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The Shackles of Government Health Care

 
The truly disgusting thing yesterday wasn't watching congress take the first step towards reinstituting slavery in America.  The truly disgusting thing was to watch dimocrat congressmen - those who had not written the bill, had not read the bill, and who had taken steps to protect themselves from the bill - stand there and proclaim how wonderful it is going to be. Never in history have we been lied to so blatantly.  Never in history have our elected officials demonstrated quite so clearly that they are completely and utterly without worth.
 
I am not one of those who extols health care in America.  I have watched friends die because of medical malpractice.  I speak out long and loud about the butchers in white coats who kill some 3,000+ people a week and then gripe about the high cost of malpractice insurance.  
 
But yesterday, dimocrat morons took the first step toward making a bad system worse.  Government will determine what procedures doctors can do and what they will get paid.  Insurers will be shielded from the consequences of their decisions.  No MRI for you.  Brain tumor?  Death?  Shielded.  Why bother doing the right thing when there's no consequence for doing the wrong thing, especially when doing the wrong thing saves money.
 
Why bother going to medical school - incurring huge debt - when you're never going to be able to pay it back.  Ability is out, diversity is in.  We're not going to have the best health care providers, we're going to have the right "color" mix. 
 
For the first time in the history of this once great nation, Americans can go to prison if they don't buy what the government tells them they have to buy.  Let that sink in a minute.  The truly insidious thing about this is that there's no way out.  Electric bill too high?  Cut back.  Grocery bill too high?  Cut back.  Gasoline bill too high?  Cut back.  Health insurance too high?  Too bad.  There is absolutely nothing you will be able to do about it and still live in America. 
 
The government cannot do anything right.  Once the State has its claws in health care, there's nowhere to go but down.  Health care will get worse and worse, and the costs will go up and up.  And you will pay that price or you will go to prison. 
 
Generations of Americans have fought and died for freedom.  All of their deaths have been in vain because we are no longer free.  We're slaves on the plantation formerly known as America. 
 
 
 
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So, This Is What We've Come To

 
According to the report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on November 2, the health care "reform" bill that Nancy Pelosi is so desperately trying to pass provides that:
 
(1)  a person earning $44,000 - before taxes - will have to pay a $5,300 premium AND still be responsible for another $2,000 out-of-pocket.   

(2)  a family earning $102,100 - before taxes - will have to pay a $15,000 premium AND still be responsible for another $5,300 out-of-pocket. 

To help pay for this new plan, about $500 billion is going to be taken from Medicare, which is going broke.  So, basically, the idiots in charge of this country are going to rob Peter to pay Paul, even though Peter is broke.

We must enroll in a "qualified plan" now, even though it won't be until 18 months after the bill is signed into law that the Secretary of Health and Human Services - most likely exempt from this horror - will decide what constitutes a "qualified plan".  Better not need a doctor for a year and a half because nobody will know what's covered and what isn't.

When you file your taxes, you must provide proof that you are covered by a "qualified" plan or you will be fined.  Unless, of course, you're an illegal alien, in which case nothing really changes.  You'll still get free health care courtesy of the citizens of this country, until such time as we're all broke.

Reimbursement to health care providers will be based on what it costs in the lowest cost regions of the country.  So, Dr. So-and-So in San Francisco is going to receive the same amount as Dr. So-and-So in Podunk.  We will have to settle for a nurse practitioner instead of a doctor for primary care.  And hospice patients get no doctors at all, just physician assistants. 

Billions of dollars are going to be directed to:
 
(1)  "community entities" that have "documented community activity and experience with community healthcare workers" to "educate, guide, and provide experiential learning opportunities" so that "each community health worker program receiving funds under the grant will provide services in the cultural context most appropriate for the individual served by the program"; 

(2)  grants that establish racial and ethnic preferences for training nurses and creating secondary-school health science programs, i.e., grants for nursing schools should "give preference to programs that provide for improving the diversity of new nurse graduates to reflect changes in the demographics of the patient population" and secondary-school grants should go to schools "graduating students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities".  In other words, ability and skill are no longer required.  You just have to be the right color.

Also tucked away in this so-called health care "reform" bill is the provision that if you don't buy insurance, you go to prison.  And, there's also a hefty fine of $250,000. 

So, this is government of the people, by the people, for the people. 
 
 
 
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Unbroken String of Failures

 
The government established the Post Office - a legal monopoly - in 1775.  It's broke. 
 
The government established Social Security in 1935.  It's broke. 
 
The government established Fannie Mae in 1938.  It's broke. 
 
The government established Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.  They're broke. 
 
The government established Freddie Mac in 1970.  It's broke. 
 
The government established Cash for Clunkers in 2009.  It went broke within 2 weeks. 
 
The government started a War on Poverty in 1964.  Trillions of dollars later, why are there still poor people in America? 
 
The government destroys everything it touches.  Now it wants to "fix" health care and the climate. 
 
God help us all.
 
 
 
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Don't Mean A Dang Thing

 
That's the position of big 'D' democrats on yesterday's elections, and they're sticking to it.  These elections were so meaningless, in fact, that Obama didn't even watch the results.  Yea, right.  He didn't know about the tea parties, either.  (If you believe either of these statements, give me a call.  I've got a bridge I'm trying to sell.)
 
We all know that if Corzine (NJ) and Deeds (VA) had won, there would have been no end to the spin.  These elections would have been called a resounding endorsement of Obama and all he is trying to accomplish.  But, they lost, so, ho-hum.  No biggie.
 
Psst . . . all you mouthpieces might want to stop spinning and pay attention.  Independents, who went left in 2008, went right last night - in droves.  There were three elections in Virginia - governor, lt. governor, attorney general - and the Republicans simply crushed the democrats in all three.  When McDonnell (R-winner) last faced Deeds (D-loser), it was for attorney general.  McDonnell beat Deeds by 323 votes.  The margin last night - 320,000. 
 
Even in New York, where the democrat won, here's the breakdown:  Owens (D):  49%.  Hoffman (an admitted conservative, Ronald Reagan Republican):  46%.  Scozzafava (moderate R):  6%.  What do you get when you add these numbers up?  Democrat:  49%, Republican:  52%. 
 
Some commentator, before all of the results were even in, said that the 1900-page health care bill in the House was now "pulp".  Harry Reid came forward to say that there might not be any vote on health care "reform" before the end of the year.  Sorry, Obama.
 
There were other elections as well.  Maine became the 31st consecutive state to say NO to gay marriage.  Recently-elected democrats in the various states that were holding election, saw their districts, which went for Obama in 2008, go Republican.   
 
Rep. Bart Stupak, a pro-life democrat (yes, there are some) from Michigan has stated that he has 40-plus democrats who will not vote for any health care bill that includes federal funding for abortion.  If all Republicans join with these democrats (a BIG if), any bill will be defeated.  Think he might have even more this morning?  (As an aside, cap-and-tax doesn't appear to be going anywhere, either.)
 
Gallup has just released a poll showing that Republicans would take back the House if elections were held now and not 2010.  Unemployment is expected to remain high, which means next year at this time there are going to be a lot of people who have used up their unemployment benefits. 
 
Also in the Gallup poll was this little tidbit:  Obama's approval rating is down to 50%, which is one point lower than it was last week. 
 
Bottom line is this:  those in office want to stay in office.  If that means that democrats have to desert Obama, Reid, and Pelosi, they will do so.  And, even Reid and Pelosi will desert Obama if they have to. 
 
Which just proves the old adage:  if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.
 
 
 
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Slaughter of the Innocents

 
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is reporting that 114 children (those under the age of 18) have died from H1N1 - swine flu - since April. 
 
According to the CDC and the Guttmacher Institute, based on data from 2005 (the most recent year for which data is available), between 2,247 and 3,305 babies are aborted every day. 
 
So, during the same period of time that 114 children died from swine flu, some 480,858-707,270 died from abortion. 
 
Which is the bigger killer? 
 
The CDC is also reporting that abortion kills more black Americans than the seven leading causes of death combined.  As a group, blacks are the most solid, dependable bloc of votes democrats have.  So why, then, is the democrat party the biggest promoter of abortion?  Why did the black man in the White House campaign on the promise of making abortion - at any time, for any reason - the law of the land in all 50 (57) states?
 
 
 
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Yes He Did

 
In his most recent column in the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson stated that Barack Obama did not want to be or ask to be a "war president". 

Yes he did. 

He raised, by hook or by crook, millions of dollars so he could go from state to state (57 of them, remember) to ask people to vote for him.  Wasn't he aware that there were two wars going on?  It was in all the papers.  It's really quite ridiculous for anybody to say that he didn't ask for this.

And, by the way, it's long past time for him and the other members of his adminstration to quit saying they "inherited" all the problems facing this nation.  They actively sought the positions they hold.  Nobody forced them.  They need to shut their yaps and do their jobs.  If they're not up to it, then they should quit.

But the time for griping and pointing fingers is over.  We're sick of it.
 
 
 
 
 
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Bassackwards

 
Congress thinks it has the power to force Americans to buy health insurance.  Such a provision is in every health care "reform" billl now brewing in the fetid stewpot of DC.  When asked if it has such power under the Constitution - a perfectly good question, all things considered - Nancy-deer-in-the-headlights-Pelosi summed up congress' position when she said, "Are you serious?  Are you serious?" 
 
Now WH mouthpiece Gibbs has weighed in with the comment that those who ask such questions don't have any federal cases to back up their belief that such a move would be unconstitutional. 
 
Would now be a good time to mention that those who think they have the constitutional right to do this don't have any federal cases on their side either?
 
 
 
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Get Off the Golf Course and Get Back to Work

 
Candidate Obama had this to say in August 2008: 
 
"When John McCain said we could just 'muddle through' in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights.  John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the gates of hell, but he won't even go to the cave where he lives . . . I will . . . finish the fight against al Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan.  "
 
Words, just words.  It has now been more than 2 months since the commander in Afghanistan asked for more troops.  During that time, frat boy Obama has partied down - at least once a week, on our dime - at the White House.  Attended fundraisers.  Given his dog a birthday party.  And, despite all of these pressing duties, managed to play more golf in 9 months than GWB played in 34. 
 
This is today's headline:  While Obama Mulls Troop Decision, Taliban Attacks Grow Bolder
 
Obviously, the taliban has done the same thing I have:  taken the measure of Obama and found him wanting.
 
 
 
 
 
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Losers of the Week

 
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for agreeing to work with Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) to get the cap-and-tax bill passed in the senate. 

Nancy Pelosi (D) and Steny Hoyer (D) in the house and Patrick Leahy (D) in the senate for declaring that congress can do anything it wants, whenever it wants. 

Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, for saying:  "We do not today, nor will we ever, accept a North Korea with nuclear weapons".  Yo Bob, North Korea already has nuclear weapons.  It was in all the papers. 

Barack Obama (D) for deciding to bring Gitmo detainees to America for trial, once again treating terrorism as nothing more then a law enforcement matter.  Such stupidity led to 9/11.  The next one could involve WMD.
 
 
 
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Grow Up!

 
Dimocrats control congress.  Just one of the many sad facts of life.  What this means is that every congressional committee has more dimocrats than Republicans and the chair of every committee is a dimocrat.  For all intents and purposes, dimocrats are calling all the shots. 
 
One House committee is looking into the Countrywide scandal.  The one where Countrywide was giving sweetheart deals and campaign cash to members of congress, who then looked the other way while the economy was crumbling. 
 
Well, apparently, the Republicans on the committee are giving dimocrats heartburn.  At one meeting of the committee, dimocrats were filmed exiting through a back entrance.  At another, they simply locked the Republicans out of the room.  Let that sink in for a moment.  The House of Representatives of the United States of America:  Republicans Not Welcome! 
 
Is adolescent a big enough word to cover this?  Outrageous?
 
We  really shouldn't be surprised by these juvenile antics.  After all, just look at what the White House is doing.  Obama, you know, The One the whole world was waiting for, has picked a fight with Fox News.  Recently,  Obama said he wouldn't make one of his (unelected, unaccountable) czars available for press questioning if Fox was going to be there.  To their credit, every other network said they wouldn't participate if Fox was excluded. 
 
Let that sink in for a moment.  The President of the United States, Leader of the Free World, stomped his well-shod foot and said Waaaaaaaaa.  Fox News is mean to me, and I'm not going to let them play and I don't want any of the rest of you to let them play either.  Waaaaaaa! 
 
We are fighting two wars.  Our economy is the worst in decades.  Unemployment is climbing towards 10%.  North Korea is a nuclear threat.  Pakistan is a nuclear threat.  Iran wants to be a nuclear threat.  And we've got an irresponsible, inexperienced, immature slacker of a frat boy in the White House waging war against a network that has the temerity to not kiss his behind. 
 
Reducing the stature of the Presidency of the United States bit-by-bit every day.  Just one more thing we have to thank the democrats for.
 
 
 
 
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Who Says We Can't?

 
Picking up where Steny Hoyer left off, Sen. Patrick Leady (D-VT) - who, you will remember, once breached national security by giving documents to a magazine to publish - said that, of course, congress has authority to force Americans to purchase health insurance.  Here's the play-by-play: 
 
Reporter:  "Where, in your opinion, does the Constitution give specific autority for congress to give an individual mandate for health insurance?" 
 
Leahy:  "We have plenty of authority.  Are you saying there is no authority?" 
 
Reporter:  "I'm asking . . ." 
 
Leahy:  "Why would you say there is no authority?  I mean, there's no question there's authority.  Nobody questions that."
 
Don't look now, Mr. Leahy, but someone was just questioning your authority to do what you intend to do.  Weren't you listening? 
 
Probably not.  Haven't done so before.  No need to start now.
 
 
 
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Dictators in DC

 
Well, it's official.  Government of the people, by the people, for the people is dead. 

Article I, Section 8,  of the Constitution states that congress has the power to, among other things, ". . . provide for the . . . general welfare of the United States." 

Steny Hoyer (D-MD), number 2 (how appropriate) in the House, thinks that this gives congress the right to require Americans to buy health insurance (a feature of every health care "reform" bill currently percolating in congress) because: "Well, in promoting the general welfare, the Constitution obviously gives broad authority to Congress to effect that end.  The end that we're trying to effect is to make health care affordable, so I think clearly this is within our constitutional responsibility." 

When asked if there was any limit to what congress could or couldn't force Americans to purchase, he said:  "I'm sure the [Supreme] Court will find a limit." 

In other words, Mr. Hoyer is of the opinion that congress can do whatever it wants, whenever it wants, until such time as a co-equal branch of the government tells it it can't.  

Government by legislative fiat by those whose egos will always far (far, far) outweigh their abilities is not what our Founding Fathers and members of every succeeding generation have fought and died for. 

Mr. Hoyer's statement are completely and utterly disgraceful.
 
 
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If . . .

 
If George W. Bush had scheduled more prime time press conferences in 8 months than his predecessor had scheduled in 8 years, what would the Left have said?
 
If George W. Bush had been the first president to need a teleprompter to get through a press conference, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush, during a time of economic crisis, had spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to take his wife to a play in The Big Apple or pizza in Chicago, what would the Left had said?
 
If George W. Bush had thrown parties every week at the White House, while millions of Americans were out of work and losing their homes, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had taken vacations every couple of weeks, including one on pricey Martha's Vineyard, what would the Left have said?
 
If George W. Bush had taken over GM and ordered the firing of its CEO, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, what would the Left have said?
 
If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of Special Olympians, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had given British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive DVDs that wouldn't even play on his DVD player, after having been given a thoughtful and special gift, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing his speeches, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, and then denied it, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had kissed the dictator of Venezuela, what would the Left have said?
 
If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had given the OK to Air Force One flying low over downtown Manhattan just to get new pictures, causing widespread panic because the entire thing was kept secret, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had failed to visit or send relief aid to victims of weather throughout the midwest,  even though more Americans had died or been left homeless than as a result of Hurricane Katrina, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had appointed several "czars", who have enormous power and are completely unaccountable to Congress or the American people, answering only to him, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had increased the national debt by a sum larger than all presidents before him put together, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had then said he was going to make the debt even larger in the coming decade, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had talked only once in 9 months with the commander in Iraq, what would the Left have said? 
 
If George W. Bush had spent weeks hesitating to send in troops as requested by the commander on the ground, what would the Left have said?
 
If George W. Bush had spent the first months of his presidency still acting like a candidate, what would the Left have said? 
 
 
 
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Loser of the Week

 
Anita Dunn, White House communications director, recently had this to say:  "What I think is fair to say about Fox - and certainly it's the way we  view it - is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party." 
 
Let's see.  The democrat party has ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and PBS.  It also has The New York Times and just about every major newspaper in the United States. 
 
And they're whining about Fox.  Maybe because everyone is watching it.
 
 
 
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I Participated In A Poll Today

 
The question was:  What do you consider the single biggest threat to America today? 

After reading the listed answers, I checked on the "Other" box and typed in BARACK OBAMA.
 
 
 
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