ObjectDesktop Reform

don't forget it's "Historic"

*gags*

Because something's wrong, and they have to do something about it?

Reform means a fundamental change in the general paradigm of a specific organisational sector. You effectively re-form the thing.

Is it just me or did you miss the point all together? It's not why it's called reform, it's why it's called reform when it isn't. You see, reform would indicate a change from bad to good but as we can all see today's use of the word reform is not for the better, otherwise Obama would not be offering to settle for a scaled back version of this Healthcare bill.

Malform too.

http://soviet-overlords.joeuser.com/article/374196/What_is_in_a_name

People have discovered that people are naive, trusting fools... you just need to frame something the right way to gain instant support.

This is why the american "creationist" movement have renamed themselves "intelligence design" and later "scientific critique"... (see the book "of people and pandas", the book on which the movement is based and the 3 crazy leaders of the movement. the book has had several editions where the term creationism was simply replaced with intelligent design).

Who in their right mind could ever oppose "scientific critique". after all, isn't that what science is all about?

Likewise, the tyrannical communist party calls itself the liberal (like liberty) democrat (like democracy) party. And calls their bills of pure unadulterated evil "(something) reform".

Similar things happen in the tech industry where they try to pass off "big brother" technology by constantly renaming it into more benign names (ex: trusted computing -> digital manners), and renaming the congressional bills they have bribed politicians to introduce to force the inclusion of said big brother chips in every machine.

Something I am all for is "healthcare reform", but the current bills in congress under that name are about health INSURANCEnationalization, not health CARE reform. The reforms we need include undoing a great deal of damage done by the tyrannical communist party of america of the past few decades... most of the problems with healthcare and health insurance stem from stupid government laws.

It is odd how people are so keen on latching on to a name with full unadulterated trust. Criminals should start calling themselves "volunteers"... who could possibly convict someone of the crime of "volunteering at the homeless shelter" (aka murdering homeless people).

Leauki

I need to link your liberal dictionary in that article

Too easy, they saw how unpopular it was when the Democrats tried it under Clinton. In case you didn't know, only 20% of Americans consider themselves as liberals and go for these massive entitlement programs. Just because you saw people cheer for it at Obama campaign rallies doesn't mean that's what most people want. People don't go to rap concerts if they don't like rap. What you saw were Obama ideologues and curious onlookers cheering him on. That, plus a little distraction called 9/11 played a role.

But let's put the question back on you, why didn't Democrats pass HC in the time prior to the last republican controlled congress? Democrats had control of the House from 1955 - 1995 (uninterrupted) and the Senate from 1955 - 1994 (with break from 1981 -  1987). I guess 40 years of House and 34 years of Senate control was not enough time for them. But they did get abortion!

Pretty easy when you're looking in from the outside, wouldn't you say?

This is laughable, But not unexpected.  Cykomyr after all is not an american (just 2nd best being an Aussie).  But if you were here and had to go through the 4 years republicans had control (they did not have it from 2001-2002 as democrats controlled the senate, and did not have it after 2006), you would have read daily how when republicans tried to "reform" social security (an existing program) that is going bankrupt, they were vilified and sabotaged at every corner by the very liberals that want to change (not reform - again you miss the mark on why reform) health insurance.  I for one am under the (apparent mistaken) belief that before you take on mountains of new obligations, you fulfill the ones you already have.  No democrat has ever done that with Social Security OR Medicare (the current version of what you Aussies call Socialized medicine).

Both are going bankrupt, and now, medicare is being abandoned by major hospitals because of its inefficiency, fraud, waste and malfeasance.  And you wonder why Americans dont want the same to happen to the rest of their health insurance?

I can never tell Canucks from Aussies.  They all look alike to me.

I apologize to Cikomyr for my mis-representation of his nationality.  Ok, 3rd best then.

its called http://www.blowoutcongress.com/ adventure-dude

I dont either (or Aussie politics), but I do like to watch.  It is second only to the NFL for a spectator sport!