If company gives unmarried couples, rather straight or gay, their insurance, I am all for it.

“eco-passage” is cool, but not at that cost. In my State they lower speed and post signs. Common sense cannot be thrown out the window.

You may be right that they work it out. It would be a first in the world. Judging by their record, I don’t believe it. I’m sure they will work out a plan, but overruns in breaking England. And not all will be covered under our plan. At least that is what I heard tonight.

Hillary was given budget of $100,000 to work out plan under her husband. She spent $13.7 million. Plus broke the SUNSHINE LAW. She is a lawyer.

I posted their plan. Have you read it.

DDMao

I agree. Did you hear the latest…California, as of now, will not be bailed out by Obama. I think they want like $17 Billion. Ca. was a big Obama State as you know. Big union, Black, and gay population. However, if he gives in to them, think of all the other States that will have their hands out.

I believe China has warned him. China does not want to be paid back in inflated dollars. And we are headed there.

Health care is 15% of national budget, Obama is going to steal from it as money was stolen from Social Security. I call it a pyramid caper. We know where that ends.

Only 5% of Obama stimulas package has been spent, what awakes us ?

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See, when government is willing to work together on something, it may turn out to benefit all. Decrease the cost of health reform and satisfy conservatives views of government power over health care. I figured it was a matter of time before that health care reform mess would begin working itself out. All it takes is a little faith and people willing to discuss rather than p*ss and moan about it.

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Wow that is a lot of money, I mean the cause is good, but does it really cost that much?

WASHINGTON – “President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees. White House officials say Obama plans to announce decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office.”

Many employers, for a loooong time, have given health care benefits to significant others. At least 15 or 16 states recognize common law marriage, though it is for heterosexuals I believe in all of those states. Here in Florida, the store Target gives medical/dental benefits to it’s employees significant others. I am all for it. If people are living as a married couple and filing joint tax returns then why not extend employee benefits to the significant other?

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By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent David Espo, Ap Special Correspondent – 1 min ago
WASHINGTON –” Jolted by cost estimates as high as $1.6 trillion, Senate Democrats agreed to scale back planned subsidies for the uninsured and sought concessions totaling hundreds of billions of dollars from private industry Tuesday to defray the cost of sweeping health care legislation. At the same time, key Democrats disagreed openly among themselves over a proposed tax on health insurance benefits to pay for expanding coverage to the uninsured.”

“And a compromise with Republicans over a role for government in the insurance marketplace remained elusive.”

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By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – “President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees. White House officials say Obama plans to announce decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office.”

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“Dr. Coburn Releases Stimulus Oversight Report”

“Ten examples of wasteful stimulus projects in the report include”:
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1. $1.5 million in “free” stimulus money for a new wastewater treatment plant results in higher utility costs for residents of Perkins, Oklahoma.
2. $1 billion for FutureGen in Mattoon, Illinois is the “biggest earmark of all time” for a power plant that may never work.
3. $15 million for “shovel-ready” repairs to little-used bridges in rural Wisconsin are given priority over widely used bridges that are structurally deficient.
4. $800,000 for little-used John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania airport to repave a back-up runway; the ‘Airport for Nobody’ Has Already Received Tens of Millions in Taxpayer dollars.
5. $3.4 million for a wildlife “eco-passage” in Florida to take animals safely under a busy roadway.
6. Nevada non-profit gets $2 million weatherization contract after recently being fired for same type of work.
7. $1.15 million for installation of a new guard rail for the non-existent Optima Lake in Oklahoma.
8. Nearly $10 million to renovate an abandoned train station that hasn’t been used in 30 years.
9. 10,000 dead people get stimulus checks, but the Social Security Administration blames a tough deadline.
10. Town of Union, New York, encouraged to spend a $578,000 grant it did not request for a homelessness problem it claims it does not have. “

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Just heard his being sorry from last night show. And will do better and not do such things in future. Sarah accepted it.

That seems fair although late. I believe what he said unless proven otherwise

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This stuff happens on all sides, and it’s always inappropriate. But it will probably never really stop either, so I try not to get too worked up over it. Media clowns will be media clowns.

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“Eighty percent (80%) of U.S. voters want the government to sell its stake in General Motors and Chrysler as soon as possible.”

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I never thought about joking about Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Bush, or Obama’s childern. Is sad only 64% agree with me

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Dollar was up today but don’t know how it closed. Certainly vast majority of our bad spending debt has not been spent. And major loans to a few of banks are being payed back.

Though this is speculation, I have some hope is true and China did us a favor, pressing our “present” President to strategy of our great Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Regan. Tax cuts along with smaller government. Let government revenues increase with business growth thus lowering unemployment with real jobs not artificial government hand-outs.

If Obama’s massive world breaking spending can be stopped and Bush cuts in Medicare passes much of Bush’s debt could be eliminated (guessing.Don’t have numbers.) Such actions would unleash our economy into recovery Bush began without Obama’s interfering $ Trillions debt.

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“I personally don’t care about government hypocrisy. As long as your desires are filled, who cares about hypocrisy? It’s never going away anyway, why complain?”

If I receive gratification then everything is alright. Appease the masses by word but follow your plan in deed. The
end result justifies the means.

A man is worth garbage if his word is not his bond. Not to say a reasonable person can not change his mind. That person does not lock his reasoning in a vault. Instead he explains himself as a MAN and is not a leaf that gets blown with shifting winds.

Obama paid close attention to polls and adjusted stance for votes. Am afraid Jimmy Stewart would not play him in a movie.

“It’s never going away anyway, why complain?”.

A drop of water becomes a puddle, becomes a small stream then river that flows to Ocean.

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I personally don’t care about government hypocrisy. As long as your desires are filled, who cares about hypocrisy? It’s never going away anyway, why complain?

It’s like nurses complaining about drug seeking patients. There will always be drug seeking patients, so long as physician prescribe narcotics like Hershey sells chocolate. I myself research and provide patients with information on the detriment of ingesting narcotic medications rather then complain amongst my colleague about patients seeking the narcotics. Many patients had no idea that the prolonged use of their prescribed narcotics cause them to have small bowel obstructions which leads to surgery that I sometimes think physician do purposely to throw their G.I. colleagues some business.

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“This entire election has been one big smear campaign against Obama. I am glad we are done with it.”

You are right jd, we no longer “smear”. Well, You may believe stating facts is smearing though… Funny how many of the things we said back then came to pass. Maybe Nate will write another ” continuous commentaries” about that.

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