Holy fucked up healthcare reform Batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sean]

I'm not quite sure what you're looking for people to respond to or what you're trying to say exactly, mongoose. Is it a commentary on a conspiracy theory, or a stance on supposed "death panels", or health insurance for illegal immigrants, or the World Bank, or all of the above? If all of the above, then does that mean this is why you oppose a health care overhaul?

Originally Posted by Deckard

On a serious note, it's quite scary how, since Obama came to power, the (outside perception of the) whole of the US seems to have turned into Fox-watching, NRA gun-toting, barely literate wingnuts. Where are all the calm rational voices on our screens? Sanity not Hannity please (hey it's monday morning)

It's understandable that this is the outside impression you may get, but as a U.S. insider, I can assure you that it seems the vast majority of us are staring in just as much wide-eyed amazement at these crazies as you are. I mean seriously - "birthers"? "Death panels"? Comparisons to Hitler? The main difference now seems to me that these people are flipping out over the fact that we suddenly have a President who's trying to shift us into the 21st century where health, energy, international relations, and many other fundamental issues are concerned, and holy crap - did I mention that this President is BLACK?!?!?! So basically, some older white people think they're losing their country, and they're having tantrums about it. All they can think to do is shout down the opposition, invent wild conspiracy theories, try to foment fear as a means to their ends. But I don't think they're fooling as many people as they used to be able to.