He's also clearly someone who has never had to think about money, ever, and has no idea what kind of costs health care can incur.
This has been a startlingly depressing year for women. How are we going backwards? It doesn't seem possible.
I swear, one of these times, you're gonna wake up in a coma.
Cordelia ,'Showtime'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Aug 20, 2012 2:14:31 pm PDT #18792 of 30001
Because books.
le nubian - Aug 20, 2012 2:23:05 pm PDT #18793 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Well, don't members of Congress have some of the best health care in this country, setting aside the President and the Vice President?
Why would he give two fucks about the cost of healthcare? Don't they get lifetime health insurance (the good insurance to boot) after they serve like 2 terms?
Makes me want to run for office myself.
NoiseDesign - Aug 20, 2012 2:23:26 pm PDT #18794 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
What gets me is that it's all done in punitive ways.
If they had done everything right then the treatment would be covered, only people who did something wrong are the ones caught in these bad situations so they get what they deserve. I hate hate hate this undercurrent of punishment in current politics.
le nubian - Aug 20, 2012 2:24:05 pm PDT #18795 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I actually don't think women's issues have gone backward (but it fucking sure feels like it), but I do think that there is a great deal of publicity around gains that we thought we'd made but hadn't.
That's the depressing part.
Typo Boy - Aug 20, 2012 2:25:48 pm PDT #18796 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I hate hate hate this undercurrent of punishment in current politics.
Yeah, I think someone should be punished for that.
Connie Neil - Aug 20, 2012 2:28:00 pm PDT #18797 of 30001
brillig
It's remarkably Darwinian of them, this "successful people get good things" thing. And wouldn't they all pop their tops if this was pointed out to them.
Dana - Aug 20, 2012 2:30:31 pm PDT #18798 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I really just want to go on Facebook and make inflammatory statements about how, for example, if you believe that a woman can't get pregnant from "real rape", you are a HORRIBLE PERSON.
sarameg - Aug 20, 2012 2:35:39 pm PDT #18799 of 30001
In non-political news, I swam, and then walked home in, the most thunderless thunderstorm ever. There was even hail. And it is still going. It's dark out there.
Oh wait, climate change. Sorry!
Consuela - Aug 20, 2012 2:37:07 pm PDT #18800 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's remarkably Darwinian of them, this "successful people get good things" thing.
It's far worse than Darwinian (since the theory of natural selection is way more nuanced than that), it's actually medieval. The medieval Church believed that even giving a woman medical care during childbirth was an arrogation of God's will.
Or am I thinking of Calvinism? My theology is suspect.
I'm reminded of that wonderful quote from Babylon 5: WTTE of "I have to believe life is unfair, because think how horrible it would be to believe you deserved everything that happened to you."
lisah - Aug 20, 2012 2:38:27 pm PDT #18801 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I am terrified that the power will go out. The Derecho totally left me spooked! (and I would totally lose my shit if power went out for any amount of time tonight. I have hours left of work to do. Bob is out of town. When I am finished my work I want to watch some of my stories I've been saving for Bob being out of town!)