Yes, you were right - it was a bit condescending.. and I was wrong in doing so.
I was reacting to your many posts on this subject where you tore other people apart (Saint, GW, etc) for having THEIR opinion - when it was hitting them in the wallet and you went on and on how great Obama is and what a great thing this law is.
It really isn't. Other than the healthcare bill, his refusal to help our folks in Benghazi (even on 9/11), and his IRS targeting conservatives, I really have no problem with Obama. He is a likeable guy - its just that his policies, especially healthcare, are very poor.
There were much better solutions out there - but the key thing for the Dems was to create this expensive entitlement system via the "subsidies" which is another word for "taking money out of working people's pockets to give to those who don't". There were SOME good things in the bill - but so many bad things that overall it was a bad, raw deal for America. And it will really hurt the middle to upper middle class. It won't hurt the rich much. But pity those that live in metro areas where the cost of living is much higher (like LA), with 2 spouses working, bring down $110K a year with 2 kids in school - and now their premiums are doubling in many cases. Those are the people we should have been protecting - not those folks who don't work. Those that are working 40 hours a week at McDonalds to make ends meet, by all means, yes, give them a hand.
Anyways.. sorry for the insults... It just bugs me when you go off on anyone that has a different opinion on things than you do... and God help them if they don't love Obama like you do. I've noticed this going on for a month or so now - maybe you've got other things going on in your life bringing you down.
I know I'm pretty much a lurker these days - especially in this forum as there are some crazies in there that are pretty negative, but I don't remember FDC being such a negative person in the past. Just the opposite - usually you'd be a lighthearted and interesting read..... hope things get better for ya.
You're right this is my fault, something must be wrong with me. Why else would you compare me to Hedgey and infer that I am stupid like Cliff Clavin unless I had done something wrong to you.
Today I killed a Palmetto bug on my back porch and did it with great malice. There was another Palmetto bug approximately ten yards away that ran as fast as it could into the grass. There was nothing that bug could have done to save the other one, nothing at all. He was way too far away to prevent the death of the first palmetto bug and didn't have the capabilities to stop it either. I am not sure if Palmetto bugs use Pheromones to mark their route to food and such or use it to warn of danger or to protect their nest, but that bug had no chance. It wouldn't have mattered how much of the pheromones it put out, that bug was doomed. A few hours later I did see some other Palmetto bugs in the neighbors yard getting together and pointing their antennae at the one that ran. Apparently they want to kick that bug out of the nest. Maybe it's because he didn't help the dead bug, even though he couldn't. Then again, it could be because the bugs are stupid and any communication to the other bugs in the nest was futile. The other bugs just seemed to be ignoring the fact that there was no way to prevent the death of that bug, they just kept trying to make it sound like it was his fault. The funny thing is that there used to be another bug in that particular group that literally watched from a distance while I sprayed different nests 13 separate times killing 96 and injuring 65 and they never did a thing to that bug for not trying to help even once? Weird huh? Not a single antenna was raised when any of those mass killings took place. That bug has since left and that is when this new bug showed up.
Maybe they just don't like the new bug. I mean, he does have slightly different coloring?
On another note, I would not have guessed from your posts, such as the one calling President Obama a liar, that you thought he was a likable guy. I definitely would have never thought you were just a moderate either. Weird, huh?
I can't believe how twisted and depressed I must sound when I rebut Republican propaganda. I really need help, because I seem to remember the IRS targeting certain groups under the watch of another President as well. What was his name again? The guy that had 13 embassies bombed under his watch?
Not the guy that tripled the deficit and was awarded 18 clean debt ceiling raises, not the guy that was acting, but the guy who's vice president made money off the deaths of American soldiers in the middle east and shot a guy in the face. You know who I am talking about? Two unfunded wars, tax cuts for the extremely wealthy, pissed away a budget surplus in under on year, and put us in the largest recession in history. Man, his name is right on the tip of my tongue. Do you know who I am talking about? He was a likable guy too. If you think of his name, let me know.
Anyway, I will seek therapy and try to be more lighthearted in the future.
Hope this helps,
FDC
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