Health Care Heat

So what were the 9/12 demonstrations about?

CBS and NBC are perceived to be more sympathetic to Democrats and Fox is more conservative and aligned with Republicans. In a post-modern world we cannot be surprised that everyone has a perspective. But we don’t have to imagine a conspiracy to explain why people see things differently than I do.

I agree that the heat about health care reform isn’t really about health care reform. Joe Wilson didn’t yell out, “You lie!” because he hasn’t read the bill, but because he doesn’t trust that what the bill says is what will actually happen.

So how will defeating the health care bill result in a government which is more responsive and responsible? This appears to me to be a classic case of cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face.