Hey Beantown1775, Hockey fan? What does it take to awake the slumbering??? Any comments on Mass Healthcare Reform and Blue Cross Blue Shield and the rest of the tax-exempt not for profit, yet very profitable healthcare lobby in Mass buddying up to the legislature to impose healthcare reform via mandated health coverage. Is this constitutional? Has the IRS failed to enforce the rules of inurement as the legislature fails to address the ability of people to pay costly premiums and instead comes down with a mandate. HOw is this healthcare reform? This is healthcare fraud.

“Is this constitutional?”
Great question.
I don’t know the answer, but I will be looking around for it.
If anyone out there understands the constitutionality of mandating that people buy health insurance, I would very interested in knowing more.

We the people find oursevles in the identical position as did our forefathers, raped by Corporaticgovernment. Wake up america……… you have been made numb by beer commercials, the booze you consume and “Dancing with the Stars, the indiscretions of Brittany and the loser OJ. These issues are all more important than the usurpation of our constitution, under the color of law by defacto facsist!!!!!!”

How excited am I that David Neiwert is going to be posting a regular column on Thursdays at FDL?

Pretty effin’ cool if you ask me.

Beyond cool. After providing mountains of evidence that brown people are targeted, David’s most frightening point is that it has become normal.

Hate radio is broadcasting 24/7. Fake News has become standard fare.

The middle class has been worn down by assault after assault from the GOP. Worn down, broke, looking for affordable colleges for the kids, stuck with gas guzzling cars, angry. The American couple raising children has gone from a one paycheck family to a four paycheck family, two jobs each to get by.

It can be easy to hate the ones that are being set up by the GOP to take the blame.

This is one of those Times of History. Study it and you will see that societies have sunk into the many horrors of racism at just such a juncture.

Education is key. I hope we have time.

What would really scare the pants off Nancy, Rahm, Steny, Schumer, DiFi and the rest is if we would start petitions in the various states to stop foreign government lobbists from having tax exempt status. That would also pretty much end all the pro-mid-east war hawk funds.

Yes revoke the tax exempt status of lobbyist and healthcare. Neither lessens the burdens of governemnt. In fact they effect the decisions of policy makers, linining pockets in the procees and in many case bankrupting Americans, while the well represented interests flourish……………………

In reality we are facing the same threat, our forefathers faced as the mecantilist corporate interests of the KIng of England and his cohorts in crime “used” the American colonist for the glory of England. Well in todays terms its the glory Exxon MObile and “Executive Oil,” and “we the people” find oursevles in the identical posotion as did our forefathers, raped by Corporaticgovernment. Wake up america……… you have been made numb by beer commercials, the booze you consume and “Dancing with ther Stars, the indiscretions of Brittany and the loser OJ. These issues are all more important than the usurpation of our constitution, under the color of law by defacto facsist!!!!!!

‘Men will be conditoned by men in little black boxes” Does anyone know whose quote this is??? This person was an “enlightened man!”

Puty – he drink Wodka, and he drinks them all under the table.

Never ever drink with a former KGB guy!

But still, why would he get under the table before drinking?

Maybe Putin and Kasparov could have a drinking contest and winner take all! LOL

Is this a serious question? That has been the Republican strategy since at least Nixon… maybe before.