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? Jan. 19, 2012 - Teaparty Since June 2010 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites
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- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely
monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu,
WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and
Drudge Report, according to a government document.
A "privacy compliance review"
issued by DHS last November says that since at least June 2010, its
national operations center has been operating a "Social Networking/Media
Capability" which involves regular monitoring of "publicly available
online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards."
The purpose of the monitoring, says the
government document, is to "collect information used in providing
situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture."
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The fact that the the people want real change in the 2010 Elections and gave the dems a big blow.
Teaparty millions of
people expressing their concerns about HCR and other dems policy's and
leadership, the dems calling the teaparty all types of names some
calling teaparty terrorist.
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? Jan. 19, 2012 - CNN's SC numbers: Romney 33
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CNN's SC numbers: Romney 33%, Newt 23%, Santorum 16%, Paul 13%, Perry 6% (poll conducted 13th-17th)
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? Jan. 4, 2012 - Mr Blog The People Daily is now out
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? Oct. 21, 2011 - Rest of the story. Obamacare June, 2009 President Obama manufacturers to contribute $80 billion
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The Whole Story from Mr Blog.
Obamacare June, 2009 President Obama announced an offer by drug manufacturers to contribute $80 billion over the next decade.
Rest of the story. Oct. 21, 2011
Pfizer: other nine suits were settled or dismissed in 2009 as part of the government’s global resolution with Pfizer.
Source Department of Justice http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/October/11-civ-1389.html
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? Jul. 25, 2011 - Lay Off Letter. Little wonder why this guy is boss
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Little wonder why this guy is boss. He is sharp! You can´t be any fairer than this leader... Dear Employees: As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%. But since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off sixty of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me since I believe we are family here and I didn´t know how to choose who would have to go. So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lots and found sixty ´Obama´ bumper stickers on our employees´ cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can´t think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change...... I gave it to them. I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.
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? Jul. 22, 2011 - Former Florida State Senator arrested on Tax Charges. Democrat Muriel Amanda Dawson (“Mandy”)
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The Whole Story from Mr Blog. Former Florida State Senator arrested on Tax Charges. Democrat: Muriel Amanda Dawson (“Mandy”)
indictment and arrest of Muriel Amanda Dawson (“Mandy”), 54, formerly a resident of Broward County, Florida. Dawson was arrested earlier today at her home in Volusia County, and is expected to make her initial appearance in federal court in Orlando before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald P. Dietrich. Dawson is charged with tax evasion for tax years 2004 and 2005 (Counts 1 and 2), and failure to file tax returns for tax years 2006, 2007, and 2008 (Counts 3-5). If convicted, she faces a statutory maximum term of imprisonment of up to five years on Counts 1 and 2, and not more than one year on each of Counts 3 to 5.
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? Jul. 19, 2011 - When Grandma Goes To Court. Lawyers should never ask a grandma a question if they aren
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When Grandma Goes To Court Lawyers should never ask a grandma a question if they aren´t prepared for the answer.
In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his
first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He
approached her and asked, ´Mrs. Jones, do you know me?´ She responded,
´Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I´ve known you since you were a
boy, and frankly, you´ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you
cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind
their backs. You think you´re a big shot when you haven´t the brains to
realize you´ll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper
pusher. Yes, I know you.´ The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what
else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, ´Mrs. Jones, do you
know the defense attorney?´ She again replied, ´Why yes, I do. I´ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a
youngster,
too. He´s lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can´t build a
normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the
worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with
three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.´
The defense attorney nearly died.
The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said,
´If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I´ll send you both to the electric chair.´
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? Apr. 1, 2011 - Founder and Treasurer of Washington D.C. Labor Union Charged with Stealing Pension Funds for Personal Use, Violating a Court Order and Obstructing Investigation
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Founder and Treasurer of Washington D.C. Labor Union Charged with
Stealing Pension Funds for Personal Use, Violating a Court Order and
Obstructing Investigation.
WASHINGTON – The founder and treasurer of the National Association of
Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO) was charged today in a
superseding indictment with mail fraud, theft from a labor
organization, obstruction of justice, criminal contempt and various
recordkeeping offenses related to his operation of a pension plan for
NASPSO members.
NASPSO is a labor union representing
private security guards assigned to protect federal buildings in the
Washington, D.C., metro area.
The charges were announced by Assistant
Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; Mabel
Capolongo, Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office of the Employee
Benefits Security Administration of the Department of Labor;
Robert L. Panella, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector
General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations of the
Washington, D.C. Regional Office, and Mark Wheeler, Director of the
Washington District Office of the Office of Labor Management Standards.
Caleb Gray-Burriss, 60, of Washington, D.C., will be arraigned on April
4, 2011, in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Gray-Burriss originally was charged in June 2010 with four counts of mail fraud.
According to the superseding indictment, from approximately June 2004
through February 2011, Gray-Burriss wrote numerous checks to himself or
to other third parties from the checking account where he had placed
funds intended for the NASPSO pension plan.
The superseding indictment alleges that Gray-Burriss spent more than
$100,000 of the pension plan funds in this way, while at the same time
falsely maintaining that it was an operational fund that he was
properly administering and that was providing benefits to the
beneficiaries.
Gray-Burriss previously settled a civil
suit which, in part, addressed his unlawful conduct with respect to
NASPSO-sponsored health and benefit plans.
The superseding indictment charges Gray-Burriss with criminal contempt
of a court order after he allegedly stole money from the NASPSO
treasury to pay his personal fines due in the civil settlement.
The superseding indictment also alleges
that Gray-Burriss resumed his involvement with NASPSO-sponsored health
and pension plans after the civil lawsuit was settled, even though he
was prohibited by court order from doing so.
In addition, the superseding indictment charges that Gary-Burriss,
while an officer and employee of NASPSO, stole more than $115,000 in
NASPSO funds through unauthorized salary increases and bonuses to
himself, cash withdrawals from ATMs, reimbursement for unauthorized
vacations and trips to casinos, personal dental work, and other goods
and services.
Gray-Burriss also allegedly unlawfully used NASPSO funds to pay his parking tickets and personal fines in a civil lawsuit.
Finally, the superseding indictment charges
Gray-Burriss with two counts of obstructive of justice for concealing
and/or destroying NASPSO records and attempting to induce a witness to
withhold testimony and records during the grand jury investigation.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and a defendant is presumed
innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of
law.
Gray-Burriss faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a
$250,000 fine on each of the mail fraud and obstruction of justice
charges.
The theft from a labor organization charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Gray-Burriss also faces additional penalties if convicted of the criminal contempt and recordkeeping charges.
The investigation leading to the superseding indictment of Gray-Burriss
was conducted by investigators from three agencies of the U.S.
Department of Labor – the Employee Benefits Security Administration,
the Office of Labor Management Standards and the Office of Inspector
General, Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial
Attorney Vincent Falvo of the Criminal Division’s Organized Crime and
Racketeering Section.
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? Oct. 7, 2010 - Why is the Tea Party on a roll?
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Why is the Tea Party on a roll?
Consider these numbing statistics:
-- More than 6,000 men and women will be married today, and each of their children will be saddled with a $30,000 share of the runaway national debt.
-- More than 15 million men and women will not find a job today.
-- More than 2,900 families will have their homes foreclosed today.
-- Some 2,000 illegal aliens will sneak across our borders today, underscoring the human, arms and drug trafficking that is destroying the quality of life in Arizona, California and a growing number of other states.
At the same time, during the past two years, an ever-expanding federal government has taken over everything from General Motors to the health care system. And the United States appears weaker on the international stage than at any time since we lost the Vietnam War.
As I have said in this column before, our allies don´t trust us and our enemies no longer fear us.
No wonder a Tea Party movement motivated by patriotism and adherence to the Constitution, as well as opposition to record high tax-and-spend policies, sprang up to challenge the incumbent candidates of both parties who are presiding over the decline of our country.
Those Democrats who have been painting Tea Partiers as "crazies" do so at their electoral peril. Republicans should beware, too, if they adhere to an attitude of "yes, we want to take you out, but we don´t want to date you steady and we certainly don´t want to marry you."
The absurd spectacle of a Democrat subcommittee chairman, backed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, inviting a comedian to give fake "testimony" and crack jokes during a serious hearing on immigration (as happened with Stephen Colbert recently) is just the latest insult that inflames Americans sick of out-of-touch politicians who fail to address pressing problems.
There is a growing concern, reflected by polling, that the government is taking over the choices that we all once made in life. That explains why a large segment of the independent voters who helped elect President Barack Obama have now abandoned him. A recent Associated Press poll indicates 59 percent of respondents don´t like the way the ruling Democrats are handling the economy. Specifically, the failed "job stimulus" and health care policies of Obama, supported by Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, helped drive many people to join or support the vocal Tea Partiers.
Yet, keep in mind that the Tea Party is not Republican, although its supporters will be voting for a large number of GOP candidates this fall. It is an independent, small-government, constitutional movement. Its adherents sincerely believe that all too many elected officials in Washington have evolved from being "representatives" of the people to our dictatorial rulers.
This is why I´ve said, on many occasions, that Republicans and Democrats who ignore the Tea Partiers do it at their own peril.
Interestingly, Republicans who were seen as helping Democrats advance big government and big spending schemes have been defeated by Tea Party-backed candidates in this year´s primaries. Look at the humiliation of Utah´s Bob Bennett, Florida´s Charlie Crist, Alaska´s Lisa Murkowski and Delaware´s Mike Castle -- all considered GOP "establishment" types perceived as disrespecting constituents. Then there is Pennsylvania´s Arlen Specter, who was a longtime Republican before switching parties a year ago. He still lost his Senate primary.
The Frenchman Jean Jacques Rousseau --14 years before the 13 American colonies revolted against Great Britain in a war to be free -- penned a chilling warning coupled with a summation that amazingly describes America´s political landscape today:
"Finally, when the state, on the eve of ruin, maintains only a vain, illusory and formal existence, when in every heart the social bond is broken, and the meanest interest brazenly lays hold of the sacred name of ´public good,´ the general will becomes mute: all men, guided by secret motives, no more give their views as citizens than if the state had never been; and iniquitous decrees directed solely to private interest get passed under the name of laws."
This is a description of the ruination of America, evidenced by the trashing of the Constitution, the dismantling of our private enterprise system, the spending and tax-hike spree and the downgrading of our national security when our president can´t bring himself to publicly utter the words "radical Islamic terrorism" in identifying our enemy.
But the "general will" described by Rousseau is no longer "mute." There is a nationwide outrage by "We the People" coupled with a love of God, country and the Constitution. It is what spurs the Tea Party to "educate voters" and to fan a political firestorm that has already singed some politicians.
Come November, the movement will defeat even more politicians who have a record of tearing down what our Founding Fathers built.
J.C. Watts (JCWatts01@jcwatts.com), chairman of the consulting group J.C. Watts Companies, is former chairman of the Republican Conference of the U.S. House, where he served as an Oklahoma representative from 1995 to 2002. He writes twice monthly for the Review-Journal.
source http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/why-is-the-tea-party-on-a-roll--104232134.html
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? Oct. 4, 2010 - 3M to stop offering group health by 2015
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3M to stop offering group health by 2015 to retirees not eligible 4 Medicare, due to
3M
Co. confirmed it would eventually stop offering its health-insurance
plan to retirees, citing the federal health overhaul as a factor.
The changes won´t start to phase in until 2013. But they show how
companies are beginning to respond to the new law, which should make it
easier for people in their 50s and early-60s to find affordable
policies on their own. While thousands of employers are tapping new
funds from the law to keep retiree plans, 3M illustrates that others
may not opt to retain such plans over the next few years
The St. Paul, Minn., manufacturing conglomerate notified employees
on Friday that it would change retiree benefits both for those who are
too young to qualify for Medicare and for those who qualify for the
Medicare program. Both groups will get an unspecified health
reimbursement instead of having access to a company-sponsored health
plan.
The maker of Post-it notes and Scotch tape said it made the
announcement now to give retirees a chance to explore different options
during this year´s benefit-enrollment period, according to a 3M memo
reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. A 3M spokeswoman, Jacqueline
Berry, confirmed the contents of the memo.
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? Oct. 4, 2010 - Senator Reid has a long history of shady associations and questionable positions
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Senator Reid has a long history of shady associations and questionable
positions, as detailed here
by Sourcewatch.org.
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? Sep. 27, 2010 - January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress:
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January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress:
DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6% George Bush’s Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB
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Being independent voter you get the best of all politics. If there was a Democrat that had a good policy for the people I can vote for that democrat, If a republican has good policy "a lot do" for the people than I can vote for that republican. If a independent has a good policy I can vote for that independent. It´s the only way to be a true American. Vote for the right person that has the best interest for the majority of the people.
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? Sep. 27, 2010 - “It’s not that liberals aren’t smart, it’s just that so much of what they know isn’t so” -Ronald Reagan
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“It’s not that liberals aren’t smart, it’s just that so much of what they
know isn’t so” -Ronald Reagan
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Being independent voter you get the best of all politics. If there was a Democrat that had a good policy for the people I can vote for that democrat, If a republican has good policy "a lot do" for the people than I can vote for that republican. If a independent has a good policy I can vote for that independent. It´s the only way to be a true American. Vote for the right person that has the best interest for the majority of the people.
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? Jun. 25, 2010 - In 2010, Conservatives Still growing Outnumber Moderates, Liberals.
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In 2010, Conservatives Still Growing Outnumber Moderates, Liberals Last year´s increase in conservatism among independents is still increasing
source gallup.com
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Being independent voter you get the best of all politics. If there was a Democrat that had a good policy for the people I can vote for that democrat, If a republican has good policy "a lot do" for the people than I can vote for that republican. If a independent has a good policy I can vote for that independent. It´s the only way to be a true American. Vote for the right person that has the best interest for the majority of the people.
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? Jun. 22, 2010 - First grader puts Democrat teacher in her place
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First grader puts Democrat teacher in her place
A first grade teacher explained to her class that she was a liberal
Democrat. She then asked her students to raise their hands if they were
liberal Democrats, too. Not really knowing what a liberal Democrat
was, but wanting to please their teacher, hands exploded into the air
like fleshy fireworks.
There was, however, one exception. A girl named Lucy had not gone
along with the crowd. The teacher asked Lucy why she decided to be
different.
"Because I'm not a liberal Democrat," Lucy said.
The teacher asked, "Then what are you?"
"I'm a proud conservative Republican" said the little girl.
The teacher, a little perturbed & red-faced, asked Lucy why she was a
conservative Republican?
Lucy proclaimed, "Well, I was brought up to trust in myself and
freedom, instead of relying on an intrusive government to care for me
and do all of my thinking. My Dad and Mom are conservative Republicans,
and I am a conservative Republican too."
The teacher calmly pointed out, "That's no reason. What if your Mom
and Dad were both morons? What would you be then?"
Lucy answered, "Then, I'd be a liberal Democrat."
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? Jun. 9, 2010 - TeaFlash.com: Obama to Reopen Oil Drilling
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The Whole Story from Mr Blog. Obama to Reopen Oil Drilling
The Obama administration, facing rising anger on the Gulf Coast over
the loss of jobs and income from a drilling moratorium, said Monday
that it would move quickly to release new safety requirements that
would allow the reopening of offs**** oil and gas exploration in
shallow waters
Source: TeaFlash.com: Obama to Reopen Oil Drilling
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? Jun. 9, 2010 - Dems gone wild WHY THE WHITE HOUSE BRIBED ROMANOFF TO DROP OUT OF COLORADO SENATE RACE
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We now know that Obama’s Deputy Chief of Staff, called Colorado
House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in September, 2009, to offer him one of
three enumerated jobs if only he would drop out of the Democratic
Senate primary in which he was challenging appointed Senator Michael
Bennet. But the question is why?
In the case of the Spector/Sestak bribe, the answer is obvious: The
Obama Administration wanted the Pennsylvania Senator to switch parties
so that they would have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. To
persuade him to switch, the White House had to do its utmost to clear
the field and assure him a safe path to the Senate nomination in his
new political party. So, Rahm Emanual asked former President Bill
Clinton to dangle positions in front of Sestak to get him to drop out
of the race.
But Michael Bennet was no great friend of the White House. Having
never been elected to a statewide position, he lacked a political base
and was never a particularly strong candidate. He only got the Senate
seat as an appointment to fill the seat vacated by Senator Ken Salazar
who gave up the seat to become Secretary of the Interior in the Obama
Administration. So why was the Obama Administration trying to clear the
field for Bennet and assure him of the nomination?
The answer likely lies in the politics of health care. Bennet had
been a question mark from the beginning of the health care debate. The
Huffington Post reported, on November 22, 2009, that he was willing to
lose his Senate seat if he had to in order to back health care reform.
The Post reported that his dramatic announcement ended months of
silence on the subject and relieved White House concerns that he was
not going to back the bill.
Funny how Bennet’s announcement came less than two months after Romanoff was offered a job to drop out of the race!
If a connection can be documented between the offer and the vote (no
other motivation seems credible) the transaction becomes particularly
sickening. Trading a job for a vote is the crassest and most obvious
form of bribery. But what else can account for Bennet’s sudden morph
from being on the fence over health care to an ardent supporter who
would lose all rather than see it die?
In any case, we need to help Jane Norton, Colorado’s former Lt
Governor, beat either Bennet or Romanoff in the general election in the
fall. She holds a lead and we need to throw this kind of horse trading
bribery politics out of office.
By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann
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? Jun. 9, 2010 - A HEALTH CARE HORROR STORY FROM CANADA "Obamacare?"
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There are howls of outrage coming from the liberal community in
Alberta, Canada. It seems that some doctors, desperate to protect their
patients from the overcrowded and failing socialized medical system in
their country, have set up private clinics to treat them. To circumvent
Canadian laws, which prohibit charging for medical care, they have set
up private, membership clinics where, for $2,000 a year, patients can
access well staffed and equipped clinics and avoid the long waits and
compromised care of the public system.
The leading Canadian newspaper, the Globe and Mail, reports that
“critics say that the clinics are taking physicians away from the
public system making it even harder…to find a family doctor.” David
Eggen, executive director of a group that supports the Canadian
socialized system, Friends of Medicare, said that it’s already hard to
find a family physician in Canada and that clinics like these,
springing up in several Canadian cities, could make it even harder.
It does not seem to have occurred to defenders of socialized
medicine that the system itself is causing the doctor shortage. Cuts in
medical fees, overcrowding of facilities, shortages of equipment and
space, and bureaucratic oversight have all combined to drive men and
women out of family medical practice. Now, with a critical shortage
looming, those who can afford to pay for adequate care are opting out
of the public system and, literally, taking their lives into their own
hands.
But it is illegal to make patients “have to pay a fee to gain access
to health services” that are provided free by the government system. So
patients and doctors are forming membership-only groups to avoid the
legal penalties that could potential stop them from getting or giving
the care that they need.
This is where the United States is headed. Socialism dries up the
supply of medical care and forces ever stricter rationing of the
available resources. As Margaret Thatcher famously said, “Eventually
socialism runs out of other peoples’ money.”
With the full implementation of Obamacare and its likely cuts in
physician reimbursement, more and more doctors will choose to opt out
of Medicare and charge their patients for their care. The elderly who
need specialized care will have no choice but to take out insurance,
not to fill gaps in Medicare coverage, but to overlay the system with
private coverage so they can get the care Medicare now provides to all
seniors. If you want to see a family doctor, it will be rough unless
you are paying for the care privately. And to see a specialist, at the
low reimbursement rates afforded by the program in the future, will be
well nigh impossible.
Medical care for the elderly will become like public housing or
public education in the inner city. Those who can afford to go
elsewhere will. Those who can’t will be left to fend for themselves in
overcrowded public facilities that will be, at least, free.
And then, as in Canada, liberal critics will rail, not against the
system that dried up the resources in the first place or against the
socialist rules that drove doctors out of medicine, but against the
private clinics for resources from the public sector.
By plunging our excellent medical care system into this new world of
regulation, fee cuts, and care rationing, the U.S. is going down the
disastrous road Canada has taken.
Unless we can elect a Republican majority in November and a GOP president in 2012, this is our future.
By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann
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? Jun. 9, 2010 - AN OIL SPILL IS NOT AN ACT OF GOD. Gulf Oil Spill BP Obama
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The Whole Story from Mr Blog.
We are not facing an earthquake like that which rocked Haiti or a volcano such as spewed its lava and pollution high above Iceland. This Gulf oil spill is man made and off s**** oil drilling is one of the most heavily government regulated activities of commercial capitalism. The rigs are regularly inspected. Drilling is impossible without multiple permits. Each step, each piece of equipment, each procedure must be specifically approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
To blame BP for this spill and the failure to clean it up is, of course, reasonable. It is, of course, their malfeasance which caused the spill and their technological inability which has let it continue to gush.
But we don’t elect the leadership of BP and it is not responsible to us.
We do, however, elect the president and he and his appointed Secretary of the Interior are very much responsible to us. And, after eighteen months in office, both President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar are responsible for their own actions in running the regulation of oil drilling in deep sea waters
. The total failure of the regulatory process is grossly evident, more so with each passing day of this spill. Nobody seems to have considered the possibility of a massive explosion which would trigger a huge spill. There appear to have been no plans for dealing with it, either in the short or the long term. There is no standby program to shield beaches from the oil or any program waiting on the shelf to stop the environmental damage.
But an oil spill caused by a rig exploding is obviuosly an eventuality which should and must have been foreseen. Gas and oil is flammable and explosive. It comes as no great surprise that something can and inevitably would go wrong. That the government failed to anticipate and plan for this eventuality takes one’s breath away.
Imagine if the federal government’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission had allowed nuclear power plants to be constructed with no fail-safe plans in the event of a meltdown or the release of radioactivity! Imagine if it had never foreseen this possibility! There would be hell to pay and rightly so.
President Obama and Interior Secretary Salazar deserve the strongest condemnation for failing to anticipate the likelihood of a major oil spill due to an explosion. The experience of Exxon Valdez led to legislation requiring double-hulling of tankers. But there appears to have been no consideration of the chances of a major spill in mile-deep water.
What business did the government have issuing permits to drill in deep water without a plan for coping with an explosion and a spill? What was the Interior Department doing when it failed to demand adequate protection in the first place and a feasible plan for containing the damage if something went wrong?
Why is not Obama being blamed for this gross oversight? Environment is up his ally. It is, supposedly, a major preoccupation of his Administration. Yet his neglect of the ecological consequences of a spill of this magnitude is undoing generations of environmental protection of our fisheries, beaches, wetlands, and marshes! How long will he be able to escape blame and avoid responsibility for this disaster?
It is OK to blame BP. But we should blame equally the government that let this spill happen.
This is not to say that the Bush Administration and, for that matter, the Clinton White House should not also be held responsible for letting the drilling commence in deep waters without adequate planning. In fact, the Clinton Administration specifically exempted oil companies from taxation to incentivize exactly this kind of drilling. But neither Clinton nor Bush nor BP is in power.
Obama is and he deserves a round of condemnation for his obtuse failure to plan for a disaster that was always inevitable.
By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann 06.7.2010
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? Jun. 1, 2010 - Words from a LEGAL Mexican immigrant - Why the Arizona Law
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The first simple and easy to understand explanation of
the intent behind the Arizona immigration law. A must read for all who want to
understand or discuss the issue.
This was written by a Mexican who is now a naturalized US Citizen, and I
think it's a great explanation of the illegal immigration issue.
Here is the
quote:
"If you
had tickets to a sports event, concert, Disneyland, or for an airline flight,
and when you got to your assigned seat you found someone else was in that seat,
what would you do? You would call for a person in charge of ticket checking and
have the person in your seat removed. You would properly be asked to show your
ticket, and you would gladly and proudly do so, for you have bought and paid for
that seat. The person in your seat would also be asked for a ticket, which they
would not be able to produce. They would be called "gate crashers" and they
would properly be removed.
Now in this huge stadium called the USA we have had
millions of gate crashers. We have been asking security to check for tickets and
remove the gate crashers. We have been asking security to have better controls
in checking at the door. We have asked security to lock the back doors. Security
has failed us. They are still looking the other way. They are afraid to ask to
see the tickets. Many people say there is unlimited seating, and whether there
is or not, no one should be allowed in for free while the rest of us pay full
price!
In
"section AZ", of "Stadium USA", we have had enough of the failures of Security.
We have decided to do our own ticket checking, and properly remove those who do
not have tickets. Now it seems very strange to me that so many people in the
other 49 "sections", and even many in our own "section" do not want tickets
checked, or even to be asked to show their ticket! Even the head of Security is
chastising us, while not doing his own job which he has sworn to do.
My own ticket has been
bought and paid for, so I am proudly going to show it when asked to do so. I
have a right to my seat, and I want the gate crashers to be asked to show their
tickets too.. The only reason that I can imagine anyone objecting to being asked
for their ticket is that they are in favor of gate crashing, and all of the
illegal activities that go with it, such as drug smuggling, gang wars, murder,
human smuggling for profit, and many more illegal and inhumane acts that we are
trying to prevent with our new legislation. Is that what I am hearing from all
of the protestors such as Phoenix Mayor Gordon, US Rep. Grijalva, even President
Obama? If you are not in favor of showing tickets, (proof of citizenship,
passport, green card, or other legal document) when asked, as I would do
proudly, then you must be condoning those illegal activities."
Written
by a US Citizen, Globe, Arizona.
This makes perfect sense to me. What do you think?
Since Obama has never
shown his ticket I guess he feels obligated to not ask others to show
theirs. | source e-mail I am Independent. Feels real good.
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