Political Puss Speaks Out on Health Care
Lisa Derrick Tuesday August 25, 2009 2:49 pm
Mr. Bruce has an opinion on health care reform. And it’s nothing to scratch at.
MmmmreeeeeeOW!
Hi, Lisa. Hi, DrDick. Hi, pups.
FunnyWheelieDiva
Max Baucus is a troll in the national discourse.
In response to EvilDrPuma @ 4
Doesn’t even represent the wishes of his constituents, who favor the public option.
In response to ratfood @ 5
He’s a Himalayan with a lion cut–he was um..fired from the cattery where he was supposed to be breeding show kittens. He wasn’t interested. We got him as as a “here take him” type thing. We LOVE him!
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 3
My Buster Kitten sends Mr Bruce a half-dozen feline Greenies. He says it’s about time teh kittehs had more of a presence on teh intertoobs!
FWDiva
In response to ratfood @ 5
Heh.
I have a friend who calls ferrets “limo rats” because they’re looooooong…
FWDiva
In response to DrDick @ 8
But will his constituents remember that when the opportunity arises to throw the bum out?
Speaking of senators from states you’ve lived in, what is this cob in Tom Coburn’s ass?
In response to Funnydiva2002 @ 11
They’re cute but they’re like kids, I’m always glad they belong to somebody else.
In response to EvilDrPuma @ 12
I have tried to warn people for decades that Oklahoma Republicans were dumb as a stump, batshit crazy, and absolutely evil, but would anybody listen to me?? Nooooo!
Mr Bruce von Pfancipahntz sends Buster a nice bag of kitteh nip
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 16
Princess Smoke and Queen Shadow (the 21 year old matriarch who actually runs my house) send both Mr. Bruce and Mr. Buster catnip mices.
The Mt. Shasta News reports that at a recent town hall in Redding, Republican Rep. Wally Herger went out of his way to praise a man who stood up and identified himself as “a proud right-wing terrorist,” calling him “a great American.”
Yes, you heard me right: Rep. Herger, a Republican Congressman from California, publicly praised a self-described right-wing terrorist. That’s outrageous.
bailey-cat looks up indifferently and goes back to licking her paw.
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 19
I see where McCain actually got booed for saying Obama respects the constitution at a townhall in Arizona. Nice to see he can still bring the crazy, even without Princess Powderburn Moose Drool
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 19
Nice, do they have plastic figurines of their patron saint Tim McVeigh on their dashboards?
And if embracing a right wing terrorist isn’t enought (Rep Wally Herger said it was “satire”), the CA Republican Party is partying at a pricy resort hotel for their Fail..uh FALL convention
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 16
Buster Kitten will thank Herr von Pfancypahnts when he is not longer stoned…
FWDiva
I’m hoping for some “satire” in the from of Billionaires for Bush etc to show up for the convention.
In response to DrDick @ 22
That’s why the base never warmed to McCain, they demand that their demagogues poot fire and brimstone from every orifice.
See, the thing about dogs is one can take them camping. Cats would complain too much. Fucking princesses. Even the boy cats.
If it’s late night, I canz swear.
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 27
Maybe Ahnuld should take up a special collection for the state…and advertise the take.
In response to demi @ 29
We are debating getting Herr von Pfancipahntz a leash so he can join the dog and us bipeds on s stroll…once his eye is healed up (he came with a huge dent in his cornea.)
In response to demi @ 29
I kind of like it that way. It is the only time I have the bed to myself and can sleep where I want to.
In response to DrDick @ 17
Buster Kitten cowers respectfully before Her Most Awesome Majesty and Her Most Intimidating Highness…
FWDiva
That’s one unhappy looking cat, Lisa.
How’s the crew tonight?
In response to demi @ 29
You don’t “own” cats, you are owned by cats. You rent from them. We’ve got a red Persian (Ramses the Great) with enough attitude for half-a-dozen cats.
I’m starting to feel a little guilty that Bob only has a one-syllable name. He doesn’t seem to mind though, just keep the food coming.
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 34
Oh he was posing. Bruce is pretty good natured. But technically he’s supposed to be in the cone 24/7. But once we realized he didnt rub his eye, he was released from the cone of shame. Okay–is it wrong to dye one’s shaved puss pink? We’ll use food coloring….
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 39
Okay–is it wrong to dye one’s shaved puss pink?
LOL! Ain’t going there.
In response to DrDick @ 41
I dont think Mr Bruce will mind–it’s not like he’ll know he’s some neon magenta beast
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 38
walking the cat is a sunbathing opportunity…take a lawn chair and a good book!
FWDiva
So I have my copy of Rolling Stone here and Matt Taibbi has done a nice number on Obamacare. While he doesn’t discuss the common ground reforms that would be nice (eg no pre-existing conditions) he makes it clear that at this point people ought to be working to defeat Obama’s health care “reform”.
I know this site has the whole thing with trying to get 60-odd congressman to hold out for a public option but it just looks like they’re three steps ahead of you because (1) these same 60-odd already sold out Single Payer and (2) the public option has already been nerfed so that it can’t work. Looks like a bait and switch on the phrase “public option”.
If Nancy Pelosi actually laughed at the idea that the Progressives would hold and she’s the one they bartered away the Single Payer to…. am I missing something here? This goose is cooked. Health insurance industry stock is on the up. I mean even ignoring the senate entirely, it still is all up.
Am I missing something here? The best option is to join the morans defeat the Democrats’ bill. Can you really see the Progressive caucus doing that? Is anyone even going to try and hold them to their promise if it comes to it — and it may already have? It seems like the best hope is to scuttle the whole thing and force a re-do.
Has this already been discussed here in some old thread? Seems like a lot of this is old news now (by a week or two).
In response to DrDick @ 40
Awwwwww, pretty ladies!
I hope Her Majesty has a heated kitty bed. Her Highness looks like she might be just a tiny tad full of her sleek self.
Hope they’re good companions.
FWDiva
In response to DavidByron @ 47
There’ve been a few threads at the lake regarding this. Are you a newbie?
In response to DavidByron @ 47
That term is really starting to irritate me. There is no such thing as “Obamacare.” There are several competing healthcare reform (or not) bills working their way through congress, but Obama has never articulated a clear, comprehensive, and consistent healthcare agenda of his own.
In response to demi @ 48
Mrs. Dr. BC did some research before we got Rambo (my name for him), and discovered that tradition has it that Ramses the Pharaoh was a redhead.
She names her Persians for various and sundry ancient kings of SW Asia and the Med. Rambo’s buddy is a nearly invisible black Persian named King Xerxes.
In response to Funnydiva2002 @ 49
The queen does indeed have a heated kitty bed, me. Miss Smoke is very much full of herself and a bit if a rambunctious minx, which does not endear her to the much more staid 21 year old queen.
In response to DrDick @ 52
And beyond that, none of the various proposals have been endorsed by President Obama. My personal opinion is that he’s allowing the Congress to do a leetle too much legislating in this case.
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 55
Somehow I had the funny idea that the leader was supposed to lead, particularly on what is supposed to be his signature issue.
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 53
Awwww.Mr Bruce’s previous home was a cattery with fancy winning show Persians. He was a flop of the house. Allegedly his has amazing fur, but he was been in a lion cut for several years, so we just kept it up
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 55
Maybe he’s just respecting the separation of powers impotents.
In response to DrDick @ 57
What a quaint idea.
Obama has some funny ideas about the Constitution. Like parts of it mean what they say (oh, Article I) and other parts (oh, the Bill of Rights) are just this paper, y’know.
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 58
Persians who don’t like being groomed (Xerxes is one) just about have to be kept in a lion cut. Otherwise they become a snitted up mess.
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 60
He may have caught it from the previous occupant of the White House. Should have had the place fumigated before moving in.
In response to ratfood @ 62
Hey. I teach at a cow college. And if you look at value-added, Dr. Dick and I both work at places that are miles ahead of Harvard, Occidental and Columbia.
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 61
Bruce doesnt mind being groomed, though he just doesnt really bother to groom himself much. He is wonderfully sweet natured and makes quacking noises! Like a duck, so weird.
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 61
Not to mention the impacted hairballs. Very traumatic for clinic staff and patient alike.
Fortunately, Buster (who is a SH with a double coat), loves to be groomed with his slicker brush. Oh, and my friend’s kitties recommend the ZoomGroom a hair-removing massager…
FWDiva
it’s Caturday on Tuesday!
In response to BargainCountertenor @ 64
Sorry, when I called Harvard a cow college I meant no offense to cow colleges.
In response to DrDick @ 63
I hadn’t thought about that stuff being contagious. Maybe we should invite the Brits back to burn the house down again?
Think I had best toddle off. Work beckons tomorrow. We have (oh joy of joys!) a faculty retreat (code for all day faculty meeting) starting at 8:30 in the AM. I can barely restrain my enthusiasm. Take care all.
they shudda cleansed wtih smoke from burnt sage in all four corners of every room as part of the inaugural ritual
In response to ratfood @ 68
Thanks, LOL. What I said about value-added it true though. I have a few students every year who could have gone to the Ivies or equivalents.
The difference is that while I have five or ten of those students out of 100 undergrads, Oxy and Columbia and Harvard have 94 or 95 out of 100 undergrads who could have gone anywhere.
Anyone can teach those kids. Get out of their way, don’t mess them up is my approach. Answer questions, give pointers. The others are the ones who really need me.
Good night Dr. D.
Don’t get too provoked tomorrow.
I think I’m going to hit the rack too. I’ve got an early class tomorrow.
‘night pups.
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 19
Redding is a 115-degree putrid eyesore where the locals actually hope right-wing cowboys put them out of their misery.
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 51
Sorry. The term doesn’t seem bad or good except as how things turn out (so probably it will be bad). I didn’t mean anything by it (though I do think Obama is an asshole: obviously I’d have preferred it if health care wasn’t left broken).
At any rate it looks like I really posted in the wrong “area” of this web site. It’s a bit complicated……
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 84
It is drop-dead gorgeous (so to speak.) Was just there 6-8 weeks ago. However Redding is an hour south and it might as well be an eon away.
In response to DavidByron @ 85
you can scroll through the front page, or look in the titles of the Seminal diaries for something that matches what you’re looking for
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 87
and you can also use the search function in the toolbox on firedoglake’s front page to look for posts that contain the terms you use.. such as public option, health care reform, etc.
In response to Lisa Derrick @ 88
Hah! They don’t cater to the rich folk. More Burger King/McDonalds.
Not if my senior senator has anything to do with it, you can’t.