tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post767813088905758121..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: Plop, plop! Fizz, fizz...!Peter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-751112691520989242010-04-06T13:02:38.200-07:002010-04-06T13:02:38.200-07:00I'd been keeping an eye on this from across th...I'd been keeping an eye on this from across the pond during my hiatus from blogging and was very afraid that it wouldn't get passed.<br /><br />I think that he achieved as much as he reasonably could at this time, the zeitgeist only moves so fast, to try to run too far ahead would have been disastrous.<br /><br />Speaking as someone who would have died at birth without the UK's NHS, I think this was a great step in the right direction.Richardhttp://quietwatercourse.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-88697885419838772032010-03-23T07:04:02.666-07:002010-03-23T07:04:02.666-07:00There have been parties in the past that simply fa...There have been parties in the past that simply faded away or imploded:<br /><br />America First Party (2008)<br />American Party (1968)<br />America's Independent Party (2008)<br />Boston Tea Party (2006)<br />Communist Party USA (1919)<br />Independence Party of America (2007)<br />Moderate Party (2006)<br />Modern Whig Party (2008)<br />Objectivist Party (2008)<br />Party for Socialism and Liberation (2004)<br />Peace and Freedom Party (1967)<br />Prohibition Party (1869)<br />Reform Party of the United States of America (1995)<br />Socialist Equality Party (2008)<br />Socialist Party USA (1973)<br />Socialist Workers Party (1938)<br />United States Marijuana Party (2002)<br />Unity Party of America (2004)<br />Workers World Party (1959)<br />Working Families Party (1998)<br /><br />The GOP may join the imploded list soon!<br /><br />The party of YES WE CAN! will do the people's work<br />while others practice denial and foot dragging until the soles of their shoes wear holes in them. They are their own worst enemy.<br /><br />My president keeps shooting 3 pointers and makes good on his promises.<br /><br />Sour grapes just make vinegar!CHI SPHEREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278628028066177635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-66017179711334910342010-03-22T22:08:41.048-07:002010-03-22T22:08:41.048-07:00Like so many others, I stayed in a job for too man...Like so many others, I stayed in a job for too many years only for the health insurance benefits. This will now become a thing of the past. So proud that our elected officials did the right thing. My disgust of republicans knows no bounds....Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-61251382715499400692010-03-22T17:25:06.950-07:002010-03-22T17:25:06.950-07:00We have excellent coverage (actually two policies ...We have excellent coverage (actually two policies between my husband and me). However, I know so many who desperately need insurance. Thank you Mr. President for all your hard work and dedication. You will be honored in History.<br /><br />The lunatic fringe is very scary and so is the Republican resistance. I find so much in this world unbeleiveable. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a movie about good and evil. I hope it has a happy ending of "do the right thing".LillianAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638228845280078663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-20579078812450348962010-03-22T10:50:02.956-07:002010-03-22T10:50:02.956-07:00I'm not surprised there weren't any GOP vo...I'm not surprised there weren't any GOP votes. I think this legislation is more progressive than the conventional wisdom purports. <br /><br />Nine hundred BILLION in direct subsidies to the poor, taken from tax increases on investment income and high-cost insurance plans. <br /><br />Tax increases and direct assistance to the poor? That's a nightmare to most Republicans.Cardozohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983978000936153874noreply@blogger.com