I have read the above posts and hae noticed several ommissions that seem to destroy the very points that some individuals have attempted to make. "Morons/idiots/the confused etc. voted for a charamatic candidate without understanding the issues"...

Oh! I thought you were talking about Obamas election... and the after-action polls show that the number of registered Republicans remained constant during the race, so these "idiots" are same independants who voted for Obama by 27% just a year ago (Quick, call the Logic Bomb squad).

"The voters want more health coverage:"... But shouldn't someone point out that Massachusetts already has universal health-care coverage, statewide?

Even the Blue dog Democrates were appalled by the "Lousiana Purchase" and the "Nebraska Corn Husker" to get the senators from those states to vote for the bill.

And if the unions were weaker than the Wall St. types, how come they were exempted from the taxes on their Cadillac plans which now add some three thousand dollars to each American car we purchase, and additional taxes on every non-union health care medical bill.

And if we desire those who have outlived the actuarial tables on their Social Security payments to die upon parity, can we now have a killing spree on the folks who receive SSI who have never paid a cent into Social Security. Those folks are mostly mentally or physically disabled so you wouldn't have to lead them much to get a couple of "double taps" off to thin the herd.

And if that scenario seems a little uncaring I recently had one poster tell me that my VA benefits were socialism. Some-how when I was drafted into the Corps and spent a year running and doing endless push-ups with heavy stuff on my back, etc, and then being sent to land were the locals shot at you for a $100 bucks a month; or the alternative was four years in prison, I just never saw anyone jump in front of my line...

Now since my youngest daughter just finished her BS in Accounting and her MBA in Finance, and my oldest is buying up forclosures in the Outer Banks, Richmond, and Winston-Salem, we share laughter over "Liars Loans" and our family motto is "Drive Them Into The Sea".

Now don't let me stop your prattling on... After all if there are mendacious forces beyond your control, ruining your life, what else can you do but howl at the moon... And do remember the old Arab saying that "Mangy dogs bark, but the caravan moves on..."