tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post2277216035365438312..comments2023-07-01T00:39:39.762-07:00Comments on Father Geoff Farrow: A contemporary Christmas CarolFather Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904564207135202567noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-67458415029168574132009-12-14T13:10:32.164-08:002009-12-14T13:10:32.164-08:00This is not an original thought so I'll be bri...This is not an original thought so I'll be brief: NONE of those clowns in the Congress has the slightest idea what it is to live as a normal U.S. working citizen. They're delighted to take our money and turn it into privileges and benefits for themselves, but have little interest in the reality of life of those whose money is taken.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-76727156205351270372009-12-12T16:21:26.819-08:002009-12-12T16:21:26.819-08:00Frank, as a fellow resident of CT I agree complete...Frank, as a fellow resident of CT I agree completely with your assessment of Senator Lieberman. He is a self-serving SOB and everyone (well, almost everyone) has known this for a long time. In the last senatorial election he was denied the nomination of his own party and ran as a third party candidate, which only gave him enough of a plurality to win, but by no means a majority.<br /><br />The health care legislation that ultimately comes out of Congress will be everything the insurance industry wants, the handwriting is on the wall.<br /><br />BobBobinCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349641483981235572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-34957837941741322802009-12-12T15:52:11.277-08:002009-12-12T15:52:11.277-08:00Thank you for further proof that the whole idea th...Thank you for further proof that the whole idea that religion makes you a good person is false and hence that there is no god. These are all people who go to an organized religion. Lieberman is especially pious. They are willing to consign people to a painful lingering death because they just don't care and would rather have a tax cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-31786782574561856392009-12-12T05:21:36.352-08:002009-12-12T05:21:36.352-08:00It is not surprising that congress can not do the ...It is not surprising that congress can not do the right thing. The ideological divisions in the US are so destructive that efforts to compromise typically result in the worst legislation possible: it costs money and delivers nothing to the people. It does however make the rich (corporations, insurance companies, senators), richer. It has become a dysfunctional system. <br /><br />As someone from Connecticut, I have pegged Leiberman as a self-serving SOB from way back. He has been able to get himself re-elected by playing the game and feigning sincerity.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-43596633606271713912009-12-11T20:53:37.428-08:002009-12-11T20:53:37.428-08:00Dressing up vile personal character is a National ...Dressing up vile personal character is a National pastime...it´s more popular than baseball, football and basketball combined...recently the only Republican person I know (which is saying quite a lot) stopped being a Republican because he wants to be a Independent...he objected to the zealout fundamentalist Christians ¨wing¨ but wants to continue exploiting humanity (which they seem to have no problem with either)...I thought they made a nice team...at least I knew where they all were (and who they voted for).Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-52807395214753143692009-12-11T09:12:11.690-08:002009-12-11T09:12:11.690-08:00Great post, Father Geoff. Every time I hear an Am...Great post, Father Geoff. Every time I hear an American snicker at the corruption of Third World country governments, I always say, "We have bribery here in the U.S.A. too. It's just sanctioned by the law in the form of campaign contributions." Never once has someone been able to argue against that point.<br /><br />What gets me the most is that the politicians who are against a national health care system like they have in the UK always seem to be the "family values" type. What could be more pro-family than ensuring that they all will be taken care of medically? These politicians (BOTH Republicans AND Democrats) use the "family values" label as a cover for looking out for corporate interests instead of the poor & the middle class. Unfortunately, the "liberal media" doesn't call them out on their hypocrisy. And too bad the Church hierarchy is no better.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-39939843128422969142009-12-11T06:18:37.531-08:002009-12-11T06:18:37.531-08:00Thank you for a powerful eyewitness statement of w...Thank you for a powerful eyewitness statement of what is so wrong with our American health care system right now, Fr. Geoff. Real-life human beings are unable to get basic care on an ongoing basis around our country--a tremendous indictment of us as a nation.<br /><br />And our political leaders fiddle and diddle as people die . . . .William D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-91979560468759082362009-12-10T20:31:02.845-08:002009-12-10T20:31:02.845-08:00Father Geoff, you are correct on all points. We w...Father Geoff, you are correct on all points. We went to one of the town hall meetings on health care. People were so angry because they are afraid that everyone having access to health care will limit their health care.<br /><br />I do not understand how our country can put the amounts of money they do into the war and question if we can afford health care for everyone.<br /><br />My dream is for everyone to have access to quality health care.Kay & Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244257765709660605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-43719186390124515712009-12-10T19:45:47.236-08:002009-12-10T19:45:47.236-08:00The healthcare debate is lost in such a sea of bul...The healthcare debate is lost in such a sea of bulls**t. <br /><br />And people get sick, they die. Their health is impacted by the constant worry. I have health insurance but it is crappy and I am in an awful paper chase with them that has me owing $$ that I should not owe.<br /><br />However, I am alive and in good health, but honestly the whole system is rotten to the core.<br /><br />It seems intrinsically evil to me.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-33308305159121084082009-12-10T14:41:36.379-08:002009-12-10T14:41:36.379-08:00I agree Kevin, I love watching the 1951 version in...I agree Kevin, I love watching the 1951 version in black and white. Dickens was right, everything one needs to know about Christianity is contained in that story. Just look at where the US Bishops are in the health care debate, that says it all.BobinCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349641483981235572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-64367982490513517392009-12-10T13:22:00.956-08:002009-12-10T13:22:00.956-08:00Great post Fr. I love watching the 1951 version of...Great post Fr. I love watching the 1951 version of Scrooge every year. One line gets me everytime. It's when Scrooge goes to Marley's house as he dies. The ghost of Xmas past says to him,"what did you feel when you signed his death certificate? Did you feel any sympathy for him? Look at your face Ebinezer, the face of a scrapping, scrawling, covetious old sinner..." We could ALL learn what is really important to God by watching that story...KevinKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737805089944478991noreply@blogger.com