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The ultimate paradox of ObamaCare

I couldn’t have summed it up any better than this:

There are two basic points about health-care reform that President Obama wants to convey. The first is that, as he put it in an ABC special in June, “the status quo is untenable.” Our health-care system is rife with “skewed incentives.” It gives us “a whole bunch of care” that “may not be making us healthier.” It generates too many specialists and not enough primary-care physicians. It is “bankrupting families,” “bankrupting businesses” and “bankrupting our government at the state and federal level. So we know things are going to have to change.”

Obama’s second major point is that–to quote from the same broadcast–”if you are happy with your plan and you are happy with your doctor, then we don’t want you to have to change … So what we’re saying is, If you are happy with your plan and your doctor, you stick with it.”

So the system is an unsustainable disaster, but you can keep your piece of it if you want. And the Democrats wonder why selling health-care reform to the public has been so hard?

August 7, 2009 Posted by | economic ignorance, health care, Obama | Leave a Comment

Quote of the day, “Community organizer” edition

This is an absolutely awesome column (regarding the left’s demonizing ObamaCare opponents protesting) by Jonah Goldberg that you must read, unless you really want to suck.

But here is the quote of the day in a column chock full of candidates:

It’s difficult for mere mortals like us to fully grasp the enormousness of the Democrats’ hypocrisy. Put aside all that talk of dissent being the highest form of patriotism. Overlook that Democrats would have upended jerry cans of gasoline and immolated themselves in protest if the Bush administration had asked people to inform on their neighbors. You can even forget that the DNC’s claims are untrue.

But how can we ignore the fact that the world’s most famous community organizer is whining about community organizing?

But wait: It gets better. As of this writing, the entire BarackObama.com site was dedicated to “Organizing for America,” with a special page dedicated to “Organizing for Health Care,” where supporters are asked to flood town halls and “make certain your members of Congress know that you’re counting on them to act.”

They only thing they left out is the instruction to leave the Brooks Brothers jackets and swastikas at home.

:lol:

August 7, 2009 Posted by | health care, hypocrisy, quote of the day, shameful | Leave a Comment

Mel Martinez to resign at the end of the month

Good riddance, Señor Amnesty.  Leave the pesos on the dresser on your way out for the screwjob you did to the party and the state.  Story here.

Looks like Gov. Crist will appoint a replacement (probably another RINO) to hold the spot until Crist wins it next year.  And make no mistake, Crist WILL win the seat next year.  Whether I like it or not, he’ll win the primary, if for no other reason than name recognition and funding.  Then he’ll beat either of the two black militants (be it embarrassments Corrine Brown or Kendrick Meek) considered Dem frontrunners in the general election.  Considering he’s a liberal Republican who loves himself some B.O., it won’t alter the makeup of the Senate in that regard.

August 7, 2009 Posted by | Charlie Crist, Florida, Mel Martinez | 4 Comments

Former Congressman of unknown party convicted for hiding bribe money in his freezer

It’s a good thing the MSM has those multiple layers of fact checkers at their disposal, layers that well-dressed mobsters like me do not have.  So when a party ID gets omitted from a huge news story like this, it must mean that the convict is nonpartisan or has hid his party ID so very well that those MSM sleuths can’t get to it.

As if to insist that the broadcast networks shouldn’t corner the market on “Name That Party” fun, CNN this morning joined in the fun when reporting on yesterday’s conviction of former Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) on 11 corruption charges.

Yet when reporting the story shortly after 9:30 a.m. EDT today, “CNN Newsroom” anchor Heidi Collins neglected to mention Jefferson’s Democratic Party affiliation.

What’s more, ten minutes earlier, neither Collins nor CNN producer Mike Ahlers mentioned the party affiliation of another ethically compromised Democrat, admitted adulterer John Edwards. The former one-term senator is under investigation for payments made by his political action committee to a former mistress.

Nope…no liberal media bias!

August 7, 2009 Posted by | corruption, Louisiana, media bias | Leave a Comment

Eloquent, intelligent president botches basic math

Fuzzy math sure does kick Dubya’s behind, doesn’t it?

Did I say “Dubya”?  My bad:

The plan was divided into three parts. One-third of the money has gone to tax relief for families and small businesses. One-third of the money is cutting people’s taxes. For Americans struggling to pay rising bills with shrinking wages, we kept a campaign promise to put a middle-class tax cut in the pockets of 95 percent of working families — (applause) — a tax cut that began showing up in paychecks of 4.8 million Indiana households about three months ago.

We also cut taxes for small businesses on the investments that they make. And more than 425 small businesses in Indiana have received SBA loans through the recovery package. So that’s — one-third of the money was tax cuts.

Another third of the money in the Recovery Act has been for emergency relief that is helping folks who’ve borne the brunt of this recession. For Americans who were laid off, we expanded unemployment benefits –- and that’s already made a difference for 12 million Americans, including 220,000 folks right here in Indiana. We’re making health insurance 65 percent cheaper for families relying on COBRA while looking for work. Some of you know people who lost their jobs, were worried about losing their health care, couldn’t afford COBRA — we were able to reduce their costs by 65 percent so they could keep their health care while they looking for jobs.

And for states facing historic budget shortfalls, we provided assistance that has saved the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and public — and police officers and other public servants so that you wouldn’t see the recession get even worse.

So that’s the second half. First half, tax relief. Second half, support for individuals, small businesses, and states that had fallen on hard times.

The last third of the Recovery Act — and that’s what we’re going to talk about here today — is for investments that are not only putting people back to work in the short term, but laying a new foundation for growth and prosperity in the long run.

Now I did go to FSU, so cut me a little slack here, but if my math skills acquired there haven’t failed me, then we’re talking about four-thirds and two halves.  Boy, it sure is a good thing we don’t have that idiot Bush in the White House to flub basic math, huh?

With these kind of math skills, it’s little wonder that B.O. doesn’t think his socialist policies will bankrupt America.

August 7, 2009 Posted by | humor, Obama | 3 Comments

   

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