Letter: Confiscating our liberties

Bob K.
Atwater, MN     11/01/2009 10:50 PM

joe r., I have an answer for you regarding the mistrust of the government health plan called the government option, or is it consumer option or is it competitive option. That alone is the first indication to the continuing mistrust. Do you know the House version has used the the word "shall" more than 3 thousand times regarding the protocols to be developed by the HHS Secretary and the many boards to be established and responsibilities to be developed? When a protocol or a policy is not written into law but to be done by a bureaucrat, I do not trust the bureaucrat. Too many times "s h a l l" becomes "d i c t a t e".Was it mistrust to believe "no higher than 8% unemployment? Maybe. Was it mistrust to believe 3.5 million jobs to be created or is it saved(how do you count those?) when we really find out we will have to get to 5.9 million jobs created(saved? there is that nasty un accountable word again) to get to the 3.5 million jobs created/saved. In March, we were told there was a strategy to Afghanistan and appointed a general to carry out the strategy, review implementation of the strategy and come back with a proposal to get it accomplished. Five meetings later we are still awaiting a decision - maybe a little mistrust as to why March decisions have become October indecisions. Two very important statement to us were - judge me by the people who surround me and I will listen to the generals on the ground. It appears we can't trust many of those who aurround him and we can plainly see he has not listened to his generals on the ground as he is playing war game scenarios with his advisors. By the way, the American people want healthcare reform spelled "r e f o r m ", not "c o n t r o l " ,as the current House version reads.

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/01/2009 10:01 PM

John, how do you know this? "Obama really cared he would contact his commanding general more than once every 2 or 3 months" You don't really believe he isn't briefed on this quite often if not daily.

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/01/2009 9:57 PM

been to funerals/wakes , never seen someone there just for the show! Does the President ever go somewhere , that there isn't camera's around. News is still news! Don't you think , if it was a photo op, day light would of been better, instead at night. Can't you take anything as it is and let it go? Spin, Spin. doesn't it get sickening?

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Barb K.
11/01/2009 9:23 PM

If Obama going to Dover wasn't a photo-op he should have went without the cameras.

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/01/2009 9:20 PM

Death is never funny!

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/01/2009 9:13 PM

John: Thanks for the answer. I wasn't impressed with him/Rush today on what he said about Obama going to the air base. military decisions are one of the hardest decisions any president has to make. And Rush makes fun of it.

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/01/2009 9:04 PM

I asked John a question. Brian only asked the question I answered. And Larry, I give you my permission to buy your own insurance also. Now you can stop crying!

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Barb K.
11/01/2009 8:56 PM

How can anybody think that there will be fair competition from a govn't run health insurance program when the same body not only runs the program, they make all the rules and also regulate the industry. I'd love to play a game where I can be a player, be the rule maker and be able to change the rules whenever I desire, and also be the referee. Wow - what a deal!

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/01/2009 8:55 PM

John: Do you think Rush lied or mislead on that statement?

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darla j.
Grand Forks, ND     11/01/2009 8:47 PM

How long does it take or how many lies does it take before they/you realize you've been had? Rick you want to answer without the name calling?

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