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So Much for a REPRESENTATIVE Government

March 18, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Communism, Death Care, Democrat Corruption, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, The Wicked Witch of the West, U.S. House, US Senate, United States Constitution, socialism View Comments

The US House today released the text of their Death Care Reconciliation bill which assumes the Senates Death Care bill was passed. This is the Slaughter rule in action.

By releasing this text, SanFran Nan and her lackey Steny Hoyer are making a unilateral decision to create a law in spite of the wishes of 73% of the American people who do not want this bill to become law. Pelosi and Hoyer, with the help of Louise Slaughter, are passing legislation that an estimated 217 members of the House would vote “NO” on.

The bill they are about to deem passed cannot pass the Senate today. Add to that the fact that it won’t be voted on in the House. The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that each House MUST pass the same language of a bill to comply with Article I Section 7.[1] What about each House MUST pass the same language does the Speaker and her cohorts not understand?

In a sense, their joint contempt for and perversion of the legislative process of this country is putting us on the verge of a dictatorial system where a President (in this case Emperor Obama) and a couple of minions in key positions (Pelosi and Reid) can in a sense ignore the Will of the People and do whatever they want. Why must Death Care pass? Because Obama wants it to pass. No other real reason. 85% of Americans like the health care plan they have now but Obamacare will likely put an end to that health care.

To this point, I’ve referred to Barack Obama as “The Emperor” in jest. But as of now it is no longer funny it is a very scary reality. His is assuming Imperial power with the aid of Nancy Pelosi, Steney Hoyer, and Harry Reid – The Emperor and his Legislative Jesters. He does have an interesting looking Court doesn’t he?

Assuming this thing goes forward on Sunday, expect several lawsuits to be filed on Monday challenging the Constitutionality of the procedure used to “pass” the Death Care bill. Once a federal court, any federal court, agrees to hear the case, the whole mess goes on hold. As I’ve said before, it could take YEARS for a final ruling.

To make a legitimate attempt at repeal, the Congress will need to shift power and there must be a 2/3rds majority in support of repeal to survive an Imperial veto. [Note: I did not strike out Imperial because that is in fact what it is at this point]

Relying on a 2/3rds majority for repeal in 2011 is a gamble; however if the federal court system can tie-up the bill’s enforcement until January 20, 2013, Death Care can die the death it so richly deserves. This is because after January 20, 2013, a repeal effort wouldn’t require a 2/3rds majority because Obama’s successor is going to be ready with the pen to sign the repeal of that POS Death Care bill the day he/she takes office and it never has to do any damage.

As of this writing, the votes in support of the rule are falling short of the 216 required for passage in the House. The proof will be in the pudding come Sunday afternoon and evening. If the vote does not happen before midnight, the votes do not and will not ever exist. Why else would Obama indefinitely postpone his planned trip to Asia? The ONLY reason for his not going is a lack of votes and Pelosi needs him in DC to twist arms.

Those voting “yes” against the will of their constituents will be facing the very real possibility of losing in November. If the Emperor promised these people appointments for their “yes” votes at the expense of their re-election, those appointments have the real possibility of coming before a Republican controlled Senate for “advice and consent”[2] also known as a confirmation hearing. What are the chances of an affirmative vote for confirmation of these appointments? Ask Senator Tom Coburn who informed “yes” voting Democrats today of what would happen.

The truth is, Representatives are selling their votes. The Emperor has convinced a bunch of them to “take one for the team” and in doing so doomed them to an early retirement from the House. So what has he promised them? There has to be something in it for them. What did Denny sell? Kucinich got on Air Force One on Monday at Andrews a “NO” vote and landed at Hopkins Airport a “No Comment” – translation “maybe”. Wednesday he’s a “Yes” vote in spite of his repeated announcements that he could not support a bill which did not include a “robust public option”.

Those on the far left who have been holding out for a “robust public option” are being wooed by The Emperor with language that says, “this is just the starting point”. Obama has said that single-payer is the goal but it isn’t realistic to get there overnight. You just can flip a switch and change without a trans-formative step. This is their trans-formative step. [Note: Not sure if trans-formative is an actual word but The Emperor uses it a lot] He said that Canada didn’t get to single-payer without this same trans-formative step.

Great. Look how well Canada’s system works.

My wife and I spend a tremendous amount of time at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and out in front of the main sections of the hospital known as the concourse there is a circle for traffic picking up patients. In the center of that circle there are 8 international flags representing the 8 countries from which the most international patients have come for treatment. Canada always has a flag displayed. There has never been a visit there when there hasn’t been a Canadian flag flying out in front of that hospital. NEVER. Witness by my own eyes so I do not have a citation because I am the source. I’ll let you judge the Canadian health system based solely on that fact.

MEMBERS OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO PASS!
QUIT TINKERING WITH THE RULES AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!
END THIS NOW!

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Article I Section 7 – Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States: [↩]
Article II Section 2 – He shall have Power,… and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, [↩]

Remember Taxation Without Representation? What Happened To It?

March 17, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Death Care, Democrat Corruption, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Polls, Presidential Politics, Taxes, The Wicked Witch of the West, U.S. House, US Senate, United States Constitution, socialism View Comments

Because so many members are afraid to cast a “yes” vote to approve the Senate’s Death Care bill, Nancy Pelosi and her rule changer in chief Louise Slaughter have come up with another hair-brained scheme to get the Death Care bill to the Emperor’s desk. This time, they’ll forward a rules change which would allow the House to move on to language they want in the Reconciliation bill in the Senate thereby declaring the Senate bill passed in the House without even taking a vote. Seems to me that our founders fought a war over this kind of thing.

Embedded in the Senate Death Care bill is billions of dollars in new taxes. So in a manner of speaking passing the Senate bill through declaration and by not taking a vote, the House is rubber stamping a bill without representing the people. I think the founders called that Taxation Without Representation. Are you ready to grab your pitchfork yet?

The American people need to let our Congress-critters know that a vote to approve this change in the rules which would allow this scheme to pass is just the same as if they vote “yes” on the bill. Members are banking on their ability to say, “No, I didn’t vote for the Senate bill” but would they deny voting for the rule which allowed it to become law without the House voting on it?

A “yes” vote by any member on this rule or on the bill itself should be treated the same and mark any member voting in any manner which allows this bill to become law and they should be thrown out on his/her ear for their decision to not listen to the American people who DO NOT WANT THIS BILL TO BECOME LAW.

The President says that he doesn’t concern himself with procedure but perhaps he should. The more he ignores what’s going on the more power he is grabbing and the American people have noticed. His poll numbers are entering the dismal range when even Gallup has his disapproval ratings higher than his approval rating (47% disapprove 46% approve).

Rasmussen Reports has him worse off with a Presidential Approval Index of -18.[1] The percentage of those polled who say they “approve” of Obama’s job performance is 44% with 55% of those polled saying they “disapprove”. Those who “strongly disapprove” out number those who “strongly approve” 42% – 24% in today’s Rasmussen Reports Presidential Approval Index polling data.

Something that we all need to keep in mind is that if this monster of a bill passes, it is going to take not only a Republican controlled Congress, but a Republican Super-Majority in each house numbering 2/3rds to over-ride an ~~Imperial~~ Presidential veto. So the reality is that this thing cannot pass.

Should the Democrats succeed in their political shenanigans and forward this thing to Obama without the House voting on it, there are preparations already made to file a federal lawsuit challenging the Constitutionality of the procedure upon which it was passed. If that should happen and a federal court agrees to hear the case, the whole danged bill goes on hold from that point on. But that is a HUGE “if”. The court would have to agree to hear the case to delay implementation of the law and it could take YEARS for final disposition of the case.

If your Congress-critter is on the fence about this bill, make sure he/she knows that even voting for the change in the rule would mean a vote for his/her opponent November 4th. The only word you want out of your Representative is “NO” on Death Care.

Say it with me…

NO TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!

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Rasmussen Reports Presidential Approval Index is tabulated by subtracting the percentage of those polled who “strongly disapprove” of the President’s job performance from those who “strongly approve”. [↩]

Using Fraud and Deceit To Pass Death Care

March 16, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Death Care, Democrat Corruption, Democrat Incompetence, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, Stupidity, socialism View Comments

Monday (3/15/10) the Emperor was in Strongsville, OH to push his Death Care plan before an adoring audience. Isn’t it interesting that no one who is opposed to anything that he says is ever permitted to attend one of his cheer-leading sessions? Every single so-called “townhall” that he attends is nothing more than a rally.

The point of this post is the fact that Mr. Obama likes to use anecdotal examples in support of his efforts to illustrate a perceived need for his socialist takeover of America. His use of sick people to push his Death Care plan is bordering on morbid because he has no interest in helping any of the people he and his fellow Democrats parade before the cameras in order to tell some tear-jerking sob story about how they lost their health care. Their only interest? Looking good before the cameras as if they actually care about the plight of us peasants. – Excuse me as I wipe the tear from my eye…

Problem – it doesn’t work.

It is illegal for health care professionals and institutions to refuse vital life-saving treatments based solely on an individual’s inability to pay. Barack Hussein Obama again paraded the image of a woman undergoing cancer treatments at the Cleveland Clinic as an example of why his Death Care plan is needed now.

Tall tale telling Obama is really effective at explaining how Natoma Canfield lost her health coverage due to cost and finding out that she has a recurrence of cancer. She wrote him a tear drenched letter expaining that she feared that the Cleveland Clinic was going to slap a lien on her house in leu of payment. Problem – it isn’t true.

Yes, Natoma Canfield had a diagnosis of cancer 16 years ago and as a result her insurance carrier now considers her a high risk patient and they subsequently raised her rates. In December, she found out that her premiums were going to be increased 40% over the previous year (2009). She couldn’t afford to pay the exorbitant amount so she dropped her own policy because she couldn’t pay for it. She was then diagnosed with Leukemia and is currently admitted to the Cleveland Clinic for treatment.

The problem with her story is in the worry about losing her home. The Cleveland Clinic has no intention of putting a lien on her home. As-a-matter-of-fact, she most likely qualifies for Medicaid coverage. If not, there are charities which will cover her medical costs. Truth be told, the Cleveland Clinic is one of those charities as well as several local churches. Not to mention there is a little old thing called HCAP in Ohio which would pay Ms. Canfield medical expenses if she meets certain income restrictions. But Mr. Obama didn’t explain any of that to the hundreds of adoring sheeple he addressed yesterday in the Cleveland suburb.

The truth of the matter is Natoma Canfield is nothing more than a willing pawn in Obama’s power grab. Even if his plan passes and her claims of a threat to her home were true, Natoma would die before Obamacare kicks in sometime in 2013 or 2014.

The only way they can get things done is to use tricks and tactics. They will first attempt to convince the voters by wetting a story down with tears to tear at the heart-strings of the voters because they know that Americans cannot sit by and watch a fellow citizen die without doing something to help. Then they will use trickery like Reconciliation and the “Slaughter Solution” to circumvent the legislative process. Finally they will use bribery, fraud, and deceit to get their agenda passed.

This debate has never been about health care because the Democrat leadership doesn’t give a damn about your health. They only care about their reelection. This debate is 100% about control.

The early 20th Century Progressives knew the way to gain the level of control they desired was through health care. Once they are paying the bill, they can now dictate to you how to live your life. Novelist George Orwell warned us of such a society as dreamed up by Progressives in ‘1984′. They are already revising history what’s next? Unpeople?

SOURCE:

Fox News – Clinic: Cancer Patient Who Wrote to Obama Will Not Lose Home, May Get Aid

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The 2010 Census – What Fun It Is! (Sarcasm)

March 15, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Democrat Corruption, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, The US Census, U.S. House, US Senate View Comments

It was a bit of a to do on the cable news channels today. “The 2010 Census Forms Hit the Mail Today”. Yes – they did, as-a-matter-of-fact ours found its way into our mailbox today. For all the worrying about the invasive questioning that was rumored to be on this form – well that was right.

The first invasive (in my opinion) question is #4 and every question following #4.

“What is your telephone number? We may call if we don’t understand an answer.

My opposition to this question begins with the premise. First off, this is a form where there is no ability for an answer to be ambiguous. They are already on the form. Check this box or that box. Fill in Names and Dates (which I’ll get into later) by putting one letter in each box. How can they NOT understand an answer to such questions? Therefore, question #4 is moot.

Question #5 begins the fun questions.

5. Please provide information for each person living here. Start with a person living here who owns or rents this house, apartment, or mobile. home. If the owner or renter lives somewhere else, start with any adult living here. This will be Person 1.

What is Person 1’s Name? Print name below.

Last Name [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

First Name [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] MI [ ]

6.What is Person 1’s sex? Mark [x] ONE box.

[ ] Male [ ] Female

My question is, how does the transgendered person answer question #6? I mean, this President and his Infestation seems to be infatuated with those of, shall we say, questionable lifestyles. So how does one of these “people” answer this question? It does say…

Mark [x] ONE box.

Moving on…

7. What is Person 1’s age and what is Person 1’s date of birth?
Please report babies as age 0 when the child is less than 1 year old.
—————————–Print numbers in boxes.
Age on April1, 2010———-Month—-Day——-Year of birth
[ ][ ][ ]———————[ ][ ]—–[ ] [ ]—–[ ][ ][ ][ ]

Note: You will notice that the editing software does not allow for accurate representation of the form. I did consider scanning the form into a file, then cutting the particular questions out of the file as a photo then inserting them. But chose to type the questions out instead.

Continuing…

==> Note: Please answer BOTH Question 8 about Hispanic origin and Question 9 about race. For this census, Hispanic origins are not races.

How quaint. But I also notice that there is no question regarding legal status included in with Questions #8 and #9.

8. Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
[ ] No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
[ ] Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano
[ ] Yes, Puerto Rican
[ ] Yes, Cuban
[ ] Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin — Print origin, for example, Argentinean, Columbian, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran, Spaniard, and so on.
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

If they are not attempting to establish actual country of origin of every person occupying a home in the United States, why then are they even asking? And since they are asking, why are they limiting this question to “Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin” if there is not a predetermined motive? Should we not know if a person is an immigrant from say – Russia, France, Germany, or China?

There is something nefarious going on with this President, his Infestation, and this Congress as it relates to this census. If it weren’t, why is “No” bolded?

9. What is person 1’s race? Mark [x] one or more boxes.
[ ] White
[ ] Black, African Am., Negro
[ ] American Indian or Alaska Native — Print name of enrolled tribe.
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

(note these will not appear as they do on the form but the information is EXACTLY the same)
#9 Continued…

[ ] Asian Indian [ ] Japanese [ ] Native Hawaiian
[ ] Chinese [ ] Korean [ ] Guamanian or Chamorro
[ ] Filipino [ ] Vietnamese [ ] Samoan
[ ] Other Asian – Print race. [ ] Other Pacific Islander – Print race.
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

[ ] Some other race – Print Race
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

I’m considering marking [X] Some other race and printing in [H][U][M][A][N] and letting them figure that one out without providing a telephone number.

I didn’t know it was a requirement to own a telephone in this country for Big Bro Obama to check in on me.

But I digress…

Back to this invasive form…

10. Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere else?
[ ] No [ ] Yes – Mark [X] all that apply.

[ ] In College Housing [ ] For child custody
[ ] In the military [ ] In jail or prison
[ ] At a seasonal or second residence [ ] For another reason

Now, at the top of the form they have instructions that make Question #10 moot. They say…

Before you answer Question 1, count the people living in this house, apartment, or mobile home using our guidelines.

Count all people, including babies, who live and sleep here most of the time.

The Census Bureau also conducts counts in institutions and other places, so:

Do not count anyone living away either at college or in the Armed Forces.

Do not count anyone in a nursing home, jail, prison, detention facility, etc., on April 1, 2010.

Leave these people off your form, even if they will return to live here after they leave college, the nursing home, the military, jail, etc. Otherwise, they may be counted twice.

The Census must also include people without a permanent place to stay, so:

If someone who has no permanent place to stay is staying here on April 1, 2010, count that person. Otherwise, he or she may be missed in the census.

If we are not to include people who are say… in jail, prison, and I love how they included people in nursing homes in this descriptions, then why did they include question 10 to begin with? It is my belief that they WANT to count certain people twice. Groups of people which would tend to vote for the ~~Socialist~~ Democrat Party in particular come to mind. It is a process called gerrymandering.

The US Constitution in Article I Section 2 clearly states…

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.

But it makes not mention of recording the names, ages, and ethnic backgrounds of the subjects to be enumerated. It especially doesn’t mention singling out a particular ethnic group. Doing so in the course of this census makes it appear that this Congress and this President have something special in mind to use this data for. I do not trust them Sam I am…

On my form, the question of phone number will not be answered as-well-as any additional BS question that I find offensive and invasive (which is the bulk of them). I suggest you do the same.

I can just see it now, 310 million members of the HUMAN race instead of their asinine racial questions. Come to think of it, the mere idea of their asking is offensive and racist. Chew on that one Barry.

NOTE: After question #10, the form repeats itself for Persons 2- 6 with questions 5-10 numbered as questions 1-7. Then a reduce number of questions which only includes, last name, first name, middle initial, sex, age on April 1, 2010, date of birth, and whether or not they are related to Person 1. This is for additional residents up to Person 12! Who besides illegals treat residential homes like an Army barracks?

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The ‘Slaughter Solution’ Officially Nixed By Senate Parliamentarian

I love The Drudge Report. It is like one stop shopping for news stories. As of this writing, there is a headline up on Drudge that says…

Ruling Kills an Option for Moving Health Bill…

Note: The link to the story from Drudge is incorrect and it leads nowhere. In the interest of full disclosure, the link that I’ve embedded is the correct link to the story.

I read that headline and got excited. “Is the plan to use Reconciliation dead?” Not exactly…

According to Roll Call, the Senate Parliamentarian has made a ruling that directly impacts a tactic that has been in the works in the House that has been dubbed the ‘Slaughter Solution’. Named for House Rules Chairman – Louise Slaughter – it is a tactic whereby the House would approve the Senate bill but would not forward it onto the White House for signature until AFTER the Senate approved changes to the current Senate bill through Reconciliation. Problem – the bill must become law before the Senate can modify it through Budget Reconciliation. Meaning, it must have the President’s signature BEFORE the Senate can proceed. If it chooses to.

As I’ve pointed out before, Senate Democrats are going to want the issue of “health care” to die and die quickly after a law if passed. Once the ink from the President’s signature is dry on that document, they want to forget about it because that bill represents a massive net loss in Senate seats for the Democrats on November 4th. Dragging this thing out will only keep the matter fresh in the minds of the voting public and they Do – Not – Want – That. Senate Democrats are banking on America’s short-term memories and political ADHD to keep them in power even if by only one seat.

If this bill is approved by the House, after the President’s signature is on it, should the Senate attempt to amend it through Budget Reconciliation they can only address items that impact the federal budget. Policy is left out of the equation anyway. So any hopes for substantive changes in the bill are automatically nixed. However, the Republicans will stone wall any changes made to the bill through the amendment process further dragging out the debate. ‘Health Care’ – more aptly named Death Care, will drag out towards the summer months when every single Republican candidate for House and Senate will be using members voting records on this hotbed issue to sink every single Democrat candidate they can.

The American public want a mulligan. They would rather nothing pass than this bill. But Democrat understand if this bill does not pass the President’s agenda is sunk. With 279 of them currently serving in elected office indelibly tied to Obama on this issue, Michael Moore’s prediction of the November election will be an inconvenient reality. He told Rachel Madcow…

“And now it’s like, I just feel like the Democrats are – they’re in for an ass-whooping of Biblical proportions in November if they don’t get off the dime and do the job they were sent there to do. I mean that. I mean, it – don’t they see that?” – source Newsbusters

Vulnerable Democrats are avoiding the President like the plague. When Obama chose to propagandize the American people through an orchestrated event at a St. Louis high school where was Missouri Senatorial candidate Robin Carnahan? She was attending a fundraiser in Washington DC. While Obama was helping incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill raise money for her 2012 re-election campaign.

Obama is fast becoming a political liability for Democrats facing a jobloss in 2010. His track record to this point is dismal. He failed in Copenhagen twice. He failed to be any help in New Jersey and Virginia as both races for governor were lost to the Republican candidates. He failed in Massachusetts allowing the Republican candidate to be elected and losing his filibuster proof Senate.

I said his filibuster proof Senate because that is what it was. A 60 vote majority of yes-men/women. With 60 votes they could have literally rubber-stamped anything that he wanted. But they didn’t and that’s how he ended up in this predicament.

How else can you explain what has happened? How else could his “health care” takeover have failed? It was completely done within his Party. Blaming Republicans to his base may be popular with his incredibly shrinking base but the reality of the situation is understood by a vast majority of voting Americans and it shows in the polls. Even the incredibly Democrat friendly Gallup Poll has Obama’s approval rating at an all time low (for their poll) at 46%. How much lower can he go?

According to Rasmussen Reports and their Presidential Approval Index he is sitting at -21. Meaning 21% more Americans strongly disapprove of his job performance than strongly approve.

Before the 2008 elections I told all of you that Obama is a man who has failed at every single thing he has tried except running for a couple of political offices – including the Presidency. Why would the electorate put trust in a man who is an epic failure? They did and this is what we got.

He is liar of grand proportions who makes Slick Willy’s finger wagging look like an innocent white lie. He has broken just about every single campaign promise he made. Why would anyone trust this man? The incredibly shocking thing is there are millions who do. Thank GOD most of them never vote.

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Pelosi: “We’re Close”; But Are They?

March 11, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Chicago Politics Goes National, Death Care, Democrat Corruption, Democrat In-Fighting, Democrat Incompetence, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, The Wicked Witch of the West, U.S. House, US Senate, socialism Comments Off

For over a year now the Democrats have been engaged in an intraParty battle over what they are attempting to call a health care bill. Before I go on, can we all agree to call a spade a spade here? This isn’t health care reform at all. This is a systematic dismantling of the health insurance industry. Nothing in any of the bills that have been discussed over the past year has anything to do with health care. The Emperor’s quest to make health insurance coverage more affordable has nothing to do with actual health care. Just who pays for it.

We can argue until the cows come home about the validity of the Emperor’s suggested proposals. The truth is what is being discussed isn’t really his bill. He doesn’t have a bill. There are only two real bills. The House bill written by Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman and their lobbying buddies; and the Senate bill written by Harry Reid and his lobbyist buddies. The House bill is now deceased. May it rest for eternity along with the Third Reich.

The current “debate” is over the Senate bill. And much to the dismay of the uber-left, they cannot blame the stalemate on Republicans. Why? Because for over 98% of the time spent “debating” this issue, Republicans were denied a seat at the table. This has been a 100% Democrat show and the hold up is within their Party. Reid, Pelosi, and Obama can talk all they want about Republican obstructionism but truth be told until Scott Brown was seated, Republicans couldn’t stop it.

They wanted this thing passed by the summer recess. That didn’t happen. Then it was Labor Day. Nope. Halloween? Sorry. Thanksgiving? Try again. Christmas… They did get the Senate bill passed by Christmas but it was so far away from the House bill that it was basically a non-starter for Conference. Then along came Mr. 41 – Scott Brown – who has vowed to be a NO vote against this boondoggle. Now the Dems are still attempting to find a way to pass something marked (accurately or not) “health care reform” without needing to include Republicans because if they were forced to include the opposition party they would have to compromise on their more Socialist agenda items. And they are NOT willing to do that.

All the fighting has been between Democrats. Because they cannot achieve cloture in the Senate, the only way to pass anything is for the House to pass the Senate bill as is – without warranty show me the Carfax. But they can’t show the House the Carfax because it doesn’t exist. The premise is that the House would pass the Senate bill as is in exchange for a promise to amend the bill through budge reconciliation after it is signed into law. Yeah right. House members are not about to give the Senate a free pass and not get anything of their bill included.

Unlike what has been plastered all over the media for the past 2 – 3 weeks, reconciliation probably won’t be an issue since the likelihood of the House finding the votes needed to pass the Senate bill is about the same as Frosty the Snowman surviving for an hour in a sauna. Let’s look at some numbers.

The House bill barely passed 220 – 215. 217 votes were needed for passage. One of those votes was a Republicans who is now a confirmed NO vote with no chance of changing. One yes vote (John Murtha) has died and two others yes votes have resigned. Another Democrat was a NO and resigned. Still another No vote is no longer a Democrat as he switched Parties right after the vote. By this math Pelosi has the 216 she needs.[1]

Now lets discuss Pelosi’s problems with another group of yes votes last time. Rep. Bart Stupak and a collection of pro-life Democrats are vowing to vote no because the Senate bill allows for federal funding of abortion. There seems to be a level of conjecture about whether or not Stupak and company are willing to betray the pro-life cause in the face of the Chicago tactics of arm twisting and bribery. Never-the-less, Pelosi needs every single Stupak vote or this fails.

Yet other Democrats who were yes votes on the House bill may be no votes on the Senate bill because it isn’t liberal enough. Many pro-public option Democrats may not vote with Pelosi on this because no public option language is included in the legislation and it cannot be added in reconciliation.

The votes simply do not exist and the longer this drags out the less likely it will be to pass. As time clicks by the deeper into primary season we get. Many of those who the Infestation and Pelosi want to vote for this bill may be unwilling to do so if this drags on much longer. A clear majority of Americans do not want this bill. The nation is divided upon whether anything should be done at this time or not but the fact remains, a majority do not want this bill.

As primary season progresses, fewer Democrats will be willing to stretch their necks for this bill. And that may lead to its ultimate demise. Democrats know how unpopular the bills is and may see a vote in favor of it as being a couple of hundred thousand votes against them for reelection. And they’d be right.

Republicans will be using members’ positions on this bill as a campaign tool against incumbent Democrats in November. No votes will stand a chance but yes votes, unless the member is from a very ~~socialist~~ ‘progressive’ area of the country, will signal an early retirement.

In short I don’t believe they are as close as they are leading to believe. If they were, why then would they be asking the White House to back off their March 18th time-line? Food for thought.

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216 is needed rather than 217 because of the unfilled vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Massa on Monday [↩]

Doubling Down on Death Care

Yesterday the Emperor paraded out a bunch of people in white lab coats – claimed them to be doctors, physicians’ assistants, and nurses – to publicly “instruct” Congress that the time for debate is over. Like a strict father to his petulant children he said (in a nutshell), “the time of tomfoolery is over so get to work and pass my bill.”

Where his clout comes from he hasn’t a clue. But in the opinion of this voting citizen anyone who votes for this sham of a “health care bill” is committing political suicide. I guess he hasn’t noticed but the primary season has begun and at-risk members of the House and Senate are going to be very weary about sticking their necks too far out. They have the fear of a fattened-up turkey on Thanksgiving in their eyes.

He arrogantly touted that this plan has the best aspects of both Democrat and Republican proposals in it. But – it really doesn’t. It has all the destructive aspects of the Progressives in it for sure, but nothing of substance from the right. The American people know this to be true and their Congress-critters know that their constituents aren’t as stupid as the Emperor hopes they are.

Senate Democrats don’t really want any part of using budget reconciliation to placate the far left in the House. Not to mention, they can’t until the House passes the already passed Senate bill which hasn’t a snowball’s chance in Satan’s bedroom of passing in the House.

Harry Reid knows that he’s out of a job come the end of the year so he’s willing to double down with the Emperor. Pelosi, she knows that the libtards in her district are just stupid enough to continue down the road to socialism even as those very policies are destroying their home state. So she’s comfortable in knowing that her job is safe – her job as a US Congress-critter that is. As for being Speaker? In her mind it has been a good 4 years,. But come January, she has to give up her private airline.

Any Senator up for re-election is toast if they sign onto passing this thing under reconciliation. Any Progressive Congress-critter knows that they are toast if they sign on to the Senate bill. Any moderate Congress-critter knows they are as well.

In short, I don’t think this thing has legs. Honestly, I don’t see it passing because too much power is at stake. Too many in Congress will see their political futures go by the wayside with their “yes” vote. The Emperor is still in there punching though. He’s already begun to hand out bribes.

From the Weekly Standard…

Tonight, Barack Obama will host ten House Democrats who voted against the health care bill in November at the White House; he’s obviously trying to persuade them to switch their votes to yes. One of the ten is Jim Matheson of Utah. The White House just sent out a press release announcing that today President Obama nominated Matheson’s brother Scott M. Matheson, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Think back dear reader to the 2006 midterms… Remember a term the left used to gain power by appealing to the politically apathetic? The term was “Culture of Corruption”. What do you call a Democrat Leadership in the House, Senate, and White House who buys votes for legislation using political payoffs, appointments, and graft? How about a Party who keeps disgraced members in Committee Chairs in the midst of ethics investigations? What do you call a Presidential Administration who appoints a tax cheat to head the Department of the Treasury? I don’t know about you but to me that defines what a true “Culture of Corruption” is.

It is up to us – WE THE PEOPLE – to do what we have done since they first set a deadline to pass this monstrosity. Make our voices heard on Capital Hill. The message should be loud and clear. Pass this bill and resign because come November – you are out of a job Jack.

The message to the incoming Congress should be just as clear. Repeal EVERYTHING this Congress has passed immediately.

Make no mistake – there is about to be regime change on Capital Hill. It’s going to happen. The question for Democrats is how much control are you willing to give up? The more of you who sign on the greater the Republican majority will be.

So go ahead lefty – sign on to a bill and a process which short circuits the American people. We kind of want you to.

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Can Liberal News Media Sustain Itself Without Commercial Advertising?

February 28, 2010 Communism, Liberal MSM Bias, Libtards on Parade, Lunatic Lefties, MSM Ignorance, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, The Fiction of Global Warming, socialism Comments Off

It is well known that in the war that is cable news, Fox is destroying CNN and literally killing MSNoBodyCares. Evidence of this became overwhelmingly evident as I experienced first hand recently.

In my home the ONLY time MSNoBodyCares is EVER displayed on my television is during the Olympics. Earlier this evening, I was at my wife’s parents’ home and they were watching a couple of apolitical programs on MSNoBodyCares. After a while something began to occur to me. All of the commercials were promos for their own losing leftist political shows. Not one of the ads were for a commercial product or service. As-a-matter-of-fact, some of the promos were running back to back for the same show. How lame can they be?

There were ads for Rachel Mad-cow, Mr. Ed, Keith Olberdouce, and Chris “Thrill Up My Leg” Matthews; but not one single ad for potato chips, diapers, feminine hygiene products, soap, beer, or any other commercial product. How long can a “news” organization survive without commercial advertising? Just ask Error Amerika – the former home of Rachel Mad-cow incidentally. Error Amerika went bankrupt and recently ceased operations because ~~liberal~~ progressive political commentary cannot sell advertising because it cannot draw an audience.

~~Liberalism~~ Progressivism DOES – NOT – SELL. As a political ideology Progressivism is diametrically opposed to business. Progressivism is Marxism Lite. Where Marxism achieves its Communist goal through revolution – most often times violent revolution – Progressivism achieves the same goal through evolution. Evidence – the 20th Century.

During the 20th Century, the United States evolved from a nation of rugged individualism into a nation on the brink of a pseudo-socialist dependency society which is only progressing at an increasingly rapid pace under the current Presidential Infestation with a massive Progressive Democrat majority in both houses of Congress.

MSNoBodyCares – and the whole NBC family in general – has positioned itself to become a de facto propaganda wing of the Obama Infestation. According to their ultra leftist political commentators, the Emperor can do no wrong while anything Republican/Conservative/Libertarian is by definition racist, obstructionist and standing in the way of progress. MSNoBodyCares is populated by on-air talking heads that do not reflect the ethnic diversity of the United States in any way. Mad-cow is Caucasian as is Olberdouce, Matthews, Schultz, and every other political anchor in their lineup. But yet they have the audacity to say the TEA Party movement is made up of sheet wearing racists? Remember what they say about people who live in glass houses…

ABC News has announced that they are cutting their staff significantly. How long do you believe MSNoBodyCares can afford to staff their “news” network if they continue to air programs without commercial sponsorship? General Electric is already attempting to unload the white elephant known as NBC. Could it be that GE’s embracing of ~~liberal~~ progressive politics is beginning to affect the bottom line?

GE and NBC dove head first into the man-made global warming agenda and now perhaps they are rethinking that whole boondoggle. But they cannot out-rightly admit that they were wrong. Oh no – can’t have that! Heads must first roll, management must change, a new owner will be found who will lull the apathetic public into believing that it never happened. And the whole idea that NBC was behind the global push to indoctrinate will be conveniently forgotten. But as of right now, they have no advertising. At least for their cable “news” channel. And without a revenue stream it is only a matter of time before GE decides to dump the left wing cable news channel. Or at least consider a realignment.

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Putting Unemployment Numbers Into Prospective

February 15, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Fiscal Irresponsibility, Liberal MSM Bias, Lunatic Lefties, News, Obama Fascism, Ohio Politics, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, The Economy, Unemployment Comments Off

In the back and forth over unemployment/underemployment numbers, we lose sight of the fact that some areas of the country are hurting more than others. Throwing off the true numbers are areas like Washington DC where the federal government is hiring but yet private sector jobs are almost non-existent.

I took a look at one state – my own – and specifically each county within that state to gain a prospective as to how the Obama Infestation and Uncle Ted[1] are handling the economy.

In Ohio, there are only 19 of the 88 counties that are below the national unemployment average. The county with the lowest unemployment numbers (as of December 2009) is Holmes County with an unemployment rate of 7.4%. In contrast, Holmes County had an unemployment rate of 5.9% in December of 2008.

Other Ohio Counties with unemployment numbers below the national average of 9.7%…

Licking County 9.6%
Hancock County 9.6%
Madison County 9.5%
Lorain County 9.5%
Warren County 9.3%
Fairfield County 9.3%
Union County 9.2%
Athens County 9.2%
Lake County 8.9%
Cuyahoga County 8.9%
Franklin County 8.8%
Medina County 8.2%
Mercer County 8.2%
Lawrence County 8.0%
Geauga County 7.9%
Delaware County 7.7%

Of the 88 Ohio counties, 18 of them were in excess of 14.0% unemployment as of December 2009. The county with the highest unemployment rate is Morgan County with 17.5%. This is an actual recorded unemployment number not an estimated underemployment number. In contrast, Morgan County had an unemployment rate of 12.8% in December of 2008.

Other Ohio counties above 14.0% in Ohio…

Highland County 17.3%
Ottawa County 17.3%
Pike County 16.7%
Clinton County 16.2%
Noble County 16.2%
Huron County 15.9%
Adams County 15.8%
Meigs County 15.8%
Williams County 14.9%
Carroll County 14.5%
Monroe County 14.3%
Perry County 14.3%
Fulton County 14.3%
Ashtabula County 14.2%
Vinton County 14.2%
Jefferson County 14.1%
Crawford County 14.0%

Of Ohio’s 88 counties, only 9 are below the state unemployment average of 10.9% and above the national average of 9.7% (as of December 2009). They are…

Summit County 10.8%
Portage County 10.7%
Greene County 10.6%
Auglaize County 10.6%
Clermont County 10.6%
Gallia County 10.4%
Belmont County 10.3%
Washington County 10.0%
Butler County 9.9%
Knox County 9.7%

This leaves 51 Ohio counties in excess of the nation’s unemployment average. There are 42 counties in excess of the 10.9% state average but below 14.0%. They are…

Henry County 13.9%
Trumbull County 13.8%
Scioto County 13.6%
Van Wert County 13.6%
Columbiana County 13.5%
Muskingum County 13.4%
Ashland County 13.1%
Coshocton County 13.1%
Fayette County 13.1%
Seneca County 13.0%
Richland County 13.0%
Ross County 13.0%
Brown County 12.9%
Guernsey County 12.9%
Mahoning County 12.8%
Defiance County 12.8%
Wyandot County 12.7%
Paulding County 12.7%
Shelby County 12.5%
Erie County 12.4%
Miami County 12.4%
Preble County 12.3%
Lucas County 12.3%
Harrison County 12.3%
Stark County 12.2%
Hardin County 12.2%
Hocking County 12.1%
Pickaway County 12.1%
Logan County 12.1%
Sandusky County 12.1%
Montgomery County 12.0%
Champaign County 11.9%
Morrow County 11.9%
Jackson County 11.7%
Darke County 11.7%
Allen County 11.6%
Tuscarawas County 11.4%
Marion County 11.2%
Clark County 11.1%
Wood County 11.1%
Putnam County 11.0%

Don’t get me wrong, before Obama took over, Ohio was no employment mecca. Our state has been shedding high-paying manufacturing jobs for decades and as a result has had to re-educate ourselves. An abundance of these new lost jobs are not manufacturing jobs. They are skilled jobs. How can anyone justify the federal government enticing a major high tech employer to move from Ohio to another state through the Stimulus bill? Not to China or Mexico. NCR is moving from Dayton, Ohio to Duluth, GA thanks to the American Robbery and Redistribution Act.

What is Obama’s answer to America’s job losses? Green Jobs.

In Spain the government encourage the building of “green jobs” industries and it has had disastrous effects. For every green job created, 2 were lost. Spain is next in line to collapse after Greece.

Here in Ohio we had one of those much touted Ethanol plants in Lima. It went bankrupt and closed 2 years ago. So much for green jobs.

As for Uncle Ted… He’s been right there with Obama chasing jobs out of our state and out of our country. Obama promised ‘Change’ in the 2008 election cycle and ‘Change’ is about to come. Ohio is going to resist becoming another DPRM* come November 4th and Uncle Ted will be in the unemployment line with the rest of the state.

Mrs. Gribbit and I live in Auglaize County. As of December 2009 our unemployment rate was 10.6%. According to ODJFS’s numbers, as of December 2009 Auglaize County had a workforce of 26,400 workers with 23,600 actually working and 2,800 residents looking for work. In November 2009 Auglaize County had an unemployment rate of 10.0% meaning the unemployment rate rose .6% during a month that the Obama Infestation claims indicates that the economy is improving based on a .3% decline in the national unemployment rate. In contrast, the unemployment rate for December 2008 for Auglaize County was 6.8%. In the event you’ve linked over from one of those non-thinking DRONE sites, that is an increase of 3.8% in 12 months. That ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ thing isn’t working out for rural Ohio.

In Montgomery County (Dayton) where we used to live, the unemployment picture is much more bleak. The County has 263,800 workers with 232,200 of them working and 31,600 jobless for an unemployment rate of 12.0%. In November the unemployment rate was 11.4%. So as the Emperor touts his economic recovery, cities like Dayton are still losing jobs.

In Dayton – Montgomery County’s largest city – only 59,400 workers out of a workforce of 68,400 were actually working leaving 9,000 workers without a job. Dayton saw a December unemployment rate of 13.2% following a November at 12.6%. By contrast, Dayton had a jobless rate of 9.5% in December of ‘08 with Montgomery County coming in at 8.5%.

So it is evident that the ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ thing isn’t going so well in urban Ohio either. And oh, Montgomery County broke heavily for Obama in the ‘08 Presidential election.

Let us keep in mind that these numbers do not represent the number of Ohioans who have stopped looking for work or who have taken jobs for substandard wages (underemployed). The numbers being thrown around to represent these workers (nationally) are in the neighborhood of 18%. Judging on these numbers, it is my opinion that Barack Hussein Obama is a complete and utter failure. Likewise as an Ohio resident I can only characterize Uncle Ted’s job performance as negligent at best. At worst – criminal.

Ohio’s statewide numbers…

Labor Force – 5,883,500
Employment – 5,254,800
Unemployment – 628,700
December Unemployment rate – 10.7%
November Unemployment rate – 10.2%
December ‘08 Unemployment rate – 7.7%

[NOTE]

The data contained in this post originated from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Office of Workforce Development Bureau of Labor Market Information in a report titled, “Civilian Labor Force Estimates for Counties & Cities with Population Over 50,000: December 2009″. This data does not include information concerning those employed by city, county, state, or federal governments and is NOT seasonally adjusted.

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Euro Doomed To Collapse

February 15, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Democrat Incompetence, Fiscal Irresponsibility, Lunatic Lefties, MSM Ignorance, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Stupidity, The Economy, The Fiction of Global Warming, socialism Comments Off

Europe is in such a shambles that Greece is on the verge of total chaos and the Euro is in danger of complete collapse but yet the President of the United States prefers to follow a EuroSocialist model because he sees it as a success. Every single item on the Obama agenda is EXACTLY what is leading to the collapse of the economy in Greece and the rest of the EU. But he trudges on even considering expanding executive power by issuing Executive Orders as the only way to implement his EuroSocialist modeled agenda.

From the Daily Mail:

The European single currency is facing an ‘inevitable break-up’ a leading French bank claimed yesterday.

Strategists at Paris-based Société Générale said that any bailout of the stricken Greek economy would only provide ’sticking plasters’ to cover the deep- seated flaws in the eurozone bloc.

The stark warning came as the euro slipped further on the currency markets and dire growth figures raised the prospect of a ‘double-dip’ recession in the embattled zone.

Claims that the euro could be headed for total collapse are particularly striking when they come from one of the oldest and largest banks in France – a core founder-member.

In a note to investors, SocGen strategist Albert Edwards said: ‘My own view is that there is little “help” that can be offered by the other eurozone nations other than temporary, confidence-giving “sticking plasters” before the ultimate denouement: the break-up of the eurozone.’

He added: ‘Any “help” given to Greece merely delays the inevitable break-up of the eurozone.’

According to the article, the Euro has lost 10% of its value since November. The Dollar and Pound are each gaining on the dominant European currency.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post asking, “Economic Recovery Or Economic Ruin? What Is He Up To?“, in which I described exactly this scenario possibly happening here in the United States.

Europe is beginning its descent, will the US follow? It will if Congress does not end the insanity. Congress will only act if we force them to.

Today Sen. Evan Bayh announced that he will not be seeking re-election in spite of leading in the generic poll and banking a $13 million war chest. Why? Does he see what his President has done? Does he see the writing on the wall? I bet he does.

The President will now be issuing executive orders to slip in provisions of ObamaCare and Cap and Tax. Economy destroying measures by executive decree. He needs to be shut down NOW!

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