Health Care Protesters Arrested Part II

Over at www.counterpunch.org one of the arrested physicians responded to being arrested while trying to participate in a "public hearing on health care policy"....

Thank you Senator Baucus for being a such an ass....perhaps, in spite of the $500,000 you have received from the insurance companies, the HMO's and the pharmaceutical industry, you will be challenged when you are up for reelection by one of the thousands of Montanans with NO health insurance.

Health Care Protesters Arrested

Tuesday, at a Senate hearing on health care policy, several members of the audience were arrested for shouting out when Chairman Max Baucus tried to gavel the Committee to order. The protesters were doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. They were there representing a single payer option. They were in the audience because they were NOT invited to sit at the table by the Chairman Baucus. That spot was reserved for pharmaceutical and medical product lobbyist, representatives from the insurance industry, and representatives from HMO's.....

So, this is how it's going to be....you give Chairman Baucus Hundred's of THOUSANDS of dollars....and you get a seat at the table....you come representing the "not for profit", single payer coalition health care wing, and you get no seat at the table....and arrested for speaking up.

This is our government....we pay taxes....single payer health care is our government, using our taxes to get us the health care we want...when we want it, where we want it, and from whom we want it from....Senator Baucus and his fellow members of Congress work for us...they are paid by us...yet they seem only interested in representing those corporate interest that contribute to their campaigns...it is time for Baucus to be challenged....it is time for any Democrat not on board single payer, to be challenged....they will be coming home soon on recess....let them know you want single payer health care now!!!

Watch on You Tube.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tszj0ssgsmo

Arlen Specter...Nut Case

I was willing to give Specter the benefit of the doubt when he abruptly switched from being a Republican to an Obama Democrat.   I mean, the guy has been a loyal, moderate, Republican since 1980, and it must have hurt to have his party turn on him like they did.  

That said, this new Arlen Specter is not "new" and he's no Democrat.  First, he made it clear that he would continue to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act....the single most important piece of labor legislation to come along in decades.  Then he made it clear that he was not too excited about a health care plan that would do anything to cut into the huge profits being made by the insurance companies.  And today, he said he supports seating the loser of the Minnesota Senate race, Republican Norm Coleman, over the winner, Al Franken.  His stated reason for supporting the loser Coleman? Coleman is Jewish, and the Senate needs a Jewish Republican now that Specter has changed parties. 

I'm sorry, but Specter is no Democrat.  He is a selfish little man with a sudden realization that he is mortal.