The House is gone, the Senate sets out for the hinterlands the end of this week, and and now the great unwashed get to put their two cents in about the great health care debate. One problem, though. The process has been hijacked by gangs- literally, gangs, of marauding fringe right wing thugs funded primarily by lobbying groups in D.C. to disrupt the town hall process and make it appear that America is really upset about “Government hijacking my health care.” I’m reminded of the thugs hired by big industry back in the thirties and forties to bust the heads of the union organizers and workers picketing for a fair wage and a safe workplace. Yes, there really was a time when unions weren’t as corrupt as the companies they were originally designed to watch over. And, yes, big business really did bust their skulls wide open to clear a path for the scab workers they brought in to replace the regular joes who only wanted to work for a living.
Well, they’re back. Only this time, they’re not quite as violent, but they’re still being funded by American big business to bamboozle the workers- this time, it’s to swindle them out of their last chance for meaningful change to the severely broken health “care” system. They show up at town halls, shout down meaningful discourse, and misrepresent the public mood.
We’d better put our collective heads together and figure this out before it gets out of control. I’m tired of the right always controlling the message.
