http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091211/D9CHCOIG0.html#
And how will America pay for this fiasco?? I thought that everything the Democrats were going to do would be at least deficit neutral. Guess that is the hope and change that was promised.
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13 December 2009
05 December 2009
Researcher: NASA hiding climate data (Washington Times) - Anyone know if Acorn has a scientific division?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/03/researcher-says-nasa-hiding-climate-data/#
I wonder if Acorn has a scientific division that is assisting in the global warming effort. Regardless, altering and misrepresenting actual data and outcomes appear to be systemic across the liberal spectrum. Can’t take over a capitalist country by gaining public support for desired policies? (1) Have a nutty organization add a few thousand dead people, cartoon characters, and professional athletes to the voting rolls to fix it. (2) Create hysteria about how everyone is going to die if they don’t give up their cars, freedoms, and way of life by misrepresenting climate data and then destroying the raw data to avoid any scrutiny. (3) Create additional hysteria by claiming that everyone is going to die if the people do not give up their freedom and hard earned wages so the government can create an unwieldy universal healthcare system that has been proven not to work effectively and efficiently in any other country that has tried it. (4) Claim that the argument is over and anyone opposing your policies or positions as hate mongers, racists, homophobes, bigots, haters of nature, sore losers, nut cases, etc. (5) If all else fails, pass it on a weekend when no one is watching regardless of what the people want and then force it down their throats with threats of fines and jail time.
11 November 2009
For $20, kids can buy a better grade - Now there is a lesson that libs can approve of. If you don't like your grade, provide a stimulus payment and change it.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/story/185460.html#
As a teacher I am absolutely appalled at this. It is hard enough to get many of today’s students to put out effort. Now they are being taught that they too can buy their way to success. Kind of reminds me of the two stimulus plans that Congress passed.
24 October 2009
Pelosi Responds With "Are You Serious?" When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance
When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance, Pelosi Says: 'Are You Serious?'
Friday, October 23, 2009
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
(CNSNews.com) – When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance--a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill--Pelosi dismissed the question by saying: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”
Pelosi's press secretary later responded to written follow-up questions from CNSNews.com by emailing CNSNews.com a press release on the “Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform,” that argues that Congress derives the authority to mandate that people purchase health insurance from its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce.
CNSNews.com: “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”
Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”
CNSNews.com: “Yes, yes I am.”
Pelosi then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a "serious question."
“You can put this on the record,” said Elshami. “That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.”
Currently, each of the five health care overhaul proposals being considered in Congress would command every American adult to buy health insurance. Any person defying this mandate would be required to pay a penalty to the Internal Revenue Service.
In 1994, when the health care reform plan then being advanced by President Clinton called for mandating that all Americans buy health insurance, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office studed the issue and concluded:
“The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States. An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government.”
Later on Thursday, CNSNews.com followed up on the question, e-mailing written queries for the speaker to her Spokesman Elshami. “Where specifically does the Constitution authorize Congress to force Americans to purchase a particular good or service such as health insurance?” CNSNews.com asked the speaker's office. “If it is the Speaker’s belief that there is a provision in the Constitution that does give Congress this power, does she believe the Constitution in any way limits the goods and services Congress can force an individual to purchase?" CNSNews.com asked. "If so, what is that limit?”
Elshami responded by sending CNSNews.com a Sept. 16 press release from the Speaker’s office entitled, “Health Insurance Reform, Daily Mythbuster: ‘Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform.’” The press release states that Congress has “broad power to regulate activities that have an effect on interstate commerce. Congress has used this authority to regulate many aspects of American life, from labor relations to education to health care to agricultural production.”
The release further states: “On the shared responsibility requirement in the House health insurance reform bill, which operates like auto insurance in most states, individuals must either purchase coverage (and non-exempt employers must purchase coverage for their workers)—or pay a modest penalty for not doing so. The bill uses the tax code to provide a strong incentive for Americans to have insurance coverage and not pass their emergency health costs onto other Americans—but it allows them a way to pay their way out of that obligation. There is no constitutional problem with these provisions.”
15 October 2009
Who is the greater threat to the Republican Party? Olympia Snowe/Lindsey Graham or Rush Limbaugh/ Glenn Beck?
If one listens to the mainstream media and the liberal wing of the Republican Party it is Limbaugh and Beck. According to these people, Limbaugh and Beck are turning off voters to the Republican Party and driving them en masse to the Democratic Party because of their “inflammatory” and “out of step” rhetoric. The cry is to move to the middle, expunge the party of “right-wing radicals” and become more like the Democratic Party. The shrill coming from this group of progressives is that while the likes of Limbaugh and Beck, and their supporters, are a part of the Republican Party is in deep trouble and cannot win national elections because it is too far to the right.
What the mainstream media and the left wing of the Republican Party either don’t understand or are scared witless about is that commentators like Limbaugh and Beck speak to a large audience of like minded individuals. What is also left out is that neither Limbaugh nor Beck pretend to speak for the party and that there are plenty of times that both hammer the Republican Party for acting like Democrats. Some of those in Limbaugh and Beck’s audiences are Republicans, some are Libertarians, and some are Independents. While there are differences of opinion, these audience members are all in agreement over one thing. They don’t like the direction the country is headed. These are generally intelligent individuals who understand the basics of history and have seen what socialistic policies have done to other countries and don’t want anything to do with them. This group does its best to follow conservative principles and stick as close to the original intent and beliefs of the Founders as they can. Many in this group are the core supporters of the Republican Party. These are the ones who, at times, have to hold their noses and vote for the “moderate” Republican when their candidate of choice has either been beaten in the primaries or they cannot find a true conservative to run for the position. These are the ones who contribute to campaigns. These are the ones who want the Republican Party to stand on its principles rather than compromise them in hopes of some love from the media. These are the ones who will make the difference in the 2010 midterm elections.
On the other side are Olympia Snowe, Lindsey Graham, and other moderate (code for liberal) Republicans. These are the “Republicans” who spend more time hanging out with their Democratic colleagues than they do with their Republican counterparts. They obviously do not subscribe to nor believe in the conservative values and principles that the Republican Party should. These are the career politicians who will do and say anything to get re-elected regardless if that is the desire or in the best interest of their constituents. (Thankfully Arlen Specter did the honorable thing and switched parties.) This is also the group that believes that the Constitution is a living document and can be interpreted according to the current popular whim or twisted in order to justify the latest expansion of the Federal Government. These are the ones who teamed up with the media and ridiculed the average voter and tea party attendee for being out of touch with reality or not smart enough to understand what is going on. These are the ones who ridicule conservative values and hail liberal ones. These are the ones who want to mirror the Republican Party with the Democratic Party. These are the ones who consistently support a larger federal government intrusion into daily life and the economy. These are the ones who believe that Europe is the one on the right path politically, not America. None of this is what the Republican Party was founded on, nor is it what the Founding Fathers had in mind.
What the Republican Party needs is more people who uphold conservative values and view the vision of the Founding Fathers as the answer. It does not need those who believe that the failed policies of European socialism and becoming a clone of the Democratic Party are the answer as its elected representatives. Far too long have Republican voters elected Republican candidates who are truly Republican in name only strictly because they were the lesser of two evils. No longer should this be the choice the stakes are too high. This is what is destroying the party and driving off voters not comments from the likes of Limbaugh and Beck. If Republican leadership doesn’t understand this, maybe it is time to replace them with someone who does.
On a personal level, look at both sides, listen closely to what they say, and see for yourself where the problem lies. If you still believe that Limbaugh and Beck, as well as their supporters, are the problems with the Republican Party maybe they should look in the mirror and honestly ask if you truly believe in the conservative principles that the Republican Party should be upholding such as the original intent and beliefs of the Founding Fathers, minimal government intrusion into personal lives and the economy, and the smallest tax burden possible. If so, welcome and please become part of the solution. If not, then maybe the Democratic Party, and its big government big tax agenda, is better suited for you anyway.
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