I have been on DU for almost nine years now.

[Jarqui]

55. It was weird - particularly without explanation.

But after the hacking and now finding out what was going on with the Russians, that could lead to some messed up, hunkering down decisions. Daily Kos had some weird stuff going on too. Mods heads would be spinning under that kind of attack. So I'm not bitter. I just wish someone would have discussed it with me. They would have found out I'm on the same side and have been my entire life.

I've transcended to a place where I think many in the upper echelons of the GOP are evil. 9/11 was one of the most horrific events I've witnessed. The shooting in Las Vegas last night another horrific event. But my fear for the number who will die every year without healthcare because of the evil folks at the top of the GOP is greater. It's not like the genocide of Auschwitz in that you cannot see where the folks are getting gassed and piles of bones and scrawny dead bodies. And the numbers pale in comparison to what the Germans did. But I do feel that snatching healthcare away from millions of Americans is a form of genocide that will kill 1,000 Americans annually for every million who lose their healthcare (according to the studies).

Recently, Chips was allowed to elapse knocking 9 million children off healthcare. The death rates for children without healthcare are probably lower but if they go forward with their actions, thousands of American children will die. I may not be Hillary's biggest fan but I know she supported this program and would never have let this happen - no Dem would.

The nation will morn the 50 or more slaughtered in Las Vegas and the news media will be consumed by it, while on the back pages, these assholes are letting children die quietly where few will notice as they cannot be easily shown on national TV because we have to jump to reacting to Trump's latest stupid tweets.

To me, the healthcare debate has always been this: how many Americans will the GOP approach to healthcare kill? These people don't even get a death panel or the death panel they're getting are the GOP legislators in Congress and the White House.

Sorry. Off topic rant.