Comments on: Kill Bill, Volume 1 http://dailydose.us/2009/10/30/kill-bill-volume-1/ Tommy Christopher's Daily Dose Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dotlizard http://dailydose.us/2009/10/30/kill-bill-volume-1/#comment-4508 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:05:18 +0000 http://tommychristopher.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/kill-bill-volume-1/#comment-4508 I have oddly mixed feelings about this. On one hand, the current legislation, as I understand it, will likely cost me and my family a good big chunk of money – I don’t currently insure my nearly 50-year old ‘domestic partner’, but if insurance is mandated and it is available to him through me (and it is), I’ll have to pay something between 600-
900/month for our family policy (taking into account the current trend in rate hikes). While I’m certainly not looking forward to this, I feel that if this is all we can wrest from the greedy, murderous hands of the corporatocracy, and if it does make it possible for those without any insurance to finally be able to have it, well, … so be it. I don’t expect this to be forever, and I’m old enough that the timeline I realistically hope for won’t really matter for me. But. I know how dismally my candidate of choice (Dennis Kucinich), who embodied the ideological stance I consider ideal, did in the primaries and dropped out early. Why? Because he wouldn’t play footsie with the forces of corporate doom. I would even go so far as to say that NO ONE who refused to cuddle up to raw, old-school robber-baron style evil would have the ability (at this juncture in history) to be elected to the highest office in the land.

So we settle for the best option among those who *could* get elected, and we make sure our voices continue to be REALLY REALLY LOUD in favor of our progressive ideals — that has made a difference, and it will continue to.

Look at it this way — the current bill may suck. But if it loses, make no mistake it is the biggest possible coup the corporate/neocon interests could score against the Obama presidency. Letting that happen could open the floodgates of doom like nobody’s business.

If there’s anything hopeful to cling to, it’s this: there is compelling evidence to suggest that President Obama has his eyes on a much, much larger prize: long-term historical significance – way beyond being the first African-American President. That’s practically a historical footnote, his ambitions are a bit loftier. And he knows very well that can’t be attained by spending his whole 8 years bowing to corporate masters. But he can’t even have 8 years without playing along to some degree.

Sorry to blather so, I did enjoy your post and respect your efforts to continue holding the Administration’s feet to the fire. We need a lot of tireless fire-feet-holders to get us through, it’s not a pleasant job :)

]]> By: Loss Of Control http://dailydose.us/2009/10/30/kill-bill-volume-1/#comment-4507 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:13:01 +0000 http://tommychristopher.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/kill-bill-volume-1/#comment-4507 [...] After about a year of doing politics blogging at my friend Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog, Bob and I have agreed to end that arrangement. And today, I began blogging about politics at my friend Tommy Christopher’s Blog Daily Dose. My first piece is posted there now, about health care reform. [...]

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