Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of October 9, 2009
10/09/2009
Strong CBO Report, Positive Poll Numbers for the President, Bad Polls for the Republicans and a Parade of Republican Leaders Coming Out for Reform Provides Significant Momentum for Reform and Puts the “Party of No” on Its Heels “…we’ve got to do something. I don’t want the Republicans putting up a ‘no’ sign and saying, ‘we’re not open for business.’” Former Republican Senate Majority Leader and Presidential Candidate Bob Dole, October 7, 2009 Marking continued progress and significant
10/09/2009
Like many others, Michael Gerson is trying to see the fallout from a potential loss by Creigh Deeds. (Yes, it is really bad news for a candidate when the entire punditocracy decides that he has lost and it’s time to skip right to the postmortem.) One immediate consequence may affect the health-care debate, Gerson argues: The Virginia race does not merely reflect national trends; it will help determine those trends.
10/09/2009
The Dems are not listening to anyone and are going to push Obama Care through the Senate, in secret, attached to a preexisting bill that won’t require reconciliation with the house. It will all happen behind closed doors and be passed to the president before anyone knows any difference. Please share this information with your friends and family. Only public pressure from you on our senators will stop this horrible legislation once and for all.
10/09/2009
Two new polls show that President Obama’s health care reform efforts continue to suffer from public opposition. First, the new Pew Research poll shows that a pluarlity of voters are opposed to the health care reform plans before Congress: Public opinion is conflicted regarding the two major domestic issues of the day – the economy and health care reform. On the economy, most Americans remain optimistic that Barack Obama’s policies will help, but the public expresses mixed views of the steps he has taken so far and sees no clear signs of recovery at this point.
10/09/2009
I can see why he won the peace prize, given his reluctance to do ANYTHING about terrorism or Afghanistan. But surely his UAW bailout or Obamacare merited some kind of award from that prestigious organization that is prestigious because everybody says its prestigious.
10/09/2009
I usually keep this blog far away from politics and I am in fact, neither a Democrat nor Republican (really, the last several presidents, Democrats and Republicans have served to degrade the country’s economic standing through policy). I got this fright piece by email from the Campaign For Liberty lobbying group, which I think may have sprung from Ron Paul’s presidential campaign? Before you read the paranoia below, check out the percentage of citizens who support the bill here at OpenCongress .
10/09/2009
Sign-up to receive Freedom’s Phoenix Newsletter • Cancel delivery of newsletter News Link • Police StatePatriot Act Extension Is Approved by Senate Panel10-08-2009 • Washington Post The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday that would renew portions of the USA Patriot Act in an effort to address administration concerns about protecting terrorism investigations.
10/09/2009
Oh, there’ll be no living with him now. He’s the “Messiah” again. A handful of “America sucks, so, I apologize” speeches, ChicagObamaOlympics FAIL, Gitmo-still-open, troops in Iraq, Afghanistan slipping away, no ObamaCare passed, cap-and-trade with a cap in it’s ass, slipping poll numbers … nine months in the biggest news are the Commies, pedophile, tax-cheat shitheads he has ’surrounded’ himself with as Czars. Yeah, I guess he fits the Nobel committee’s qualifications for the damn prize.
10/09/2009
Could Obamacare Be Repealed? Certains states have demonstrated that it is possible to repeal regulations when they fail and repair some of the damage done. By Stephen Spruiell, American Spectator, October 8, 2009 In the early 1990s, eight state governments imposed “guaranteed issue” and “community rating” regulations on health-insurance companies operating in their states. Guaranteed issue means that insurance companies cannot deny coverage except in rare cases, such as those involving fraud.
10/09/2009
From Tapscott’s Copy Desk Tapscott’s Copy Desk Fresh and insightful opinion from Tapscott’s Copy Desk, by the Washington Examiner’s Editorial Page Editor Mark Tapscott. Got a tip or an oped to place? Send an e-mail to mark.tapscott. Examiner Editorial Section Friday President Obama on [Redacted] transparency. Examiner Editorial “In other words, Recovery.gov is a propaganda resource for the Obama stimulus package’s imaginary successes.” Democracy joke could be on us.
10/09/2009
I have been torn on writing this article for a couple of weeks now. On one hand I had hoped that the current environment would change and this issue would go away on its own. Unfortunately, calling someone a racist is such a magnificently powerful tool that it would be silly to think those in the halls of power would allow it to be put away. So I decided that I was, in fact, going to write about it. And I am going to be honest in my assessment.
10/09/2009
RedState Morning Briefing For October 9, 2009 Sign up to get the morning briefing by email here. 1. Common Decency Suggests We Should Not Have to Deal With This, But We Must Now Confront A White House Supportive of NAMBLA 2. Scozzafava v. Hoffman 3. How Health Care Reduces the Deficit 4. The Right’s Real Problem: Too Big to Fail 5. Obama’s Snark Czar 6. Newsflash: Paid Health Care Lobbyists Support Obamacare ———————————————————————- 1.
10/09/2009
THERE IS NO BAUCUS BILL. The Congressional Budget Office scored the “concepts” described by the Senate Finance Committee. There is no legislative text. None. The CBO’s disclaimer:CBO and JCT’s analysis is preliminary in large part because the Chairman’s mark, as amended, has not yet been embodied in legislative language.
10/09/2009
We all know who the “pot-bellied mongoose” Limbaugh is. The stunningly superficial Joe “Dead Intern” Scarborough, is relatively less known. He anchors MSNBC’s… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
10/09/2009
Did you really expect the Demøfascist-in-Che and his felløw misleaders wouldn’t break their “prømises”? S uckers. CRAPO: MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES HIT IN HEALTH PROPOSAL The tax floor for families seeking deductions for medical expenses will rise from 7.5 to 10 percent of income, meaning poorer families would have to spend even more money to reach the level for deducting those health expenses. According to the Joint Tax Committee, of the 13.8 million U.S.
10/09/2009
James Taranto echoes my thoughts upon reading that the Congressional Budget Office had scored the Baucus health care bill (still lacking legislative language) and found the $829 billion boondoggle would cut the deficit by $81 billion over the next 10 years : So Congress is going to reduce the deficit by increasing spending $829,000,000,000.00? Doesn’t this sound like–well, a joke? How do they do that? Sounds like, well, you know that word whose dictionary definition was, well, not entirely satisfactory to the president .
10/09/2009
From Flopping AcesNo, this is not a joke. Sadly, this is not a piece from the Onion.President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.There are some moments in history which are just stunning in their audacity. This is one of them:OSLO (AP) – President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S.
10/09/2009
Before we showed you a teacher using her class to indoctrinate the next generation as worshipers of Obama. But now it’s getting worse. Watch the video below to see CNN acting as the propaganda arm for the Obama administration in its bid to sell a government takeover of the US health care system. Worse yet, the network uses school children to help the President sell his flawed plan.
10/09/2009
Kansas Clips for today: Watchdog, YouTube, News, Twitter Watchdog Kansas: Johnson County Performance Review Kansas: Kansas City author Jack Cashill talks about Bill Ayers, Barack Obama, “Dreams From My Father” Ohio: A Family Finally Gets Their Food Back Tennessee: Inside the PAC numbers Texas: Which Texas airports got federal grants? Online database has answers West Virginia: Document Dump: CBO Analysis of the America’s Healthy Future Act YouTube Bikers For Babies 2009 Wichita Art Lynn Jenkins: Mr.
10/09/2009
John L. Perry began his Sept. 29 Newsmax column this way: There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the “Obama problem.” Don’t dismiss it as unrealistic. America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn’t mean it wont. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it.
10/09/2009
Democrat Proposals to create jobs add up to second stimulus – Porkulus 2 Confronted with big job losses and no sign the U.S. economy is ready to stand on its own, Democrats are working on a growing list of relief efforts, leaving for later how to pay for them, or whether even to bother. Proposals include extending and perhaps expanding a popular tax credit for first-time home buyers, and creating a new credit for companies that add jobs.
10/09/2009
Back during the campaign, then-candidate Obama famously told an obscure plumber that he wanted to “spread the wealth” around a bit, that it would be good for the country overall to take more money from those who are successful and give it to those who aren’t. Tito dug up the video from the archives. I’ll wait while you go watch. And there you have Progressive economics in a nutshell: government is a better arbiter of wealth distribution than the market and, in the name of fairness, government decides when you’re too much of a winner and how your “excess earnings” should be deployed.
10/09/2009
Back during the campaign, then-candidate Obama famously told an obscure plumber that he wanted to “spread the wealth” around a bit, that it would be good for the country overall to take more money from those who are successful and give it to those who aren’t. Tito dug up the video from the archives. Roll tape! And there you have Progressive economics in a nutshell: government is a better arbiter of wealth distribution than the market and, in the name of fairness, government decides when you’re too much of a winner and how your “excess earnings” should be deployed.
10/09/2009
The U.S. Catholic Bishops have threatened to oppose ObamaCare, and ABC News’ Stephanopoulos writes : “…of course, abortion poses the gravest threat to the bill. The bishops simply don’t buy the argument that House Democrats found a way to block public funding for abortions with the Capps amendment, and they insist that the Hyde amendment doesn’t apply to the bills because they are not appropriations measures. A sizable bloc of House Democrats, led by Bart Stupak of Michigan, agree and are
10/09/2009
Last month, at the urging of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), an agency of the Health and Human Services Department issued a gag order against Humana Health Care. What did Humana do to earn such an extreme action? It sent an innocent letter to its customers that a Medicare program they utilize might be cut. Hey, they’re just communicating with their clients and letting them know they may have to pay more for their health care. The increasingly touchy Democrats view that as an attack.
10/09/2009
The political-media establishment’s hype machine kicked into overdrive this morning, after release of a sketchy report from the Congressional Budget Office, purporting to determine the cost of the Senate Finance Committee version of ObamaCare, otherwise known as the Baucus bill, after the Chairman of the committee. The preposterous headline: this bill would reduce the federal deficit.
10/09/2009
A majority by a long shot have spoken. They don’t want socialist healthcare. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress keep on pushing for it. American voters oppose 47 – 40 percent President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan, and don’t want an overhaul that only gets Democratic votes, but they support key parts of the plan, including 61 – 34 percent for giving people the option of a government health insurance plan that competes with private plans, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
10/09/2009
Giotto’s Massacre of the Innocents Bishops’ concerns include abortion, conscience, immigrants, affordability, reaffirm commitment to work for reform that respects life and dignity of all U.S. Bishops: Current Health Care Bills Violate Essential Principles; Will Seek Changes Or Have To Oppose WASHINGTON—Three chairmen of the bishops’ committees working on health care reform urged the U.S.
10/09/2009
Annotations & Elucidations The Late And Washington Post Poll Edition The big news was from the Washington Post this afternoon, when it releases its latest poll showing all three Republicans — Bob McDonnell , Lt. Governor Bill Bolling and Senator Ken Cuccinelli — leading their respective races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general by nine points.
10/09/2009
The bad news is that bats checked in to a Scottish hospital. The good news is that they weren’t discovered in the blood bank. The BBC has the latest on Britain’s government-run health care system, the National Health Service: Bats were discovered flying around wards at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, it has emerged. The animals were spotted on the general medical ward 6 and on the surgical ward of the infirmary last month. A freedom of information request revealed NHS Tayside spent £11,173 dealing with pests at its hospitals between October 2008 and July 2009.
10/09/2009
PROVIDING INEXPENSIVE RURAL DENTAL CARE. There’s a lesson for the Obamacare debate here, too — high costs don’t come from evil insurance companies so much as from licensing regimes that keep out lower-cost competition.
10/09/2009
2 Catholic high schools in Philadelphia to close – Philadelphia Inquirer Students at Cardinal Dougherty High School and Northeast Catholic High School for Boys will go to other schools run by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia after …. Swine flu closes Catholic high school on Main Line – Philadelphia Inquirer Ostroff, who consulted with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia before the school was closed, said that every case was unique; another district, for example, ….
10/09/2009
Upon discussing Atlas Shrugged with my father a few weeks ago, he spotted an editorial in the Providence Journal (the local Rhode Island paper slowly dying like the rest of the MSM) which spotlighted Rand’s book We the Living from 1936. Well, the article said that a 1942 movie on the book exists and only recently on DVD format . I scanned YouTube and found this clip on Rand’s view of the joys of socialized health care: Looks like a lot of fun, doesn’t it? With all-inclusive
10/09/2009
I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday which took a look at the key elements in HC “reform” plans that Democrats are pushing in Congress that have failed miserably at the state level in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Tennessee and elsewhere: The Lesson of State Health-Care Reforms The major provisions of ObamaCare already have been tried. They’ve led to increased costs and reduced access to care.
10/09/2009
“Both you and Sarah Palin are good-looking women. I mean, you’re attractive, young — relatively young — women who other women can identify with,” – Bill O’Reilly , to Michele Bachmann. Via The Pajama Pundit Loofah reference explained here. Similar Posts: Crazy Michelle Bachmann For President ?
10/08/2009
By PoliPundit ~ October 8th, 2009 @ 4:58 pm 30 Senate Democrats have signed a letter asking Harry Reid to include a public option in Obamacare. More interesting is the fact that the other 30 Senate Democrats have not signed the letter. They know that even appearing to support Obamacare carries serious political consequences. Subscribe to blog feed.
10/08/2009
Wow. I Just Can’t Wait For A Public Option!How about you?A plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an accident ten months ago has had an operation to correct it ‘cancelled four times’.Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since falling down the stairs and now fears he may lose his home after being denied incapacity benefit.The father-of-three today hit out at the NHS for the ‘unacceptable delays’, but East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust said Mr Eeles had his
10/08/2009
10/08/2009
October 8, 2009 Dear Patriot: Please take your time and read this email carefully. Because if a bill quietly sneaking its way through Congress passes, an email like this could be the last non-government message to ever hit your inbox . In fact, someday you may even find yourself unable to log in to your email in the first place! I know what you’re thinking: Maybe this is just another Internet hoax. I wish it was. But Barack Obama and Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) want to make this nightmare a reality. That’s why Rockefeller recently introduced S.
10/08/2009
I’ve spoken often about “puzzle pieces” on a variety of political subjects in my posts. Rarely can we, Joe Q Public, see one news event and piece it into the entire puzzle until someone assembles all the pieces in one place. Thus is the case with the plot for usurping traditional input from the public, and getting a bill reforming remaking America’s health care system… with very little cost savings measure included. Yesterday, the puzzle piece assembler happened to be Brian Darling, posting at Heritage Foundation’s blog, The Foundary.
10/08/2009
And by more than 30% in 33 states. From Heritage : Nevada, Montana and Texas soon could be home to America’s fastest-growing populations on Medicaid. Health care “reform” bills advancing in the House and Senate would expand Medicaid by making the government-run program available to all adults with incomes at or below 133 percent of the poverty line. The change would dramatically multiply eligible recipients, with 33 states seeing increases of at least 30 percent.
10/08/2009
Here is an article by Karl Rove of the Wall Street Journal… http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…157036912.html Quote: Passing health-care reform could be harmful to the health of congressional Democrats. Just look at how President Barack Obama’s standing has fallen as he has pushed for reform. According to Fox News surveys, the number of independents who oppose health-care reform hit 57% at the end of September, up from 33% in July.
10/08/2009
From ” white comedian ” Paul Shanklin, as performed on Rush’s show. This is an instant classic. Exit question: Why can’t Saturday Night Live find someone as good as Shanklin to play Barry?
10/08/2009
That’s just Shep being Shep. Although, it’s odd how he suddenly turns from the straight news guy on FNC to a pundit. Related Posts Video: Shepard Smith Rips Obama Spokesman Over Public Option Video: Father Of Handicapped Son Threatened After Town Hall Confrontation Video: Mark Levin Talks ObamaCare On Hannity Video: Undercover Liberal Shepard Smith Drops F-Bomb During Rant About “Torture” Video: Shepard Smith Calls Out Congress For Their Phony AIG Outrage
10/08/2009
In a war that then-Senator Barack Obama said throughout the election campaign was a war that America must win, he now says as the President of the United States that he does not want to win it. The London Times is reporting today that Mr. Obama is now prepared to invite the Taliban into Afghanistan’s government and the nation’s political future as he waves the white flag of surrender to the Islamic extremist group. Once again, our president appeases the enemies of America and stays silent in the face of human rights violations.
10/08/2009
As if “mad photoshop skilz” weren’t enough, Carol SCORES with this video. I guess I was kind of channeling her thoughts this morning when I wrote my end of the world post. She’s ever so much more eloquent than I could hope to be! LOVE LOVE the ending on this one!
10/08/2009
Take a listen to what this kid has to say about ObamaCare: Similar Posts: Call Now ! Operators Are Standing By ! It’s Called A Distraction, And It’s Dangerous How To Talk To An ObamaCare Supporter The Finest Moment In American Popular Song Andrea Mitchell: People Are Too Stupid To Know What’s Good For Them
10/08/2009
Community calendar – Daily Comet Today’s lineup for the AMC Houma Palace 10, 5737 W. Park Ave.: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” (PG), 10 a.m., 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:55 p.m.; “Fame” (PG), 10:05 a.m., 12:35, 3:10, 5:50, 8:20 and 10:45 p.m.; “The Informant!” (R) 10 a.m., 2 Michael Vick reality show a bad idea – Dayton Daily News The Animal Planet has the show starring Victoria Stillwell called “It’s Me or the Dog.” Now BET is about to launch a reality show starring Michael Vick.
10/08/2009
Democrats’ Political Agendas and Philosophies Dooming Economic & Jobs Growths; 3 to 1 Odds against their Chances for Improving American Jobs by 2010: By Marc Chamot Why are we losing so many jobs these days? Why can’t Democrats improve our economic situation? What’s going on with our jobs situation? Those are questions that are being asked by folks all over these days. “Michael Moore is using his public muscle to muscle on the Democrats to do his dirty bidding for Obama’s public healthcare.” One of my Internet buddies brought up this Michael Moore story on his blog.
10/08/2009
So in my free time, when I’m not being the disembodied voice that haunts the collective liberal psyche, I actually do things in the city of Chicago like ride public transportation 20 blocks north to go to PetSmart for ear medicine for my cat (my life is so f**king exciting ). On such an adventure yesterday, I realized that there is one way that I could be convinced of the propriety of universal health care: remind me constantly of the people I ride public transportation with and the constant danger I face of contacting H1N1 or whatever other disease the world coughs onto those silver handrails.
10/08/2009
It’s becoming fairly obvious that the Democrats are not on the same page when it comes to the Afghan War: The eye roll said it all. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid emerged from the White House Tuesday with broad, bicameral smiles — until Reid put his arm around Pelosi to announce that “everyone” would support “whatever” Afghanistan policy the president produces. Pelosi doesn’t agree with that — not at all — and the TV cameras captured the California Democrat rolling her eyes and slightly recoiling from Reid’s grasp as he spoke.
10/08/2009
It’s a Trojan Horse for the VAT . I wouldn’t mind a VAT so much if income taxes were reduced requisitely. But you know Lady Botulism wouldn’t consider that.
10/08/2009
Urgent Message From Dick Morris Provided By: NewsMax The Senate Finance Committee will soon be voting on the Obamacare plan to radically overhaul our healthcare system. Then the full Senate will take up the matter.We need your urgent help to stop Obamacare. Dick Morris, the Fox News analyst, says we can still defeat Obamacare.Dick is the chief strategist at the League of American Voters.He says the coming votes will be very close.In the past week, we have been airing a 15-second TV ad in Maine,
10/08/2009
First of all, there is no Baucus Bill. This negotiation that came out of meetings between Baucus and the rest of the Senate Finance Committee has no legislative language as of yet. It is simply a plan. And it will, without a doubt, morph several times before it comes to the Senate floor for a vote. And yet, the Congressional Budget Office was required to issue a report on the financial aspects of the Baucus Plan. The CBO report, which was released yesterday, has the Democrats elated. The
10/08/2009
Join Heather and Angela for Voice of the Nation Family Values Blog Talk Radio On Thursday– Join us on “Voice of the Nation” as we talk with Dr. Karl B. Hiatt about the consequences of the healthcare plan currently being pushed in Congress. How will it affect doctors? How will it affect you? Hear how these changes to our healthcare system will stifle innovation, stagnate research and back up our efficiency. Socialism promises, but does not deliver. Hear how this plan for socialized medicine will affect you and your family.
10/08/2009
William A. Jacobson reports: THERE IS NO BAUCUS BILL The internet is alive with the sound of people analyzing the CBO’s “scoring” of the Max Baucus aka Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill. Before everyone gets too deeply into their thoughts, please keep in mind the following (get ready, all CAPS, bold, indented signifies a really important concept): THERE IS NO BAUCUS BILL. The CBO scored the concepts described by the Baucus Committee. There is no legislative text. None.
10/08/2009
Growth Monsters – Obamacare would impose incredible mandates on a lot of Western states, including Texas : Obamacare could end up being one of the biggest federal impositions upon states since the 1960s. ————————————- Previous Trivia Tidbit : Congressional Approval Ratings Down .
10/08/2009
This seems significant, both for the sample type and its composition, in showing a large plurality of opposition to ObamaCare proposals in Congress. Pew Research surveyed 1500 adults last week and found that 47% oppose the efforts to overhaul the American health-care system, while only 34% approve. That sample included a 11-point split favoring Democrats over Republicans, 34%-23%, with 37% independents: Regarding health care reform, many of the key provisions remain popular though support for the overall package has slipped.
10/08/2009
Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft , who has been on quite a roll as of late, had the Media Bias Catch of the Day, Polling Division, this morning. Rush mentioned Hoft’s post on his show this afternoon. Jim compared the results of a Quinnipiac poll on ObamaCare to how Bloomberg reported the results. He first noted what Quinnipiac found: Jim then asked, “So, how does the state-run media report this news?” Here’s the answer: Bloomberg’s false fig leaf is this paragraph from Quinnipiac:
10/08/2009
This seems significant, both for the sample type and its composition, in showing a large plurality of opposition to ObamaCare proposals in Congress. Pew Research surveyed 1500 adults last week and found that 47% oppose the efforts to overhaul the American health-care system, while only 34% approve. That sample included a 11-point split favoring Democrats over Republicans, 34%-23%, with 37% independents:Regarding health care reform, many of the key provisions remain popular though support for the overall package has slipped.
10/08/2009
Republicans must reject any bill that does not end state health insurance monopolies It appears that the light of day that coincided with the Congressional end of summer recess killed the public option. But other nocturnal liberal dangers live on in the darkness of the post-Autumnal equinox with Congress re-adjourned.
10/08/2009
For ObamaCare advocates, Massachusetts is the Nirvana of government-managed health insurance. The state adopted everything they have pushed on a national level: individual mandates, guaranteed issue, universal coverage, and more. Unfortunately, former Obama and John Edwards speechwriter Wendy Button has discovered that all of this government intervention comes at a cost — one that directly hits her pocketbook:In the past, I paid attention to the health care debate as a speechwriter who prepared speeches, talking points, op-eds, and debate prep material on the topic at different times for John Edwards, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others.
10/08/2009
Unbelievable! This is getting really ridiculous. Now we have a merging of the indoctrinated children with the Kool-Aid drinking media. And how dare they wreck Miley Cyrus’ song! Yeah, I like the song – I can admit that. I seem to remember these kids from the campaign. Those school uniforms are familiar.
10/08/2009
I wasn’t surprised that Rep. Joe Wilson felt compelled to apologize to President Obama for calling him a liar. I also wasn’t surprised to hear that within 24 hours, thousands of liberals had sent in over $200,000 in contributions to Wilson’s opponent in next year’s election even though they knew nothing about him except that he was running against Wilson. I was heartened to hear that once the word got out, Wilson received a million bucks. But, frankly, I wouldn’t have been surprised if the other 434 members of the House had censured, expelled or ridden Rep.
10/08/2009
By: Chuck Muth Nevada News and Views TODAY’S HEADLINES Titus Campaign in Spin of Death Over Heck Announcement Nevada Democrats Go Bonkers Over New News Bureau The Danger in Over-Attacking the Reids Employment Security Council Leaves Unemployment Insurance Rate Unchanged As Unemployment Soars, Reid Brags About Stimulus Making A “Real Difference” Legislative Panel Delays Selection of Consultant for Revenue Study OTHER NEVADA NEWS CNN Reporter Chases Down John
10/08/2009
How far are today’s media willing to go to advance President Obama’s cult of personality? What happened on CNN Monday has to make one wonder, for some producer at this cable network thought it would be cute to bring school kids on the set to sing an astonishingly propaganda-laden song about ObamaCare. Maybe most disgraceful, it seems quite unlikely any of these kids understood the lyrics they were singing.
10/08/2009
PEW POLL: 47% Oppose ObamaCare, 34% Favor.That’s even worse than the Quinnipiac poll.
10/08/2009
Welcome to the Harry Reid Theater of the Absurd. In today’s presentation, Senator Reid does the Meme Twist with a full facepalm by arguing that the only criticism that the ObamaCare plans have received is that they take too many pages of text. Actually, though, that wasn’t a Republican criticism of the bill so much as it was a Democratic excuse for not reading it:Funny, but while I recall people using the length of the bill as an argument, that argument went to the fact that Reid and Pelosi attempted to shove it through Congress before anyone could read it.
10/08/2009
Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office gave a generally favorable financial review of the health care reform plan proposed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), pricing it at $829 billion–which meets President Obama’s cap of $900 billion. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) isn’t swayed. This morning he declared that the bill “has as its foundation a trillion dollars in spending, half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare, higher premiums, higher taxes on just about everyone at a time of near double-digit unemployment, and limits on the health care choices that millions of Americans now enjoy.” It makes you sick, doesn’t it?
10/08/2009
Healthcare reform has been debated ad nauseum for the last 3 months. It’s the linchpin of president Obama’s agenda, and if passed, will be the most important piece of legislation this decade. Keith Olbermann had a riveting healthcare special comment last night, where he talked on a personal and political level. Related posts: Deal Reached *UPDATED* The 2nd Wingnut E-mail of the Day Buh-Bye Public Option
10/08/2009
Wendy Button has written for John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Mayor Tom Menino of Boston as well as other national and international leaders, and is working on a book, according to the bio blurb at the end of her post at Politics Daily.She did free-lance writing on the subject of health care for the Democrats (later switching her support to John McCain).She had health care insurance when she lived in Washington DC for $225 a month.She moved to Massachusetts and the premium would be $550 a month — or about the car payment for a Prius.
10/08/2009
No Compromise Media I have no words to express the rage I have with this treasonous administration and their stupid media supporters! These kids have no clue how they are being used to LIE to the AMERICAN people and how they are being used to destroy their own future! Prison isn’t good enough for Obama, CNN, or those who practice Chicago politics!
10/08/2009
Democrats are cheering a Congressional Budget Office decision to “score” the Senate Finance Committee’s version of ObamaCare as not increasing the federal budget deficit. But it pays for some of ObamaCare’s massive cost by expanding state Medicaid programs, shifting its cost to the states. That will radically increase state budget deficits. Moreover, this version of ObamaCare, while cheaper than the four other versions, still relies on mythical cost savings and massive cuts to Medicare that are likely to be canceled after ObamaCare is enacted, to avoid enraging seniors and doctors.
10/08/2009
Wall Street Journal columnist Thomas Frank inhabits a simple little world in which private enterprise, in its relentless pursuit of profit (i.e., charging more for something than it’s worth), is consistently a force for evil, and government, populated by wise and benevolent folk who have eschewed riches in favor of public service (see, e.g., Ted Kennedy), is always a force for good. Responding to Mr. Frank’s simple-minded musings is generally like shooting fish in a barrel, so I normally just leave him alone.
10/08/2009
WSJ : The GOP Is Winning the Health-Care Debate Gallup says independents now favor Republicans by nine points. By KARL ROVE Passing health-care reform could be harmful to the health of congressional Democrats. Just look at how President Barack Obama’s standing has fallen as he has pushed for reform. According to Fox News surveys, the number of independents who oppose health-care reform hit 57% at the end of September, up from 33% in July. Independents are generally a quarter of the vote in off-year congressional elections.
10/08/2009
The Heritage Foundation October 8, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n t Leaders in the House and Senate have a plan to pass President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care plan by Thanksgiving without any significant participation by the American public. CNS News has confirmed the details in our September 22nd titled “Passing a Shell of A Bill: Congress’ Secret Plan to Ram Through Health Care Reform.” Nicholas Ballasy reports “a senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told CNSNews.com that it is ‘likely’ that Reid will use H.R.
10/08/2009
The Heritage Foundation October 8, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n t Leaders in the House and Senate have a plan to pass President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care plan by Thanksgiving without any significant participation by the American public. CNS News has confirmed the details in our September 22nd titled “Passing a Shell of A Bill: Congress’ Secret Plan to Ram Through Health Care Reform.” Nicholas Ballasy reports “a senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told CNSNews.com that it is ‘likely’ that Reid will use H.R.
10/08/2009
The Heritage Foundation October 8, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n t Leaders in the House and Senate have a plan to pass President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care plan by Thanksgiving without any significant participation by the American public. CNS News has confirmed the details in our September 22nd titled “Passing a Shell of A Bill: Congress’ Secret Plan to Ram Through Health Care Reform.” Nicholas Ballasy reports “a senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told CNSNews.com that it is ‘likely’ that Reid will use H.R.
10/08/2009
10/08/2009
CNN | Kids from the Ron Clark Academy are on CNN singing for health care reform set to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA.” The song mentions “Obama says everyone needs health care now.”
10/08/2009
CNN | Kids from the Ron Clark Academy are on CNN singing for health care reform set to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA.” The song mentions “Obama says everyone needs health care now.”
10/08/2009
CNN | Kids from the Ron Clark Academy are on CNN singing for health care reform set to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA.” The song mentions “Obama says everyone needs health care now.”
10/08/2009
Watch how Maine Republican Olympia Snowe and Arkansas Democrat Blanche Lincoln vote in the Senate Finance Committee on the Baucus version of the Obama healthcare plan. As Snowe and Lincoln go, so will the Congress. The Democrats need Snowe’s vote desperately, to convince wavering moderate Democrats that they can offer a veneer, however thin, of bipartisanship to the health proposal. If Snowe, their last chance at a Republican vote, opposes the Obama/Baucus proposal, there is no hope of a bipartisan fig leaf for the package.
10/08/2009
Guess what folks? That day is coming sooner than you think.
10/08/2009
The MSM would like the American public to believe that the Senate Finance Committee bill was scored by the Congressional Budget Office. After all, WaPo, the NYT and the WSJ reported: WaPo: “The bill would cost $829 billion over the next decade.” NYT: “The budget office analyzed the bill … its newly projected cost — $829 billion over 10 years.” WSJ: “The latest Senate health bill will cost $829 billion over a decade.” But it is a score of a vapor bill — a bill that has no legislative language — and so with much fanfare and pomp the CBO has delivered a Vapor Score of a Vapor Bill.
10/08/2009
It’s not just the famously unreasonable ideologue Olympia Snowe who cares about these things, apparently. Seven Democrats and Joe Lieberman sent a letter Tuesday to Sen. Harry Reid asking him to make sure the final legislative text of the bill and the final CBO score for it are online, and available to the public, for 72 hours before the first vote in the Senate to proceed to health care legislation. They also asked that the full legislative text of the amended bill be available, with a CBO score, for 72 hours before the final vote in the Senate.
10/08/2009
Oct.08, 2009 in barack obamaBogus AP polled 45% unemployed and made up Party ID split numbers to prove Obamacare gains support All you leftists who were citing the improved support of Obamacare need to read this. Apparently the AP was fudging numbers. I am about sick of the media trying to formulate public opinion on important issues. It wreaks….Tags: elesctions2008
10/08/2009
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove reports that in generic ballots, citing a recent Gallup Poll, Republicans are favored over Democrats 46 to 44 percent, and independents favor Republicans by nine points. And then there is ObamaCare: Passing health-care reform could be harmful to the health of congressional Democrats. Just look at how President Barack Obama’s standing has fallen as he has pushed for reform. According to Fox News surveys, the number of independents who oppose health-care reform hit 57% at the end of September, up from 33% in July.
10/08/2009
Hugh Hewitt writes : Eight Democratic senators stand between the Medicare and the destruction of the senior health care program as well as the ruin of American medicine generally. These eight know the stakes and have written Harry Reid to demand that the Democratic leader slow down the jam down so that they and the public know what they are voting on and what it will cost. They have asked for at least 72 hours and a CBO estimate for any Obamacare bill before a final floor vote occurs, as well as 72 hours and a full CBO score before any vote on a future House-Senate conference report occurs.
10/08/2009
WASHINGTON [ AP ] – The federal budget deficit tripled to a record $1.4 trillion for the 2009 fiscal year that ended last week, congressional analysts said Wednesday. The Republicans seem to be worried about how we’re going to pay this off. For example, John Boehner, Minority Leader, said: “This new CBO data makes it clear that our children and grandchildren will end up buried under a mountain of debt if we continue taxing, spending and borrowing at these dangerous levels.” And Michelle Bachmann (MN), a Congresswoman who I happen to like, said: “What we are seeing is a real sense of unease among American people and not just Republicans.” Unease? Get serious, Michelle.
10/08/2009
Is this REALLY America? How far are today’s media willing to go to advance President Obama’s cult of personality? What happened on CNN Monday has to make one wonder, for some producer at this cable network thought it would be cute to bring school kids on the set to sing an astonishingly propaganda-laden song about ObamaCare. Maybe most disgraceful, it seems quite unlikely any of these kids understood the lyrics they were singing.Original article: Forum: News/Activism
10/08/2009
Is this REALLY America? How far are today’s media willing to go to advance President Obama’s cult of personality? What happened on CNN Monday has to make one wonder, for some producer at this cable network thought it would be cute to bring school kids on the set to sing an astonishingly propaganda-laden song about ObamaCare. Maybe most disgraceful, it seems quite unlikely any of these kids understood the lyrics they were singing.Original article: Forum: News/Activism
10/08/2009
Yeah, yeah, I know I really shouldn’t call it ObamaCare, since, like virtually every other policy, Obama gives a speech then votes “present!” In this case, he has outsourced all the health system destruction legislation out to Congress. We’re still waiting for Obama’s actual plan, which he said weeks ago he would supply. Anyhow, Amanda Carpenter let’s us know that the tampon tax has been replaced by the Mommy Tax When Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus proposed taxing medical devices to raise $40 billion over the next 10 years for his health care plan, opponents started digging in and looking at what would be taxed.
10/08/2009
If you thought the grade schoolers singing praises to the Supreme Leader was bad, wait until you lay your looking balls on this. A group of high schoolers performed a propaganda piece set to the music of a Miley Cyrus song. The lyrics, of course, are an absurd mixture of lefty politics and the “struggle” for healthcare equal rights. That’s expected. The thing that really blows your mind is the smiley face jump and jive routine that goes along with it.
10/08/2009
I was going to comment on the CBO’s annalysis of the Baucus health care bill , but why bother when someone else has already summed it up so well : Last month, the Republicans members of the Senate Finance Committee asked to have the CBO score the bill introduced by Max Baucus (D-MT). The Democrats on the committee, led by Baucus and Kent Conrad said they’d only let the CBO do what it does best if it could use “plain language” wording instead of the far more precise legislative language and.
10/08/2009
When CNN crowed over AP’s new poll claiming Obamacare is gaining support it demanded a closer look. The latest AP/Roper Obamacare poll is a clumsy bogus attempt to fool Americans that support for Obamacare is gaining support. The poll’s internals and methodology are skewed in an unsupportable tilt toward Democrats. Amazingly it used 45% of unemployed “Americans” as respondents. Who did they actually speak to? The AP talked to 1003 “adults” and claims a 3.1% margin for error.
10/08/2009
Orwell all over again. State control media brainwashing our kids. “Obama says everyone needs health care now.” So what? Should we all bow at his Majesty? Insanity in America is becoming epidemic. This entry was posted on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at 8:04 am and is filed under Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
10/08/2009
When CNN crowed over APs new poll claiming Obamacare is gaining support it demanded a closer look. The latest AP/Roper Obamacare poll is a clumsy bogus attempt to fool Americans that support for Obamacare is gaining support. The polls internals and methodology are skewed in an unsupportable tilt toward Democrats. Amazingly it used 45% of unemployed Americans as respondents. Who did they actually speak to? The AP talked to 1003 adults and claims a 3.1% margin for error.
10/08/2009
Today’s stories: Obamacare closer to reality Diocese of Richmond says “no” to liberal group Obama’s homosexual Safe School Czar fears heterosexuals Atheist claims to produce fake Shroud of Turin Women Religious orders will remain defiant, critics charge
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West Virginia Unemployment Trends – August 2009
West Virginia Unemployment Situation in Heat Map form:
here is a map of West Virginia Unemployment in August 2009 (BLS data)
http://www.localetrends.com/st/wv_west_virginia_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=curr_ue
versus West Virginia Unemployment Levels 1 year ago
http://www.localetrends.com/st/wv_west_virginia_unemployment.php?MAP_TYPE=m12_ue