RIP - Teddie

Ted Kennedy was a deeply flawed man, but he always brought the best of himself to the American people. As Joe Biden said so eloquently today, "It was never about him, it was always about you." What inspired me about Teddy (and all the Kennedy brothers) was that despite his incredible wealth and status, his life mired in tragedy, he dedicated his life to those less fortunate. He worked tirelessly, and tenaciously for what he believed to be the greater good of this country. Whether you agreed with him or not, this man dedicated his life to public service and we are all the better for that. He has fought for universal health care his entire life, let's pick up his fight and not allow him to die in vain.

I'm Just Asking.......

How is it that the same people who bitch and moan about our government, it can't be trusted, it's inept, it's trying to take over our lives, it's taxing us to death, it's trying to take away our guns, etc., etc., and on, and on 

ad nauseam, are also the SAME people who are saying that we have the best government in the world, we are the home of the free and brave, and they support us going to war in order to push our form of government on other countries? They 're also saying that with health care reform the government is trying to take their choices away. These are the same people who demand, sometimes violently, that CHOICE be taken away from women. What the hell is wrong with this picture? The hypocrisy is overwhelming.

Why

I've been threatening to start this blog for months now. I needed to have something else to distract me from work besides Facebook, Huffington Post, Firedoglake, email rants on health care, blah, blah, blah......you get the picture. 

Now I have my appropriately titled Play For Time blog spot which is exactly what I'll be doing here....playing for time. So, now that I've been working on these two sentences for an hour I have to bounce and get to work.