Now I understand the Healthcare Debate

Today it hit me I now understand the Healthcare fight. On one side there are those that want to make Healthcare “Available” to all and the other there are people that want to make “Provide” Healthcare to all. And still another side does not want anyone not working a full time 40+ hour per week job to have any Healthcare. I side with those that want to “Provide” Healthcare to all Americans.

The Healthcare Public Option

With the vote today in The Senate Finance Committee it looks as if The Public Option is dead. With no chance of it being resurrected. They had there say so now it's up to us. Next time the US election rolls around we must see to it that each member of that Committee that voted "No" Is defeated so soundly there heads spin. The Public Option as far as I was concerned was "No Option" It was a must. Now we the voters have to see to it these officials are tossed out!!!!!

Review- Maura Kennedy "Parade of Echoes"

It might not be as Earth Shattering as Dylan going electric at Newport. But Maura Kennedy’s 1st solo project self produced and self mixed “Parade of Echoes” travels a similar path. Missing for the most part are the soft soothing harmonies of The Kennedy’s sound . They are replaced by a mixture of songs that could potentially get airplay across a wide spectrum of radio formats. Folk, Rock, Americana and even Country on the Nashville slick production sounding “Shadows With The Lonely” Your not given time to sit back and absorber or get to explore what’s here because right from the start on Track-1 “The Thing With Feathers” a so feel good song you will find yourself bopping around the room snapping your fingers. Because these songs were written over a time period and release individually month to month in digital format by Maura a The imagery encompasses in them runs a gamut that includes Sunshine, Snow, Rain, and the seasons of Summer, Winter and Fall, The months October and November are also given prominent mention. Maura as a rock guitarist would not look out of place alongside Joan Jett, Lita Ford or even newcomer Haley Williams the front women of Paramore. Joining Maura for the ride are husband Pete laying some hot guitar solos on “Sun Burns Gold, Make it Last, and Shadows With The Lonely“. Tommy Allen with some cool percussion beats to “Chains and Summer Coulda Lasted Forever” and the Lap Steel Genius Rocky Roberts also on “Sun Burns Gold” The holidays are not that far off why bother fighting traffic heading to the malls. All you need to is head to a Kennedys or Maura Kennedy show and purchase a copy of “Parade of Echoes" to everyone on you holiday list.

Track Listing (Parade of Echoes)

1- The Thing With Feathers

2- New Way To Live

3- Sub Burn Gold

4- Chains

5- Patience

6- Time Will Steal Your Heart

7- October

8- Just The Rain

9- Some Kind Of Life

10- Dreamless Sleep

11- Make It Last

12- Summer Coulda Lasted Forever

13- Shadows With The Lonely.

U2 360 Tour

U2 360 Tour at Giants Stadium (September-23-2009) during and just after the show I posted the gig as “OK” now I need to expand on that. For years I have said that the young female pop stars Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and others. Have some Pretty Good music I like much of it but when do a live show it is stacked with distractions 40 dancers-lights-explosions-multi video displays. The music is good enough to stand on it’s own I wish they realize that I would love to see any one of them do a acoustic show sit down on a stool pick up a guitar and sing to me. This was the way I felt last night at the Giant Stadium stop of the U2 360 Tour. The stage well it was much more than a stage it was this massive structure that took up probably ¼ of the football field with four legs topped by a giant canvas covering with a tower that looked like a rocket. Rapped around all this was a black video screen that used 4 stationary cameras and a few hand held ones. At times all 4 members of the band were shown in split screen. There were 2 bridges that extended from the center stage to a round catwalk these bridges moved 360o during the set allowing band members to walk over and onto the catwalk. Now onto my point was/ is all this necessary ? U2 as I said I believe is the Worlds 2nd best band behind Mike Peters-James Stevenson-Craig Adams and Steve Grantley collectively The Alarm. U2 can deliver a powerful high energy concert without all the visual distractions Bruce Springsteen is a good example his shows are high profile and high energy without all the pyrotechnics I do not believe all these visuals add to the concert experience I believe it takes away from it. Let’s leave all that nonsense to the pop stars. Come on Bono-Adam-Larry and Edge bring me into a small venue leave the electric instruments home and show me what you got. I have full confidence in you.

Eastern Europe Missal Defense System

Today President Obama announced that he is ending the foolish idea that was advanced by the previous administration of installing a missile defense system in Easter Europe namely Czechoslovakia and Poland. A policy in which Russia felt threatened there borders a threat that was dismissed by the George Bush administration as bearing no merit. Well I can recall back in 1962 when the then Soviet Union were placing missals in Cuba and we felt threatened our borders it became knows as “The Cuban Missile Crises ” It brought both nations to the brink of nuclear war. Cancelling the program was a wise decision. Now I wonder how long will it be before former Vice President Dick Cheney throws in his 2¢ on the matter and how the Obama administration is hurting National Security.

A Responce to "You lie"

Back in the days of the No Holds barred raunchy ECW Wrestling if during a match a wrestler missed a move the audience would immediately start a chant of "You Fucked Up, You Fucked Up" Just started me thinking that maybe we on the left are in the vicinity of a Republican rally or Congressman Joe Wilson town hall or better yet a Glen Beck eventand they mention or start chanting "You lie" as there rallying cry maybe we should simply turn ECW and do a few "You Fucked Up, You Fucked Up"

President Obama's Healthcare Speech to a joint session to Congress

President Obama may have not been as forcible as I would have liked demanding the public option be the center piece of the proposed legislation. But I was impressed when he pointed out the outright lies that were put forward politicians on the right (Sarah Palin ?) such as coverage for illegal aliens and public funding of abortions are just that Lies. It seemed when he said “That No One should go Broke because they get Sick” drew applause from both sides of the isle. I really liked when he said “If you come to me with serious proposals I will listen my door is always open” He quoting the late Senator Ted Kennedy in a letter delivered after his death to the White House saying that Healthcare is a Moral Principal I agree complete. He named Republican Senators that worked with Senator Kennedy on Legislation that created Patients Bill of Rights and Children’s Health Coverage. I myself personally have know people that feel that “If you do not have or your spouse have a job that included Healthcare coverage then you do not deserve Healthcare coverage” Is this a position that a country as wealthy and as powerful as the Untied States could seriously take. To throw fellow citizens to the wayside. And when you question those that take these positions “What about people that loss there healthcare because they loss there jobs?” They have no legitimate answer other than to wisecrack things like “Well get another job” I guess that could work if there were jobs out there is not the unemployment rate something like 9.9 %. When President Obama stated the bill “Will not cover those in the country illegally” The IDIOT that yelled “It‘s a Lie” has been identified as South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) was a Douche bag . Well the President has challenged congress particularly Republicans to get this done let’s see what happens.

The Real Reason the Right is Opposed to President Obama's Policies

I have spent the better part of the last 6 weeks trying to figure out exactly what it is that Red State Christian Conservative Right Wing Republican FOX NEWS viewing America has against President Obama’s They are against Healthcare Reform, They were against the Auto and Bank Bailout. And now the icing on the cake they are against him speaking to School Children about the need to stay in school to get a education . And I have come to the conclusion that for a percentage of those people I don’t know how large a percentage that is but I believe that down to a simple fact no matter what he proposes no matter how much they may agree with a position he suggest they will still oppose it because they are unable to come to terms that the United States has elected a Black Man tothe highest office in the land. O they will deny that is the case and try to convince everyone including themselves that race has noting to do with it and say it is based on President Obama’s policies and socialist positions but they are not fooling anybody they are simply racist and I hope they Stop putting on this act and just come right out and say “ There is no way a ( N-Word) is the President of my country” Maybe then I will understand there position.

President Obama's Healthcare Speech to Congress on Sept-9th

President Obama is scheduled to speak to a joint session of Congress and the American People on Wednesday evening on Health Care Reform. In My Opinion President Obama needs to stop talking about working with the Republicans who obviously have no intention of coming to any sort of agreement. Republicans want no reform of any kind and on top of that are making statements that any fool with half a Brain should realize are just nutty. Things like Death Panels, Pulling the Plug on Grandma and the one I love that Living Wills are encouraging you to die early. Anyway back to my original point President Obama needs to say straight forward and without flinching “Since I took over this office 8 months ago I have been trying to get Congress to reform our broken Healthcare it was one of the positions that the people of this country elected me on” There are members of Congress that seem to be opposed to any form of reform at all. The time has come to either ask these members to come on board and write legislation to make Healthcare available to all US Citizens despite rumors that those in the country illegal would be covered is false as were many of there other lies about this legislation . So it has brought me to a point I am not happy to be at but I have no alternative. Members of Congress I expect a law on my desk by Thanksgiving that changes the way Healthcare is run in this country I expect this law to make affordable Healthcare to all weather employed or not employed , self employed . No one in the Greatest Country in the World should die or untreated illnesses because they either do not have of cannot afford health insurance and to achieve this goal a Public Option Must be included that is not negotiable. If we as a country can spend Billions to wage Wag we can and Must spend Billions to treat and care for us all. Any member of congress that wants to come on board and join up you will be welcome if you do not then get out of our way because this reform is going to Happen.