Reply #24: nope. my real world is one in which the insurance companies wield undue influence

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over the Congress and the men and women who will decide what form of healthcare reform legislation is passed out of that body. Don't like it, but it sure ain't no Potempkin Village. Recognizing reality doesn't really have jackshit to do with your pathetic and tired (and incessant) loganeering. Do you ever utter a word that doesn't sound like it comes from ssome little booklet?

I realize that revolution won't be trucking down Route 66 anytime soon, and that the way to change things is to, as Pema Chodron said, Start where you are. I understand that such a concept eludes you.