Gilda Radner Strikes Again

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday January 22, 2010 · 7:38 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 07:38

I don't know how many of you are old enough to have watched the incomparable Gilda Radner from the original Saturday Night Live do her commentary on the SNL News segment. She would generally start off with: "What's all this guff about ..." and then she would offer a topic like "Eagle Rights Amendment" or "Endangered Feces" and once she had gotten all worked up about how silly these ideas were she would be gently corrected by Chevy Chase or Bill Murray. When she realized her mistake she would exclaim: "Oh, that's entirely different. NEVER MIND."

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday January 21, 2010 · 8:28 AM PST

2010/01/21 · 08:28

Just received an email from our First Lady asking "Who has inspired you" looking for nominees for the Citizen's Medal. Thought to myself, since the President seems to be ignoring the wishes of virtually everyone of his supporters nowadays, why not nominate, Not Barack Obama.

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday January 13, 2010 · 7:21 AM PST

2010/01/13 · 07:21

So Coakley might lose Ted's seat and there goes the 60 vote filibuster proof caucus in the Senate. Is that necessarily a bad result? Sure the corporate media will be all over it as a huge slap in the face to the Obama agenda, Reid is toast, Jeb Bush making a comeback, 24 hour Palin on Faux News, and the end of health care reform. Or is it? What are the real consequences of losing that 60 vote? Is it really a bad thing for progressive legislation?

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday December 16, 2009 · 7:53 AM PST

2009/12/16 · 07:53

The idea that passing the watered down Senate version of Health Insurance Reform is a bad idea and instead begin the reconciliation process begs the question: "Why not both?"

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday August 18, 2009 · 8:21 AM PDT

2009/08/18 · 08:21

Lots of talk in the last 24 hours about the death of the Public Option and much much talk about Co-ops. Is this necessarily a bad thing? I think not! In fact I would encourage lots and lots more talk about co-ops in the Main Stream Media because it will eventually get us to discussing the real issue behind the Public Option. Hint: It's not just to "keep the HMOs honest". It's about cost control and it about saving the American public untold billions of dollars in premiums. Plain and simple.

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday August 17, 2009 · 6:47 AM PDT

2009/08/17 · 06:47

When the average voter is asked an intelligent, non-loaded question regarding what is popularly called the "public option", support seems overwhlelming. It is also true that when the "public option" is called "government takeover" of insurance public support drops well below 50%.

It seems to me that most of this debate truly is a matter of semantics. And because a public option is absolutely critical to any kind of effective short and long term medical cost control, maybe its time to think about "a rose by any other name"..

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday August 13, 2009 · 8:50 AM PDT

2009/08/13 · 08:50

I guess I'm one of those in the Gallup Poll who says they feel more sympathy for the protesters at these Congressional town halls. Lyndon Larouche and AHIP's astroturfers have finally struck a note with me. "We must stop the slide toward Socialism in this country." "Time to take it back." "We surround you." I think I get it now.

We have this long tradition in America of denial. We never admit to the obvious. Why not finally call this proposed Health Care Reform together with Medicare and Social Security (and the defense budget) EXACTLY what they are - SOCIALISM.

"I'm shocked, shocked to find [SOCIALISM] going on here."- Louis from Casablanca updated to 2009.

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday July 31, 2009 · 8:51 AM PDT

2009/07/31 · 08:51

Looking at the polling data out this week on health care and the public opinion on it, confusion seems to be the conclusion. Even listening to the Progressive Caucuses press conference on the demand for a robust public option, I was confused and it seemed to become an exercise in confusion among the members when they were asked questions by the press. Why are Democrats making this so complicated?

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday July 30, 2009 · 9:09 AM PDT

2009/07/30 · 09:09

As usual, the Republicans are winning the meme war: "endless deficits, government run health care, stimulus not working, bailouts, taxes going higher, murdering the elderly" and Democrats respond with the predictable foot stomping, finger wagging outrage. "How dare they say these outrageous things. Have they no shame. Well at least we are civilized and won't stoop to their level." It reminds me of the old Staney Myron Handelman joke where a guy comes up and starts beating his wife right in front of him. His punchline:"Boy I can tell you I was getting madder by the minute."

Unfortunately outrage is not enough. We need to change the media memes. To be blunt, we need to to be blunter.

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday July 29, 2009 · 8:38 AM PDT

2009/07/29 · 08:38

I think all of us who truly believe that converting the remaining 53% of health care dollars that are not currently single payer (47% already is and that fact is universally ignored in any media discussion of the status quo) need to face up to the fact that our Dear Leader may be on the verge of caving into the Baucus and Grassley types just to get a phony win on his record. "Obama Reformed Healthcare" will be the claim and we can now just tweak our way to better health.

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday July 25, 2009 · 11:11 AM PDT

2009/07/25 · 11:11

The Obama Administration in its effort to "not be the Clintons" so far has been abysmally ineffective in selling those not already on board on health insurance reform. Barack started to actually use those words, "health insurance reform" in his press conference the other day. Those should have been the only words out of his mouth since day one. Americans not self-identifying as liberals do not on the whole give a good rat's ass about the unemployed woman or man down the street. The empathy gap in America is huge. What should always have been the selling point was how much Health Insurance Reform was going to save the average family, with the side benefit of near universal coverage for all.

jeanjacques

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday July 23, 2009 · 11:44 AM PDT

2009/07/23 · 11:44

Time to start buying HMO stocks. Nine Freshmen Democratic Senators, including the two gutless wonders from my State of Colorado, have just signed a letter congratulating Baucus and Grassley. Get that? They are endorsing "bipartisanship".

Newer
Older

RSS

Gilda Radner Strikes Again

My Nominee - Not Barack Obama

Scott Brown: The Key To True Health Reform?

Why Not Both? Really!

Co-op Talk Might Get Us To True Public Option

Just Rename It!

Maybe we should just admit it - The Astroturfers Are Right

Here's A Thought - MEDICARE

Losing The Meme War

The Fear War: The Only Game In Town

It Should Always Have Been About Cost

All Over But The Crying