The campaigning is over, the votes are cast, the decision is in. Now the fingers are pointing. “Coakley was a weak candidate.” “She didn’t work hard enough.” “She didn’t have the ‘fire in her belly.’” “She made too many gaffes.”
All these finger pointing exercises are phony. The race for the senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy was lost in Washington, not in Massachusetts. A month ago Coakley had a traditional Massachusetts style Democrat lead in the polls. This is expected since Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than three to one there. Obama won this state by over twenty points and Coakley’s lead at that time was similar. After all, this was the most secure senate seat in the nation for the Democrats.
Then some things happened far away in DC. The Democrats in the senate used their super majority to pass “Obamacare” without one single vote from the opposition party. They did it with back room deals closed to the public view where they bought off votes with bribes and blackmail. Such was the massive $300 million dollar Louisiana Purchase wherein Mary Landrieu became the “most expensive prostitute in history”. This was followed by an even more egregious deal with Nebraska in which the other forty nine states would pay Nebraska’s share of the taxes to support Obamacare.
They shut out the opposition party from any participation in the drafting of the bill while it was formatted by lobbyists, unions, and other favored groups behind closed doors and far from the public view. This in spite of their pledge to be the most open and honest administration ever.
After passage of the bill they immediately began the house/senate conference process once again behind closed doors. When specifically questioned as to why they were not letting Cspan cameras into the process as Obama promised at least eight times during the campaign, Pelosi laughed and said, “A lot of things are said on the campaign trail.” Take that America!!
Basically the Democrat leadership thumbed their noses at the American public. They lied about being open, honest, and above board while conducting themselves in a despicable and tyrannical manner. The were acting in a most elitist and undemocratic way while obviously lying about their every action in the assumption that the stupid American public didn’t know the difference.
Then the state of Massachusetts began the process to elect a new senator to fill an open seat vacated by Ted Kennedy’s death. Their state had passed a universal healthcare bill several years ago and now they were being asked to pay more taxes for the rest of the nation to do likewise. Already their state was running into financial trouble trying to pay for their system and they were being tasked to fund Nebraska too? Surely you’ve gotta be kidding!
The result was very predictable to anyone with a half a brain. All Scott Brown had to do was drive around the state in his truck and point out that the Democrats were treating them as a bunch of idiots. He didn’t have to even call on the Republican big hitters to support him. They weren’t needed as long as he could simply point out how Washington was playing Massachusetts and the rest of the nation as a bunch of dummys that weren’t worthy of consideration.
He promised to be the 41st vote to stop Obamacare and he climbed steadily in the polls. He promised to restrain taxes and out of control spending and he climbed higher in the polls. By the time the Democrats figured out this insidious master plan it was too late and the momentum was unstopable. Coakley had already gone on record supporting the entire Obama agenda with its new taxes, higher spending and massive deficits that would just get bigger year by year.
Washington attempted to point the blame at the deficits of the Bush administration but the spin didn’t ring true. After all, Obama’s deficits, by their own calculations, in only the first 20 months will exceed all of Bush’s for the entire eight years of his presidency! Something didn’t compute and it didn’t take much to make the voters understand that!
Now Brown had Obamacare, spending, and government corruption to hammer his opponent with. No wonder he won so handily. The Democrats in Washington had transformed the safest seat in the nation into a totally unwinnable situation.
The only question about this is, will they acknowledge their errors and correct their course to try to regain the trust of the American people as Clinton did after Nov of ‘94? Or will they rely on spin and finger pointing to attempt to assess the blame as has been their habit of late.
My guess is the latter. Obama is not Clinton. Regardless of his promises to govern as a moderate, he is an ideologue with his allegiance placed with a far left agenda. Additionally the left of his party has promised to destroy him if he changes course. He will likely continue on his current path until the inevitable train wreck occurs and that will likely occur somewhere around 9:30 p.m. on November 2nd 2010.
However, other Democrats in the house and senate are likely not to share his view as most of them are facing reelection battles in only a few months. Now that they know the nature of the road they are on I suspect that they will be much less inclined to continue on that Kamikaze path they have followed for the last year.
The most liberal state in the nation has spoken and their message is that they do not want the socialist utopia that Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are serving up. They can figure out that it is a path to ruin even if their leadership can not! If they can figure it out don’t you think the people in the other states might just do likewise?
The message went out to despots everywhere from the heart of DC to the bowels of the Fuhrer’s hideout. Scott Brown took the Massachusetts senate seat and with it the Democrats’ super majority!! It’s a dark day for tyrants everywhere. . . .
The editorial writers at the New York Times thought they were getting the White House’s back when they defended cuts to Medicare Advantage last week. In fact, they were validating the blatant dishonesty of administration and congressional officials pushing for the cuts.
In their editorial last Sunday, the Times writers revealed in stunning fashion the lies that have been used to convince increasingly skeptical seniors that their Medicare Advantage benefits won’t be sacrificed to pay for government-run health care.
Dishonesty:
In one breath, the Times claimed the effect of Medicare Advantage cuts will be “modest”:
“Although Republican rhetoric has triggered fears that Medicare Advantage enrollees might lose their coverage entirely if private plans drop out of the system, the real effect of the bill would likely be modest on average.”
Then, literally on the next line, the Times contradicts itself, and stumbles inadvertently on to the truth:
“The value of an enrollee’s added benefits would shrink by more than half from current levels but would not disappear; they would still be worth about $500 a year in 2019 (emphasis added).”
Intimidation:
Medicare Advantage was created to do what the Center for Health Transformation (CHT) has long fought for: To give all seniors more private choices of higher quality health care. It currently provides almost 11 million Americans coverage through private insurance plans. Recent data shows that these seniors have better health outcomes than those in traditional Medicare.
Current legislation in Washington will gut the program. H.R. 3200 in the House will cut Medicare Advantage by $172 billion. The bill sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus in the Senate will cut the popular program by $123 billion.
If you’re just hearing about this now, here’s the reason: When Humana (with whom we’ve worked with in the past at CHT) tried to inform its Medicare Advantage members that Democratic health care reform could lower their benefits, the government ordered them to cease and desist and opened an investigation of the company.
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) subsequently introduced legislation in the Senate Finance Committee to protect the 1st Amendment rights of private insurance companies to criticize health care reform proposals.
Democrats on the committee unanimously defeated the bill.
Hypocrisy: The AARP Sells Out Seniors
But while Humana was censored by the government from talking to its Medicare Advantage enrollees about proposed Democratic cuts, another Medicare Advantage provider — the AARP — has been left free to lobby its members.
Of course the Washington leadership of the AARP is working closely with Democrats on health care reform. Incredibly, the self-appointed voice of America’s seniors supports “reforms” that will cut the benefits — if not the entire Medicare Advantage coverage — of millions of seniors.
How can this be? It’s simple. The AARP is a liberal interest group like any other, and it cut a deal with the party in charge in Washington. In exchange for selling out the seniors it claims to represent, the AARP will get potentially millions in lucrative insurance contracts, and quite possibly something more.
Tell Your Friends We’re Not Going to Take It Anymore
No plan that has to be advanced through dishonesty, intimidation and hypocrisy has the support of the American people.
But all that is required for these tactics to prevail in Washington is for good people to sit back and do nothing.
As debate in Congress continues, here’s what you can do: Send this newsletter to a friend, a co-worker, or a relative who isn’t yet aware of what Washington is doing.
Send this newsletter to your senators and representatives. Let them know that, despite the dishonesty, the intimidation and the hypocrisy, we know what they’re doing.
And we’re not going to take it anymore.
Your friend,
Newt Gingrich
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Newt’s letter above outlines a lot of what is going on with the liberal establishment in Washington. Contact your representatives and let them know in no uncertain terms that what happened in Virginia and New Jersey Nov 3rd is nothing compared to Nov ‘10 if they continue the current pattern. Contact your friends, and anyone else that will listen and tell them what you think about the sell out of seniors in America!
Many of us seniors have depended on the AARP for years for information, cost saving offers, and representation of seniors interests. We can not depend on them to do that and we can not sit by like sheep while they accept our membership fees at the same time they sell us out in Washington while lying to us to boot! Let them know what you think by cutting up your AARP card and sending it back to them!
There is an alternative with the American Seniors Association. Perhaps even a better suggestion is to cut up your AARP card and send it to the ASA with your new membership application. They will give you a second years membership for that cut up card! That’s a whole lot more than we are getting from AARP these days.
Check out the American Seniors Association It is a true seniors advocacy organization that has not sold out to the big money offers from Obama and the Washington establishment and it deserves our support.
I have no connection to the ASA and only pass on this information as a service, . . . . and because I am genuinely ticked off big time about what Washington and groups like the AARP are trying to do to our country.
Last night was the best news for the freedom loving American people in the last twelve months. The voters have sent a message to leadership in both parties! They want a return to the principles embodied in the Constitution that made this country great. They want the people sent to Washington to actually represent them!
The American people were duped last year by a presidential candidate who campaigned as a moderate only to govern as a Socialist. The Republican wins of governors races in Virginia and New Jersey is a wake-up call, especially for the “Blue Dog Democrats” regardless of how the White House tries to spin it. Obama campaigned for the Democrats in both states and if anything at all his attempt to “help” likely hurt his democratic candidates there. The old tactic of trying to blame George Bush just doesn’t fly any more.
Anyone that thinks that Obama is still popular with voters needs to have his head examined. According to some polls he has lost more faith with the voters than anyone in the last century other than Nixon in ‘73. Yes he is a personable fellow and his face still gets favorable ratings, but his policies are overwhelmingly rejected by the people whenever they see them. The worsening economy, the attempt to nationalize industry, the government attempt to control first one industry after another and to restrict the rights and freedoms of the American people are not popular concepts. As people see the results of this direction of Obama and the Democratic party they object more and more. That objection showed up in the “Tea Parties” last summer and now at the ballot boxes last night. All indications are that this is just a tiny peek at what is to be expected next November.
The White House has tried to spin this as not a referendum against Obama and Obamacare, but the exit polls speak differently. People don’t like the direction of the country and they are turning against the party in power in a big way. Washington has ignored the “Tea Parties” this year and the people are showing their displeasure in a manner that can not be disputed by rational folks. Of course can you really say Obama and the Democratic leadership are rational folks?
What does this say for the likely 2010 mid term elections? It basically says that if the Republicans put up some straight talking conservative candidates they will likely sweep the slate! However, lest the Republicans grin about the prospects too much, it also showed that if the Republicans pull another “Scozzafava” then the question is up for grabs. People are getting sick and tired of the Republican leaderships actions as well.
There was no party primary in NY to pick a candidate. Party bosses picked an ultra liberal that by her voting record leans even to the left of her Democrat opponent!! In fact by some counts she leans to the left of the majority of her Democratic legislators in the NY assembly! Only on Second Amendment rights does she show any conservative principles. Even Newt Gingrich endorsed her under his concept of the “big tent” principle for the party . To his credit, when it became apparent that she was not a loyal Republican, he endorsed Hoffman and worked to try to help him get elected. Dede Scozzafava was given some $900,000 during the last month of her candidacy by the Republican party. This is money donated by persons who thought they are supporting candidates that stand for basic Republican principles and instead it goes to someone who would have voted right down the line with the Democrats and Obamaites in Washington!
She used that money primarily to campaign against her Conservative party opponent. He was a long time Republican who ran as the Conservative party candidate after he was repulsed by Republican party bosses. Then to add insult to injury, when she saw she was running third in a three party race she pulled out on the eve of the election and endorsed the Democrat!! Wow, what an insult to the donors of the Republican party.
As a result the conservative candidate, Doug Hoffman, lost the election by three points while Scuzzball still got 5% of the vote even though she has pulled out of the election. This was the largest percentage of the vote ever received in history by a Conservative Party candidate! Had the Republicans picked someone who represented republican views, or failed to support this RINO because of her far left record the Republicans would likely have another vote in the house next year.
This sends a real message to the Republican contributors. “If you want your donations to go to people that share your views, don’t give it through the Republican party.” This will definitely bite the Republican party on the posterior! Conservative Republicans will not be nearly so eager to donate their hard-earned cash to a party that will squander it on RINOs who don’t reflect their views.
Democrats should take note of the two governorships that were lost last night. If they continue as they have been doing and don’t pay attention to the people, they had best have another occupation lined up for when they get fired next November! Republicans need to recognize that there is no advantage to having someone with an “R” in their name that votes with the opposition the vast majority of the time.
Yep. This off year election carries a big message to both parties. The majority of Americans are still basically conservative people and do not want the socialist agenda we are seeing being forced on our country. We want our representatives to actually represent us, not George Soros. We want our Constitution back!
Recent Virginia Church Sermon –
This is a great story. Whether Truth or Fiction, who knows? I researched it and could not find the original source but regardless of the original source there is lots of wisdom here. It is supposedly from a predominately Black church somewhere in Virginia sometime early this year. I wish I could meet with this wise pastor and tell him, “Right on Brother! Preach on!” We need more pastors in more pulpits that will tell the truth like he does.
================================================== “Good morning, brothers and sisters; it’s always a delight to see the pews crowded on Sunday morning, and so eager to get into God’s Word. Turn with me in your Bibles, if you will to the 47th chapter of Genesis, we’ll begin our reading at verse 13, and go through verse 27.
Brother Ray, would you stand and read that great passage for us?
….(reading)…
Thank you for that fine reading, Brother Ray… So we see that economic hard times fell upon Egypt , and the people turned to the government of Pharaoh to deal with this for them. And Pharaoh nationalized the grain harvest, and placed the grain in great storehouses that he had built. So the people brought their money to Pharaoh, like a great tax increase, and gave it all to him willingly in return for grain.
And this went on until their money ran out, and they were hungry again.
So when they went to Pharaoh after that, they brought their livestock -their cattle, their horses, their sheep, and their donkey – to barter for grain, and verse 17 says that only took them through the end of that year..
But the famine wasn’t over, was it? So the next year, the people came before Pharaoh and admitted they had nothing left, except their land and their own lives. “There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our land. Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh.” So they surrendered their homes, their land, and their real estate to Pharaoh’s government, and then sold themselves into slavery to him, in return for grain. What can we learn from this, brothers and sisters?
That turning to the government instead of to God to be our provider in hard times only leads to slavery? Yes. That the only reason government wants to be our provider is to also become our master?
Yes. But look how that passage ends, brothers and sisters! Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt , in the land of Goshen .. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.” God
provided for His people, just as always has! They didn’t end up giving all their possessions to government, no, it says they gained possessions! But I also tell you a great truth today, and an ominous one. We see the same thing happening today – the government today wants to “share the wealth “once again, to take it from us and redistribute it back to us. It wants to take control of healthcare, just as it has taken control of education, and ration it back to us, and when government rations it, then government decides who gets it, and how much, and what kind. And if we go along with it, and do it willingly, then we will wind up no differently than the people of Egypt did four thousand years ago – as slaves to the government, and as slaves to our leaders.
What Mr. Obama’s government is doing now is no different from what Pharaoh’s government did then, and it will end the same. And a lot of people like to call Mr. Obama a “Messiah,” don’t they? Is he a Messiah?
Obama Messiah?
A savior? Didn’t the Egyptians say, after Pharaoh made them his slaves, “You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh”?
Well, I tell you this I know the Messiah; the Messiah is a friend of mine; and Mr. Obama is no Messiah! No, brothers and sisters, if Mr. Obama is a character from the Bible, then he is “Pharaoh”.
Bow with me in prayer, if you will.
Lord, You alone are worthy to be served, and we rely on You, and You alone.
We confess that the government is not our deliverer, and never rightly will be.
We read in the eighth chapter of 1 Samuel, when Samuel warned the people of what a ruler would do, where it says “And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.” And Lord, we acknowledge that day has come. We cry out to you because of the ruler that we have chosen for ourselves as a nation. Lord, we pray for this nation. We pray for revival, and we pray for deliverance from those who would be our masters.
Give us hearts to seek You and hands to serve You, and protect Your people from the atrocities of Pharaoh’s government.
To the young people around us those words are likely meaningless. To my generation they are terrifying! George Orwell’s classic novel “1984″ was first published in 1949 as his vision of a post WWII socialist/fascist world. Time Magazine recently listed it as among the best 100 English language novels published in the last 80 years.
In the book the governmental language “Newspeak” twists words to conceal their meanings. The “Ministry of Peace” conducts war, the “Ministry of Love” conducts torture. “Big Brother” is the symbol of government which constantly watches everyone to assure compliance with its ever changing manipulation of society. There are signs everywhere stating, “Big Brother is Watching You”to control people by reminding them of pervasive and invasive surveillance by the government. Even children are indoctrinated to spy on their parents to detect possible “thought crimes” which were the most onerous of crimes in the society. Hmmmmmm. Kids at school encouraged to rat on their parents? No wonder home schooling is becoming so popular these days.
The term “Orwellian” can refer to many devious things. It can refer to any totalitarian government action to control and pacify the population, but it frequently refers to the intentional twisting of words to make them indicate the opposite of what the words mean. It is simply propagandizing by misnaming.
In today’s world a congressional bill to deny workers rights to a free private vote on unionization is called the “Employee’s Free Choice Act”. The president states that illegal aliens are prohibited access in his government healthcare proposal while the bill he refers to prohibits checking for legal status.
He further refers to the provisions of “his bill” when he has never actually produced such a bill and he never indicates which of multiple bills he refers to. He is then free to claim or deny anything he likes. He calls accurate reports of the contents of such bills as “misrepresentation” and “lies” and makes a direct threat to opponents that if anyone disputes his claims he will “Call you out.” Caution: Big Brother is Watching You!!
It was amusing watching George Stephanopoulos’s recent attempt to interview “Big Brother” himself. When asking about government enforced charges to people declining health insurance under “Obamacare” Stephanopoulos attempted to remind the president of his promise not to increase taxes on the middle class. Obama insisted, that ” is absolutely not a tax increase!” George even read the dictionary definition of “tax” to him and asked, “How is that not a tax?” Poor George. After all those years as chief of Clinton’s spin machine don’t you know you can’t pull a dictionary on Big Brother? “Newspeak” is recognized by Merriam-Webster.
Yep, old George “O” had it right on the button, only his date was off a bit.
Today the American people can no longer believe or trust their elected representatives. Political spin is king and governmental decisions are determined by focus groups to see what manner of twisting of the words will sell their schemes to a dumbed down public. Representatives respond to our inquiries with loads of double or concealed meaning statements that makes Clinton’s “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is” seem tame by comparison.
The IRS has become the veiled threat as the enforcement agency that is covertly or overtly held over the heads of opposition. Meanwhile, government officials and the administration’s friends are given a pass on even the most egregious of tax law violations. Look at the number of high level appointees that were forced to withdraw their nominations over public oppositions to their tax violations in just this year alone. In a nation of 300 million persons surely there are law abiding people talented enough for any job the government might need!
High level congressional leaders such as Charlie Rangel are allowed to hold their posts and chairmanships with records of tax evasion running into the millions of dollars. Meanwhile he (Tax Cheat Charlie) as head of the House Ways and Means Committee slips rules into the tax codes so the “little people” receive threats over the most minor of infractions and oversights in their tax records. A man that himself has a reputation of a tax cheat is appointed to head the treasury and the IRS . He is charged to run the system for the rest of us!
In the book the main character Winston Smith is symbolic of “everyman”. He works in the “Ministry of Truth” where his job is to rewrite historical records to match the current party line. Sounds much like the school textbooks of today where the average high school student graduates unable to recognize George Washington’s picture or what he did, knowing only that he owned slaves and had wooden teeth.
Winston’s job is secure since the ever changing party line requires a constant changing of records and the removing of “unpersons” who are not in vogue with the current party politic. Reality is ambiguous and has been changed so much no one really knows for sure what even the real date actually is anymore. Sounds an awful lot like today’s political spin machines at work doesn’t it?
The classes of “1984″ society are the small “inner party“, an oligarchy of high level party members, a somewhat larger “outer party” of government bureaucrats to which Winston belongs, and the “Proles” which is the non-party-members of the controlled society. You know, the average everyday folks like you and me and Joe the plumber.
In the book the main character Winston first describes the world of “1984″ as he perceives it and then becomes uneasy over what he finds. He enjoys his work but develops a curiosity for the true history that has been eradicated. He has an illicit love affair with another outer party member, Julia, and they long for a pre-1984 time where they could openly express their love. Its only a bit more far-fetched than the numerous people today that live together without marrying to avoid being penalized by losing government benefits or being moved into higher tax brackets that they can not afford.
Unfortunately in “1984″ everything is bugged and ultimately they are caught by the “Thought Police” for having individual thoughts not sanctioned by the party. Charged with a “thought crime” Winston and Julia are sent to the “Ministry of Love” where they are separately interrogated, imprisoned, tortured and reeducated. Is this really far from the legislation to establish “hate crimes” today? Crimes not based on acts committed, but the inferred thoughts that are supposedly deserving of higher punishment?
In the course of Winston’s interrogations and torture it is revealed that the true meaning of the controls are not to create a Utopian paradise at all, but simply a method for the inner party to retain power. Sort of like the perpetual office holders we see in government today. The more power they achieve, the more they desire and the more onerous the regulations they are willing to enforce on the society to achieve it. Regulations like a “Fairness Doctrine” that will preclude their opposition from access to the airwaves and will insure their perpetual reelection. Tarp payments that steal from the public treasury to reward buddies and political groups like Acorn and pay for their support while claiming it is to stimulate the economy. They are creating ever increasing taxes and declining value of the money supply to feed their insatiable appetite for power.
Do we really want to live a “1984″ society? As Americans we have inherited a proud history that our forefathers fought and died for, a history that values the privacy of individual thought and encourages individual freedom and achievement. Our capitalist system has created the greatest economic power the world has ever known by freeing individuals to excel.
But to do so individuals must also be allowed occasionally to fail. For that we historically have had charities, churches, family, and friends who lend a helping hand. Americans are the most charitable people in the world, but when the government takes from the people in taxes to turn that role over to bureaucrats it robs the people of the funds to help their neighbors that are in need. The overloaded bureaucrats are poorly equipped to discern the difference between true need and cheats who simply desire to feed off the system.
We are steadily and surely losing the charitable nature of our society in exchange for a government provided security net. Every year we are moving closer to the Orwellian hell described in “1984″. Wake up America. We are closer than you think!
Wednesday’s Presidential address to a joint session of congress was interrupted by an unusual shout by Rep Joe Wilson of SC. When Obama stated that illegal aliens would not be given coverage under Obamacare, Joe shouted, “You lie!!” The following day, under pressure from the party leadership he called the White House and apologized for his lack of civility. He may have had a slip in civility, but was he correct in his assessment?
We have been listening to claims and counter claims repeatedly over the summer about what is and what is not part of the healthcare proposals before congress. There have been a lot of “bait and switch” tactics about the various bills, but the only bill currently presented and released by committee is the one crafted in the house. This 1000+ page monstrosity has been accused of containing most every onerous proposal possible by its opponents while the supporters claim none of these things exist in the bill. For example, some say there is no “death panel” in the bill although that has been claimed by numerous opponents. Can both claims be right?
First the illegal aliens claim. Obama is right in that the bill does have a small provision that states that persons not legally in the US are not authorized care under its provisions. Unfortunately Joe Wilson is more correct that under that bill millions of illegal aliens would receive healthcare under its provisions. How could this be? Well, although the bill specifically excludes the illegals it also specifically denies the right of healthcare providers to check for illegal status or eligibility under the plan.
Two provisions were proposed by Republicans in the house to require proof of legal residency for care under the bill and both were defeated by the Democrats in pure party line votes. Why, if illegals were not to be eligible for care, would anyone specifically want to deny the right of providers to determine if persons were legally here in this country in order to receive such care?
Well, the simple answer is that the claims that illegals would not be authorized care is disingenuous at best, and an outright lie at worst. It is obvious that the crafters of this bill intended, 1) to allow illegals to receive care under its provisions and 2) to be able to deny that they did so.
What? Does this mean our Democratic leadership is actually lied to us? Yes Dorthy, politicians do lie from time to time and this tome is full of such distortions that are designed specifically to mislead the American public. Why do you suppose there was such a push to approve it without even reading it back in late July? It is plain and simple. The writers did not want this thing exposed to the “light of day”.
How about death panels? If illegals will indeed be treated under the bill, do they also exist? Well, yes and no. There is mandatory “end of life counseling” required under the bill, but nothing says anything about denial of treatment for elderly or terminal patients. However, the “footprints in the sands” indicate just such panels will exist.
Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff, has stated as much on occasions. Even more revealing are statements of his brother Dr Ezekiel Emanuel who has been appointed to two key positions: health-policy adviser at the Office of Management and Budget and a member of Federal Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research. According to him in an article in last years “Health Affairs, Feb 27, 2008, “Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely ‘lipstick’ cost control, more for show and public relations than for true change.” In other articles he outlined how to control costs by denying treatment to the elderly infirm and the very young, both of whom are not of the same value to society as youthful basically healthy adults. Since Obama has promised to control the cost, and these are the persons he has employed to show him how to do so, what do you think? Yes Dorothy, right again.
Then Obama wants you to believe that he will not cut care to the elderly, and he will find enough savings from eliminating abuse in current Medicare and Medicaid to pay for it. And are we to believe the tooth fairy and the easter bunny are going to pop up and give you a check for a zillion dollars too?
If the federal government can find the aproximately 20% of waste and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid why haven’t they already done so? If he is not planning to cut care to the elderly why is he citing to remove 500 Billion from those two programs to fund Obamacare?
The federal government came up with Social Security back in the 30s and promised it would never be the monster that it has become. It is currently bankrupt and has had to be rescued by additional taxes repeatedly. Same for Medicare and Medicaid, and the good old U.S. Post Office as well. The truth is that government has no profit motive and is thus inept at doing anything in a fiscally effective manner. After all, when they overspend they can simply raise taxes or borrow money that they have no intent on ever repaying.
Government has no money to do anything for anyone that they do not first steal from someone else through taxation or deficit spending. Why would an alert American public want to turn over one seventh of our economy to them? Answer. We wouldn’t, that’s why they hid it in a 1000+ page monster bill and pressed the congress to pass it without reading it. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, even ridiculed anyone advocating they “Read the bill!” saying it would take “two days and two lawyers” to do so.
Keep firmly in mind what the people that push this bill are doing. They are playing the American public for fools and trying to push what they know is an abomination (or perhaps Obamination?) on us. Why do you think Obama is pushing for immediate action on something that will not take place until 2013, conveniently right after his reelection campaign?
There is no emergency requiring fast action to buy a product produced by proven snake oil salesmen America. The fact that they are trying to push this off on us is reason enough to remove them from office at the first opportunity. Thank you Joe Wilson for having the guts to recognize a shell game for what it is and call, “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!“
August 12, 2009
Mr. Barack Hussein Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Obama,
The news of late regarding your push to have citizens report directly to the White House anything they see as “fishy” regarding what is being said about you and your healthcare bill is extremely disturbing. However, this is only the latest of the outrages we have seen coming out of your administration in the short time you have been in office.
For a presidential candidate who promised a better life for all Americans, to bring the races and all Americans together, to do what is “fair”, and to have a transparent administration, you thus far appear to have gone entirely in the opposite direction on all these promises. You can’t promise a better life for all Americans by raising taxes, spending us into bankruptcy, silencing dissenters, over-taxing, over-regulating, and penalizing the very businesses that create jobs, or nationalizing our banks, corporations, and healthcare – this is socialism, sir. You cannot bring people together by pitting citizens and groups of citizens against one another and encouraging neighbors to inform on each other. This smacks of Nazism and Communism. You can’t promote fairness by muzzling those who disagree with you, or giving one class of citizens priority over another as in your healthcare bill. You cannot have a transparent administration by stifling opposing views on the healthcare bill, trying to rush it through before all viewpoints are heard and discussed in an open forum, or labeling those who dare question its provisions as organized right wing mobs and refusing to clearly address their legitimate concerns. This shows me the truly sinister nature of your approach to “governing”. It is ill-suited for a constitutional democracy such as ours, sir. I dread the day you find a way to marginalize or suspend our Constitution in its entirety, as it seems to be a constant impediment to you and your ilk quickly implementing your socialist agenda before we even know what has hit us.
In case you are wondering where I am coming from, I will tell you that I generally vote for Republican candidates but have voted democratic in the past. However, I see the current crop of Republicans as being less and less supportive of my views, including former President George W. Bush. However, and more ominous, I see the current crop of Democratic “leaders”, including yourself, as far less responsible, and substantially less supportive of historic American values than they were as recently as 50 years ago. Most Democrats have been totally hijacked by the extreme radical left within our society and can be considered for all intents and purposes as socialists. I am, by contrast, a principled conservative in the mold of Ronald Reagan. What I believe is as follows and you can judge any “threat” I may pose to this country accordingly.
As a conservative, I firmly and, without apology, proudly believe the following:
1) That, in general, the best government is one that governs the least, i.e., that big government means less freedom for everyone. Excessive governmental control is bad for America and Americans.
2) That individual freedoms are God given, not man given
3) That most Americans are inherently competent and should therefore be responsible, and held accountable, for their own actions and choices in life.
4) That government and political corruption and crime, like all other crime, must be exposed and punished regardless of who the perpetrator is.
5) That the rule of law is supreme and that no one, not even the President, is above the law. We have seen far too much of lawlessness and corruption in our political leaders and a reluctance by them to accept the blame for their own failings and misdeeds. Their first instinct, like that of a child, is to blame someone else. This bad example being set for future generations is appalling.
6) That the Constitution of the United States should be the basis of all law and not subject to being rewritten by judicial decree. Conservatives believe in a strict interpretation of the Constitution and zealously support and protect it and all its amendments. For example, I will not own a gun, but I support the 2nd Amendment which grants that right to those who choose to do so. I believe the Constitution does NOT grant the right to abortion on demand, although at one time I was pro-choice. I now realize this was a prime example of judges changing the intent and scope of the U.S. Constitution by judicial decree to suit their own agenda, and this is a very dangerous precedent. Also, the issue of abortion, along with many others, should be handled on the state level in accordance with the U.S. Constitution.
7) That our system of government and democracy itself were established under Judeo-Christian religious principles that acknowledge the existence of God and that are crucial to our continuing success as a free nation. Liberals and socialists have tried countless times to disavow such a heritage and to implement a secular society.
That God and religion should be allowed into our lives, not systematically and totally removed from our society based on the extremist views of the anti-God or anti-Christian minority.
9) That parents should make the decisions regarding the raising and educating of their children, NOT the government. Liberal or socialist views, such as yours, as a goal for America’s school children and the way we should all lead our lives would be a disaster in a free society. The programming of children to believe in a government sponsored political ideology brings back the specter of the Nazi youth and their irrational, blind allegiance to a brutal, murderous, and Godless tyrant. This approach has no business being used in any American school system with impressionable school children. People need to be free to make up their own minds on the issues and not to be unduly influenced, coerced, or bullied by those with politically motivated agendas. We must keep the ACLU out of our schools and out of our lives.
10) That traditional moral and family values are important to the success of a free society and need to be protected and preserved, not mocked and suppressed.
11) In free market principles with minimal government interference, control, and regulation. Wealth is created in the private sector, not by government. Far too often government interference and over-control limits job creation and prosperity. Only in a socialist or communist state is individual achievement, success, and prosperity to be condemned and penalized. Spreading the wealth, as you propose, is a socialist concept which inhibits economic growth and promotes individual dependency on others.
12) In the sanctity and value of innocent human life. All human beings should be considered of equal value and deserving of life regardless of their sex, age, race, religious beliefs, national origin, state of health or mental capacity, or political beliefs. We are all God’s children.
13) In peace based on strength, not appeasement, i.e., we must have a strong national defense based on a strong, well equipped, and well trained military coupled with a defensive ABM shield, if technically feasible. War is never desirable but reality and common sense should tell any reasonable person that sometimes it is necessary to preserve our freedom and way of life. We should never give in to tyrants and terrorists. This approach has kept us free for over 230 years, so why change it?
14) That problems and societal ills are best resolved by the people in the private community and not by government. Government involvement is overly expensive, grossly inefficient, and far too often subject to corrupting political influences. This is undeniable reality.
15) That our economy is best served when money and resources are invested, controlled, and spent by individuals and businesses in the private sector, and not by the government through bailouts, excessive taxation, burdensome regulations, or other controls.
16) That we must maintain our national sovereignty and suppress all efforts by those entities, such as the UN, which would impose international regulations, standards, laws, taxes, etc., on the American people in contravention of our Constitution and representative system of government.
17) We believe in patriotism and love of our country with an appreciation of the sacrifices of our founding fathers and our fighting military and other heroes to ensure our freedoms. We honor such people – not degrade them or label them as radicals or potential terrorists. Conservatives consider it an honor to be an American and will defend our country and way of life at all costs, and without apology or deference to anyone.
18) Conservatives are against discrimination of any kind, whether it be based on race, sex, religion. national origin, age, condition of ones health or mental capacity, or political beliefs. Every citizen of this great country has the Constitutional God-given right to free speech and to practice their religion anytime and anywhere they choose regardless of who it may “offend”. No one shall be silenced, persecuted, threatened, or inhibited in any way solely because of their beliefs. The so-called “hate crimes” law is an attempt at thought control and would result in some crimes that could be charged only against one class of people and not another. This is a clear violation of equal protection under the law. It is a typical over-reaction to previous inequities, but rather than resolve any inequities, it creates others.
Mr. Obama, you may not agree with most of my beliefs. However, sir, you have no right – in this country – to inhibit in any way my exercising my freedom to speak out and to disagree with you. It is free political discourse that is specifically protected by the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Such is the beauty of our country and political system. But as a Constitutional scholar yourself, you sir should know this. There is nothing sinister, radical, dangerous, or extremist about our beliefs. On the contrary, sir, you and those that support your agenda for “change”, as we have seen it so far, constitute a far greater threat to America and to the freedoms all Americans cherish. It is unbelievable that you are so completely out of touch with the vast majority of the American people that you have deceived yourself into thinking that they really want or need all this socialist nonsense forcefully crammed down their throats. However, it does seem that you and your socialist supporters are trying very hard to hide the truth by suppressing any and all discussion, particularly on the healthcare fiasco. I must therefore resist you and your agenda in every legal way possible.
While you may think the above beliefs and my comments make me a “right wing extremist” or a “potential terrorist” that bears watching, in my mind, such beliefs indicate a patriot and one who respects the concept of freedom as a unique and rare blessing to be preserved at all costs. I promise you that I will never commit violence in order to support my beliefs, however, that does not mean that I will not strongly resist others attempting to use violence or other illegal means to suppress my freedoms. Unlike you, sir, I respect the viewpoints of others, even if they oppose mine. I also promise, sir, to do everything legal that is within my power to see that you and your fellow socialists are voted out of office. This is the American way. Unlike you, sir, we will not resort to misinformation, threats, suppression, intimidation, bullying, or surveillance in responding to those with whom we disagree. The truth is the best weapon available to freedom loving people and it will ultimately prevail.
I question your motives Mr. Obama on wanting to be the “leader” of this wonderful country, a country that has withstood the test of time as a democracy. I say this because it seems to me that your primary goal so far has been attempting to destroy everything that has made America the destination of choice for the oppressed and the envy of the free world. Fortunately, two hundred million other Americans, the so-called silent majority, largely agree with me and are now starting to speak up. Although you may try, you cannot silence all of us, or put us all under surveillance or in jail. Free people are not going to give up their freedoms and rights so easily.
You may have noticed that I have not addressed you with the title that customarily accompanies the person who is the primary occupant of the White House. Unlike me and the huge majority of other Americans that are proud to be born in America, I do not believe you are a natural born American citizen according to the Constitution, and therefore are not qualified for the office you are holding. It appears that you have perpetrated, and have so far gotten away with, the biggest hoax ever carried out in the history of our country. I believe this because of your blatant refusal to provide proper proof of your birth, assuming it is available. Why would you not provide it and end the controversy and doubt? Either you have no such proof or you are so arrogant and filled with the idea of your own self importance that you think you are above the law and do not need to comply with it. Either way sir, in my opinion, you are not entitled to the office you hold and therefore not entitled to the respect that normally goes with it.
In accordance with your directive and request, I have reported myself directly to you as, according to your description, a “right wing extremist”. I have fully elaborated on my “fishy” viewpoints and have hidden nothing. This letter is necessarily long and detailed so as to avoid any misunderstanding by you. I am proud to have the conservative viewpoints I have described above and to be whatever you think that makes me. I will apologize to no one for my conservative views and beliefs – and I will never disavow them.
Sincerely,
Gerald R. Vanderbilt, American
Home: 512-502-8667
E-mail: GRVAustin@cs.com
CC: U.S. Senator John Cornyn
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
U.S. Representative Lamar Smith
In today’s world a congressional bill to deny workers rights to a free private vote on unionization is called the “Employee’s Free Choice Act”. The president states that illegal aliens are prohibited access in his government healthcare proposal while the bill he refers to prohibits checking for legal status.
That God and religion should be allowed into our lives, not systematically and totally removed from our society based on the extremist views of the anti-God or anti-Christian minority.
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