Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of September 15, 2009

Rupert Darwall , writing in the Wall Street Journal , explains: Rarely has the Atlantic seemed as wide as when America’s health-care debate provoked a near unanimous response from British politicians boasting of the superiority of their country’s National Health Service. Prime Minister Gordon Brown used Twitter to tell the world that the NHS can mean the difference between life and death. His wife added, “we love the NHS.” Opposition leader David Cameron tweeted back that his plans to outspend Labour showed the Conservatives were more committed to the NHS than Labour.

Like virtually every issue that faces the nation, our healthcare problem is greatly exacerbated by mass immigration—both legal and illegal. A total of 43 percent of non-citizens lack health insurance, compared to just 12.7 percent of native-born Americans. These uninsured immigrants impose huge strains on our healthcare system that helped create the crisis we currently face. Plenty of analysts and commentators have exposed how illegal aliens will receive healthcare under ObamaCare.

In the wake of President Barack Obama’s recent address to Congress on healthcare, a new poll reveals he may not have the support of most Americans on his reform plans. The Zogby International/O’Leary Report survey of more than 4,200 likely voters found that a large majority oppose key provisions of Obama and the Democrats’ healthcare reform proposals, including plans to extend health insurance to as many as 50 million uninsured Americans and to incorporate a form of healthcare rationing in the reforms.

Brian forwards this piece from Newsmax which suggests a deal with El Diablo may be about to be signed (in blood, naturally). Here is an excerpt: “The negotiators pared the cost of their 10-year coverage plan to under $880 billion, and also reported progress on several issues, including health insurance for the poor, restrictions on federal funding for abortions, a verification system to prevent illegal immigrants from getting benefits, and ways to encourage alternatives to malpractice lawsuits.

They’re lying through their teeth when they say their goal isn’t a single-payer system like Canada’s and Great Britain’s! Their goal is to eliminate the private health insurance market. Not for the good of the people, but to control the people. Don’t believe it?  Watch what they were saying not so long ago. Ask yourself this question, where are the most economically depressed areas in the country? The major metropolitan areas that have been run by left wing liberals for decades have the highest crime rates and the highest poverty rates of anywhere in the country.

President Obama has declared that Kanye West a Jackass.  I think this is the best policy decision that the President has made since taking office.  Forget Health Care and Tax reform.  Forget the war in Iraq.  Kanye West is a Jackass. I lift a class and toast Mr. Obama for his courage to stand up to the Hip Hop elite.  Calling out the arrogance of this upper echelon has been a long time coming.  I just hope that what has been said will be heard.

*** WNO SOUNDBITE ADVISORY ***   Video: Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) Says Don’t Blame   Republicans If Health Care Fails   “Now I’m annoyed when some people say well if we don’t get a health care plan it’ll be the Republicans fault. Well do the mathematics on that. The Democrats not only have the majority, they have the leverage…So I think it’s going to be inequitable and unfair to point accusatory fingers at Republicans if in fact the plan does collapse.”   Who: Rep.

For several months, Barack Obama tried to assure Americans that ObamaCare would not mean that they had to give up their existing health-insurance plans.  As the plan melted down in the August heat, Obama seemed to realize that people knew that a public option and the new “exchanges” would impact the choices their employers make — and since well over half of all Americans have employer-based coverage, that meant Obama’s guarantee simply wasn’t the truth.  Instead of guaranteeing that people could

Polling has been done on this question since about 1985, so there isn’t a lot of data, 24 years worth to be exact. So when the media says that support is at a 24 year low, without that simple fact, is that what they are talking about. I think it might be. Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the news stories they read, hear and watch are frequently inaccurate, according to a poll released Sunday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

While Washington obsesses over health care reform, the War in Afghanistan is heating up again and Ron Paul makes some points worth considering: Similar Posts: ObamaCare Continues To Lose Support Paul Krugman Gets An Answer He Doesn’t Expect More Republican Health Care Fear-Mongering John Stossel On Health Care Reform The Doctors Paul On Health Care Reform

Beck, Limbaugh run wild with estimates on size of 9/12 protests Conservative media have repeatedly provided conflicting crowd estimates for the 9/12 March on Washington, citing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and in some cases, millions of participants, while one unofficial D.C. fire department estimate placed the number between 60,000 and 75,000 participants.

You see, since 2004 Democrats, especially Nancy Pelosi, have been calling Bush a liar, saying he lied, etc etc. It pretty much became the campaign pledge for most Democrats. Bush lied, he betrayed this country, etc etc. You’ve heard it, it has been said by just about every Democrat in Congress.But when a Republican House member speaks the truth. Oh yeah, did you know that since Rep. Wilson’s *outburst*, the White House and Democrats in Congress have raced to actually put the provision in the Obamacare bills that would bar illegal immigrants from participating in the plan.

WashPost Ignores Own Poll Finding: 54 Percent Say the More They Learn About ObamaCare, the Less They Like It Fred Lucas | CNS News A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted in the three days following President Barack Obama’s speech to Congress about his health care plan found that 54% say the more they hear about the plan, the less they like it. This particular poll result was not mentioned anywhere in the story about the poll that was posted by the Washington Post on its Web site on Monday.

by Sandy Rios at Townhall.com While Congressman Joe Wilson from South Carolina gets harangued by his colleagues (Republican and Democrat alike) for yelling “That’s a lie!” During President Obama’s 38th healthcare speech, much of America is cheering him on—or are at least sympathetic to the legislator and the frustration that led to his outburst.

The controversial rap star stole a once-in-a-lifetime moment from Taylor Swift.    Daily Commentary – Wednesday, September 14th, 2009 – Kanye’s Faux Pas [1:43m]: | Download   Can we just ban Kanye West from these events and stop giving him the attention that he so desperately wants?   It was a display of class, or lack there of, that we have become custom to with rapper Kanye West.

Thomas Sowell : Fables for Adults – Townhall.com Many years ago, as a small child, I was told one of those old-fashioned fables for children. It was about a dog with a bone in his mouth, who was walking on a log across a stream. The dog looked down into the water and saw his reflection. He thought it was another dog with a bone in his mouth– and it seemed to him that the other dog’s bone was bigger than his. He decided that he was going to take the other dog’s bone away and opened his mouth to attack.

John Hawkins : 10 More “You Lie” Moments On Health Care – Townhall.com The aftermath of Joe Wilson shouting out “You lie” at a shameless liar in the midst of a shameless lie about health care has turned out to be one of the most Orwellian moments in recent memory. After Wilson’s outburst, liberals, in and out of the mainstream media, rushed to tell us that it was Wilson, not Obama who was wrong. Why, there was simply no way that illegals would be covered! But then, a funny thing happened: the Senate started working to close the loophole that Wilson pointed out.

T oday l eft-leaning Politico ’s Jeremy Lott states that “so far, Obama’s failing miserably”. He goes-on (highlights mine)- • Cap-and-trade legislation had to limp over the finish line in the House of Representatives with the help of a few moderate Republicans, who then caught holy unshirted hell from their constituents. Environmental legislation generally has taken a drubbing in public opinion polls when people consider how costly it is.

Later today, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a resolution sanctioning Congressman Joe Wilson for yelling “You Lie” at last week’s Presidential Address: House Democratic leaders will move ahead with a “resolution of disapproval” against Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) on Tuesday afternoon, following through on their threat to sanction the conservative lawmaker for heckling President Obama during his speech to Congress last week.

The wretched hive of scum and villainy known as the Democrat Party is taking time out from their tireless efforts to bankrupt the United States and enrich their union cronies to prepare a ‘Resolution of Disapproval’ against Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) for having the nerve to stand up and call out the president on just one of the many, many lies in his Health Care speech last Wednesday. The Democrats remain true to form, punishing not the actual crooks, but the ones who expose the crime.

In a new 60 Minutes interview , President Obama made a big show about telling correspondent Steve Kroft that he “owns” healthcare if it goes wrong and that because of this he has “every incentive to get this right.” But is this true? Will Obama face any real, personal consequences for any possible failures of Obamacare if it gets passed? I would say he doesn’t. In the interview, Obama sonorously tells Kroft, “I have no interest in having a bill get passed that fails. That doesn’t work.

There is good reason to suspect that the Justice Department’s internal probe of the New Black Panther voter-intimidation case will be all that vigorous. For starters the head of the office investigating the matter isn’t exactly unbaised when it comes to electing Obama: “So a woman who has given $7,350(!) to the current president and other Democrats is going to be the chief investigator tasked with determining whether the president’s political appointees at Justice (such as Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli) acted unprofessionally when they dismissed this case.” Fox, meet the hen house.

We were EVERYWHERE in DC…… We jammed the streets and the mall. DC got a lot of money from the “POLITICAL LYNCH MOB” as CNN called it. It appears that the Capitol surveillance cameras, which would have given further proof of the huge numbers of Americans in attendance at the D.C. Tea Party, were turned off! Coincidence? Yeah, right! Obama ducked out of town, with his mirror and his teleprompter in tow. He went campaigning in Minnesota ……

September 15th, 2009 | by Brian Schwartz | Economist Scott Harrington makes some excellent points about health insurance rescission in the Wall Street Journal.  Here’s the take home point:If existing laws and litigation governing rescission are inadequate, there clearly are a variety of ways that the states or federal government could target abuses without adopting the president’s agenda for federal control of health insurance, or the creation of a government health insurer.This is a matter of

It seemed for one brief moment on Sunday that White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was holding out the Olive Branch from President Obama when he said on CNN, “President Obama does not think opposition to him is racially motivated, a claim made in Maureen Dowd’s Sunday column.” If only Gibbs had stopped there. But CNN’s John King pushed for more and asked the press secretary about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

[Note: This is part of an informal "what X should do" series about ObamaCare; I've previously posted on "what President Obama should do" and "what the insurance companies should do" ] To quote Nancy Reagan, “just say no” . Specifically, just say no to this : [U]nder my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance — just as most states require you to carry auto insurance. Likewise — likewise, businesses will be required to either offer their workers health care, or chip in to help cover the cost of their workers.

By federal fiat, US state schools and hospitals must bear the costs of teaching and treating illegal aliens because of federally granted rights. Unless the courts overturn these mandates, Obamacare will uphold federal provisions that are already on the books. By logical extension, Joe Wilson, South Carolina’s Representative, was correct—if indecorous—in asserting, during Obama’s address to the chambers last week, that the president was not being truthful.

Faking Sincerity. A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet __________________________ Back in “the day” there was an express that went something like this: “When you can fake sincerity, then you’ve really got it made!” I think of this expression, and the absolute truth it represents, every time I hear that Obama is making, or is about to make, a speech. Well – truth be told — I have NEVER heard Obama make a speech. No lie.

I loved him in Red Dawn and he was great in Road House… who didn’t love his mullet?  He lost his battle to Cancer.  He was only 57. Like this post? Subscribe to Just Politics..? via RSS or Email and enjoy great articles like this every day or spread the word with one of the share buttons below! Email Related posts: Not Political – Wordpress and Blogs Cash for Clunkers, Obamacare, and Government Maff

Sep.14, 2009 in barack obama Quote: White House Resists Offering Details on Financing Health Plan Julianna Goldman and Mike Dorning Julianna Goldman And Mike Dorning – Fri Sep 11, 12:03 am ET Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama vowed before a national television audience on Sept. 9 that his $900 billion proposal to overhaul health care wouldn’t add “one dime” to the federal deficit. So far, White House officials have offered few details on how they intend to pay for the plan.

U.S. Senator Max Baucus, carrying the Minuteman flag“Senator Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who is leading bipartisan negotiations on health care legislation, on Monday said he would include in his bill a proposal by the Obama White House to bar illegal immigrants from buying health coverage through a new insurance marketplace, or exchange, even if the illegal immigrants were willing and able to pay the full cost,” accordint to the New York Times.The White House said that hospitals would still

Sep.14, 2009 in barack obama Quote: Senate negotiators narrow health care differences By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 38 mins ago WASHINGTON – Senate health care negotiators said Monday they’ve narrowed their differences on a host of difficult issues with just a day or so left to seal an elusive bipartisan deal that could change the course of the contentious debate.

The home video crowd over at YouTube is archetypically young, unkempt, liberal… and kind of kooky. We regularly feature videos by the handful of prominent conservative and libertarian YouTubers, but we’re always glad to discover kooks of our own. Here’s the latest from the Conservative Kooks, our latest discovery (who’ve actually been quietly posting away since July): Click here to view the embedded video.

The rationing of health care already exists in the US as President Obama has the support of doctors and health care providers for new health care reforms.Procedures for health care services for heart disease, kidney, lung and stomach serious illnesses are already rationed to the American public. Although the US spends more of its expenditures on health care for important life saving treatments the cost for:lyposuction, breast implants, plastic surgery and non-essential medical treatments are considered world class.

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Anthony Gregory, of the Independent Institute, thinks so, as he argues in this op-ed: Many liberals lambasted the Bush administration on detention policy and warrantless surveillance, often arguing that they violated the Constitution. Now the Obama administration is pushing ahead with plans to require every American to purchase health insurance. Doesn’t that also violate the Constitution? The Constitution created a federal government limited to its enumerated powers.

The “death panels” provision of ObamaCare, which was referred to as “End of life counseling” in the bill, may be gone, but the what remains, Rupert Darwall argues in the Wall Street Journal argues, may not end up being gerontologically neutral. Let’s see how Britain’s National Health Service handles the elderly. The usual justification for socialized health care is to provide access to quality health care for the poor and disadvantaged.

You’ve seen the photos – now check out the video. If you can believe it, some of them can even speak! There is one good piece of news, though. According to Nate Silver, there’s no way 2 million people participated in this orgy of delusion, as some on the right are claiming… Here’s a clip: …But yesterday, someone told a real whopper. ABC News, citing the DC fire department,reported that between 60,000 and 70,000 people had attended the tea party rally at the Capitol.

If I understand what has happened this week in the fur-ball-fight known as ObamaCare, the left got rolled. The White House says: 1) there will be an explicit ban on health benefits for illegal aliens; 2) there will be an explicit ban on abortion funding; and, according moderate Senators of both parties: 3) there will not be even a public option trigger in the Senate. And the liberals get what, exactly? From Politico : “Here’s an exchange from ABC’s “This Week,” between Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and host George Stephanopoulos.

Heath Shuler allegedly had an “ outburst ” in discussions with leaders in the Haywood County Democrat Party. It apparently had something to do with the Haywood Democrats unanimously passing a resolution supporting a “public option” or a “single payer option.” Despite difficulties visualizing what a single anything option might be, I commend Shuler for his outburst. I mean, what can you say to people who want to debate without logic but “ AAARRRRRGGGHHHH! ” In fact, my neighbor said the same thing about Obamacare tonight.

Lo and behold, the Gang of Six is nearing a compromise in the Senate. Yes 3 Democrat CLOWNS and 3 Republican CLOWNS have cut the OBAMACARE Bill down to a mere $880 Billion. How in the world did they do it? If we let them talk a little longer, who knows, the cost may even go down to $875 Billion….Now THAT’S A DEAL !!! Hear us- O, Great CLOWNS of Congress: WRONG legislation, WRONG time, WRONG direction and WRONG thinking. Respectfully Submitted, The Oracle Of Winder, GA A Mob of One

The Obama Report published From Newsmax In the wake of President Barack Obama’s recent address to Congress on healthcare, a new poll reveals he may not have the support of most Americans on his reform plans. The Zogby International/O’Leary Report survey of more than 4,200 likely voters found that a large majority oppose key provisions of Obama and the Democrats’ healthcare reform proposals, including plans to extend health insurance to as many as 50 million uninsured Americans and to incorporate a form of healthcare rationing in the reforms.

I enjoyed the Tea Party but came away with a conflicting emotions. My observations were that the tea party was eclectic. I saw Libertarians, Democrats, Ron Paulites, Republicans, Conservatives, old, young, black, white and families. I saw angry conservatives that are angry with Republicans who went to the spending trough and democrats who feel that progressives/regressives (left wing marxists that seek big government and Obama leans this way) are taking over the “party of the working man”.

You just gotta be touched by the way that some politicians treat the taxpayers, who employ them and pay them out of their own pockets, with such honor and respect. Rep. Pete Stark ain’t one of them. From my buddy Doug at The Daley Gator : Party of the working man? Not so much! Nothing like another Pete Stark Raving Mad moment to show us all how Democrats conduct themselves with the utmost civility and dignity. Add this one to his Greatest Unhinged Hits.

If you just want to see how polticized and full of hate the leadership of gay organizations has become, take a gander at the 9/11 letter of Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center of Lesbian Rights .  Instead of remembering the victims of the terrorist attacks, instead of condemning the perpetrators (who hold women and gay people (you know those for whom a center for lesbian rights concern themselves) in particular scorn), she lashes out at the “far right”: As I listened to President Obama’s health care address to Congress Wednesday night, it felt so good to be proud of our President again, yet the legacy he inherited is proving to be almost too much to overcome.

Today GOP Senator Mike Johanns introduce his amendment to ban federal funds fund for ACORN that is in the current transportation and housing appropriations bill. The amendment passed 83-7! Johanns cited the BigGovernment.com videos that are sweeping the web. Johanns had this to say: “Until a full investigation is launched into ACORN, no taxpayer money should be used to fund its activities.

The cause of Obama’s freefall in the polls can be reduced down to one simple word, “Credibility.” Credibility is the board game of politics and the rules are fairly simple. Politicians begin their terms with a certain amount of credibility points that they can spend either on policies that will benefit the public or their own pet projects, hopefully both. The politician gains credibility points if things are going well for the average American, and loses credibility points when things go badly and his policies fail to make things any better.

Poverty rate is increasing among White Americans of European descent, while Barack Hussein Obama tries to taxes the remaining hard working whites, to give free health care for 20 millions Mexican Illegal Immigrants and other third world country people invading America. In early September, The US Census Bureau released its new report titled, “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008″ showing disturbing data that portends much worse ahead under a president and Congress doing nothing to address it.

By PoliPundit ~ September 14th, 2009 @ 7:03 pm Far be it from me to help the Democrats succeed. But I contend that:1. There is a way for them to pass ObamaCare.2. Whether it passes or not, the political consequences will be negative for Democrats.First, on passage: the main obstacle is the public option. House liberals insist on it, the Senate cannot pass it. So here’s what the Omaninions could do:1. Give Olympia Snow whatever she wants, and get the bill through the Senate.

An unprecedented amount of overexposure, nearly realizing my dream of someday being able to turn on the tube and find him staring back as I scroll through every channel. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Univision (no Fox, natch), plus who knows? Maybe they’ll squeeze in an appearance on the Food Network, to talk about how important it is to have health insurance in case you accidentally put some tinfoil in the microwave or something. Last week’s speech did do him some good in terms of his approval rating.

Former senior Bush administration adviser Karl Rove appearing on The O’Reilly Factor – Sept. 14: KARL ROVE: “I think unfortunately, I come down on the side that he is deliberately misleading the public.” VISIT OUR HOMESITE www.polijam.com FOR ALL THE LATEST HEADLINES AND NEWS Share This

“What, exactly, did all these protesters want? Who knows? Their message was as muddled as any Starbucks-vandalizing-World Bank protester’s. Some wanted an end to illegal immigration. Others wanted to abolish the auto czar. A few protested ‘cap and tax’ and carried signs suggesting that CO2 emissions came from the sun. One guy carried a poster with photos of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ben Bernanke, Obama and others, all wearing Hitler mustaches—in protest of the socialism that was taking over the country.

A crowd of around 2 million people marched on Washington Saturday to protest Obama and his push towards big government socialism. The 9/12 march was built upon the massively successful tea parties that have been steadily growing this year. As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism. The size of the crowd – by far the biggest protest since the president took office in January – shocked the White House.

I knew he had his good points. What I don’t know is why he’d insist on keeping this off the record.ABC News reporter Terry Moran caused quite a commotion tonight on Twitter following after writing: “Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a “jackass” for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential.”…Now, an ABC spokesperson explains to POLITICO what happened:In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview.

Earlier today, I had an exchange of ideas with several progressive moonbats , and I learned that the left has a well-reasoned, thought out answer to every substantive criticism of ObamaCare. I will share them with you, so that you may be enlightened, and perhaps, change your mind about government-run health care. Conservative Criticism : Deficits over the next ten years are projected at over $10 Trillion dollars. Even if ObamaCare were deficit-neutral (and the CBO says it isn’t), it is financially irresponsible to add a new entitlement to the budget.

Media Bias: When Americans have to turn to the foreign press for truthful reports of the size of popular protests in Washington, it’s time to wonder: Are we dominated by “state-run media”?The wide-lens shots of oceans of people on the streets of Washington, D.C., even wider than the one above, make it clear that last Saturday’s mega-rally against government spending and high taxes was one of the most extraordinary grass-roots events in history.

Media Bias: When Americans have to turn to the foreign press for truthful reports of the size of popular protests in Washington, it’s time to wonder: Are we dominated by “state-run media”?The wide-lens shots of oceans of people on the streets of Washington, D.C., even wider than the one above, make it clear that last Saturday’s mega-rally against government spending and high taxes was one of the most extraordinary grass-roots events in history.

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Go ahead, pass the toxic ObamaCare, and get your heads handed to you. You collectively could (proudly) pull a Eric Massa (D-NY) – and not listen to your constituents . After all, ObamaCare is directly responsible for the polls and current really bad public attitude towards Congress. Why not continue to do as your told by the White House, and walk off the cliff?  I mean, it will be historic — and the White House really does care more about your re-election than it does about ObamaCare.

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What if we were able to interact with President Obama as he gave his Big Health Care Speech to the joint session of Congress last week? Mr President,  you began by praising Congress for making progress: Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week… And there is agreement in this chamber on about eighty percent of what needs to be done, putting us closer to the goal of reform than we have ever been.

On Today’s Show… September 14, 2009   On Display Saturday in Washington: Conservatism on the Ascendancy Don’t buy the Frank Luntzes who say this was against both parties. That is to miss the point, and to encourage a third party that will guarantee Obama’s reelection. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   “Obamacare is in trouble. The White House and State-Run Media are in panic mode. So they go to Page 1 of the Democrat playbook: The race card.   They’d have us believe that there are no legitimate problems with Obamacare.

As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism.The size of the crowd – by far the biggest protest since the president took office in January – shocked the White House. Demonstrators massed outside Capitol Hill after marching down Pennsylvania Avenue waving placards and chanting ‘Enough, enough’.

File the photo above under “Pictures Worth A Thousand Words.” Courtesy of Mullings , this photo of a hearse adorned with the words, OFFICIAL PACE CAR of OBAMACARE , suitably replaces anything I might write in a post about President Barack Obama’s so-called “health care reform plan.” Hat tip:  Don Surber

† JMJ/AMDG “Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God.”  (from: Christendom in Dublin, 1933) – G.K.Chesterton “You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. ( from: Tremendous Trifles, 1909) – G.K.Chesterton Washington march photo by Barbara Auchter Fox News live footage shows thousands at Capitol Mr.

An unprecedented amount of overexposure, nearly realizing my dream of someday being able to turn on the tube and find him staring back as I scroll through every channel. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Univision (no Fox, natch), plus who knows? Maybe they’ll squeeze in an appearance on the Food Network, to talk about how important it is to have health insurance in case you accidentally put some tinfoil in the microwave or something.Last week’s speech did do him some good in terms of his approval rating.

It appears that the days of smoke-filled rooms are not quite dead. At least not if Sen Max Baucus has anything to say about it. From The Washington Post : (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin ) Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus announced Monday that he may unveil his long-awaited health-care bill as soon as Tuesday — and he predicted that Republicans will find plenty to like about it.

The great Milton Friedman explains how socialized medicine is contrary to the interests of patients, care providers and liberty. This is ten minutes you should watch. It is like the man had a crystal ball.

As if on cue, Newsweek’s Andrew Romano asks that question: why shouldn’t we insure illegals? He’s arguing from an economic standpoint, rather than the compassion standpoint. See, providing free care for one of the poorest segments of society will lower costs for the rest of us. Or something. No, really. Just go ask Arizona, and New Mexico, and southern California if you don’t believe it. Via Memeorandum. More: Matthew Yglesias says checking citizenship status is “a policy based on pure spite” that will make insurance even more expensive.

If it sounds too good to be true, it isn’t true – Judge JudyYou muck up everything you get your hands on – Senior Citizen at Pete Stark’s Town Hall Meeting.Saturday, I decided to attend the town hall meeting of the feckless, buffoonish, foul-mouth, contemptuous, imperious and egotistical Pete Stark. The meeting took place at the Senior Center at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont California.

By: Ralph Reed Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress this week came as his healthcare plan was dying a slow death on Capitol Hill, the victim of a newly emboldened Republican opposition that has suddenly found its backbone and red-state and Blue Dog Democrats who went wobbly after a hot August of town hall protests. In spite of White House claims that these protests were the work of industry-sponsored “Astroturf,” anyone who attended them (and I did) can tell you that the opposition came from citizens concerned about the health of their families and loved ones.

While people fixate on Kanye West’s drunken outburst at the VMA’s last night, remember that he wasn`t the only bozo in the room. The other was British comedian Russell Brand, and worse – he was sober. He had no excuse. When he wasn’t talking about his genitals – Brand joked about the differences between Britain and the US, saying, “instead of letting people die in the street, we have free health care.” Well, he’s right. Britain doesn’t let people die in the street. It lets them die in the hospital.

I know I’ve said it a number of times, any criticism of Obama is going to be labeled racist. It’s all the left knows to do is to call names and to impugn character. They do not discuss the substance of issues. They would have us believe there’s nothing wrong with Obamacare. There’s nothing wrong with cap and trade. There’s nothing wrong with bailing out the banks. There’s nothing wrong with the government owning General Motors and Chrysler. There’s nothing wrong with any of that.

Obama’s Dissolving Credibility By Robert Tracinski, RCP Experience: ACORN. Any Questions? We had our warning during the campaign, we really did. Remember Barack Obama’s famous speech on race, back in March of 2008? Obama had spent 20 years listening to the sermons of Jeremiah Wright, full of venomous anti-Americanism and attacks on “white America.” Yet when the reverend’s rants were revealed to the public, Obama tried to convince us that he just happened to be missing from the pews on any well-documented Sunday, and that the Jeremiah Wright we saw and heard was not the Jeremiah Wright he knew.

I arrived at Target Center at a little past 9:00, but there was already a large number of people in front of the entrance. These were the people who ended up sitting on the lower deck. I had eight signs, using both sides of four pieces of poster board. I will tell you more about my signs later. I was interviewed by David Usborne, an American correspondant for The Independent in the UK, who seemed like a reasonably nice man.

James Joyner points to what seems to be Andrew Sullivan’s rather constricted definition of the right to protest in a democratic society: While I adhere to most of the principles of the small government right, I am aware of the important balancing act of a liberal coalition in keeping this country on an even keel. I come from the Oakeshottian school that supports what he called “civil association” but also understands the necessity for the other strain in Anglo-American thought, “enterprise association.” I do not want either party to have total power; and I do not believe every political argument has to be zero-sum.

Posted in Politics, Law, & Economics, conservative by Hal_10000Just remember as you watch this; it’s Republicans and only Republicans that are using stupid scare tactics and lies to advance their agenda: Total bullshit: The ad refers to a proposal endorsed by most House Republicans as part of the alternative budget they presented earlier this year. In fact, the GOP plan actually called for: Preserving the current Medicare program for anyone now receiving it, or within 10 years of qualifying for it.

by Hal_10000 Just remember as you watch this; it’s Republicans and only Republicans that are using stupid scare tactics and lies to advance their agenda: Total bullshit : The ad refers to a proposal endorsed by most House Republicans as part of the alternative budget they presented earlier this year. In fact, the GOP plan actually called for: Preserving the current Medicare program for anyone now receiving it, or within 10 years of qualifying for it.

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference.”   Perhaps libertarianism would be more popular if it weren’t such a humbling philosophy.  One of the key insights of libertarian thought, particularly as it relates to economics, is that the collective wisdom of the market is always superior to the grand designs of a small group of people, no matter how competent or well-intentioned they may be.  Many free-market thinkers such as Leonard Read ( I, Pencil ) and Ludwig Von Mises ( Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth ) have expanded upon this concept, but F.A.

ABC News thinks that 60,000 – 70,000 people attended the 9/12/09 Tea Party protest. Michelle Malkin backed away from her (laughable) 2 Million claim. Predictibly, other commentators latched onto the 70,000 estimated (with bonus: crude double entendre!). Seriously….60,000? My college used to routinely get 60,000+ fans to most home games. The crowd photos I saw looked a lot larger than Saturdays at Kyle Field. That ABC News would report this tells you something about why the MSM is dying .

Yet Another Washington Flop in the Making Obamacare will be one of many federal failures. By Deroy Murdock , National Review Online Don’t Tread on US! As the health-care reform debate roars on, Uncle Sam resembles a restless college senior who is flunking economics, finance, and management. Despite a report card full of Fs, he suddenly announces: “I want to go to medical school!” Similarly, Pres. Barack Obama stood before a joint session of Congress Wednesday night and re-embraced a government option for health insurance.

Nothing like another Pete Stark Raving Mad moment to show us all how Democrats conduct themselves with the utmost civility and dignity.Add this one to his Greatest Unhinged Hits.Stark attended a town hall meeting on health care in Fremont, Calif. over the weekend. A senior citizen lit into various Obamacare talking points and told Rep. Stark: “Don’t pee on my leg and then tell me it’s raining.”At 1:38 of the video clip, Stark grabbed the microphone and lashed back: “I wouldn’t dignify you by peeing on your leg.

The WaPo attempts to boost the spirits of Obamacare enthusiasts everywhere claiming opposition to it is easing, although still high .  This is based on a poll they conducted with ABC News . I guess they feel this way because their survey found opposition has gone from a 50-45 margin in mid-August to a 48-46 margin now .  Hardly impressive, as Mickey Kaus points out (via Insty ).  Especially since the new spread is within the poll’s  +/-3% margin of error.

The clip shows an encounter between Minnesota Senator Al Franken and a bunch of locals at the Minnesota State Fair about a week ago. It is an example of how a meeting between a Washington politician and his constituency should look like instead of the outrageous townhall meetings last August. It is a polite conversation where good, tough questions are asked (including from at least one tea partier) and Franken does his best to answer them, explaining that if only the rest of the country spent its tax dollars as well as Minnesota a large part of the health care reform could pay for itself.

A million march to US Capitol to protest against ‘Obama the socialist’ By DAVID GARDNER Last updated at 6:59 AM on 14th September 2009 Comments (279) Add to My Stories As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism. The size of the crowd – by far the biggest protest since the president took office in January – shocked the White House.

A GUEST COLUMN CONTRIBUTED BY THE ALABAMA MODERATE *** (Cross-Posted At The Alabama Moderate) If anything, I wonder if Democrats shouldn’t be thanking Joe Wilson right about now. His outburst has created a discussion on the true status of illegal immigrants in regard to H.R. 3200. And what… This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!

14th September 2009, 01:45 pm I sometimes wonder if liberals were born with a genetic predisposition to overreach.A gleeful and malevolent Nancy Pelosi, not satisfied with his previous expression of remorse, is attempting to humiliate and publicly rebuke Representative Joe Wilson by putting him in the well of the House of Representatives and forcing him to recant his blasphemous words before that legislative body.Yet, whose ox will be gored by such an action? Republicans? Representative Joe Wilson?Hardly…Wilson has already apologized to President Obama for his indecorous comment, “You lie!” lduring Obama’s health care speech last Wednesday  to a joint session of Congress.

Last week, Minnesota Govenor Tim Pawlenty seemed to suggest that he’d be open to utilizing the Tenth Amendment to challenge ObamaCare’s Constitutionality. Yesterday, he backed away significantly from that position: On ‘This Week’, Minn. Governor Tim Pawlenty backed away from earlier statements suggesting he’d invoke the 10th Amendment to block Obama’s health care reforms if they pass the Congress. (…) [W]hen I asked about those comments today, Pawlenty said he was suggesting a “political” not a “legal” effort.

Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected. To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying.

On Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill said there would have to be huge cuts to wasteful Medicare spending. One example she used was for “scooters” for seniors. She decried the unregulated ads for them on tv. She said a lot of them are going to people who don’t really need them. Aren’t we so lucky to have politicians in DC who know what’s best for us? She went on to denounce the number CAT scans seniors receive as a waste of money, too.

Brenda Walker will be a guest on The Chuck Wilder Show this afternoon at 1:34 PT (4:34 ET) to discuss Obamacare and illegal aliens. The program can be streamed live here.

Mirroring to some extent the numbers we saw from The Washington Post this morning, Rasmussen is out with a poll showing a slight up-tick in support for President Obama’s health care reform plan: Support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats continues to grow following the president’s speech to Congress last Wednesday night. It has now risen to the highest level yet measured, and, for the first time, shows a slight uptick in support among Republicans and voters not affiliated with either party.

The AP reports on the likelihood of the GOP drubbing the Democrats in 2010: From New Hampshire to Nevada, House Democrats also will be forced to defend votes on Obama’s $787 billion economic recovery package and on energy legislation viewed by many as a job killer in an already weak economy. Add to that the absence of Obama from the top of the ticket, which could reduce turnout among blacks, liberals and young people, and the likelihood of a highly motivated GOP base confused by the president’s proposed health care plan and angry at what they consider reckless spending and high debt.

But if you just discovered that , then you’re either over 30 or living under a rock. Dude’s an attention whore , and since he can’t get attention the good way (by, say, dropping an album that isn’t sh*t for once in a decade…Okay, so “Heartless” was good, but seriously. “Love Lockdown?” You couldn’t save that one with Britney-quality production and that’s saying a LOT), he’ll get attention anyway he can, even if that includes donning an oilcloth button-down, getting loaded on Hennessey and stealing the microphone from a terrified 16 year old.

One reason voters aren’t swayed by the president’s rhetoric is that it keeps shifting. A Capitol Hill staffer points out that this is what the president said last Wednesday on whether we could keep our insurance under ObamaCare: Here are the details that every American needs to know about this plan.  First, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have health insurance through your job, or Medicare, or Medicaid, or the VA, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have.  (Applause.)  Let me repeat this:  Nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have.

The radical left has infiltrated and completely subverted the Church of England, which has degenerated into a farce presided over by a barking moonbat . Christendom can’t afford to let the same happen to the Catholic Church. No abortion-loving liberal could claim to be Catholic — yet many do. ObamaCare will establish abortion as a federal entitlement — yet there are ostensibly “Catholic” websites devoted to promoting it, e.g., Catholic Sin Alliance , I mean Catholics in Alliance, which

Decades ago, Congress mandated that Medicare cover the treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), including dialysis and transplants, for most patients in the US.  Currently, the system covers 250,000 people receiving very expensive dialysis treatments, which costs just under $10,000 per patient per month, which is why so many people want to increase the transplant pool, as it would both save lives and greatly decrease costs.  However, the system has a limit on support for the transplant

I agree with Steve Chapman completely on this, Republicans in Congress share the blame for their failure to do anything about health care while they were in control. Their proposals could have been enacted while they had control: His GOP…

[Posted by Karl] ObamaCare got a boost in friendly weekend polling from Rasmussen and the Washington Post/ABC News (weekend polls usually favor Democrats), but the latter observes: The public… divides about evenly — 51 percent in favor, 47 percent against — on the question of whether people should be required to have health insurance, a central element of the plans under consideration.

Daily Pulse: Teabaggers March on DC By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger Approximately 70,000 right wing protesters converged on Washington, D.C. over the weekend to protest government in general, especially president Obama’s health care reform package. The signs they carried offered a glimpse of the unrestrained id of the American right. Some carried placards that read “ Bury Obamacare with Kennedy .” Related PBC Title Signs denouncing imaginary death-panels and non-existent government-funded abortions were among the less extreme messages on display.