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By TheOne

March 5, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

I still can’t believe that ba$tard Dubya is not willing to give this program the money it needs? How in the world can he justify spending millions on a war, and trying to build up another country, but is not willing to take care of his own. DOWN WITH BUSH!! DOWN WITH BUSH!!

By Steve

March 5, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this

RECALL BUSH!

By Steve

March 5, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

RECALL BUSH!

By Rich

March 5, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

So what is Sen. Johnson’s point — was it to show how well-read he is? It was the leadership that decided to take the ill-advised, certain-to-be-fruitless recess and there is the good Senator at No. 2 on the food chain.

By Dave

March 5, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this

I only had 1 child because that is all I could afford. I had to work 2 jobs but I paid for our on healthcare….. but then we did not smoke, drink, use recreational drugs or drive new vehicle. Am I cold hearted…guess so. On a $40,000 salary people should be required to pay for their own healthcare not the taxpayer.

By John D

March 5, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this

This just goes to show how much the National Republican Party cares about Georgia. Dems are always accused of taking the black vote for granted. This just shows that the GOP takes the stupid south for granted, and the crackers in GA still vote for them.

By Burdell

March 5, 2007 9:21 PM | Link to this

Excuse me. Did you just say “the crackers in GA”?

Strange, I wonder how long a post would last that referred to “the n**** in GA.”

Offended? I rest my case.

By Joe34

March 5, 2007 9:26 PM | Link to this

It’s funny how the dems have suddenly forgoten that they control congress and the national budget. If the dems would quit trying to make the people believe they have a plan for the war and take care of the childern here then maybe they might have a chance to hold on to the power they don’t seem to know how to use.

By George

March 5, 2007 9:36 PM | Link to this

How nice that Eric Johnson reads Beckett on the weekends. I thought the majority of the GOP follows Marie Antoinette with her Republican-esque quote: “Let them eat cake”. I find it incredibly disingenuous of the GOP to troop to Washington DC telling Congress how valuable and important PeachCare is to the children of Georgia and then come back to Georgia and threaten the same “valuable and important” children with PeachCare Program cutbacks. PS. Our General Assembly is on a 17 day hiatus waiting for the U.S. Congress to blink over PeachCare but our mighty and noble legislators are still collecting their daily $179 per diem for a total of $42,244 per day while they dawdle. Seems like the $42,244 paid by Georgia taxpayers would be better spent on the “valuable and important” children’s PeachCare Program.

By Joc

March 5, 2007 10:24 PM | Link to this

Burdell, based upon your response to John D’s comment (and since he/she did not delcare) it is clear that you assumed he/she is Black. Why not condemn use of the word “c,” which I hereby do, and leave it at that?

With respect to President Bush’s blame game strategy that the Georgia Republicans have embraced, it will not play well for them in the long run. Why? Because he and the Republican controlled Congress refused to address the funding shorfall,and, because they refused to do so in the face of requesting a permanent tax decrease for the rich. Georgia is a working class state period.

Georgia Republicans suffer from the illusion of inclusion. All they need to do is look as see how the national Republicans played Zell. All “wanna bees” are easy prey.

By Burdell

March 5, 2007 11:37 PM | Link to this

I made no such assumption. I chose to contrast with that word because a)that is the other ethnic group John D referenced, but failed to use a slur for; and b)I (rightly) assumed the AJC would censor it before posting my comment.

I was demonstrating an apparent double-standard when it comes to racial slurs. Had John D picked a different set of ethnic groups, and used a slur for one, and not the other, I would have addressed those instead.

A slur is a slur. Why do we pussyfoot around one and go to the extreme of censoring it while allowing the other to be used with impunity.

Either censor all bigots equally, or have the guts to truly stand for uncensored dialogue.

By MrLiberty

March 6, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this

Thank goodness more folks will get an opportunity to see what a failure socialized medicine is. This plan, like the universal plan for California are both based on the dream that you can somehow get something for nothing. Medical care costs money. Having everyone pay in a little or nothing and then having them withdraw as if the supply of care were unlimited is just not possible.

It is indeed possible to provide insurance at an affordable rate for catastrophies. Checkups, vaccinations, minor wounds, colds, etc. are maintenance, not catastrophies. Everyone should be paying for these out of their own pockets. It is not economically possible to INSURE against what is a certainty. You can only insure against a possibility.

Peachcare must be allowed to fail, as must Medicare, Medicaid, and the unbelievably wasteful Medicare drug plan.

Medicine needs reform. Medical schools must loose their monopoly control over medicine. Alternative therapies must be given freedom in the marketplace. Drugs, both prescription and currently illegal must be legalized and access to them increased. Pharmacists must be given more control. Midwives must have a greater role. Overall what is needed is a truly free market in medicine with strong accountability for malpractice, but certification and monitoring handled by independant groups and organizations that come from the marketplace and not the government or the medical establishment.

Government has created the problem we all now face with medical care and ridiculous costs. Smoke and mirrors and deceitful government programs like Peachcare are not the solution. More government never is. Freedom is the solution and always will be.