“It’s not that I don’t expect much good to come out of the health care summit, but … whoa, what am I saying?  I expect nothing good to come out of it,”  Juanita says arriving late to the salon this morning.

Thelma had opened the doors and made coffee and now she stands waiting for Juanita so she can say, “if I’m expected to unlock the door and make coffee, I need a raise.”  And Juanita will reply, “Thelma Sue Frontage, I pay you to do nothing else the whole rest of the day every day.  Talk to the hairbrush, girl.”  It happens every morning.

Juanita stayed up late last night reading this stuff.

Washington, D.C. – On the eve of President Obama’s health care reform summit, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released data showing that since 2005, health care special interests have invested at least $28 million in the campaigns of House and Senate leaders, chairs and ranking members of committees with primary jurisdiction over health care legislation. Additionally, President Obama received over $18.6 million during his presidential campaign.

“All of them,” she reports, “every single stinkin’ one of them.  And that explains why the majority of the American people want single payer but we won’t get it.”

“It is my belief that at the end of  this summit and the only it’ll be good for is crabbait,” she predicts.  “I truly hope someone has the courage to prove me wrong.”

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