It is a Historic Night....

We have done it.  It is not the bill that I wanted or the situation that I wanted, but in the end, it is something that we needed and needed badly.

The republicans have shown their true face.  It is the face of a party that truly cares about the rich white man only.  I agree with the need to control costs, but when pretty much ALL estimates have said this is a money-saver in the long run, how can you deny it?  How can someone be so heartless as to say to the people of America, "Oh, I am sorry that you are dying of a treatable illness, but the rich white man does not want to pay a tiny bit to save your life, help your small business, or allow your child to see a doctor."

We are so divided as a nation lately that it sickens me.  I was proud to see some people stand up this past week and put aside their differences because they understood that this bill, whether you like its means or not, is better than the status quo.  Right now the insurance companies are allowed to do whatever they wish in order to FUCK the American people.  I have what is considered by a lot of people to have a good health insurance but even I have to pay ridiculous amounts in the end.  I heard a republican congressman say that this bill will be the end of private insurance and the government takeover of health care.  This is false, but I wish it were true.  The private insurance companies have screwed us over for the last time and maybe it is time to give the government a shot to do what private insurance has consistently FAILED at.

In case you are unaware, I am a supporter of the single-payer health system.  When this was not going to happen I settled for the public option and removal of insurance anti-trust laws.  The public option went out the window because republicans screamed "socialist!"  Most of them do not even know what that word means.  They love expanding military but the fact is that the American military is one of the largest socialist programs on our planet.  The republicans are crying because they are forcing the democrats to use various parliamentary procedures to get their votes, but again they loved it when those same procedures led to the GIGANTIC tax cuts for the rich that have really driven this country into the ground.

I have never seen a larger group of hateful and hypocritical people in my life.  Let's spend billions on attacking sovereign nations, but the moment that you want to spend that money to better our society as a whole, you are an evil commie bastard.  I personally am not trying to tear down republicans and all of their ideas, but overall they failed us as leaders.  They refused to assist in the writing of the bill and then cried foul that they did not have a say.  They refused to propose anything unless this bill was completely removed.  You know full well as I do that if we would have agreed to their terms nothing would have happened and corporate greed would have won again as it did for all of the years under ol' Bushy.

Again, normally I am not as bitter toward the republicans and even agree with them on some stuff, but most of that is in theory, not in practice.  It would be nice if the federal government were small and left things up to the states, but slowly the government has been expanding because the states have failed the people over and over and when they do where else does the little man have to go?  If the states had their way there would still be separate but "equal" in many areas, which we all know was the biggest lie ever.  The states are run by the large companies that reside in them and under "free-market" capitalism, it is us, the people of America and our democracy that loses.  The free-market system is fine and dandy, but it does not work and has not worked well since its induction.  Human greed is strong and the free-market system just gives greed a place to thrive while the politicians roll in the dirty money that is built on human suffering and live in a fucking Reagan wet-dream.

I am personally an old-school classical liberal/Hustler Democrat.  I believe in small government but the republican government seems to always spend money in the wrong places.  They still believe in this idea of "trickle-down" economics that always favors the rich and fucks the poor.  I believe that the federal government has a moral and civic duty to protect the health and well-being of its people.  The two greatest ways to do that are through health care and education.  I personally think that college should be public and free to everyone that can handle it, but that is just me...well...and logic and reason, but no one pays attention to that.

I am done ranting.  Today is a day for rejoice as reason has triumphed over individualism again and our nation is one step closer to fulfilling the promise of liberty and justice for all....

...now once Cheney is found guilty for war crimes then justice will win again.  =)