funluvn's blog

Really. I don't have many words that I can use that aren't either four-letter bombs or of the hysterical laughing unintelligible sort when it comes to describing this POS in the Gaston Gazette. In fact, I'm having a real hard time typing this without laughing out loud on my keyboard right now.

The insipid BS in this article regarding how Governor Bev Purdue is selling out the TAX PAYERS of North Carolina in order to balance our State budget by giving in to the evil-nasty-health-care-for-all schemes of our Socialist Overlord, Premier Obama (what a friggin' nightmare! Healthcare for all!!!!!1) is truly one of the most scaremongering and ridiculous articles on this subject that I've seen! That is saying something, as I'm sure you all know!

President Obama in no uncertain terms called out the insurance industry for the deceptive and dishonest hacks that they are today. It is a thing of beauty.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/us/politics/18address.html?hp

President Obama mounted a frontal assault on the insurance industry on Saturday, accusing it of airing “deceptive and dishonest ads” to derail his health care legislation and threatening to strip the industry of its longstanding exemption from federal anti-trust laws.

Let's hope that might be the reason, since Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina CEO Bob Greczyn is stepping down from his job next year, however Greczyn was not available for comment on his impending retirement. Back in 2001 - 2002, Greczyn tried unsuccessfully to take BCBSofNC from a non-profit company to a for-profit company.

According to the Progressive Pulse in May of this year, as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina was busy bamboozling the State Health Plan, cutting radio ads to attack state employees, and plotting commercials to bash President Barack Obama’s health reform effort, CEO Bob Grezcyn raked in $3.99 million in pay for 2008. http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/05/19/bcbsnc-ceo-bob-greczyn-is-one-...

While it's good to think that bringing us all together here in America would be a great and wonderful enterprise, it wouldn't make any sense to bring us together in an undifferentiated horde. By undifferentiated, I mean that we do have differences to overcome and those differences are as wide as the Grand Canyon at times. Yet, there has to be something, some reason or a situation that could part the great divide and allow us to see eye to eye on a particular subject or state of affairs.

What might that look like in 2009? What would it take to pull it off?

.
.

Let me answer the second question first. Education. Pure and simple.

Back to the first question.

Representative Brad Miller seriously put a hurt on Virginia Foxx and her usual Republican talking point amendment to the American Graduation Initiative that is being debated in the House. Rep. Miller completely discounted everything Ms. Foxx proposed in her amendment that went down in flames by a vote of 301 - 126. You should KNOW that you've authored a crazy proposal in the US House of Representatives when the Party of No (family values, ideas, Obama) puts forward actual votes against the Crazy Foxx amendment in rather strong numbers.

President Obama today took his healthcare overhaul message to those that currently have health insurance and told them that nearly half of all Americans under age 65 could lose their health coverage at some point in the next decade.

The President is trying to back up his speech from Wednesday night to a rare joint session of Congress by not only talking to those without health insurance or with junk health insurance, but to those that now have decent health insurance at this time.

From NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/health/policy/13address.html

While the Census Bureau reports that 46.3 million people living in the United States currently lack health insurance, Mr. Obama cited a new Treasury Department analysis that aims to buttress his case that Americans are in danger of losing their coverage — whether they know it or not.

From Anne Schroeder's Blog:

North Carolinians were duking it out to the end last night.

Staffers from the Democratic N.C. delegation - the N.C. Moonshiners - happily beat the staff from the Republican delegation - the N.C. Blue Mold - in a softball game, Shenan hears. The score was close: 10-9.

One Dem player (Paul Cox) hit a walk off double in bottom of the 5th. Then, sadly for the GOPers, they all had to stop due to darkness. Seems as though the Republicans need to sharpen their softball skills - the 'Shiners also won the previous game this year, 16-11.

Softball skills aren't the only thing the Republicans need to sharpen....

Do you want healthcare reform that really matters for your family, yourself, your friends and your fellow American citizens? If so, you are going to have to force the Democratic majority in Congress to make it so. The opposition group, commonly referred to Republicans are going to lie, obsfucate and lie some more regarding what real reform includes. They are doing a great job so far.

Today, the President in his Saturday address to the nation once again laid out the fact that the opposition is lying, in so many words. The opposition then said NO! Like always. The President is lying! Straight up.

From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/22/obama.health.care/

Facing a recent erosion of public support for health-care overhaul, President Obama lashed out at his opponents Saturday for spreading "outrageous myths" on the Internet, television, and at town hall forums.

Remember not too long ago when incoming Director of the CIA, Leon Panetta called a special meeting of Congress to brief them on more of the underhanded B.S. that he had found was going on under the Bush Administration? Well, surprise, surprise! At the black heart of the matter once again was North Carolina's very own local mercenaries-for-hire and the Prince of Darkness, Blackwater and Erik Prince.

From the New York Times:

The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials.

Executives from Blackwater, which has generated controversy because of its aggressive tactics in Iraq, helped the spy agency with planning, training and surveillance. The C.I.A. spent several million dollars on the program, which did not capture or kill any terrorist suspects.

Slow down in Durham or expect to be SHOT!
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/08/17/article/nc_group_threatens...

A Durham group is warning motorists to slow down or consider going to a body shop.

WRAL-TV reported on Monday that Angry Neighbors With Paintball Guns is fed up with what it calls Durham's inability or unwillingness to deal with speeders. The group has posted signs throughout the city that warn motorists that it is enforcing the speed limit with paintball guns. The group says drivers who don't get off the gas will be shot at.

I'm going to go out on a limb and figure this is illegal; maybe even more than speeding.
______________________________________________________________________________________________

Want to visit Montgomery Jail? Tours available for 5 days

In 62 of 100 North Carolina counties, visitor spending increased in 2008 according to Governer Bev Purdue. Mecklenburg County lead all other counties in increased visitor spending, not surprisingly followed by Wake County and then Guilford County. This is good news, as jobs were actually created and maintained by the record setting $16.9 billion spent by out of state visitors here in North Carolina.

There was a diary at Dkos last evening that highlighted the following comment thread, short that it may be. I wanted to share this with everyone here at BlueNC, because not only is there a teaching moment here but the comment to the winger was both extremely well written AND hilarious. The reason it was a short thread was that after the return comment was dropped like a reality bomb from the heavens, things got mighty quiet regarding this subject in the forum. Heh! We all know that Whole Foods is in a Whole lotta trouble right now due to their CEO's big neo-conservative mouth. I guess we organic food luvin' dirty hippies didn't appreciate his dissin' health care reform. However, whenever a progressive has a take on something in a public forum, you know a wingnut will be there to argue their Rush Limpbaugh approved talking points. Well, this chowderhead just got their ignorant right-wing talking point comments shoved up his/her backside, and it is a thing of beauty.

Hey Triad? You better get out there and get Kay's back, since the wingnuts have her in their sights. Not to mention, you get an opportunity to ask her if the idiots have pissed her off enough for her to get excited about insisting on a public option. Remember Godless? These idiots are Careless! Let Kay know she needs to put them in their place!

http://www.redstate.com/trelaina/2009/08/11/kay-hagan-d-nc-touring-a-hea...

Posted by Trelaina (Profile)

Tuesday, August 11th at 1:40PM EDT

It’s not a town hall, but it’s the closest we’ll probably get from Mrs. Hagan:

http://hagan.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=273

She will tour HealthServe Community Health Center in Greensboro, NC (1002 South Eugene Street) on Wednesday, August 12. She will hold a “media availability” at 12:30pm at the front entrance. I guess that’s a news conference….

When sewing up the re-vamping of a broken healthcare system, more thread is better than less.
.
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
.
If everyone gives one thread, the poor person will have a shirt.
.
Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.
.
Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.
.

Form some words, contibute, make of this thread a picture, beautiful and unique.

What's going on with you this weekend? What's on your mind?

I know that Betsy or James would certainly address this issue far better than I can, yet they are away from the keyboard at this time and news of a new budget bill that the NC General Assembly must pass before Governor Purdue can sign this legislation into law in North Carolina should be addressed.

Previously, Betsy and James both weighed in on this here at BlueNC, first in Betsy's post entitled Dear Amazon...don't bother http://www.bluenc.com/dear-amazondont-bother

The message that Amazon sent to their NC affiliate's is as follows: