I doubt you'll get any kind of metric of merit from counting Google hits, since it is largely a funcion of media fever peaks and valleys. I think it would be interesting to compare the number of urgent protesers who marched against a universal healthcare program, compared to the numbers who marched against the Iraq war.

Interesting that all those who hullabaloo against taking a bit more care of their fellow Americans had NO objections when their trillions were being spilled on the sands of Mesopotamia, huh? Not a word about the deficit, the blood, the death. How strange the hearts of men. These same people, trying to find reasons to support the McCain/Palin ticket, could find nothing more persuasive than "drill, baby drill!", a commitment to wastrel lifestyles ongoing. How decent, how thoughtful, how compassionate!! Spend a trillion to wipe out Iraqis without blinking--death is after all our most important product. But a trillion to make the nation more stable by making healthcare affordable? OOoooo no, that would be socialism, as opposed to imperialistic fascism.


This sort of white-hot irresponsibility is for the birds, Bruce. It is a shameful reflection on our standards of thoughtfulness and decency, you ask me.

Not that you would.


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