As the mother of five-year-old twins in a small town not too far from New York city, yesterday's events in Newtown hit close to home -- literally and figuratively. It's hard to imagine the depths of shock, sorrow and anguish rippling throughout our community in the wake of yesterday's hideous crime.
It is a terrible, terrible thing to be reminded, once again, of how powerful, how senseless and how ugly the face of evil can seem. It is terrible even to have to acknowledge that such evil exists in the world. But it does, and there's no use in...











I live in Missouri, and worked in the state House of Representatives for three years. One of my first experiences was watching the Republican assembly deny 40,000 kids healthcare at no cost to the state (it was going to be picked up by the hospitals) in a deal negotiated by a Democratic governor. Their response was that they didn't want people to "rely" on government. Yeah, sick kids are lazy...
And there are consequences when too many people "rely" on government. Actually they just expect government to care for them. Kids are always used as an excuse. I mean you have to be honest.
They are evn making excuses for criminal behavior - I see it in the schools - giving kids essay questions - where they say - take a stand - a man robbed a store to feed his family - was he wrong???
I tell those kids - YES ! He was wrong - but you liberals excuse it cause he was feeding his family. You guys created a mess.
Who ultimately would pay for that health care? Hint it wouldn't be the hospitals. Ultimately the citizens of Missouri would through higher health care bills passed on to them. Another thing you libs never learn is TANSTAAFL.
Except its fundamentally untrue because it was going to be picked up by the private hospitals association as part of a big package deal.
Why do you assume you know more than this simply because you're a conservative. That's the problem. I'm talking about something about which I have first hand knowledge and you still think you know more about it. Only a conservative could be that arrogant. Unbelievable.