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I Remember It Well

Posted by Roxanna M. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:27:38 PM
 
As recently as last year at this time, dissent was the highest form of patriotism.  Just ask anybody who was dissenting.  It was okay to call the President of the United States "Hitler".  It was okay to root against your own country by declaring a war in which it was involved "lost".  "Bush lied, people died".  Remember? 
 
Now that America has elected a new president, however, dissent is racist.  No matter what this adminstration wants to do, it is racist to be against it. 
 
It was just so sad last night to watch Marc Lamont Hill, Ph.D. (no, really) trying to explain why this is.  The desperation of this spin is transparent, about the only thing in this administration that is. 
 
For all you children on the Left, it is quite okay for me to disagree with Obama any time I want, on any subject I want.  I'm not disagreeing with him because he's black, I'm disagreeing with him because he's WRONG! 
 
He's unqualified for the position he holds.  He has absolutely no idea what he's doing.  He is showing no leadership whatsoever.  He either (1) lies on a regular basis, or (2) has no idea what he's talking about.  Never was this more evident than when he said that the Post Office - a government monopoly - was always in worse shape than either UPS or FedEx - private companies - when trying to sell his government-run health care plan.  The man must have his teleprompters to even be coherent. 
 
The man needs to go back to Chicago and quit destroying this country with his complete and utter incompetence.  There, I said it.  If you want to call me a racist, go right ahead. 
 
 
 
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A Tale of Two Headlines

Posted by Roxanna M. on Sunday, August 16, 2009 8:06:45 AM
 
"Global Warming Bill Would Cut U.S. Economic Growth"
 
"Americans Had to Work from January 1 to August 12 This Year Just to Cover Cost of Government" 
 
 
 
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Losers of the Week . . . And 1 Winner!

Posted by Roxanna M. on Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:26:05 AM
 
Harry Reid for calling protestors at townhall meetings "evilmongers".  It is now "evil" for people to exercise their Right to Freedom of Speech!?!  Shows what he thinks of the Constitution, doesn't it.  On a lighter note, Mr. Reid doesn't seem to think that what he said embarrasses his children.   What's one more thing to add to the list, right. 

And, by the way, Mr. Majority Leader has a fight on his hands come 2010.  Getting re-elected might be a little more difficult than he thought. 

Sheila Jackson Lee for taking a phone call in the middle of her townhall meeting, right after being asked a question by a cancer survivor. 

Claire McCaskill for being completely and utterly clueless - and announcing it on the air - about what has her constituents so upset.

Debbie Stabenow for claiming that "fixing" climate change is vital.  How does she know that climate change is absolutely real?  She can feel it when she flies. 

Venturing away from politics:  Paula Abdul for thinking that her rambling, often incoherent and slurry critiques on American Idol are worth $20 million a year. 

Surprisingly, we have one winner this week:  Barack Obama for letting the mask slip a little.  We are finally beginning to see the very ugly man behind that benign mask.  

The man who laughs when talking about "pulling the plug on grandma".  Since he didn't bother to see his own grandma - the woman who raised him - when she was dying, this comes as no surprise. 

The man who authorized a "snitch" program, encouraging people to turn in other people who don't agree with his grand plan to socialize health care in this country. 

The man who has not denounced the bussing in of union thugs to townhall meetings specifically for the purpose of intimidating those who are exercising their Right to Freedom of Speech. 

The man who called those who oppose illegal immigration "demagogues".

The man who parties weekly at the White House - on our dime - while people continue to lose their jobs and their homes. 

Little by little, slowly but surely, we're beginning to see the real man behind the hype.  Keep up the good work in this regard, BO, the survival of America is depending on it.
 
 
 
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Propagating Deceit

Posted by Roxanna M. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:39:45 PM
 
For awhile now, the Left has seen fit to tell us that guns are flowing like lava from America to Mexico, as though we're somehow to blame for what's going on in that country.

Let's look at the numbers. 

In testimony before Congress, William Hoover stated that Mexico submitted 11,000 guns to the ATF for tracing.  Of that 11,000, 6,000 were successfully traced.  Of those 6,000, 5,114 were found to have come from America.  OMG!  That's 85%! 

Let's take a closer look. 

According to the Mexican government, 29,000 guns were recovered at crime scenes, only 5,114 of which could be traced back to North America, i.e., 17%, which means that 83% came from somewhere else. 

So, while it may be convenient to blame America for Mexico's problems - for which I'm sure Obama will duly apologize - once again we see how the Left spins the truth to spread its lies. 
 
 
 
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This Is Why

Posted by Roxanna M. on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 2:50:38 PM
 
In a recent opinion piece for USA Today, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer had this to say about the health care debate: 
 
 
     "The first fact is that health insurance reform will mean more patient choice.  It will allow every American who likes his or her current plan to keep it.  And it will free doctors and patients to make the health decisions that make the most sense, not the most profits for insurance companies. 
 
     Reform will mean stability and peace of mind for the middle class.  Never again will medical bills drive Americans into bankruptcy; never again will Americans be in danger of losing coverage if they lose their jobs or if they become sick; never again will insurance companies be allowed to deny patients coverage because of pre-existing conditions. 
 
     Reform will mean affordable coverage for all Americans.  Our plan's cost-lowering measures include a public health insurance option to bring competitive pressure to bear on rapidly consolidating private insurers, research on health outcomes to better inform the decisions of patients and doctors, and electronic medical records to help doctors save money by working together.  For seniors, the plan closes the notorious Medicare Part D 'doughnut hole' that denies coverage to those with between $2,700 and $6,100 per year in prescriptions.  
 
     Reform will also mean higher-quality care by promoting preventive care so health problems can be addressed before they become crises. This, too, will save money.  We'll be a much healthier country if all patients can receive regular check-ups and tests, such as mammograms and diabetes exams, without paying a dime out-of-pocket." 
 
 
Without so much as batting an eye, these two shysters just flat out lied to the American public.  They are not writing the legislation.  It is highly unlikely that they will ever read the legislation.  As of right now, absolutely nobody knows what the final product is going to look like.  The only thing we know for sure, though, is that congress is planning on exempting itself from it whatever it is. 
 
They're so earnest.  They're so passionate.  They're so sincere.  How on earth could we not want this Utopia they're working so hard to give to us?
 
Well, because some of us are smart enough to know that it must stink to high heaven if they don't want any part of it.  
 
This is why congress in general and Pelosi in particular have such low approval ratings.  We are not idiots, and we do not appreciate it when we are treated as though we are.  We do not appreciate being called un-American by incompetent, elitist nitwits who just want us to sit down and shut up so they can make things worse.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Losers of the Week

Posted by Roxanna M. on Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:26:55 AM
 
1.  Barack Obama for saying, "I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking.  I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess". 
 
For the record, the health care mess is the responsibility of both parties.  When it is completely broken, as it will be if congress has its way, then the responsibility will be squarely on the back of the dimocrats, especially Barack Obama. 
 
2.  All those dimocrats who are lashing out against Americans practicing their right to Freedom of Speech. 

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for calling those protesting against the State's plan to take over health care Nazis. 

Harry Reid (D-NV) for saying "In spite of the loud, shrill voices trying to interrupt town hall meetings and just throw a monkey wrench into everything . . ." and that protestors were trying to "sabotage" the democratic process.   Apparently, Mr. Reid thinks that the "democratic" process means that democrats get whatever they want whenever they want it.   Sit down and shut up you little people.  You are nothing.  We are everything.

Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) for saying that the protestors were "un-American and disrespectful". 

Brian Baird (D-WA) for saying "What we're seeing right now is close to brownshirt tactics", as he refused to even hold townhall meetings. 
 
White House deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina for saying, ". . . we will punch back twice as hard" against the protestors.  Union thugs are being bused into townhall meetings across the country.  One man has already been beaten up in St. Louis. 
 
We all know that mob violence feeds on itself and gathers momentum.  What is going to happen when someone gets really hurt or, perhaps, even killed?  Their blood will be on the hands of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and all those who seek to inflict their tyranny on a free society. 
 
Blanche Lincoln should have paid more attention in history class.  Protest is not "un-American", it is how America became America. 
 
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     "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necesary for one people to dissolve the political bands     which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. 
 
     We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.  Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.  But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." 
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America was born of revolution.  What we are seeing now is the same spirit that made this country great.  We the People are protesting against those who have lost sight of the fact that America is supposed to be government of the people, by the people, for the people.   
 
We are protesting against those who lie to us and steal from us with impunity.  We are protesting against those who would inflict on us something that they run from themselves.  We are protesting against those who look at us with disdain and call us names.  We are protesting against those who have begun to beat us into silence.  We are protesting against those who tell us we have no right to protest.
 
Our Forefathers gave us this country, and we want it back from those who have no respect for it . . . or us.
 
 
 
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Fixing Health Care

Posted by Roxanna M. on Friday, August 07, 2009 12:23:47 PM
 
1.  Tort reform: 
 
     (a)  the patient who feels that he/she has been the victim of medical malpractice files a complaint with the Medical Board of the State. 

     (b)  the Medical Board orders the doctor/hospital/other to produce all records related to the event, with all identifying information redacted. 

     (c)  the Medical Board then submits the records to 3 specialists in the field for review.  If 2 out of the 3 say that malpractice occurred, then the case proceeds to resolution.  If 2 out of the 3 say there wasn't, then the case is over.  The doctor/hospital/other would pay all costs associated with this review.

Procedures would have to be put into place to prevent bias, i.e., is a certain specialist always going one way. 

Remember:  It is NOT lawyers who render big verdicts in medical malpractice cases.  It is juries comprised of 12 ordinary people. 

2.  No health care through employment.  This is one of the reasons that costs have gone up. 

3.  Health insurance should only be for: (1) emergencies; (2) catastrophic care; and (3) care for ongoing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.  How much would your car insurance be if you used it for routine maintenance? 

The State has greatly contributed to the increasing costs of health insurance by demanding that insurance companies cover more and more, which has given doctors carte blanche to order more and more tests, which has caused insurance companies to pay out  more money, which has greatly reduced their bottom line, forcing them to cut back on the amount paid to doctors, which has forced them to do more things and order more tests.  You can see the vicious cycle being played out here. 

4.  No insurance reimbursement for "never events".  Right now, infections are the gift that keeps on giving.  Sloppy procedures and just plain negligence are behind the rise in infections, the cost of which health care providers just pass on to insurance companies.  If you get an infection while in the hospital, then the hospital has to eat the costs of treating it.  Period.  Without insurance reimbursement, more care will be taken to make sure these kinds of things don't happen in the future.  Leave something in the patient?  You have to eat the costs of going back in to retrieve it.  Bad result?  You have to eat the cost of fixing it. 

A friend of mine died from the breast cancer the doctor who read her mammogram every year said she didn't have.  He should have been responsible for the costs of all of her follow-up treatment, including surgery and chemo. 

A friend of mine died from being given the wrong medicine. The hospital should have eaten all the costs of the treatment it rendered trying to save him. 

These are but a few examples. 

By the way, defensive medicine is largely a myth.  Tests are ordered all the time, whether they are needed or not, some just for the income they generate.  I know of so many people who have tests just because the doctor says so.   

One thing we all need to remember:  there is no money in good health.  The health care profession has a vested interested in keeping you coming in.  That's why prescriptions have exploded.  No continued prescription without seeing the doctor.  Blood pressure 120/70?  That's pre-hypertensive these days.  Better keep an eye on that.  Got diabetes?  Better come in and see me every 3 months so I can keep an eye on it.  Don't start an aspirin regime without seeing me.  Don't start an exercise routine without seeing me. 

Keep in mind that that medication you're taking today could have long term consequences down the road, for which you'll have to go see the doctor.  We're all paying the price for the practice of handing out antiobiotics like candy.  A friend of mine developed HRT-induced breast cancer, so did all of the women who were receiving radiation at the same time.  Another developed blood clots.  The number of people on antidepressants - 27 million - is approaching 10% of the general population. 

These are simple ways that may not fix the system entirely - there will always be greed, fraud, and stupidity - but they're certainly a heckuva lot better than what the witless wonders in DC are currently contemplating.
 
 
 
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Word Games

Posted by Roxanna M. on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:39:02 PM
 
I was doing a crossword puzzle this morning and enountered this clue:  Has-been politician. 
 
"Specter" was too long, and "Dodd" was too short. 
 
I was stumped.
 
 
 
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The Truth Is Coming Out

Posted by Roxanna M. on Monday, August 03, 2009 10:27:21 AM
 
2003:  "I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer, universal health care plan.  A single-payer, health care plan.  Universal health care plan.  That's what I would like to see."  Barack Obama 
 
2007:  "My commitment is to make sure that we've got universal health care for all Americans by the end of my first term as president".  Barack Obama 
 
2009:  "The public option is not your enemy.  It is your friend, I believe.  Let me also address a (sic) illegitimate concern that is being put forward by those who are claiming a public option is somehow a Trojan horse for a single-payer system."  Barack Obama
 
2009:  "I think if we get a good public option, it could lead to single payer, and that's the best way to reach single-payer."  Barney Frank (D-MA) 
 
2009:  "He was right.  The man was right".  So said Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) quoting someone from the insurance industry who said that a public option would put the private insurance industry out of business. 
 
Is it any wonder, then, that: (1) congress has exempted itself from the law it is making in this regard; (2) that constituents are shouting down their congressional reps at townhall meetings, leading at least one dimocrat congressman to stop holding townhall meetings; and (3) these posters are popping up all over Los Angeles.
 
 
 
The truth is finally coming out.  Is there still time?
 
 
 
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Liberals Really Aren't All There

Posted by Roxanna M. on Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:47:46 AM
 
In a recent speech at the Aspen Institute, Dan Rather, the man who lost his job because he allowed his dislike of President Bush to override his responsibilities as a purveyor of news, made the following statement:  "A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom.  This is not something just for journalists to be concerned about, and the loss of jobs and the loss of newspapers and the diminution of the American press' traditional role of being the watchdog on power.  This is something every citizen should be concerned about." 
 
Mr. Rather was talking about the need for Obama to establish a White House commission on public media to make recommendations on saving journalism jobs and creating new business models to keep new organizations alive. 
 
Two things. 
 
One.  Mainstream journalism, both print and air, gave up its role as "the watchdog on power".  It voluntarily relinquished that role in order to give Obama its complete and utter devotion.  The MSM wanted Obama in power, and it purposely chose not to vet him.  It chose to throw softballs at Sarah Palin, but lick the hand of Obama.  Even now, with the Obama administration and congress destroying this country at an alarming clip, mainstream journalism continues with its slobbering.
 
Two.  Hugo Chavez, Obama's idol in Venezuela, is currently shutting down radio stations.  The regime in DC nationalized GM, is attempting to nationalize health care, and claims the right to set the compensation packages of executives of private companies.  It has appointed several unappointed, unelected, unaccountable "czars" with enormous amounts of power to do its bidding.  In light of this, is Mr. Rather so clueless as to believe that the heavy hand of the State would step in to help out journalism without asking for something in return? 
 
According to a recent poll, those claiming to be conservative outnumber those claiming to be liberal by a two to one margin.  The media could return to its stated mission of government watchdog any time it wanted to by once again returning to the business of presenting the news and leaving its opinions to the appropriate sections of the paper or to segments on air.  But no, it chooses to continue on its path of "all liberal, all the time" with a token conservative here and there for "balance". 
 
And that's what Mr. Blather and his fellow travelers on the Left really want: the freedom to pursue this unfettered by such necessary things as having to raise money by offering a product that people want to buy, while at the same time silencing all those who would disagree with them. 
 
Be careful what you ask for and from whom you ask it.
 
 
 
 
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Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted by Roxanna M. on Saturday, August 01, 2009 10:29:39 AM
 
Another member of the Greatest Generation has left us.  My Uncle John Knipp passed away this week at the age of 89.  Occupying a place of prominence in his house was a large picture of himself in his Army uniform.   Even though some 50 years had passed since that picture was taken, it was easy to recognize the young man in that uniform. 

My uncle was preceded in death by his son, Michael, but survived by his wife of 58 years, Aunt Shirley, and by his children Linda, Connie, Jeffrey, and Paul, as well as by a passel of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  

Those who served in the last Great War have been called the Greatest Generation, and for good reason.  But just as we remember them, it is important not to forget those who serve today, whose accomplishments are in no way inferior to those who came before. 

The men and women who have answered this nation's call to duty have done more than any other to rid the world of bloody dictators, free the downtrodden and enslaved, and bring peace and freedom to those yearning for it, as will those who serve in the future. 

Thank God for that long, unbroken line of men and women who have been willing to put it all on the line, those who stand in harm's way so that we don't have to, for the freedom of others.  We must always be grateful for them.  We must never forget them.  We must never take them for granted.
 
 
 
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That's Rich!

Posted by Roxanna M. on Friday, July 31, 2009 11:16:33 AM
 
"It's almost immoral what they are doing.  Of course, they've been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure."  So said Nancy Pelosi of the health insurance industry. 
 
If there's a bigger example of the pot calling the kettle black, I have yet to see it. 
 
Nancy Pelosi is a top dog in one of the most freely-functioning criminal organizations in the world, i.e., the United States Congress, which has robbed and pillaged and ravaged and lied to the American people for decades. 
 
At least if I don't like what Blue Shield is doing to me, I can stop paying premiums.  I have no such privilege with what is supposed to be government of the people, by the people, for the people.  Nancy Pelosi and her merry band of thieves could raise my taxes to 100%, and I would go to jail if I tried to hold some back to put a roof over my head and food on my table. 
 
In the immortal words of someone:  Have you no shame, congresswoman, have you no shame. 
 
And the answer to that is, of course, no.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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In The Not Too Distant Future

Posted by Roxanna M. on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:49:50 PM
 
Commissioner: The proceedings of the Health Choices Commission will come to order.  Would the petitioner step forward and state his name for the record. 

Petitioner:  Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States 

Commissioner:  I see you're here today on appeal from a decision denying your request to receive medical treatment.  Is that correct? 

Petitioner:  It is. 

Commissioner:  Please state the reasons for your appeal. 

Petitioner:  I'm the President of the United States, Leader of the Free World, I need this treatment to continue in my duties.  It was wrong to deny my request for treatment.

Commissioner:  As you are no doubt aware, Congress approved, and you signed into law, a massive overhaul of the health care system in this country.  Unfortunately, Congress exempted itself from the provisions of that law, which caused no end of trouble.  Ultimately, the Supreme Court said that it was a denial of the equal protection clause of the Constitution to have one health care system for one group of people but another for another group of people.  Therefore, all people of the United States would be covered by the new system.  

When costs could not be contained, there was no choice but to institute rationing.  All care and treatment, including for emergencies, was rationed based on one simple rule:  those who took more money from the State than they paid in in taxes were denied treatment.  Since treatment had to be rationed, this was determined to be the fairest way. 

You were denied treatment because you fell into this category.  You receive a substantial salary and continue to receive royalties from the books you have written.  However, your substantial salary is paid from the State and even if you were to pay back to the State every dime you receive in income, you would still be a huge economic loss for the State.  Every time you travel, it costs the State tens of thousands of dollars.  You take from the State much, much more than you could ever put back in.  You are considered a net loss and, therefore, not eligible for treatment. 

Others in the same position as you, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, have also had their appeals denied.  Mrs. Pelosi is a huge drain on the State's resources.  Neither she or you should have wasted this Commission's time with your frivolous appeals. 

You come here today seeking preferential treatment.  You come here expecting to be exempted from what you decreed for America.  You come here today because you think you deserve the treatment that if rendered to you, would have to be denied to someone else.  You come here today because you are unhappy that what you did in search of a legacy has now turned around to bite you. 

You did what you did, Mr. Obama, and now it is your duty to live with the consequences, just like everybody else in this country.  I know this is difficult, but you must accept your circumstances.  Having read your file, I would suggest that you make all necessary atonements as soon as possible. 

Good day, Mr. Obama.  Next.
 
 
 
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It's Good To Be The King

Posted by Roxanna M. on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:45:23 AM
 
After a grueling 6 months in office - flying all around the world, apologizing for the country that put him where he is, taking the little wifey on pricey date nights, signing legislation that increases the deficit more than all his predecessors combined, nationalizing private companies, trying to nationalize health care - Obama is taking his family on a summer vacation. 
 
They have selected a site that goes for $50,000 a week, and they are planning to stay there for 2 weeks, bringing the price tag to $100,000, of which we the taxpayers will pick up two-thirds, or $67,000, and that's just room and board. What about the price of getting everyone there, which we have to pay for 100%.  And I'm sure that the Queen will have to havea 20-car convoy like she did in England and, of course, the King will have to have a motorcade to take the kiddies down to get an ice cream.
 
At a time of soaring unemployment, foreclosures, and rising prices on everything, one would think that the children in the White House could think of something besides themselves and their own instant gratification. 
 
Alas, not to be.  Not now.  Not ever.
 
 
 
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Appalling, But Not Surprising

Posted by Roxanna M. on Monday, July 27, 2009 5:09:05 PM
 
John Conyers (D-MI) has stated, laughing all the while, that he has no intention of reading the health care bill, because he would need two days to do so, and two lawyers to explain it to him.  So, he's just going to vote for it.  Why not.  It's got nothing to do with him.  Congress has exempted itself from it. 

That these people think they can massively overhaul 17% of the American economy with absolutely no consequence to themselves is unbelievable.  You see, while we're all herded into the same kind of health care that soldiers receive at Walter Reed (black mold on the walls, crumbling ceilings, rats) or at VA hospitals (exposure to AIDS and hepatitis from unclean instruments), they think that they will still be getting top flight care in pristine institutions. 

Of course, they would first have to exempt those institutions from the new system.  Certain health care providers would have to be exempt from the system in order to staff these facilities.  Provision would have to be made for the cream of the crop to get the finer training necessary to practice in these facilities.  And, of course, there would have to be armed guards to keep us little people, or the "chattering class" as Charles Schumer (D-NY) likes to call us, out of these establishments. 

The very fact that congress has exempted itself from this legislation shows unequivocally what the members think of it.   Power is addicting.  Those who have it not only want to hang on to it, they want more of it. So, do they really think they can do this and not pay a price at the ballot box?

Do they really think that when first grandma and grandpa, and then mom and dad, start dropping like flies because the nameless, faceless bureaucracy has deemed treatment too costly, it's not gonna hit the fan. 

Right now, I'm sure a lot of people are saying, "That can't happen here", just as I'm sure people in Germany said the same thing.  But, when we read that John Conyers got an MRI because he had a headache, but someone we love is in constant pain because they've been deemed not worthy for treatment, there's going to be trouble, and I don't just mean at the ballot box.

If this bill passes and is signed into law, we are going to know, without a doubt, that our so-called elected officials don't give a rat's rear end about us.  And if we keep putting these people back in office, we are going to know, without a doubt, just how stupid we really are. 
 
 
 
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