Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of October 4, 2009

This must-watch video describes the Democrats’ shocking secret plan to ram-through Obamacare out of the view of the American people - using legislative sleight of hand that attaches the Senate’s Obamacare bill to an entirely un-related House bill as an amendment. As usual, they are trying to prevent the American people from actually reading the bill before it comes to a vote.

Joe Biden Says Economic Stimulus Working As Planned Obama Says Obamacare Health Care Will Save Economy The unemployment rate rose to 9.8% in September as employers cut far more jobs than expected, evidence that the longest recession since the 1930s is still inflicting widespread pain.  If laid-off workers who have settled for part-time work or have given up looking for new jobs are included, the unemployment rate rose to 17 percent, the highest on records dating from 1994.

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Pajamas TV has the story on video here . By using legislative sleight of hand - attaching the Senate’s Obamacare bill to an entirely un-related House bill as an amendment. As usual, trying to prevent the American people from actually reading the bill before it comes to a vote. Why are they doing it this way? In order to get Obamacare through (placate the kook left base) while maintaining electoral viability (”I didn’t vote in favor of Obamacare, I just voted on a procedural issue.”).

T he International Olympic Committee decided to hold the 2016 games in Rio Di Janiero, and Brazilians’ triumphant joy was exceeded only by the exuberant schadenfreude of America’s political right. The New York Times heralded the reason: For Obama, an Unsuccessful Campaign . Although Chicago might have lost to Rio de Janeiro for reasons that had little to do with Mr. Obama, the fact that he made himself the face of its bid invariably meant that its defeat would be taken as a stinging rejection of its favorite son.

Despite being profiled early on in Glenn Beck’s czar series, Jeff Jones — who helped author the ObamaCare bill — has received far less scrutiny than Van Jones and some others. By now, though the barrage of radicalism may have inoculated you to the fact that a member of Obama’s team is best-known for his mug shots, Jeff Jones does indeed warrant the country’s attention.Some people,

by Libertys Army on October 3, 2009 · 0 commentsin Big Government, Health Care Share This With Friends:Tagged as: Big Government, Democrats’ Healthcare Plan, Government Run Healthcare, H.R.3200: America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, Public Option, Single Payer, Universal Health Care

Barack Obama wastes credibility on an Olympic bid. Hollywood sticks up for Roman Polanski, but NOW stands firm . The debt ceiling raised .  Senate Finance Committee rejects amendment that would hinder illegals signing up for Obamacare . Virginia argues they don’t have to send out military ballots in a timely manner . Happy recession: Planned Parenthood offices close . Michael Moore used non-union labor to make capitalism bashing movie .

by Libertys Army on October 3, 2009 · 0 commentsin Big Government, Health Care Share This With Friends:Tagged as: Big Government, Democrats’ Healthcare Plan, Government Run Healthcare, H.R.3200: America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, Public Option, Single Payer, Universal Health Care

by Libertys Army on October 3, 2009 · 0 commentsin Big Government, Health Care Share This With Friends:Tagged as: Big Government, Democrats’ Healthcare Plan, Government Run Healthcare, H.R.3200: America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Mandantory Health Care, Obamacare, Public Option, Single Payer, Universal Health Care

My healthcare coverage is more than satisfactory and I don’t need ObamaCare. But, I found that I do not have vision care coverage. Apparently, the company and union didn’t think good vision was necessary. Are computer screens Braille-compatible? I called around and got a few quotes on eyeglass frames and lenses. The eye exam was quoted as $85. I went to Pearle Vision by the Tacoma Mall. They have been there “forever” and we tend to think that this means they are a quality operation, one you can trust.

L a Raza President Wants Health Care Reform for ‘Everyone,’ Including Illegal Aliens. National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguia said that health care reform should include “everyone,”  and this means illegal immigrants as well because with more people paying into the system it might lower the costs of health care. Speaking to reporters Thursday at a press conference in support of President Barack Obama’s efforts to pass a government-led overhaul of the nation’s health care system, Murguia said that while the issue of illegal immigrants was politically difficult, there were “strong” arguments for covering the illegals.

Some 200 patriotic citizens lined one side of Highway K early this afternoon at the intersection of Highways K & N in O’Fallon, Mo.  Their signs told the story of their passionate disdain for socialism, government-run health care and an out-of-control federal government.  Across the street, barely a dozen individuals carried signs in support of the so-called “Public Option” and other liberal agenda items.  In the video above, I showcase representatives from both sides of the street, allowing each to air their beliefs.

In Delivering Care, More Isn’t Always Better, Experts Say. A dirty word in health-care reform is “rationing,” a term that conjures up the image of faceless government bureaucrats denying lifesaving therapies in the name of cutting costs. “More is not necessarily better,” said Bernard Rosof, chairman of the board of directors of New York’s Huntington Hospital and a board member of the independent National Quality Forum.

WE THE PEOPLE, will have to stay diligent in stopping Congress from passing legislation that is Unconstitutional and Unacceptable to the people.   Because the BALANCE OF POWER is skewed, there is very little CHECKS AND BALANCES. The Democrats appear to be greedy for power, they appear to believe that the American people all 350 Million of us are too stupid to handle our own decisions and want the long arm of Government to reach into your homes and take over your decision making, your personal business and all other decision even down to parenting.  This is unacceptable for the MAJORITY OF THE 350 MILLION PEOPLE.   So you HAVE TO DO YOUR PART!

By CHARLES BABINGTON (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press October 03, 2009 12:02 PM EDTHat Tip and commentary from Bronco Frankie: Wow, these folks are pulling out all the stops to push an obsessive agenda. Neither the current method of supposedly “fixing” health care, a system badly in need of some honest to goodness modification, nor the almost laughable disingenuous claims of expected job growth as a result of the fix will alter the fact both are flat WRONG.

By Alan CarubaIn July I wrote a commentary titled, “Electing a Moron” and cited a number of actions by President Obama that were already raising questions about his judgment.You can read it here: http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/2009/07/electing-moron.htmlSince then nearly a million people showed up in Washington, D.C. on September 12 to let the President and Congress know they really, really hate Obamacare and the newly renamed “Cap-and-Trade” bill which now has an even more stupid title having something to do with “reducing pollution that contributes to global warming.”Sen.

Will the White House shut down the Internet? Robert Rinear of Invest Yourself joins us to discuss the implications of Obama shutting down dissenting viewpoints under the guise of a threat to national security. Plus… School Children being taught to sing Obama’s praises. We’ll talk with David Conn, who studied the Jim Jones cult and who says there are startling similarities between Obama and Jones. Also…

I don’t go to the doctor very often. I don’t get sick much, and, even when I do, I’m not always willing to make time to do anything about it. I work very hard, and all I want to do is work, and I don’t want to have to take time to slow down even when my body really needs to slow down. In consequence, I am the perfect stooge for the ObamaCare scheme that Americans seem hell-bent on ramming down each other’s throats.

I don’t go to the doctor very often. I don’t get sick much, and, even when I do, I’m not always willing to make time to do anything about it. I work very hard, and all I want to do is work, and I don’t want to have to take time to slow down even when my body really needs to slow down. In consequence, I am the perfect stooge for the ObamaCare scheme that Americans seem hell-bent on ramming down each other’s throats.

Is the polio vaccine a good thing?  Most of us with any familiarity with the ravages polio inflicted on generations past would answer that question with an immediate and enthusiastic “yes.”  Still, the world would be a far better place if there was no polio and, thus, no polio vaccines.  The injection into our bodies of foreign substances to create immunities to disease is good only because the action is juxtaposed against the far worse pain and suffering of polio itself.   None of us wish to receive a daily injection if none is called for.  In fact, we wish to receive as few injections – and not one more – as is necessary to stay healthy.  The polio vaccine is, in fact, a necessary evil.

Video: The Obama health care plan in 4 minutes. Hear President Obama explain his health care plan in 4 minutes and learn what is and what is not in it: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

I’d like to tell you about my recent experience with the health care system.I am a 24-year old, full time college student who has no job. Because of this I have no health insurance. This really isn’t a problem for me, since I usually only get a cold maybe twice a year. But recently I started having bad stomach pain. Long story short, it took about a month to figure out that I had gallstones. Thus, I would say I have a good perspective as one of the uninsured millions, on how well our health care system works here in the USA.First off, there are definitely problems with the system.

…and it is us! We are proud! We are united! We are loyal! We are kind and giving! We are decent! We are diverse! We are always seeking to improve ourselves and lift others! We are always the first ones to show up in time of need-anywhere in the world! We are the most powerful country in the world-but we are not bullies! We are family! We are friends and neighbors!  We are Americans and we are without a doubt the best example of a free people the world has ever seen-period.

1. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour are unpatriotic, according to the White House.“In the past, hosting the Olympics has been a source of pride and unity for the country, but once again Fox News’ Glenn Beck program has shown that nothing is worthy of respect if it can be used as part of a partisan attack to boost ratings,” the Official Government Blog said.Glenn Beck: Enemy of the State.But the Weekly Standard reported: “Actually, that’s not always been true: In 1972, 60 percent of Coloradans voted against hosting the 1976 Olympics.”The White House attacking critics is…EVIL.2.

American Daughter Published By By Jerry A. Kane Gamaliel is actually a more dangerous group than its corrupt cousin ACORN for it actually embodies the dreaded union of church and state, and, if left unchecked, will emasculate individual liberty in the name of God and sacred community and will sacrifice religious freedom on the advocacy altar of social justice and the greater good.

Tracy Walsh spoke at the general session at the Defending the American Dream Summit today, and sat down with me for an interview this afternoon. Tracy is a stay-at-home mom who got a devastating diagnosis that led her to choose a double mastectomy. She talks about how her situation would have changed in a government-run system with a comparative effectiveness panel narrowing or eliminating her choices. She also talks about her lack of political activism prior to ObamaCare.

  The Republican Party’s Fake Doctor Council – Can the Republican Party draft a doctor, entirely against his will and political inclination, into the Kill Obamacare movement? Well, it can try. Here is what happened to a physician and medical school professor, who prefers that I not use his name. I’ll call him Fred. Fred received by [...]

Ben Stein has always been more of a country club Republican than an ideological conservative, so his very un-country-clubby evisceration of Obama is a surprise: The American people in their unimaginable kindness and trust voted for a pig in a poke in 2008. They wanted so much to believe Barack Obama was somehow better and different from other ultra-leftists that they simply took him on faith. [...] Now, the American people are starting to wake up to the truth.

by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann at Townhall.com Among the $500 billion in Medicare cuts that will provide the bulk of the financing for Obama’s health care plan is a $160 billion to $180 billion cut in the Medicare Advantage program, which offers a range of benefits not available to beneficiaries under basic Medicare. Medicare Advantage should be Obama’s favorite program. It combines all the elements he likes — premiums are subsidized for low-income elderly, and the companies negotiate low-priced, managed care that emphasizes prevention, treatment of chronic conditions and coordination among doctors.

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By PoliPundit ~ October 3rd, 2009 @ 10:55 am PoliPundit, September 29:With Afghanistan, Iran, and Obamacare all in crisis, why is President Barack Obama going to Denmark to discuss the 2016 Olympics? As you’ll see from the rest of this post, the troubling answer is probably this: Because Valerie Jarrett wants him to.Old York Times, October 2:Valerie Jarrett, the president’s senior adviser and a Chicago booster who persuaded him to make the trip while at the United Nations last week, had repeatedly compared the contest to the Iowa caucuses.So he did go because Valerie wanted him to.

Barack Obama’s personal plea backing Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid backfired yesterday when the city was eliminated in the first round of voting.The snub was seen as a slap in the face for the President who hoped his last-minute decision to fly to Denmark, where the vote was being held, would close the deal.Related Posts:AP — Obama’s Olympic pitch draws GOP complaintGolf, rugby sevens shortlisted for 2016 GamesJohn Kass — If Obama gets 2016 Games, Daley will be king, not mayorHugh Hewitt — They Think

The proud citizens of Brazil weren’t the only ones celebrating Rio’s selection as the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics, as American conservatives were holding an impromptu Carnival of their own: When the International Olympic Committee voted against Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics this morning — after the President and First Lady flew to Copenhagen to push for it in person — the Weekly Standard newsroom burst into applause.

When Hollywood celebrities weren’t busy defending director Roman Polanski for raping a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago (”It wasn’t rape -rape,” Whoopi Goldberg helpfully explained), they were fighting for the government takeover of health care. Funded by MoveOn.org, comedian Will Ferrell and other wealthy Hollywood celebrities recently put together a satirical public service announcement (PSA) in which the shtick was to feign sympathy for insurance executives in order to gain support for the

Siege Warfare & Health Care Reform Smelling what they rightly sense is their own blood in the water from the public backlash against the so-called “public option,” congressional Bolsheviks (i.e., Democrats) have retreated to lick their wounds from the loss of their erstwhile health care reform centerpiece. Or have they? Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) certainly doesn’t think so.

Washington Rebel LibrarianWe at Washington Rebel are big time Dr. Zero fans.  Indeed.  Here’s what he had to say in Why Big Government Doesn’t Work: Government fulfills its ambitions through compulsion, which reduces choice. Sometimes compulsion is necessary - you can’t fund national defense by passing around a collection plate. When government exceeds the minimal functions necessary to provide stability and security, and begins interfering in the economy for the benefit of certain constituencies, by definition it reduces the overall choices available to its citizens.

Ed Morrissey on a critical New York Times article: Let’s see. The White House jumped in front of a situation without understanding it, relying on the word of political cronies to shape their comprehension without checking for themselves. Only after they failed did they ask themselves about the political environment in which they made their proposal. Are we talking about ObamaCare, cap-and-trade, or the Olympics? It’s hard to tell.

Senator Baucus Thinks You’re Too Dumb to Understand Legislation – Don’t let your two U.S. Senators go along with his arrogance Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://gunowners.org Friday, October 2, 2009 It didn’t seem like such an unreasonable request.  Before the Senate Finance Committee passes one of the most important pieces of legislation in our lifetime, we (the American people) wanted to see two things: * First, the actual language of the latest anti-gun ObamaCare bill.

Timothy Birdnow Thus sayeth the raven; “nevermore”!  Some things cannot be unmade! Friday on the Rush Limbaugh Show a caller asked Rush a question he found difficult to answer. The caller was a conservative, but didn’t understand WHY Obamacare would never go away once instituted. He pointed to Prohibition, that experiment in creating an alcohol free society during the 1920`s that created a large criminal culture and likely lead to the Great Depression as a result of the destruction of an entire industry and likewise creating a wreckless spirit in the populace that led to overspeculation and dissolute living.

From TPM LiveWire by Rachel Slajda : When the International Olympic Committee voted against Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics this morning — after the President and First Lady flew to Copenhagen to push for it in person — the Weekly Standard newsroom burst into applause. “Cheers erupt at Weekly Standard world headquarters,” wrote editor John McCormack in a post titled “Chicago Loses! Chicago Loses!” The line was quickly removed, but ThinkProgress caught it in time and posted a screenshot of the post.

Despite his many words and television appearances, our elegant and eloquent President remains more an emblem of change than an agent of it. Virtually everyone in politics and the media who promoted the candidacy of Barack Obama seemed to think that he was a “transcendent” candidate. That somehow he would be able to cross party lines, eliminate racial divides and bring America to some new utopian existence as never before experienced. But Obama has been a failure and it is a virtual certainty that he will continue to be.

Despite his many words and television appearances, our elegant and eloquent President remains more an emblem of change than an agent of it. Virtually everyone in politics and the media who promoted the candidacy of Barack Obama seemed to think that he was a “transcendent” candidate. That somehow he would be able to cross party lines, eliminate racial divides and bring America to some new utopian existence as never before experienced. But Obama has been a failure and it is a virtual certainty that he will continue to be.

Obama loses the newest game to the Olympics … Game of Olympic Chicken. Let us just say first, Congratulations to RIO . Now let’s discuss Barack Hussein Obama and his naive armature involvement in the Olympic process. An International and Olympic sized embarrassing loss for the Obamamessiah who is supposed to be loved by the International community. After all the Obama speeches overseas apologizing for the actions of the United States, what did America get for it? Nada, niet, nothing! Ouch, this is going to leave a mark as Barack Obama wins the first ever Olympic gold medal for the “egg of face” toss.

JISHOU, HUNAN — The International Olympics Committee picked Rio for the 2016 Summer Olympics, placing the Games in South America for the first time in history. That’s a good thing, and Rio can be congratulated for a job well done ( bem feito ). Chicago coulda been a contenda, but it was cut in the first round of votes. Folks in the Windy City were understandably disappointed. In fact, the whole USA should have been disappointed, except … Michelle Malkin: “”Chicago and Tokyo eliminated.

Without Big Government…there would be no pants. So stop hating on the steroid-sized expansion being proposed now, you insensitive bastards, and listen to your celebrities! Here’s another video lampooning the out of touch celebs who live in a world where taxes don’t matter and Roman Polanski can drug and bang all the teenagers he wants. Repeat this mantra, you fans of bureaucracy: Giant Inflatable Alligator .

People Are Saying Really Mean Things About Big Government (via)I was asked to speak to a group of junior high kids in Olympia one time.  When I said ‘if we were hoping someone in government would invent a light bulb, we’d still be burning candles’, the Warm Fuzzy Liberal School teacher looked murderous.Mark Steyn: The Smothering Embrace of Nanny GovernmentI love this PSA because it’s the effective way to address delusional stupidity.  Then there’s this:God Bless MissouriThis is probably too direct for your average bonehead, who would think it “mean.”Dr.

Rummaging around the innertubes yesterday I ran across this interesting exchange between blogger Brendan Nyhan and a commenter at his blog post which posited the question: “Will 2010 be like 1994?”. As that has been a frequent topic here at Wizbang, readers might find the debate between blogger and commenter quite interesting.Nyhan offers a reasonable estimation in his attempt to handicap the outcome of the 2010 midterm elections, including a look at actual contested races, an analysis of whether Republicans can actually field an effective opposition and the demographics of 1994 versus 2010.

I just love it when the blame game comes around especially with the politicians on the left.After the 2006 midterm elections in the last four years of the Bush Administration the Democrats took back control of the US House under current House Speaker U.S.Rep.Nancy Pelosi (C-Ca) and in the Senate U.S.Sen.Harry Reid (D-Nv) and even after the victory of Barack HUSSEIN Obama over Republican nominee for President U.S.Sen John McCain (R-Az) the Democrats even though they were unpopular in the polls taken then they still had a majority in the federal legislature in 2008.

The summary is: it’s not . Prices are rising faster than the rest of the country, and taxpayers from the other 49 states are helping subsidize things. Also, the state is considering rationing out healthcare in some areas, and for some procedures. How is this idea supposed to work across the nation if it can’t work here? Posted in Politics Tagged: Democrats, Failure, Healthcare, Massachusetts, Obama, Obamacare, Rationing, Universal Health Care

An e-mail:10. Dead people can’t vote at IOC meetings.9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal.8. Who cares if Obama couldn’t talk the IOC into Chicago? He’ll be able to talk Iran out of nukes.7. The impediment is Israel still building settlements.6. Obviously no president would have been able to acomplish it.5. We’ve been quite clear and said all along that we didn’t want the Olympics.4. This isn’t about the number of Olympics “lost”, it’s about the number of Olympics “saved” or “created”.3.

I must admit I was a little surprised to read this scathing account of cluelessness and incompetence in the effort to land the 2016 Olympics for Chicago in the New York Times … until I realized it ran in the Sports section.  However, political reporters Jeff Zeleny and Peter Baker wrote it, and their inside look at the run-up and the reaction at the White House shows just how much this administration has bought its own press:Losing out on the Olympics, of course, is not the sort of war-and-peace issue that defines a presidency, and the embarrassment will presumably fade in a news cycle or two.