The Language of Debate

I woke up this morning and headed to my Bloglines page, where I subscribe to a few of my local lefty blogs.

I pretty much do this every morning to keep a consistent level of bile in my system, and believe me, it fucking works.

Anyway, I tumbled on to one that referred to “anti-reformers” and went on to call them (us) “fascists” for wanting the government to prop up private insurance companies.

I looked at that and said, “What in the blue FUCK do you mean by that?” Then, I wished upon them a skull-fucking, the likes of which haven’t been seen since Gunny berated Private Pyle when he was on the shitter with his rifle. But upon reflection, I decided that the skull fucking had already happened, since only a mush-brained O-Bot could make that logical leap.

Using “anti-reform” in that manner indicates some pretty deep intellectual dishonesty and laziness. And “fascist?” Give me a fucking break! You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.

But this language gets picked up and parroted through the MSM on a nightly basis, and the people who can’t be bothered to actually learn anything from somewhere else accept it as gospel.

Let’s get one thing straight: I have insurance through my employer, and it’s OK, but holy mother fuck do I hate the insurance companies.

Their policies are byzantine to the point of being unreadable, and Gord help you when you have to enter the bureaucracy. It rivals a government agency, and in fact, the way insurance is set up in my world, it is a quasi-government agency. Since I am (unwillingly) a union member, I have a grand total of 3 plans to choose from, offered by two companies. The opportunity for me to find a policy that is tailored to my needs is exactly fucking nil.

Plus, what I pay in a year to insurance, combined with what I pay out of pocket is fucking obscene. I could split that money in a concierge-style manner among my doctor, my dentist and the eye doctor, and probably keep everyone in business, and not have to worry if a claim is going to be approved or not.

This “reform” that HRHBPBHO calls for “sacrifice” from just about everyone except trial lawyers and unions. Not only that, but why aren’t we asking the fucking DOCTORS how we can help them lower costs?

You want fucking reform? Here’s PMC’s plan for reform.

• Tort Reform: This can bring malpractice premiums down, which in turn brings costs down. We’re so litigious that malpractice now means the smallest fuck-up. Doctors are humans and make mistakes. Let’s fix it up so that they have to make them right for the minor fuck ups, and yes, let’s sue the shit out of them when it’s egregious.
• De-Couple Insurance and employment: This has a double effect, a nice one being a reduction in the cost of labor for employers, it gets rid of COBRA, and allows people to seek out their own insurance plans, rather than one that hits one standard deviation from the middle of the Bell curve. Competition for insurance will also lower the cost in that arena as well.
• Reduce the amount of paperwork and coding that has to be done. Next time you’re at the doctor’s office, find out how many employees are dedicated almost solely to paperwork and administration.

Those are three things I think would make an immediate and significant impact. There are other issues, as well, but I think reducing costs in this manner would have a cascade effect, and maybe people who have been using the ER for primary care could now afford to see a GP.

The vast majority of people who work in health care want to, you know, HELP PEOPLE.

Let’s fucking figure out how to make it easier and cheaper for them, which makes it cheaper and easier for all of us.

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Can Any Democrat Fucking Read The Constitution?

More specifically, the First Amendment.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW [ . . .] ABRIDGING FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

Pretty goddamned clear, I’d say.

Oh, but what have we here?

A bill restricting speech?

Oh, and who’s behind it?

That would be some congressional dimwit do-gooders, led by Linda Sanchez (D-CA) Big fucking surprise there, eh?

Now, while it is true that this is supposedly targeted to cyber-bullying which has, to date, caused 1 death, the definitions are loose enough that someone with an interest in quelling dissenting speech, like, say, the Obumble Administration, could certainly tweak it to their needs.

That one death, while tragic, does not warrant an addition to the USC.

This is the problem. Something bad happens — an outlier — but now it’s a Problem™ and needs Taken Care Of™ even though the likelihood of something like that happening again is somewhere around nil.

So, then we get these laws to fix one thing, but yet get applied to others.

Remember the intent of RICO? Know what it’s being used for now? Are ya with me? Do you see what I’m saying?

Heaven protect us from well-meaning fuckwits who can’t see past the end of their noses.

But then again, how can you expect to see past the end of your nose when your head is up your ass?

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