http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:44:17 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:44:17 The four articles are written by Kip Sullivan, a nationally recognized expert on health care systems whose life work is to analyze and explain health care systems to non-experts in the field. (That would be you and me, legislators, unions, clergy, news organizations, citizen groups) If you read thes... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/29 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:33:41 results in the foreseeable deaths of eighteen thousand (18,000) men, women, and children each year and every year in America. The cause of death is the purposeful denial of access to health care, for profit.

Just like the Drug Cartels, The Sex Traffickers, and The Mafia, The Asbestos Mines, and t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/28 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:33:46 In fact, the proponents have said repeatedly it is a stepping stone to single payer.

So why not just pass a single payer system? Since that's what both the public option people want and the single payer people want?

Any public option plan that functions like you or I would want it to function ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/27 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:16:14 This was posted in Left in the West Blog today.

Beaverhead County is mostly rural and fairly conservative as a whole.

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We're voting today to decide whether or not to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/26 Sat, 16 May 2009 15:59:54 Source: [b]The Missoulian (Lee Newspaper Chain, Montana)[/b]

Effort pushes ‘Medicare for all' system
By MIKE DENNISON Missoulian State Bureau


HELENA - As part of a grass-roots effort to reform health care, Montanans are sending ideas to President-elect Barack Obama - and, so far, many are s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/25 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:34:30 If you would like a forum for exchanging information about Single Payer initiatives, activism, and ideas, please post here.

Thanks... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/24 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:06:23 a white woman would be more electable by a majority of the citizens?

See, I didn't buy that back when and I don't buy that we can't a system that:

1. Is affordable for everyone
2. Accessible for everyone
3, Provides choice of care providers for everyone.

In fact, I think that should be a ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/23 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:45:13 I want three things from a comprehensive health care reform bill.

[b]1. Affordable. Health care needs to be affordable for all.That means no more lost houses, no more bankrupt businesses because somebody gets sick. No more problem getting needed health care because of money or insurance.

2 Acc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/22 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:01:18 The Hillary campaign's cynical and calculating decision to inject racism's ugly emotions into the democratic primaries could result in major damage for women and children in this country.

We all know that Hillary endorses John McCain as qualified: But what Hillary doesn't tell you is that some of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/21 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:09:22 do, and apparently so do a number of the major and minor honchos of the Democratic party if one believes their public statements at any rate.

The only recklessness I've seen is Hillary's twin assertions that Obama isn't qualified, yet that he is qualified, as the front runner in elected delegates... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/20 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:54:57 Dear Editor (Missoulian)

Hillary needs to come clean with the voters.

For over a year, she has refused to release her 1995 and 1996 tax returns. Hillary often says candidates need to be vetted, yet she snubs the voters and refuses to let us vet her.

Hillary isn't hiding any illegal scams or... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/19 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:04:02 what is it?

Is Hill in a conspiracy with the Repos and losing 10 states in a row as well as the the popular vote on purpose to set Obama up for a giant November fall and 40 more years in the wilderness for the Democratic Party and especially the left in the Democratic Party and beyond?

Or do y... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/18 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:36:52 The wrong answer is 'because of the Republicans.' Please read the whole article before responding. Due to DU rules, I could only include but a small portion of the analysis. Vicente Navarro was the sole advocate (the token) of single payer allowed onto Hillary's 500 member health care task force. Vi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/17 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:40:10 Records are from 1997 to present as per gov tracks http://www.govtrack.us/

I've seen post after post from Kucinich detractors and other rumor mongers that try to claim that Dennis Kucinich is somehow "less effective' in congress than his peers are. So i thought I'd look it up and find out for m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/16 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:44:46 Dem majority no vote for the IWR in the House. He's an active member of the progressive caucus

He just won't sell out because someone tells him he should. When he says "No, I'm not going along with something I know is wrong," then people try to smear him with this shit. The same thing happens to ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/15 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:15:04 I was on a thread last night where the OP was complaining about the fact that the Dems seem to be wimps about a lot of issues that are important to thier base.

A number of posters took him to task about this, some with the fanatic ferver of partisons defending their team, some attacking the progn... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/13 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:00:42 up against a truely dedicated force of evil who won't take no for an answer, especially a weak willed no.
Everything escapes the notice of the public, or haven't you noticed?
They see but they don't understand, or if they do understand they don't really want to think about it.
Did you "see" the 9... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/14 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:38:34 protect and defend the constitution from [i]all enemies[/i]foreign [i]and domestic[/i]

Their oath doesn't say, 'unless Joe Lieberman is in the Senate or unless our margin is thin.
Their oath doesn't say 'unless we think we might have a better chance in 08 if we ignore our oath.'

They have a d... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/12 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:59:15 I knew little about research and development of 4th generation nuclear fusion bombs before reading these papers.

They have some very interesting information both as to how fusion weapons could be utilized on the battlefield and the political implications of 4th generation nuclear weapons on the p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/10 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:58:04 This ones called
4th Generation Nuclear Weapons
Military Effectiveness and Collateral Damage

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0510/0510071.pdf

Andre Gsponer
Independent Scientific Research Institute
Box 30, CH1211
Geneva12,
Switzerland
Version ISRI0503.17
May 23, 2006
Abstract
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/9 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:07:28 Osama, cause Osama don't work for the FAA. (or maybe he does?)

Or do you have a better answer? (and pleease don't insult me by saying that Hani must a got lucky.)... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/7 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:51:43 you guys say that US intel were incompetent, you mean really really really incompentent i guess.

Hani sure pulled the wool over on those guys. But I have to admit, the terrorist were brillent using a guy like this. No one would suspect!

Ha ha ha ha....... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/6 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:42:44 In January 2001, the Arizona flight school JetTech alerts the FAA about hijacker Hani Hanjour. No one at the school suspects Hanjour of terrorist intent, but they tell the FAA he lacks both the English and flying skills necessary for the commercial pilot’s license he has already obtained. For instan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/5 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:31:32 April 15, 1999: Hanjour Gets Pilot’s License Despite Dubious Skills

When Hani Hanjour attended flight schools between 1996 and 1998 he was found to be a “weak student” who “was wasting our resources” (see October 1996-December 1997), and when he tried using a flight simulator, “He had only the ba... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/8 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:15:12 but only if you aren't a mid-level technocrat for a company with government contracts.

You know better, but they know best.

Trust me on this. My older brother is a mid-level technocrat with just such a company. It's par for the course. At this point in an equivalent conversation, my brother wo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/John Q. Citizen/4 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:25:54