Great editorial by Bill Maher slamming Pres. Obama's weakness to appease all

Don't you just love the nonsensical rants Republicans have made recently on health care reform? Here's one I love: We don't want a government bureaucrat getting in the way of a patient and his doctor. Personally, you can fill the room with bureaucrats and while we're at it, you can even have them watch if my doctor uses a surgical instrument to go up my anus. All I care about is that bill I pay at the cashier counter.

You know, I talked with an elderly friend of mine yesterday. He's a self-described Truman Democrat who told me about his recent visit to his doctor. The doctor was incensed that a little money might be taken out of his pocket if this country adopts a government public option plan. This doctor earns about $6 million a year and complained about how much he had to pay for his facility. Tough shit. In many industrialized countries, it's illegal to practice medicine for profit. So, do you want your care provided by someone who is in the profession for the paycheck or someone who truly loves the practice of healing the sick?

This is another unavoidable truth Obama should address and those doctors in the AMA union, think and act just like my elderly friend's doctor. Currently, we're not seeing that aggressive push a majority of Americans are desperately seeking. The longer this push stalls, the more unlikely this will pass Congress.

The banks are another huge problem. I'd love to see the tax money I've paid along with all of you going into real change: firing every son-of-a-bitch in upper management who screwed all of us and their employees. Take Merrill Lynch as an example. They worked the shit out of their employees -- extremely long hours, minimal pay, and gave them a pink slip with minimum compensation. In the meantime, these top execs. walked away with millions before selling off to Bank of America.

Here's Bill Maher's New Rules segment from last Friday's show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVl_oix5MTQ