From the "Oregonian" Monday, March 29

Here are a two quotes I like:

"... Before Bush the younger, we leftists weren't that afraid of how stupid Republicans could get. Now we are very, very afraid of how stupid the Repulicans and tea partiers and militias might get."
From a letter to the Editor by Ron Brandstetter

"On Monday March 15, Moodys Investor Service-the bond rating agency-published a paper warning that the exploding U.S. government debt could cause a downgrade of Treasury Bonds. Just six days later the House of Representatives passed President Barack Obama's health care legislation costing $900 billion or so over a decade and worsening an already bleak budget outlook.
Should the United States someday suffer a budget crises, it will be hard not to conclude that Obama and his allies sowed the seeds because they ignored conspicious warnings."
Editorial column by Robert J. Samuelson

In my opinion, cost may be the reason to worry about the Obama health plan. The irrational, emotional right wing blather about socialism, unconstitutional, government takeover, "I worked for mine. Let the poor do likewise", deceit, and "feelings" against the legislation are just that; uniformed blather. Few if any of us likely know what we are talking about-yet. We need to read the bill (if possible) before we continue raving for or against.
G'pa the grump or socialist or commie or whatever..

Economist newspaper on Democrats

"Democrats believe some odd things too; a recent Pew poll found that they are roughly twice as likely as Republicans to believe in reincarnation, spiritual energy and astrology. But such beliefs have few political consequences. Democrats have not yet tried to spread the idea that voting Republican will ensure that you come back as a cockroach".
"Economist" page 38, March 13 2010