The House Healthcare Bill arrived at the Senate. This image says it all:
Cartoon by Gary Varvel at Townhall.com.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Steven Crowder - Who Is JOE BIDEN?! (Featuring BigBear)
Please people! If you don't know who or what you are voting for...please stay away from the voting booth!
Healthcare Bill Passes the House - Some Thoughts on the Politics of Modern Liberalism
Nancy Pelosi scares the bejeebers out of everyone after winning the vote for her healthcare bill.
I happened to watch the vote from the US House of Representatives last Saturday night and Twittered a live feed as the vote took place. Here are some random thoughts about nationalized healthcare / insurance reform / socialized medicine / whatever-the-heck that House bill was supposed to be.
The bill's projected costs are supposed to be $1.2 trillion dollars over the next ten years. Why aren't more people worried about that figure? Have we become so complacent with government spending that we've forgotten what an astronomical amount of money that is to spend?
Does anyone - anyone at all - really believe that this bill won't have a cost overrun at least five to ten times the projected amount?
Over the next few months, now that the bill passed in the House, we'll begin to discover thousands upon thousands of pork projects hidden in the bill, most of which will have absolutely nothing to do with health care.
Does anyone believe that government only serves the altruistic purposes of the people of the United States rather than serving the special interests of the highest bidder? The answer is yes, and apparently one has to be a convert of liberal doctrine to buy into this otherwise obvious lie. Other liberals reject this lie, yet convince themselves that it doesn't matter because socialized healthcare is the only way to "solve the mess."
Are we so naive that we don't see the dangers in an ever-growing, ever more controlling government?
How long can we sustain out of control spending and taxing before our country collapses or gets bought up by China? Does anyone really believe that we will suffer no serious consequences from such government interference?
Have so many Americans become such shallow thinkers to believe that Marxist ideals really work? What kind of Utopian world do you think we'll have with such a forced redistribution of wealth? I can think of several examples such as the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela.... Are we naive enough to believe that such power cannot rise up, even in the US, and create another absolutist state?
How can we believe such axioms as: "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely," yet we see no duplicity when we hand power over to our government in the hopes that it will provide a safe and easy life for everyone?
How come the only people who Tweeted me back to complain of my views, all complained about George W. Bush as a response? I didn't really think that Bush Derangement Syndrome existed until the other night. Now, however, I am a believer.
Why would anyone argue that because George W. Bush started a war, that I should accept socialized healthcare? I received a dozen such responses from various Tweets. What on earth does Bush have to do with this bloated, expensive, dangerous piece of legislation? Do people really believe Bush single-handedly destroyed the healthcare industry in the US? The disconnect astounds me.
Why is it that when government steps in and screws something up, liberals think that the only solution is to have government step in and "fix" it? Government has been mucking with healthcare for decades and now we believe Nancy Pelosi can fix it?
Did anyone else get just a little sick by Nancy Pelosi's gloating outburst, declaring the healthcare bill officially passed? After she broke into tears, I was reminded of Tammy Fay Baker's fakery from her good-old televangelism days.
Is anyone else worried that the current Congress is willing to spend more money in one year, than just about all other Congresses in our history have spent combined? Don't forget the Cap and Trade bill is still wandering around the Senate....
How do people elect Representatives like Alan Grayson and keep a straight face? His ignorant and vile accusations during the vote sounded like a bad parody of Howard Beale on Network. I know, I know - it's because he feels such sympathy for those who couldn't afford healthcare. He's such a sensitive guy.
Does anyone in the US government seriously value the limits of the Constitution anymore? Can we seriously hold up this healthcare bill to the Constitution and find some mandate for such government control and spending? Of course we can't. Does this mean, however, that we should give up trying?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Maine Voters Uphold Marriage - Strike Down Gay Marriage
Maine's House Speaker, Hannah Pingree who advocated same sex marriage and got it passed in Maine's legislature, now stands against the people of Maine.
The people of Maine have spoken. Just as the people of California stopped homosexuals from neutering marriage, the people of Maine stopped an end-run by Maine's state legislature to neuter marriage. In Maine, at least for now, marriage remains as it should be, the union between a man and a woman.
This news comes despite gay activists outspending and outcampaigning in Maine (and California for that matter) those who only wish to protect the institution of marriage. (Keep that in mind when you read the quote about NOM below.)
Today, however, I wish to document some of the comments spread across the internet from gay activists and others who support same sex marriage. Yes, these are hand-picked and do not reflect all views. However, they do reflect a rabid and hateful group of people who will stop at nothing until their views about sexual preference and neutering marriage are spread throughout the US.
NOTE: Although "bleeped," I've left explicit language. I have left grammatical errors intact.
On Religion
"F*** GOD and all homophobics religions"
"I am going to ask the City of Portland to remove poling place from all Churches, (how can you have a vote for a free county, in a place that is run by a hate group). Ask everyone to stop giving to any group that supports hate, this include the united way, they are a big supporter of Catholic Charities, with is part of one of the worlds largest hate groups."
"The fault lies with the right wing Christians and half of the electorate who didn't think we are worth trouble."
"Christian , you are a christian taliban , you live in the middle age like Ben Laden . Stay on your cave!"
"Christians talibans win a battle in Maine but not the war ."
"Time to vote on whether or nor Catholics should be enslaved. Time to vote on whether Protestants should pay double taxes. Time to vote whether Jews can live in a house or must live in a shack. Time to vote on whether a white man is a whole man or 5/8ths of a man. Time to see how the breeders would like them apples!"
On the Value of Democracy
"I predicted Maine's same sex marriage laws would be overturned by the f***ing voters."
"F*** You Maine 52.75%! Your state is now covered in shame. As for my fellow gay brothers and sisters and our allies in Maine and across this nation, it is now time to ACT UP! By Any Means Necessary!"
"'The majority' are dumba**es."
"Unfortunatly all the hypocrit religous right ppl. and the homophobic rednecks won."
"Let this be a lesson for everybody. We pour our hearts and soul to a certain president who instead went to help mindless races in virginia and new jersey instead of helping gays and being our "fierce advocate" in this winnable election in Maine. Any gay man or woman that from now own is still being an annoying obama whore or bot or apologist is an idiot and deserves a kick in the groin."
"First, I’ll say that Maine has shown with yesterday’s voting that it hates equality, but it looooooves weed! Bunch of gay-bashing stoners. They must be so proud."
On Opposing Viewpoints
"@ Kathy aka The sad Wanna-be Osama-Nazi-Taliban-chick They will put you in a house and won't let you outside. If you want to go out or seek contact with other people (especially men) in internet forums you will be lucky if they only beat you unconscious or cripple you, more likely though you will be beaten to death or hanged. The latter I would by the way favor even right now because there are far too many stupid people on this earth. Against gay marriage? Don't get one and leave other people alone, they leave you alone as well and let you do all kinds of strange stuff like talk to yourself (pray) or throw yourself to the ground 5 times a day for nothing... I think it's hilarious that there are still so many people who believe that century old b*llsh*t but would I go and say it to your face that you are in my eyes a complete moron? No, because my parents actually raised me to respect other people. BTW Nazi-Kathy - your parents did a miserable job!"
"Brilliant portrait of Kathy, Dieter. But you're going to make me feel sorry for her. Well, she is a pathetic troll . . . ."
"Lick a t***, Kathy."
On NOM
"NOM and other hate organizations have more supporters, more money and more power. Another repetition of Prop. H8, we’ll see a lot more of that, make no mistake. I can hear NOM et al gloating."
On Perceptions
"The definition of marriage is holding us back, we get too caught us with this f***ing definition. If the gay marriage could be overturned in Maine, California, gay marriage could also be overturned easily in other 4 states that legalize same sex marriage."
"im all for voting and democracy but ch***t. it says in the damn constitution that all men are created equal we as a nation as a society cant seem to just accept that. we fight for somthing that was already fought for decades ago. when will we learn."
"The dirty, ugly truth is we have to do what the right accuses us of doing. We have to teach the upcoming generations that it’s ok to be homosexual."
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