Free Health Care!
Only $9,000
…000,000,000,000!
Rabbits Out of Hats
The government cannot create jobs. Any claim of doing so is rhetorical “sleight of hand.” In fact, every job “created” by the government would have to be matched by multiple other jobs just to break even, let alone end up with more jobs than there already were. Politicians like to play up their ability to give something for nothing, but they are usually the only ones who get it: your votes for nothing but cheap talk and appearances.
What rabbits are we pulling out?
Thomas Sowell remarks:
None of this is peculiar to the current administration. The Roosevelt administration “created” huge numbers of government jobs during the 1930s– and yet unemployment remained in double digits throughout FDR’s first two terms.
Constant government experiments with new bright ideas is another common feature of Obama’s “change” and FDR’s New Deal. The uncertainty that this unpredictable experimentation generates makes employers reluctant to hire. Destroying some jobs while creating other jobs does not get you very far, except politically. But politically is what matters to politicians, even if their policies needlessly prolong a recession or depression.
Openness Behind Closed Doors
The Health Care issue was supposed to be covered by CSPAN, according to Obama. When campaigning, he said there would be complete transparency. Why then were secret meetings called last Sunday, behind closed doors? Were our tax dollars really being used to bribe representatives to not represent the people’s will?
Closed Door Hypnosis
The difference between a prudent statesman and a politician is the former has an eye for what is good for the country in the long run: not merely how the the people will react in the next election; not accepting measly bribes (in comparison) for one’s own jurisdiction, at the greater cost to the country as a whole.
You Get What You Pay For
Thomas Sowell calls it Alice and Wonderland thinking. I think the political jargon they’re trying to pinch out in bill form is more along the lines of the most recent Bag of Crap sales. When we go to stomp it out, it will have been too late:
“Most political and media discussions of medical care have an air of unreality reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. There is an abundance of catch-phrases but remarkably few coherent arguments.
Let’s start at square one. Why is there alarm about American medical care? The usual reason given is because its cost is high and rising.
That is certainly true. We were not spending nearly as much on high-tech medical procedures in the past because there were not nearly as many of them, and we were not spending anything at all on some new pharmaceuticals because they didn’t exist.
This general pattern is not peculiar to medical care. Cars didn’t cost nearly as much in the past, when they didn’t have air-conditioning, power steering, and high-tech safety features. Homes were cheaper when they were smaller, had fewer bathrooms, and lacked such conveniences as built-in microwave ovens.
What politicians are trying to deliver to your doorstep...Flaming BOC!!!
We would like to have all these things without the rising costs that come with them. But only with medical care is such wishful thinking taken seriously, with government regarded as a sort of fairy godmother who will give us the benefits without the costs…”
Thank God Our “Social” Experiment Failed
In their struggle to survive in the New World, our Pilgrim Fathers learned that socialism does not work! A two-year long experiment in 1621-1622 taught them that when government redistributes income, scarcity, dependence and even death result. Plymouth Governor William Bradford
For their first two years at Plymouth, the Pilgrims embraced a well-intended scheme: the fruit of each man’s labor went into a common storehouse; each then took from the storehouse as his family had need. Author Richard Marbury writes, the first “Thanksgiving was not so much a celebration as it was the last meal of condemned men.” Laziness and thievery resulted when capable men refused to labor but demanded to be fed.
Governor William Bradford called for change, requiring each family to raise its own food. At the harvest of 1623,”instead of famine now God gave them plenty,” Bradford wrote, “for which they blessed God… Any general want or famine hath not been amongst them since to this day.”
In 1624, food production was so abundant that the colony began exporting corn. In his History of the Plymouth Settlement America’s first elected governor documented the hard lessons about socialism and the benefits of free enterprise learned by those who inspired Thanksgiving Day (see The Great Thanksgiving Hoax, watch video Thanksgiving, Overcoming Socialism, History of the Plymouth Settlement).
Post-”War on Terror” Miranda Rights
“You have the right to remain silent or shout any obscene, blasphemous religious propaganda you may want. Anything you say or do could, but will not be used against you in a court of military law. You have the right to a civilian attorney who could leak information to terrorist cells outside of your terrorist jail cell, though you should really be tried as an enemy combatant war criminal and never again see the light of day. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you as part of the $75-100 Million of our tax dollars to move your keister from Gitmo to the land where our fathers died. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you? Of course you don’t, you didn’t even have to learn English to take up residency on the dole, plant a dirty bomb, or get a license to fly a jumbo jet.“
“If you are not a United States citizen, you need not contact your country’s consulate prior to any questioning because we will treat you like one anyway.”
What’s all this ruckus about? Listen to the interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham 11.19.09
In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. An Obama administration official said Friday Nov. 13, 2009 that accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court.
Write your Reps, CA
Don’t settle for an email that can be deleted. Hit ‘em with something tangible.
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Remember the Alamo… I mean Adage!!
Here is an amazing cartoon from the Chicago Tribune in 1934. Look carefully at the plan of action. Remember the adage, “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it”
Sold Down the River
“Sold me down the river
Take a look and see
Sold me down the river
There`s nothing left for me!”
The Japanese Minister of Finance once again restated the new view out of Japan that the level of the Yen is no longer an obsession with the monetary authorities of that nation. His comments were interpreted by the Forex markets that intervention to stem the advance of the Yen is most unlikely. With that, market participants wasted little time bidding the Yen into a strong advance.
Those statements of his, combined with that of Federal Reserve Vice Chairman, Donald Kohn, that the US economy would not experience a quick or sharp recovery out of its recession, were both read by traders that US interest rates were not going anywhere anytime soon. Carry traders then beat the Dollar down below critical support as they rushed into higher yielding currencies such as the Aussie and Loonie. The Euro also shot up to another new yearly high.
It is looking more and more like the current Administration has set on a course of deliberate destruction of the US Dollar and with it, the economic might that the US has 
enjoyed since post World War II. As said many times on these pages, the profligacy of the US has inescapable consequences and we are now seeing a rapid acceleration of the same. The fall in the Dollar is picking up momentum and that is why we are witnessing gold moving into new highs.
Protect yourself from the theft of your wealth by these conscienceless politicians and monetary officials for they have sold their citizenry down the river and plundered them in the process far more thoroughly than Atilla and his army of Huns ever did to Rome of old. At least the Roman inhabitants were aware of the pillaging of their substance – when the general public finally awakens to the despicable looting of their savings by these reeking buzzards, they will rush into gold with a fury that will shock even many of the readers of this site.
What’s Happening Now? Everything!
Everything we have discussed here is NOW taking place.
Everything we have suggested is coming is NOW on your doorstep.
Any ideas of trading have been smashed not only by common sense, but also by the flash systems against which you do not stand a chance.
All precious metals companies with materials in, on top or mining will succeed in market terms.
All shorts in both precious metals shares and gold itself will end up covering in a less than comfortable manner.
Gold will trade at $1250 and $1650 before going parabolic in the charts.
The US dollar is nearing a severe crisis period that will occur this winter.
Middle American business is facing severe difficulty with a collapse of CIT or even a failure to refinance CIT to a comfortable level a potential crisis-producing event. CIT is to Middle America what Lehman was to the financial industry.
There is very little to add today with one exception: Have you protected yourself?
Respectfully yours,
Who’s Behind the Scenes?
Jeff Jones, former domestic terrorist, turned NY affiliate and national consultant of Apollo Alliance, and grantwriter for your tax dollars in his federal tax dollar sponsored free time.
Clearly, the stimulus bill that no congressman read is not working. As it turns out, no congressman may have written it either. It’s largely the creation of a coalition of leftist organizations called the Apollo Alliance, whose primary interests are saving the Earth, environmental justice and redistributing wealth. They are not friends of job-creating capitalism.
Van Jones was on the board of the Apollo Alliance when appointed by Obama to be our green jobs czar.
Wade Rathke, founder of Acorn, Apollo board member.
Gerald Hudson, vice-president of the Service Employees International Union, Apollo board member.
John Podesta, Clinton’s Chief of Staff and president of the Center for American Progress, Apollo board member.
Mark Lloyd, diversity czar at the Federal Communications Commission, was a senior fellow at CAP.
Phil Kerpen of Americans for Prosperity told Glenn Beck, the Apollo Alliance put together a draft stimulus bill in 2008 that included almost everything in the final $787 billion package. Little did the voters know that the congressmen and senators they would elect would pass a bill written by activist outsiders.
Jeff Jones was a domestic terrorist in the ’60s and a fugitive from justice throughout the ’70s who, with Bill Ayers, helped found the Weather Underground in 1969. Today, Jones finds himself director of the Apollo Alliance’s New York affiliate and a consultant to the national group. One of his clients is the Workforce Development Institute, a union-controlled organization. As a consultant to WDI, Jones helps write the grant proposals for federal stimulus dollars — funds authorized in the bill that Apollo helped write — all to ensure that taxpayer dollars end up in the hands of groups that share Apollo’s political agenda.
Welcome to government of the activist, by the activist and for the activist.
Are you gonna let ‘em stick it to you?
He's hoping you'll just bend over and take it.
10 Reasons to write your representatives against socialist health care:
1. Most young and healthy opt out of health insurance – they want to stick us with $4k a year against our will. Sounds like they’re bilking us, not helping us!!! Some opt out of health insurance altogether; they work, save, and pay cash, in full.
2. Health care is as personal as it gets – it’s none of Uncle Sam’s business! Besides, the medical industry should be left to the professionals.
3. It is a Federal power grab. It may take a black market to keep a free market.
4. Obama lies! Coverage will pay for abortion on demand, even if you don’t want more tax dollars going toward it. Democrats voted this down every time it was brought up for vote. This is just one landmine in a field of ethical landmines (i.e., Physician assisted suicide, stem cell research, cloning, denying treatment to those deemed unfit to receive it, eugenics, etc.). Ironically, I guess when you look at it this way…health care is a “moral” issue (In a different sense than the reemerging Democrat crusade).
5. Obama lies! Coverage will be extended to illegal aliens. If they aren’t legal yet, he will make them legal (this is what he really means). Dems voted this down every time it was brought up for vote. This is at least one reason for rising medical costs; they treat the E.R. like their primary care physician.
6. They act like they are in a big hurry…for what? Remember the big push to pass more unread legislation before the August recess? Remember the last time they tried to pass unread legislation (the Stimulus Bill which was drafted by radical socialists in the “Apollo Alliance”). The “benefits” of such a system would not take effect until 2013 – a year after it would effect the next presidential election (how convenient Mr. Obama!?). If health care is the next moral threshold, why make people wait for it? Why hurry up just to wait? As with the Stimulus package, we’re just frogs in a kettle, and they’re just ever so gradually turning up the heat.
7. They are going around the citizens’ backs to try to get this done. Fortunately the house majority realizes that they will not get reelected if they fail to represent the people.
8. Socialized health care has not worked in the UK, France, or Canada. They have less high tech machinery, skilled research, and medical procedure advancement. Why else would they come here to get treatment? The upcoming generations will not be able to sustain such systems economically in the near future (and demographics don’t lie).
9. There has been no promise of a crack down on tort law. Ask any professional from the medical industry and they will tell you that rising medical costs are due to another quagmire: tort law (such as medical malpractice and Dr.s’ need for coverage). Approximately $252 Billion was spent in 2007 for Medical Malpractice Claims, about 2% of GDP. Leave it to a lawyer to tell you the truth.
10. Free things result in long lines. Recently, the Spaghetti Factory offered a free dinner at all their locations for one day. Mars and his buds got one after waiting in line for about 4-5 hours. I gave up when I saw the line stretch 3/4 of a block out the door.
Back to the Future
Reagan’s pre-presidency chat in 1961 discusses the threat of Socialized Medicine by Democrats, “the party that left him,” and Liberalism.
Another Familiar Face
NY Times, LA Times, and Washington Post only reported on Van Jones’ post-resignation status. They failed to inform the public of Obama’s initial appointment of this publicly self-avowed Communist as the new Green Collar Economy Czar, expected to produce “green jobs” from a limited Curricula Vitae of community organizing of public protests. Sound familiar?
Just another familiar face in Obama’s long line of sketchy associations. More steeped in Lenin and Marx than Bill Ayers, and as racially charged as Jeremiah Wright, this figure is the best of both worlds. Add in his outspoken conspiracy theory that the Bush Administration planned 9/11, and you have a full-fledged whack-job leaving everyone wondering is there anyone checking I.D.s at the door!?
This guy has all the traits that make a great Liberal: self-loathed nationalism, civil rights gone haywire, and a communist agenda at the core. Obama is building a dream team and this guy was first on the draft list. However, Van Jones was dropped from the 3 dozen or so “Czars.” You can chalk it up to the convenient dumping of relationships with people no longer considered politically-convenient for Obama.
What is troubling is the sound of “Czar,” which shares an etymology with “Kaiser,” and can be traced back to “Caesar” and other supreme authorities and kings who held absolute, unchecked power. Even more troubling is that these Czars are functioning with the authority and power of presidential cabinet members as a part of the executive branch, except without the process of Congressional confirmation. The most troubling thing: Representative government does not seem to matter to this former Constitutional Law Prof.
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