama wants? We will pay through our taxes.