@thanatokephaloides
the internet and twitter. Mostly they are not peaceful, but violent to a degree. So, I would say, if someone tells you, one needs a revolution, that is a rhetorical device. Do you really want a revolution on the streets? I would hide in my private bunker in the hinterlands, if it should come to this. With all the guns and bombs and mind manipulation techniques, no way.

Personally, I am glad he never went the asshole route. Don't we have enough of those already?

Bernie was correct when he said we needed a revolution. He was working towards a peaceful one through the political system.

Unfortunately, Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) spoke the truth when he said: "A revolution is not a tea party". One must break eggs to make that sort of omelet.

And Bernie was too nice to his opponents to do that.

@MsDidi @MsDidi

but, as I've posted numerous times, he's worked to elect both John Kerry and Terry McAuliffe--so, sorta leery of his progressive credentials.

Good luck!

[Edited: Sorry! Ms--not Miss-Didi! ]

Mollie

THANK YOU America's Physicians & Nurses, All Medical Personnel, First Responders, To Include Medical (EMT/Paramedics/Ambulance), Pharmacy Personnel, Fire Depts, Police Depts, Retailers/Grocers--Especially, To Marginally-Paid Frontline Retail Cashiers & Clerks.

Last, but not least,

THANKS to America's Truckers/Delivery Persons, Especially, To Over-The-Road/Long Haul Truckers Who Obviously Have The Capacity To Shut Down The Entire Country, If They Were To Choose To Sit Out The Current Public Health Crisis, In Order To Protect Their Own.

You are all truly heroes.

Godspeed.

FYI

From the website Concierge Medicine Today,

Concierge Care for Congress: Attending Physician of the United States Congress

July 15, 2014

OAP provides members of Congress with physicals and routine examinations, on-site X-rays and lab work, physical therapy and referrals to medical specialists from military hospitals and private medical practices. When specialists are needed, they are brought to the Capitol, often at no charge to members of Congress.[4]

Members of Congress do not pay for the individual services they receive at the OAP, nor do they submit claims through their federal employee health insurance policies. Instead, as of 2009, members pay a flat, annual fee of $503 for all the care they receive. The rest of the cost of their care is paid for by federal funding, from the U.S. Navy budget. The annual fee has not changed significantly since 1992.[4]

and,

Yearly Fee

One aspect of the office’s operations which remains unclear is just how the annual $503 fee is determined.

Until 1992, OAP services were free to members of Congress. But after former Sen. Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania angered members by introducing a bill to make Congress members pay market rate prices for using the OAP, a compromise was reached.

Instead of charging for each service, Wofford said, members of the House and Senate agreed to hire independent consultants to determine the average value of the services offered and to use that amount to determine an annual fee.
“We thought of the pricing much like an HMO,” Wofford said of the compromise pricing model. “The attending physician at the time told me he had no interest in handling insurance or billing for each service available.”

But Wofford said the House and Senate committees tasked with determining the fee each insisted on hiring their own consultants, leading to a split pricing system. According to press accounts from 1992, the Senate set the fee at $520; the House fee was set at $263 for the same care. At some point, sources say, the separate rates were scrapped and replaced with the single fee, now set at $503.

The Office of the Attending Physician refused to comment on the fee or why it has not changed significantly in 17 years, despite rampant inflation in all other areas of health care costs.

Anderson refused repeated requests for the Committee on House Administration to provide details of how the rate is determined or who determines it.

“Members pay an annual fee determined by an independent actuary for use of the OAP services,” Anderson responded each time he was asked about the pricing model.

Gotta put an end to this Congressional Perk, if we hope to ever have a decent healthcare program.

IOW, our lawmakers' current excellent OAP healthcare program allows them to be exempt from any austerity/managed care tools that they seek to impose on the masses, as evidenced by several Dem Party MFA/public option proposals

Nick Brana has been trying to organize a People's Party and is now begining in earnest to hold national calls. Does anyone have a point of view on this effort? I want to work to build a 3rd party for progressives. Don't need anyone to prove for more than a 3rd time that the Democratic Party can not be reformed or taken over from within. In addition to the serious charges already enumerated, their candidate -- ala Trump -- has called voters fat and "dog-faced pony soldiers."