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SEIU buses in 30 people to stand on an Interstate bridge in Wisconsin to celebrate Supreme Court decision with light display. The rest of the anti Walker recall crowd has gone home to Michigan. Taking their drums with them!

Yes, people do like free stuff, especially knowing that SOMEONE had to pay for it. But dream on, idiots, celebrate your hollow victory, cos it ain't gonna WORK!!! And, guess all you want, grumpyliberalbastard, but i'm no Republican, nor am i a Democrat. To be either would be a pipe dream.

OMG grumpy, it was satire.......the subheading was meant as humor. Don't be so sensitive........... you gotta get out more. Heck, here's a tip. Tune into Howie Carr's radio talk program on 680 WRKO radio. Get a lesson on funny political satire and lowest common denominator joking around with politics. Even a "grumpylibbastard can remember Gilda Radner on SNL and "what's this I hear about presidential errections?"

And after all, everyone knows SEIU bused in tons of people from out of state during the Madison Wisconson rotundra protests . Like I said, lsiten to Howie Carr. The guy did investigative reporting for the Boston Herald and WRKO for 25 years. His family was under threat because of his constant meddling into the Whitey Bulger story (Bulger's brother was the speaker of the house in Mass for years) I got news for ya' bud, politics is dirty. And SEIU is up to it's "bus wheel hubs" in a lot of it.

I know as a progressive there is so little to smile about these days but heck, smile buddy! Life's too short.

Irish is a republican, BUT he's a Notre Dame fan first!!!!!!!!!!!! Go ND Irish!

Oromney care for all :)

When the USSC supported the Obama health care plan, I guess they supported the right wing fantasy of "death panels". You'd think that the idea of a policy that sends "grandpa and grandma" to soylent green land would get more than a few mentions from the right wing. So are, these references are few and far between. I guess sending grandma and grandpa off to Soylent green is not that important.

Doesn't this mean that Obamany Care won? Then why is Mitt so angry?

Beautiful pic, I hope the World is also rejoicing for us. Maybe it gives everyone hope and a possibility for change. Now that we know the key to progression has always been inside the doorknobs that we collect.Captain Jack had it right when he decided to flip the ship around, I have no desire to go down with the ship.Let's instead turn this world upside down.

Now that the Roberts Court has affirmed that the government has the power to mandate purchases of private goods and services as long as it's structured as a tax, I propose that we put this new-found authority in the service of an explicit Constitutional right. For far too long, too many Americans have suffered from an inequal distribution of firearms, despite the Second Amendment's express exhortation to "keep and bear arms," in large part because income inequality in this nation has kept the poor and working classes from having the proper protection for themselves and their loved ones. We need to end this disparity now by applying the ObamaCare model immediately.

First, the government needs to issue a mandate that all households must own at least one firearm. We will need a federal agency to ensure that people aren't just buying cheap BB guns or .22 pistols, even though that may be all they need or want. It has to be 9mm or above, with .44 magnums getting a one-time tax credit on their own. Let's pick an agency known for its aptitude on firearms and home protection to issue required annual certifications each year, without which the government will have to levy hefty fines. Which agency would do the best job? Hmmmm … I know! How about TSA? With their track record of excellence, we should have no problems implementing this mandate.

Don't want to own a gun? Hey, no worries. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says citizens have the right to refuse to comply with mandates. The government will just seize some of your cash in fines, that's all. Isn't choice great? Those fines will go toward federal credits that will fund firearm purchases for the less well off, so that they can protect their homes as adequately as those who can afford guns on their own. Since they generally live in neighborhoods where police response is appreciably worse than their higher-earning fellow Americans, they need them more anyway. Besides — gun ownership is actually mentioned in the Constitution, unlike health care, which isn't. Obviously, that means that the federal government should be funding gun ownership.

Now, I'm not naive; this kind of mandate system will be difficult to get through Congress. Even gun manufacturers might have some reservations about forcing everyone to buy their product, especially since we'll also be imposing massive price controls on their products. Only 7% of their revenues can be spent on administrative costs and "profit," whatever we decide that means. How else to make sure that we keep prices fair? We have an ace in the hole, though. We plan to get the ammunition industry on our side, running a $200 million ad campaign on behalf of the bill. They stand to make billions in the huge increase of target practice — which gun ranges will have to provide for free on at least one occasion a year per person, and for which the government will cover the range costs at, say, $5 per hour. (That's a loss for gun ranges, but they'll make it up in volume.)

We need to act now. Too many poor and working-class families face injury and death from lack of self-protection in areas of high rates of violent crime, so if you oppose this, you must hate the poor and hope they die. Since no one does that, we should expect to see everyone celebrating this effort to realize the vision of our Founders, which was obviously a top-down federal government that can order its citizens to do anything it wants.

Ed Morrissy

Enjoying seeing this developing from Canada.

Up here we have BOTH universal healthcare & a chartered banking system.

We will not sue you if you take & adopt those ideas.

I am always overwhelmed by the ignorance of well meaning people who can't seem to really think for themselves, and are always sprouting out stuff they hear on air/online from others who are trying to sway public opinion in order to line their pockets or gain some other advantage. The well meaning folks don't take time to get the facts and then form their own opinion with some relevant basis behind it. It is very sad.

....because nobody gets information from other sources....sigh. If ppl don't think this whole obamacare debacle isn't cronyism at its roots they are nieve. Most government laws/policies are glazed with cutsie euphemisms like "the affordable healthcare act" but beneath the surface is absolutely the opposite. I like to ask liberals to name me one fiscally sound, accountable gov program, entity or policy. They usually get vapor lock.

Love the light show. I presume they voted.

As someone involved with the Overpass Light Brigade, I can assure you that they (we) all vote and voted. I can also assure you that we are all unpaid volunteers - a loose affiliation of grassroots activists - and have nothing to do with SEIU or other unions, though we do support a union's rights to exist. The HEALTH CARE FOR ALL message was in direct response to the SCOTUS decision, but also implicitly questions what the ACA *doesn't* do - it is not (yet) "healthcare for all." For that, we need to fight for a single payer system, similar to all other developed countries with robust economies. The idea that unions are always "bussing people in" for every action is a ridiculous lie, not even credible at any level, and certainly not the case regarding the Overpass Light Brigade.

https://www.facebook.com/OverpassLightBrigade

IrishPat has had to much Jamieson ......you have to forgive him

Ah, the ignorance of the knee-jerk response. The people on that bridge represent a cross-section of working people in Wisconsin. I know because I was there. It's easy to dismiss the actions of concerned citizens by casually dismissing them as beneath contempt.

And for all those people who "don't want health care" and will now be "forced" to have insurance to provide that health care? I don't believe they really exist. I don't know a single person, insured or uninsured, who doesn't want to see a medical professional when they are sick or injured. I know a lot of fearful people who believe what the insurance industry and the right-wing propaganda machine say about the ACA, though. But when people are asked about the components of the ACA, they overwhelmingly support them. So turn off Fox!

The idea that we'd need to bus political activists into Wisconsin is pretty funny.

I can assure you, IrishPat7 We were not bussed in. I drove myself to the Ring Street overpass - as did the rest of the folks that joined the Overpass Light Brigade. As you do know, SEIU has nothing to do with the Overpass Light Brigade.

One of the only Republican ideas that they bring to the table regarding Health/Care is, "buying insur. across state lines". And then, the Dems never respond to it. Now come on folks, if the Repubs are pushing this idea you know there's gotta' be something fishy about it. Will someone please explain the pros & cons to this idea and why the conservatives are so hot for it!?

I can buy car insurance across state lines drastically reducing the premiums....make the leap. Its not the ONLY idea from republicans. Create high risk pools, and regulate\cap premiums, and clamp down on medical litigaton. If liberals think the NRA lobby is powerful, the insurance, pharma, and lawyer(medical malpractice lawyers) lobbyist wouldn't allow proper reforms from either side of the isle. Why do you think big pharma ceo's had a seat at what was supposed to be cspan covered health care legislation? Oh, thats right Mr. Obama, you didn't want the taxpayer being screwed.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303830204577446470015843822.html

Epic fail Mr. Obama....wonder why. Cough, cronnyism, cough....bought, cough, by corporate America...cough. If this was on the Maddow show, once again i'll eat my tv remote...hell, even my computer mouse.

To achieve health care reform, "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies -- they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process." President Obama

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/517/health-care-reform-public-sessions-C-SPAN/

Let us start this conversation with some painful truth; Romney’s farther envy drives him to achieve the one thing that eluded Romney senior, a truly self-made-man, that is the presidency of the United States. Mitt Romney is not a self-made-man. He is a product of his father’s largess, and knowing this to be true haunts Mitt obsessively. Mitt Romney’s painful obsession can only be ameliorated by achieving the one thing that eluded his father; being elected by the voters of America to be president.

I want to view this obsession primarily through the national healthcare law, but I cannot ignore other bizarre behavior that gives credence to this argument. Romney is so desperate to achieve his goal that he has shown a willingness to destroy his personal integrity to the point that his integrity has become a national joke. Romney believes in only one thing; the need to be free of his father’s superiority. It is an unachievable goal. Romney senior, besides being a self-made-man, had incredible integrity and empathy. The son’s willingness to abandon these virtues that guided both of his parents leaves him without a moral anchor; to drift aimlessly on the sea of righteous conviction.

Obama’s healthcare law was modeled after Romney’s Massachusetts healthcare law. Romney spoke eloquently about the importance of the mandate, and that had flashes of virtuous integrity if viewed from a stand-alone-perspective. That was not the reality. When that plan was being proffered; the politics of the time suggested that it would be a positive achievement for a presidential run.

The political winds shifted drastically regarding healthcare. Republican policy had shifted. Driven by the financial collapse a new paradigm was taking shape; government supported programs were the primary cause of America’s distress. They needed to be eliminated at all cost. Very wealthy Republicans, knowing that America’s financial pain required someone to blame, quickly embraced the needy as the scapegoat and poured tons of money into the project.

Romney’s signature achievement was now a Republican pariah. Romney’s father and mother would never have disavowed their son’s achievement if they had still been living. Mitt Romney did it himself. Sadly for him, winning the presidency was worth more than his own integrity and the values espoused by his parents, who had given him everything.

Now for the healthcare debate itself. No one is against the idea of everyone receiving healthcare with a few exceptions. There are groups of human beings so filled with hatred for our black president, that if the healthcare was absolutely free; they would oppose it. So, for purposes of rational discussion, I will ignore them.

One size does not fit all is a Republican political argument, but does it have merit? Medical care for human beings is the same all over the world. The teaching hospitals all teach the same medical disciplines. If we can agree; that accurately reflects medicine, than we must conclude there are other factors involved. The two that come to mind are disparate costs among states, and politics that exist among these same states.

The plan as outlined would pay 100% of the cost the first year, and approximately 80/90% of the cost after that. To capture this fact in its proper financial perspective, we must remove it from the political influence so that we may better assess the financial reality.

If the readers of this article turned a page in their newspaper and read the following; an around the world cruise for free the first year, and another reduced the by 80/to 90% the second and third years; how many would jump at it? I believe close to everyone.

Now the same ad with a political slant; your acceptance of this bargain will require that Barrack Obama, who is making this cruise possible, be elected to a second term. Anyone that just paused is not doing justice to the healthcare legislation!

Romney is liberal progressive lite..as was GW Bush, the last true fiscally conservative president was Calvin Coolidge. America has been on a big gov federal takeover slope ever since...and we as Americans and the middle class have been looted from and told lies by the corporate oligarchy that is modern day democrat and republicans who try to hide their power grabs with names like "the affordable health care act" and the "patriot act"......ppl really need to wake up and quit tossing bullsh*t over the isle and bring back gov BY the ppl. Our only hope for that is in the form of ppl like Ron Paul....a true contitutionalist and statesman who can stand on his merit on every issue in his career and not on the winds of political change and correctness.

Hey Irish I live in WI and the light brigades happen on a regular basis. There are many activities in WI that are still going despite the stolen recall election. The Walker recall was but one battle in a much larger fight. We in WI will never give up and never give in. In case you haven't gotten the memo we are indeed in a Class war and it's not just WI or the US it is world wide. We the people have had it. We won't go quietly away into poverty as unscrupulous fat cats continue to fleece us. We seek to create a better world and we will accomplish it.

Well, Rachel, how does it feel to know that the Tea Party was correct? The mandate under the commerce clause, which Obama stressed WAS CONSTITUTIONAL was deemed false by SCOTUS. In fact, Obama insisted that as a Const. scholar, he knew that his mandate under the commerce clause was legal. The court upheld what the Tea Party knew all along. The only reason that the fake "Affordable" health care act still stands is because SCOTUS re-defined Obama's mandate into something Obama insisted it wasn't - a tax. Obama insisted it was not a tax, and I thought he was a scholar and a genius, to boot.

.....no Dinakim, he's just another bought and paid for politician who sold his soul to sit in the white house who now has to give special interest payback through the wallets of taxpayers while trying to pull the wool over the eyes of Americans who still believe there is a difference between democrat and republican by "throwing crumbs" to the drones who buy into the pandering that is "the affordable health care act"......sigh, such a shame ppl are so blind.