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		<title>Comment on Clint Eastwood and Chrysler Ruffle Republican Feathers by www.daddyfresh.com</title>
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		<title>Comment on Dissecting the Supreme Court&#8217;s &#8220;Obamacare&#8221; Decision by jacksmith</title>
		<link>http://politicsoffootball.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/dissecting-the-supreme-courts-obamacare-decision/#comment-131</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!&quot; - Patrick Henry

What a brilliant ruling by the United States Supreme Court on the affordable health care act (Obamacare). Stunningly brilliant in my humble opinion. I could not have ask for a better ruling on a potentially catastrophic healthcare act than We The People Of The United States received from our Supreme Court.

If the court had upheld the constitutionality of the individual mandate under the commerce clause it would have meant the catastrophic loss of the most precious thing we own. Our individual liberty. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Supreme Court.

There is no mandate to buy private for-profit health insurance. There is only a nominal tax on income eligible individuals who don’t have health insurance. This is a HUGE! difference. And I suspect that tax may be subject to constitutional challenge as it ripens.

This is a critically important distinction. Because under the commerce clause individuals would have been compelled to support the most costly, dangerous, unethical, morally repugnant, and defective type of health insurance you can have. For-profit health insurance, and the for-profit proxies called private non-profits and co-ops.

Equally impressive in the courts ruling was the majorities willingness to throw out the whole law if the court could not find a way to sever the individual mandate under the commerce clause from the rest of the act. Bravo! Supreme Court.

Thanks to the Supreme Court we now have an opportunity to fix our healthcare crisis the right way. Without the obscene delusion that Washington can get away with forcing Americans to buy a costly, dangerous and highly defective private product (for-profit health insurance).

During the passage of ACA/Obamacare some politicians said that the ACA was better than nothing. But the truth was that until the Supreme Court fixed it the ACA/Obamacare was worse than nothing at all. It would have meant the catastrophic loss of your precious liberty for the false promise and illusion of healthcare security under the deadly and costly for-profit healthcare system that dominates American healthcare.

As everyone knows now. The fix for our healthcare crisis is a single payer system (Medicare for all) like the rest of the developed world has. Or a robust Public Option choice available to everyone on day one that can quickly lead to a single payer system.

We still have a healthcare crisis in America. With hundreds of thousands dieing needlessly every year in America. And a for-profit medical industrial complex that threatens the security and health of the entire world. The ACA/Obamacare will not fix that.

The for-profit medical industrial complex has already attacked the world with H1N1 killing thousands, and injuring millions. And more attacks are planned for profit, and to feed their greed.

To all of you who have fought so hard to do the kind and right thing for your fellow human beings at a time of our greatest needs I applaud you. Be proud of your-self.

God Bless You my fellow human beings. I&#039;m proud to be one of you. You did good.

See you on the battle field.

Sincerely

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!&#8221; &#8211; Patrick Henry</p>
<p>What a brilliant ruling by the United States Supreme Court on the affordable health care act (Obamacare). Stunningly brilliant in my humble opinion. I could not have ask for a better ruling on a potentially catastrophic healthcare act than We The People Of The United States received from our Supreme Court.</p>
<p>If the court had upheld the constitutionality of the individual mandate under the commerce clause it would have meant the catastrophic loss of the most precious thing we own. Our individual liberty. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Supreme Court.</p>
<p>There is no mandate to buy private for-profit health insurance. There is only a nominal tax on income eligible individuals who don’t have health insurance. This is a HUGE! difference. And I suspect that tax may be subject to constitutional challenge as it ripens.</p>
<p>This is a critically important distinction. Because under the commerce clause individuals would have been compelled to support the most costly, dangerous, unethical, morally repugnant, and defective type of health insurance you can have. For-profit health insurance, and the for-profit proxies called private non-profits and co-ops.</p>
<p>Equally impressive in the courts ruling was the majorities willingness to throw out the whole law if the court could not find a way to sever the individual mandate under the commerce clause from the rest of the act. Bravo! Supreme Court.</p>
<p>Thanks to the Supreme Court we now have an opportunity to fix our healthcare crisis the right way. Without the obscene delusion that Washington can get away with forcing Americans to buy a costly, dangerous and highly defective private product (for-profit health insurance).</p>
<p>During the passage of ACA/Obamacare some politicians said that the ACA was better than nothing. But the truth was that until the Supreme Court fixed it the ACA/Obamacare was worse than nothing at all. It would have meant the catastrophic loss of your precious liberty for the false promise and illusion of healthcare security under the deadly and costly for-profit healthcare system that dominates American healthcare.</p>
<p>As everyone knows now. The fix for our healthcare crisis is a single payer system (Medicare for all) like the rest of the developed world has. Or a robust Public Option choice available to everyone on day one that can quickly lead to a single payer system.</p>
<p>We still have a healthcare crisis in America. With hundreds of thousands dieing needlessly every year in America. And a for-profit medical industrial complex that threatens the security and health of the entire world. The ACA/Obamacare will not fix that.</p>
<p>The for-profit medical industrial complex has already attacked the world with H1N1 killing thousands, and injuring millions. And more attacks are planned for profit, and to feed their greed.</p>
<p>To all of you who have fought so hard to do the kind and right thing for your fellow human beings at a time of our greatest needs I applaud you. Be proud of your-self.</p>
<p>God Bless You my fellow human beings. I&#8217;m proud to be one of you. You did good.</p>
<p>See you on the battle field.</p>
<p>Sincerely</p>
<p>jacksmith – WorkingClass <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Dissecting the Supreme Court&#8217;s &#8220;Obamacare&#8221; Decision by Elliot</title>
		<link>http://politicsoffootball.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/dissecting-the-supreme-courts-obamacare-decision/#comment-129</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts on the encroaching communist menace that is Nobamacare:

appellatesky.blogspot.com/2012/07/prying-my-insurance-card-from-my-cold.html]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My thoughts on the encroaching communist menace that is Nobamacare:</p>
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		<title>Comment on About by james ames</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama is a muslim terrorist sympathizer because he is a radical socialist]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on If the healthcare mandate is unacceptable, then why is an auto insurance mandate perfectly fine? by Johnny</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A person needs health insurance whether they like it or not. If someone doesn&#039;t want to deal with auto insurance, then don&#039;t own a car. If someone doesn&#039;t want to deal with health insurance, well you can stay sick or pay crazy medical bills.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A person needs health insurance whether they like it or not. If someone doesn&#8217;t want to deal with auto insurance, then don&#8217;t own a car. If someone doesn&#8217;t want to deal with health insurance, well you can stay sick or pay crazy medical bills.</p>
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		<title>Comment on If the healthcare mandate is unacceptable, then why is an auto insurance mandate perfectly fine? by Nancy mansour</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy mansour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difference between mandating auto insurance and healthcare insurance escapes you. A person does not have to drive an auto. If he or she chooses to do that, insurance is a part of that choice. In the case of healthcare, there will be no choice.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The difference between mandating auto insurance and healthcare insurance escapes you. A person does not have to drive an auto. If he or she chooses to do that, insurance is a part of that choice. In the case of healthcare, there will be no choice.</p>
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		<title>Comment on NFL Pro Days a “sham?”  Not hardly.  Not even a little. by klownboy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[klownboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think the Combine should be more important to the kids from smaller schools.  Those kids have to have their measurables taken because let&#039;s face it, the competition is not as good on the field.  That way, those measurables would be more comparable to kids from major programs.  Speaking of which, the kids from the major programs has their body of work on display every Saturday.  

However I agree that interviews and physicals are the most important aspect of the Combine and should also be incorporated in the Pro Days.  I still say film study is as important - if not more - than how a dude looks in shorts.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the Combine should be more important to the kids from smaller schools.  Those kids have to have their measurables taken because let&#8217;s face it, the competition is not as good on the field.  That way, those measurables would be more comparable to kids from major programs.  Speaking of which, the kids from the major programs has their body of work on display every Saturday.  </p>
<p>However I agree that interviews and physicals are the most important aspect of the Combine and should also be incorporated in the Pro Days.  I still say film study is as important &#8211; if not more &#8211; than how a dude looks in shorts.</p>
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		<title>Comment on NFL Pro Days a “sham?”  Not hardly.  Not even a little. by Andy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The drills they put the players through at the pro days are the same ones they do at the combine.  The players always have the option to participate in the pro day or not.  They always show up (kind of a requirement), but they don&#039;t have to do the workout.  It&#039;s kind of like the SAT:  If they like the result they got from the combine, they stick with that.  If there&#039;s a drill that they think they can improve on, they run that drill at the pro day.  Works the other way too:  Some players opt to not work out at the combine in favor of doing everything at the pro day.

Yes, the combine is a &quot;meat market,&quot; but it&#039;s not quite as bad as it was in the past (and it was a chaotic free for all!).  But it&#039;s still important.  Along with interviews with all key team personnel at the combine, the players are given a complete physical, which is quite possibly the most important part of the whole deal. So interviews, workout/timing and testing, complete physical.....the combine is a pretty big deal.  And only about 300 players get invited to the combine.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The drills they put the players through at the pro days are the same ones they do at the combine.  The players always have the option to participate in the pro day or not.  They always show up (kind of a requirement), but they don&#8217;t have to do the workout.  It&#8217;s kind of like the SAT:  If they like the result they got from the combine, they stick with that.  If there&#8217;s a drill that they think they can improve on, they run that drill at the pro day.  Works the other way too:  Some players opt to not work out at the combine in favor of doing everything at the pro day.</p>
<p>Yes, the combine is a &#8220;meat market,&#8221; but it&#8217;s not quite as bad as it was in the past (and it was a chaotic free for all!).  But it&#8217;s still important.  Along with interviews with all key team personnel at the combine, the players are given a complete physical, which is quite possibly the most important part of the whole deal. So interviews, workout/timing and testing, complete physical&#8230;..the combine is a pretty big deal.  And only about 300 players get invited to the combine.</p>
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		<title>Comment on NFL Pro Days a “sham?”  Not hardly.  Not even a little. by klownboy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[klownboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I agree that Pro Days do serve a purpose, it&#039;s the damn Combine that I would just 86 altogether.  I mean, try mixing in some game tape instead of staging a glorified meat market.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I agree that Pro Days do serve a purpose, it&#8217;s the damn Combine that I would just 86 altogether.  I mean, try mixing in some game tape instead of staging a glorified meat market.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Just How Stupid Are We? by Sheryl Graves</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheryl Graves]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are absolutely right.  They want to lower &quot;income&quot; or get rid of it altogether, But they will not lower or get rid of &quot;payroll&quot; taxes will they ?  If they did that they would be eliminating  their revenue base that they depend on to fund all of their little projects that they themselves are not willing to pay for themselves.  Anyone who makes over 106,800 dollars a year does not contribute 1 cent to Social Security Medicare, or Medicaid. Millions pay more in PAYROLL taxes each year than income tax. For decades, payroll taxes generated more revenue than Soc. Sec. paid out in benefits. The excess created a surplus (the surplus they speak so fondly of in speeches concerning tax cuts) 2.7 trillion dollars.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are absolutely right.  They want to lower &#8220;income&#8221; or get rid of it altogether, But they will not lower or get rid of &#8220;payroll&#8221; taxes will they ?  If they did that they would be eliminating  their revenue base that they depend on to fund all of their little projects that they themselves are not willing to pay for themselves.  Anyone who makes over 106,800 dollars a year does not contribute 1 cent to Social Security Medicare, or Medicaid. Millions pay more in PAYROLL taxes each year than income tax. For decades, payroll taxes generated more revenue than Soc. Sec. paid out in benefits. The excess created a surplus (the surplus they speak so fondly of in speeches concerning tax cuts) 2.7 trillion dollars.</p>
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