Here is a serious way to control health costs: Get rid of group rates, have everyone pay their own insurance, and let insurance companies charge rates based on the health of the individual. maybe then people would make the choice to eat and live healthy. Sorry smokers, drug addicts and alcoholics; I'm tired of paying for your unhealthy lifestyles.

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Yeah right ill leave my name and number even where ill be during the day and @ what time of day i plan on going to the bathroom and when i eat.Im not holding my breath..bring it rockey..ever take a good look at this jabronie and notice a similarity to himself and former wwe champ the rock?..hmm mabe just a similar haircut..? Know youre roll FAIRTAX NOW..

The President is as clueless as they come when it comes to acknowledging the tea parties. He used the same tone he did with Joe (the Plumber). As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words - and Obama is damn near screaming at us who cling to guns and religion!

Neal, since the Fair Tax reflects Republican principles of less government and economic freedom that the Republicans CLAIM they're all about, you might want to ask them why they haven't made it their top issue/promise for their party comeback.

The Democratic Party's philosophy doesn't favor the Fair Tax the way they understand it. Besides wealth envious Democrats think the rich should pay a higher percentage of any tax.

I just don't understand why we keep harping on Obama without hearing what the Republicans have to offer that is better. AND PLEASE...don't say Bush tax cuts because that does not help the blue collar middle-class worker or small business owner one bit. No one is salivating to be trickled on.

Figures Obama would give the typical arrogant response to critics of his tax and spend America into oblivion policy. He just does not get it does he? You cannot spend what the government doesn’t have and improve or make the “change he believes in” come true. The universal health care he wants is not affordable or sustainable for any period of time. There is no substitute for free market principles in any arena of our economy including health care. Government is far less efficient and effective and will destroy the quality and availability of critical health care resources in this country when and if he gets his way. You cannot tax people to pay for all this unnecessary spending that has already been put into motion and expect the economy to recover. The good thing about him addressing the tea parties and tax policy critics is we know the voices have been loud enough for him and his advisors to pay attention. Now let’s keep up the message and the fight into 2010 election and let’s make a difference and put some balance back into our government! We cannot afford a complete democrat majority in all branches of government for any sustainable period of time or they will harm this country beyond repair!

I would love to meet PrezBo and talk taxes- but who will I be talking to: Him or the Teleprompter?

Given that protests can be ignored, the next step will have to be a way of legally interrupting the Statists revenue stream.

Ayn Rand had it correct, the only way the Statists can survive is if they can buy the votes of the Dumb Masses.

As long as zero and the rest of the Statists can pretend to be Santa Claus with money forcibly seized from the producers and achievers, they can remain popular enough to hold onto their power.

The achievers and producers will eventually wind down their efforts as they are punished for the very act of supporting the economy.

But a gradual decline will let the Statists hold onto their power – at least until in all falls apart or WW III starts – whichever comes first.

My only point is that there HAS to be a way of stopping this goes too far.

I hear you guys. I'm just advocating a different approach for trolls. Remember what I hope your parents taught you? If you don't have anything nice to say... just ignore them. Insulting them does nothing for your cause. I advocate ignoring them. Just advice, I don't assume in the least anyone will listen. By insulting them you're giving them legitimacy. I guess you also forgot about the other lesson those of us who have kids have learned: negative attention is better than no attention at all. So the best solution for the people you think are way off base is to ignore them, not insult them.

@Burleydad: You say that our two party system has been socialist for decades. I refer you to the infalible source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

Which does our government sound more like? I'll quote part of it for you:

"... advocate the creation of a single-party state"
"... governments forbid and suppress criticism and opposition to the government"
"... opposes class conflict and blames capitalist liberal democracies for creating class conflict and in turn blames communists for exploiting class conflict"

Now does that describe our current government or what?

Words have meanings, you can't just arbitrarily assign your own meaning to a word and have people take you seriously.

The definition of democrat -

"One who panders to the mindless whims of the masses" - to call one a democrat in the days of our founding fathers would be fighting words! In these days it means lie, cheat and tax your followers and let them feel good about it!!

They may have been a small % in an of themselves but how many people (correction: potential voters) watched them on the few channels that actually covered it? How many heard about them? How many had their curiousity lifted enough to go do some research?

Must have gotten someone's attention or he wouldn't have made fun. It's a symbolic gesture, doesn't matter if it doesn't jive completely with the original Tea Party. We know what we mean and those it is intended for are getting the idea.

Also, it's not going to be the last ones.

As far as the trolls, we have tried to have logical discussions with them using facts and links to back us up. But they get worse the more you talk to them and it usually ends up with them calling us racist and KKK members. So why waste anymore of our time?

Perspective IS what is needed. However, the only one we have is our own. I hate to be so negative, but this is NOT going to get any better any time soon. The only way copyleft, hugo and others like them are going to get it is to be ABSOLUTELY DESTITUTE with no one to ask for help. Then they will konw they are wrong! That is coming!!!! Those of us who do, will continue to do. Those of you who don't will begin to starve. When you come to my house to rob me, I will exterminate you like the parasite you are because I have always believed in protecting myself. I have NEVER trusted the government to operate with anyone's interests but their own. If you believe they are doing anything for YOU, you are delusional. BTW, the Democraps and the Repugnicans have been SOCIALIST for decades. When an elected official cuts spending, I mean really CUTS, like a whole department, then maybe they are NOT socialist.

Perspective.

Perspective is something that is lost on this country at this time. For instance: The Swine Flu. It has killed 191 people, mostly in Mexico. Do you know how many people die annually in the US to the normal run of the mill seasonal flue? http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/

Thousands have died since January of this year alone.

Now lets move on and put some perspective on the Tea Parties.

http://northshorejournal.org/tea-party-turnout-nationwide

The estimated turnout nation wide for "tea parties" was 475,820 out of a possible 300,000,000 people. That is .15% of the US population. Do you think anyone really cares about that small a number?

I remember when Neal used to make fun of people wanting to do tea parties. Do any of you even know what the original tea party was about? Taxation without representation. We had representatives who voted against this spending, we lost. Also to be noted is that the original tea party people actually destroyed property to cause both a financial loss to the tea producer as well as a loss of tax revenue to the government in protest. So having a backyard bar-b-q at the courthouse isn't going to have the same kind of impact.

Always bashing and attacking people does nothing but make you look ignorant. Copy Left brings up a good point, nobody is going to take you seriously if you keep calling Obama a muslim, because he isn't. Even though his policies are socialist leaning, he would never admit he is a socialist. So calling Obama out on it only makes you look ignorant because he isn't a socialist (maybe a fascist, but not a socialist).

So instead of insulting people, which is a cowards way out of an argument, how about you bring some facts to the table (with sources) that prove your point. Don't just mock people, because honestly it only makes you look stupid and invalidates anything important you might have to say.

By JimmyT @ 04/30/09 11:02:33 AM: "why don't you all collectively raise the IQ of the American public by taking a long walk off a short pier?"

Can you please explain how this comment (or similar ones made by you or others) advances or contributes to the debates on the issues that are supposed to be taking place here?

If you have a quarrel with something specific that one of these "trolls" said, then fine, respond to it with your own analysis, logic, data, etc. But playground-style name-calling or taunting suggests you're the one with the IQ problem.

I don't care what side you are on; comments that are purely name calling are infantile, a waste of time, and reflect poorly on this online community. Is this an issues forum among educated adults, or is this a club for those who flunked 5th grade and who have corresponding argumentative and rhetorical skills?

"...but you see, ours goes to ELEVEN."
-This is Spinal Tap

I actually agree with Copy…democrats don’t want us to be a socialist country. I feel all grown up now. It’s their campaign donors that want us to be socialist, and since the demos still want their money and power to continue the only thing they have to offer these people are pet projects and useless bills to further their gain at the expense of the taxpayers. If they could find donors that actually want a capitalist society, then they would appear to be capitalists.

Corbett, Forrest, Hugo's Ghost, and Copyleft bring nothing but brain dead comments... It's like a person with Autism and they forgot to medicate. Random outbursts that make you sympathize with their parents.

I'm surprised the President actually spoke towards the productive people. However it WAS in a collectivist style with his "WE are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how WE are going to stabilize Social Security."
Translation: He's happy to have a serious conversation about how he and other government entities will take future taxpayer money and take even more taxpayer money to fix government programs that have been controlled by government since their inception. Furthermore, one should seriously ignore the Congressional Budget Office and other indicators throughout world history showing this big government method ALWAYS ends in failure.

Gee I'm looking at history, that must mean I'm not SERIOUS.

But ... let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."

There is only one reason for the deficit: Washington spent more money than it had in it's coffers. So, the recovery act will spend more money not in the coffers. How is that "NOT" adding to the deficit?

Got you riled up!

We ALL need to get this riled up. I'll be in a Tea Party on July 4th!

Bush took a lot of criticism during his time in office.. and for the most part his response was to turn the other cheek. Something that the teachings of the bible has long given many people who want to live a good and moral life.

Obama is the antithesis of a good person. He is angry, edgy, hateful.. he cannot take an insult or a threat without snapping back with an uneducated and spiteful response. He dismisses those that disagree with his sociofascist policies with jeers and spite.

Obama is an angry hate filled youth. He wears a chip on his shoulder because his narcissism tells him that he is the greatest person on earth and that all others exist to worship him as a god.

Obama is a dangerous man.. insane and pathologically narcissistic like Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il, and most other oppressive tyrants throughout the history of humanity.

Obviously, PrezBo is highly insecure. The depths to which this "man" (and I use the term loosely) has lowered the office of the president is staggering. His problem is that he desperately "needs" everyone to love him. He just can't fathom, in his pitiful ego-maniacal reality, that this will never happen. How about caring more for your country and less about your ego, you dumb-ass bozo of a president? Oh, I found it interesting that a prime-time network show "Lie To Me" was televised at the same time. How fitting. To accept his offer of so-called "serious dialogue" would be to capitulate and admit that the debate is about healthcare and social security. It is not. It is about blatant fiscal irresponsbility and utter contempt for our constitution.

Ok, Obamy, come on by the State Capitol and let's have a serious converstaion. No teleprompter, no softball questions from your adoring fans, no covert investigations by state agencies of private citzens who dare ask questions about your plans with taxpayer dollars, none of that. And Copyleft can't translate for you. If you want me or anyone who believes in actual 'fiscal responsibility'( not the wink and a nod kind you 'progressives' rant about) to take you seriously, quit hiding behind the fake 'press conferences'! We got in your head, Bro'. You wouldn't be talking about us if we hadn't. Don't lull yourself into believing that having a majority in the Senate( for about 14 months )and high approval ratings( for the moment) gets you 'street cred' with us. We count, we're growing in number, and we will get louder. You don't want any of this, little man!

Hmmmm let's take in what you said.. sounds like you do not pay taxes and have never studied the other options that could be out there. You are a mistake just like Obama... how is that for 'real world'. Anyways, now I have spoken to you. Neal Boortz keep up the good fight.

How can we have a serious conversation when our limbic brains are pushing against our frontal lobes?

I just went to the WH website and submitted a challenge for you and O to debate. You're welcome!!!

I give the chance you can have a serious conversation a 9.8. The man may be a liar but he is not a total failure.

So, according to Copyleft, closing your eyes and ignoring facts makes you an adult. By that logic, Copyleft must be 498 years old.

I don't recall Bush ever insulting or demeaning the protesters. Obama would have done better to keep his mouth shut. Just like running his mouth about Rush. Rush then challenged him to a debate. No go. And now O claims to be willing to discuss with the people? That's bull.

It is refreshing that you agree wholeheartedly with the fact that during the Bush Administration, all protesters, organized rallies and the such were comprised of whiny babies having childish tantrums.

Looks like you had millions of these "sour-grapes-whiny-diaper-filling-binky-suckers on your side then.

It's just that for the time being, this same class of citizens are running the show.

It's not that Obama wants to talk to the grownups, he's to busy with his hands over his ears going Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na!

I never thought I would see elected officials, especially the President be so condescending and insulting to a group of American Citizens that choose to voice their opposition to excessive government spending. I don't recall the media or politicians calling war protestors names. This rant of his on the tea parties is hand in hand with his "bitter, clinging American" comments during the campaign. I didn't vote for a Parent-in-Chief, did you?

And maybe you can explain the difference between Tea Parties and the disgusting expression "teabagging". That really makes people lose all credibility when they use that term.

Obama obviously is an elitist snob who looks down his nose at the true produces in this country. He speaks of citizens who are concerned about too-high taxes with much disdain. He would do well to not diss large segments of the voting populace. Elephants have long memories. Maybe even rino's too.

I am willing to wager that they will not even pick up the phone to talk with you!

Because you don't matter, Neal. And yeah, I know George W. Bush had you over to the house a few times. Did it ever occur to you that W. and Karl Rove just looked at you as a useful idiot? Chew on that for a minute.

Right after he gets done debating Rush, Sean, and all of the FOX News folks, he'll get on Air Force 1 and spend another billion dollars flying to Atlanta to meet with you. Will you invite John Linder and Herman Cain to be there too? Or do you think that would intimidate Prezbo too much?

lets not pretend the Recovery Act is about recovering anything...

Yours goes to 11

You have about as much "chance" of having a serious conversation with Obama, as "95%" of americans getting a tax cut. It will be a serious bipartisian discussion in which the speakers will be harmoniously left out.

"...But ... let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."

So...signing a spending bill of over $800 billion dollars has nothing to do with a deficit? Hey, Bush's prescription medicare increase added to the deficit, the original TARP added to the deficit (both of which I opposed), and so does the nth round of bail outs.

You want a serious conversation about the deficit? Stop spending gobs of money, and we won't have a growing deficit!

You aren't "helping" anything, because you are stealing from one group to pay off another in mandates not dictated by the Constitution.

no chance, Neal. On your scale, I think you're going to get a higher score than that Yamaguchi girl ever did in figure skating. Say, do you think she was good in math?

Would that be the serious conversation where they pour water into your face while Obama asks you questions?

of having a 3 way with Shania Twain and Jessica Alba are much better than that meeting with Barry-O

That will cost him.

Who went to a Tea Party because of Health Care costs or the instability of Social Security?

Another thought; Could Obama be any more dismissive about the "tea parties" (I believe he called them "tea-baggers" earlier)?

On a scale from 1 to 10, I'd give your chances an "11".

He (and the media) forgets he was Senator when the last budget was passed and he supported all the helpings at the govt trough late last year.

I think a lot of us would like to have a conversation with Barry... I for one would have a lot to say to him... but would he have a conversation with me without his telepromter?

On a scale of 1-10, your chances of having that conversation is an H.

1 to 10 chance?

Maybe 9.999%