Daily Archives: June 29, 2009

Jonathan Zasloff’s Love Note to the DSCC–Public (Health Care) Option

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Zasloff is a UCLA Law Professor who contributes to the public policy blog, SameFacts (The Reality-Based Community).

On 23 June 2009, Zasloff posted My love note to the DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee). It makes a lot of sense to me and to friends to whom I forwarded it.  Zasloff’s post says, in part,

“This morning I got an e-mail from Claire McCaskill (theoretically), asking for my contribution to the DSCC. It was pretty boilerplate, but on health care, it was truly nauseating, refusing to endorse anything but “health care choices”.

“I don’t know whether anyone reads the responses, but here is what I wrote back:

‘I have been a contributor to the DSCC for years, but until and unless the Democratic Caucus strongly endorses an effective public option in health care reform, the DSCC will never again see a penny of my money. I see no reason to give to a caucus that consistently subverts the will of the overwhelming majority of Americans who want a strong public option. I hope very much that I shall be able to contribute to the DSCC in the future, and am waiting for the Caucus’ actions in this regard.’

“… Every single fundraising e-mail and call over the next several weeks should be given this response. No money unless there is a strong public option. Period.

“A fundraiser called me last night, and I told him the same thing. No public option, no money. End of story.

“Every Democratic incumbent that contacts you should get the same line.

“Every single call. Every single time.”

North Korea and the Cat

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Follow this link to the story North Korea Threatens To Wipe Out The U.S. “Once And For All”.

In response to this story, I posted the following comment:

Reminds me of my cat when she wants attention in the morning.

1. Meow loudly and repeatedly

2. Jump up on the bed.

3. Walk on my face.

4. Jump up on the bureau.

5. Start knocking glass objects onto the floor.

When this cat wants attention, she will keep escalating until she gets it. It’s merely a question of how much I want broken before I give her the attention that she wants.

Can we give this guy a little attention before we have to blast him off the Korean peninsula along with all his innocent subjects?

My comment generated quite a few reposnses.  One of the most intriguing comments was:

Could be worse. Have you seen “Simon’s Cat”?

I couldn’t help going to Google to try to find out what this comment meant.

I found Simon’s Cat on YouTube.  Here is the video, titled “Let me in”,  that is most relevant to my post.  Oh, wait, this one’s better – Simon’s Cat ‘TV Dinner’.  Hold on, maybe this is the one – Simon’s Cat ‘Cat Man Do’.