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October 21, 2010 | 
Author Hi All – I figured with the 2010 mid-term elections upon us and the races getting tighter – it would be a good idea to remind everyone of how your Representatives and Senators voted on the Five Major Key Issues that have helped lead this country down the road to socialism: TARP, The Stimulus Bill, Obamacare, Crap and Trade, and Financial Reform.
First – the Big One – Obamacare
Here is the Roll Call Vote on Obamacare
Next – Crap and Trade
Here is the Roll Call Vote on Cap and Trade
Next – Financial Reform
Here is the Roll Call Vote on Financial Reform Senate
Here is the Roll Call Vote on Financial Reform House
Next up – The Stimulus Bill
Here is the Roll Call Vote on ARRA Senate
Here is the Roll Call Vote on ARRA House
Finally – TARP
Hopefully, this is a great resource for you all as you head to the voting booths in a couple weeks (or within days for those of you doing early voting) – please – we MUST hold ALL of these politicians’ feet to the fire on these bills. We were already heading down the wrong path before Obamadeenajad – these bills solidified it. Please pass this post on to others so that they too can see how their Representatives and Senators voted on these economically devastating bills.
And – I need to plug one particular politician – Sean Bielat. He is opposing Barney Franks up in Mass. He is closing in on Barney and has Barney running scared – so much so that Barney Franks had to donate $200,000 of his own money to his own campaign. Sean needs some help – please donate here and let’s all help him to retire Barney. He’s been there 30 years already. He’s done enough damage to this country. I did my part and donated – now it’s your turn to help RETIRE BARNEY.
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Hi All – we’ve got a lot of great submissions this week! I hope you get a chance to get through them all. Before we get this thing started – I gotta say this – GO PENGUINS!!!!!! For you Red Wing fans – so sorry – too bad! Bwahahahaha! Also I wanted to point out there will not be a Carnival next Sunday – it’s Father’s Day and I plan on spending the whole day with the kids. However, you can still put in submissions for the following week – June 28, 2009 Edition!
Conservative
John Kaduk presents Chicago’s Summer Games: Murder posted at The Right Wing.
Great stats John. It’s very interesting that we don’t hear that in the MSM – 509 murders a year in Chicago compared to 314 soldiers killed in Iraq. I don’t think they’ll get the Olympics either.
lsm presents Russia Warns Us. posted at awaken the elephants blog.
Thanks LSM for breaking this down for us. I touched upon this briefly last week – but – you’ve done a great job of covering the entire report out of Pravda. Imagine – a formerly Communist nation telling America how to be Capitalist and warning us we’re on the path to Socialism. Well – I hope no one out there is surprised considering bloggers like myself and you tried to warn America BEFORE the election!
Eric Gargiulo presents Don’t Apologize For Me Mr. President! posted at CamelClutchBlog.com, saying, “President Obama has elevated the art of national self-loathing to new heights, and seems to delight in prostrating the most powerful nation on the face of the earth before its critics and rivals, especially on foreign soil. The Obama worldview revolves around the central premise that the United States must be humble and “engage” and work with its enemies through the application of “smart power”.”
Eric – my sentiments exactly! Nicely put.
Selkirk presents Shocker: The Left Distorts the Truth to Justify Health Care Bill posted at Political Castaway Blog: Broadcasting Conservatism to Rescue America.
Selkirk – thanks for submitting this and doing some background research. In addition to the lies perpetrated regarding bankruptcies – I also want to point out the myth behind the 47 Million without insurance. First – they never mentioned that as of 2007 the U.S. Census Bureau has actually adjusted it to 45 Million. Sure, that seems like a lot – but – you actually have to look at the real numbers.
17.8 Million make $50,000+ income/year. They can afford their own healthcare, they just choose not to buy it – which to me is irresponsible.
8.6 Million are under the age of 18 – they qualify for Medicaid, SCHIP, or what is called a Share of Cost coverage based on a sliding scale of parents’ total income. Their parents just have not applied for it – which is irresponsible.
550,000 are age 65+ and are eligible for Medicare – again – they just need to apply.
10 Million are not U.S. citizens – they aren’t eligible for any government insurance assistance anyway.
When you break it down – we really only have 35 Million Americans that are uninsured and out of that – 27 Million could really be covered – but, due to their own irresponsibility – are not insured. What this leaves is 8 million without coverage that would require assistance. Another interesting statistic is that out of the total 45 million uninsured – 35 Million are White. The government tries to say that there is a racial disparity and that it is mostly minorities that are uninsured and we need to help them. Bullshit! Here’s the source for all these numbers – straight from the U.S. Census Bureau – don’t take my word for it – you guys are smart enough to read through these numbers yourselves. This is a huge con job on America to push nationalized healthcare because they don’t think we’ll actually look at the real numbers:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthin06/p60no233_table6.pdf
Garrett Oden presents 10 Most Common Arguments for Abortion « Forever Christian posted at Forever Christian, saying, “My personal thoughts on abortion with some fact mixed in. The addition of my short article would be beneficial to your carnival! Thanks =D”
Garrett – thanks for this submission. I don’t buy their arguments either! You’ve done a great job of dispelling each one of them.
Michael Bass presents Is Haley Barbour running for President? posted at South Mississippi Campaign For Liberty, saying, “His recent veto of eminent domain abuse here in Mississippi should give Republicans a good reason to pause and examine his legislative record carefully.”
Well – if he is – he’s in good company with Barack Obama supporters then! Thanks for bringing this to the forefront. Hopefully, the RNC will be smart enough to know that real Republicans and Conservatives do not support lefty RINO’s.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Stock Market Predictions From Bad News Bears posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “What are the economic pundits telling us now?”
Digerati – I like the varying “experts” you provided for detailing the various “opinions” out there. I have to agree with you – there is nothing better than doing your own research and data gathering before you make a decision. Additionally, the reasons why people invest are varying and personal. Some are risk-takers and others are conservative – and everyone in between. It still all boils down to what your investment goals are. The market has always been a risk-reward system. The greater the risk – the potential for great rewards – but – with that also comes the potential for great loss. You’re right – the truth is somewhere in between and we ultimately need to decide for ourselves what is right for us. You’ve provided some great information for helping to make those decisions.
The Smarter Wallet presents Can A Housing Assistance Program Prevent Foreclosure? posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”
I don’t have anything to add to this – as I don’t have any personal knowledge or experience. What I can say is that you have once again provided some very valuable information to our readers. Hopefully, if we have anybody out there reading this that falls in this unfortunate situation – they will come to your blog and find the information they need to get out of the rut.
Liberal
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Liz Cheney’s Song posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.
Interesting – but – who really cares about Liz Cheney and what she is saying? NO real Conservative or political junky pays any attention to her anyway.
Fortuitous Observer presents Walking Contradictions posted at Soul Thumping, saying, “Seeing humor in politics”
While I can see why you find humor in what you think are contradictions – it just goes to show how out of touch Liberals are with Conservatives. The fact of the matter is that Conservatives are indeed great activists for personal liberty and freedom. It makes perfect sense that a conservative supporter of Palin would also be in support of free Tibetans. But – I will have to give you the one regarding the Greatful Dead. Never did like their music in the first place – very over rated.
The problem is that Liberals only tend to hang out with other Liberals and only read Liberal blogs and watch the Liberal news media. You guys are so boxed in you don’t see the real world for what it is. Before you decided to go off on me – this comes from a study straight out of Ohio State. Conservatives are actually more open-minded and greater supporters of Liberty and Freedom than Liberals. We believe the way to personal freedom is personal responsibility – not government interference.
And..I guess you have never heard of the term “South Park Conservatives.” There are those of us out here that are very Conservative – but – open minded enough to enjoy themselves and not take things too seriously.
Miscellaneous
C. E. Dowalt presents President Obama: Groveler in Chief, Dhimi Version posted at Money Confidential.
C.E. – it appears there is something wrong with your blog. I got an error message from your host stating it is unavailable and for you to contact them as soon as possible. There is a phone number there for you to call them. I hope you get this back up again soon. I’d really like to read your posts. Let me know when you’re back up and running again.
Mar Matthias Darin presents Obama Indicted by Two Hundred Member Grand Jury posted at The Matthias Chronicles, saying, “Forget the seat belt, we’re going to need battle armor soon… This is going to be one wicked roller coaster ride!”
Mar Matthias – I hope one of my commentors – Orchid – comes back again to see this. That commentor thinks this is all about racism. When 200 jurors from 8 Grand Juries hand down indictments around this country requesting the birth certificate be presented as he may be usurping power and became the President illegally – I would say that is significant evidence that this issue is gaining steam around the country. If he really were an American citizen – why is he spending so much money ($1 million) in legal fees to battle it? Thanks for posting this up!
Sarah Scrafford presents 100 Open Courses to Learn More About the Middle East posted at Rated Colleges.
Nice list Sarah. Given that the President recently called the U.S. a Muslim Nation – I think people should get to understand just what that means.
C. E. Dowalt presents Checkmate in Asia posted at Money Confidential.
See above.
J.D. Bell presents Barack Tells Congress To Get Off Their Pork-Filled Butts posted at It Takes Work, saying, “Mr. Obama is getting a little impatient with his Legislative backup singers.”
First – I see where you’re going with this J.D. – and I can support some of your points. However, you’ll see that I provided some statistics in this carnival regarding the so-called “uninsured.” That’s a scam. Regarding healthcare costs being way to high – that’s not entirely true either. You have to look at what is driving up healthcare costs – one of the largest portions of that being out of control lawsuits. If you want to bring the cost of healthcare down – there needs to be tort reform first. Hospitals and physicians have to carry multi-million dollar policies as a result – these costs are passed down to patients. Additionally, built in to these costs are technology. As technology becomes more widely used – the costs come down. But, overall – the greatest cost to our healthcare system are illegal immigrants. They are costing us billions of dollars each year. Their care falls under what is termed “indigent care.” They are uninsured and as a result of EMTALA – cannot be turned away because they are illegal. These costs to care for illegals are passed down to everyone else – which makes the cost of healthcare increase significantly.
As for quality of healthcare – not sure how you come to the conclusion it is “wayyy too low.” I have been involved in the healthcare industry in every aspect of it for over 18 years. I have seen the improvements in quality. The quality of our healthcare is superior compared to the rest of the world. We are number 1 in quality of care – it is for this reason that many foreignors come to this country for their health care needs. You didn’t provide any evidence.
We don’t need the kind of healthcare reform that Obama and the Dems are pushing. What we need is for our government to enforce the laws already in place to bring costs down and to implement tort reform. Great discussion though!
News
Archvillain presents Rumors of War posted at A Dark and Sinister Force for Good, saying, “War is bad for business. Let’s hope China thinks so, too.”
Thanks for the history lesson Archvillain. I always learn something new from your posts. As with you, I hope China truly understands the threat from N. Korea and will do something about it. Given the way we’re all tied in economically around this globe – a war could truly be devastating for us all.
James J. Gormley presents One flu over the cuckoo’s nest? Phony Swine Flu products are dangerous posted at The Gormley Files, saying, “Swine flu swindlers take consumers for a ride.”
James – thanks for bringing this up. At this time – there is not even an effective vaccination for the Swine Flu. They are still in the experimental stages. If there is no vaccination – there certainly are no “supplements” or dietary treatments or products out there either.
Politics
Phil B. presents The Fall of China « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, “Some guesses on how China could collapse.”
Phil – this was a very interesting read. Personally, I see China coming out ahead for decades to come – they are becoming what the U.S. used to be because they have a very strong Capitalist economy. Not only that – but – they are buying up the world’s supply of gold, natural gas, oil, copper, silver, and other industrial metals. They are positioning themselves to be the next true superpower. I do agree with you that them doing a large portion of business in the U.S. at this time could be harmful to them. Overall – great article.
B. Forrest presents Let’s get stimulated! posted at Pay Attention Moron.
Excellent Econ 101 lesson. Unfortunately, it seems that only Conservatives really understand this. I keep coming across too many Obama sheeple that actually believe this idiotic stimulus plan will work despite the very real and apparent evidence that proves otherwise. They’re willing to buy the line that it’s all Bush’s fault. I’m just wondering at what point they will finally wake up and see that this was caused by liberal policies and Obama is just continuing the economic destruction of this great country with these foolish whims of his.
Isabel Rodríguez presents Please, pay more money to children who want to stay at school posted at Trying to keep an open mind and an open heart, saying, “I live in Mexico and in this country, it is not unusual to see children working, who do not attend school. In fact, you see them EVERYWHERE. You see them in street corners, cleaning windshields or selling candies. You see them cleaning houses. You see them in car repair shops. You see them in an unlimited number of places. What to do about it?”
Isabel – Thank you so much for this submission. I hope there are some readers out there that see this and understand what an education means for our children through the example you have provided us. The only labor that children should be engaged in IS school! Unfortunately, here in the U.S. – many parents are no longer teaching their children that education is the basis for success and we have a crisis of our own here – we have a national dropout rate of 4.7% with some states having as much as 10%.
I think the program in Mexico is a great start – but – considering the economic turmoil you guys are facing – I can see why many parents are forcing their children in to day labor instead of education. I don’t have an answer for you either – except – you guys have a lot of corruption in your government. Until your political elite stop catering to the drug cartels – I don’t see the economy ever turning around in Mexico to sustain a permanent education system that will keep kids in school there.
Terri Choate presents Here’s to Holes in Water posted at Plum Duff…not your ordinary gruel!.
“Holes in Water” – I like that analogy! This is a great post. The era of Calvin Cooledge is practically dead, unfortunately. It amazes me that too many people these days are looking to the government to solve their problems rather than doing the responsible thing and being independent. Being a Public Health scholar right now – I have learned that the vast majority of all of the illnesses in this country are the direct result of risky behavior (as you pointed out). While you named a few examples – risky behavior actually encompasses a very wide variety of activities. What it all boils down to is acting responsibly and taking responsibility for your actions – which seems a foreign concept today. Great article.
Bob Brooks presents Another Story of Possible Government Corruption That Goes Under-reported posted at Bob Brooks – Prudent Money Blog.
Hmmm…never even heard this story in the media anywhere. Obama just seems to surround himself with corrupt people doesn’t he? It doesn’t surprise me at all that Geithner is involved in this. More political payback! Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Super Saver presents Next Generation Bailout Acronyms posted at My Wealth Builder.
Bwahahaha! Tackling a serious issue through humor. Love those acronyms! But, unfortunately, the detail you provided is probably spot on!
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…and that would not be a pretty sight at all! Is there anybody else out there that is having an extremely hard time trying to keep up with everything that Obama and those Dems are doing up in D.C.? Every time I come across a news article, see something on the T.V. or hear something on the radio – I get an excellent idea for a blog discussion. But…no more than 10 minutes later something else comes up..and again and again and again.
I’m almost quite convinced that the White House is throwing all of this out there at one time just to keep our minds so totally boggled that we can’t possibly figure it all out. When you really start putting it all together it just absolutely makes my head want to explode because I just can’t keep track. I’m not even going to attempt to put all the links up to this list – because it could take me almost a freakin’ month alone to liste everything that Obama has thrown at us:
$787 Billion Spending Bill completely loaded with pork
$410 Billion Omnibus Bill completely loaded with pork
Secret videotaped messages to the AFL-CIO meeting declaring Congress WILL pass the “Employee Free Choice Act” doing away with secret ballots – a complete erosion of the constitution and violation of our privacy.
Healthcare Reform Summit stating that the debate is settled and there is nothing anybody can do about it – Universal Healthcare is coming to America.
Economic Reform Summit held where the end outcome is that there is not one smart individual in all of D.C. that can figure out that smaller government and lower taxes is the appropriate way to heal this economy.
Hillary Clinton, on behalf of Obama, delivering $900 Million to a terrorist organization so they can rearm themselves to lob more missiles in to Israel – and criticizing Israel while she handed them the check.
Iran is less than one month away from a nuclear bomb and Obama has not said one word about it.
Hillary Clinton, on behalf of Obama, goes to China to beg for money. Essentially, China is propping up this economy right. We will all be speaking Chinese shortly if they decided to call in our debt.
Obama sends a letter to Russia opening up dialog with them and hinting the U.S. might back down from the missile defense shield (a great sign of weakness).
John Kerry, on behalf of Obama, goes and visits with Asshat Bashir in Syria opening dialogs with another state sponsorer of terrorism.
Obama openly tells our enemies exactly what date we are withdrawing from Iraq – another great sign of weakness and inexperience.
Gordon Brown comes to visit Obama talking about a Global New World Order and it appears Obama is open to this socialist notion and giving up American sovereignty.
Four cabinet nominees are tax cheaters – and one of them actually gets appointed to oversee the very organization he cheated.
Several Anti-gun measures (in direct violation of the 2nd Amendment) being introduced in Congress.
FDIC in threat of going insolvent – you know – the agency that guarantees funds in your bank up to $250,000.00 to the point now they get a $500 Billion bailout.
Honest homeowners all around this country are bailing out other homeowners against their will.
Several Congress persons ready to introduce the Fairness Doctrine again – only they’re gonna call it something else.
Obama introduces proposal for bogus Cap and Trade scheme that would ensure inflation and increased energy prices.
Obama set to increase taxes on the upper-middleclass income earners making more than $250,000 which would effectively shut down small businesses across this country.
Obama set to reduce charitable benefit deductions whereby forcing charities to take money from the government – meaning the government would control which charities should live and which should die.
The government now owns 80% of AIG and 40% of Citi-bank.
Every time Obama opens his mouth the Dow tanks.
Tax cheater Geithner chastises tax cheating individuals and files suit against UBS for “secret” offshore account information. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
That racist attorney general calls all Americans cowards because we won’t talk about race! For crying out loud man – the freakin’ POTUS is black! Isn’t that enough for you? Isn’t that proof that we have pretty much broken that barrier? The only one’s continuing this race issue are black racists like yourself.
Nancy Pelosi takes a trip to Rome and forces Congress to vote on the spending bill without giving them time to read it – then Obama signs it immediately not giving the American people the 5 days he promised us.
No Republicans were allowed to provide input on the spending bill and no republican amendments were allowed – but – they fully expect republicans to vote for it?
The Govenor of Arizona is made the Director of Homeland Security – yet – she couldn’t even protect her own state from the invasion of illegal aliens. Phoenix, Arizona is the number 2 city in the ENTIRE world for kidnappings – over 400 reported last year – note – that is REPORTED.
The Governor of Kansas has been named as the Director of HHS – this is the same individual who has given free tuition, free healthcare, and amnesty to illegal aliens in her own state. She also shut down the building of new coal-fueled plants in her state. If she did it in her state – What do you think will happen to America?
Obama signs an executive order closing GITMO and starts releasing terrorists.
Obama signs an executive order reversing offshore drilling again.
Obama signs an executive order reversing the Mexico City Policy that stated America would not provide funding to foreign countries that have state-sponsored abortion. Well – now apparently we American taxpayers are now paying for abortions in other countries.
Obama reversed all of the welfare reform policies that Clinton had in place – back to giving free handouts to free-loaders. We’re back to generational welfare recipients.
Expanded the SCHIP program to include “kids” up to age 25. Excuse me! If you are not a full-time student in college – if you are 18 years old – you better be out there looking for a job taking care of yourself and getting your own insurance. Last time I looked – 25 is not a kid. I had two kids of my own by the time I was 25.
Obama’s Director of Labor is extremely pro-union and pro-amnesty for illegal aliens. Do you think we’ll be rounding up illegal aliens and deporting them under an Obama presidency? Illegal aliens cost this country $80 Billion a year for crying out loud.
Obama’s Director of the EPA is a known socialist and was a leader within the socialist environmental global warming movement. She was extremely proud of that and even had her profile on the website – until they took it down after she was nominated to the EPA position. BTW – she’s one of those global warmongerers that also believe the “science is settled” and the “debate is over” despite all the evidence that has come out showing we have been in a cooling state for the last decade. Where do you think she’s going to lead this country?
His spending bill gives $500 tax rebate to those who don’t pay taxes at all. Sounds like wealth-redistribution to me – which I believe is a Marxist philosophy – but – oh noes – he ain’t no socialist is he?
Newly Added – Then there’s the Freedom of Choice Act that has been reintroduced that if enacted makes it illegal for medical practitioners to refuse to do abortions on moral grounds and also makes it illegal for pharmacists to refuse to dispense Plan-B and birth control pills on moral grounds. This would be an assault on their First Amendment rights to Freedom of Religion. Additionally, the Hippocratic oath taken by physicians say they will do no harm. Some physicians view abortion as doing harm. This essentially will cause the 600+ Catholic hospitals around this country to be shut down.
Good lord people! And those are just the stories that are coming off the top of my head that I KNOW of!!! How can one man do so much damage in less than 60 days? There wasn’t this much freakin’ activity in the whole 8 years Bush was in office!!! There are a helluva lot more stories out there that I have forgotten about and I’m sure there are even more that I don’t KNOW about – with much much more to come given we still have 3 Years and 10 months to go in this first term.
Is it any wonder this economy is tanking? Individually, these all seem harmful in their own right. But – collectively – my God people – look at all of this!!! For those of you on the left that think Obama is not a socialist – just look at all the stories. Every one of them lead us down that path. You guys on the left who so cherish your liberties are about to get a very rude awakening. All of Obama’s policies thus far lead to more government intrusion of your privacy and giving you less control of your own decisions. Where is the ACLU on this? Perhaps they haven’t fully understood it yet either.
Come on people – wake up! WE ALL heard these stories throughout the past 2 months – but – have you ever seen them all just listed out yet? Where do you think all of these stories and the actions of Obama and his administration are leading us? If you can think of some stories that I forgot or don’t know about – please post them here in the comments – I’ll drag them up in to the main discussion for all to see and ponder.
UPDATE: Looks like Texas Fred – is thinking along the same lines today – go check this out: Barack Obama and the Death of America.
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Woo Hoo! Can you believe it? The Dems actually put a tax break in this “stimulus” package for the middle-class. And..according to Nancy Pelosi today it is “the largest middle-class tax cut in history.” Really? I can’t wait for that extra $13 a week to show up in my paycheck beginning in June. Here are the many ways that extra $13 will help me to stimulate the economy:
1. I can buy 3/4 of a tank of gas for the week, or
2. I can buy two cans of copenhagen for the week, or
3. I can buy three gallons of milk throughout the week, or
4. I can buy one shoe at Payless shoes, or
5. I can buy 1 #3, 1 #8, and 2 happy meals at McDonalds for the family, or
6. I can buy 13 lottery tickets, or
7. I can buy 1.5 books of stamps after the rate increases to $0.44, or
8. I can hope there is a BOGO at the local grocer and get 4 boxes of cereal, or
9. I can upgrade the memory on my computer and get 256k added, or
10. I can buy a new clown nose with a squeaker upgrade
I don’t know – the possibilities are just endless!!! I can certainly see how this extra $13 a week is going to stimulate the economy. So much in fact that the bill reduces it to $8 a week the following year. I guess they figure the economy will be so freakin’ stimulated by that extra $13 week per taxpayer that they will need to start slowing it down come January 2010. Whoa Nelly!
I guess the extra $2000/year I was getting as a result of the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 pales in comparison to the extra $400/year the Dems are going to give me. I can certainly see how Pelosi was able to say this is the “largest in history.” If you use the logic of the Dems that $400 a year is actually $50,000 a year per person because when you look at the aggregate of all the money the government won’t be receiving and add the interest they would have paid on the money they aren’t receiving and if all that money plus the interest had been placed in an annuity at a fixed 6% rate over a 20 year period plus considering that the employers also will not be sending in their matching $400 contribution which is more money the government won’t be receiving that they should have plus the interest lost on all those employer contributions it easily works out to $50,000 per person because that could have been invested in “green” technology that would have saved billions of tons of carbon in the atmosphere and at the going rate of carbon offset pricing that just compounds the amount every person would have saved. Geniuses I tell ya!
Praise the Obamessiah Lord we have those Dems running the country now! I guess that extra $400/year in tax cuts will help offset the extra $10,000/year this freakin’ “stimulus” bill is going to cost me.
I guess I shouldn’t look at it that way! I’m not only getting an extra $13 a week – I’m actually getting an extra 52 quarters per week…an extra 130 dimes per week…an extra 260 nickels per week…an extra 1,300 pennies! Awesome! Just freakin’ awesome! Gotta love the economic genius of the O and the Dems!
So – what are you guys going to do with your extra $13?
Posted in America, Congress, Democrats, government, Liberals, Obama, Pelosi, Politics, President, Taxes | Tags: $400, Congress, crapulus bill, government, Middle-class, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, President, spending bill, stimulus bill, tax break, tax cut | 8 Comments »
Some of you may or may not be aware that one of the items in this so-called stimulus package is the provision of appointing an individual to oversee our healthcare system and to assist physicians in making medical decisions and keeping costs down. You can see that here and here (this is actually a new department) and here. Michelle Malkin has more detail on the socialized medicine provision as well. This is the particular section of the last one I gave you that everyone needs to understand:
‘‘(4) provides appropriate information to help guide medical decisions at the time and place of care; ‘‘(5) ensures the inclusion of meaningful public input in such development of such infrastructure;
This is in reference to the duties of the newly created position of National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. Do we really want the government controlling our physicians and their medical decision making processes?
The following is a very tragic story – it comes to us from England and this is exactly what could happen to us if we allow nationalized medicine here in this country:
Girl Starves After All Her Teeth Are Pulled
(Feb. 9) – An 8-year-old British girl who was terrified of dentists starved to death because she refused to eat after all her baby teeth were extracted, an inquest was told Monday.British media reported Sophie Waller died Dec. 2 in her home in St. Dennis, Cornwall, in southwestern England. A pathologist told the inquest in Truro, Cornwall, that the girl died of acute kidney failure caused by dehydration and starvation, the BBC News said.
Sophie developed a fear of dentists as a 4-year-old when a dentist accidentally cut her tongue during a check-up, the inquest was told, according to the Daily Mail.Four years later, she cracked a tooth on a candy but refused to go to the dentist. After she would not eat for three days, she was admitted to a hospital, where doctors removed all of her baby teeth.Sophie’s parents, Janet and Richard Waller, insisted they only gave consent for one tooth to be pulled, not eight.
“She didn’t like dentists already so she was very freaked out. She had blood running all down her face. The poor girl was devastated,” Janet Waller said.
Sophie was discharged from the hospital in Nov. 17 but thereafter refused to eat solid food, the Times of London said. Her parents said they could get her to swallow only small amounts of yogurt and mashed fruit.The Wallers said they called the hospital on Nov. 28 but was told Sophie could not be readmitted. Instead they were told to contact a community child psychologist who had been assigned to the case, and the psychologist told them not to worry. Sophie’s parents said they talked to their regular family doctor once over the phone, but no medical practitioner ever saw the child.
“No one saw her after she was discharged from hospital. I told [the child psychologist] she was sucking on a watermelon, she told me that was enough for her to survive on,” Janet Waller said. ‘I asked her to come round and see her but she kept saying there is nothing to worry about and I’ll come next week.”
“This could have easily been avoided, if we could have just gone to the hospital,” Sophie’s father said.
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