Fact Check Barack.

Here is a very nice and short list of ten reasons why obamacare will not succeed:

http://www.heritage.org/Press/FactSheet/fs0036.cfm

I also just watched Obamas town hall meeting. First of all, he is the most arrogant and cocky man I have seen. Second, why was this meeting so calm compared to the meeting with Alen Specter held only hours prior. And third, maybe next time the white house staff shouldn't stack the crowd with pro-0bama drones. Such is politics. I still see right through this man and his ridiculous plan.

Pelosi's Op-Ed in USA Today

Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer combined in this very interesting article that was published in USA Today's Op-Ed section. Obviously, Pelosi and Hoyer discuss the health care reform, and how it has been the focus of the US economy and political agenda for nearly a century now, and especially how important it is to debate it to make sure we get it right. She argues for lower costs and better care, not quite divulging the fact that we and our children have to pay for this reform.

Pelosi continues on, mocking the behavior of Americans at recent town hall meetings with representatives. I, for one, am very encouraged and optimistic when I see people learning the facts, standing up to their representatives, and asking the right questions. Doesn't the Obama administration understand what's going on? People are seeing right through their nonsense, their whimsical claims, and "happily ever after" reform. So what if people yell and point their fingers at these representatives? These people have been elected to represent the people, to answer questions, pass on information, to act in the best interest of the people. They don't get paid six figure salaries for sitting around a nice office...

Pelosi also claims, "Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American". Oh I see, but shooting people down because they believe something else that happens to differ from your viewpoint is OK when it benefits you right? Personally, I believe Ms. Pelosi's article not only exemplifies her hypocritical nature, but shows how shallow she truly can be.

Here is the article: http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/08/unamerican-attacks-cant-derail-health-care-debate-.html?poe=HFMostPopular

HEALTHCARE.

We've heard it on the news, we've all read it in some form of media print, and now more then ever we are starting to feel the ill effects of a proposed nationalized health care reform. What is nationalized health care? As of now, our health care insurance services are carried out through private companies, which can use employers as a "middle-man", if you will. Mr. Obama's plan is seeking to expand the federal governments role in this sector by offering affordable, comprehensive, and portable coverage which seeks to contain spiraling costs, improving overall quality, and strengthening prevention and overall public health. That sounds absolutely wonderful. Who wouldn't want that!?! Well before you go bowing to our demigod of a president, the chosen one, please understand that Mr. Obamas plan is far from original. In fact, he has recycled and combined initiatives from the 1993 Clinton plan, the 2004 Kerry plan, and the Commonwealth Fund's (which happens to be a liberal think tank) plan. First of all, and most importantly, we really don't know how much this reform is going to cost. It is so ambiguous and its effects so miscalculated, that some economists have pinned its costs at $1 trillion and others at $13 trillion. As you can see, the spectrum is a colorful and widely negotiable one. Yet, it is impossible to deny that this reform is going to give the U.S. Government a MASSIVE expansion of regulatory authority not only over health insurance, but over our daily lives. The government is going to tell me when, where, and with which doctor I can get treated. With which doctor and at what hospital I can have my surgery. Broke your arm? Need surgery? Sorry, get in line and wait. Obama and his team of drones are going to be able to define what exactly "quality care" is and how we are to receive it. But most importantly my friends, is this idea of CENTRALIZED CONTROL.

If this reform bill passes, it will be the biggest blow to U.S. liberty in the last century. The government will posses sole control over your health care. Yeah, yeah, I've heard the robots at the White House suggest that if you're happy with your current plan you can keep it. Pardon my boldness when I say, it's all a bunch of crap. Mr. Obama, how do you expect a private health insurance company to compete with a megalithic government subsidized insurance giant? This inevitable show-down would make David vs. Goliath seem like a cage match between two toddlers. The government will control financing, delivery, and overall management of a multi-faceted and multi-billion dollar industry. Please keep in mind, the government has already demonstrated the extent of their ability to control private sector industries (i.e. Citigroup, AIG, the auto industry). If you think a government that is unable to maintain the auto industry (oh, except for that sensational cash-for-clunkers idea), is going to be able to manage health care insurance for over 280 million people?!

Look, I know a lot of you are uninsured out there. 47 million Americans do not have health care insurance. Some of these people can't afford it, some are illegally in this country, and others (particularly younger Americans) have decided not to buy insurance. Now, you have a government that is going to come in, make private insurance carries obsolete, and OBLIGATE you to become insured. Lets not stop there though, that is only the tip of the tyranny iceberg. The Obama White House Administration has sent out a memo encouraging people to report articles, incidents, and publications in which THEIR health care bill is bad mouthed or misreported. Hey, Obama, last time I checked, I am free to do whatever the hell I please. Whether that is bad mouth you, your administration, or your policies. But I'll save that for another post. Can you believe this guy? He wants us to report other people for expressing their opinions? For acting upon their God given rights to liberty and freedom? FOR EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH BESTOWED UPON US THROUGH OUR GREAT CONSTITUTION. Our rights, our privacy, our right to expression, to discussion, to the free exchange and influx of ideas and thoughts has been compromised by a tyrannical and inexperienced excuse for commander and chief. But no my friends, that's not the worst of it. Recently, Americans have begun asking questions to local lawmakers and officials. They have started demanding that their voices be heard across the nation. During town-hall style meetings in several states, taxpaying citizens have been extremely vocal and sometimes near violent in requesting information about this health care bill which will cost them and their future generations billions and billions of dollars. And how did these senators and congress representatives handle the situation? They spit out the lines that they were fed by White House advisers, speech writers, and staff. But here's the kicker, and I really cannot believe this was said; The White House sent a memo out to all of these lawmaking representatives and said "don't worry, if you get hit, we will hit back twice as hard". EXCUSE ME. How this president is even still in office is beyond me. The great capitalistic America envisioned by the dozens of Constitution co-signers has been replaced with a Venezuelan style of communism and tyranny. We might as well follow Iran and turn into a Muslim Theocracy, while we're at it. Why not?

There is a reason we are the only major economic power that has not nationalized our health care. There is a reason that we have taken pride in our ability to rely on the private sector to control certain industries, which can be monitored but not interfered with by government. There is a reason that I believe in reduced government that will not have the ability to enact a monopoly on private health insurance carriers. Imagine, if you will, a slippery slope. A nation in which doctor liability is increased and pay is decreased, there will be a mass exodus of American doctors to other countries. Imagine if you will a a government that runs health insurance, but why stop there, Obama is on a spending spree. Why not control my life insurance, my car insurance, my house insurance. I don't need State Farm, I have Barack Hussein Obama, a 48 year old man from Chicago who has been crowned the king of the free world, the second coming of the Messiah. My friends, open your eyes, do your research, read the bill, make your voice known! Half of these law makers haven't even read the bill in its entirety, that's including your president Obama, while they are willing to spend trillions on this unnecessary reformation. Why not shift direct control of the health care system back to the American people, instead of federalizing it in an attempt to secure government power and prestige.

I leave you with a video that was sent to me by Nick Gionfriddo, a friend who shares the same concerns as I regarding our fate in the hands of a tyrant president with an inclination for a spending spree and a checkbook that has no limit:

http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-dont-want-the-folks-who-created-the-mess-to-do-a-lot-of-talking/

Indeed Mr. Obama, you don't really want any of us talking do you? You want us to go silently as you deconstruct everything that this country has built for the last two and a half centuries...Well sir, that isn't going to happen, and you can bet that we will not let YOU ruin our lives.

The first 100 days!!!

Before I dive into President Obama's first 100 days in office and his press conference earlier this evening, I would like to make a quick observation.  I do not believe a single word that comes out of Barack Obama's mouth.  In fact, his demeanor is arrogant and borderline insulting.  "Wash your hands", was his suggestion for battling the Swine (H1N1 to be politically correct) Flu.  You may be able to fool some of the drones that follow you Mr. President, but there is no way you can keep on deceiving the knowledgeable and the informed.  

We use the milestone of 100 days as a general measuring stick of how a president is doing policy wise, popularity wise, etc.  The overly balanced media (and I say that with a grin from ear to ear), suggests Obama is doing a better job in his first 100 days then both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.  And how do you figure that?  What has Mr. Obama really accomplished in his first 100 days?  Change? Yes we can? Please.  He has managed to close Guantanamo Bay, expose and condemn top secret intelligence gathering methods that aid in national security, incur on behalf of the American people a $3.6 trillion national debt, has ok'ed public funding for stem cell research, what else? What has this president done that is so unbelievably mesmerizing?  When will we stop treating this president as a candidate and as a historical achievement, but instead as a leader of this nation, not as savior but as the most influential and powerful man in this country and arguably in this world.  What bothers me the most is how some of the younger generation has reacted to Obama's term thus far.  I can understand why they voted for him, they were looking for change, it was trendy, Obama was the way to go.  But what about now?  A 20 year old today, who is planning on retiring at age 70, is going to pay over $114,000 in interest incurred in their lifetime.  I am going to pay $114,000 to President Obama and the government that he claims he is shrinking and does not want to expand.  See the common drone may believe this.  But I don't.

President Obama, the way your administration and policies are laid out, you will have increased the size and scope of the U.S. Government by 25%.  But hey, there is some good news (not really) because the U.S. economy has decreased in productivity by 6.1%.  The United States economy has shrunk by 6.1% under Barack Obama's watch. That's the most lost productivity in over 50 years. Change.  Yes we can.  But, of course, it was George's fault, right?  That's what the propaganda media has implanted into the heads of every drone programed to spit out senseless facts and nonsense.  While we are on this note, I can't believe some of the media I have seen lately, both conservative but more so liberal.  It's disgusting.  So we have a debt created by a one president that is larger than all 43 previous presidents who preceded Mr. Obama.  He has increased our taxes.  He has expanded government, which is now invading the private sector and corporate realm.  And last, but most certainly not least, he is changing the gear on the United States steamboat, he's moved it from free capitalism to a socialist agenda.  Are the United State's best days behind her?  Sadly, I think they may be.  

I listened to the Presidential press conference today on the radio.  I turned it off after about 25 minutes.  I found myself in awe.  Not because of Mr. Obama's verbatim or his "enchanting" diction and suave, but at how this man is actually our President.  He was dodging more questions than Ben Stiller was in Dodgeball the movie.  He was consistently beating around the bush, and deviating from the main focus of the question by rambling on some tangent or making a little joke. Haha.  Well played sir.  And I want you all to know something, I don't write this or think this way to spite Obama or because I hold a grudge.  No.  I would write this exact same thing if George Bush or Ronald Regan were doing the same thing.  I think the way I do because I disagree with this mans mentality, with his policies, with his values, and I truly believe he is putting this country on the wrong track.  

Lastly, Obama appeared at a town meeting just after the tax-day tea parties in order to discuss the health care reform plan and the current economic situation.  He mentioned how there were certain media outlets that did not like him very much (fox news), and that there may be certain "folks" who are waving around tea bags (which induced some laughter among the crowd), but that he was open to having a discussion with anyone regarding his reform and his fiscal policy.  You know what, I have one wish, just one wish.  I wish President Obama would show up on the fox news channel and debate either Rush Limbaugh or healthcare Mark Levin.  Just for one hour.  Open forum debate.  Live.  Nationally televised. That would be epic.  There is no way Rham Emmanuel and the rest of the administration will let Obama speak anywhere outside of CNN or where their teleprompters can reach.  Also, Mr. Obama has one heck of a surprise heading his way, because this grass roots movement is the biggest we have seen in decades, and people are pissed off and really beginning to see the direction Obama is taking this country.

All hail the chief.    

The coming of a second plague???

Well, there are two ways you can look at this current "swine flu", either it is the next global pandemic or nothing more than a media frenzied common cold.  The swine flu seems to be originating from a particular farm, "ground-zero" if you will, in Mexico.  This flu strain is a mixture of three types of influenza: bird, pig, and human strains.  Although the swine flu may have originated in Mexico, they have spread to the United States as well as several other countries around the world.  Cases are popping up all over Texas, California, New York, and other states.  It is an easily forgotten fact that the flu kills tens of thousands of people in the United States every year.  Despite having the medical advances and vaccination treatments, the flu still claims thousands of lives annually.  Granted a majority of these victims are either the elderly or young infants, it still seems rather odd that we cannot seem to impede this deadly illness.  

I heard a rather interesting theory the other day while listening to the radio.  Entertain the notion for a few minutes if you will.  What is so very odd about this particular strain of influenza is the unlikely mixture of bird, swine, and human strains.  Is this just a simple coincidence that has spread to several countries, including the United States, or is this an act of bio-terrorism.  Is it that much of a stretch of the imagination to think that terrorism would eventually use biochemicals and disease as weapon forms?  Why not use the flu? In fact it makes the perfect criminal, its a quite and common killer that won't raise a hint of suspicion in the global community...unless of course it begins to spread like wildfire.  Is it that unlikely that terrorist organizations have used infectious disease as a weapon to combat the United States and global community?  Well it may be a stretch, but is a drastically more fascinating hypothesis then say claiming this flu outbreak originated from a pig farm.   

Many have died, mainly in Mexico, and many have suffered from mild symptoms, however the question remains: is this disease outbreak containable and treatable?  I personally think the media has blown this way out of proportion.  I think this just creates unnecessary panic, especially when the Director of Homeland Security is on T.V. declaring a state of emergency. However, I could be very very wrong.  Maybe all of this craziness is warranted and this influenza strain is a legitimate concern...how can we really be sure.  However, if the government and Ms. Janet Napolitano is so concerned that she has recommended U.S. citizens stay out of Mexico and we wash our hands constantly, why have we not taken initiatives to protect our country's borders?  Why are we not enforcing the law on the borders, why are we treating illegal (keyword illegal) aliens as victims.  I, myself, am an immigrant and came to this country when I was five years old, and my parents couldn't speak a word of English.  But, nevertheless, they gained their citizenship legally and passed it down to their children.  That's how it works.  And what are we doing?  We are asking people if they have been sick in the last few days or weeks when they immigrate into America.  And if they say "yes", then we run further tests, and if they say "no" then we let them in.  Ladies and gentlemen, that is Homeland Security's brilliant plan to protect the United States from further exposure to the swine flu (which you apparently cannot get from eating pig, which is great, because I really do enjoy the occasional bacon).  

Why not adopt a process like Seoul, in which a temperature scanning is conducted on every immigrants (in airports, etc) to make sure they do not have an elevated core body, which could be swine flu exposure.  Some European countries even have a patch that you temperature  can put on a person's neck and get a quick and accurate reading as to any possible flu exposure.  The technology is out there!!! Why are we not using it!!!! Ms. Napolitano, I look forward to an answer soon...unless of course I die from the swine flu tomorrow.  God forbid.  

Contemporary American Idiocy

I'm fairly certain everyone has been exposed to the recent scandal involving gay celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and Ms. USA runner-up Carrie Prejean.  First of all, I would like to state, that in my humble opinion, Perez Hilton is a semi-retarded menace.  He is not funny, he's not kind nor polite, and the guy spends his time making fun of other people...maybe he should take a look at his nasty self first and foremost.  Below, is a transcript of the alleged "controversial" exchange with Carrie Prejean (total babe):

Perez Hilton: “Vermont recently became the 4th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit. Why or why not?”

Prejean: “Well I think its great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think it should be between a man and a woman. Thank you very much.”

(source: http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/?p=5866)

I don't understand what is so unacceptable about this? He asked a question and he received a response.  Usually a proposed question receives an opinion, its either this or that.  See, why I think this is so hypocritical, of not only Perez Hilton but also others, is because I constantly hear of being open-minded and accept others opinions and views on how they want to live their lives. Fine.  But don't shut someone down, and not award her a Ms. USA title, just because she defers on a view (which she presented in a reasonable and respectful manner).  In some parts of the world, homosexuality is punishable by death.  That's the reality of the world we live in.  Although I do not agree with that in the slightest, I most certainly can not agree with the punishment of freedom of speech.  But it gets better.  Perez Hilton records a video of himself claiming Ms. Prejean didn't take the crown because she is a "bitch".  Is that wonderful.  If I were her, I would launch a class action suit against this moron for slander (I'm not sure whether it its a class action suit or civil suit, you lawyers will have to fill me in!).  

This country was founded on the principles of freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That is what makes America the greatest country to live in and to build a future in.  I discussed this exact situation in a previous post, the fact that the media has created an environment in which people who hold certain opinions are put-down and regarded as bigots.  It's not like this girl is running for President, or suggested that we incarcerate all homosexuals just for kicks.  She said that she holds a certain view, meant no disrespect, and held this view for a certain reason, whether it be religious, personal, family, etc.  I for one do not agree with gay marriage, however I fully respect all gay people, because it's their life not mine.  But I hold my beliefs based on religious reasons and also how federally legalizing gay marriage would effect society.  

I think it was a wrong question to ask at a beauty pageant, and I think it was unfair how the contestant was treated, and DISCRIMINATED against for holding a certain view that didn't bring bodily harm to anyone.  The liberal media has taken its pleasure in nailing this girl on the cross, and making an example of her.  That, "if your not with us, and don't agree with us...then your the enemy".  I specifically am gearing my criticism towards CNN.  There is a reason Fox News and its subsequent programming is consistently ranked #1.  I, for one, love arguing and playing devil's advocates.  And I am not afraid to share my views nor my reasons for thinking the way I do with anyone.  That is my right, that is Carrie Prejean's right, and it's Perez Hilton's right.  As long as you keep it classy and respectful, conversation and disagreement is at the root of learning and sharing ideas.  I hope to hear some opinions from people on the matter, as it is one of the (if not the most) hotly contested and controversial matters in American society.  

Susan Boyle. I dream.

This doesn't really have anything to do with politics or economics, but this was just too amazing not to share.  This woman is an example of what you can do if just given a chance, and ALSO don't ever judge a book by its cover...because you may very well be surprised, just like these judges were.

Enjoy:  Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle