there must be messages I am not seeing in this thread. I like Wyden because he stopped CISPA and spoke out about the secret interpretation of the Patriot Act bullshit. But.... surely it's not you that's equating single payer and civil liberties? I am thiinking you must have answered someone that said that.
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > It's really kind of hilarious that Wyden is touted as a civil > libertarian Senator. He's not a bad guy or anything but has always > been kind of a middle of the road, centrist sort of dude. He's known > as something of a health care wonk, but absolutely not a single payer > kind of guy. He has been working with Paul Ryan on an attempt at a > bipartisan budget plan that deals with Medicare (and he got totally > reamed by progressives for that one). > > Just goes to show you how far things have gone that an otherwise > pretty mellow centrist is somehow now a civil liberties firebrand. Sad > day indeed for it to come to that. Still, glad Wyden and Udall are > doing something at least. > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:352185 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
