Comments on: If You Compare Obama to the Nazis You Need a History Lesson http://www.martin-malden.com/2009/08/25/obama-nazis-history-lesson/ Views From Hong Kong Sun, 02 May 2010 01:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Martinhttp://www.martin-malden.com/2009/08/25/obama-nazis-history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Martin Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:56:06 +0000 http://martinmalden.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-5 You're right, although it wasn't so much that I wasn't paying attention as that I'd forgotten those incidents.I stand corrected :)WRT the healthcare debate I absolutely admit that I'm not close enough to it to know the full facts, but I do instinctively support the concept of a universal health care system and I do believe there are a lot of vested interests who are desperately anxious to avoid losing out financially in whatever system emergesCheers,Martin. You’re right, although it wasn’t so much that I wasn’t paying attention as that I’d forgotten those incidents.

I stand corrected :)

WRT the healthcare debate I absolutely admit that I’m not close enough to it to know the full facts, but I do instinctively support the concept of a universal health care system and I do believe there are a lot of vested interests who are desperately anxious to avoid losing out financially in whatever system emerges

Cheers,

Martin.

]]> By: The Great Simpletonhttp://www.martin-malden.com/2009/08/25/obama-nazis-history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-4 The Great Simpleton Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:23:29 +0000 http://martinmalden.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-4 "But it never descended to the level of mindless, ignorant, personally insulting hysterical rants that have become common place from the right wingers over the past 7 months."Really? I suspect you weren't paying attention.From one search: http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/20702610.aspx"When Bush visited Portland, Ore., for a fundraiser, protesters stalked his motorcade, assailed his limousine and stoned a car containing his advisers. Chanting "Bush is a terrorist!", the demonstrators bullied passers-by, including gay softball players and a wheelchair-bound grandfather with multiple sclerosis.One protester even brandished a sign that seemed to advocate Bush's assassination. The man held a large photo of Bush that had been doctored to show a gun barrel pressed against his temple."BUSH: WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE," read the placard, which had an X over the word "ALIVE."Another poster showed Bush's face with the words: "F--- YOU, MOTHERF---ER!"A third sign urged motorists to "HONK IF YOU HATE BUSH." A fourth declared: "CHRISTIAN FASCISM," with a swastika in place of the letter S in each word."There'stin foil hatters on bot sides of the political divide in the USA.On health care reform there is a lot going on and a lot of very deep thinking people are critical of what Obama is trying to do and how he is doing it. He was hoping to get his bill through quickly and without anyone reading it, unfortunately he was wrong and he starting tolose the debate.Listen to these podcasts from Cato:http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.phphttp://ne.edgecastcdn.net/000873/dailypodcast/michaelfcannon_coopsandthehealthcaredebate_20090818.mp3http://ne.edgecastcdn.net/000873/dailypodcast/sallypipes_puncturingmythsofamericanhealthcare_20090803.mp3 “But it never descended to the level of mindless, ignorant, personally insulting hysterical rants that have become common place from the right wingers over the past 7 months.”

Really? I suspect you weren’t paying attention.

From one search: http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/20702610.aspx

“When Bush visited Portland, Ore., for a fundraiser, protesters stalked his motorcade, assailed his limousine and stoned a car containing his advisers. Chanting “Bush is a terrorist!”, the demonstrators bullied passers-by, including gay softball players and a wheelchair-bound grandfather with multiple sclerosis.

One protester even brandished a sign that seemed to advocate Bush’s assassination. The man held a large photo of Bush that had been doctored to show a gun barrel pressed against his temple.

“BUSH: WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE,” read the placard, which had an X over the word “ALIVE.”

Another poster showed Bush’s face with the words: “F— YOU, MOTHERF—ER!”

A third sign urged motorists to “HONK IF YOU HATE BUSH.” A fourth declared: “CHRISTIAN FASCISM,” with a swastika in place of the letter S in each word.”

There’stin foil hatters on bot sides of the political divide in the USA.

On health care reform there is a lot going on and a lot of very deep thinking people are critical of what Obama is trying to do and how he is doing it. He was hoping to get his bill through quickly and without anyone reading it, unfortunately he was wrong and he starting tolose the debate.

Listen to these podcasts from Cato:

http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php

http://ne.edgecastcdn.net/000873/dailypodcast/michaelfcannon_coopsandthehealthcaredebate_20090818.mp3

http://ne.edgecastcdn.net/000873/dailypodcast/sallypipes_puncturingmythsofamericanhealthcare_20090803.mp3

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