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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 03:50 PM Original message |
Obama says insurance companies holding US hostage |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama says he's not trying to vilify insurers |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And he's right. Insurance companies are one part of a very complex situation. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The President doesn't want a war, he just wants them to stop being pig-headed. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I'm with you there. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. The insurance companies have vilified themselves with their bad behavior. |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. This is a deft political strategy. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. YES!! YIPPIE!!! |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. What do we do with hostage takers? Right. We kill them. |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. But we need the insurance companies |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. D'oh! How could I have forgotten that??? |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Quit calling them Insurance Companies and call them what they really are. Ponzi Schemes! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good point. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Just like a Ponzie Scheme the only thing being insured is the guy at the tops wealth, |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Unlike, say, TARP |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yah, I'm with you. nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. +1 |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. OK, then why are insurance co's involved and single payer out of the question? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. If nutjobs try to make Obama the enemy he can make the insurance company the enemy very easily |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. He's right, but he continues to support them. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Correct |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Should Americans die to protect CEO bonuses. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. Actually, it's a handful of Dem Senators doing the hostage-taking. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
23. Hey - you, Mr. Prez. Cut the bullshit "health insurance reform" phraseology, and get to work |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank you Mr. President! |
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