Ooo... what the hell is going on here???

I have the live feed from the so-called health-care summit.

They just broke, because the members had to go vote on something. Really.... ????

And all I can think of is Bruno Kreisky. He was the Best.Chancellor.Ever.

He was a Socialist. And he compromised in a way that was odd to me.

The first week I was here, he came out with a law that all school-books were to be free of charge. Even for the rich.

It was the subject of discussion with my friend's family, who took me in, and made me feel at home. And I really didn't get it, not then, not now. And I thought, in my naivité, that it was WRONG. That they were supposed to help poor families kids so they could keep up with the rich ones....

But that was naive.... And these people kindly told me that you make comprimises.

I was so without a clue as to politics, and they were 'Christian Dems', of the good sort.

After listening to the suck-up stuff on the live-feed at the health-care summit today, two very famous off-the cuff-remarks of our late Chancellor came to mind. After getting the most assinine question I have ever heard, he called the opposition 'Mastdarmakrobatiker', as regards their tactics. (Lower intestinal acrobats). And so far, what I have heard, are Mastdarmakrobatiker. From the oppostion, whiners and paid idjits.

And late in his career, he got another one when he was very testy, and grouchy, and the question wasn't founded in fact? 'Lernen Sie Geschichte, juner Mann...' 'Learn your history, young man. He didn't tolerate superficiality. Everyone loved him. Mostly..

It is very interesting, to see what the people America paid to represent their 'interests' do. Because they are NOT representing their interests in most cases, but mostly their pockets.

Tja.... it is interesting. Peter wants to know what I am watching on this issue, knows that I have been very active in some ways, and it fascinates/fascinated him so far...

I never know from one day to the next what he will remember....