Minnesota tea party to protest Medicaid signing

I’m waiting for a teabagger rally where they all come and burn their Social Security checks.

It’ll never happen. But they’d be happy to burn yours.

“NOTE: if anyone from the media approaches you, please talk in a very respectable manner. We’ll distribute talking points for your use.”

In other words, “You’re a bunch of loose cannons and if you speak without proper direction, God only knows what inflammatory nonsense you’ll spout. We can’t trust you to speak on your own, so we will tell you what to say. You probably don’t know what you think until we tell you anyway, so just sit tight.”

These teabagger’s really have no clue….it would be funny to see how they react if they were the ones in jeporday of not having medicaid or socail security. Also, lets hold these liars accountable, email this Jeanna Minegar and ask who the legislator was that said they hope there are 100 people there to protest, I’m sure the people in his/her district on medicare wouldn’t be happy. Let’s hold these morons accountable and call them out, make them back up their ridicilous claims!!!!

Signs like the one pictured with this article shows just how IGNORANT some Tea Partiers are.

Ever notice that the average TPer is in their middle to late 50′s? Some older than that who collect SS and have Medicare? Perhaps they should be the ones to refuse SS and Medicare. They should have to buy their Health Insurance on the open Market at exhorbant prices and finance their own retirements if they think Socialism is overtaking our freedoms.

One can thanks the likes of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, and others who relish oin the limelight of egotism and arrogance, purposely misinforming those who are unable to think for themselves. Preying on the emotions of others is their game plan.

Nothing better defines American brute ignorance and gullibility better than the teabaggers. Press 99% of these teabaggers for a rational defense of their views and you won’t get it. Incoherence and self-contradiction are the norm combined with crass ignorance of everything of importance.

A teabagger is a person who will shoot themselves in the foot politically a hundred times, and then have no clue as to why they have a hard time walking. –But they’ll blame it anyway on “socialism”, immigrants, gays, etc.

The group Take Action MN is having its own rally for Dayton’s signing. It starts at 9:30am.

Take Action Minnesota and other Progressive groups ROCK!!!

Which is why hubby and I are active in Minnesota and National Politics.

Randy FTW!

Hey Mary Lou. I deleted your comment. I’m not sure where you saw the Palin shirt you mentioned, but it wasn’t here. If you’d like to comment, cut the obscenity.

Of course, the notice even has for your teabagging pleasure distributed talking points; Randy, I agree with you, they don’t know what to say, they need to be told just what it is that they think. What a bunch of losers.
The teabaggers do not understand the concept of government. Which is that collectively we are stronger and can do for each other, spreading the sacrifice around so that a select few aren’t made to shoulder the burden. To have programs that help all of us costs, and will never be free. But they think that you can get something for nothing.
There is a Tea Partier, a new legislator from MD, a doctor, who in orientation, was outraged at not having healthcare before being sworn in, he wondered why he could not get his healthcare immediately, instead of waiting to be sworn in. He also wanted to be able to pay in the interim until he was actually covered. Gosh! Sounds a lot like healthcare reform that he wants to take away from the rest of us, but somehow the rules should not apply to him. Most employers have a 2 month wait for coverage of the healthcare for the employee . Why is Harris so upset?
The mandate for healthcare that everyone buys insurance is a fair system; if those who are young and will not likely get sick, if they decide not to buy insurance then for some unlikely reason, they do get sick and end up in the ER, thay will get healthcare , but at a very expensive rate than those who have insurance will have to pay. Sure, make him pay if he gets sick, but what if he can’t? On the other hand, if both, the likely to get sick and the unlikely to get sick, if they both buy the insurance then the costs will be much lower for all involved. So if either gets sick, they are covered. I do not know why the teabaggers are against healthcare reform that benefits them and lowers the deficit to boot.

OK??? Lemme get this right!?!?!? T- Baggers need to be distributed “Talking Points” before their rendezvous in front of a Camera???? Wow!!! Really??? I am sure that these talking Points have NOTHING to do with Right Wing Think Tanks or Big Pharma do they??? Where is [Fakes(FOX)] News when you need them?? Maybe Heidi Collins or Jeff Passolt can report that there were BILLIONS and BILLIONS of Minnesotans in the Capital Rotunda Protesting SOCIALISM!!! These people are BEYOND being Sheep.. They are just plain STUPID…..

This was my Christmas story this year, a sure sign of the times and one that is an accident or stroke away for any in the Tea Party but that I had to respond in written form to a friend whose Christmas letter boasted that their college age child would be working on repealing the new healthcare law:

I’ve once again been called upon to serve a family member in need. Three weeks ago, my brother, Jim, had a stroke. I phoned him and in doing so, I discovered that he was in the midst of having a stroke, again. He just turned 52. I called 911 and was able to get him to Regions. While there, I explained he had no health insurance, no income, lost his job because he had a stroke the first time, etc. Not only that, he’s been declined for unemployment due to the stroke, had a foreclosure notice, a notice his energy will be turned off and lost garbage collection service, unbeknownst to me until the last couple of months. Events that would take down the best of us.

They started paperwork to get him on a limited form of medical assistance as our governor eliminated healthcare for 30,000 Minnesotans in need per the neurologist and other staff at the hospital. A couple of points on the MA, one, it’s limited in the amount they’ll provide, this is due to Gov Pawlenty and his revulsion for anything connected to what he calls “Obamacare” per the financial aid counselor who interviewed him prior to any other medical/social worker. Two, there are only 4 hospitals that will provide assistance to people without health insurance, HCMC, North Memorial, Fairview Riverside and Regions. Only one in St Paul and the vicinity. Jim can’t drive, can’t speak clearly due to the stroke and is unlikely to regain full capacity. He will now have to carry a card in his wallet that states: “Please be patient with me, I have had a stroke and have difficulty speaking”. Regions was over capacity for follow-up care initially which meant that he would have to choose one of the 3 other hospitals but, of course, he will not be able to drive nor can he speak. Over capacity means that they’re limiting the number they will assist, turn people away, in other words so when Bush said EVERYONE has access to healthcare, they just have to go to an emergency room, that’s BS, at least when someone is in this kind of a situation and needs follow-up care or therapy to get back on their feet. It took almost 6 hours before they had a room for him because they’re rationed or limited too. He should have been sent to a nursing home for convalescent care but that’s not allowed in the limited form of healthcare assistance that is in place in MN today. Instead, he went home. Every follow-up doctor appointment must be pre-approved by a panel of 3 doctors!

It was appalling, the whole process and I know we’re only beginning. I left the hospital after sitting with him sobbing his heart out because he’s frightened. My heart was breaking. He’s got a mentally disabled daughter that lives with him. I can’t tell you how uncertain this all feels and how helpless a feeling it is. I love my brother and have been helping him not only this year but basically all of my life, as you are aware. He is no longer capable of helping himself and our society has turned on people like him. This is a real life example of how we’ve become a society that castigates people in need or who are ill. I’ve been told at various times he’s lucky to have me to advocate for him, but in the end, it doesn’t matter because there’s only so much to go around and with the way people think and people like Michele Bachmann and other Republicans leading the way, he’s going to be tagged as undeserving, lazy and a drag on the county, state and country. It doesn’t matter that he’s incapacitated. There is no heart left. I am ashamed and I am so, so sad and disheartened.

I’m not looking for sympathy, only to share a story that can be told to others, especially to those who feel there is no room for social programs. What happens to a 52 year old man who is disabled from stroke? Put him on the street? Discard him because there is no room left for humanity or mercy in our hearts and souls because he is no longer productive? He worked for 31 years at the company that let him go because he had the first stroke.

So having told you my Christmas story and having finally had time to sit down and read the Christmas cards and letters, you can imagine my shock at reading yours and the joking about repealing the healthcare law, although, I know that you are very serious in the intent of the comment. In my brother’s instance, if he had healthcare, he might have not had a second stroke. He may not have had multiple transient ischemic attacks that have left damage on the right, left and center of his brain because he would have still been taking his blood pressure meds. In his case, this care is a matter of life and death. Now he has life with very limited abilities and no way back. And, as a result, I have another opportunity to display Christian service to my children.

I try to model a life of service to my children but know that I could do more as I often fail. However, I do not mock those who have little as I fully realize how much wealth our family has. I know what it’s like to not have insurance or the ability to see a doctor and be an injury away from financial ruin as I had no insurance for 3 years after my father passed away, right about —’s age. I had to take out loans to pay for injuries that were paid for over a period of years as a result. Lessons learned, if you will. Our mother died of a stroke because our family could not pay consistently for her blood thinners. Lesson learned. It seems that we now have a family legacy that has begun. I have spoken to a number of people who do not have healthcare and are desperate. Another example is the man who works at —- whom you’ve met, a retired research biologist who was recently diagnosed with kidney cancer, spread to bladder and prostate whose wife lost her job, was declined unemployment because she hasn’t worked long enough since the last layoff and they are struggling to afford the COBRA from her plan. His part-time employer reached out to their customers for food and cash assistance while they struggle with this life altering illness. Lesson learned. I gave them both food and cash and wish that I could take away the uncertainty that they face but I can not. Lesson learned.

Life isn’t fair. Jesus, of all people, knew this. I doubt that he would make light, however, of the plight of 50 million Americans like Jim without the ability to go to a doctor without risking their family’s future or their own lives in the process. There are an additional 50 million Americans that have limited access to healthcare because of their financial situations because they can’t afford the co-pays and deductibles. That’s one third of our country, the richest nation on earth.

We have so much. Yet, you mock those who have little and you would take away some semblance of peace from them. And this you do in your Christmas letter. That is beyond disappointing and I can not put into words the heartache and sadness that I have for Jim and those like him. Perhaps the Lord said it better in the Beatitudes:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Gospel of St. Matthew 5:3-10

I hope that your Christmas was filled with joy and I will pray that your New Year will be prosperous. I ask that you pray for me to have courage and strength through this ordeal.

An addendum, while meeting with the neurologist on Monday, we found Jim to have had 3 strokes, not 2 as we had believed. Plus all the TIA’s. His blood pressure continued to be high, however, we could not schedule follow-up with a primary care doc because we were not yet approved. We were told that his strokes were related to his blood pressure. We now wait with the Russion Roulette gun pointed at his head.

So how did the Tea Party protest go? Didn’t hear anything about it on the nightly news I watch.

janeto, thank you for sharing your Christmas letter. I am feeling a bit frustrated and overwhelmed simply because all this is so unnecessary. This is yet another reason for us to move quickly to a single-payer universal health care system.

I may be wrong, but I suspect that janeto’s brother would have to spend down almost all of his assets before he becomes eligible for coverage under the expanded Medicaid program. And then there is the matter of the recently elected Florida governor Rick Scott who walked away with $350 million+ and no jail time after being let go by the Board of a health group who defrauded Medicare and had to repay $2 billion in fines and restitutions. We need more compassion in the former and more outrage in the latter.

And Governor Rick Scott is a teabagger …

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To Lady K of Olmsted. Most tea party people want the country to get back to normalcy. The Constitution and law of the land should prevail, however the President has taken his power to extream and that freightens most of us. When we turn a certain age we have to be on Medicare, we paid in for 55 plus years, and yes we have a big payment for a suppliment, and drugs. You will find out when you retire from sewing, right. I am sure most from the Tea Party are not Ignorant. I am sure Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman do not prey on the emotions of people, WE have a mind of our own and know what is going on. What is happening today that is so wonderful? I am so glad the people are coming together to demand to know what is really going on in Washington. I hope it continues and pressure put on the politicians to get honest.