tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post5359270628862844693..comments2023-10-31T09:14:26.930-05:00Comments on Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues: You Didn't Get Kissed First For Your Viagra: Medicare Drug Plan Just Another Way To Pick Americans' PocketsManifesto Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-39377613792778334732007-05-20T11:17:00.000-05:002007-05-20T11:17:00.000-05:00re:>>>Unfortunately, it would appear>>>that the ne...re:<BR/>>>>Unfortunately, it would appear<BR/>>>>that the new French president<BR/>>>>has every intention of<BR/>>>>emulating Bush's America<BR/><BR/>I don't think this is the case. Maybe the French believe this, but, if so, they're simply misinformed about American society today.<BR/>Bush is so far to the right that I don't think Europeans can really comprehend it.<BR/>For that matter, even Clinton was a trillion miles to the right of what the political mainstream is in today's Europe.<BR/>If you're a European, you simply can't understand what it is like to be working class and living in America today. The government here has utter contempt for those who're not rich.<BR/>I'm sure most governments around the world serve the interests of the wealthy to one degree or another. But in the U.S. today, our unbelievably corrupt and evil government has developed this to an art form.<BR/>But really, it's even more sinister than that. The U.S. government's only role these days is to steal from the working class and give to the wealthy.<BR/>It's Socialism for the Rich.<BR/>I'm not saying that Europe is a Utopia (no place is). All I'm saying is that, if you're European, you simply have no clue as to what it's like to be working class and living in America.<BR/>You have no idea of what it's like to have a government that shits down your throat daily and then charges you (via taxes) for doing so.<BR/>I believe that American society is on the verge of a meltdown. People are goddamn sick and tired and fed up with the leech class and their bought-and-paid-for politicians in Congress.<BR/>Eventually, people will take to the streets and forcibly take back power in this nation. I can't wait for it to happen. I'd suspect that I'm not alone.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Marc McDonald<BR/><A HREF="http://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com" REL="nofollow">BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com</A>Marc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-26844927281230491272007-05-16T20:21:00.000-05:002007-05-16T20:21:00.000-05:00I was dismayed by the outcome of that election. Ro...I was dismayed by the outcome of that election. Royal seemed to represent a much better future for France. But it is true, as you say, the French people are not known for suffering fools in high office gladly.<BR/><BR/>I wish I could say the same for Americans, and for the astonishingly docile Texas subculture into which I was born. The common people here seem to have accepted official larceny and exploitation as a normal way of life. "Troublemakers," like a few of us who are doing this blogging, are very much in the minority.Manifesto Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-65460484242363018352007-05-16T18:29:00.000-05:002007-05-16T18:29:00.000-05:00Hello Joe - glad you enjoyed my blog. I have very ...Hello Joe - glad you enjoyed my blog. I have very eclectic tastes, and all the music I post there is music I really love and consider of good quality. Did you take a peek at my artwork there?<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about your foot - I presume you've gone over to Dr. Scholl and Danasko... :)<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, it would appear that the new French president has every intention of emulating Bush's America - but it won't go far, because when the government tries to do something the people don't like, they organize massive strikes all over the country, basically blocking the whole country, and stick to their guns until the government relents. Vive la France, vive les français! :D<BR/><BR/>It would seem that my comment over on the Cowboy was prescient... I am known to be highly psychic. :)Vierotchkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028919670102869922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-70482033693144598882007-05-16T17:29:00.000-05:002007-05-16T17:29:00.000-05:00How Il Doofus' Medicare drug plan affects people s...How Il Doofus' Medicare drug plan affects people seems to vary. My mother-in-law's financial burden marginally improved. My mother, on the other hand, is actually paying more. It's as though it was a shell game. As long as there are examples of people who benefited, they can studiously ignore the cases in which "beneficiaries" have not.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I hope there is something they can eventually do for this condition, in your vertebrae. Doesn't sound like a good way to go through life.Manifesto Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-42447336720862906112007-05-16T12:24:00.000-05:002007-05-16T12:24:00.000-05:00Sorry to hear about your foot injury. I've carried...Sorry to hear about your foot injury. I've carried around a spinal injury ever since a "head-on" car accident back in the 1970s, so I can sympathize with the problems you've faced in trying to get a chronic condition corrected. I gave up years ago when an x-ray showed that a piece of bone was broken out of one vertebrae and was pressing on the spinal cord...creating a constant rocking sensation. Life for me is, and has been for over six years, like living on a boat. The only time it eases is when I lie down. Doctors have suggested surgery to remove that wayward chunk of bone...not even a chance anyone is going to get that close to my spinal cord with a knife. None of this has anything to do with Medicare, other than this interesting little tidbit. When I became a "senior citizen" and Junior's wonderful prescription plan began paying for part of my medication (and sending me bills from insurance companies for premiums every month) I noticed that the cost of my prescriptions nearly doubled from when I was paying for them myself.<BR/><BR/>Have you noticed that on cable channels, easily half of the commercials we see/hear every day are from drug companies trying to hawk their product?...and I'm convinced they make up illnesses. I swear they're trying to get us all addicted to something...anything, as long as it increases their sales and bottom line.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Re: our exchange about Jerry Falwell over on my blog, here's a URL...check it out. It's one of those "Gee, I wish I'd said that" moments.<BR/><BR/>http://assimilatedpress.blogspot.com/Cranky Dazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433232531868316286noreply@blogger.com