frequency trading and the credit casino. the same thing exists in the energy markets. the same thing exists when it comes to military defense. how can any politician, democrat or republican, look america in the face and tell them we need to cut your health care when those very same politicians are doing backroom deals with drug companies, refuse to have a public option, and are perpetuating a health insurance monopoly? you know, you do that in the wrong house and the wrong country, they ll smack you. i agree with you. but to some degree, many of your colleagues in the media are buying into this by calling pawn ryan s plan, visionary and honest and adult conversation when in fact it s really a shell game. ask owl paul rine what is going to happen with all of the people who are uninsured in his plan. ask what happens when you shift costs back to states and localities, whether it s saving money or just moving it. ask what happens when you say to individual senior citizens you re on your