Well well we finally get to hear from someone who actually knew the young Barry Obama when he attended Occidental College back in 1980, Dr. John C. Drew….
“…he definitely saw America as the enemy…”
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So really folks. Just how bad do ya?
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Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann declared, during an interview with the Washington Times Wednesday, that she will not answer any questions on the 2010 U.S. census form beyond the number of people living under her roof. Representative Bachmann is concerned...
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The last time I heard Newt Gingrich predict that Republicans would take over Congress was 16 years ago when he was pushing his “Contract with America.” I said he was crazy then, but he turned out to be right. Now, he’s predicting that Republicans this year will take over Congress again—the House and the Senate — and not just gain some seats, as the common wisdom holds. (SNIP) Here’s one nugget that Gingrich pointed out: Pages 25 and 26 of the House version of the health care bill require that when expenses exceed revenues for the “temporary” National High-Risk Pool Program, the secretary of health and human services by herself will “make such adjustments as are necessary to eliminate such deficit, including reducing benefits, increasing premiums or establishing waiting lists.” That’s worth repeating: The secretary of health and human services will single-handedly set premium rates, reduce benefits or create waiting lists for services for the most endangered patients. “Anybody who says to you this is not a step to bureaucratic control of America hasn’t read the bill or is telling you a lie,” Gingrich said. “The fact is these bills, these 4,500 pages, were among the worst legislation to leave the U.S. House or the U.S. Senate.” (I’d say that the various bailouts would give it a run for its money.) [Read that last part about the secretary of health and "human services" over and over again to get an idea of why so many people are rejecting this behind closed doors Democrat healthcare legislation...jarg]
President Barack Obama is upping the ante on health care. In a last-ditch effort to salvage his overhaul of the sector, the president unveiled a $950 billion plan that lays the groundwork for his party to try pushing its legislation through Congress without Republican support. Instead of paring his ambitions, as some in the White House had recommended, the president proposed a new plan based on what the Senate passed in December, adding more spending, more subsidies and a revised mix of taxes. Mr. Obama’s plan, released ahead of a televised health summit with congressional leaders Thursday, didn’t include any additional nods to Republican ideas. [Mr. Obama's healthcare plan, with ZERO GOP input, is so vague the Congressional Budget Office couldn't put a price tag on it. How convenient. The folks at the Wall Street Journal tagged the mess at nearly a trillion dollars over 10 years...jarg]
President Barack Obama’s health reform proposal released on Monday breaks his pledge to not raise taxes on filers earning less than $250,000, according to Americans for Tax Reform. The overall proposal is expected to cost $950 billion over 10 years. Taxpayers earning less than $250,000 will pay $136 billion of that total, said Ryan Ellis, ATR’s Tax Policy Director. Obama’s health care proposal broadens the Medicare tax to unearned income that will affect dividend payments, capital gains, annuities, royalties and rents. The White House did not respond to inquiries about whether the tax will be applied to retirement accounts. [I wonder how all those starry eyed young adults who so fervently backed their messiah for president are gonna feel when they realize they will be forced to buy medical insurance and have their taxes raised through the roof to pay for those who refuse to provide for themselves? Elections have serious consequences...jarg]
If you’d like to see just how phony the administration’s latest ploy on health care is, go to the White House website and read this. Under the headline “Will the Republicans Post Their Health Plan… and When?” the White House bemoans the lack of a Republican plan while, not surprisingly, touting its own.
The President believes strongly that Thursday’s bipartisan meeting on health insurance reform will be most productive if both sides come to the table with a unified plan to start discussion – and if the public has the opportunity to inspect those proposals up close before the meeting happens.
That’s why yesterday the White House posted online the President’s proposal for bridging the differences between the Senate- and House-passed health insurance reform bills.
Fair enough. Except that a summary and the full text of the Republican proposed legislation has been posted for months right here. [H.R. 3400 has been available for all to read and review on the internet since, I believe, last OCTOBER but Obama, Democrats and the media are completely unaware of it? I find that just a wee bit hard to believe...jarg]
President Obama on Monday removed any doubt that he would scale back his health care ambitions in the current political environment, releasing a plan that increases taxes, spending, and regulation even more than the Senate health care bill that has been overwhelmingly rejected by the public. The brazen move, coming just days before a scheduled health care summit, was accompanied by a renewed willingness to use the reconciliation procedure to ram a health care bill through the Senate with just 51 votes. Taken together, some commentators see a growing momentum for finishing the health care legislation that was put on life support after Sen. Scott Brown’s surprise victory in Massachusetts. But regardless of what happens at this week’s superfluous summit, it’s difficult to see how Democrats cobble together enough votes to pass a final health care bill in the House. [Obama's plan is nothing but smoke and mirrors. He knows his proposal won't make it through Congress and that is by design. His plan is intended to make the Senate bill look quite moderate by comparison. These progressives know this is their only shot at ramming this crap down the throats of Americans for decades, maybe forever, so they won't give up until the deed is done. From this article, " If Obama fails on a comprehensive health care overhaul where Bill Clinton and other presidents failed before him, the chance won't come around again anytime soon."This is the last time out," said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. "So this is it. This is it."...jarg]
