Quit hitting yourself!
Oct. 12th, 2007 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flewellynSo, apparently, Bush blames the Democrats for denying health care to poor children by passing a bill that he's expected to veto.
Let's take a look at that again. The bill the Democratic congress is trying to pass expands the coverage available through the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP), from $35 billion to $60 billion anually, thus covering more children. Bush has threatened to veto the bill if it passes. If the bill is vetoed, the federal funding for SCHIP will not be renewed, and thus children currently covered by SCHIP will be dropped.
That sounds a hell of lot to me like Bush is the one denying coverage. For him to blame the Democrats for it...well, I'm reminded of the childhood bully who grabs another kid's hands, uses them to hit the kid, and then taunts "Quit hitting yourself!" Or the man who beats up his girlfriend or wife on the flimsiest of pretexts, and then shouts "Look what you made me do!" Abusers' logic, and it's being used to justify the actions of the President of the United States.
Let's take a look at that again. The bill the Democratic congress is trying to pass expands the coverage available through the State Children's Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP), from $35 billion to $60 billion anually, thus covering more children. Bush has threatened to veto the bill if it passes. If the bill is vetoed, the federal funding for SCHIP will not be renewed, and thus children currently covered by SCHIP will be dropped.
That sounds a hell of lot to me like Bush is the one denying coverage. For him to blame the Democrats for it...well, I'm reminded of the childhood bully who grabs another kid's hands, uses them to hit the kid, and then taunts "Quit hitting yourself!" Or the man who beats up his girlfriend or wife on the flimsiest of pretexts, and then shouts "Look what you made me do!" Abusers' logic, and it's being used to justify the actions of the President of the United States.
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I am SO NOT Defending Bush, But Here's the Story...
Date: 2007-10-25 06:15 pm (UTC)And yet we are spending billions in Iraq.
Hmmmm...
Kinda shows you where Bush has his priorities, eh?
We studied this in my 'Public Finance' course. (I'm working on a Masters in Public Administration - the MPA degree.)
Re: I am SO NOT Defending Bush, But Here's the Story...
Date: 2007-10-25 06:42 pm (UTC)By the way, who are you and how'd you get here? :-)
Re: I am SO NOT Defending Bush, But Here's the Story...
Date: 2007-10-25 07:21 pm (UTC)Re: I am SO NOT Defending Bush, But Here's the Story...
Date: 2007-10-25 07:26 pm (UTC)Re: I am SO NOT Defending Bush, But Here's the Story...
Date: 2007-10-25 07:28 pm (UTC)Re: I am SO NOT Defending Bush, But Here's the Story...
Date: 2007-10-25 08:08 pm (UTC)So what sort of being are you?
Re: I am SO NOT Defending Bush, But Here's the Story...
Date: 2007-10-25 08:27 pm (UTC)As for my type of 'being' - Human, natch. (unfortunately)
You could read my profile, but here's the short version:
Overeducated and underpaid, 31 y/o female librarian from Chicago. Likes books, liberalism, intellectual freedom, diversity (if everyone was the same, life would be so boring) and a whole slew of other stuff - read my profile. :) Dislikes are uneducated, unthinking, unfeeling individuals who wish to force their beliefs on others.