Despite the hu-hum reaction of corporate media, on Saturday, Nov 7, Congressional Democrats scored a victory for principle of Government "FOR THE PEOPLE" and against the Corporate Lobbyists Party assignation with the Powerful to maintain "Government for the corporations" (Corporate Fuedalism, also known as the Fascist form of government).

It was a significant battle Saturday. Arrayed against us were the menacing minions of the for-profit Health Insurance industry. Brandishing all their weapons of demogoguery: propaganda, distortions of reality, fearful fantasies, and outrageous lies. Surely Josef Goebbel's spirit moved among the lobbyists of the legislative body. With menacing maws frothing malevolent attacks on the Democrats' efforts to fix a broken health care system, the fearful onslaught had begun. The Corporate Lobbyist Party was again on the move, intent on protecting the prerogatives of profit and power. But the Democrats held forth armed only with the facts .... and an enduring faith that government should serve the people and not corporations. The fact that most of the people want Health Care Reform was of no importance to the Health Insurance industry's mercenary army. They were bent upon strangling this hated movement of reasonable health care access for all, merely because it threatened insurance companies' profit horde.

The outcome of this battle was very much in doubt. Corporate media talking heads were all nodding in agreement and had declared, as one, the Democrat's Health Care reform plans were dead. The weapons of disinformation and hysteria are powerful and certainly the American Taliban of the Corporate Lobbyist party are consummate practitioners of punk politics, propaganda and The Big Lie. They are always ready to menace the system with destruction (i.e. paralysis) if they don't get their way. But in the end, after the dust had settled and the smoke had cleared, the vote was taken and against all odds government FOR THE PEOPLE had prevailed.

..... But this victory took a heavy toll. The principle of separation of church and state had to be sacrificed to win this battle. And while the right of citizens to access to adequate, affordable health care was affirmed, the right of women to make their own health decisions became a casualty of this war. Some would say it was too heavy a price to pay. Most would agree it was certainly a costly compromise, a heavy ransom to pay.

And now the battle is to be joined in the Senate, where the American Taliban say with confidence, they will KILL Health Care reform for good. This is no idle threat. The American Taliban are fully experienced in killing progress, at subverting good, sensible causes. Again the outcome is in doubt. The Democrats won a great victory for the American people, but now they have to do it all over again. This war is far from won. Being on the side of what's right (and even what's practical) means nothing to the American Taliban(the Becks, the Limgaughs, the Bachmans and the Boehners). Ignorance is their friend and ally. Their ultimate weapon is the threat of anarchy and chaos. The 'Party of NO', knows how to turn a community into a mob, a nation into an internecine battlefield.

Tomorrow the battle begins anew.