Republicans and Medicare
Even as Republicans denounce modest proposals to rein in Medicare’s rising costs, they are, themselves, seeking to dismantle the whole program. Full Story »
Posted by Vincent Caminiti - via Paul Krugman, OneRiot, Dan Gillmor, Dan Kennedy, Huffington Post (Health Care), NewsRack (Health Care), Opinion Source, AllTop, New York Times (Most Emailed), New York Times (Opinion)
This political theater described in this article is disturbing when considering that so many us reconcile our civic responsibility by emboldening the bloodsport of politics with harsh words and no thought. Some people I know have such in investment in the 'hate' and 'weapons grade misinformation' they have backed themselves into a corner and are now stuck supporting disturbed ideologues (and all the slogans and simpleton language) because their egos are such, they would prefer to ignore the facts then consider them. They are so afraid of considering an opposing point of view, they remain silent, even while Oligarchy operatives are still trying to push the privatization of Social Security .