So, here we stand, on the edge of fresh new abyss for America's middle class. We watched in morbid fascination as our "robust public option" was whittled down day by painful day to almost nothing, then casually swapped for a Medicare buy-in, which was casually dropped in favor of the worst possible gift to the health care vampires. Keith Olberman summed it up pretty well, along with his own vow of non-compliance:
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I like Olberman's idea, which is why I vowed the same absolute refusal several weeks ago. However, KO's pledge not to pay for mandated private insurance doesn't go far enough. I think we can send a louder message than merely refusing to pay HMO vampires for drinking our blood.
Let us vow, as a nation, to use part of the money we refuse to pay the HMO vampires to finance primary opponents of the vampires' little helpers in congress. Let us vow to make sure they know we're doing it.
With a movement like this, our blood money can finance the total annihilation of whores like Max Baucus and Ben Nelson. We can drive out Mary Landrieu. We can send Harry Reid back to the boxing ring. We can crush their careers under a steamroller of public repudiation. Then make it clear that we will do the same thing every subsequent election until all the little Renfields are gone.
Call it a moral mandate. Call it an act of defiance in the face of the all-powerful vampires that have taken over our government. Is this a pathetic and impractical last stand? Maybe. But hey, what do you think your money will get you after you give it to the vampires? Do you think they will actually deliver sufficient health care to you and your family? How's that been working out so far? This bill mandates the perpetuation of a totally corrupted system.
I will ask this question in my little poll, but really, your answer here doesn't matter. It's easy to say you will stand up to The Man from the relative peace and quiet of your personal computer. I know from grim experience that most people don't show up when their country needs them. It's human nature that words are cheap. We are a squawking species. That's all right, I don't mind.
But it would be nice if some people understood the implications of this idea. Don't just refuse to cooperate; actively use your mandated money to defeat the assholes that foisted this turd on you and your family. Let them know you're doing it. Make them wish they could pass a law against it, just like you wish you could make them understand the suffering and death their draconian mandate will cause in this economically devastated country.
I guess it all depends on what you think you can afford.
Note: Renfield was Count Dracula's half-vampire servant. He did chores for his master, chased bugs and dreamed of being a full-fledged vampire. In the end, of course, Dracula rewarded his loyal slave by killing him. I know a senator like that. His name rhymes with "Joe Lieberman."
Update: Another goodie! Let's start yelling "Renfield! Renfield!" at all the meetings and rallies of politicians that supported this legislative turkey of a mandate. Let them figure out what it means. Maybe we can toss a few bugs at them and see if they chase 'em around.