I'm confused. Obama said that if we liked our healthcare insurance we could keep it. Obviously that is not true for millions of individuals. His statement secured his re-election, but now that the truth glares us in the eye, what was really going on with his "promise?"
1. He was misquoted.
2. He misspoke.
3. The teleprompter was incorrect.
4. He lied.
If you're a brainwashed product of our public education system and throw the answer "government" to any problem or need, then 1, 2, or 3 are correct. If you can discern logically and think for yourself, then you know the correct answer is #4.
The amount of backpedalling and covering up generated by the Administration is heading into Silly Land. Even the New York Times has entered the arena, offering a lending hand highlighting the "misspoke" excuse and blaming Republicans for an overblown controversy.
Hardly.
The ObamaCare failings are in their infancy. What people don't realize is that it's only going to get worse from here. Just wait. The website debacle and Obama's false promises are Phase 1 of the disaster. The people need the truth. We're nearing DEFCON 1 with this crisis, but the media continues to coverup for their golden boy as they whitewash the issue, while much of America remains in the dark.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Bigger Lies
President Obama's Lackeys are in full battle mode trying to explain his lies about ObamaCare using the politicos best weapon: even bigger lies.
Let's start off with the lie that must be redeemed:
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare...repeated ad nauseum until it was accepted as truth.
Enter judgment day.
The day we found out our insurance plans were cancelled. The day we found out we couldn't keep our doctors. The day we found out ObamaCare actually costs thousands of dollars MORE than we were already paying.
Now Obama mouthpieces are busy bailing water from the sinking ship.
Some of their hail marys:
The bigger crisis is that insurance companies are selling junk policies...
He didn't mean what he said, you're misinterpreting him (implied: because you aren't as smart as he is)...
George W. Bush...
He isn't responsible for what (the evil, behemoth) insurance companies do, it's their fault...
Only 3 percent of Americans have private insurance (which is 15 million people, btw)...
He compressed something extremely complex into one line and that's a difficult thing to do...
George W. Bush...
Anyone who questions Obama is being dishonest...
Democrats are the only ones who care about the uninsured...
The Tea Party...
Anyone who questions Obama is a racist...
...and so on.
The fact remains clear that the failing of the ObamaCare website is only the tip of the iceberg. Over the next few months we'll learn firsthand how this program will negatively impact millions of Americans and strangle middle and lower class households.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
More Franklin Stoves Less Solar Panels
In 2010 to resounding applause, President Obama touted Abound Solar as American's investment into green energy that would give us 1500 permanent jobs. Today, it's bankrupt, leaving behind an empty shell of a building filled with broken glass and toxic waste. Unsold inventory including 2,000 solar panels, which would have been sold to offset some of the hundred of millions of dollars in losses, have mysteriously disappeared.
With the $2 billion the federal government poured into green energy initiatives in the past few years, none of the companies highlighted by President Obama and drooled over by liberals are in existence today.
While one can certainly question the viability of green energy firms, the bigger picture here is worth scrutiny. Why should government and not private enterprise promote any industry? The marketplace will determine the viability and necessity of consumer goods, not the feds.
History proves that a majority of our modern conveniences, those that keep us safe or make our lives easier, have been born of private enterprise. The great inventors of the last century weren't working for the government. They were private entrepreneurs and they gave us the technological foundation of what we have today. They are not the evil people portrayed in Common Core classrooms, they are benefactors of our modern way of life.
Benjamin Franklin invented the Franklin stove that used less wood and prevented fires. He felt the benefits of this new kind of stove were so important that he sidestepped a patent on it so that everyone could benefit from his invention.
Private industry not the American government will bring us innovation and technology. Private enterprise will give us better, faster, safer products and services. The government cannot cherry pick that which they "feel" are worthy, or the ones they "want" to succeed based on political and social ideology.
The marketplace is the great equalizer. The American people cannot be forced into buying what they do not desire. Businesses cannot run at a loss. The government cannot and must not prop up industries that simply do not work...yet. If solar energy is our future, then it will be cost-effectively born of private endeavor.
"If a coal, oil or gas company pulled something like that the EPA would send out SWAT teams and the U.S. Marshals to track down the offenders, bankrupt or not."
With the $2 billion the federal government poured into green energy initiatives in the past few years, none of the companies highlighted by President Obama and drooled over by liberals are in existence today.
While one can certainly question the viability of green energy firms, the bigger picture here is worth scrutiny. Why should government and not private enterprise promote any industry? The marketplace will determine the viability and necessity of consumer goods, not the feds.
History proves that a majority of our modern conveniences, those that keep us safe or make our lives easier, have been born of private enterprise. The great inventors of the last century weren't working for the government. They were private entrepreneurs and they gave us the technological foundation of what we have today. They are not the evil people portrayed in Common Core classrooms, they are benefactors of our modern way of life.
Benjamin Franklin invented the Franklin stove that used less wood and prevented fires. He felt the benefits of this new kind of stove were so important that he sidestepped a patent on it so that everyone could benefit from his invention.
Private industry not the American government will bring us innovation and technology. Private enterprise will give us better, faster, safer products and services. The government cannot cherry pick that which they "feel" are worthy, or the ones they "want" to succeed based on political and social ideology.
The marketplace is the great equalizer. The American people cannot be forced into buying what they do not desire. Businesses cannot run at a loss. The government cannot and must not prop up industries that simply do not work...yet. If solar energy is our future, then it will be cost-effectively born of private endeavor.
"If a coal, oil or gas company pulled something like that the EPA would send out SWAT teams and the U.S. Marshals to track down the offenders, bankrupt or not."
- National Legal and Policy Center, a think tank
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
We're Not Their ATM Machine
"There is no ribbon-cutting ceremony for taking out the trash, fixing a broken railing, or filling a pothole," Tom Coburn (R-OK) commented, regarding the unglamorous nature of running the country. He was speaking specifically about the National Park Service but using it as a microcosm of what is wrong with our government and the inability of Congress to do necessary work.
That's the problem, Congress focuses on the exciting, the sexy, and the splashy. The activities that garner press coverage, constituent accolades, and campaign contributions, instead of concentrating on what gets the job done.
Recently I had a banter with some friends over a local school bond up for vote. They were for it and I was against it. They argued with me, "if you could just see the state of the schools, the leaky gym when it rains, you'd know how important this bond is!"
My argument back? The state needs to put repairs into its budget to handle these issues with current dollars, not keep coming back to us taxpayers like we're their private ATM machine. If we have to learn to live within our household budgets, then the politicians need to do the same with the people's money.
We need to hold our politicians to higher standards than they even realize they can attain. They need to start looking at taking out the trash, fixing broken railings, and filling potholes as not only necessary work, but their most important work. If we keep placating them with ribbon cuttings for special-interest museum openings, then we're just letting them skate. We need to show up with posters asking why the high school still has a leaky gym, or why the National Park Service pays $52,000 per year for a condemned but historical building they can't afford to fix yet alone maintain.
We need to question our representatives on their motives and we need to remind them that their job is to caretake. They need to spend more time opening up work orders to make repairs than opening a new historical site we can't afford.
That's the problem, Congress focuses on the exciting, the sexy, and the splashy. The activities that garner press coverage, constituent accolades, and campaign contributions, instead of concentrating on what gets the job done.
Recently I had a banter with some friends over a local school bond up for vote. They were for it and I was against it. They argued with me, "if you could just see the state of the schools, the leaky gym when it rains, you'd know how important this bond is!"
My argument back? The state needs to put repairs into its budget to handle these issues with current dollars, not keep coming back to us taxpayers like we're their private ATM machine. If we have to learn to live within our household budgets, then the politicians need to do the same with the people's money.
We need to hold our politicians to higher standards than they even realize they can attain. They need to start looking at taking out the trash, fixing broken railings, and filling potholes as not only necessary work, but their most important work. If we keep placating them with ribbon cuttings for special-interest museum openings, then we're just letting them skate. We need to show up with posters asking why the high school still has a leaky gym, or why the National Park Service pays $52,000 per year for a condemned but historical building they can't afford to fix yet alone maintain.
We need to question our representatives on their motives and we need to remind them that their job is to caretake. They need to spend more time opening up work orders to make repairs than opening a new historical site we can't afford.
Monday, October 28, 2013
United States of Amerika
The nightmare began in the predawn hours of August 6, 2013...
Audrey Hudson's husband had just left for work when her dog started barking furiously at the front window. Peeking out from behind the curtains of her Maryland home, Hudson drew a breath in sharply. Dozens of law enforcement personnel in full body armor surrounded her home. The phone rang; it was her husband in the driveway. "Open the front door."
Hudson, a journalist for the Washington Times, and her husband were held captive by armed guards from the Maryland State Police, United States Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security for hours in their kitchen. Under the pretense of looking for unregistered guns and a potato gun, they searched and seized files of documents and personal notes from the journalist's home.
At one point during their captivity, an agent asked Hudson if she was the same journalist who wrote a series of articles criticizing the DHS Federal Air Marshal program. She admitted she was. The agent responded, "Those stories were embarrassing to the agency."
Five weeks later when Hudson was able to retrieve her files from Homeland Security, she realized that much of what they'd taken--all notes and documents relating to her Federal Air Marshal stories--exceeded the limitations of the search warrant. The government had no legal authority to take what they did. Currently, Hudson and the Washington Times are preparing to take legal action.
The state and federal officials didn't seize anything relating to illegal guns or potato guns. They seized legally owned guns, but no records of gun sales in her files or computer. Hudson also learned that the Coast Guard had accessed her personal Facebook page. Her husband is a civilian Coast Guard employee. It's interesting to note that Hudson and her husband have not been charged with a crime.
But, why would the agencies do this?
Hudson offers, "I think they found a great way to get into my house and get a hold of my confidential notes and go through every other file in my office."
It's a frightening day for every American as we realize that the government can storm into a journalist's home, hold her and her husband captive, and use a sham warrant to sneak out files relating to a story critical of the government as well as legal guns.
United States of Amerika.
Audrey Hudson's husband had just left for work when her dog started barking furiously at the front window. Peeking out from behind the curtains of her Maryland home, Hudson drew a breath in sharply. Dozens of law enforcement personnel in full body armor surrounded her home. The phone rang; it was her husband in the driveway. "Open the front door."
Hudson, a journalist for the Washington Times, and her husband were held captive by armed guards from the Maryland State Police, United States Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security for hours in their kitchen. Under the pretense of looking for unregistered guns and a potato gun, they searched and seized files of documents and personal notes from the journalist's home.
At one point during their captivity, an agent asked Hudson if she was the same journalist who wrote a series of articles criticizing the DHS Federal Air Marshal program. She admitted she was. The agent responded, "Those stories were embarrassing to the agency."
Five weeks later when Hudson was able to retrieve her files from Homeland Security, she realized that much of what they'd taken--all notes and documents relating to her Federal Air Marshal stories--exceeded the limitations of the search warrant. The government had no legal authority to take what they did. Currently, Hudson and the Washington Times are preparing to take legal action.
The state and federal officials didn't seize anything relating to illegal guns or potato guns. They seized legally owned guns, but no records of gun sales in her files or computer. Hudson also learned that the Coast Guard had accessed her personal Facebook page. Her husband is a civilian Coast Guard employee. It's interesting to note that Hudson and her husband have not been charged with a crime.
But, why would the agencies do this?
Hudson offers, "I think they found a great way to get into my house and get a hold of my confidential notes and go through every other file in my office."
It's a frightening day for every American as we realize that the government can storm into a journalist's home, hold her and her husband captive, and use a sham warrant to sneak out files relating to a story critical of the government as well as legal guns.
United States of Amerika.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Republican Civil War: Conservatives' Losing Proposition
It's no secret that there's a civil war brewing in the Republican Party. Experts agree that there is about a 50/50 split between those leaning toward the Tea Party and those supporting the Old Guard. The result of this discourse is that conservatives lose whether they side with the Tea Party or not. Liberals have a real chance to strike gold in the next few years taking advantage of internal warring within the GOP.
Many of the Old Guard are calling for the Tea Party to hush up, sit down and play along because they see that infighting will only weaken their chances in the midterm and 2016 elections. While silencing the Tea Party and promoting unity sounds like a good plan, the problem the Tea Party argues is that status quo will continue: big government will flourish, and the conservative and Libertarian views will be watered down within Capitol Hill power plays. The winners will the Old Guard, keeping their positions and padding their pockets.
The Democrats are giddy with anticipation of more showdowns between the Republican establishment and Tea Party activists. Any familial bickering within the GOP only fuels nasty primary races and divides a voting block, allowing Dems to slip in with a secure base and win elections.
Many don't understand why the Tea Party would fight the status quo to the detriment of the party. It's actually an easy answer. The veterans of the Republican Party are adept at playing Washington politics. They know how to secure backroom deals and compromise their beliefs, not to push their agendas, but to secure their reelections with earmarks and pet projects that benefit their home states. They have cleverly mastered the game (that the Democrats play, too) that ensures money continues to flow in a steady stream to their personal accounts. All politicians understand that a few terms in office is all they need to become millionaires.
It's sad that I don't have enough time or space to pick apart each politician for scrutiny or even to detail each politician's trickery, so I'll give just one example; one politician/one issue as a template for what happens in Washington.
Ever wonder why Speaker of the House John Boehner actively pushes for the Keystone pipeline? He has personal money tied into companies that would benefit greatly from construction of it. The companies also are huge campaign donors of Boehner.
Do other politicians do this? Of course! It's prevalent on BOTH sides of the aisle for multiple issues.
These shenanigans by the Republican establishment are the Tea Party's beef. The Tea Party wants smaller government, less powerful politicians, and they want to separate the private interests of politicians from their public duty. No small feat in a town that lusts only for money and power.
The Democrats are also scared of the Tea Party because of their appeal to independents for a less-intrusive Nanny State. That's why Dems liken the Tea Party to Nazis, call them racists, and even recently tried to link them to the KKK. Any horrendous lie is fair game when you want to bring someone down who threatens your goose laying the golden eggs.
If the Tea Party continues their fight, the Republican Party will have to change. The change will be arduous, and will leave the party unsettled for years. Will it come together again as a force? Maybe. Maybe not. It could emerge as something else or split up completely. My personal hope is that will morph into a better representation of conservative political values and eschew the social dogma that separates the Libertarians from the social conservatives and excludes the independents.
As the Republican Party undergoes these changes, the Democrats will secure their stronghold and thus their liberal agenda of inflated social programs for America. For Liberals, their utopia is at hand. For Conservatives, the sun will set on the era of free enterprise and a truly representative government.
Many of the Old Guard are calling for the Tea Party to hush up, sit down and play along because they see that infighting will only weaken their chances in the midterm and 2016 elections. While silencing the Tea Party and promoting unity sounds like a good plan, the problem the Tea Party argues is that status quo will continue: big government will flourish, and the conservative and Libertarian views will be watered down within Capitol Hill power plays. The winners will the Old Guard, keeping their positions and padding their pockets.
The Democrats are giddy with anticipation of more showdowns between the Republican establishment and Tea Party activists. Any familial bickering within the GOP only fuels nasty primary races and divides a voting block, allowing Dems to slip in with a secure base and win elections.
Many don't understand why the Tea Party would fight the status quo to the detriment of the party. It's actually an easy answer. The veterans of the Republican Party are adept at playing Washington politics. They know how to secure backroom deals and compromise their beliefs, not to push their agendas, but to secure their reelections with earmarks and pet projects that benefit their home states. They have cleverly mastered the game (that the Democrats play, too) that ensures money continues to flow in a steady stream to their personal accounts. All politicians understand that a few terms in office is all they need to become millionaires.
It's sad that I don't have enough time or space to pick apart each politician for scrutiny or even to detail each politician's trickery, so I'll give just one example; one politician/one issue as a template for what happens in Washington.
Ever wonder why Speaker of the House John Boehner actively pushes for the Keystone pipeline? He has personal money tied into companies that would benefit greatly from construction of it. The companies also are huge campaign donors of Boehner.
Do other politicians do this? Of course! It's prevalent on BOTH sides of the aisle for multiple issues.
These shenanigans by the Republican establishment are the Tea Party's beef. The Tea Party wants smaller government, less powerful politicians, and they want to separate the private interests of politicians from their public duty. No small feat in a town that lusts only for money and power.
The Democrats are also scared of the Tea Party because of their appeal to independents for a less-intrusive Nanny State. That's why Dems liken the Tea Party to Nazis, call them racists, and even recently tried to link them to the KKK. Any horrendous lie is fair game when you want to bring someone down who threatens your goose laying the golden eggs.
If the Tea Party continues their fight, the Republican Party will have to change. The change will be arduous, and will leave the party unsettled for years. Will it come together again as a force? Maybe. Maybe not. It could emerge as something else or split up completely. My personal hope is that will morph into a better representation of conservative political values and eschew the social dogma that separates the Libertarians from the social conservatives and excludes the independents.
As the Republican Party undergoes these changes, the Democrats will secure their stronghold and thus their liberal agenda of inflated social programs for America. For Liberals, their utopia is at hand. For Conservatives, the sun will set on the era of free enterprise and a truly representative government.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Fall On Your Sword, A Washington Tradition
President Obama was blindsided by the problems with the Affordable Healthcare Act's website says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a recent interview. He was completely in the dark.
Ah, Washington, you're so precious, it's politics as usual. Protect your man at the top. Fall on your sword.
Sebelius went on to say that the president knew nothing of a test run site crash before the inaugural launch. Keep in mind, this was a test run that included only 200 people instead of millions they expected the first week and they left Obama out of the loop.
Um, wait. This is the president's signature piece of legislation, his legacy, his gift to America, and they shielded him from potential problems, huge problems?
I'm tired of being force fed these illogical talking points. Not only from the Dems but the Reps as well; it's prevalent on both sides. The media laps up this stuff like kittens' milk and feeds it out to us as if they'd just discovered King Tut's tomb. See? President Obama wasn't incompetent, he was clueless! (Yeah, that's so much better.)
Seriously, I don't care if you lean right or left, if you have one brain cell in your electronics-addicted noggin you're going to say, "this doesn't make sense." It doesn't. If there is anything that would completely encompass the president's time it's anything to do with his premier law, the one he got through that the Clintons couldn't. The president is going to nurture this puppy like a show dog. He's going to throw everything at it to ensure its success. Like a captain of a ship on its maiden voyage, he's not going to snooze in a hammock and let others take the helm of his baby, he's going to steer it from port.
Unless they lied to him. And, then we're all in bigger trouble than we can imagine. I'm really hoping Sebelius is fibbing here and Obama was aware of the problems because the alternative is bleak: we have a commander in chief who cannot stand bad news and his underlings know it so they keep mum. History proves that it usually does not end well for a ruler who cannot hear the word "no," but I digress.
Truth is, we'll never really know. Like trained parrots, the media will continue to record and replay any nonsense that suits their cause. And the people in power will always rely on a Sebelius, or Emmanuel, or any other lackey who will receive a big payout down the road to fall on their sword for their king. It's a Washington tradition.
Ah, Washington, you're so precious, it's politics as usual. Protect your man at the top. Fall on your sword.
Sebelius went on to say that the president knew nothing of a test run site crash before the inaugural launch. Keep in mind, this was a test run that included only 200 people instead of millions they expected the first week and they left Obama out of the loop.
Um, wait. This is the president's signature piece of legislation, his legacy, his gift to America, and they shielded him from potential problems, huge problems?
I'm tired of being force fed these illogical talking points. Not only from the Dems but the Reps as well; it's prevalent on both sides. The media laps up this stuff like kittens' milk and feeds it out to us as if they'd just discovered King Tut's tomb. See? President Obama wasn't incompetent, he was clueless! (Yeah, that's so much better.)
Seriously, I don't care if you lean right or left, if you have one brain cell in your electronics-addicted noggin you're going to say, "this doesn't make sense." It doesn't. If there is anything that would completely encompass the president's time it's anything to do with his premier law, the one he got through that the Clintons couldn't. The president is going to nurture this puppy like a show dog. He's going to throw everything at it to ensure its success. Like a captain of a ship on its maiden voyage, he's not going to snooze in a hammock and let others take the helm of his baby, he's going to steer it from port.
Unless they lied to him. And, then we're all in bigger trouble than we can imagine. I'm really hoping Sebelius is fibbing here and Obama was aware of the problems because the alternative is bleak: we have a commander in chief who cannot stand bad news and his underlings know it so they keep mum. History proves that it usually does not end well for a ruler who cannot hear the word "no," but I digress.
Truth is, we'll never really know. Like trained parrots, the media will continue to record and replay any nonsense that suits their cause. And the people in power will always rely on a Sebelius, or Emmanuel, or any other lackey who will receive a big payout down the road to fall on their sword for their king. It's a Washington tradition.
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