The circumstances surrounding Obama's pouplarity and the marketing campaign that got him into office seem amazingly similar to the French Revolution.

Obama is Robespierre.
The irrationally left-dominated Congress is the "Committee for Public Safety".
Obama supportersare the frenzied "off with their heads" peasant mobs to whom reason has no appeal.
George Bush has the King Louis the XVI role.

Insanity and the "reign of terror" ensued, destroying the contry and its economy. Now, who gets to play Napoleon? Pelosi?

Mutatis mutandis

If the folks that had concerns about the pending healthcare reform legislation acted like adults and we able to give us their solutions and ideas about healthcare reform, I am absolutely sure that all of us - left, right and center - would listen.

But when the debate has been highjacked by groups and individuals who propose no solutions other than creating fear and mayhem, level-headed people cannot stand by and say nothing.

For instance, yesterday I had the "pleasure" of receiving a full color glossy pamphlet from two indivdiuals outside of the Charles River T-station in Boston (the T station which is directly in front of Massachusetts General Hospital).

And what was on the handout?

It was a picture of our president with the words - "Obama's Nazi Plan for Health Care."

So don't tell me that the political right and the Republican Party want to work on healthcare reform.

Because shouting down speakers or using swastikas at town hall meetings, having Republican Party "leadership" lying to you saying that healthcare reform will lead to euthanasia for our elderly and unborn, or passing out glossy obscenities in front of a hospital to a people that are likely going there to receive treatment for an illness or even to visit a sick relative does not portray responsible behavior.

Instead, it shows that the only "solutions" the folks on the political right want have nothing to do with helping the Joe or Jane on the street.

And if you need more convicing of the intentions from the politcial right try reading and viewing the remarks from the Republican Party "leaders" - the Boehners, Limbaughs, Hannitys, etc, etc and the subsequent silence from the so-called "level-headed" in their party - the McCains, Collins, Lugars, etc, etc.

Also read some of the outlandish remarks from their followers on this board - remarks that have little to do with reality and have only one purpose in mind - to inflame those who are woefully misinformed and have nothing constructive to offer in one of the most important areas of our life - our health.

So for those level-headed thinkers out there - keep in mind the tactics employed by the Republican Party and its adherents and remember their unproductive and divisive tactics when you are alone in the voting booth next year!

For his part, New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley beamed confidence over the phone yesterday that the protesters are outnumbered, calling them a "couple dozen folks in a state of a million-two that are intent on being disruptive," he said. "This is amazing stuff that's happening. But it is not in any way indicative of the average person here in New Hampshire or anywhere in America."

Do you think the people of NH have no brain and cannot think for themselves? This country was founded on the freedom and right to voice your opinion. Is this what our troops fight for?
My husband and I are mid 50 working class people. We are tired of having this stuff shoved down or throat. Does'nt matter the party affiliation.
Health care costs does need be to under control. But the government to control it and tell us what we can and cannot do? This is not a socialist government.

We are not being disruptive? We are voicing or opinion and have a right to do so.

Live free or die!

Far to many protesters demand to know what is going on and what is in the bill. Rather than going by what piece of information or misinformation someone wants to send along please read the bill itself.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3200:

Wait and see Buckley

New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Ray Buckley beamed confidence over the phone yesterday that the protesters are outnumbered, calling them a "couple dozen folks in a state of a million-two that are intent on being disruptive,"

Sure hope he does not supply arms to the purple shirts(SEIU) and the brown shirts (ACORN) and don't beat up the protesters that are using their freedom of speech like i've seen them do on many utube videos and on news casts. If you are against Obama's plan to turn our country into a Socialist Country make sure you seal his Teleprompter so he will not know what to say....lol

Protesting is a form of voicing an opinion, time-honored in this nation, and the core of freedom. It is sometimes the fact that the loudest protesters are misinformed, which is something that politicians have to deal with as much as celebrities have to deal with papparazzi. It is also often true that opposing groups and politicians spread misinformation for their own ends. The fact is that Republicans have chosen helath care reform as the battleground on which to defeat Obama; and they attempt to inflate the importance of the issue in an effort to drive him from office in 2012, using hand-picked and/or cooperative media (Fox "News"?) to trumpet that a failure to pass health care reform signals the failure of Obama's presidency. (This necessarily ignores all the parts of the recovery package that are working.) I recently received from a dear friend an e-mail copy of one of the protest organization's talking points, with references to passages in the proposed health care bill. My friend was following the party line of trying to jolt me into action by review of the dire consequences of this terrible law. However, upon review of the bill, it was clear that the frightening interpretations of the individual passages in the bill were just plain wrong. I contacted my friend and suggested that he actually read the passages cited, and compare them to the scary interpretations. He sheepishly wrote back and said his wife had already done that, and berated him for jumping at the conspiratorial interpretations. Please people, talk about this, but LISTEN, too. That is democracy --- sharing ideas and learning from each other, THEN making decisions.

It is outragious that this wonderful idea of healthcare for all is all about murdering babies in the womb. Lets all pray thatt God intervene and not allow this conspiracy to continue the genocide to win this most importan of all, battle of life and death.

Let's Respect others and discussion, not shouting and disruption.
'What's in it' ? or 'shouting and disruption', which one is the reason of slow-down ?

Part 1.

The runaway premium similar to the peak fuel price last year and left so many folks in despair insists on staying the course with the attitude 'unchanged', clearly this trend could bankrupt individual, business, and government. Now the government subsequently is tasked with these two main assignments, first, to address premium inflation, second, to expand coverage to all in urgent need.
In order to cover all and not to add to the deficit, the public option can not set the same rates of private market, rather, it needs to have the function to keep it in check in terms of inflation, too. Unfortunately, this 'unavoidable' direction is aggressively being accused by the runaway premium, citing government 'take-over' .
Under the circumstances the energy bill to determine human future and the other major issues are presently piled up, who wants to waste time making enemies ?, which also does not benefit the forthcoming election.
On the other hand, to make things worse, critics say the savings from the proposed public option is not enough to meet the revenue goal. Furthermore, on another hand, some say 'hands off' . Where do these No tax, No saving and the like intend to force this reform to go ? The conclusion by 'just-say-no' is no doubt. Ironically, the Deficit-sensitive groups have a distinctive common ground, they all have a Deficit-driven background out of question.

Part 2.

Of all choices, the best thing would be savings through efficiency. Considering the wasteful structure, the highest premium in the world (Costing over twice as much as every other county), and the most expensive part of medicare, with the prevention / wellness program in place, an American style innovation, an 'outcome'-based payment founded upon IT system may be enough to save more than 50 billions per year (500 / decade), both 'improving quality' and removing the unnecessary procedures (as pay is dependent on patient's outcome). Young folks and advocates need to explain the notion of a pay for outcome agreement to the elderly misled by the disinformation.

Part 3.

Unlike private market, this public option includes large-scale investments, these large investments still does not get the fair score, instead seem to become a source of acute conflict, even so, this common sense-based program needs to develop further as early detection goes beyond monetary value.

In short, with the heartbreaking tears in mind (Nearly 11 Million Cancer Patients Without Health Insurance), private market also needs change and should join together to complete this reform , as promised, if not, the runaway premium only has itself to blame. Job-based coverage (indirect payment), mandate code, and ample capital might be favorable to the private market. And It can be said that fair competition starts with fair market value.
Over time, supposedly, the public plan will concentrate more on basic, primary cares, and the private insurers will provide their clients with differentiated services.

Thank You !