Health Care Is Not A Right

And neither is clean water, or clean air, or free education or paved roads. Health care is not a right. It's a responsibility.

A majority of 41

WTF? If Congress can't pass healthcare, actually, if Reid and Pelosi can't pass health care with solid majorities in both chambers then I'm switching to Independent. I'm shocked that the liberals in Massachusetts are so lazy to not go out and vote in throngs, but their torpidity notwithstanding, the Dems in both chambers should be more motivated than ever to do what needs to be done. Were there 59 Republicans when we invaded Iraq? Did we have 59 Republicans when the Patriot Act passed? Were there 59 Republicans when all those tax breaks for the wealthy were dished out like government cheese?

Why the hell are Dems scrambling when they have 19 more...oh, Lieberman and the asshole from Nebraska. That's right.

Dog Pile

Here in Colorado, Governor Ritter said that he won't seek a second term. I could smell the yag from every hardcore Republican in the state. They put all their eggs in one basket, even forcing out that young whippersnapper from the Western Slope, to have McGinnis beat up on Ritter. Too bad, suckas! Ritter's raising a long middle finger and saying "I got nothin' to lose, bitches!" And all the state leggies that are term limited are saying "We got nothin' to lose, bitches!" Just like the line in that new Mel Gibson movie. Hopefully they'll find some moxy and actually pass some legislation that will do long term good. Maybe rolling back tax breaks and toughening up that environmental legislation so the Western Slope...hey, wait a minute...anyway, so the Western Slope doesn't turn into a toxic wasteland like northern New Jersey. I've smelled the air over there. Natural gas is (fairly) clean to burn (with a furnace) but it makes one hell of a mess to pull out of the ground. I've seen cleaner extraction processes on Bang Bros.

Now the field is so wide open the hardcores have no idea what to do. McGinnis looked good against a governor who got swept up with the rest of the country into an economic nightmare, but some of these potential candidates are sweeeeeeeet! Hick has a goofy-clean reputation; Romanoff has a great smile and people loved him, loved him, loved him in the state house of reps, Carroll is young and has so much energy he makes Ritter seem asleep; and Salazar is homey because he wears a cowboy hat. His family's been around for 400 years. That's lineage. Dems have more choices as I have unfinished house projects. It'll be interesting to see how long they go at it and how quickly McGinnis is forgotten and starts doing crazy shit to get noticed. Just like McCain had....wait a minute. McGinnis, McCain? I'm sensing a pattern.

Forgot to Mention

The last babyboomer is now 45 years old.