Health Care Not Dead Yet

In the wake of significant losses in Virgina, New Jersey, and most recently, Massachusetts, (and not to mention plummeting approval ratings), the Obama White House is desperate to get health care legislation passed before the task proves truly impossible. President Obama is to reveal his plan Sunday or Monday, which would most likely be voted on as a "privileged budget reconciliation bill," which only needs 51 votes instead of 60.

Unbelievable. More than half the country doesn't think he deserves a second term, the economy isn't really improving (and if it is, it's most likely going to lead to a double-dip), we still have our troops fighting on two fronts, we're facing issues with our foreign relations, our debt is monstrous, and he wants to ram through a bill that most Americans don't want? Good job, Mr. President.

Maybe I'm just too stupid to really understand what's going on.

[Speaking of that, how is it that Americans were smart enough to elect the Great One but too stupid to understand the issues? How does that work?]

Going to JFK on Sunday...and so much for global warming!

This won't be much of a post.

Well I haven't done any new posts since November because the semester was winding down and because I was too busy writing a research proposal...okay, I got lazy. =]

Opened up Drudge today and of course there's the huge picture of Janet Napolitano (yikes) and a body scanner image, serving as a reminder of my upcoming trip: January 10th I'm leaving for Ireland for three months for study abroad.

I've never been on a plane before so I'm nervous about that, but of course there was that security breach disaster on Christmas that's adding to my nerves. So here I am asking for prayers =)

In political news...
I am thoroughly enjoying the abnormally cold weather taking every opportunity I get to say "How about this global warming?" to my liberal friends. Of course, the really insane ones think it's cold because of global warming. It's always the same old song and dance from these people.

And of course, I'm just as frustrated and irritated as the rest of you over the health care reform...

I'll definitely be following everything from the across the pond. Keep up the good fight.

The Beginning of Rationed Care?

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force is suggesting that women in their 40s not get mammograms for early detection of breast cancer. It found that mammograms for women in their 40s do save lives - just not enough for the practice to be considered "routine." (Note: the task force is made up of 16 "health care experts," none of whom are oncologists.)

This new recommendation has people worried that insurance companies will drop mammogram coverage, thus discouraging women to not have the test done.

I can hear it now: "The evil insurance companies wouldn't cover mammograms. Then women found out they had breast cancer and ended up with thousands in medical debt with an insurance company unwilling to help..."

All I could think when I was watching a segment on the news about this was, "Is this what nationalized health care looks like?" A government panel with unqualified (for this topic, at least) members is preaching from its high horse that women should think before getting mammograms. If we have nationalized health care, the preaching will turn into mandating.

Feds Want Control Of Transportation

Under the guise of "safety" reasons, the Obama administration is going to push for legislation that would give the federal government control of the nation's transit systems.

The Department of Transportation already enforces safety regulations for Amtrak and the airlines - and look what a mess those are - but lacks the authority to enforce those for subways and light rail systems. “Safety is our No. 1 priority when it comes to planes, trains and automobiles,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement on Sunday. “It only makes sense that we should be looking out for passengers who ride subways, too.”

The 6th Condition for Transition to Communism from Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto:

"Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State."

Banks, car companies, soon transportation. Wake up, people.

NYTimes Paints Khalid Shaikh Mohammed As A Victim; What a Surprise.

"Portrait of 9/11 'Jackal' Emerges as He Waits Trial" by Mark Mazzetti is a sympathetic piece from the very first sentence:

"Not long after he was rousted from bed and seized in a predawn raid in Pakistan in March 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed gave his captors two demands: He wanted a lawyer, and he wanted to be taken to New York."

Poor Mr. Mohammed was stolen from his cozy mat in the middle of the night; how tragic for him. The military ought to consider sending warnings to future terrorist targets before they seize them.


Apparently, Mohammed has been overly boastful of his role in the al Qaeda network. He was never really the brains behind any operations (though he did have several ideas which were rejected as impractical by bin Laden); however, he was the one willing to "actually [get] the job done." In fact, he:

"is still considered somewhat of an outcast inside the terrorist network, rarely if ever mentioned in public pronouncements by Mr. bin Laden or his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri."

Mohammed is a self-proclaimed terrorist. He brags about the role he played in assassination conspiracies against Pope John Paul II and former President Bill Clinton. In 1996 he had an idea to hijack 10 planes and hit civilian targets in the U.S.

"But demonstrating his tendency toward grandiosity, he overstated his role in many of the attacks, most terrorism experts believe, although they do not dispute his central role in planning the Sept. 11 attacks."

I'm getting a "he really only had a role in planning 9-11, plus he was waterboarded 183 times, and he's not really that big of an al Qaeda target, so maybe we should go easy on him because he wasn't taken seriously by his employer even though all he ever wanted to do was make a name for himself" vibe.


Is the guy who wrote this serious? Why is there ANY sympathy for a guy who wants nothing but to destroy American lives? Thank you, liberals, for once again forgetting about the real victims.

Fort Hood Shooter vs. Tiller's Shooter

Instead of mourning the deaths of the thirteen innocent people killed at Fort Hood, the left-wing media is lamenting the fact that the gunman is a Muslim (a slight change from ignoring the fact which they did at first).

NPR's Nina Totenberg said, "It really is tragic that he was a Muslim."

Newsweek's Evan Thomas said, "I cringe that he's a Muslim. I mean, because it inflames all the fears. I think he's probably just a nut case. But with that label attached to him, it will get the right wing going and it just -- I mean these things are tragic, but that makes it much worse."
(NewsBusters)

So basically what they're telling us is that we can't let one bad apple influence the way we view all members of a culture; but only so long as that culture isn't affiliated with conservatism or the right-wing.

Now, we all remember when Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed by an extremist "pro-life" activist (pro-life is in quotes because obviously someone who goes around shooting people isn't exactly pro-life). The left-wing media constantly affiliated the shooter to the rest of the pro-lifers, assuming that we're all crazy and need to be watched out for.

"Jill Filipovic, of the 'Guardian.co.Uk.' also tried to link Dr. Tiller's death to terrorism. 'Not surprisingly, his killer is strongly suspected to be affiliated with the 'pro-life' movement. If that's the case, it makes Tiller the 10th person in the United States to be murdered by anti-choice terrorists.'" (NewsBusters)

How about this, Jill: Not surprisingly, Major Hasan is affiliated with the Muslim faith. Since that's the case, it makes him the 2oth person in the United States to murder Americans (and 20 is just including the 9-11 hijackers...not to mention the 1993 bombing and every other instance where it was Muslims killing "infidels" for the sake of Allah).

Now I'm not saying that Hasan's reasons for going on a killing spree were the same as the 9-11 hijackers'. But if the media can relate all pro-lifers to the crazy ones, then I can relate all Muslims to the crazy ones.

On Obama's Nobel.

So we all know that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is now among the ranks of those such as Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama, and Nelson Mandela. If it hadn't been for Al Gore winning it in 2007, I would be even more frustrated and confused than I already am.

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a Committee of 5 elected members of the extraordinarily special Norweigan Parliament. According to nobelprize.org, Obama was awarded the prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Now, did anyone know that the deadline for nominations was February 1st? So, Barack Obama was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three weeks into office? His nomination, clearly, was a placeholder...they wanted to see what he could accomplish because they had that much faith in him. And conservatives are laughed at when we mockingly call reference to him as the Messiah. Go figure.

Okay, so even the Second Coming couldn't get anything accomplished in three weeks. Let's give him a break for that. And he didn't nominate himself, so we can't blame him for that either. However, let's look at his past 8 months in office instead, and see if there's anything deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize there.
February: nope
March: nope
April: European Apology Tour 2009
May: nope
June: to Iran: "The world is watching."
July: nope
August: nope
September: nope

I guess all you need for a Nobel nowadays is to grovel at the feet of the Europeans, shake a finger at Iran, and make no tough decisions on your own country's domestic and foreign affairs. Good job, Mr. President!

The March in DC

I completely forgot that it was this weekend! I opened up Drudge today and saw the story on it and thought of those of you who went. I wish I had been there. The article said "up to 2 million" - is that accurate? Because if so, that is absolutely incredible.

I haven't blogged in almost a month due to working a lot towards the end of the summer, packing my life away again for college, moving in, and getting into a routine. Plus, this semester has presented me with much more work than last semester.

In my constitutional law class (something that Nancy, Joe, and the rest of them should be required to take), one guy in the back who thinks he's oh-so-smart said that an overhaul of health care is OK because you don't need the constitution to do that (I suppose you could put health care under the "general welfare" clause, but that's a bit of stretch and obviously I'm not going to argue for that side). And that right there is the problem. Why do we even HAVE a constitution if Congress can do whatever it wants anyways?

I'm surrounded by morons here.

White House Raises White Flag!

And it is all thanks to you.

An enormous thank you to all of the grassroots supporters and bloggers and everyone who did their part spreading the information and telling Washington that we don't want government running our health care, especially health care as dangerous as HR 3200.

Seeing this - RETREAT: TEAM OBAMA DROPS 'PUBLIC OPTION' on Drudge absolutely made my day.

"WASHINGTON – Bowing to Republican pressure, President Barack Obama's administration signaled on Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system."

Like music to my ears.

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UPDATE 08/17/2009

I probably should have mentioned that obviously the war has yet to be won. This is certainly not the end, and we have a long way to go.

Letterman is pathetic, "Burqini" banned, Town Halls Organized - Oh no!

I saw a commercial for his show tonight and one segment is: top 10 messages on Sarah Palin's answering machine.

This guy needs to get some new material.

It's never a good sign when a so-called comedian regurgitates the same old over and over again.

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A French convert to Islam was told she could not swim at a pool in Paris while wearing a "burqini," a swim suit that covers most of the body. She plans on taking this issue to the courts, which will prove to be another test for France in its determination to remain completely secular. The woman said that if she loses this battle, she cannot rule out leaving France.

Why should France make special exceptions for anyone? If the rule is that you cannot enter a swimming pool fully clothed, then that's the rule. There shouldn't be an asterisk that excludes women in "burqinis" from that rule.

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I keep hearing about how the town hall meetings are being populated by eeeevil organized groups. It's just like the tea parties -- you HAVE to organize. You want to make sure that a large number of people are going to show up in order to make a statement. That doesn't mean, however, that there's the conservative equivalent of ACORN making calls saying, "Show up, we'll pay you, bring hand-painted signs." Now, Arlen Specter is saying that the protests are not "representative of America." Really? But somehow, Cindy Sheehan and her group of what, 5? were representative of America? It's sad how hard the Democrats are trying to shut down everyone who is opposing them.

Kenyan Birth Certificate??

I decided not to blog about this until now because I figured it would be all over; but I haven't seen it posted anywhere except at the Chicago Ray Report.

WASHINGTON – California attorney Orly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof of Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president, has released a copy of what purports to be a Kenyan certification of birth and has filed a new motion in U.S. District Court for its authentication.

Now, if the certificate is legitimate, and Obama has to step down, I can imagine all hell breaking loose. Riots would be everywhere. If it's not legit, it will truly discredit any future claims that Obama is not a natural born citizen.

Thoughts?

Cost Effectiveness will mean Death

Look, there's a reason people should be against euthanasia. And this is it.

Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act in 1997. Now the state of Oregon is using that act to its advantage by essentially forcing terminally ill patients to choose a so-called death with dignity. Why don't the liberals think this could happen with a federal plan??




I don't understand why liberals think that a government plan will really be for them or would be in their best interest. Because it won't be. The state will be guilty of the exact thing it's pointing fingers at insurance companies for. But instead of "making money" off of people's pain, the state will be trying to save money off of people's pain.

Wow, REBATES WORK!

Gee, the government does something which happens to be a conservative hallmark, it works, and then it gets suspended.

I'm talking, of course, about the Cash For Clunkers program, which has now been suspended.

The $1 billion program has apparently come close to running out of money because of it's popularity. Imagine that. Putting cash back into people's pockets really gives them an incentive to go out and buy.

Now, what is it that Republicans wanted to do instead of a stimulus? Oh, yeah - lower taxes! Imagine if Americans were able to keep more of their hard-earned money instead of having to give it away to the wasteful government?

The problem with liberals...

...is that they're on the wrong side of every issue. If you ask a liberal what his position is on Iraq, Iran, Guantanamo, health care, the economy, etc., he will always choose the side that either makes America out to be the bad guy or the side that would damage America/the American image the most. We all know this. They want to see America fail because then they could joyfully exclaim how they predicted our failure. This is why when Rush said he wanted Obama to fail, the Left had a fit. If Obama fails, America wins. If America wins, liberals lose.

As someone who just went through high school and is entering her sophomore year of college, I have seen firsthand what the "future" thinks of America. It's a fad nowadays to say how hypocritical the United States is and how it only does something if it's to our advantage. It was cool to have anti-Bush pins on backpacks and sit outside during 2nd period with signs that say END THE WAR (by the way, where are those people now? We're still in Iraq. Where's the protests demanding our troops come home now?). Hillary Clinton told us that it was patriotic to question any administration. But when I question the Obama Administration, liberals tell me I'm just a neocon who values the "almighty dollar higher than [people's] well-being."

Now, even if the perfect analogy is staring a liberal straight in the face, the liberal in question can't connect the dots. For example, friend #1 is very studious and works hard to get the grades she's earned. Friend #2 spent the first year partying, was put on academic probation, took 4 baby classes second semester, and has around the same GPA as friend #1. Friend #1 was recently complaining how it's not fair that she works harder than friend #2 but still has the same GPA. I just laughed to myself, partly because arguing with friend #1 has gotten me no where in the past few years, and party because my GPA is higher than both of theirs. Anyhow, friend #1 is basically living socialism (she works harder but is given the same reward as the slacker) yet somehow she's still an Obama fan who believes in all things liberal.

Thus, I think it's impossible to change the mind of a liberal. I've tried it before, and believe me, it doesn't work. They try to discredit everything you throw at them. They don't like it when you tell them something that goes against everything they stand for (in fact, they might get so angry they remove you as a friend on Facebook). The only people who can really be shown that liberalism is a disease are people who are on the fence, people who haven't really made up their mind yet. True liberals won't ever change and will praise Obama 'till the day they die. But, silly people who actually thought Obama was who he said he was and who are now experiencing buyer's remorse can change. Let's just hope we can bring them around before it's too late.

100+ Iranians Dead

Since the election, over 100 Iranian protesters have died at the hand of controlling Islamo-fascist mullahs. They have been shot, and they have been beaten to death. Prisoners have had their fingernails ripped off and have been forced to lick filthy toilet bowls. This is all because the Iranians demand freedom - the freedom to legitimately choose their leader. Where is the outcry?

Gates in '94: You Could Never Trust White People

And Crowley is the racist.

Conservative Merchandise Seller Faces Protest

Typical liberals. Protesting free speech because what the guy's saying isn't want they want to hear.

AAHCA, the New QAHCAA

Instead of Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans, the health care reform bill is now America's Affordable Health Choices Act. Thank goodness, because if it actually passes, I would rather have the acronym that doesn't prove to the world that we really are stupid.

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Thank you to Old NFO at Nobody Asked Me... because he provided the link in his most recent post to the actual AAHCA bill. I've been searching for it online for ages...maybe it wasn't put up until now, but anyways, glad I finally have it.

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On a Facebook poll about universal health care:
358,201 voted NO (74.7%)
104,794 voted YES (21.8%)
16,724 voted MAYBE (3.5%)

This gives me some hope because a lot of Facebook users are young adults, who tend to be liberal. Also, with a poll with that many participants, I feel like it gives an accurate projection of the rest of Americans' sentiments. However, you can't tell me that the results of this poll are way off from what the results would be if the poll was conducted by a more reliable pollster. But what do I know, I'm not Gallup or Rasmussen. I just like seeing things like this because it makes me feel more hopeful.

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And finally, some humor to end the day. :)

Reminds me of the commercial I said I would have loved to make.



Found over at Euripides' blog.

Obama Attempts Apology

Totally half-assed.

Some Local Liberal Media Bias for You, but also some Good News!

I usually bring my iPod to work, but I forgot it so I had to listen to the radio this morning. They did the news maybe five times, and three of those times the Cambridge incident and the president's health care address were mentioned. I was so irritated that the woman reading the news said things like, "He showed his ID, he was in his own house, and they arrested him anyways." It's people like that that vote, people who don't know all the facts and still weigh in on the issue. And then she says, "People are still tuning in to watch the president speak, because 24.7 million watched him talk the other night." She conveniently forgot to mention that his ratings have been going down, and down, and down....


The good news is that Harry Reid announced that the Senate will not be voting on QAHCAA until the fall! What an excellent setback for Obama.