...and in that world resided the kingdom of the White House

Years ago Ms. Cathy Hughes, owner and CEO of Radio One and TV One, always told us listeners writing letters to newspapers, various companies and organizations represented the feelings of 500 people. I do not know how comments on website postings are calculated but there has to be a relationship. In this masterfully written "exposé" authored by Paul Blumenthal, as I write there are 3,406 comments.

In my opinion this information regarding the HealthCare Reform Bill is not going un-noticed at ballot boxes in November and in the meanwhile I suspect it will elicit further cries of fowl play from the “We don’t play that shit!” pitch fork and torch totting villagers. The Obama administration was wise to have given the bill an un-determined amount of bed rest.

My primary concerns now are questions as to how much of the shenanigans coming from the White House represents the true character of Pres. Obama. No one can hide being that deceitful for long periods of time and yet I wonder as I wander….

The Legacy of Billy Tauzin: The White House-PhRMA Deal
By Paul Blumenthal
Excerpt:
Over the following months, pharmaceutical industry lobbyists and executives met with top White House aides dozens of times to hammer out a deal that would secure industry support for the administration's health care reform agenda in exchange for the White House abandoning key elements of the president's promises to reform the pharmaceutical industry. They flooded Congress with campaign contributions, and hired dozens of former Capitol Hill insiders to push their case. How they did it--pieced together from news accounts, disclosure forms including lobbying reports and Federal Election Commission records, White House visitor logs and the schedule Sen. Max Baucus releases voluntarily--is a testament to how ingrained the grip of special interests remains in Washington.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-blumenthal/the-legacy-of-billy-tauzi_b_460358.html

As always,
BB