Inside Rich's Head!

No Secret Healthcare Legislation

While the debate for the much-needed healthcare reform goes on, so to does the distribution of propaganda from the right, whose only objective is to stifle debate and obstruct any progress whatsoever. One of the more popular myths being floated by the GOP News Network and the stable of radical right talking heads is this nonsense that legislation is being written in dark, clandestine rooms in the basement of the House and Senate, without deliberation and without public knowledge. You’ll hear the Bobbleheads say: “Obama promised to post this online” or “Obama promised transparency and now they are ramming this down our throats”. Of course none of this true and just presenting the facts to completely dispel these fabrications isn’t always good enough. When these folks start their day with Fox and Friends, go right into Beck-Limbaugh-Hannity radio land, slide right into Fox Noise at Night, and eat dinner while consuming Michael Savage, you’ll have a very difficult task deprogramming an entire day of the indoctrination. Stop your debate when your verbal opponent refuses to look at the reality that is right in front of them and recognize that they might not want to see it and realize that they can maintain their own little parallel universe without letting the real world intrude. The fact is that the legislation is and has been posted on the Internet since the beginning of this process. (http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/legislation.htm, http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text, http://thomas.loc.gov/) When they continue to deny the reality, recognize that you are fighting a losing battle and no matter how much you try to insert facts into the debate, you are dealing with someone that is so brainwashed that they will not and cannot be saved. Move on and save your energy for another battle.