Summer has officially ended in Seattle but still there has not been much rain here except for the downpour we had last week. The days are chilly, the leaves have started to lose their green, ready to flaunt their fall colors. Fall is in the offing. We had a great (longer, dryer and hotter than usual) summer this year in Seattle. So I am actually looking forward for fall and all the festivities ahead.
This blog is an attempt to recap news from September.
It was a tough month for Obama, from the mob mentality in the town hall meetings for health care, to his speech to the school kids controversy, to
Republican Joe Wilson calling him a liar during his health care speech in the senate. Should the Republicans essentially twist everything this President is attempting to do? When did a President addressing school kids on the importance of education and staying in school become a socialistic propaganda? Even if I can get around the justification that Republicans are just being the opposition party by putting down everything Obama is doing, it was the
reaction of some of the conservative parents that was alarming. Why cry? What are they so terrified of? Anyhow, the white house finally announced that kids can stay home if the parents did not want them to hear the President (which I think is crazy).
Now there is no public option in the health care bill anymore. That's just distressing. If a government run plan will reduce the health insurance cost by providing some competition and hence help cover the uninsured then why not?
There has been allusions that there is a underlying racism factor to all these oppressive tactics by the conservatives. With Sarah Palin babbling about "Death Panels" and the depiction of Obama as Hitler by the 'mob', I am not sure of racism, but there sure is some sheer moronic and vile demeanor out there.
