Say Anything Blog

Bush, pay attention: Do you want widespread support for the war in Iraq, tell the American people ‘it’s for the children’ of Iraq that suffered under Saddam, ‘it’s for the children’ of America so Al Queda won’t attack us at home. Get it? If you can make anything be ‘for the children’ who has the guts to be against it.

Legalize marijuana - ‘it’s for the children’ so their parents will be so mellow that they’ll never punish them, never deny them lots of goodies and will let them do whatever they want. Legalize public nudity, ‘it’s for the children,’ they’ll get so sick of seeing wrinkled nude adults walking around every day they’ll all become nuns, priests and monks’ just to keep from seeing anyone nude ever again.

JUst remember George, whatever you want to do - ‘it’s for the children!’

In keeping silent about evil, in burying it deep within us, so that it appears nowhere on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The Gulag Archipelago

Sorry, I forgot Anna’s advice about adding smiley faces. So, mentally add this to the above message:

That indicates I was joking, being sarcastic!

In keeping silent about evil, in burying it deep within us, so that it appears nowhere on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The Gulag Archipelago

Thank you so much for the link!

Rob: Their injuries were the result of an auto accident; where was their medical coverage on their auto insurance?  Were their parents negligent in getting auto insurance, were they not wearing their seatbelts?  It sounds like they scammed for govt money, in this case.

If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

What is confusing about this, is for programs like SCHIP, you can’t just sign up and get a medical card.  You have to fill out a lengthy application and show proof of income/ assets, etc.  This family sounds wealthy, so I’m wondering how they qualified for SCHIP with all of their income/ assets.  Most SCHIP income guidelines don’t go above 400% of the FPL (about $82,000 for a family of 4).  ????

Jenni, they may have honestly qualified for the SCHIP program - I don’t know, I don’t know the qualification details.  But if they did, then not only does SCHIP not need expansion, it needs cutting.

Everyone who isn’t independently wealthy has to make choices about how to spend their money.  The Graeme’s chose private school over medical insurance. 

I chose medical insurance over private school.  Is the government going to help me send my kids to private school?  No?  Maybe I should have followed the Graeme’s example - work the system to get the government to pay for something - anything! - so I could move them up the ladder by sending them to private school.  Silly me, not sucking at the government teat.

I agree that this family should have been properly covered with their own insurance coverage before opting to send the kids to private schools. There are many parents that can only dream of sending their kids to private schools but can’t afford it because they first provide the necessities for their family ... as in insurance coverage.
I admit the medical expenses for these kids must have been over and beyond anything we have ever experienced but between their medical insurance and auto insurance they should have been covered in full .. well, unless they neglected to spend money on any insurance that is.
tsk tsk ... priorities are outta whack!

The problem is that Graeme Frost’s family is hardly a “working class” family that should be receiving government-provided health care.

That’s why Bush vetoed it, he wants to take care of those who need it most not universal care.