The Newsroom - Tea Party is the American Taliban

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For a fictional show (based on actual events), this is the truest news story you have ever seen.

[Loki]

1. Wow

I'm going to have to start watching this program!

[Generic Other]

3. I think he's based off Obermann

It is fun to watch.

[cyberpj]

12. Me too.

I've been saying that since it started. This is by the same guy that did West Wing and Sports Night (Sorkin) and it's fairly well known that he used Olbermann for Sports Night character. If you haven't seen that one it's really good too. I told my husband that The Newsroom seems like Sports Night ten or so years later and about News instead of Sports.

Check it out.

[socialindependocrat]

2. Trying to impose religious beliefs on everyone is dictatorial

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I believe we should off the Amewrican people the freedom to choose how they run their lives and to not dictate to them how they will live. This is what the Taliban tried to do.

Example:
Health insurance should provide people with the ability to choose the services they want.
If you don't want to partake of a particular service, that is your choice but you should not dictate to others what services will or will not be available. If one does not want their freedoms dictated - don't try to dictate the freedoms of others.

The conservative right needs to be told that they do not have the right to DICTATE how people live their lives! This is not Democratic - this is DICTATORIAL!

Freedom of choice!

[Dokkie]

6. Dont you see the contradiction in your post

Dont you realize that people are not exactly given the freedom to choose buying insurance in the first place. But that is the problem living in democratic society such as ours, you dont exactly get to choose what affects your life.

Btw I am all for giving people the option to choose how to live their lives, whether they buy insurance or not, what they put in their own bodies, which god to belief or reject etc etc.

[socialindependocrat]

7. Nope....You're arguing a different issue -

We'd have to get into a whole different discussion.

My argument was regarding not imposing personal religious beliefs on others.

The example was about not restricting coverage because of other's religious beliefs.

I do get your point but it's another argument.

[Dokkie]

8. Its about freedom to choose

then again talking about imposing religious beliefs on others. They belief it is immoral perform/paid into a system that does abortions and you mandate that they all pay into a system that makes that allows that which they object on religious ground.

[socialindependocrat]

9. They pay into a sytem that provides care for everyone...

Let an insurance company provide insurance that does not provide abortion services and let thoe people get coverage from that company.

[Dokkie]

10. But thats not possible

seeing as insurance companies are required to cover contraception services to be eligible for the plan. I cannot just buy into an insurance company that say pays for only catastrophic ailments. There is a standard for insurance company that want to be eligible for ACA and contraception service is one of em

[socialindependocrat]

11. You don't have to use the service and...

you have no right to tell me that I can't use the service.

I guess you'll have to get the Vatican to start an insurance company that doen't provide services that the church doesn't condone.

[Vox Moi]

4. Amazing, powerful piece of work. It makes me think.

When tautology replaces dialog there can be no democracy.
When the confirmation of belief is more important than the establishment of fact there can be no science.
When truth is subordinated to ideology there can be no justice.
When virtue is at odds with common decency there can be neither.

[april]

5. love this show ! Watch it if you can..