Ok it's been a long time since I had one of these threads but I've been feeling particularly musical lately. Musical Moondays is about posting videos of your favorite music, a song that's stuck in your head, or a work that is moving you today. You can also just use it as an open thread or to socialize while listening to good music :D
I've been pretty conflicted about the health insurance reform bill the Senate has managed to squeeze out of its corrupt body. On the one hand, getting rid of pre-existing conditions and offering a subsidy will really help me and a lot of other people out. On the other hand, not having a public option or medicare-for-more lets the private industry cancer survive. I have a lot more empathy for people in need than I have spite for the industry, and I'd rather pour money into that coffer than the war machine, if given a choice.
I think it's really shitty that Obama sold progressives down the river with regard to health care reform, but it was completely predictable, as was his stance on Afghanistan, which he even admitted to as a candidate.
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