tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164910523346972642.post4573164102533840457..comments2023-09-23T10:49:30.668-06:00Comments on Thoughts: Fabricated Luther/ Fabricated German/ ShirerBrigittehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164910523346972642.post-36866876576204871452009-09-14T21:01:38.454-06:002009-09-14T21:01:38.454-06:00I'm not going to say anything else on it, Bror...I'm not going to say anything else on it, Bror, because I'm not up on US politics. I just think the health care stuff sounds hysterical. There are different kinds of models with different kinds out outcomes. <br /><br />It was a great relief when the province of Alberta extended some dental coverage to pensioners again. Some people did not have money for new dentures. It was pathetic.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164910523346972642.post-33419968536859701902009-09-14T15:18:54.942-06:002009-09-14T15:18:54.942-06:00Brigitte,
Having seen first hand the horrors you a...Brigitte,<br />Having seen first hand the horrors you are talking about, I too am a little squeamish in comparing the Obama plan and Communism. That and having lived in western Europe for two years as a young adult, the idea of socialized medicine, though a bit repugnant, is not scary to me. I didn't like the socialized medicine, the care was not anything close to what I have enjoyed for most of my life as an insured citizen of the USA. But i also noticed that people were still living quite enjoyable lives. <br />The problem as I see it, is Obama is changing a way of life, I really don't care to give up. in fact the liberals are trying to get rid of the middle class all together. He is as arrogant as they come with his approach, and he puts the American people down quite a bit, especially the middle class people like me who cling to God and Guns. And I wonder how long the country holds together under this pressure. And I hate to see what would happen if it tore apart. Montana voted to repeal all federal gun legislation in it's state. That says something. Things are getting a bit dangerous.Bror Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164910523346972642.post-77035910828807214392009-09-14T13:45:10.312-06:002009-09-14T13:45:10.312-06:00Thanks for commenting, guys. It is important not t...Thanks for commenting, guys. It is important not to gloss over abuses.<br /><br />I would add to Steve, though, that social market economy, for example, as presently implemented in Germany, is not the same thing as totalitarianism. I think the fear over the Obama health care plan is going too far. <br /><br />I think Americans can stand to go a little way the other direction. I know you disagree. That's ok. You won't send me to the camp or Gulag for that.Brigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259491144770243688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164910523346972642.post-88637297175490059742009-09-14T08:16:02.451-06:002009-09-14T08:16:02.451-06:00I too went to east Germany, well East Berlin, when...I too went to east Germany, well East Berlin, when I was five. To this day, I remember well the tension in the air. I cheered, and teared when the wall came down. And you are right, most Americans have no idea, not one of what it is like. In someways I consider myself very fortunate to have the naivete slapped from my head at such an early age, as my sister was being questioned for having switched cars in Berlin, and riding with the other family that was with us. All the while a machine gun nest pointed at our family. Even a five year old picks up on that oppression.Bror Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164910523346972642.post-46361439197619271972009-09-12T09:32:54.947-06:002009-09-12T09:32:54.947-06:00It does make one wonder at how so few can tighten ...It does make one wonder at how so few can tighten the screws on so many.<br /><br />It happens in governments all over the world.<br /><br />This is what is frightening to me, as I watch how easily people are willing to give up their rights as individuals to the power of the State here (the U.S.) in a country that has always idealized freedom.<br /><br />That people would fall for the empty promises of utopians just boggles my mind.<br /><br />Those that advocate 'big government' are unwittingly advocating for 'small people'.<br /><br />Maybe there really are two kinds of people, and Shirer was not so much aware of the other kind. One would think there would have been a momemt of awareness when at once he realized his life was on the line.Steve Martinhttp://theoldadam.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com