Meditating beyond the stones of ego
Moon Girl is Laughing
Moon girl is laughing. She told me that this Obama thing was a ruse, some piece of toxic plastic that wouldn't bless a tree, a person, a soul, or a star. "Stay in the woods," Moon Girl said. "Don't go down into the lights -unless you are going for the real fight."
Will Drug and Insurance Companies Be Dethroned?
It's a simple question. Are the drug and insurance companies dethroned in the various proposed bills? For example, will the drug companies be forced to allow more generic drugs far sooner?Or, as has been reported, will this "reform" continue to extend budget-breaking concessions for the drug comapnies --for "biologics" for example. Do you currently pay for such a drug? Do you know someone who does? If you did, you'd be pissed off beyond measure. You'd feel betrayed for SPENDING MONEY YOU NEED FOR THE DRUGS TO ELECT OBAMA ! Maybe you thought that investing in Obama might be a better choice than saving the cash you need to save a life five years for now. Guess what. You're wrong. You're fucked.
Can you really believe that a bill that doesn't take down this structure will save money?How much money is changing hands with the Dems? Do you really imagine that small steps within such a corrupt system of peddling influence -the system Obama PROMISED to change - will suffice? Some marginal advancement that allows thousands more to die waiting for the next step --when? Ten years, twenty years ?
What about Tort reform. The Republicans are right on that. The money-drenched dems can't get off that bribe. Do you think that millions of Obama's core supporters like me are just stupid? You know what. You'd be right on that. We were stupid to believe the promises.
Can you really believe that a bill that doesn't take down this structure will save money?How much money is changing hands with the Dems? Do you really imagine that small steps within such a corrupt system of peddling influence -the system Obama PROMISED to change - will suffice? Some marginal advancement that allows thousands more to die waiting for the next step --when? Ten years, twenty years ?
What about Tort reform. The Republicans are right on that. The money-drenched dems can't get off that bribe. Do you think that millions of Obama's core supporters like me are just stupid? You know what. You'd be right on that. We were stupid to believe the promises.
My Friends Were Right -Nothing Short of System Collapse Will Bring Change
They all said it was silly to "work with the system." They all said that nothing will change till the power structure really falls down. They said things won't get better if the system stays on. The earth would die just like people around it are dying. Taking a look at this joke of a health care reform I realize that they were right.
They said that only a collapse of the system will bring change for the good. The system is starting to collapse. Let it come down.
The real enemies are the liberals in the power structure. Bring it down. Blow it down. Write it down. Throw mud at its arrogance.
They said that only a collapse of the system will bring change for the good. The system is starting to collapse. Let it come down.
The real enemies are the liberals in the power structure. Bring it down. Blow it down. Write it down. Throw mud at its arrogance.
Is Voting for Nothing Voting for Something?
The argument is back over this joke of a health care bill. Better to get something out of this than nothing. When is something nothing?Did anyone hear Howard Dean this morning? A person with a pre-existing condition can get health insurance but the insurance company can double the rate. Consider the working class family with a member who has cancer. Required to buy health insurance at twice the regular rate. They can't afford it. But they pay a penalty.Dean pointed out that the new taxes go into effect right away. Without any of the "benefits" for years.This is nothing. To vote for it is to admit there never will be health insurance for everyone. You can't change the system while oppressing people more than the status quo. Start saying no way --and mean it.?
Congressional Doomsday Option
You know how the President and others say that Americans deserve the same healthcare coverage that they have? Do they mean it ? If they are serious why don't they put THEIR care on the line?
It would be a simple law. It would be independent from any healthcare "reform." It would take only a few in the Senate and Congress to offer it. That law would state:
One year from the signing of this bill, it shall be ILLEGAL for the President, members of Congress and the Federal Judiciary to be enrolled in any health insurance plan that is not open to all Americans at the same out-of-pocket cost as it for the government employee, and with the same lifetime benefits.
Which of these people would (1) not make health care happen for the rest of us in one year, or (2) have the nerve to vote against it. This would not be an amendment to any other bill. That's how we are losing what we voted for. It would be straight forward and simple. A bill that would make it a Federal crime for the government to continue enjoying their own benefits on the backs of the rest of us.
It would be a simple law. It would be independent from any healthcare "reform." It would take only a few in the Senate and Congress to offer it. That law would state:
One year from the signing of this bill, it shall be ILLEGAL for the President, members of Congress and the Federal Judiciary to be enrolled in any health insurance plan that is not open to all Americans at the same out-of-pocket cost as it for the government employee, and with the same lifetime benefits.
Which of these people would (1) not make health care happen for the rest of us in one year, or (2) have the nerve to vote against it. This would not be an amendment to any other bill. That's how we are losing what we voted for. It would be straight forward and simple. A bill that would make it a Federal crime for the government to continue enjoying their own benefits on the backs of the rest of us.
Deforestation of Amazon Rain Forest at New High
The deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in June was four times worse than the month before. What will it take to end this self-destruction? I guess nothing, really. We're beyond the tipping point. But one can still monitor the criminals.
Campaign for Forest Protection Moves Forward to Copenhagen
"All Copenhagen bound climate parties urged to get back to basics of avoiding deforestation and degradation as a keystone climate change response. The focus must be upon ending first time industrial logging of primary forests while providing local peoples alternative incomes based upon fully intact standing old forests".
ANYTHING LESS IS UNWORTHY OF GREEN SUPPORT
ANYTHING LESS IS UNWORTHY OF GREEN SUPPORT
Public Option
The Urban Institue has published a study about the importance of a Public Plan Option.
Uninsured Should Camp in Front of Congress
They are going home for August.
The uninsured should be camping in front of Congress as they leave. Build a tent city of the sick and those who have lost insurance. People with stories of how they couldn't afford tests that would have given them a chance to survive a serious illness.
Dare the police tear down that camp. Make the Republicans deal with Americans of all situations. Let all these cowards stand up or sit down. Put bodies, faces, and souls on the line. Bring the children.
What are we waiting for? The internet has distracted us from the real moves that would accomplish the goal. Part of the reason is that sick people don't fight back. Who can blame them? But someone needs to organize this. Now. As the congress with their golden insurance plans head out. Dare these bastards to not vote for a decent plan that works immediately. Dare them. Dare yourself to do more than blogging.
The uninsured should be camping in front of Congress as they leave. Build a tent city of the sick and those who have lost insurance. People with stories of how they couldn't afford tests that would have given them a chance to survive a serious illness.
Dare the police tear down that camp. Make the Republicans deal with Americans of all situations. Let all these cowards stand up or sit down. Put bodies, faces, and souls on the line. Bring the children.
What are we waiting for? The internet has distracted us from the real moves that would accomplish the goal. Part of the reason is that sick people don't fight back. Who can blame them? But someone needs to organize this. Now. As the congress with their golden insurance plans head out. Dare these bastards to not vote for a decent plan that works immediately. Dare them. Dare yourself to do more than blogging.
Harmony Perhaps?
It's been some time since I've dealt with a relationship. I hate the word "need." As for these so-called "needs," I don't have any. I have aspirations and visions. When the visions and aspirations come together, there's a sense that love will follow, a sense that bodies are earth-connected and not sky-blind. I've gone for a poet and a "thinker." I've heard a lot of bad poetry and high-minded thoughts. Finally, a musician. Harmony perhaps? Some sense of a true song? Kali's a hard girl to please. Welcome to the forest.
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