In 2008 and 2010, California Democrats had a secret weapon in the form of a five pound red andwhite papillon named Venus Virginia. The dog was well connected. It had been on the floor of California Democratic Conventions as Jerry Brown, Kamala Harris, Bill Clinton, Babara Boxer and other political leaders spoke to the crowds. Venus was especially fond of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
In 2010, Venus's daughter Cynthia (named after Cynthia McKinney) also took to the poltiical circuit, attending the 2010 California Democraic Convention, making friends whever she went.
During various campaigns, Venus and Cynthia were major atractions, walking precincts, bringing people on board to liberal causes.
In terms of the breed standard, Venus and Cynthia had no faults. They were always responsive to the needs of others and eager to please.
Sadly, Venus and Cynthia died as a result of a car accident The driver was the daughter of an abusive father whose revenge appears to have contributed to the instability of the vehicle she was driving. Though the driver was lucky to survive her father's wrong-doing, two beautiful dogs, who were loving and kind were lost.
Venus hung on for days. The sad part is the greed of veterinarians in the San Francisco area outweighed any desire on their part to save lives. No veterinary neurologist in the Bay Area would even begin to treat Venus without thousands in advance. If a treatment is sought after hours, bring lots of cash for an upfront payment if you want to save a dog's life. When money was obtained, it was learned that the veterinarian neurologists only worked partial weeks and had no interest in saving lives. The San Francisco Veterinarian Specialists at 600 Alabama Street were the greediest, followed by the veterinarians at Jules Veterinarian Hospital in Tracy, California. Saving lives is clearly not one of the reasons veterinarians to go practice in the Bay Area. Think of the profit San Francisco Veterinarian Specialists make in requiring $2000 up front to allow a dog to stay for treatment in a life-threatening emergency.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Obama's Folly: Insurance Care
In 2008, Americans voted in U\universal single-payer, not for profit health care, or so they thought. Most of Obama's supporters actually believed he stood for that - Michael Moore's movie Sicko had brought forth the need for not-for-profit health care and most Americans assumed the next Democratic President would carry that out. Only those who looked closely at the candidates knew that not-for-profit fell with the Presidential candidacy of Dennis Kucinich.
The first thing Obama did when he entered office was to align himself with Wall Street corporate executives who opposed consumer rights. These anti-consumer Democrats included Zbigniew Brzezinski, David Rockefeller, Larry Summers and Rahm Emmanuel. Instead of going to the people and finding out their health care needs, Obama sought only the advise of insurance executives, whose interests were adverse to people needing health care. The result was a bill that Obama's mother would have been ashamed of.
With Obama's selling out of the voters who had elected him in 2008, the progressive coalition fell and as did the election to replace Ted Kennedy and the various elections in 2010. The progressive base, having learned that Obama was not a progressive, deserted him. With the desertion fell the Democratic majority in the House and the super-majority in the Senate.
Now, the House Republicans have voted to end Obamacare. America never wanted Obama care but with the minimal good that the insurance program included fell with the bad, leaving Americans in much worse shape than before Obama was elected. The sad part is that the one person most responsible for the repeal of Obamacare is Obama himself. Unpopular health care bill = loss of Congress = bad guys wind up in charge.
What can be done? Lots. The Senate can refuse to accept the Republican version of death to the poor. Obama, who is more GW Bush than GW Bush was, can use the power of executive order to institute the deficit reduction program of not-for-profit health care.
Since Obama does not seem to understand the health care needs of the American people, he can put Dennis Kucinich in charge of health care in order to stop the Republicans from winning more seats in 2012.
The first thing Obama did when he entered office was to align himself with Wall Street corporate executives who opposed consumer rights. These anti-consumer Democrats included Zbigniew Brzezinski, David Rockefeller, Larry Summers and Rahm Emmanuel. Instead of going to the people and finding out their health care needs, Obama sought only the advise of insurance executives, whose interests were adverse to people needing health care. The result was a bill that Obama's mother would have been ashamed of.
With Obama's selling out of the voters who had elected him in 2008, the progressive coalition fell and as did the election to replace Ted Kennedy and the various elections in 2010. The progressive base, having learned that Obama was not a progressive, deserted him. With the desertion fell the Democratic majority in the House and the super-majority in the Senate.
Now, the House Republicans have voted to end Obamacare. America never wanted Obama care but with the minimal good that the insurance program included fell with the bad, leaving Americans in much worse shape than before Obama was elected. The sad part is that the one person most responsible for the repeal of Obamacare is Obama himself. Unpopular health care bill = loss of Congress = bad guys wind up in charge.
What can be done? Lots. The Senate can refuse to accept the Republican version of death to the poor. Obama, who is more GW Bush than GW Bush was, can use the power of executive order to institute the deficit reduction program of not-for-profit health care.
Since Obama does not seem to understand the health care needs of the American people, he can put Dennis Kucinich in charge of health care in order to stop the Republicans from winning more seats in 2012.
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