Comments on: My Interview with a Right Wing Extremist in the American Outback http://progressivenation.us/2009/09/19/my-interview-with-a-right-wing-extremist-in-the-american-outback/ Proud to be Progressive Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:20:57 -0500 hourly 1 By: @silverton http://progressivenation.us/2009/09/19/my-interview-with-a-right-wing-extremist-in-the-american-outback/comment-page-1/#comment-235 @silverton Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:06:22 +0000 http://progressivenation.us/?p=2753#comment-235 I love the part how "the noble Amish" all chip in to help one another -- a pure Public Option if ever there were one -- but if we do the same thing through our constitutional civic fraternity, it's evil socialism. But making fun of Vick is not the point, the communication is the point, and I agree with Ole that this duty falls upon each of us. I've not done my part. I've been impatient and exasperated with #tinfoilhat philosophy. There are compelling reasons why I should reconsider my starkly snarky approach. I love the part how “the noble Amish” all chip in to help one another — a pure Public Option if ever there were one — but if we do the same thing through our constitutional civic fraternity, it's evil socialism. But making fun of Vick is not the point, the communication is the point, and I agree with Ole that this duty falls upon each of us. I've not done my part. I've been impatient and exasperated with #tinfoilhat philosophy. There are compelling reasons why I should reconsider my starkly snarky approach.

]]> By: Anthony Taurus http://progressivenation.us/2009/09/19/my-interview-with-a-right-wing-extremist-in-the-american-outback/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Anthony Taurus Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:19:51 +0000 http://progressivenation.us/?p=2753#comment-233 I love how they hate the idea of universal health care but love the idea of co-ops. <br><br>"When some­body gets sick, every­body takes care of them. They all chip in, and this takes care of everyone."<br><br>Then, what's the idea behind universal health care if it isn't just one huge co-op?<br><br>Beyond that, do these people understand WHO government is? Did they ever bother to read the Declaration of Independence which states, "To secure this right governments are instituted among men, deriving their just power form the constant of the governed." <br><br>Or, the US Constitution which states, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."<br><br>"We, the people" voted in Obama "to form a more perfect Union" and it's clowns like him that want to bring up the Constitution and the founding fathers but doesn't want to abide by their decree. Government is for us and by us. The only reason he's against it is because it's not someone that looks exactly like him or is right wing like he is. <br><br>It's our duty to promote the general welfare. Where people are losing their homes to healthcare costs, being bussed from hospitals to clinics, and suffering rescission, the government - WE, THE PEOPLE - have an absolute duty to "chip in" and "take care of everyone." I love how they hate the idea of universal health care but love the idea of co-ops.

“When some­body gets sick, every­body takes care of them. They all chip in, and this takes care of everyone.”

Then, what's the idea behind universal health care if it isn't just one huge co-op?

Beyond that, do these people understand WHO government is? Did they ever bother to read the Declaration of Independence which states, “To secure this right governments are instituted among men, deriving their just power form the constant of the governed.”

Or, the US Constitution which states, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

“We, the people” voted in Obama “to form a more perfect Union” and it's clowns like him that want to bring up the Constitution and the founding fathers but doesn't want to abide by their decree. Government is for us and by us. The only reason he's against it is because it's not someone that looks exactly like him or is right wing like he is.

It's our duty to promote the general welfare. Where people are losing their homes to healthcare costs, being bussed from hospitals to clinics, and suffering rescission, the government – WE, THE PEOPLE – have an absolute duty to “chip in” and “take care of everyone.”

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