Cap and Trade - More Democraziness.

The cap and trade tax is a carbon tax, but worse, it allows government Democratic Party to control who gets to do economic activity. All this taxation is based on the fake data that there is global warming; a hoax put on us to scare us into submission to their false paper gods.

Do you want to make a living? You must suck up to the Democratic Party to get your permits to live.

"Following closely on the heels of ObamaCare, the Boxer-Kerry Cap and Trade bill has been inconspicuously moving through the Senate with a stealth goal to pass the bill before the Copenhagen Summit this December!

"During a heated debate last week Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works committee refused to release a full economic analysis of the bill, to which James Inhofe (R-OK) bristled, "I can only conclude that they don't want the pubic to know how much money this thing is going to cost."

"And cost it will…

"Senator Inhofe said of the coming legislation, "This would be the largest tax increase in the history of America." Analysts believe the increased taxes and fees will cost the average American household upwards of $1,600 to $3,000 each and every year."

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Raising taxes on energy, and making electricity cost "skyrocket" is a stated ambition of the 0bama administration (youtube link). Prices on obvious stuff, like heating the house this winter, will go up. How many will not be able to afford this? How many people will Mr 0bama chill?

The carbon offset tax will raise the general price level. For example, think even of instant soup mix; how much energy is required in the factory to prepare those heat-and-eat dishes?

Many Americans don't really know how to cook, or how cooking is necessary for healthy food preparation. (Germ killing). With electricity rates skyrocketing, how many people will cook food thoroughly enough? How many people will sicken from food borne illnesses? How many will then go through the metered health care system? How many of Mr 0bama's "useless eaters" will starve?

Is Mr 0bama a sociopath? Just getting Mr 0bama out of the President's office (Even with Joe Biden replacing him) would be a public safety improvement for the people of the United States.

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"The national unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest in 26 years. About 9 million people currently receive unemployment benefits." AP Story

The Democratic Party is trying to suck the life out of us with hyper taxation. They will stuff their pockets with our living. End the Democraziness now!

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"In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man"
-- Hillel (Pirkei Avot 2:6)

Government approved waste

I went up to a friend's house today. Steve was putting in some concrete barriers as a retaining wall. They were stacked along the county road's right of way, on Steve's property. A county road inspector came along, saw the barriers in a neat stack and had a cow. She parked in Steve's driveway, and ordered the work stopped.

The road inspector insisted on seeing all of Steve's paperwork. This particular dim-witted government "worker" didn't know what a permit looked like, so she summoned her boss, and two or three other county employees. It was Saturday, so they took a while to get there. Meanwhile, the construction company's equipment and workers are all idle; the meter continues to run.

Finally the others arrived. Steve spread out all his work permits and engineering reviews, along with the tax and fee receipts. The experienced county employees took a look at the paperwork and saw all was in order. The road inspector disputed the paperwork with her boss and the others. After another half an hour, the county road manager announced the construction company could resume and said everyone should start back to work. He would explain the situation to the road inspector. He went off to face her, wearing the unhappy face of someone forced to suffer a fool.

The point of the story? Micromanagement wastes resources. The new county road inspector is an Obama "stimulus" hireling.

This time and resource wasting method is coming to a hospital near you. It doesn't take much imagination to realize how medicine will be impacted. Dawdling while checking paperwork will interfere with proper treatment. Politically obsequious meddling will destroy lives.

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The competitive, capitalist economy is based on qualification. The worker who knows how to do something gets the job doing it. No system is perfect, so sometimes the worker's skill is mismatched to the job.

Under the politically correct system, the worker who knows someone gets the paycheck. The job may not get done, but the costs will continue to mount. No economic system can last long if it is based on sycophantic toadyism.

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"... The same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God."
-- John F. Kennedy, 1961

Health Care Underhaul

Expect the action to pick up. Up 'til now, all this plotting has been in secret. The "Democratic" Party is in the public phase of ramming government control of health care access down the throat of the American people. What new? Nothing.

"Higher premiums, tax increases and Medicare cuts to pay for more government. The American people know that is not reform," Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Republican leader, said.

"Reid, D-Nev., wrote the legislation with White House aides during weeks of secretive negotiations, selecting elements from two committee-passed bills with the aim of securing the necessary 60 votes in a Senate debate that will be decisive for Obama's health care agenda."

AP story

Americans have enjoyed the best standard of living, because hard work was rewarded. Americans have enjoyed the best standard of health care, because private right has been observed.

Only when the "Democratic" Party's donors, the American Bar Association, started screwing with American medicine, things started to go bad. So the ABA whistled and the "Democratic" Party came loping with its tongue lolling out.

The rape of the American public continues.

Secrecy is wrong.

Harry Reid, a Senator from the “Democratic” Party, is presenting the Senate Health Control Bill in a closed meeting to the majority party only. This action is follow on to Rep. Pelosi refusal to guarantee public access to the contents of the House bill.

Secrecy is incompatible with open and democratic government. Secrecy is characteristic of tyrannies which enslave. The “Democratic” Party has taken their name “Democratic” as a convenient lie and cover story.

Health Crime!

Traditionally, government uses taxes to get revenue to spend. The Democreeps use taxes to control behavior.

For background:

The Obama-Pelosi gang understand a tax on energy use will decrease the amount energy people use. An 80% federal tax on energy is the centerpiece of Mr Obama's energy policy. Likewise, they know they can control behavior other ways. They put monster taxes on tobacco sales, in order to curb tobacco use.

Obama-Pelosi, etc. will use their government health control bill to tax health itself. Being old is treatable with end-of-life planning. Being categorically needy is treated with eugenic planning. The only behavior rewarded by their plan is unhealthy.

Likewise, Obama-Pelosi seek to tax capital gains at alarming rates. Make making anything unprofitable and they guarantee everyone poverty. They know taxation leads to decreasing the taxed activity: They do it because they want us sick and poor.

The crime for which you will be punished is being healthy. There is a “healthy” tax of thousands of dollars for being well. If you take care of your own health, then you must pay. This is Mr Obama's, Nancy Pelosi's, Harry Reid's, and the “Democratic” Party's sadistic inhumanity.

"Democratic" Slavery Party.

The “Democratic” Party are the party of the enslavers. The “Democratic” Party has always been the party of the enslaver. Before and during the American Civil War, the “Democratic” Party refused to condemn slavery because so many of their members were southern "gentlemen" who enslaved human beings. After the War and when the slaves were freed (by Republican Abe Lincoln), the “Democratic” Party took over the South and made it solid against freedom.

These are historical facts. These are th facts that the Leftist controlled media won't bring up and the Leftist controlled public indoctrination system (schools) lies about.

Now, in a twisted turn, the “Democratic” Party's first black President will enslave all Americans, in some kind of weird payback for American Slavery which the “Democratic” Party promoted in the first place.

Frederick Douglass became the first black candidate for the office of President, as a Republican in 1888. At convention, Mr Douglass scored only one vote from the floor, and was not the Party's nominee.

Fascist Left Health Care Access Control

This list has been circulating on the web. A brief examination demonstrated it's accuracy. This is a list of the new bureaus and controls imposed on our personal lives by the Obama-Pelosi gang of criminals.

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This is a list of all the new boards, bureaucracies, commissions, and programs created in H.R. 3962, Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care; if 111 new offices seems like a lot, we should not be surprised, since why else would this thing take up 1990 pages?

How anyone can maintain that creating 111 new bureaucracies will make things more efficient at lower cost?

1. Retiree Reserve Trust Fund (Section 111(d), p. 61)
2. Grant program for wellness programs to small employers (Section 112, p. 62)
3. Grant program for State health access programs (Section 114, p. 72)
4. Program of administrative simplification (Section 115, p. 76)
5. Health Benefits Advisory Committee (Section 223, p. 111)
6. Health Choices Administration (Section 241, p. 131)
7. Qualified Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman (Section 244, p. 138)
8. Health Insurance Exchange (Section 201, p. 155)
9. Program for technical assistance to employees of small businesses buying Exchange coverage (Section 305(h), p. 191)
10. Mechanism for insurance risk pooling to be established by Health Choices Commissioner (Section 306(b), p. 194)
11. Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund (Section 307, p. 195)
12. State-based Health Insurance Exchanges (Section 308, p. 197)
13. Grant program for health insurance cooperatives (Section 310, p. 206)
14. "Public Health Insurance Option" (Section 321, p. 211)
15. Ombudsman for "Public Health Insurance Option" (Section 321(d), p. 213)
16. Account for receipts and disbursements for "Public Health Insurance Option" (Section 322(b), p. 215)
17. Tele health Advisory Committee (Section 1191 (b), p. 589)
18. Demonstration program providing reimbursement for "culturally and linguistically appropriate services" (Section 1222, p. 617)
19. Demonstration program for shared decision making using patient decision aids (Section 1236, p. 648)
20. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicare (Section 1301, p. 653)
21. Independent patient-centered medical home pilot program under Medicare (Section 1302, p. 672)
22. Community-based medical home pilot program under Medicare (Section 1302(d), p. 681)
23. Independence at home demonstration program (Section 1312, p. 718)
24. Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Section 1401(a), p. 734)
25. Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission (Section 1401(a), p. 738)
26. Patient ombudsman for comparative effectiveness research (Section 1401(a), p. 753)
27. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for skilled nursing facilities (Section 1412(b)(1), p. 784)
28. Quality assurance and performance improvement program for nursing facilities (Section 1412 (b)(2), p. 786)
29. Special focus facility program for skilled nursing facilities (Section 1413(a)(3), p. 796)
30. Special focus facility program for nursing facilities (Section 1413(b)(3), p. 804)
31. National independent monitor pilot program for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities (Section 1422, p. 859)
32. Demonstration program for approved teaching health centers with respect to Medicare GME (Section 1502(d), p. 933)
33. Pilot program to develop anti-fraud compliance systems for Medicare providers (Section 1635, p. 978)
34. Special Inspector General for the Health Insurance Exchange (Section 1647, p. 1000)
35. Medical home pilot program under Medicaid (Section 1722, p. 1058)
36. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicaid (Section 1730A, p. 1073)
37. Nursing facility supplemental payment program (Section 1745, p. 1106)
38. Demonstration program for Medicaid coverage to stabilize emergency medical conditions in institutions for mental diseases (Section 1787, p. 1149)
39. Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund (Section 1802, p. 1162)
40. "Identifiable office or program" within CMS to "provide for improved coordination between Medicare and Medicaid in the case of dual eligibles" (Section 1905, p. 1191)
41. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Section 1907, p. 1198)
42. Public Health Investment Fund (Section 2002, p. 1214)
43. Scholarships for service in health professional needs areas (Section 2211, p. 1224)
44. Program for training medical residents in community-based settings (Section 2214, p. 1236)
45. Grant program for training in dentistry programs (Section 2215, p. 1240)
46. Public Health Workforce Corps (Section 2231, p. 1253)
47. Public health workforce scholarship program (Section 2231, p. 1254)
48. Public health workforce loan forgiveness program (Section 2231, p. 1258)
49. Grant program for innovations in interdisciplinary care (Section 2252, p. 1272)
50. Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment (Section 2261, p. 1275)
51. Prevention and Wellness Trust (Section 2301, p. 1286)
52. Clinical Prevention Stakeholders Board (Section 2301, p. 1295)
53. Community Prevention Stakeholders Board (Section 2301, p. 1301)
54. Grant program for community prevention and wellness research (Section 2301, p. 1305)
55. Grant program for research and demonstration projects related to wellness incentives (Section 2301, p. 1305)
56. Grant program for community prevention and wellness services (Section 2301, p. 1308)
57. Grant program for public health infrastructure (Section 2301, p. 1313)
58. Center for Quality Improvement (Section 2401, p. 1322)
59. Assistant Secretary for Health Information (Section 2402, p. 1330)
60. Grant program to support the operation of school-based health clinics (Section 2511, p. 1352)
61. Grant program for nurse-managed health centers (Section 2512, p. 1361)
62. Grants for labor-management programs for nursing training (Section 2521, p. 1372)
63. Grant program for interdisciplinary mental and behavioral health training (Section 2522, p. 1382)
64. "No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza" demonstration grant program (Section 2524, p. 1391)
65. Healthy Teen Initiative grant program regarding teen pregnancy (Section 2526, p. 1398)
66. Grant program for interdisciplinary training, education, and services for individuals with autism (Section 2527(a), p. 1402)
67. University centers for excellence in developmental disabilities education (Section 2527(b), p. 1410)
68. Grant program to implement medication therapy management services (Section 2528, p. 1412)
69. Grant program to promote positive health behaviors in underserved communities (Section 2530, p. 1422)
70. Grant program for State alternative medical liability laws (Section 2531, p. 1431)
71. Grant program to develop infant mortality programs (Section 2532, p. 1433)
72. Grant program to prepare secondary school students for careers in health professions (Section 2533, p. 1437)
73. Grant program for community-based collaborative care (Section 2534, p. 1440)
74. Grant program for community-based overweight and obesity prevention (Section 2535, p. 1457)
75. Grant program for reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in primary and secondary schools (Section 2536, p. 1462)
76. Demonstration project of grants to medical-legal partnerships (Section 2537, p. 1464)
77. Center for Emergency Care under the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (Section 2552, p. 1478)
78. Council for Emergency Care (Section 2552, p 1479)
79. Grant program to support demonstration programs that design and implement regionalized emergency care systems (Section 2553, p. 1480)
80. Grant program to assist veterans who wish to become emergency medical technicians upon discharge (Section 2554, p. 1487)
81. Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (Section 2562, p. 1494)
82. National Medical Device Registry (Section 2571, p. 1501)
83. CLASS Independence Fund (Section 2581, p. 1597)
84. CLASS Independence Fund Board of Trustees (Section 2581, p. 1598)
85. CLASS Independence Advisory Council (Section 2581, p. 1602)
86. Health and Human Services Coordinating Committee on Women's Health (Section 2588, p. 1610)
87. National Women's Health Information Center (Section 2588, p. 1611)
88. Centers for Disease Control Office of Women's Health (Section 2588, p. 1614)
89. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Office of Women's Health and Gender-Based Research (Section 2588, p. 1617)
90. Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Women's Health (Section 2588, p. 1618)
91. Food and Drug Administration Office of Women's Health (Section 2588, p. 1621)
92. Personal Care Attendant Workforce Advisory Panel (Section 2589(a)(2), p. 1624)
93. Grant program for national health workforce online training (Section 2591, p. 1629)
94. Grant program to disseminate best practices on implementing health workforce investment programs (Section 2591, p. 1632)
95. Demonstration program for chronic shortages of health professionals (Section 3101, p. 1717)
96. Demonstration program for substance abuse counselor educational curricula (Section 3101, p. 1719)
97. Program of Indian community education on mental illness (Section 3101, p. 1722)
98. Intergovernmental Task Force on Indian environmental and nuclear hazards (Section 3101, p. 1754)
99. Office of Indian Men's Health (Section 3101, p. 1765)
100. Indian Health facilities appropriation advisory board (Section 3101, p. 1774)
101. Indian Health facilities needs assessment workgroup (Section 3101, p. 1775)
102. Indian Health Service tribal facilities joint venture demonstration projects (Section 3101, p. 1809)
103. Urban youth treatment center demonstration project (Section 3101, p. 1873)
104. Grants to Urban Indian Organizations for diabetes prevention (Section 3101, p. 1874)
105. Grants to Urban Indian Organizations for health IT adoption (Section 3101, p. 1877)
106. Mental health technician training program (Section 3101, p. 1898)
107. Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (Section 3101, p. 1909)
108. Program for treatment of child sexual abuse victims and perpetrators (Section 3101, p. 1925)
109. Program for treatment of domestic violence and sexual abuse (Section 3101, p. 1927)
110. Native American Health and Wellness Foundation (Section 3103, p. 1966)
111. Committee for the Establishment of the Native American Health and Wellness Foundation (Section 3103, p. 1968)”

Health Care Reform - update

Health Care Reform - update

The Obama-Pelosi health care "reform" plan:

1. Have the federal government administer everything.
2. Citizens consume medical care
     a. Citizens are ordinary.
     b. Citizens are not unique.
     c. Citizens are not special.
3. Government approved health control is phenomenaly expensive and wasteful.
4. Government issued care fits everyone
5. The politically connected get special treatment. The kind anyone could have gotten before.

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Good health care reform plan would include the following:

1. Let families and businesses buy health insurance across state lines.
2. Allow individuals, small businesses, and trade associations to pool together and acquire health insurance at lower prices, the same way large corporations and labor unions do.
3. Give states the tools to create their own innovative reforms that lower health care costs.
4. End junk lawsuits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of tests and procedures that physicians must order, not because they think it's good medicine, but because Doctors are afraid of being sued.

The Obama-Pelosi plan has none of these elements. The Obama-Pelosi plan is irresponsible at best and rotten at least.

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Fact sheets in pdf
Pelosi’s Takeover of Health Care Will Destroy Small Business Jobs
Pelosi’s Government Health Care Will Hurt Seniors
Federal Funds Will Be Used to Pay for Abortion

The Repellicans are doing Democreep Lite with their own version of a health care bill. But the Repuclican bill is far more consistent with personal liberty and a free society. See Summary of House GOP Health Care Bill (pdf)

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Pollster Rasmussen observes

"A plurality of Democrats believe it would be good for workers to be forced off private health insurance coverage and shifted to a government option."

Source

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The Sovereign Society says,

1. Individual liberty is a prerequisite to prosperity.
2. Liberty exists when every individual has the right to keep, control and dispose of his or her justly-acquired property.
3. Individuals and their assets are not the property of the government.

America, Mr Obama and Nancy Pelosi hate you.

Security and Secrecy

Security and secrecy go hand in hand.

The American economy is still unsteady, mostly due to Mr Obama and Co.'s heavy-handed handling of everything. A credit crunch which resulted from a cover up of Rep Barney Frank's(D) pay-offs to his buddies, has propagated through further misdealing by the rest Democreep horde.

We want a sense of security. Cash and property give a sense of economic security. When the government is poised to tax away cash and take away property, secrecy will enhance security. What you don't want to lose, you hide. Secrecy gives an immunity to taxation. From Daniel Mitchell:

"Libertarians and other free-market advocates welcome tax competition as a way of restraining the greed of politicians and guaranteeing an efficient and prosperous state – unlike the bloated failed states littered throughout history.

"For example, a renewed surge of tax competition lead to a lowering of tax rates in the Reagan-Thatcher era. As rates started to drop, politicians were forced to be more competitive... since their "golden goose" could essentially fly across the border and find better accommodations abroad.

"But collectivists despise tax competition — for exactly the same reason. They want investors, entrepreneurs, and companies to passively serve as free vending machines, dispensing never-ending piles of money for politicians…"

Daniel J. Mitchell, Cato Institute

Private secrecy is not government secrecy. The very characteristic which makes secrecy desirable to private individuals makes secrecy anathema to democratic society. A private person or corporation influence (and danger) is peanuts compared to government. Government invades markets and private life by force. Private persons and corporations have to make mutually beneficial arrangements.

Toward that interest, where is the best place to hide wealth worldwide? The answer is a bit surprising. It's... Delaware?

Delaware's financial secrecy is rated against other candidates here.

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A note to you inhuman haters of plenty and all you leftist Democreeps: Don't worry, privacy is not tolerable to the Leftist controlled press nor its puppet President, Mr Obama. They'll get after Delaware one of these days.

Democratic Party Indifference (or Incompetence)

Politicians are just as dumb as the next guy when it comes to doing anything... except getting elected. They don't care. Politicians are not competent. And dare I say it? Democrats are most indifferent and incompetent.

Take war for example.

Just like the period with Lyndon Johnson (D), during the 1960's, when inflation began to gallop, and Johnson(D) drove us deeper and deeper into the Viet Nam quagmire. Just like the Jimmah Carter(D) era during the 1970's, or that two year sliver during the early 1990's, when the democreeps held control of both the Congress and the Presidency, the economy is sputtering and misery stalks the streets? Why? Why is everything sputtering if everyone is so delighted? What is it about modern economics which makes the economy tailspin when the Democreeps get control?

How is it, since the mid-twentieth century, the Democreeps always make war and botch it so badly they cannot win? Korea, Mr Truman (D); Viet Nam, Mr Johnson (D); the cold war with Iran, started under Mr Carter (D); Somalia, lost under Mr Clinton (D); Bosnia, recently concluded, Mr Clinton (D); and now Afghanistan, Mr Obama (D).

It took Republicans to get us out of these wars. Korea was concluded by Mr Eisenhower (R); Viet Nam by the much maligned Mr Nixon (R); Iran is still a problem; Somalia is still a mess; Bosnia was concluded by Mr W Bush; Iraq was started by Mr Bush and concluded by Mr W Bush (R); Afghanistan's Taliban was overthrown by Mr W Bush (R), but Mr Obama has re-ignited that war.

In each case, each struggle had merits. In each case, the Democrat Commander in Chief screwed the pooch. These are not toy soldiers whose lives they are spending, but try to tell the "compassionate" Party. The Rules of Engagement promulgated by the Obama administration essentially require the American soldier to ask the enemy to surrender prior to killing the enemy.

Every big move the Democrats make Democraters. The question must be asked, Are the Democreeps incompetent or insane?

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Rep. Pelosi launched Health Control and Stupid, Wild Spending Bill #2. This bill isn't the old bill. This bill is twice as bulky and more invasive than the last one. You know what Pelosi is doing? That Queen of Snot Farmers is trying to wear us out with her inane insistence. She and her leftist buddies cannot give up the dream. Somehow, they must get control of your skin, and if you suffer, what matter to them? Will these bums control medicine?

Pelosi and the Democreep crew have nothing at risk. They change the rules for us and insulate themselves from the those changes. When they send common folk to war, they fortify the Halls of Congress. When they send us to the doctor's waiting room, they go to the front of the line. "It's the la-a-aw." This is the compassion of the Democratic Party.

Indifferent Democreeps or incompetent Democreeps, don't get me wrong. There'll be Cadillac treatment for everyone who gets in first, because every doctor left in the system will want to avoid lawsuits. Besides, "no one is paying for it anyhow."

Eventually medicine will suffer because of cost cutting. The Democreep controlled government will complain they need to cut costs and "be responsible with the people's money," meanwhile ignoring the people. Medicine will no longer be practiced based on best medical opinion, but on whoever got in line first. Many will not get the treatment they need because the government will need to meter out the care to control costs.

Waiting lists, lost time, and much death, all the result. And this assumes all the government people have good intent to operate the system.

The New, 1,990 page, Massively Intrusive, Arrogant, Screw Your Health, Control People Bill Link. Read it.

Seriously, this new proposal has some pretty interesting pork, such as Sec. 106. Scholarship programs for Indian Tribes and Sec. 116. Tribal cultural orientation. Good for them. Let's plug in a "study" for government cultural control for native Americans to our National Socialist Health and Death Bill. Nancy Pelosi --- you slay me....

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Final Note:

It is fascinating how much was foreseen by the drafters of the American Constitution. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. [Am 10, US Constitution]" Since the words, "provide free health care" or anything like that do not appear in the constitution, the government is forbidden to do it.

Why not ignore the constitution? Because the constitution is supposed to protect individuals; the same people who'll be getting the health care shaft. Ignoring the constitution entrusts too much power to a greedy government. In a republic, no one should have to live in fear.

For them to control medicine or the economy is just as unconstitutional as would third term for George Bush. See the 10th Amendment. This administration and Congress are nearing full rebellion against the lawful government of the United States. If they rebel, they should be put out of office, arrested and tried for treason.

The only other way is for us to line up meekly for death care.

Economic 'Recovery' and Its Victims

In an interview titled, "Alpine Atlantic’s Daniel Zurbrügg Tells All on Inflation, “Recovery,” Global Growth, and More…" by Matt Collins

Collins asked, "What does a gradual recovery of the world economy mean for inflation? Should we be worried about upcoming inflationary pressures in the western world?"

Zurbrügg answered, "The answer in our view is: not yet.

"While we’re always vigilant with regard to the threat of inflation, we aren’t rushing to join the vast majority of investors and pundits who think that all this money printing must result in strong inflationary pressure or even hyperinflation.

"We regard that as a somewhat oversimplified view, since monetization of debt does not automatically result in inflation. This is especially the case when the lending activity of banks is still low and only slowly increasing."

There is the problem. Where is the recovery? Lending activity is a good measure of capital formation activity. Actual capital can be formed with stock purchase by outsiders (Investors) and by self-investment by companies, via borrowing. If this is genuine recovery, where are the mergers?

Although worldwide stock markets have recovered somewhat, there is no attendant self-capitalization. The recovery is lopsided apparition.

More to fear is the world's dominant economy, the US, is clearly heading into government controlled socialism. Watermelon (green on the outside, red in the center) economics is a a mental image of a centrally managed economy. Central management is full of problems. The principle problem being up to date accuracy of information. A poorly understood, local decision, based on immediate data, is more agile and therefore superior to the best quality remote control management. Economies move too quickly.

Politicians and their supporters who treat an economy as a stagnant beast are stupid victims and predatory politicians.

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We're going to muddle out of this politically precipitated economic malaise somehow. If only the predatory opportunists and other political vermin would shut up and resign from office, we could start early... But that won't happen. We have at least 3 more dreary years.

Old-School Leftist Thuggery

Earlier I posted a piece called, Washington State - How dare the people! That posting explained how the Leftist controlled government of Washington State is spending the state into a coma, and what the people of the state are trying to do about it. From the other side, this appears in the Seatle Weekly. The article explicitly states how Leftists are willing to preserve the shell of democracy and blow off freedom and responsible government.

Where's the Old-School Union Justice for Tim Eyman?
By Caleb Hannan in Campaign 2009

Dominic Holden says "God Bless the Unions." And we're apt to agree.

In the last month, over $1.3 million has been donated to the No on 1033 campaign, the opposition group meant to reverse the misinformation being peddled by professional fuck-up Tim Eyman and his latest, devastating initiative. Of that, over half has come from big unions: teachers, government workers and service employees, with a handful of smaller groups -- firefighters, iron workers and electricians -- adding to the kitty. That cash has been used to air TV ads. And considering No on 1033 still has $2 million left in the pot, a lot more good publicity is yet to come.

But despite the good feelings that come from organized labor spending money to protect its own, we can't help but feel nostalgic for days long gone. Days when millions in campaign money wouldn't be necessary to stop a minor irritant like Eyman. When, instead, a simple knock on the door and well-timed threat would be enough to solve any disagreement. Don't get us wrong. Democracy is great. But doesn't a situation like 1033, where we're literally stealing money from old people and kids, call for something more direct? Like a kneecapping?

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Indeed, writer Hannan longs for the "good old days" of totalitarian democracy. He commits his own contribution to the mayhem and violence by lying. And its that old, standard Leftist lie, "They're making the kids go stupid and old folks eat Alpo." No, Mr Hannan, that is what your side is doing... by wrecking the economy and perverting the electoral process with lies.

Government Health Control is Murder.

Obama's MurderCare

It looks like we may get government allocated health care, Obama's MurderCare.

I have tried contacting the Senators and Representatives by email, telephone and fax. They respond with a yawn and a "Screw you! You'll get the crumbs from our table," attitude.

Government controlled health care inevitably leads to higher death rates from treatable diseases. For example, the US has the highest cancer survival rate with present private system. [Source] If we get the Obama's MurderCare, then as soon as sufficient statistics are gathered to show the increase in death rates, these authoritarian politicians must be charged with murder.

Under American style federalism, the states have separate powers to govern, which are derived independent of the federal power. A person may avoid violation of federal law and still be a felon under state law.

The states have laws against constructive commission of murder, i.e. creating the circumstance for murder without actually pulling the trigger. An example is a solicitation of murder. Most states also have laws which make conspiracy (or negligence) a felony if the death actually occurs.

When a death occurs in Obama's MurderCare system, the charge may be applied to the Senator or Representative from the state where the murder occurred, provided the Senator or Representative voted for Obama's MurderCare system.

Government Health Control is Murder.

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Someone told me the name Barrack means bless. Can you still say that man's name? I think I'll call him Barry, or maybe Beri-beri.

Washington State - How dare the people!

Initiative 1033 is an attempt by Washington State residents to restore responsible, rational government to the state. Washington state preserves in its constitution the right of the people to petition the government directly, and the will of the people is the supreme law of the land. But, by bad luck, the “Democratic” Party rules; the people have no hope for real democracy.

The present state government has spent 9 billion more than they have in revenue. (This sounds so tame compared to to the Obama government spending 1.5 trillion in deficit.) Deficit spending is outlawed in this state. No debt slavery for Washington.

The initiative would make it illegal to increase taxation for an unbalanced budget. More accurate, the imitative would make increasing taxation, without specific voter approval, illegal.

So along comes all the misrepresentation and outright lies from the fascist Left. The claim on television ads is the initiative 1033 would ruin education. Classes will be oversize, students will be forced to learn poorly, and the children will suffer.

"Government officials should live lavish lifestyles, at the expense of good schools" is the real message. Creeps.

If it is enacted, I-1033 will provide one more means to hold elected officials accountable. That is the one reason the elected officials hate it. They know how to lavish money on themselves. Who deserves it more, them, or you, the person who earned it?

Federal Trade Commission to Regulate Blogs

Federal Trade will regulate blogs which contain product reviews. This move is to protect stupid ordinary citizens from believing product reviews in cases where the reviewer is compensated by the product manufacturer.

In classic Mr Obama style, this move is to protect the stupid ordinary citizen and control information sources. Good going Mr Obama & Co. You reveal your contempt for how poorly a majority of Americans decided to vote in the 2008 election. Once the authoritarians get the control, they smash the openness which let them win it. "Era of new openness," my eye.

Next: Federal control of all news manufacture. After all, you can't have democrazy without information control.

The new federal regulations require that I reveal this blog gets no compensation or support from any of Mr Obama's competitors. Do ya s'pose he'll believe me?

Egg Roll Obamunism

The massive government Left seeks to destroy the individual, replacing us humans with statistics. They remind me of J B Priestly's remark about the soclialist state's logical conclusion.

"Between midnight and dawn, when sleep will not come and all the old wounds begin to ache, I often have this nightmare vision of a future world in which there are billions of people, all numbered and registered, with not a gleam of genius anywhere, not an original mind, a rich personality, on the whole packed globe."

What occupied Priestly was he was also socialist. Priestley had a healthy distrust of the massive state, social intrusiveness and political dogmatism. Its alarming that Leftist politicians are so contemptuous and resentful toward their constituents.

In other words, We're doomed.

So its high time to have a little laugh at these Big Government Leftists. I know that is like telling the robbery victim to have a little fun with the armed thug. It gets dangerous when the thug takes offense. But our option is to lie back and not make a sound.

The 'Chia Obama' bobble head can be had for $20. Leftists hate it (but the White House is reputed to have one). Be sure to get one, since they feature a "Convenient Drip Tray" (how nice!). It will give you a chance to give Effigy Obama a taste of the same fertilizer he is giving us.

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Thanks to Bob1, who hurt his back laughing at the Left, who said, "I suspect I am ROTFBAR (Rolling On The Floor Being A Racist)."

Racisms

Three revelations from the Glorious Leader.

Long Live The Glorious Leader!

Thanks to enlightened news coverage by enlightened party-controlled press apparatus, we know if you do not love the Glorious Leader, you are racist!

Recent articles uncovering the wretched right-wing racist attempt to cast doubt on the wonderful favor bestowed up on our worthless lives by means of government administered health care for all.

The racist will always reveal himself by attempting to use facts and logic in discussion. Keep an eye on your family and neighbors. Report any sign you see.

Be alert for this deadly Right Wing plot!

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Thanks to Bloviating Zeppelin for these images.

National Strike --- Strike Now!

Obama-backed health bill gains ground (AP)

Imagine someone you know stole your credit card and spent 2 trillion dollars on it. The police won't do anything about it, because they work for that person.

Now that same person is spending another $800 billion on your credit card on a lavish "health care" bill he insists you are going to take. What can you do?

Strike --- a national strike. Its a foreign concept to most Americans. It means we all just refuse to show up for work for a day, or a week, you get the idea. It will show the Barack Hussein Obama that we are not his lapdogs.

Monday, October 26th, is a good day to get the Red Flu.

Mr Obama and the Twisting of Truth

AP - President Barack Obama says requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don't would not amount to a backhanded tax increase.

"I absolutely reject that notion," said the out-of-touch president. Apparently Mr Obama is so stinking rich from the people's taxes he is past caring.

Link to the AP Story

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Mr Obama is seeking to impose summary fines. He is technically correct that a fine is not a tax. He is also clearly violating the Constitution. Under the US Constitution, laying and collecting fines is a power reserved entirely to the courts. He knows the difference between a fine and a tax. Once again, Mr Obama demonstrates the poor quality of his constitutional scholarship.

Neither the Legislative nor the Executive branches of government may impose a fine. In the enumerated powers include only only Congress is charged with the laying and collecting of taxes and duties, imposts and excises, borrowing, etc. (Article 1 Section 8). The Executive has no revenue collecting power at all.

The Senate version of the Democratic government control of personal Health bill requires persons without "acceptable" health insurance would be excise taxed (actually a fine, but Mr Obama says it isn't a fine.) up to $3800 per year (page 29). The unequal specifics here violate another provision of section 8, that taxes be uniform.

Bad prognosis - Obama is a bad idea.

In reference to Joe Wilson's anger during Mr Obama's Congressional presentation, Jimmah Carter said, "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American."

Calling Wilson's outburst racism is asinine.

There is huge resentment toward Mr Obama because he is an condescending, aristocratic, micro-manager. The man trifles with human life, witness his pro-abortion stance, where real children are slaughtered. Witness his attitude toward the sick and dying, with prognosis tests in the Health bill. If you have a poor prognosis, they will give you pain pills and watch you die. No other treatment.

The widespread and growing impression of Mr Obama is he is indifferent to ordinary people's concerns. This manifests in a number of ways, most plainly in the government control of health care access bill currently floating around Congress. There is no additional provision of health care, but there are a number of reasons why government will be able to deny access. There is a prognosis and a means test. Lastly, Mr Obama and the entire government are exempt from those provisions.

The essence of a republic is there is one law for all. The essence of aristocracy is the emergence of a privileged class. No longer are people all considered equal. If this persists, I cannot see this leading anywhere but civil war.

What the hell is happening to my country?