China says McCain would be better for their economy than the regulating Dems…………….

Lest we forget…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM0zJl9Bxk8

Tap yer toes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGoEcIEv3_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRar6yKZE8g

As you know better than most of your Senate colleagues, Sen. Schumer’s recent claim that “America isn’t ready for a national healthcare system” is false.

It misleads on the facts, which are dire, and misleads on the state of public opinion. His comment caters to his insurance company donors whose profits are inversely proportional to the care they permit. It caters to wealthy conservative voices on the other side of the aisle who think that illness, like Hurricane Katrina, is an expression of God’s wrath rather than a preventable harm.

If Sen. Schumer’s claim is true, then members of Congress should be the first to give up their fully-paid, government-provided healthcare and pensions. I hear no rustle of volunteers to draft legislation to make it so.

It is time that Congress cast aside its Vichy-like willingness to say “Yes” to the president and “No” to its constituents. The latter have to pay for all government expenses, especially as the wealthy among them no longer pay their fair share of taxes. Their voices should be heard and acted upon as a priority, not as a regrettable, once-every-two-years marketing problem. I know you share that view. Thank you.

Sen. Schumer’s comments read as if Karl Rove is advising him, too. They’re a great way to turn away progressives in the fall and to cater to conservatives who would never vote for Schumer’s priorities even if he used as much Chapstick as Joey Lieberman.

I am going to say a prayer for my nephew and all the troops stuck in this quagmire … Congress has failed them once again …