Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of July 23, 2009

If Barack Obama hoped to get better news on employment in order to boost his efforts on ObamaCare, the news today won’t lift his spirits.  New unemployment claims jumped to 554,000 this week, above analysts’ expectations:The number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the government said its report again was distorted by the timing of auto plant shutdowns. …The increase follows two straight weeks of sharp drops largely because automakers didn’t lay off as many workers as expected in early July.

“The Majority in Congress and the President are promising to change the ’status quo’ by pushing a government run-medicine plan (HR 3200). The plan would create rationing through government committees, force all Americans to buy over-priced, politically created health insurance, create an economically unsustainable government-run insurance plan and impose economy-crushing taxes.

Assault on Seniors Betsy McCaughey July 23, 2009 The Wall Street Journal http://www.defendyourhealthcare.us/assaultonseniors.html Since Medicare was established in 1965, access to care has enabled older Americans to avoid becoming disabled and languishing in nursing homes. But legislation now being rushed through Congress — H.R. 3200 and the Senate Health Committee Bill — will reduce access to care, pressure the elderly to end their lives prematurely, and doom baby boomers to painful later years.

Well, no, champ, it’s not okay. It’s a huge, potentially crippling setback, and a personal embarrassment for him that his big health-care pep talk last night — which even his fans in the punditocracy are panning — was greeted this morning by Harry Reid deciding to pull the plug before the “deadline.” No problem for the O, though; watch as he segues effortlessly into the new reality. Too bad he didn’t falsely claim that he never expected to have a bill by August, though.

On his radio show, he was complaining that Planned Parenthood will get funding from Obamacare and said one shouldn’t have to pay for actions one considered immoral. Certainly by 2005, there were many people who felt the Iraq War was immoral but I’m sure Hannity would oppose them wanting to withhold funding.

Fellow Bloggers, As news comes out that the Senate will not be looking at Health Care legislation until after the August recess, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) makes a comment that deserves all of our attention. In what can only be a false statement, Rep. Shea-Porter claims that her constituents would “love” to wait in line to receive medical care. Shea-Porter will now be able to spend a nice month in New Hampshire where she will surely be getting the good treatment that she deserves for making comments like this.

Mark Steyn, having lived in Britain, Canada and the U.S., is one of those few who has experienced health care delivery in all of those countries. He doesn’t like the direction the U.S. is going, and he is a very harsh critic of President Obama’s plan to reform the health care industry. Some people will benefit from Mr. Obama’s plan, should it ever become implemented, and some people will suffer under it. The trick for any serious health care reformer is to come up with a plan that will benefit the most people without a radical disruption for the others.

We all say, at one time or another, especially during times of political idiocy, ”It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.” But sometimes, it really is funny! Check out these three videos of liberal officials — U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.), Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen (”All Abortion All The Time”) Sebelius, and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D- Md.) — all get laughed at and jeered for their implausible defenses of ObamaCare Socialized Medicine.

The OECD put out a report in 2006, on Health Care Quality Indicators. In evaluating and comparing transnational health care systems they based the broad assessments on a number of factors. These factors were as follows; Acceptability Accessibility Appropriateness Capacity Capability Continuity Effectiveness Efficiency Equity Responsiveness Safety Sustainability Timeliness In order to simplify the number of dimensions it’s worth grouping them a little more tightly, which I’ve arbitrarily done below.

Posted By GM Roper on July 22, 2009 Now Obama, trying to be the first in history With Obamacare, the voters were tempted and deceived But the blue-dogs wouldn’t take that bite And that’s where Obama met his Waterloo Chorus- Waterloo, Waterloo Where will you meet your waterloo? Ev’ry puppy has it’s day Ev’rybody has to pay Ev’rybody has to meet his Waterloo.

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble This is the “We Need a Basketball” Edition The Infomercial: Heck no, I didn’t watch it. Neither did most other Americans. Those who did are reporting about what I expected… Obama didn’t deliver. Instead, he ended up trying to defense the indefensible. It’s clear to anyone who has been wathing, for example that his claim of ‘our economic recovery rides on healthcare’ is pure crap..

A report from the Time Magazine Tuned in blog is titled The Morning After: Opening the Gates Flood.Last night, Obama gave a press conference aimed at helping to sell his ObamaCare plan.This morning the TV news was all over his conference – but not about ObamaCare. It was about race.One of the questions at the news conference was about the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates in his Cambridge home, raising the question of whether the African American scholar was being racially profiled.

Talking Points Memo (TPM):On Sunday night, Dr. David McKalip forwarded to fellow members of a Google listserv affiliated with the Tea Party movement the image below. Above it, he wrote: “Funny stuff.”…McKalip isn’t just some random winger. He’s a Florida neurosurgeon, who serves as a member of the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates.More on McKalip:He’s also an energetic conservative opponent of health-care reform. McKalip founded the anti-reform group Doctors For Patient Freedom, as well as what seems to be a now defunct group called Cut Taxes Now.

I don’t approve of Dr. Regina M. Benjamin.  I think she is a liberal, socialist hack.  But, she does not deserve the disgusting treatment she is receiving because of her size. In America, being… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Despite Obama’ s assertion at last night’s health care presser that the health care debate has nothing to do with him, the President is all that’s being discussed in today’s post-conference coverage. The Right sees health care as Obama’s Waterloo –the one galvanizing issue that could finally sink the president’s soaring ratings–and they’ve been staunchly opposed to any Democratic proposal because of it.

If it’s such a political “loser” to be on the pro-life side of the abortion issue, someone forgot to tell 39 Democrats in the U.S. Congress who appear to be prepared to block the House health care “reform” bill unless it specifically prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions, CBS news reports:Democratic Rep.

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Electing a president is like buying a house, we want to know what we’re getting into before taking the plunge — conservative Texas rambler or meterosexual Chicago condo with a view?  Is the house going to be practical in 1 year, 2 years — how long do we want to stay in this house anyway? God forbid, we move in and the house starts sucking up all of our money. When the checkbook balance is in the red, savings dried up and credit cards maxed-out… what do we do?  If you are President Obama, you decide to splurge on a major renovation. Namely, a pricey soup-to-nuts overhaul of America’s health care system.

On Wednesday July 22, Bloomberg reported : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she has the votes to pass legislation overhauling the U.S. health- care system as Democratic Party leaders moved closer to an agreement with rebellious members of their own party. Leaders are “making progress” with Democrats who want more cost cuts in the legislation, Pelosi told reporters in Washington today, a day after President Barack Obama met with a group of Democrats to try to convince them to back the plan.

Harry Reid puts the brakes on the Obamacare vote. They realize that this bill is not going to fly and are going to wait it out until after the August recess. They are not going to let go of this thing, they are just hoping the American people will tire out and stop fighting.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the first time Thursday said that the full Senate will not vote on the legislation until after the August recess.

Think about it. There’s just no way it could ever work out . And yet that’s what the health care bill aims to do. Meanwhile, Barack is trying to swindle the country about the numbers , and use his office to secretly pressure individuals, without telling the public. Posted in Democrats Tagged: Obamacare, Politics, Universal Health Care

Last night, President Obama claimed that he has succeeded in halting economic decline: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that Medicare and Medicaid are the “biggest driving force behind” massive federal deficits, and must be tamed as part of any health care legislation. At a prime-time news conference marking six months in office, Obama said health care legislation was key to a strong economic recovery, and he added, “If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit.” The president noted he took office with the economy in the worst recession in half a century.

Congressman Paul Ryan wrote this article for the American Spectator today.  It’s awesome and definitely worth a read!  Page one , two , and three .  It’s thoughtful, harkening back to our Founders, history, and American character in context of today’s debate.  We, as a nation, have failed miserably in educating ourselves on the concept of freedom and the repercussions of further nationalization of our economy on that cherished freedom.  Congressman Ryan helps educate us a bit on that.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated that the Obamacare proposals on the table will not be voted on until after the August recess .  After the President’s terribly filibustered, lie-ridden monologue last night , it must have seemed clear that this Obamacare initiative is not going to fly in the Senate.   Even the 52 House Blue Dogs are squeamish and not likely to vote with any plan currently proposed until after the recess.

Luetkemeyer attack was baseless, wrong – STLtoday.com Human activity may contribute slightly to the warming trend; however, the hypothesis that human activity has caused climate change is invalid because it fails when tested against long-term and short-term physical data. The attack was baseless and uncalled for. Bob Buchanan — Chesterfield Gov. Perry: Texas Ds in Congress “might oughta consider representing some other state” [Perry]: I can’t imagine any Texas representative or senator who votes for the cap and trade bill or Obamacare.

To no one’s great shock, Harry Reid announced this afternoon that the Democrats will not get a health-care reform bill to the floor of the Senate before the August recess.  This makes Pelosi’s claim from yesterday that she had the votes to pass ObamaCare look pretty suspect as well.  Coming on the heels of last night’s presidential presser, it leaves egg on the face of Barack Obama:Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday abandoned plans for a vote on health care before Congress’ August recess,

R-i-i-i-ght…  Like I believe that.  Look for congress to slip ObamaCare legislation, piece by piece, into other bills that come up before the House and Senate.  By rook, or by crook, they’ll shove it down our throats! Reid: No health care vote in Senate until fall via yahoo news By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday abandoned plans for a vote on health care before Congress’ August recess, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama’s ambitious timetable to revamp the nation’s $2.4 trillion system of medical care.

RT @HIBrutus50: The most important part of the Bill of Rights is the # 2nd Amendment b/c it provides the means 2 protect the other 9 # tcot # With tonight, Obama will have had as many prime time talks as bush in 4 years. He loves to hear himself talk. # obamafail # @ doomedgirl whats the celebration about? in reply to doomedgirl # @ foolishhouse ack. arbys is lame. nice boots, wanna make me money? in reply to foolishhouse # I am far too at home in a beat up pick up with my two girls calling me daddy.

Download The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth – May 2009 – You can view my radio show by clicking to the link below. http://www.theedgeam.com/perspectives/last_chronicles/index.htm – Prophecy Sign: By now you all should know Jesus warned to watch for the last days sign of disease. If you read chapter 4 of my book you will see there is a long list of diseases that are sweeping the globe.

Finally!  It looks like the Arkansas Republican Party has decided to use its new website for more than a fancy newsletter.  Yesterday the state party announced its Health Care Action Center which places weapons in the hands of voters to war against Democratic attempts to impose a government run health care system on the American people. You’ll find phone numbers to every Congressmen’s and both Senators’ offices along with pdf files containing suggested s cripts for phone calls .  Another pdf file on that page lists “ Health Care Talking Points ” to combat the non-stop rhetoric spewed from the White House and their Democratic allies.

Submitted by: Marie Woods President Obama wants to clear the way for more abortions and pass a healthcare plan that is euthanasia. Both programs are designed to weaken America!    Illinois Republican Andy Martin today called Barack Obama’s proposed health care plan nothing more than government-sponsored euthanasia. “I can reduce the thousands of pages of proposed laws to a single word: euthanasia,” Martin charged. “What Barack Obama wants to do is slowly withdraw health care from our elderly population.

Politico’s Anonymous Sources Slam Barbara Boxer’s “Abrasive Personal Style” – yglesias.thinkprogress.org 07/23/2009 Just Another Shrill Harpy (Wikimedia) I used to think that US Senate Barbara Boxer was an experienced legislator with a solid progressive record on the issues. But then I read this Politico article in which various anonymous people criticize her “abrasive personal style” and “outspoken partisan liberal” demeanor. Big trouble! And then I got to thinking, I recall having read similar critiques of Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

Turn up the heat to defeat Cap & Trade – alicesrestaurantblog.com 07/23/2009 We must not forget that Cap & Trade (American Clean Energy Security Act, Waxman-Markey Bill, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Global Warming, Climate Change) has not yet been voted on in the US Senate.  I’m sure it will rear up along with the summer heat, yet to come.  As usual, deals were cut to get support for the bill, passing in the US House of Representatives in June .

I agree totally with John that ObamaCare is a journey into the failed liberal past . But it reminds me, yet again, that there is something fundamentally wrong with the country’s political labels. A conservative, supposedly, is someone who wants to conserve the present system or even return to an earlier era’s form of governance. A liberal, or “progressive,” is someone who wants to progress to a new, better, and fairer world. From the 1930’s to the 1960’s, those labels fit.

Do you remember the words in my post title?  I sure do, and I wasn’t even very politically aware then.  That was George Bush, Sr., making a promise to the American people:  “Read my lips:  No new taxes.”  He broke that promise. It looks as if Barack Obama is readying himself to break that promise too .  More than that, he’s planning on breaking that promise in a mad rush to fix a fairly static situation (health care isn’t going anywhere between now and next year), and to embark upon a government funded system that will inevitably go bankrupty — and that’s despite taxing the middle class into oblivion.

Quote from: belle on Today at 12:15:01 PM Quote from: Silk_Hope on Today at 12:10:36 PM Belle we know you are close to your senior years, I pray you do not get cancer, fall and break a hip or need a bypass surgery because under Obamacare …

- Scott Miller Not only will you be forced to pay for healthcare welfare for millions of your fellow Americans, you’ll be paying for free healthcare for illegals as well. Don’t like that idea? Well that will be too damn bad if Comrade Obama and Nancy Pelosi get their way and nationalizes our healthcare industry. This from IBDeditorials: Illegals Freed From Dictates Of ObamaCare Big Nanny Democrats want to ration health care for everyone in America — except those who break our immigration laws.

I can only sincerely hope the president chooses not to work with the obstructionist Republicans. That would be disasterous for America. When the Democrats win an even bigger margin in 2010, which from the looks of things, they will, maybe then Republicans will learn the American people are reacting badly to their ‘just say no’ approach to everything.

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos giddily appraised President Obama during Thursday’s Good Morning America: “It’s clear- listening to the president last night, that he knows his stuff. He knows health care policy.” He also predicted that the passage of the Democrat’s health care “reform” plan was “closer” after the presser, despite his later admission that it had been delayed until after August. The “This Week” anchor appeared early in the 7 am hour to analyze the press conference.

The London Telegraph site on the Internet has this to say about Americans reaction to his attempt to ram�� through Obama Care. A USA Today/Gallup survey suggested that six months into his presidency, his popularity was lower than George W Bushs at the same stage of his tenure. Amid rising unemployment and falling confidence in his economic plans, Mr Obamas job approval rating has dropped by nine points since January to 55 per cent, a point below his predecessor in mid-2001.

The day’s top political news: The climate industry is costing taxpayers $79 billion and counting Al Gore’s designated myth has made him wealthy, cots US taxpayers heavily The US Government has spent more than $79 billion of taxpayers’ money since 1989 on policies related to climate change, including science and technology research, administration, propaganda campaigns, foreign aid, and tax breaks. Most of this spending is deemed  unnecessary.

I am planning to attend another free market healthcare rally and protest outside of Senator Nelson’s office in Davie, FL this Thursday; will follow up with a full report and photos. H/T: Hot Air

Sure is nice to know that there are some principled people working in the United States Senate, Jim DeMint being one the most notable. Speaking out against Obamacare, the Senator from South Carolina stubbornly sticks to the facts, despite Lauer’s best attempts to frame DeMint’s “Waterloo” comments into some sort of personal vendetta. As we all know, nationalizing the healthcare industry is a major priority in The Mistaken Won’s agenda, alongside the equally disastrous Cap and Trade.

From Associated Press OBAMA: “We already have rough agreement” on some aspects of what a health care overhaul should involve, and one is: “It will keep government out of health care decisions, giving you the option to keep your insurance if you’re happy with it.” THE FACTS: In House legislation, a commission appointed by the government would determine what is and isn’t covered by insurance plans offered in a new purchasing pool, including a plan sponsored by the government.

I’ve written several articles exposing the flaws of socialized medicine and the plans currently being considered in congress. Yet despite all this effort I get a feeling that I’m not reaching everyone I want to reach. Maybe their minds are closed and it’s a pointless effort, but I still hold out hope that reason can reach at least some of those still deluded into supporting this madness. Perhaps if I focus on just one aspect of the proposed legislation demanded by President Obama I can keep things simple enough to reach a few people.

STATEMENT July 22, 2009 Contact: jmattbarber@comcast.net – 202-255-1959 New “Science Czar” May Forecast Future with “Obamacare” Washington, DC – As the debate over President Obama’s socialized healthcare plan heats up, the depth of his radicalism is becoming more evident. John Holdren, Obama’s recent choice for “Science Czar,” provides the latest and perhaps most troubling example of extremism. In the name of population control, Holdren has advocated both forced abortion and compulsory sterilization through government-administered tainting of the water supply.

JUST WAVE YOUR HAND IN THE AIR, DESTROY AMERICA LIKE YOU JUST DON’T CARE! AWD is taking a few days of vacation road tripping through the wild west. Today, the family unit will head to Bryce Canyon in Utah. Our Family Truckster is doing well and yesterday we went from Dallas to Gallup, New Mexico. I’ll be posting new thoughts but it will probably be later in the evening than normal. And don’t expect my usual award winning prose. But I’ll do my best.

Sent in an e-mail from my mother-in-law: Below are the top five questions Sen. DeMint would like the president to address: 1. If the major provisions of the health care bills will not kick in until 2013 , four years from now, why the rush to pass a thousand-page bill before the August recess, a bill you admit that you haven’t fully read yourself ? 2. You have said your health care bill will cut costs and not increase the deficit.

Via Newsbusters , from the Let Freedom Ring folks: