Health care debate brings possible Howard Beale scenario

Really about the only good thing about the health care bill is that the Democrats probably signed their death warrant for 2010 and 2012.

The only thing that may save their butts there is that the Republicans offer nothing in the way of an alternative.

Remember the movie Network back in 1976? The one where the washed-up news anchorman Howard Beale starts shouting how mad he was and became the mad prophet of the airwaves? I expect to see his prophecies come true in the next few months -- already you're getting an inkling of this with the Tea Party movement -- and his famous quote will become part of the national vocabulary. If there's ny hope the United States doesn't turn into Sweden or Great Britian or something, folks like that may have part of the answer.

If you're a political watcher or news junkie, the next few years ought to be real interesting. I'm expecting more people will realize how much of our lives the federal government hopes to grab, and maybe bite back. Stranger things have happened.

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(Photo: Howard Beale is one angry individual. From the movie Network; photo from Wikipedia.)