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Here's to the Future of Government Run Healthcare

 

Your local DMV has just been surpassed by the employees at Los Angeles International Airport in terms of sheer incompetence.   It’s no secret that government employees in general lack the skills needed to hold down real jobs, but at LAX they take this to a whole new level.  

Having spent my morning at what can only be described as the worst run airport in the nation, I will now recount my tale of woe as I stood in security lines at the mercy of the products of the California public schools.   I actually wonder if there is any employee, anywhere within LAX, that did not vote for Barack Obama.   The only silver lining with LAX is that those employed would otherwise be living on welfare in the projects of Inglewood. Then again, it can be argued that working for the government is tantamount to being on welfare.

Being familiar with the airport, one that I vow time and time again to never fly through, I planned my day carefully and arrived ninety minutes early only to find an equally long wait in the security lines.   Mind you, this isn’t like a normal airport where you have one security line, but rather multiple lines where you check your bag, after you have already checked your bag.   Yes, you check your bag twice after you check in twice.  Hey, it’s California and keeping those union employees on the payroll is job number one. 

Since the first government employee was too busy with the bags he already had, I was sent clear across the terminal to another government employee who was busy rambling away in Espanol with his co-worker.   So much for those laws that require English only in the workplace, passed by a large majority of California voters.  

Using common sense, I gave him my bag and went to the closest escalator to ascend to the next security line.   Big mistake as the Obama voting TSA agent informed me that I would have to go to the other line, back at the other end of the terminal by the first baggage check in.   At least I think this is what she said, but subtitles would have helped as I have never taken Ebonics as a second language.

So back I went only to find that there were three separate lines being manned by yet another government bureaucrat who I am most certain couldn’t count to three.   I finally got to the front of the line only to find that the guard on duty was on break and a sign was posted saying she would return in five minutes.   This, my friends, is the future of government run healthcare.
Christopher Van

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Nightmare on K Street

 

I suppose it is only apropos that the nightmare on K Street begin on the eve of Halloween.   The Democrats, fulfilling a promise to destroy healthcare and bankrupt our nation, have come up with the most insidious legislation in the history of the Republic. 

Containing over 400,000 words in 1,990 pages, their healthcare bill doesn’t even use the word doctor.   It is page upon page of legal mumbo jumbo that Nancy Pelosi and her ilk have graciously agreed to post on the internet for all to read.   But you better read quick because they are planning a vote for next week! Considering that the Torah contains only 80,000 words and takes a typical synagogue congregation a year to read how do you suppose the Democrats will justify a vote in five days? Simple; they have no intention of reading the bill.  

The CBO is putting the cost of this bill, which by the way doesn’t even provide coverage for every American, at $1.05 TRILLION dollars!   Not a million, not a billion…but a trillion dollars.    To put this in perspective, the U.S. government in 2006 took in $1.04 trillion in TOTAL tax revenue.    Since then, taxes have gone up, so revenue has gone down which is a concept still foreign to liberals. 

This bill contains a tax increase and puts taxes on the path to reaching new highs not seen since the failed days of Jimmy Carter.   This will result in a tax upon every American who works because there is no other way to pay for this insidious piece of legislation that runs counter to everything that American stands for. Simply put, those who vote for this legislation should be brought up on charges of treason, because this type of generational theft is not only un-American but it is criminal. 

If I walked up to you, pointed a gun at your head and stole your wallet I would go to jail.   That is exactly what the government is doing, creating massive penalties for those who don’t play by the rules in this ponzi scheme that makes the crimes of Bernie Madoff seem like misdemeanors.  

Making matters worse, this bill was crafted in a closed door session involving one political party. So much for the bipartisanship promised during teleprompter laden campaign speeches.   What is occurring in Washington will be seen through the prism of history as tantamount to the rise of Marxism in the Soviet Union and Nazism in Germany.   It is a government that has overstepped its bounds and usurped the will of the people for its own political gain and power.

We have a chance to do something and we have one year to get prepared to do it.   Every person who votes for this bill needs to be removed from office.   Every person who does not openly voice dissent also needs to be removed from office.   Every two years we have the power to engage in a revolution at the ballot box and it is high time that we did just that.  

We need to kick those in Congress who have so little regard for the American people and Constitution to the curb and start over.   We need to take back the reins of government from those who seek to undo two hundred plus years of greatness.   It’s time for accountability to find its way inside the beltway and for this who have failed the American people, such as Nancy Pelosi and her ilk, to be called out for their insidious actions.  

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Can This Administration Do Nothing Right?

 

Once again proving that the Obama administration can do nothing right, a new report shows that in 49 of 50 states jobs have declined despite the stimulus that was going to save the nation.   The only state with any job gains whatsoever was North Dakota.  Of course the Obamabots in Washington and their seditious allies in the mainstream media are saying this is because of an economy inherited by Obama.   If I recall, unemployment was something like 4.7% when Bush left office and it is now in double digits.   The stimulus was supposed to be a necessary evil to keep unemployment from going about 8 percent. Of course, it’s like fact like these that really get liberals irritated.

New York is among the states with the greatest job losses, so what’s the liberal solution? Governor Patterson, whose blindness apparently extends beyond his eyes, has proposed an 18% tax on sodas. Yep, that’ll fix the problem.   Why not raise taxes on cigarettes, lottery tickets and malt liquor, too. The feds have proposed cutting the salaries of some corporate executives by 90%, which of course will result in a brain drain from those companies, creating a new dip in the Obama recession. 

The latest plan in the healthcare front involves a liberal pipedream called Medicare E, in which they will expand this colossal government train wreck for all to gain access to.   Considering that the government is the reason Medicare has failed, this is surely to be a big flop costing us untold trillions more in deficit spending. Then again, this is just more proof that liberals could care less about the nation unless it involves a hair brained scheme to gain more power by creating entitlements for the uninformed and uneducated who comprise the Obama/Pelosi/Reid electorate. 

In other news a terrorist was arrested in Boston yesterday, apparently for planning to conduct several attacks at shopping malls.   Why can’t these arrests come in places like Alabama or Texas, where terrorists will get true justice rather than the People’s Republic of Massachusetts where this criminal will likely land a fellowship at some Ivy League university to espouse the evils of white Americans? 

From the pansy front, it appears that Wal-Mart is in line for this week’s Golden Pansy Award after firing a loss prevention employee from chasing down a knife wielding thief.   Apparently the mega retailer has a no chase policy. This may seem like a really dumb question, but if you have an emasculated policy like that then why do you have loss prevention employees?   What should have happened is that loss prevention employee was armed, which would create a true deterrent to thieves. When he spotted the guy stealing, he should have filled him with lead resulting in this heroic employee being promoted to store manager; not to mention the thousands he would have saved the taxpayers that will now be wasted on three squares a day while the thief sits in prison.  

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Democrat Trillion Dollar Health Plan Changes Virtually Nothing

 

While Democrats refuse to publish the contents of their insidious healthcare take over, we do know a few things.   Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that this bill will never come before the Senate in its current form while the unions and Joe Lieberman are opposed to the contents.   Simply stated, this is a one trillion dollar takeover of our individual rights by an increasingly imperialist federal government in need of serious change.   The problem that we are facing is an administration and a political party that are so bent on creating this massive entitlement that they could care less what it contains, as long as something is passed; even the current bill that will still leave 25 million Americans with no health insurance.  

The silver lining is that with each passing day, Americans are growing ever more weary of what may be up the Democrats sleeves.   They are finally beginning to realize that this isn’t about us, but rather about a generations old goal of establishing more government power inside the beltway.   For you liberals who still don’t get it; this type of liberal fascism is what drives the tea party movement. 

The unfortunate thing is that there are elements of discussion on healthcare reform that are worth having.   There is no question that our system is not perfect, albeit better than just about any other on earth.   Rather than pass a 1000 page transfer of wealth, Congress could actually gain credibility by focusing on five essential elements that would lower costs, enabling more people to afford to by coverage. 

1-      1. Tort Reform is the single biggest cause of the high cost of insurance.   Frivolous lawsuits abound and it is time to reign in the trial lawyers which isn’t likely to occur when they are among the biggest contributors to the Democrat Party.  Include in this reform loser pays laws that holds both the plaintiff and their counsel legally liable for attorney fees and costs associated with frivolous actions. 

2-      2. Interstate purchasing and transfer of medical coverage would allow for competition among all fifty states.   There are states, such as Alabama, where a few insurers have a virtual monopoly. By freeing up the constraint, we could see costs of coverage dramatically reduced. 

3-      3. Pre-existing conditions are an area that continues to be a bone of contention. While not applicable in group policies, they do apply in individual policies, where underwriting can be overly draconian.   On one hand this is insurance and we certainly wouldn’t expect an insurer to provide a new policy for someone whose house burned down last week. However, we have to balance the realities of underwriting with providing healthcare at the lowest possible cost with the highest possible quality.   What would make sense is to create a portability clause so that coverage can remain with people, who could take it from job to job.   By creating an ownership by individuals rather than employers, people can be accountable for their coverage and have the benefit of a policy without facing excessive underwriting scrutiny as long as they take responsibility to ensure that the policy remains in force.

4-      4. Further promoting tax free medical savings accounts is a way to provide Americans with cash often needed for medical policies and care.   Everything associated with the cost of medical policies and procedures should be tax free.    By creating a dollar for dollar tax reduction in tax liability, we would enable millions to purchase coverage that they need, which would take a large burden off the system.  If we can spend a trillion dollars on a democrat plan that changes virtually NOTHING, we can certainly spend a fraction of that to benefit business owners and hard working employees.

5-      5. No free benefits for illegal aliens.   If you are here illegally then you are breaking the law.   Illegal’s know that they can cross the border and squeeze out babies who are given automatic citizenship.   We need to turn off the free care. If you are an illegal who shows up at a medical facility, you are to be detained and returned to your homeland.   If you have a medical condition that is a life and death situation, then treatment can be provided and you will become a ward of the state until your debt has been paid back by your providing community service, picking up trash on the streets or cleaning up graffiti.   If you don’t like it, don’t come to America. 

In looking through the piece of garbage being put forth by the Senate Finance Committee, I am seeing very little in the way of things that will matter or make a difference. As usual, this group of political elitists is trying to appease some lobbying groups while doing nothing to benefit us.  

As for supporting this bill, it is now more important than ever to voice our opposition. This bill will change nothing for hard working Americans, other than further driving up our health care costs in the form of new mandates.    Then again, did you really expect those inside the beltway to care about you or I?

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Obama's White Flag of Surrender

 

In yet another victory for the enemy, Barack Obama has decided to scrap missile defense systems in the Czech Republic and Poland.   You will recall that these shields were initially proposed by the Bush administration as a way to intercept missiles from Iran or another rogue Middle Eastern state.   Given our rocky history with Russia, the locations selected couldn’t have been more ideal, as they would have killed two birds with one stone.  

What’s one to do in this day and age where our commander in chief routinely appeases our enemies, at home and abroad.   Whether it’s the Pelosi democrats in Congress or al-Quada at Club Gitmo, it just doesn’t seem to matter just so long as their seditious pals in the mainstream media vilify anyone who stands up for America, God and families.

At least the U.K. Telegraph is calling out Obama with a headline that reads “Barack Obama surrenders to Russia on Missile Defence”.   Yes, it is indeed a cowardly act by arguably the most unfit person to ever lead our nation.   Can you imagine Ronald Reagan, or even old school Democrats such as Roosevelt or Truman, acting in such a cowardly way?   Seriously, is this Barack Obama or a reincarnation of Neville Chamberlain? 

With each passing day it seems that the only war being waged by liberals is against our own citizens. Heaven forbid we call someone an Islamic fascist but don’t let a day go by without referring to true patriots who attend tea parties as terrorists.   Don’t get me wrong, there are domestic terrorists and most of them are in Washington and all of them are liberals.  

These are the people who are seeking to silence free speech and who use the mainstream media to indoctrinate the young, the dumb and the uninformed, best known as the Obama electorate.   The amazing thing is that these people still support Obama despite his doing everything in his power to undermine the free market and national security. 

Can you imagine the outrage if George Bush had bankrupted our nation, increased troops in an Islamic fascist stronghold or grew government exponentially? Oh, I forget, he did that too.   Yes, the liberals were outraged, calling him every name imaginable. But one Congressman calls Obama a liar and all hell breaks loose.   Once again, we are seeing typical liberal hypocrisy.   Don’t voice your opinion unless you agree with us and if you do, we will use every means possible to silence you.   Sounds a little bit like a third world banana republic. Kenya perhaps? 

So what’s the next PR disaster that the Obama administration will have to cover up?   Perhaps the corruption of ACORN, the group solely responsible for rigging the 2008 elections with voter fraud and intimidation?   Maybe it will be the czars, many of whom have skeletons in the closet that will make Van Jones seem like a toddler.   Perhaps it will be the unions who are diligently using force to silence all dissenting opinions on socialized medicine.   The list goes on and on.   Is it possible that this administration is even more morally bankrupt than the Clintonistas?  
 
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The Real Fix for Healthcare

 

In the most recent AP poll taken yesterday, 52% of Americans are against the Obama/Democrat healthcare plan.   So what does Obama do? He speaks to a joint session of Congress and the American public with one of his most partisan speeches to date.   He ridicules the prior administration for cutting taxes and creating jobs while completely ignoring the fact that his economic policy has doubled unemployment since he took office. He pays lip service to tort reform and competition; the two things that could actually lower health insurance costs. Worse yet, he outright lied about what was contained in the 1000+ page document. 

The highlight of the Obama speech was Republican Congressman Joe Wilson who stood up and said, “You lie,” when it was suggested that the bill wouldn’t provide care to illegal aliens.   All the while, Nancy Pelosi could be seen glaring with her aging, hollow eyed hippy, hate filled eyes while Michelle Obama, still not proud of her country, sat idly by shaking her head wondering how someone could dare challenge the messiah.  As it turns out, Wilson is right and Obama did lie.   The unfortunate thing is that Wilson actually apologized for what he characterized as uncivil behavior. The truth is that we need more like Congressman Wilson and we need them to shout from the mountaintops about the every increasing frequency of lies coming out of this administration.  

Watching the speech was like watching an infomercial trying to sell an unwitting audience on losing weight while never leaving their couch.   It is utterly amazing that Obama continues to state that we can all have government healthcare without raising the deficit by one dime.   Right; and I’ve got a few bridges to sell you. The facts just don’t mesh with the rhetoric coming from the Obama administration that has yet to spell out any measures that will be taken to cut costs.

In reviewing this bill (something the mainstream media has yet to do) the fact remains that the government option creates 53 new bureaucracies, all more unaccountable than the ones that exist today.   Obama talked about fixing the problems in Medicare and Medicaid, which have become a cross generational disaster. The bottom line is that he has an agenda which is to create his legacy proving once again that he is more narcissist than president.   He could care less about any one of us, but he must do something to get the egg off of his face in the wake of his poll numbers falling like a rock.  

Proving that he could care less about you or I or especially the aging, he continues to be dogged by the language of Section 1233 which states that advanced care planning consultation shall include five year reviews of options or more frequent for the terminally ill. While they are not called death panels, a review with your doctor of options on sustainability of life could be construed to be just that if the government is forced to ration healthcare, as is the case in every other nation with socialized medicine. 

If government is to provide care with no cost increases to anyone then rationing will be required. They will have to cut expenditures which will be a line item in the annual budget. In other words, bureaucrats will have to make life and death decisions.  

The fact remains that our nation cannot support socialized medicine, which has failed in every nation on earth.   Nor should we.    The bigger issues are the underlying problems in our existing system where competition has become increasingly limited and doctors increasingly scarce due to over regulation and frivolous lawsuits.   In one sentence I will do what Obama and the entire Congress has failed to do. Create competition by allowing carriers to compete over state lines and enact tort reform with loser pay laws. If it’s that simple, why don’t we do it? Ask the unions, trial lawyers and illegal immigration advocates to whom Democrats are beholden.
 
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I See Said the Blind Man

 

First it was dodgeball, then it was tag, then it was banning red pens to grade students papers. Now liberals have launched a ban on touching. Yes, according to New York’s WCBS, students in the Glen Cove government indoctrination centers will be prohibited from touching when school starts next week. Only in the bluest of blue states could such an asinine proposition be set forth. 

According to New York Health officials the no touch policy is a way to reduce the spread of the swine flu. Why not just postpone the start of school until the media hype fades? Better yet, our emerging police state should consider banning talking, sneezing, coughing and breathing.  Then again they could just immunize the kids but that would entail using common sense.

Speaking of police states, you better watch out of you’re planning a garage sale. The Kansas City Star is reporting that the nanny state Obama Gestapo are out en masse enforcing a new federal law that bans the resale of certain goods at neighborhood garage sales.  Included in the list of items the imperial government has banned are Polly Pocket Dolls, Easy Bake Ovens and hooded draw string sweatshirts.   What next, mandates on the types of food we eat? Oh I almost forget, liberals have already banned transfats.

Vice President Cheney recently suggested that steps being taken by Obama, such as coddling prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and banning the term War on Terror, are making our nation more vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Apparently Team Obama isn’t too happy about being called to the mat, sending National Security Advisor Jim Jones out to challenge Cheney’s statements.   I couldn’t think of a more appropriate person than a guy named Jim Jones out to reassure the economically and socially blind, kool aid drinking public.  All the while Obama and his seditious liberals are celebrating the release of Abdul Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan terrorist responsible for the Lockerbie plane disaster. 

Meanwhile, our own domestic terrorists, better known as Congressional liberals, are pushing back debate on their global warming bill, claiming that healthcare must take precedent.   Could this possibly be the result of the northern tier of states coming off their coldest summer in centuries which once again exposes the utter lunacy of the greatest hoax in the history of mankind? 

The silver lining amidst the ubiquitous failures of this administration is that Obama’s latest approval rating has slipped to 46% which translates into single digit support from those who actually work for a living.  
 
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No More Room in British Hospitals...Babies being born in cars and toilets.

 

As liberals in Congress look to places like Britain for guidance in socializing medicine the state run media is conspicuously absent in their coverage of just what this would mean for Americans.   According to the U.K. Daily Mail more than 4,000 babies are born annually in hospital elevators, corridors and even toilets due to hospital overcrowding and bed shortages.    Even worse, there was a recent case of a Brit who collapsed from appendicitis three weeks after the NHS removed his appendix! Yes, this is the future of Obamacare.

The very term Obamacare is an oxymoron because Obama cares nothing about you or I but rather of his narcissistic quest for power and control.   Obama could care less if babies are born in elevators or toilets as long as he enslaves the masses with entitlements, better known as legalized bribes for votes.  

Obama is not alone in this quest for power, as it is an addiction suffered by all liberals whose view of government compares to a junkies view of heroin.    In fact those who don’t subscribe to their totalitarian views are often ridiculed and cajoled as being uncaring, selfish or even Nazis. Interestingly, the rise of Hitler came on the heels of socialism in Germany…then again you wouldn’t expect liberals to know the facts. 

Now with the death of Teddy Kennedy will come a renewed effort to implement socialized medicine in his name.   If you have insurance now, don’t worry, you can keep that policy and pay for another policy for someone less fortunate which is precisely how this charade will work.   If you get insurance through your employer, this will be taxed as income.   If you own a small business expect an increase in your premium in the form of a surcharge.   For those with no insurance you can count on another freebie. Just like you get your weekly dole to spend on malt liquor, crack and porn you will now be rewarded with free, no deductible, no copay healthcare.   All you have to do is sign your life away to the government and fill out your election ballots as instructed by ACORN. 

This is the unfortunate truth of the times in which we live where the stupid outnumber the intelligent, the uninformed outnumber the informed and those who get their news from Entertainment Tonight, People Magazine and the Communist News Network outnumber those who know what is really going on. 

The question is just how far can liberals go before there is an uprising? Liberals and their union thugs have destroyed our government schools, decimated our inner cities and gutted domestic manufacturing.   They are now diligently working to wipe out our financial and automotive industries.   The mere fact that the word government and healthcare are used in the same sentence should send up red flags as government does nothing right.   The truth is that we could fire 99% of all non military government personnel and our nation would be better off than we are today.  

Should you be scared? Of course, unless your goal is to live in a government theocracy which is where we are headed.   I use the word theocracy because liberalism is a cult like religion with leadership that views themselves in a God like way.   Liberals believe that they are superior to those of us who work for a living.   They view us as a never ending checkbook used to bankroll entitlements for the underclass that they have created by design.   What they don’t seem to recognize is that socialism always fails because the money always runs out.  

What can we do? Get involved. Get active in your local political party and work to throw every member of Congress who supports socialism out.   Get rid of any member of the opposition who hasn’t vocally opposed the direction of our country.   Recruit local leaders who have a track record of success in supporting economic freedom and individual liberty to run for Congress.   We can take back our nation and it’s not (yet) too late to do it at the ballot box in 2010. 
 
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Obamanomics is Doomed to Failure...and that is a good thing!

 

It was bad enough when someone lacking the experience to be so much as a Wal-Mart greeter was installed by ACORN as president of the United States.   Now we have union thug Dennis Hughes, former head of the AFL-CIO, appointed (most likely payback for campaign contributions) as Chairman of the Federal Reserve for New York.  

How is it possible that so many completely unqualified people are being placed in positions of such great power and Responsibility? Remember, the AFL-CIO is largely to blame for our trade deficit and the moving of manufacturing jobs overseas.   This power hungry, mob controlled organization ranks right up there with the modern day Democrat Party in their culpability for the destruction of economic freedom and individual liberty in what was once the United States of America. 

All the while, Mr. Obama takes a vacation at a $35,000 dollar a day estate with the nation losing a war in Afghanistan and the economy in the tank.   I wonder if any of this will make CNN or will they be too busy extolling the virtues Obamanomics and Obamacare…which by the way are both destined to fail. 

It guess from the Obama perspective now is as good a time as any to get the hell out of Dodge as his poll numbers continue in a free fall rivaled only by Nancy Pelosi and her seditious alliance over on Capitol Hill. I wonder what part of enough is enough these self serving narcissists don’t get? Then again, this isn’t about us…it’s about them and their never ending quest for power and control over the dumb masses.

My guess is this reprieve from Washington will buy some time for Democrats to plot their course for ramming some form of socialized medicine through Congress on a party line vote.   Interestingly the AFL-CIO and other union thugs have resorted their ubiquitous intimidation tactics against Blue Dog Democrats who provide the only chance for derailing Marxist medicine in Congress. 

It appears that once again Obama has lied to the public as he steers the course of beltway dialogue away from bipartisanship, currying favor to lobbyists from radical, left wing organizations who are demanding more government in our lives.   Then again, those of us with intelligence (read those that did not vote for the messiah) knew that he never intended to govern from the center (another Obama lie) but rather from the far left as evidenced by his track record while acting as a puppet for Bill Ayers and ACORN. 

There is no doubt that the worst is yet to come, as government intervention in healthcare will doom us to a double dip recession.  With the CBO now stating that the Obama deficit is now headed to $9 TRILLION dollars there is no way that the nation under liberal leadership can survive.   This type of monetizing of debt will result in stagflation that would make even Jimmy Carter blush with envy.   It is highly likely that unemployment will hit 15% (30% among Obama voters) before all is said and done and within the next couple of years inflation will rear its ugly head as the Fed will be unable to use interest rates to control inflation due to nobody having jobs and credit remaining relatively tight.   Then again, this is all part of the liberal plan to create mass hysteria and ultimately dependency on the nanny state government.   Perhaps now is the time for everyone to say a prayer that Obama fail miserably because if he succeeds in his quest for power and control the nation that we once knew will cease to exist. 
 
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Liberals Once Again Show Their True Colors

 

It appears that the Congressional Liberals, our very own domestic version of the Taliban, are going to ram through a public (socialist) healthcare option despite rising opposition. Why not; they have an entire underclass of unproductive citizen’s whose votes must be bought before the mid-term elections. 

The GOP is smart to steer clear of this one, as socialized medicine has failed in all corners of the globe. Just like the rest of the Marxist agenda being pursued inside the beltway, this is doomed to fail as well.  

What liberals fail to realize is that the government does nothing right; and government is not the salvation of anything. To the contrary, whatever the government touches ultimately implodes. Be it the debt ridden post office, bankrupt social security or the failing medicare program, everything runs in the red.   If you want to get a glimpse at the future of our government run hospitals I suggest taking a drive through your local government run housing projects.   For a preview of the lines in the emergency rooms head down the DMV.   To get an idea of the caliber of your medical doctors, wait in line at the DMV until you get a chance to go to the counter.  

Then again, this isn’t about you or I. It’s about power and votes. It does appear that some of the Jim Jones Obamabots are finally waking up from their state run media induced stupor to the reality of a culture of corruption never before seen outside of Central American banana republics right in their own backyards.

In the liberal worldview, socialized medicine is important. It ranks right up there with state run media and industry because it brings the Marxist utopia one step closer to reality. For those of us with common sense and an understanding of history, we know that it brings the tyranny of Marxism one step closer as well.  

The key now is to keep up the pressure on Congress.   While the GOP, and the few true conservatives that still remain in the party, can’t derail this disaster they can be vocal dissidents. They can focus their energy on becoming as obstructionist as possible and urging their constituents to do the same.   At the end of the day, when this house of cards comes crashing down, they can then say “I told you so” just as we have successfully done with every other liberal utopian ideal.   

So as Obama’s popularity plummets and the public outcry over socialized medicine becomes fiercer, liberals will finally be showing their true colors. Their actions, in the face of mounting opposition, speak volumes of their true un-American intent.   Remember, to them the Constitution is a mere inconvenience to be addressed by liberal activist jurists.   The electorate is nothing more than a nuisance to be controlled by ACORN proctors in polling places. Ah yes, Stalin, Hitler, Lenin and Marx must be beaming at the success their protégés are having on Capitol Hill. 
 
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What's In a Name...Especially if its driven by Racist Politics

 

There is a debate brewing in Dallas to rename government schools after Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor.   Forget the fact that schools should be named as tribute to those who have died. Forget the fact that schools should be named for those who have made meaningful contributions in their life which would disqualify both Obama and Sotomayor.    This little game is all about political correctness and the desire of certain minorities to name schools after other certain minorities; in other words race baiting politics at its best. 

If you want to play that game, then how about naming the schools for truly great Americans such as Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice or Herman Cain who like Obama are alive BUT unlike him have made meaningful contributions to society.   Perhaps those desirous of a Hispanic could name their schools after Alberto Gonzales or better yet Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, the two border agents maliciously prosecuted by the Clinton administration for doing their jobs and subsequently pardoned by George Bush.   Yes, real Americans who actually have made contributions to our society rather than a blatantly racist Supreme Court justice who thinks nothing of discriminating against white firefighters. 

The type of idiocy coming out of the Dallas once again illustrates the failures of our government schools where race baiting politics takes a priority to education.   These are the same schools that preach Black History Month, Kwanzaa and Ramadan while chastising anyone who dare mention the words under God. These are the types of schools that have banned dodgeball, tag and grading papers in red ink for fear of upsetting failing students who wouldn’t know the difference because the school nurse has them hopped up on Ritalin. 

According to the school district the eyes of the parents and children “light up” at the proposition of a school named for the messiah.   Rather than a school they should rename the short school buses whose riders and parents are the only people that actually support the guy in the first place once again reflecting the need to make voters pass an IQ test before they should be allowed to vote.  

What is happening in inner city Dallas is something that is happening in inner cities, run into the ground by liberal elitists, across the nation.   Be it Dallas or Detroit or Cleveland or New Orleans, the list of failing cities goes on and on.   Without fail these cities are run by one political party, extorting money from businesses with the help of union thugs and ACORN.   They comprise a mere fraction of our landmass but have enough ignorant and uninformed residents to sway an entire presidential election.   When John Edwards says that we have two nations, perhaps he is right only it’s not rich vs. poor; it’s intelligent vs. uninformed. 

My guess is that they aren’t trying to rename schools for Barack Hussein Obama in suburbia. Nor are they trying to rename schools for racists in rural America.   You see, in these areas people have common sense. People work for a living and understand the evils of big government.   Perhaps it’s time that our failing and bankrupt cities learned a lesson from the productive members of our society. Then again, it’s not about us, it’s about them. It’s about power and a culture of corruption that one would expect to find in a third world banana republic, not the United States. Sadly it’s here and now it’s in Washington, D.C. 

Christopher Van

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The Liberal Dog and Pony Show

 

If you’ve been watching the mainstream media you’d think that all of the town hall meetings are staged. Yes, those rabid conservatives are orchestrating events and feigning outrage at the Obama healthcare plan.   In fact, the only legitimate town hall meeting was the one held by Obama, where pleasantries were exchanged and even the most diehard opponents of socialized medicine had an epiphany and now support the concept marginalized care and death panels run by government bureaucrats. 

So, as usual we have to examine the facts that the liberal media won’t investigate.   Last week Nancy Pelosi called anyone against socialized medicine un-American and referred to them as Nazis. Conveniently a swastika appears at the offices of Georgia Democrat David Scott.   Coincidence? I think not. I wonder if Pelosi and her ilk have been shopping in the paint section at Home Depot lately.

In Michigan there was a downhill attendee carrying an “Obama as Hitler” sign who it turns out was a union plant, out to shed negative light on those who support freedom and liberty. Check out the video yourself.

http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/08/busted-obama-as-hitler-poster-was.html

Liberals are on a mission and will use any and every tool available to deceive the American people into giving up more of their rights.   All the while, the single biggest thing that could fix healthcare isn’t even on the table. If liberals really wanted meaningful change, don’t you think they’d be discussing tort reform and putting an end to the frivolous lawsuits that continue to drive up medical costs.   Then again, liberals don’t care about you, only about power which comes in large part from the campaign contributions of trial lawyers.   Are you starting to see a pattern here. 

The anger that we are seeing is very real and it is only a tiny fraction of the true sentiment present in the productive segment of our population.   There is a reason we are called the silent majority. The anger is reaching levels never before seen in our country and will likely spill into the streets eventually.   Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat controlled Congress are an absolute disgrace and embarrassment to our nation. The Republicans who sit idly by and do nothing aren’t far behind.   Where’s the real leadership in Washington? 

Historically speaking, wars have been fought over much less than destroying one fifth of an economy.   The liberals have reached too far and the oppression and name calling of white Americans has gone on too long.   Perhaps people are finally waking up from their American Idol induced stupor and realizing that those Fox News babes have been right all along.  

Unfortunately things are going to get worse, much worse.   Unemployment will continue to rise with inflation coming down the pike as the result of ridiculous amounts of monetized government debt.   With that will come Carteresque interest rates and an increase in home foreclosures.   For those that didn’t take Economics 101 Obama is creating the greatest economic disaster that our nation has ever seen. How’s that for change you can count on…

Christopher Van

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What Would King George Do?

 

Hey Arlen Specter, how’s that 2010 campaign looking? After watching his disastrous town hall meeting I'm thinking that the Republican turned Democrat has seen the last of his cushy job in Washington D.C. come the 2010 elections. Good riddance. 

In Georgia, a swastika was painted on Congressman David Scott’s office sign.   Of course Scott, a black Democrat, is using typical liberal race baiting rhetoric to justify his position on healthcare which he believes caused the vandalism. Could it be that the perpetrator was sending a message that the Nazi period in Germany was one of the most despicable times in history rivaled only by the liberal control in Washington, D.C.? While I don’t condone the vandalism, it is very easy to understand the pent up frustration being caused by Pelosi and her un-American ilk. Yes, supporting Marxist ideologies does make you un-American. 

In Missouri a woman warned Democrat Claire McCaskill that if the administration doesn’t let people vent their frustrations there will be a revolution.   The Democrats response “I don’t understand the rudeness”. Well Mrs. McCaskill neither did King George.  

Desperate to calm the public, the messiah himself spoke yesterday at what was reported to be a townhall with open and honest dialogue from the participants.   Right, like this administration does anything that isn’t completely planned and orchestrated. Just how stupid do they think we are?

All the while, the White House has set up a special website for Americans to snitch on family, friends and neighbors who don’t support socialized medicine.   What next, SS patrols to search our homes and businesses? Maybe the government can work to silence free speech? Oh, I forgot that’s already in the works with the insidious un-Fairness Doctrine and union card check. O.K., then it’s on to guns. Oops, they are already working on that as well.  Heaven forbid we speak our mind or defend our freedom!

It’s high time that Americans woke up from their Obama induced stupor and got mad. I hope they get mad as hell just as sure as I hope Obama’s socialist agenda is a miserable failure because then I can say “I told you so” to every uninformed soul who cast their vote for the most unqualified candidate to ever run for the highest office in the land. 

I just hope it’s not too late, because in slimy Chicago politics the elitist class always gets the last word, even if it means using mob thugs to carry out their dirty deeds.   The question is whether Chicago politics can fully take root outside of Cook County? Can the liberals succeed in abolishing the first and second Amendment which is truly what they want and must have in order to achieve Stalinesque control of our nation?  

We need to come together as a people to vote every member of Congress, Democrat or Republican, who supports socialist ideals out of office.   Let’s just hope they don’t declare our right to vote unconstitutional before next November.   With this administration actually making the Clinton administration look downright honest and wholesome nothing would surprise me.

Christopher Van

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Game On!

 

With tempers flaring at town hall meetings from coast to coast, it appears that rather than listen to constituents concerns Democrats are seeking to intimidate and muzzle the masses.  The White House has launched a site for Americans to snitch on those who don’t support socialized medicine.   Unions are sending thugs into meetings to threaten and cajole fellow Americans who simply want answers.  All the while the state run mainstream media sits idly by as the Obama Gestapo uses Stalinist tactics to quash dissent. 

I would give anything to know what our founding fathers and heroes of years past are thinking as they look down from the heavens on the civil unrest occurring.  Were Americans this dissatisfied in the 1770’s when they dumped tea in the harbor? Were those who attended that tea party called Nazi’s by the Speaker of the House as Nancy Pelosi labels those who seek freedom today?

One this is for certain, we have finally found the liberal hot buttons.   For years we have assumed that liberals were anti-war cowards.   Apparently they just don’t like to attack those from abroad, but sure have no problem attacking those at home. How is it possible for an entire political party to bow down at the altar of Islamic fascism and welcome terrorists to our homeland with open arms and then turn around and intimidate hard working, taxpaying Americans?

I certainly hope that those who voted for Obama and realizing the error of their ways. I don’t want to criticize them for their past misdeeds, but rather welcome them to the paradigm of conservatism and common sense. We have long though that liberals were anti-American and anti-freedom but had only scant proof. We believed that the mainstream media watch by many and the government schools attended by others were breeding grounds for liberal socialist indoctrination.   Now we are seeing proof and I don’t believe that Democrats are happy with what their leadership is doing to the nation.   Perhaps it is time to welcome those who care about our nation into the realm of intellectually honest dialogue. 

If I were a Democrat and had been bamboozled by the Greek columns and soaring Obama rhetoric, I too would be furious.   The true colors of liberalism are finally showing through and it is as red as the hammer and sickle of the former USSR.   The mere fact that Moscow’s Pravda is noticing the rise of communism in our nation shows how un-American our nation has become. Yes, if you support Marxist socialist fascist ideals and the redistribution of wealth you are un-American.   Sorry, but somebody’s gotta say it. 

Personally I find these town hall meetings to be a breath of fresh air. It isn’t every day that liberals are taken to task by a public who is generally too busy watching American Idiot to care about their freedom and liberty.   Finally the apple cart has tipped over and the truth of the liberal agenda is being exposed. Liberals don’t care about America, just as they don’t care about you. All they care about is power and control. We see this as they take over the banking and automotive industries. We see it as they seek to take over health care. We see it as they seek to silence free speech, mandate unionization and take away our right to defend our loved ones from the very criminals they coddle.   The message that we have to send to liberals: Game On!  

Christopher Van

www.goldenpansy.com

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