By Deborah Durkee on 1/30/2009 10:36 AM

Dems quietly work to nationalize health care.

 

It’s worse than we’ve imagined. We were all paranoid about Obama and the Democrats, apparently with good reason. They are working under the cover of the economic crisis to push national health care, with no debate, no publicity and no input from the taxpayers. This is from Kimberly Strassel of the Wall Street Journal:

 

With the nation occupied with the financial crisis, and with that crisis providing cover, Democrats have been passing provision after provision to nationalize health care. Snip –

 

Since returning to power, they've pursued a new strategy: to stealthily and incrementally expand government control. "What no one is paying attention to in the [stimulus]," says Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, "is that Democrats are making a big grab at the health-care sector."

 

It began...

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By Deborah Durkee on 1/29/2009 10:41 AM

Jobs, jobs, jobs.

 

Byron York of National Review Online says that’s what Americans want from the stimulus bill. Read on:

 

Just talked to Republican pollster David Winston about the public's view of the stimulus bill.  His results suggest that Republicans can do a lot more questioning of what is in the Democratic bill, perhaps for a long time after it passes. "Here's the dynamic in the public view," Winston told me.  "The economy is clearly the number one issue, and what is driving that is fear of unemployment.  The unemployment numbers are so huge even in terms of what they were last month.  So what the public is looking for in this whole stimulus package is, Will this create jobs?  When they look at things like road projects, they can visualize somebody working.  On the other hand, family planning may be a good idea, but what does it have to...

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By huffer_g on 1/29/2009 4:34 AM

Rebuttal to Mickey Edwards Reagan wouldn't recognize this GOP The Gipper may be the patron saint of Limbaugh and Coulter, but he'd be amazed at what's been done in his name. By Mickey Edwards January 24, 2009 In my mind's eye, I can see Ronald Reagan, wearing wings and a Stetson, perched on a cloud and watching all the goings-on down here in his old earthly home. Laughing, rolling his eyes and whacking his forehead over the absurdities he sees, he's watching his old political party as it twists itself into ever more complex knots, punctuated only by pauses to invoke the Gipper's name. It's been said that God would be amazed by what his followers ascribe to him; believe me, Reagan would be similarly amazed by what his most fervent admirers cite in their desire to be seen as true-blue Reaganites. Like what? These are all generalities; how about some specifics, please. On...

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By Deborah Durkee on 1/28/2009 11:09 AM

ACORN’s stimulus.

 

If you don’t think the stimulus is a “permanent Democrat Party majority” bill, just read the following article from The American Spectator by Mathew Vadum. Chicago politics has come to Washington. How soon before the whole country looks like Illinois, Michigan and California?

 

With a new president ensconced in the White House, it's time to roll out the goodies for loyal supporters in left-of-center political advocacy groups such as ACORN.

 

The latest economic stimulus bill promises to do just that by providing a huge bailout --up to $5.2 billion in taxpayer funds -- for some of the same liberal groups that helped get Barack Obama elected.

 

The three relevant fiscal provisions are buried deep in the $825 billion monstrosity known as the proposed "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009."

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By Ted on 1/28/2009 9:32 AM

So he is willing to share a small portion of the $850 billion and for what?  He doesn’t need their votes to pass the stimulus and he knows he can’t give them enough to truly satisfy them.  It makes good show for him to appear to look for middle ground but middle ground isn’t in the middle or anywhere close to it.  Even if he wanted to come closer to the middle he would upset his own party if he did that.  Can you imagine Harry Reed and Nancy Pelosi making meaningful concessions?  They are zealots and while they might allow Obama to try to hoodwink the Republican, you can bet the leash isn’t very long.



Think about it, they have what they believe is a license from the American people to spend $1 trillion on socialist programs.  They have dreamt about spreading the wealth and building government dependency...

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By Ted on 1/27/2009 11:02 AM

 

 



Don't we have some grand politicians?  They watch crooks steal us blind because they fail to oversee the laws they put on the books but damn they won't let us go without TV.  They have been telling us for over two years that the switch to digital was coming and now that it’s here they postpone it for several more months because people aren't ready.

This is exactly the kind of behavior that got us to be the nanny state we've become.  There are no consequences for ignorance.  If you didn't do anything about it the last two years what the hell makes them think a couple more months will make a significant difference.  They need to just get on with it.  Shut the analog signal down and go to digital, right or wrong, they said they were, so do it.  I'll bet it wouldn't be long before those analog hanger on’s got...

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By Deborah Durkee on 1/27/2009 10:11 AM

How modern law makes us powerless.

 

Philip K. Howard writes in the Wall Street Journal that the growth of litigation paralyzes everyday Americans and is changing our culture from its can-do spirit to an over-cautious, take-no-risks defensiveness. Howard is a lawyer and the author of the new book "Life Without Lawyers." Here’s part of his interesting column:

 

Calling for a "new era of responsibility" in his inaugural address, President Barack Obama reminded us that there are no limits to "what free men and women can achieve." Indeed. America achieved greatness as the can-do society.   Snip –

 

Americans don't feel free to reach inside themselves and make a difference. The growth of litigation and regulation has injected a paralyzing uncertainty into everyday choices. All around us are warnings and legal risks. The modern credo is not...

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By Ted on 1/27/2009 8:16 AM

 Where is Jack Bauer, Dexter, King Kong or Batman; somebody who can give us some justice when we need it?

Authorities on Monday arrested the chief executive of a private New York financing firm on suspicion of running a purported Ponzi scheme that attracted $400 million in investments, U.S. law enforcement officials said.

Nicholas Cosmo, head of Agape World Inc on New York's Long Island, was said to provide commercial bridge loans, but was instead operating a traditional Ponzi scheme in which early investors are paid with the money of new clients.

To think we have all these crooks that came about because we had a government that encouraged irrational behavior, a lack of oversight and investors who failed to look under the hood for deals that were to good to be true.  We need to return to sanity on all...

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By Ted on 1/26/2009 8:35 PM

I think Democrat Senator Tom Harkin said it best, "How can Mr. Geithner speak with any credibility or authority?"

The 10 Republicans who voted to confirm Mr. Geithner were Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee, John Cornyn of Texas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, John Ensign of Nevada, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Hatch of Utah, Richard Shelby of Alabama, Olympia Snowe of Maine and George Voinovich of Ohio.  The one;s highlighted in red are real disappointments and they should hear from you.  Ask them why they chose to vote for a person with such callus disregard for the law.

The Democrats voting no were Sens. Byrd, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and Harkin of Iowa. Also voting no was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who caucuses with Democrats.

Sens. Kit Bond, R-Mo., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., were absent. Senate seats representing Minnesota and New York are vacant.

Keep watching!

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By Ted on 1/26/2009 8:44 AM

On Fox News Sunday, Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer said Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid will allow Republicans to offer amendments to the package during debate "as long as they're relevant." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said any changes offered by Republicans would have to be measured by how many jobs they will create. Last week when Larry Summers was being questioned regarding the stimulus, he was asked how many jobs $850 billion would create and he said that he didn’t know, shrugged his shoulders as if it weren’t important. But now the Republican proposals must meet a different standard. Why be bipartisan if it’s a one way street with a few crumbs being tossed their way. Republicans joining Democrats on a bad bill is pathetic!! If they want to have a real impact on the current economic crisis they need to put up the fight of their lives. Jumping on board will just give the Democrats an out if it doesn’t work and if it does, Democrats win anyway. So why not, at least, make them work for their victory and put their names on their legislation. That will have a better outcome than if Republican’s get sucked in to having their name on bad policy. ...

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