Chapter 1001 in "Underestimating Republicans".

[Safetykitten]

Has anyone really heard the truth from a Republican? Are they capable of telling the truth? The answer is no. Can they ever be trusted to do what is right for the country? No.

So on those two simple facts, there is celebration. We have apprarently pulled the wool over their eyes. Like the famous self hostage scene in "Blazing Saddles" we have stopped the hostage taker.

The Republicans will be back. They always come back. Never explaining, never at fault.

The programs that we care about, those ones that are now under the new "no fundamental change" will be changed. That will be the deal, that will be the outcome.

[patrice]

1. There are changes and then there are changes. I for one can tell you that

Medicare $$$$$ in Long-Term Care NEEDS some attention.

And my family has just been through about 12 years with some horrible experiences for my mother that were driven by poor staffing ratios and MEDICARE PAYS ANYWAY, in a couple of instances for "care" that could quite possibly have cost my mother her life. Our stories are not unusual. Elder care, even if you do have some money, isn't very good in this country.

[Joe the Revelator]

2. You're right. Everything ALWAYS sucks.