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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:28 AM Original message |
30 pieces of silver... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Whenever Rahm, Schumer and Baucus are involved in an issue.....BEfockingWARE! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Get those three in the same place and we risk forming a singularity of corruption. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. WH spokesman & PhRMA says this memo does *not* represent any deal that was made. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wasn't that lobbyist Billy Tauzin, former D turned R? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. As far as I can tell, the article doesn't name the lobbyist, but does -- |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. "said the lobbyist "? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Bingo. nt |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Considering the amount of money on the line, I find it hard to believe that Pharma |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. Big pharma has been behind some pro health care reform ads and this doesn't |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. LOL! Any DU'ers who thought Pharmaceuticals wouldn't be thrown a bone are fools. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Of course we know deals are made in politics. But HuffPo does a disservice with this story. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I've read about this at HuffPo, Robert Reich's Blog, the NYTimes... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The HuffPo piece adds nothing to the subject, though. Their headline is quite misleading. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. /puzzled at best |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. /a bit puzzled about the remark on puzzlement... could you elaborate? :) nt |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It sounds like you are saying there's some "there" there but not the HuffPo has |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Ah. My point was that posting the HuffPo piece as basis for "30 Pieces of Silver..." doesn't work. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. ...meh that's just one more piece of straw.... the 30 pieces of silver (ad dollars) is still apt imo |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That's fine - I prefer to wait for substantiated facts, and I know there will be some compromises. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. have you seen the memo? it's up at huffpo. do u think it's just a forgery? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You mean the photo of the plain piece of paper ? |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I just asked you if you think it's a forgery. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It doesn't even rise to that level. From what's shown, it's a faith-based piece of paper. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. Video - Harry & Louise 2009 ad for health care reform..check the |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hartmann spent a lot of time on this today |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. We elected Obama and Democratic majorities...that's our "referendum" on healthcare... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. If we just gave every congresscritter 5 million dollars, will they pass the damn thing? |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. LOL, that would work 100-0 in the senate for sure. It would still be cheaper |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. NO KIDDING!!! I've had that same thought every day for at least a few months now. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. While I'm not going to jump in on this as fact |
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