“The madness of liberalism is that it always shifts the blame away from the perpetrators [of evil] to America. We are the only nation that has this developed sense of self-hatred, an irrational self-loathing that borders on the mentally insane.”
– Ellis Washington
“With limited thinking abilities and knowledge of our heritage, we Americans set ourselves up as easy prey for charlatans, hustlers and quacks.”
– Walter E. Williams
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Peter Nichols (L.A. Times)
"President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to gain from extra care."
**Many things should jump out at you in this statement: 1. Who is to decide what care is too "expensive"? 2. Who is to decide what procedures are "ultimately futile"? 3. At what point will people be deemed "about to die"?
All of these questions come with scary answers, because they point to government bureaucrats playing God.
Heaven forbid your grandparents need some "extra care". I can also see a point in time when the eugenic nut-jobs get put on the case and decide there are many others who don't necessarily need "extra care"...It won't be 'just' the elderly who are singled out for not needing "extra care", there will be others; particularly babies born with special needs who will require "extra care", who's lives might be determined to be relatively "futile" and a little too "expensive" to care for.
As a person who works in the medical field, I find all of these concepts of 'RATIONING' health care to be heinous. Especially since I've seen so many miracles performed at the hands of American doctors with modern technology to cure and improve the lives of so many whose lives would probably be considered "ultimately futile" by government hacks whose sole responsibility is watching costs.
For 'fun,' I hope you will look into theGroningen Protocol; Don't think for a minute Barack's health care bean counters won't look at this option...And don't think for a minute that someone in your family couldn't fall prey to these ghouls.**
"We have to spend money to keep from going bankrupt."
**No wonder people and businesses who go bankrupt aren't able to avoid doing so. Had they known the key to staying solvent was spending more money they could have saved themselves...Huh?
The Congressional Budget Office doesn't quite see things the way Biden does, however: "...the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run." - Douglas W. Elmendorf (CBO Director)
Spending more and more will only increase the federal debt, taking us further down the road on our "unsustainable path."
Once again, Joey proves why he is 'The Bag Man': Wind-bag. Old-bag. Wuss-bag. Gas-bag. Scum-bag. Shit-bag. Douche-bag. Etc., etc., etc.**
"[Private insurance companies] should be afraid, I mean let me tell you, they should be afraid...They have a right to be exposed, a right to be afraid that they will not be able to compete against a strong Medicare type public plan which treats people with dignity."
**I appreciate Bernie's honesty when it comes to the Democrat's health care proposals. I also appreciate Bernie living up to his party label...All of the Democrats should join him by replacing the (D) behind their names with the (S) [Socialist Party]; it would make them much more truthful.
That said, Bernie's honesty, and his pals in the Democrat Party's health care proposals should scare the hell out of every American, because it will do exactly as Bernie says it will. It will swallow up every private insurance company, and all but the richest Americans will eventually be forced to enroll in whatever public plan they come up with.
Those who believe the government is good at running businesses in a cost-efficient, customer friendly way (Post Office, Social Security, Veteran's health services, or any of the thousands of agencies listed here) will be thrilled with Bernie's honesty...The rest of the 99% of Americans who are disgusted with the way the government runs these entities will be mortified.**
It's not acceptable to call people the N-word, just as it's not acceptable to call people the M-word...The chosen term now is L.P., or little person."
- The "M-word" in reference is 'midget.'
**I feel for the physical plight of 'midgets, ' but 'midgets' who are worried about being called 'midgets' need to get over themselves. There is nothing wrong with the word 'midget.' Plus, the phrase 'little person' makes them sound pathetic and helpless...Maybe this is the goal. Maybe 'midgets' think if they are defined as helpless they'll qualify for some kind of disability, with a diagnosis of L.P.'ism.
Are we to change the language every time someone is offended by it? Do we have to fall into the idiocy of political correctness on everything? Well, of course we do...Because the mental disorder of Liberalism has become an epidemic in our country.
For the record: As a matter of respect for 'midgets' and the belief that 'midgets' aren't pathetic or helpless, this blog will never use the phrase 'little person' in place of 'midget.'**
"We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people...The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights."
**A little late Prez! The Iranian people could have used a full helping of American support a week ago. Also, a little WEAK!...He didn't have to say much. Something like: 'The American people stand behind and support the rights of all people to live under the rule of a free democracy. As such, America stands behind the IRANIAN PEOPLE and their desire to live under the rule of a free democracy.'
Or maybe he could have said something even more insightful; something a much stronger Democrat president once said: "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." - John F. Kennedy
Nah! That would never do for Barack. Heaven forbid he upset the Iranian tyrants. Tyrants who already hate the U.S., and call for its downfall on a regular basis...Heaven forbid the U.S. be seen as a nation supporting the Iranian people at the risk of upsetting our fine relationship with the leaders who have had their boot on the throat of these people for decades.
That said, what are we to expect from a man who believes there is a 'universal right to assembly and free speech'? The world would be a great place if this were true. Unfortunately, much of the world is horrific, because there is no such understanding or acceptance of "rights"...If Obama believes they should be "universal", which he should, then he needs to start supporting the PEOPLE in countries who don't offer these "rights" instead of their masters who squash their "rights."**
"I have always been a strong believer in the power of the free market."
**Says the guy who's taken over the automobile and banking industries, and is in the process of taking control of the health care industry...Sounds just like a "free market" type of guy to me.
Karen Ignagni (America's Health Insurance Plans President)
"We are not asking people to trust us, we are asking people to trust government."
- America's Health Insurance Plans sounds like a group supporting health care companies, but in reality it is bent on government overtaking, or at least hyper-regulating, private health care companies.
**"Trust government"? Uhhhhh, surely you jest!
"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust." - Demosthenes
"Distrust" what? Distrust government! A universal concept since the time of Demosthenes and the ancient Greeks; and surely long before then as well...We'd be absolute fools to go against this long held maxim in our time, and if we cease to do so we will surely succumb to President Washington's great fear: "Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. " - George Washington**
"Congress gave broad authority to the administration to use TARP funds and specifically authorized them to be used with respect to the automobile companies."[June 2009]
**Lets get an opinion from someone who's a much better authority on this matter:
"The administration clearly believes it does have the authority to use some of the remaining TARP funds for the automobile industry...I DON'T KNOW TECHNICALLY WHERE THAT AUTHORITY WOULD BE." - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D - Maryland) [March 2009]
So, did House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D - Maryland) mean what he said in March or in June? Or does he ever really mean what he says?
FYI: In case you didn't know, the 'D' may stand for Democrat, but it could just as easily mean 'duplicitous.'**
"A [health care] bill will not come out of the House without a public option."
- A "public option" = the option for all Americans to enter a government health plan.
**Democrats are drooling at the thought of having a health care plan for every American. Sadly, their reasoning has nothing to do with care or cost...It has to do with power; power which will tie the American people to their master's good will when it comes to their health.
That said, I'm glad to see the A.M.A has finally gotten off its ass and looks like it understands what is going to happen if the Democrats get their way.
“The A.M.A. does not believe that creating a public health insurance option for non-disabled individuals under age 65 is the best way to expand health insurance coverage and lower costs. The introduction of a new public plan threatens to restrict patient choice by driving out private insurers, which currently provide coverage for nearly 70 percent of Americans.” - American Medical Association
Sadly, it may be too late...Too late as in: This matter was sealed when the Democrats won control of both houses of Congress as well as the Presidency.**
"[Global warming is] killing 300,000 people a year."
- Kofi admits his statement is not based on "a scientific study" but is "the most plausible account of the current impact of climate change."
**300,000 people per years are CURRENTLY dying due to the effects of Global Warming? I'm sure it's just me, but it seems like Kofi is simply pulling figures out of his ass...Especially since the actual global temperature since 2002 has gone down.
For those of you who continue to buy into the madness of Global Warming, here's three headlines (out of many others on the same topic) from the 1970's:
'The Cooling World' (Newsweek, 1975), 'Scientists Ask Why World Climate Is Changing: Major Cooling May Be Ahead' (The New York Times, 1975), and 'Earth Seems to be Cooling Off Again' (The Christian Science Monitor, 1974).
Could it be the Earth is simply in the process of constant change? Could it be the Sun is an ever changing ball of gas, which puts out different degrees of heat over time? Of course the answer to both questions is: DUH!!!...It could also be that the 'Climate Changing Scare Mongers' have an unstated agenda; an agenda which is dependant on people giving up their freedom and money to those who are supposedly going to save them from the changes of the Earth and Sun.
Here's hoping I'm not one of Kofi's 300,000 any time soon, because I want to be around to read how the Earth is cooling again, and how afraid we need to be.
That said, if our ancestors were nearly as pathetic as our current population, the last Ice Age would have wiped out humanity...I'm assuming you understand humans have been through many different stages of Climate Change, and have been more than tough enough to survive them. Oh, I'm also assuming you realize there was Climate Change long before humans were around to blame for Climate Change.**
"In a way, Obama is standing above the country, above the world. A sort of god."
**I'm not a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, or any other recognized religion, and have all kinds of difficulty believing in messiahs of any kind...I am not certain what I believe in, but I tend to think there is a higher power. What that power is is a mystery, but I can tell you one thing for certain: Barack Obama isn't a god of any sort, nor is he a messiah.
That said, it's interesting how the anti-religious Left has taken Obama as their higher power. Maybe Barack's proving the old saying to be true:
'Those who don't believe in god don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.'
- Today's entry isn't a verbal or written gesture, but a physical act.
**Subtle, but sickening. And I don't think for a minute he did it accidentally. Watch the video again, he not only bows but closes his eyes reverentially...Not that it would be any better if it was an accident, because if it wasn't on purpose it was a reflexive act of bowing to 'the great man.'
Subtle, but sickening...Soon we'll all be bowing to our overlord, however.**
- "it" = 'What is to be Done?', by Vladimir Lenin, communist founder of the Soviet Union.
**Obama was more than happy to receive the book Chavez gave him at their first meeting, 'Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent', by Eduardo Galeano...I have little doubt Barack will be thrilled to receive his next gift from the 'Latin American Lenin' as well.
The most brutal thing about these gifts is Obama's probably already read, enjoyed, and learned much from both books.**
"We aren't going to cover undocumented workers because that's too politically explosive."
- Commenting about the Democrat health care plan being created.
**This statement seems so simple, but it's not, and Baucus knows it's not.
1. They supposedly won't be covering illegal immigrants, because it's "too politically explosive."...Not because it's wrong, but because politics trumps all.
2. Quit calling illegals "undocumented workers."...Some work, some don't, but those who are "undocumented" shouldn't be here at all.
3. If the Democrats get their universal health care plan passed, the horse will be out of the barn as soon as Obama signs it...The bill may say one thing, but the reality is once it is put into play it will be run by government bureaucrats at many different levels; levels which haven't proven reliable when it comes to illegal immigrants.
Just think about all the various welfare programs right now, which supposedly aren't for illegals yet are tapped into by illegals. Does anyone really believe city, state, or even the federal regulators in charge of running this plan will have the nerve to deny illegals? Not a chance. To use Baucus' phrase, it would be "too politically explosive" to do so.
4. Any hospital or doctors office which has contracts with Medicaid/Medicare or the Department of Health Services is held to EMTALA rules (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which applies to all patients, not just Medicaid, etc., patients). Meaning, every hospital and just about every doctor's office...The basic premise of EMTALA is: "no patient who presents with an emergency medical condition and who is unable to pay may be treated differently than patients who are covered by health insurance." - http://www.emtala.com/faq.htm
As a manager for a large physician's clinic, I can tell you no one wants to determine what is or isn't emergent. If a patient shows up with an illness at my office we treat them, out of fear of lawsuits and government regulation. Hospitals have it much worse, because they are almost entirely at the whim of government entities/payers, and NEVER turn away a patient who shows up at the emergency room out of fear of lawsuits and government regulation...Are you getting it yet?
Illegal aliens know they can go to an emergency room, for any reason and take full advantage of the fact they won't be turned away for multiple reasons...The Democrats have no intention of changing EMTALA provisions, and know perfectly well their proposed health care plan will cover illegal aliens.
5. Don't get me started on 'community health centers' and 'sanctuary cities,' which completely ignore any rules of any kind when it comes to illegal aliens.**
"I think we can change people's behavior...About everything we do around here is government intrusion in people's lives."
- Commenting on the government's desire to"coerce people out of their cars."
**I'm not sure if Lahood meant to be so direct in his statement, but he's admitting the government is going to force people to buy smaller, 'eco-cars.'
I've thoroughly read the U.S. Constitution, but I've never read the part which describes the government's roll in 'coercing' or 'intruding' into the lives of the American people. In fact, my understanding of the U.S. Constitution is the government is expected to 'coerce' and 'intrude' on the lives of the American people as little as possible...Maybe this is why Obama picked a Constitutional revisionist for the open SCOTUS position instead of an originalist like Pero, though.**
"If the gas tax reduces dependence on foreign oil and changes the foreign political dependency immediately, why not be for it, right now?"
**Last I checked, gas prices across the country are going up; over $2.25/gallon here in Phoenix...Only a fool would doubt they'll continue to climb, and only an even bigger fool would doubt the increased cost of gas is going to hurt our already struggling economy. Many people will suffer, and many businesses will feel the pain of people not having money to spend on their products because they are paying more to get their kids to school/daycare and to get themselves to work.
A gas tax would only add to this problem...Duh!!
Also, if we are so concerned with lessening our dependence on foreign oil (which we should be), then why don't we increase our domestic drilling capabilities? Hmmm??
“The decisions that were made over the last eight years established an ad hoc legal approach for fighting terrorism that was neither effective nor sustainable.”
**1. The American homeland and its vital interests haven't been hit since 9/11/01, though there were many plans and thwarted attempts to do so...So, the statement that Bush's approach to fighting terrorism wasn't "effective" is an out-and-out lie.
Results determine what is "effective," not pipe dreams, and Bush's results when it comes to terrorism in the U.S. after 9/11 were PERFECT!! A 100% success.
2. Bush's approach to fighting terrorism is absolutely "sustainable," but it requires political will and a certain amount of testicular fortitude to stand up to the Leftwing, pacifist nutters in this country...Sustainability is determined by will, and our current Commander-in-Chief simply doesn't have the will to do whatever it takes to protect the American people.
I honestly hope I am wrong on these matters, though I'm very afraid I am not...Only time will tell if Obama's bet on all of our lives pays off; hopefully it won't end in a horrifically sad story.**
"Elvis the white nigger, ate Burger King and just kept getting bigger."
- Opening line from a poem Bonor wrote about Elvis Pressley.
**Uhhhhhhhh. I'm not even sure what to say about this ridiculous piece of garbage. I do know only a Liberal could get away with such vile crap; especially with his poetic license in the use of racist terms...And he'll probably receive praise for it for one reason or another from similar POS's on the Left.
Let me take a stab at a poem:
"Bono the boner, writes poetry like a 'Gaelic chicken' or a crack-headed stoner." - Pero
Damn, that's pretty good...Well, it's good compared to the poetic dreck Bonor produced.**
"My criticism of the manner in which the Bush Administration did not appropriately inform Congress is separate from my respect for those in the intelligence community who work to keep our country safe."
- Comment after challenging the CIA and calling them liars, doing a double-take knowing she's caught in a web of her own lies.
**Poor Nancy. She's handling this issue terribly...I really feel bad for her, so I'm not going to comment on the matter. I'll leave it to someone else to comment:
“She can’t win either way. She’s either got to say to you: ‘Ya know, I didn’t understand.’ In which case she thinks she’s stupid. Or, in fact, she didn’t want to understand; in which case she’s frankly, pretty dishonest. Now I think that’s a pretty weak background for a Speaker to say: ‘Should I take the stupid defense or the dishonest defense?’ Which one do you think works better?" "I think she has lied to the House, and I think that the House has an absolute obligation to open an inquiry, and I hope there will be a resolution to investigate her. And I think this is a big deal. I don't think the Speaker of the House can lie to the country on national security matters...I think this is the most despicable, dishonest and vicious political effort I've seen in my lifetime...She is a trivial politician, viciously using partisanship for the narrowest of purposes, and she dishonors the Congress by her behavior...Speaker Pelosi's the big loser, because she either comes across as incompetent, or dishonest. Those are the only two defenses...The fact is she either didn't do her job, or she did do her job and she's now afraid to tell the truth.” - Newt Gingrich
That's just a small part of what Newt had to say about this matter. Go hereto hear more...Poor Nancy.**
"This is an important step in a landmark consumer protection initiative. This legislation will protect Chicago's children and send a clear message to other jurisdictions considering similar legislation."
- BPA, or bisphenol A, is used to harden plastics in many consumer products...The Chicago City Council passed legislation banning the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups containing the chemical BPA; Mayor Daley will sign it into law.
**The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has determined BPA is safe, as has the rest of the world:
"The new Chicago law is contrary to the global consensus on the safety of BPA and ignores the expert evaluations of scientists and government bodies from around the world." - American Chemistry Council
But Chicago is "doing it for the children."...Isn't that nice?
Maybe someday Dick Daley will get around to doing something meaningful to help Chicago children: So far in the 2008-2009 school year, 36 children have been murdered in Chicago...Yet Dick and his pals in the Democrat-dominated ChiTown legislature find it more important to ban perfectly good baby bottles instead of cracking down on murderers.
Hmmm?!?!? Makes perfectly good sense, I guess...Perfectly good sense in Looney Tune Liberalville, that is.**
"I don't know about you, but I have had it with the D.C. Democrats, had it with the DLC Democrats, had it with every calculating, equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a bitch up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton." - Molly Ivins (Liberal Truth Teller??)
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical Liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous Left-stream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." - Author Unknown
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