Remember when Barack Obama sent the right into a tizzy by saying “arugula”? They called him an elitist and we came out to defend him. And where do we get our arugula? Well, for a lot of us leftists, it will no longer be Whole Foods.
Founder and C.E.O. of Whole Foods, John Mackey, has came out against universal health care in a recent Wall Street Journal Op-Ed:
“Many promoters of health-care reform believe that people have an intrinsic ethical right to health care—to equal access to doctors, medicines and hospitals. While all of us empathize with those who are sick, how can we say that all people have more of an intrinsic right to health care than they have to food or shelter?
“Health care is a service that we all need, but just like food and shelter it is best provided through voluntary and mutually beneficial market exchanges. A careful reading of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution will not reveal any intrinsic right to health care, food or shelter. That’s because there isn’t any. This “right” has never existed in America.”
Not bright when the vast majoirty of Mackey’s clientel are left-wing, pro-reform, arugula eating liberals like myself. Contact Whole Foods and let them know how you feel…and boycott!
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
550 Bowie Street
Austin, TX 78703-4644
512.477.4455
512.477.5566 voicemail
512.482.7000 fax
This is why Rachel Maddow is one of the news greats. In this segment from her MSNBC show, she shows how Palin, Limbaugh and Gingrich were for end-of-life counseling before they were against it.
Today on This Week, Orrin Hatch was asked if Sarah Palin was right calling end-of-life counciling “death panels”, to which he stated he wouldn’t comment on. Orrin Hatch has no comment on death panels. Thankfully, my least favorite Democrat, Arlen Specter, was on hand to not only point it out but call the claim bogus. Shame on you, Senator Hatch.
When asked about the progressive perspective on health care reform, Rachel Maddow hit the nail on the head. Saying most liberals would prefer a single payer system, she highlighted the compromise that democrats have already made on health care reform and Democrats in Congress need to take notice.
Republicans can say until their dying day that they are for some sort of reform, but the truth is just the opposite. If the GOP was altruistic in this claim, tell me why does this conversation only come up when Democrats in control? It’s because the staus-quo is good enough for them. Twice health care has came up; during the Clinton and Obama administrations. Twice Republicans have claimed they were for reform, but not the kind Democrats were proposing. There were eight long years in between those administrations and not one Republican took up the banner.
This is my plea to Congressional Demorcrats; grow a backbone! You are the vast majority for a reason. The worst thing you can do is squander this opportunity yet again. We, the progressive party that elected you, have comprimised enough. It’s bad enough Single Payer isn’t on the table; do not take away the public option!
