Good Morning

Good morning!

Hopefully Democrats will grow a spine and do the right thing (I mean if they cannot grow a spine and prevail on SCHIP, how can they ever prevail on anything else?). They have options like attaching the bill (as is) to continuing resolution that must pass this week to keep government open. They can also make it clear that no war funding will even come to the floor until SCHIP is signed.

Pelosi failed to recognize that not only does Bush never change his mind, but he has no heart to dig deeply into.

Good morning, Scarecrow.

Good Morning!

Rep. Marcy Kaptur D-OH is up on CSPAN 1
SCHIP and on the temporary funding debate coming up today.

Kids Don’t Vote!

Good morning everyone.

Breaking new:

The GM/UAW strike may be over, and settlement appears to create what I’ll call an insurance pool for health care, financed through a trust fund to which GM will contribute a big chunk. Could be interesting.

And someone is claiming the last pope was effectively subjected to euthanasia.

Guess which story will dominate the news?

Bush will veto it, but we’ve got to make that veto cost. It has to cost all Republicans and Democrats who fail to vote to sustain the veto. We’ve somehow have to shine light on them, as heartless bastards denying treatment to children in need of care, while they are appropriating yet more money to kill more U.S. troops and Iraqi children.

Scarecrow @ 7

Good morning everyone.

Breaking new:

The GM/UAW strike may be over, and settlement appears to create what I’ll call an insurance pool for health care, financed through a trust fund to which GM will contribute a big chunk. Could be interesting.

And someone is claiming the last pope was effectively subjected to euthanasia.

Guess which story will dominate the news?

the airplane with the stuck landing gear?

maybe there will be a trade… a blank check for bush’s wars in return for SCHIP – sorta like this spring where the minimum wage increase (and a bunch of earmarks) for the last suplemental.

I see that Randy Kuhl is on the “hall of shame” listing. He’s from the legislative district next door to mine. He’s also the nutcase who, when anti-war protesters were outside one of his local offices, told his people to lock the doors and not talk to anyone. And I think also the protesters have been brought up on charges. Tom Reynolds (Buffalo area) is another bonehead – he’s quoted that he voted against it because he’s concerned that the children of illegal aliens would get healthcare. Really.

i think this is called fighting the good fight. by pressing on in the face of a veto the dems continue to keep this before the public, continue to make a values statement — showing the kind of issue they support and that bush and the repubs do not. in the rising divide between the haves and have-nots, more people are getting disgusted with the kind of “i’ve got mine” mentality that the gop has long embraced.
any ideology that puts the health and safety of children at risk is by definition sociopathic, and the dems need to note every day what the consequences of gopism are.

Toby Wollin @ 11

I see that Randy Kuhl is on the “hall of shame” listing. He’s from the legislative district next door to mine. He’s also the nutcase who, when anti-war protesters were outside one of his local offices, told his people to lock the doors and not talk to anyone. And I think also the protesters have been brought up on charges. Tom Reynolds (Buffalo area) is another bonehead – he’s quoted that he voted against it because he’s concerned that the children of illegal aliens would get healthcare. Really.

The phrase ‘ugly American’ comes to mind.

amy goodman and juan gonzalez are interviewing evo morales (president of bolivia) on democracy now! topics so far are biofuels, their invitation to ahmadinejad for a visit to bolivia and usa foreign policy and unwanted intervention in bolivia.

ifthethunderdontgetya @ 13

Toby Wollin @ 11

I see that Randy Kuhl is on the “hall of shame” listing. He’s from the legislative district next door to mine. He’s also the nutcase who, when anti-war protesters were outside one of his local offices, told his people to lock the doors and not talk to anyone. And I think also the protesters have been brought up on charges. Tom Reynolds (Buffalo area) is another bonehead – he’s quoted that he voted against it because he’s concerned that the children of illegal aliens would get healthcare. Really.

The phrase ‘ugly American’ comes to mind.

Walsh, who is a repub, crossed over. Of course, Walsh also recently came back from Iraq and said it was a wreck and a mistake and that he was breaking with Bush(can we all say “Eric Massa”? I thought you could). But yes, those guys are really ugly and they do tend to aim their “appeal” to the more “backwoods element” that can be found everywhere in Upstate.

Thanks for the phrase “the party of misplaced priorities.” And how!

I called Schuler’s office, glad to see he decided to vote yes. I’m sure my calls to V. Fox & P. McHenry (ick & double ick) went on deaf ears, though I must say their staffers sounded like they were not happy about a no vote on this, especially when I pointed to their allegiance to the tobacco lobby & Dubya’s money dumping in Iraq.

What is truly heartbreaking about the threatened veto is that for paraents of special needs kids, the SCHIP program is the only option for healthcare that they have. Even if they could afford private insurance, that pesky “pre-existing condition” clause precludes coveerage for the care that special needs kids require. Honestly, I am beyond sick of listening to Bush’s “compassionate Christian” BS. The only compassion he has is for the cronies that can line his pockets as he lines theirs, and he is as far from the teachings of Crist as it is possible to be.

The last Pope was euthanized? You don’t say.

Smgumby @ 19

The last Pope was euthanized? You don’t say.

A CNN story — that’s not my word; apparently they didn’t insert feeding toobz as soon as they should have.

OH MAN!! They just forgot to spell out what the bill means phoneticaly!!!! If chimpy DOES veto this they should send the EXACT same bill back time after time and use the tape of him vetoing it in EVERY HOUSE AND SENATE RACE as a campaign spot.

Hmm. The line between euthanasia and end of life comfort care is actually an area of interest to me. With all of the Popes severe conditions prior to his death, I can’t imagine the delay of a feeding tube being a real issue. I am a critical care RN, so the issue of when to withdraw treatment is an issue I see day to day.

(from the google)
http://www.christiantoday.com/…../13237.htm

speaking of “misplaced priorities” (sadly, bipartisan this time)…

something else the House did yesterday was pass lantos’ reprehensible bill H.R.1400, “Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007,” by 397 – 16. this bill was introduced in march and brought to a vote during ahmadinejad’s visit.

from the jerusalem post:

The US Congress moved quickly Tuesday to signal its disapproval of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling for tighter sanctions against his government and designation of his military as a terrorist group.

The swift rebuke was a rare display of bipartisan cooperation in a Congress bitterly divided on the Iraq war. It reflected lawmakers’ long-held nervousness surrounding Tehran’s aggression in the region, particularly toward Israel – a sentiment fueled by the pro-Israeli lobby in Congress whose influence reaches across party lines.

“Iran faces a choice between a very big carrot and a very sharp stick,” said Rep. Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “It is my hope that they will take the carrot. But today, we are putting the stick in place.”

too many idiots in congress.

Christy has a new post ready.

selise,
this looks like a interesting hearing tomorrow:
at 2:00 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
An Examination of the Google-DoubleClick Merger and the Online Advertising Industry: What Are the Risks for Competition and Privacy?

witnesses:

David Drummond
Senior Vice President, Corporate
Development and Chief Legal Officer
Google
Mountain View, CA

Brad Smith
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Microsoft
Redmond, WA

Dr. Thomas Lenard
Senior Fellow
The Progress and Freedom Foundation
Washington, DC

Scott Cleland
President
Precursor LLC
McLean, VA

Marc Rotenberg
Executive Director
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Washington, DC

Of course Bush will veto SCHIP. Then the Dems should keep sending it back. Over and over again. Beat him and the other Rethugs over the head with it. Force them to cave in.

This morning NPR had more reporting on this. All the Rethugs speaking in opposition sounded like they had one tooth. They were using the usual code words “Democrat plan” and “socialism.” We couldn’t ask for a better way to put a face on the Rethugs. Beat them over the head with this.

Elliott @ 25 -

good point. sometimes i spend too much time make the list and not enough time thinking about it!

The other point to drive home is that is is fiscally irresponsible to deny preventitive care when the end result is large Emergency room costs which are ultimately borne by the taxpayers.
Like education, theis is not just a moral issue (although one would think that would be enough) but a practical, long-term cost efficient issue.
The lack of vision of this Administration and the previous Republican Congress is astounding.

Charles Grassley has a good idea:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..163132/429

If it sounds familiar, it’s essentially what John Murtha’s been advocating for any Iraq-withdrawal bills: Just keep bringing them up, over and over again, until Bush signs them or the Republicans decide that they like their jobs better than Bush.

Hopefully the eight Democrats who voted no (I put up a list in last night’s Late Late Nite) will be inundated with calls and email from all around the country.

Yes, it would be nice to hang this issue around the Republicans’ necks next year — but it would be nicer to find the 25 votes needed to override.

let us remind thwe PUKES over and over and over again…how much they LOVE THE FETUS!

Once more latino children are the new untouchables. Under the bill passed, legal immigrant kids would have to wait five years for coverage. And while the brown reps voted for the thing anyway, 8 democrats voted against. I first voted in 1956 at a time when you had to be 21. After God knows how many years I have worked and voted as a liberal Dem, I have finally had it, given this and the events of last week.

I’m not normally given to profanity, but it feels good to say fuck the Democrats, and adios.

Good Morning Scarecrow.

OMG. Regula (R-OH) voted Yea!

I’m gonna fire off another e-mail to him to THANK him for his vote for the children, and ask him to work to influence his colleagues to do likewise.
;->

Jesus B. Ochoa @ 32

Once more latino children are the new untouchables. Under the bill passed, legal immigrant kids would have to wait five years for coverage. And while the brown reps voted for the thing anyway, 8 democrats voted against. I first voted in 1956 at a time when you had to be 21. After God knows how many years I have worked and voted as a liberal Dem, I have finally had it, given this and the events of last week.

I’m not normally given to profanity, but it feels good to say fuck the Democrats, and adios.

Instead, let’s dig in and try to change that situation in the Senate version, then see to it the change is incorporated into the final bill as sent to Herr Boosh. eh? Please don’t give up hope. I’m with you on this, and I’m sure many others are also.

Toby Wollin @ 11

Tom Reynolds (Buffalo area) is another bonehead – he’s quoted that he voted against it because he’s concerned that the children of illegal aliens would get healthcare. Really.

I’m speechless!

One of my little congress critters (Simpson (R-ID), technically he’s not mine, I’m not in his district – I get the ultra-crazy Sali) even voted in favor of the bill, however, I suspect it’s precisely because he knew the vote number would not be veto-proof. I took him to task last month for his totally dishonest portrayal of the bill on his website.

sona @ 35

Toby Wollin @ 11

Tom Reynolds (Buffalo area) is another bonehead – he’s quoted that he voted against it because he’s concerned that the children of illegal aliens would get healthcare. Really.

I’m speechless!

Try this tack to knock some sense into boneheads. Here’s copy of what I wrote Regula yesterday:

I urge you to support the sCHIP children’s health care bill now before the House of Representatives.

President Bush has threatened to veto this critically important legislation, so it will need to be passed by a veto-proof majority, in order to be adopted.

The President seems not only elitist and blind to the need for comprehensive health care for the sake of the children and their families, but callous and indifferent to the very real threat to our whole population, should the nation’s young be properly immunized against catastrophic diseases.

Bush is ignoring very real potential danger from the rapid spread of epidemics in this country, unless our young in the population receive proper care. Without passage of sCHIP, this horrible possibility is all too real.

Please Vote FOR sCHIP.

and then today, since my repubble Ccritter actually voted FOR it:

THANK YOU for your YEA vote on the SCHIP bill.

I hope you will do your best to convince your colleagues, who voted in the negative, to support an override of Pres. Bush’s threatened veto of the legislation, should that become necessary.

The SCHIP legislation is vitally important to the health of our whole nation. Not only is it the only humane choice but, without proper health care, children lacking necessary immunization represent a clear and dangerous breeding ground for any epidemic that might reach our shores in the future. In this day and age, with world-wide air-travel the norm, this is a real danger. (snip)

Yeah. scare the pants off ‘em, if necessary.
Just don’t give up on him/her, because SCHIP did pass, after all, and will return if vetoed.
Keep those Ccritters on the griddle unless and until the bill’s totally dead.

They passed this because they know it will be vetoed. The Democrats aren’t going to do anything more for the American people than the neo-Cons. It’s just all one big corporate state now.