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Apathy And Senate Finance Begin Ringing America's Death Knell
TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 10/13/2009 | John G. Winder

Posted on 10/13/2009 3:36:55 PM PDT by Patriot1259

It was Edmund Burke who said, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” If anyone has taken a look at America lately, they would find a nation of “do nothings”.

Today, “Health Care Reform” as some call it, “Socialized Medicine” as others call it, got over its first major legislative hurdle when it was passed by the Senate Finance Committee. The road has been paved for the legislation to go the full Senate as early as the week of October 26.

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TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: healthcare; obamacare; olympiasnowe; senatefinance
Senate Finance today voted to move Health Care forward, Olympia Snowe the lone Republican to vote YES. Apathy is killing America.
1 posted on 10/13/2009 3:36:56 PM PDT by Patriot1259
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To: Patriot1259

Who was it who said people get the kind of government they deserve?


2 posted on 10/13/2009 3:41:04 PM PDT by oldtimer
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To: Patriot1259

It has no chance, ironically because it doesn’t have a public option.


3 posted on 10/13/2009 3:46:58 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg

It will.


4 posted on 10/13/2009 4:17:32 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: Patriot1259

I don’t apathy. I see and read many people who want not to start the civil war that might be the only way to stop O. Our leaders have not one conscience among them, so it may be that only violence would work, and we are *very* law abiding folk.


5 posted on 10/13/2009 4:48:12 PM PDT by JohnQ1 (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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To: JohnQ1

I don’t *see* apathy. Sorry.


6 posted on 10/13/2009 4:49:29 PM PDT by JohnQ1 (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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