Foolly Informed

The editorial board of the Ragister ran a propaganda piece about how Iowan's can get involved in the health care debate.

One of the first things they say is to read the legislation.

"What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”--John Conyers (Dummycrat Michigan).

Lets' start with CONgress reading it and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Next the Ragister cites two nonprofit organizations, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Kaiser Family Foundation, as their information sources.

Nonprofit doesn't mean nonpartisan, Centrists.org refers to the Center on Budget and Policy as liberal.

I have concerns about a Kaiser Family Foundation's Board of Directors that includes Cokie Roberts and Donna Shalala.

The Ragister then shows its sucked down a few Flavor Aid's of the Dummycrats.

At some recent town-hall gatherings with lawmakers, individuals organized by certain powerful special interests have dominated the proceedings.

So powerful the Ragister is afraid to name them?

Blame should be heaped on an arrogant CONgress that doesn't listen and has burned through $1 Trillion just since Obama took office.

It's one of the reasons why I think people are pissed.

Lastly, the Ragister says polls show the vast majority of Americans support health-care reform.

Do they?

Drooping polls undercut scripted protest claims

A Quinnipiac poll showed a majority, 57 percent, said health care reform should be abandoned if it will "significantly" add to the deficit.

Mr. Obama has promised that any reform will not add to the budget imbalance, but 72 percent of the registered voters surveyed by Quinnipiac said they did not think Mr. Obama would be able to deliver on that vow.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed that 42 percent thought the current health care reforms were a bad idea, while 36 percent thought them a good idea.

A National Public Radio poll shows 47 percent opposition to the Obama health care reforms in Congress, with 42 percent support.

NPR!

It speaks volumes if NPR couldn't find a majority to support it.