The Infamous Page 424, it really does Exist - Believe your Own Eyes or Believe Obama its up to You

When I saw the president at the news conference he was having at the AARP headquarters the other day, he and the leaders of the AARP tried to down play the famous page 424, in the house version of the health care bill. They acted like no one had ever written such a thing. Well all I can say is that the famous page 424, does exist.

That is as outright fabrication. Take a look for yourself, section 1233 Advance Care Planning Consultation, and right below that line you will see "(a)Medicare-". Go to page 425, line 19, you will see"(E) An explanation by the practitioner of the continuum of end-of-life services and supports available, including palliative care and hospice, and benefits for such services and supports that are available under this title."

Now, if you still don't believe that this exists, download or look at a copy of the bill yourself. Its simple, government is getting in the end of life business. Medicare, is where the program comes into play, period. To deny that the cuts of over $300 billion is not coming from medicare is also a flat out lie. If you don't get involved now, everyone except the President, Congress and government employees will end up with this to look forward to. Not a very pleasant thought is it? Call your Senator or Congressman, soon, today, these people need to know how Americans feel about this Obamanation.

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House GOP: Health Care will destroy Small Business - Costing Millions of Jobs

Democrats’ Health Bill Could Handicap Small BusinessesBy John BoehnerSpecial to CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/31/boehner.health.care/index.html
Editor’s note: Rep. John Boehner, of Ohio, is the House Minority Leader.
Before I was elected to Congress, I ran a small plastics packaging business in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing products and services, creating jobs and meeting payroll.
Thanks to the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which shields employers who offer benefits to their employees from being pummeled by laws that vary from state to state, I was also able to offer health care and pension benefits to my employees.
As every small-business owner knows, this can be quite a balancing act, but I count it as one of the most rewarding times of my life -- a time that led to my service in Congress.
Whenever I cast a major vote in the House, I find myself thinking back to those days and how the policies we are debating will affect small businesses like mine. After all, I first decided to run for elective office because government -- at all levels -- was too often an impediment to my firm's success.
With Blue Dog Democrats having announced a "deal" with congressional Democratic leaders to move forward on health care legislation after the August legislative break, I've again put myself back into the shoes of a small-business man.
Unfortunately, the Democratic chairmen of the three House committees that crafted the legislation don't have that same type of real-world experience. None of them have run a business before -- and looking at this legislation, it shows.
Rather than helping small businesses with common-sense solutions to make health care more affordable, the Democrats' bill actually creates a climate that destroys jobs and does nothing to slow the cost-shifting to businesses and employees that is one of the fundamental problems with health care in our country today.
At the heart of the Democrats' plan are an income tax surcharge that will fall heavily on entrepreneurs who run small businesses and a harsh mandate that requires employers to provide health care or face a penalty -- a mandate that could eviscerate ERISA by persuading employers to stop offering health care benefits to their employees.
After five years, the Democrats' legislation requires all employer-provided health care plans to be approved by the Department of Labor and a new health choices commissioner. Employers that do not provide a plan would be forced to pay an 8 percent payroll tax. Incredibly, employers could be slapped with this penalty even if an employee is offered quality health coverage and refuses it.
Because this tax is -- in most instances -- less costly than providing a health care plan, many employers will simply forgo employee health benefits. That's why a June 15, 2009, study by the Congressional Budget Office warns that Democratic legislation could force 15 million Americans who currently receive their health coverage through their employers -- not to mention 8 million Americans who receive health care from other sources -- onto the government rolls.
Republicans believe we can achieve real health care reform without destroying jobs and undermining ERISA. In the House, we've outlined a plan to strengthen the employer-provided health care system. Our proposal establishes small-business health plans, which allow smaller firms to band together through associations and purchase quality health care -- even across state lines -- at a more affordable cost.
It provides small businesses tax credits to defray the administrative costs of providing health coverage for their employees. It gives states incentives to reform their insurance markets so insurance companies are able to compete and increase employers' and employees' purchasing power. And it reins in junk lawsuits that lead to defensive medicine and higher premiums.
To expand access to quality care, our proposal includes tax credits so those who are uninsured can purchase plans that work for them. It promotes health savings accounts that give employees more control over their own health care decisions. And it ends the bias many insurance companies have shown against those with pre-existing conditions, while focusing on innovative preventive care and wellness programs.
The plan supported by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders rejects virtually all of these reforms and places blind faith in a massive new government bureaucracy that the Congressional Budget Office warns will drive health care costs -- not to mention the federal debt we'll pass along to future generations -- higher than ever. And it begins with the tax-and-mandate scheme that undermines the employer-provided health care system that has made it possible for small businesses like the one I used to run to provide health benefits for millions of our employees.
House Republicans have laid out common-sense solutions to confront the heart of our health care crisis: soaring costs being shifted onto businesses and employees at an unmanageable pace. On behalf of our nation's small businesses and the millions to whom they provide jobs and benefits, I hope the speaker reconsiders her "go-it-alone" approach.
When Congress returns to work in September, we need to build on what works in health care, rather than replacing it with a one-size-fits-all government-run system that will destroy jobs by squeezing payrolls and force millions of employers to stop offering health care benefits.

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Politico: Town Halls Gone Wild Democrats: Conservatives are on the Fringe

It seems like the Democrats are starting to find out how much Americans like their policies. Politico ran an article with the heading "Town Halls Gone Wild". Police are being called to the gatherings, in a couple cases they had to escort the congressman out of the events. The best part is they act like they don't know whats wrong.

Over the past week or so, more and more stories are starting to show up on the news about people going to the famous "town hall" meetings and getting in the face of their congressman or senator. People aren't being polite any more, they tried that and did not get a response so now they are getting a little louder. Incidents are popping up all over the country in New York, Florida, Virgina, Ohio, New Jersey, I'm sure I missed a few. Freshman Democratic members are getting pep talks from their leadership telling them to go on the offensive and not to hide.

Don't worry the Democrats have the answer, its the Republicans who are aligning themselves with the tea party activists and they see these people as being on the fringe of society. Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is not running away from the protests or the people in them. As a matter of fact, he is pretty sure that it will get bigger next year in the mid term elections.

What's really amazing about this whole story is that its Ok for Acorn or the unions to be out marching about things they aren't even remotely involved in, Citi Bank comes to mind, but now when conservatives get "active" the left screams foul. I don't understand why, we are just following the lead of the "Community Organizer in Chief" right?

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A Long Hot Summer for Democrats on Health Care - Better Call Al Gore, Its Global Warming Again - No its Obama!

BOEHNER: DEMS WHO BACK GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE ARE IN FOR “A VERY, VERY HOT SUMMER”
July 30, 2009 House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) PermalinkIn a press briefing today, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted the American people’s growing opposition to the government takeover of health care proposed by Washington Democrats, and reminded families and small businesses that “the era of big government is back, and Democrats expect you to pay for it.” During the press conference, Boehner noted that none of the Democratic committee chairs who drafted the government-run health care legislation – nor the President, for that matter – have spent considerable time in the private sector, which explains why they crafted a bill that destroys small business jobs and raises health care costs thanks to a small business tax and harsh employer mandates. Boehner pointed out that, rather than encouraging employers to offer quality care to their employees, the Democrats’ plan instead makes government even bigger and health care more expensive – exactly what Americans do not support. Fox News reports:
“Throwing the current system under the bus and replacing it with this giant government bureaucracy is not what I want, it’s not what the American people want.”
“We can make the current system work better for more Americans at lower cost. But that has to be the focus not – not having 53 new agencies, boards, commissions, and programs, as we see outlined in their bill.”
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Following are other key excerpts and audio from Boehner’s news conference today:
BOEHNER SAYS DEMS DEFENDING THEIR GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE WILL HAVE A “VERY, VERY HOT SUMMER”:
“The American people don’t want the government involved in delivering their health care. They want real reforms that drive down the cost for themselves and their families. And Democrats appear ready to leave town for the August recess with a so-called deal in hand. I think it’s safe to say that, over the August recess, as more Americans learn more about their plan, they’re likely to have a very, very hot summer.” (AUDIO)
BOEHNER HIGHLIGHTS AMERICANS’ OPPOSITION TO DEMS’ HEALTH CARE BILL, WHICH OFFERS NO REFORMS TO LOWER COSTS:
“It’s pretty clear that the more Americans hear about the President’s health care plan, the less that they like it. And a new NPR poll that was out yesterday show more – shows that more Americans oppose the plan than support it. A new Gallup poll that’s out today also indicates that the more Americans hear about it, the less support that it has. And a majority of Americans are opposed to their plan. You know, higher health care costs are the key issue for most Americans. They like the health care coverage they have, but they want lower cost, and they don’t want to expand government, and there’s nothing – nothing – in the Democrat proposal that will reduce costs of health insurance for the average American.” (AUDIO)BOEHNER NOTES THAT NONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMEN WHO WROTE GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION HAVE ANY PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE:

“None of the committee chairmen that are writing this bill have any private-sector experience or, for that matter, neither – neither does the President. They’ve never met a payroll that wasn’t provided by the taxpayer. They’ve never negotiated a package – a benefits package or health care package with their employees, nor have they ever had to make a decision about whether to hire an employee or how to handle an increase in insurance premiums. And so the bill that they’re writing, I think, reflects that. It’s going to raise costs of doing business for smaller firms, forcing them to make some really tough decisions, like cutting jobs or cutting benefits. And I think the deal cut by some of the Blue Dogs really doesn’t make it any better. It still includes a job-killing small business tax and a health care mandate for those small businesses. It still cuts Medicare and choices for seniors. And it still puts a government czar in charge of personal medical decisions that only patients and their doctors ought to be making. In short, it's the same government-run plan that Democrats have been trying to ram down the American people's throats all year.” (AUDIO)
BOEHNER REMINDS AMERICANS THAT “ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS BACK, AND DEMOCRATS EXPECT YOU TO PAY FOR IT”:
“In February, I said that the era of big government is back, and Democrats expect you to pay for it. Well, that’s exactly what’s happened this year. And if we look at what has happened, you know, they passed a trillion-dollar stimulus plan that no one read, and it’s not created the jobs that Democrats said that it would. As a matter of fact, we’ve lost some three million jobs this year already. In the House, they passed a national energy tax that’s going to kill jobs by driving up cost for families and small businesses. And now, on the way out of town for the August break, they’re cutting deals on a government takeover of health care that will raise costs, drive up the deficits, and destroy jobs in America.” (AUDIO)
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Protests spread in Iran - Obama and the Press are Silent - Why?

The American press is not devoting a lot of coverage to the riots in Iran that are taking place as we speak. Do you ever wonder why they are seemingly going by a huge story?

Whats really sad is that the protests are spreading, there are reports of demonstrations in the city of Ahvaz, and also at Revolution Square in Isfahan. The marchers protesting on the 40th day after the death of Neda Agha Soltan, are in the capital city of Tehran. The opposition candidate, Mousavi made an appearance at the rally but was prevented from taking part by the government forces on hand.

As police dispersed on rally, more were popping up around the capital city. Even liberals need to ask themselves where is the president on this issue? Why is the press corp MIA? How can Obama continue to say he wants to talk with Iran and by doing so, validate their rubber stamping of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Where are all the people who are forever crying about "human rights", what has happened to them? Where are on the people on the left and their values and their morals and their "integrity" on these types of issues?

Do these people not believe that the media has an obligation to cover this? Or is it too embarrassing to Obama and his team? If the main stream press starts covering this, people will start calling on Obama to do something, he did not make out so well the first time around on Iran, they do not want to put him there again. It appears that not only Obama does not know what America represent to the world, neither does the press. It also appears integrity is a word the left knows very little about.

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Obama hits a "Credibility Gap", Who are you going to believe Me or your Doctor, or Family or Your Own eyes?

Obama has run into a "credibility gap", his own. When he first came into office he had the good will of the American people, but that seems to be running thin. His "trust factor" is fading fast as well and that's is why he is having problems with health care.

The American public is starting to understand that maybe Obama is not all sweetness and light, they are starting to see him more in the light of day and more and more of them don't like what they see. Health care is the line in the sand, people realize that this is turning over too much of your life and in some cases death to the government. Obama needs the trust of the public to get these kind of changes through, all of the countries big changes have come on a bi partisan basis, like them or not, Medicare, Social Security, war, peace, you name it, it was bi partisan. This effort is nothing but an outright power grab and the country is starting to understand that.

Obama stands up and tells people things that are outright lies, he is asking people to believe what they read or to believe him, what kind of choice is that? Obama is saying who are you going to believe, me or your doctor, or your family, or your own eyes. And he expects you to pick him and is stunned when you don't. Obama's credibility is the issue here. He has done too much, too fast, his promises go unfulfilled, his tactics look more like a criminal organization than an American government. The difference is this time people have had time to absorb all his "changes" and have slowed him down. This is the real reason he wanted health care past now, yesterday. He and his liberal allies knew that if the bill was put out there, resistance to it would grow and grow fast, which it did.

Obama's health care plan is to be the corner stone of his presidency, he fears and has said as much, that if it fails, so will he. Obama has a limited view, a narrow interpretation of what success is. He wants to change the basic structure of the country, he wants to completely change the way the country provides health care to its citizens. That's not reform, that's destruction. Look at it this way, do you want the same people who gave who the "stimulus plan", to "save or create" health care the same way they have "saved or created jobs"? Do you want your health care to look like the unemployment rates? I don't know about you, but I think he needs to go "save or create himself" and leave the rest of us alone.

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Romanian "Dragunov" Rifles - Good rifle, but it's not a Dragunov

A lot of people are buying the Romanian "Dragunov" rifles that have been for sale for the past couple years. While they are good rifles, they are not real Dragunov's. They look very similar but that's about it. Russian and Chinese Dragunov rifles, including the "Tiger" version's are different animals and cost twice as much.

That is not to say that the Romanian rifle is a bad rifle, its not. Just don't pay for a "Dragunov" when you buy one. The Romanian rifles are "Romak 3" or "PSL" versions. The PSL is a military designated marks mans rifle. Some of the commercial versions are being made on original PSL receivers, some are commercial ROMAK 3's. For shooting purposes, it does not make a difference. The rifles are chambered in 7.62x54r, which is one of its strong points in my view. This caliber is just a hair longer than a 30-06, and has just a bit more zip. Where this caliber shines is in the type and price of the ammunition you can get. Steel tip and steel core ammunition is available as well as normal lead core. The ammo is cheap, hits hard and is available almost everywhere now.

Since the rifles and ammo are pretty much military surplus, they work well together. Keep the grain weight down to the 147 to 150 grain range, heavier bullets are out there but they are best left for the tons of bolt action rifles that shoot this round. The rifle comes with 2 , 10 round mags, which are not interchangeable with either the Russian or Chinese rifles. If you are buying mags, ensure they are for the "Romanian Dragunov" not the other ones, they won't work. The rifles come most times with a fixed 4 power scope, they had night sight capabilities but the gas has long since expired. A few came through with a battery operated scope, most however did not. They mount to a side rail on the frame, once slid on they lock into place fairly well for what they are.

The rifles themselves do shoot. The Romanian rifles are basically an AK blown up by 50%, they are the same creature. They operate the same, have the same iron sights, the same slide on safety lever, pretty much everything except the stock, which is were the Dragunov look comes into play. The rifle is almost 4 feet long, coming in at 46", it weighs about 10lbs, and at first is kind of like carrying a big stick around. The butt stock portion is very short and gives some bigger shooters a problem. One thing you will find almost out of the box, there really is no good place to put a bi pod.

If you get past the shorter stock and find a good rest, the rifle really shoots very well. Once sighted in at 50 yards it will put a magazine full of ammo into a golf ball sized hole. At 100 yards its a little smaller than a base ball. Now, this is not world record grouping but this rifle is designed with a 4 power scope in mind, not something you would use to split hairs at 250 yards. This is a good survival rifle, this is a good field rifle if you get past the overall length. It is accurate enough, it hits hard enough to take down anything you normally would encounter, and best of all ammo is cheap. If you want a semi auto with a bigger bullet than say an AK-47, and you want detachable mags something the Garand does not have, this rifle would do you well. No its not my favorite, but its still a lot of fun to shoot and could be a live saver if needed. One last thing, if you want to extend the range of the rifle, scope mounts are out there, putting a little more scope on the rifle would not hurt. American troops found a bunch of these rifles in Iraq and seemed to enjoy shooting them, I think you would to.

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Democrat's Starting to Mark Up Health Care Today - Get to your Representative in the House Now! Call or Fax, Just Do It

WASHINGTON, DC - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today after news outlets reported that President Obama will be using a new, eight-point argument in favor of Democrats’ government takeover of health care at events in North Carolina and Virginia. The new argument specifically omits some of the President’s previous talking points, and fails to address the real and serious concerns the American people have about the Democrats’ legislation:
“This new sales pitch is more notable for what it doesn’t say than what it does. What happened to the promises that their proposal ‘won’t increase health care costs,’ ‘won’t add to the deficit,’ ‘won’t increase taxes on middle-class families and small businesses,’ ‘won’t put government between doctors and patients,’ ‘won't force anyone to lose their current health coverage,’ ‘won't kill jobs,’ ‘won’t promote taxpayer-funded abortion,’ or ‘won’t cut Medicare’? The American people deserve more from their President than sidestepping every major criticism of his plan and failing to address any of the issues that have stalled the bill in Congress.
“It’s time to scrap the Democrats’ legislation and work together on get real, bipartisan health care reform that will lower costs and expand access for the American people, and House Republicans stand ready to join in that effort.” NOTE: A new National Public Radio poll released this morning shows that “when asked about the plan now moving through Congress, a plurality of 47 percent was opposed and 42 percent said they were in favor, based on what they had heard about the plan so far.”

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Obama: I'm Sorry - Have a Billion Dollars, That should make it all Ok Police: Is That a Bribe Sir?

Yesterday, Obama had Eric Holder, the Attorney General and Vice President Joe Biden announce a new "grant" from the Justice Department to help "stimulate" local police departments. They have given out a grant of $1 billion to "save" or hire new officers.

The timing of this stinks, last week he insults police officers around the country by taking sides in what has become an obvious embarrassment for him and his administration, calling a police departments actions into question. No, not just the "stupidly" comment. The racial profiling statement, they didn't need to arrest a black man in his own home, those things count as well. Cops around the country reacted in shock that the President of the United States, would ever make such a comment on an issue he admitted to not knowing anything about.

Now he comes out with a grant, to get this, help save or hire new police officers around the country. This is nothing but a way of trying to buy them off and change their minds about how they see him, which is what he is really worried about. This is truly a "token" effort. Lets put this into perspective so you can get your mind around what he is doing here, not just getting the spin the media is pushing ahead of the "beer conference" at the White House.

This grant will pay for a total 4700 officers nationwide. 4700 nationwide. In my home state of Pennsylvania that's going to increase the total number of police officers on the job by approximately 93. That's right, 93 for the entire state of Pennsylvania. Whats more, its only for 3 years, then no more money. Can you retire in 3 years? We need to put this in the proper perspective, New York City alone has over 35,000 police officers, while that's a large number they are down over 5000 officers since 9/11. So in other words, the money is enough to bring New York City back to 9/11 days, nothing more. We have billions in the stimulus bill for studying fish mating habits, how about real funding for local police departments instead of fish having sex.

Obama is becoming very transparent, he stepped in it big time, so now he tries to buy them off. Its pretty much how things work in Chicago, next he will be donating money to the Policeman's Ball.

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Russia to hold Joint Military Exercises with Iran

Last week I wrote a post on the fact that the Russians were trying to fill a void left by the United States under the Obama administration in the Middle East by re-opening a Soviet era naval base in Syria. The Israeli's were not very happy as I'm sure everybody can imagine, but Syria is no friend of the US either. Now they are going a step further.

The Iranians are reporting that the Russian and Iranian Navy's will be conducting joint naval exercises for the first time ever. These exercises are to include 30 surface ships and are taking place in the Caspian Sea this week. A report in the "Asia Times" referred to the exercise as a way to join forces against the "intrusive Western superpower". Wonder who that is?

Russia has blocked several attempts to get anything done in the United Nations about Iranian nuclear ambitions. They have funded the construction of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant. Russia has sent nuclear fuel for the plant as well as technicians to help build it. The drill that lasts two days seems to be another Russian vote of support.

Obama said that he would wait for the next meeting of the G-8 plus 12, in September to deal with Iran if they have not agreed to negotiations by then, he wanted to give them one more chance, Ok. I guess the way it looks they are not negotiating to well, at least not with the US or Obama. Obama claims if he does not get health care, it will ruin his presidency, the man is a fool, if Iran gets a Nuke, that will ruin more than his presidency, he just doesn't seem to get it.

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Health Care - "A Bureaucratic Disaster" - See the Chart for Yourself, Click "Chart" and Print a Copy

Boehner Blasts Censorship of Chart Detailing Democrats’ Government-Run Health Care Labyrinth“The American People Deserve the Truth” About Democrats’ Trillion-Dollar Health Care Takeover, GOP Leader Says
WASHINGTON, DC - In a speech on the House floor this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) blasted Democratic leaders’ efforts to censor a "chart" that illustrates the bureaucratic labyrinth that would result for American health care with enactment of Washington Democrats’ proposed trillion-dollar government takeover of health care. Democratic leaders have attempted to block Members of Congress from using the chart, produced by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and the House Republican professional staff of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), in official communications with their constituents. Full video and transcript of Boehner’s remarks follow:
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“Mr. Speaker, Democrats in Congress don’t want the American people to see this chart. This is the chart that outlines the Democrat proposal moving through the House of Representatives that contains as many as 53 new Federal programs, Agencies and Commissions. That’s right; they’re trying to restrict Members of Congress from showing this to their constituents. They say it’s misleading. Well, there’s nothing misleading about it. They just don’t want anyone to see it.
“Well, here it is. I’m using it. Are they going to turn out the lights, are they going to turn off the cameras? Why don’t they want the American people to see this?
“Well, I think the American people deserve the truth about the Democrats’ $1.6 trillion takeover of our of our health care system. More bureaucracy, more taxes, more mandates - and more government involvement in your life.
“And guess what? It also means less jobs for Americans. According to a model developed by the President’s own Council of Economic Advisors Chairperson, this proposal will cost Americans some 5.5 million jobs over the next 10 years; the National Federation of Independent Business says that at least a million small business jobs will be lost; and, even the Congressional Budget Office over the weekend made it clear that this will cost low-wage workers an opportunity to get a job.
“Listen, after the ‘stimulus’ didn’t work, most of my constituents are continuing to ask the question, ‘where are the jobs?’
“We have a ‘stimulus’ that’s not working, we have a national energy tax bill that came through here this month that will cost millions of Americans their jobs, and while this will ruin the health care system that we enjoy in America, let’s not forget, it will cost us millions of American jobs when most Americans continue to want to know, ‘where are the jobs?’”

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Democrats in the House Censor your Congressman's Mail to You!

More stories are now leaking out of the House of Representatives almost everyday about a form of censorship being used by the Democrats in the House. It involves mail you may or may not be able to receive from your congressman and what it says.

The House has a "Franking Commission", what this commission does is approve government funds for members doing mailings to their districts. The Democrats have hit a new low, they are censoring and refusing postage for Republican members if they are critical of Obama or the health care plan. Several mailings have been stopped by the Democrats, one was a direct quotation of an Obama speech. Democrats are using the term "hate speech", to block Republicans from mailing their districts, or in simple terms, their voters.

If you live in a Republican district, your Congressman's mail is being censored or stopped completely. It just happened again, this time to a congressman from California. Using Obama's own words it was deemed as "hate speech" so the Democrat's refused to mail it. No, the Democrats and Obama aren't socialist's are they? Your right, they are moving up the ladder to outright "Communism". What this should tell you is the extremes they are willing to go to pass their agenda. They will not let dissent even in the mail take place.

If you believe this is not happening, ask your congressman during the summer break, especially if he or she is Republican. Or if you wish, research this yourself, this is pathetic. They are doing whatever they can to pass health care at all costs. That alone should tell you something is wrong. If you can't even have open debate, what type of representative government do we have? Is this the change you were hoping you would get?

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The "Cash for Clunkers" Program - A loser for the American Economy - Again

The new program that just started that is called "Cash for Clunkers", is a clunker for the American people. This type of program is what got us in the hole in the first place. Think about it for a second.

The program goes like this, you take your older vehicle to a new car dealer, he then looks up the cars on the government web site, they can then tell you how much you can get for your car through the program. Notice I said through the program. The credit the government gives is between $3500 and $4500, depending on your "clunker". If you complete the deal, the car must be destroyed and taken off the road or the dealer does not get the federal money. You must own the car for a year before this applies. That's roughly the overview of the plan. You must buy a new car, the old one gets crushed and the value is between $3500 & $4500, and you must have owned the old car for a year.

So whats wrong with that? Well think about it for a second, this program was designed to get new cars selling again. Most people don't walk into the dealership with cash, they need credit. That's a little tight right now. Forget that as well, what you are doing is creating a situation where you are encouraging people to create debt for themselves. In a bad economy why would you do that? The people who have these cars are driving them for the most part, because they could not afford to buy a better or new one. You are creating an incentive to spend borrowed money aren't you? And this would be how we got where we are in the first place, right? It doe's not stop there, you can't walk into a dealership with your 2004 Chevy Suburban and say I want to get a new car, with a sticker of $45,000. The car gets better gas mileage, uses less fuel and is greener, right? Do you get the credit for trading in your old vehicle? The answer is no. You can afford to buy a new vehicle, you may even have the cash balance, and you have a trade-in worth real money. To me, this is the customer who you want to get into new vehicles. But you don't create an incentive to get them buying, right?

Incentivize people to spend money in a bad economy, that's not smart. Its wreck less and a gamble. The program is designed to get old cars off the road yes, but its also designed to get low income buys in the market. This would be the same plan we used to get low income buyers buying houses a few years back. Programs were giving closing cost money, matching down payments, little or no down payments or in some cases they even gave them down money. They made sure financing was available and in a lot of cases cheap. This is the same thing only this time with cars not homes. And since it worked so well the first time, we are going to do it again. Thank your congress and president for encouraging real responsibility.

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Have we Learned Anything 95 Years Later?

I just wanted to take a minute to remember the veterans of World War I. 95 years ago today was the official start of the war. Millions died on both sides, the world changed forever during that time period, changes that still affect things today.

Not only was it the "Allies vs Germany", think about the first planes in combat. The first tanks on the battlefield. The first use of "weapons of mass destruction" in war. The collapse of the Russian Czars and the communist revolution. Those changes are with us today.

History tells us that almost 100 years down the road, we still have not learned that our decisions today will or can affect generations to come. Look to Iran and North Korea for example. If you back light your view with history, sometimes short term decisions don't look as pretty as you thought they did. Our current government could learn from that.

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Stop the Spin - Read the Health Care bills Yourself - You be the Judge on Obamacare & Tell Rahm Emanuel's brother to Stay Out of Your Health Care

If you want the answers to your health care questions, you may want to "read" the bills yourself. Something congress won't do for you. Understand that there are two different bills, one in the House and one in the Senate.

The web site to find them at and one of the best sources on the web for the health care debate is, http://www.defendyourhealthcare.us/, this is a valuable resource for normal people. Don't fall victim to fear tactics or just plain lies coming from the left. Pay attention to the House version page 16, which will show you how private health care will go away, as companies will no longer be able to sell health care to you from the date the plan is enacted.

Also look at pages 424 to 426, which will spell out senior care and how they will need to be counseled every five years. Unless they get sick then it will be sooner. Medicare will disappear under this plan. You will also see how Rahm Emanuels' brother, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is in a key policy advisory role on health care.

Hopefully this can help answer some of the questions you may have. Read the bills for yourself, you can now see how your liberal congress is operating and why they wanted the bills passed in lightning speed, before anybody could read them. You be the judge on who is lying, conservatives or the Obama liberals on the left.

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Obama's Health Care: "Advance Care Planning Consultation" for seniors, Its in There - How to End Life 101

I wanted people to know, that I actually did read large portions of the health care bill from the House of Representatives. The reason I'm telling you this is because what I am about to tell you sounds like something from a cheap movie, unfortunately its not.

On page 16, it plainly states that unless you have private health care insurance in place by the time this bill is signed into law, "individual health insurance issuer" meaning insurance companies, will not be permitted to enroll new people into any insurance plans. This means two things. First, private insurance companies will go out of business as they can not add new customers. Second and more importantly, Obama is lying through his teeth. He is playing on words telling people "they can keep what they have". This is false, insurance companies won't exist in a few years and if you change jobs or want different coverage, private insurance companies will be prohibited by law from selling it to you.

On page's 424 through 426 have something much darker. It plainly and openly states that seniors will need to go to "Advance Care Planning Consultation". Every 5 years, until they die, they will be mandated to go to these sessions, or if they have a life threatening illness or decease and survive, they will also be forced to attend. Medical coverage will be withheld until such time as they do. These sessions will give them information on "end of life issues", choices other than medical remedies and so on. This will apply to all people who receive Medicare. You will be prohibited from purchasing your own coverage as this will develop into an unfair system.

Most of the savings claimed by this plan is in Medicare, hundreds of billions of dollars are being cut from the plan. The simple fact is that 5% of the people use 50% of the health care in the country, seniors. I don't care what side of the political isle you come down on, what the Democrats are proposing is a giant "HMO", with limits. Limits on coverage, limits on care, limits on your ability to make decisions about your loved ones, and worst of all, limits on life. This plan is an abomination. If you voted for Obama, is this your change? If it is, you need to get out of my country. Because this is not America, this is something from a cheap sci fi movie gone bad. Check out the the Fred Thompson show its on the web, it takes eight minutes to hear for yourself what I'm telling you. I researched the information before writing this, check it out for yourself.

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A few Thought's about Obama, Gates & Race - For the Record

After all the spin on the weekend, lets try to take a look at the whole Obama, Gates, Race mess. The president has three major problems in this situation. Each one creates a series of follow on issues that are different from the others. They have the potential to really do damage to him and his presidency and the country.

First, no matter what happened, it was a local issue that was resolved on the local level, before Obama got involved. This story was days old when he was asked the question. Some have proposed Obama wanted the question asked, even Rush said he "came alive" when answering it, which he did. But does that mean the question was planted? I don't know. Some believe he was playing to his "base". His base in this case was not just Black Americans, how about the college liberal elite, which is what this professor Gates is. Gates studies and writes books on the injustices done to Black Americans. He is in the cocktail circuit and crowd. So is was not just race.

Second and Third, Obama admitted he did not know what happened. He also admitted a bias on Gates behalf. He should have stopped there and nobody would have said anything. Obama misrepresented the facts of what really happened to suit his narrative. He brings in "racial" profiling, he stated Gates showed the police his identification showing he lived at that address. Obama said there was no need to arrest "a man with a cane in his own home". The truth is that there was in no way racial profiling going on here, the police were responding to a 911 call about a break in taking place, they were providing a service to a black man who lives in the house. That is the exact opposite of what Obama alluded to. Further, Gates showed only his Harvard identification card to the initial police officer, they don't not have addresses on those cards. Last but not least, Gates is the person who was screaming at the police officer making racial accusations. Also the officer had keyed his radio mike open, these transmissions will no doubt cause a little embarrassment for Gates and the White House if they come out.

Obama's mistakes were simple, he had no business commenting in the first place, he added facts to suit his story and finally he threw in race to make his point. Obama's biggest mistake was interjecting race into the issue. During the campaign Obama was a skillful user of race, his. The press and the Republicans were muzzled through fear to really look at the Rev. J. Wright issue. Obama used his race to intimidate people from seeing the truth about a radical religious figure who Obama was deeply associated with. Black or White, it did not matter, he is a radical religious figure, period. He has no love for America or what it stands for and he has said as much. No one would look at the issue because Obama and Wright are black. The Democrats started out the door with the "Wright Off Limits" line, anyone who said anything was a racist. Obama used race as a shield for less than acceptable behavior. Now, when he saw an opportunity, he used race as a sword to stab at what he assumed or believed. This was a black man in his home who somehow was being racially profiled and done some kind of injustice.

The problem is view where Obama is operating from. Obama and his devotees have not yet realized he is the President of the United States of America, not some "community organizer" trying to bring about some social program or getting what they want. Obama had better start governing as an American, not a minority or his problems will only getting worse, fast.

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Obama goes Below 50% - Its His Economy Now and People Realize It

Obama may have met his "Waterloo", and its not just on health care. An announcement by the Federal Reserve on the economy is working just like the Congressional Budget Office did with it's numbers on health care. For the first time since taking office, Obama's job approval numbers have dropped to 49%. According to the Rasmussen reports that just came out Obama's poll numbers are taking a hit, a pretty sizable one. Its not just health care, which is no doubt a big contributor to the drop. For Obama its much much worse. The American public is starting to wake up and realize things aren't looking so good and words don't make it better.

The Federal Reserve drove home the point this week in a report to congress in which it stated unemployment will continue to rise and whats worse, they are predicting a "jobless" recovery if and when one takes place. What they are saying is that while some sectors of the economy may recover, they will not hire new employees, leaving jobless rates in the 9% to 10% range for the next 4 or 5 years. Most normal thinking people would say now would be a good time to come up with a different plan to fix the economy. The public is simply starting to understand that despite repeated promises, Obama does not have one.

Obama and his socialist crew need to understand one thing, without private investment and private business expanding, growing, starting up new businesses and private sector growth in general including company profits, this economy will fail. Businesses right now are not thinking about hiring people, they are trying to find ways to stay open, period. Even companies that are doing Ok, will not hire. How could anyone blame them, you have a government that is proposing giant new taxes for everything, on everything. Forced health care plans, taxes on the "rich", new taxes on profits, state and local taxes that are exploding, and people act like they don't know why no one is hiring. Give me a break, people in business are just trying to survive, they aren't worried about hiring someone.

Obama's plan which is having government hire people is a pathetic joke. The government will never be able to create or "save" enough jobs to make a difference. The people who bought into this garbage deserve to be the people waiting around for their new government jobs, many are and that's the problem. People, many of whom are minorities bought into the whole story, he was going to help them pay their mortgage or car payment or put gas in their tank, remember? Whats even worse than them believing in this government handout, is the fact that he let them to serve his purposes, which at the time was getting in office. Obama used these people and their ignorance of the facts to get what he wanted. Now they are waiting for the help and its not there is it?

It is becoming clear to more and more people that Obama has no plan to fix the economy. He has plans to get his agenda passed, but that's all. Look at his response to Iran or North Korea, let me restate that, what response? Look at the lack of response to continued layoffs all around the country. This is Obama's economy now, he got his Stimulus Bill, his Omnibus Bill, he cut defense spending, he is trying to force through cap & trade and health care and if we had money he might actually get them. He has tripled the deficit, he has created a situation that by 2018 the national deficit will be greater than the nations GDP. As a country we will literally collapse, government workers and all.

Lets hope more and more people start to realize that giving good speeches, making weekly televised addresses and going out on "date night" won't fix this countries problems. All the magazine covers in the world talking about Michelle Obama's toned arms, won't get anyone working. Oprah's blessings won't fix the budget shortfalls or rising unemployment. Having the news media fall all over themselves for Obama won't create one new job. To be president requires that you lead, not be a community organizer or a cult leader.

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The Iranian Public Complicate's Obama's Plans - Again

The Iranian public seems like they won't take "no" for an answer on the question of reform and the theft of their elections by the hard liners. They have once again taken to the streets protesting the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. These protests complicate Obama's plans to talk with Ahmadinejad, with no preconditions of course.

They are calling for a period of mourning for Neda Agha Soltan, known simply as "Neda" to the rest of the world. She has become the international face of the protesters, her death caught on video stunned the world and showed the heavy hand of the government. For the past two days they have been marching and protesting again, the calls from their "Supreme Leader", Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to stop the demonstrations have gone unanswered.

The government run militias are back on the street and the riot police are out in force again, the government including the mayor of Tehran has threatened to "crush" any resistance. The real question is how long will it take before Obama reacts to the protests. The fact that a month later they started up again is a sign the people of Iran are not simply going to walk away this time. Without help from the outside, it is doubt full they can make any real changes to the government or its policies.

You would think that after the past couple days in Iran, Obama could at least come out and tell the Iranian government that they are acting "stupidly".

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Obama's Health Care - It's Not Over Yet

While it appears that Obama's health care proposal is running into trouble on Capitol Hill, its not dead by a long shot. One thing is for certain, Obama doesn't think its dead and he will not give up on it without trying again.

The Senate put off voting on it until at least fall. That's a good sign, because I think when these law makers go home on their summer break, they will get pummeled by people who are completely against this bill. You can't forget that Harry Reid is up for re-election next year and he is not doing so well in his home state of Nevada. Health care is no more popular there than anyplace else in the country. Obama running around telling people not to go to Las Vegas, I'm sure helps Reid's campaign in a big way.

In the House, things got interesting for Nancy Pelosi as well. Conservative Democrats made it clear yesterday that unless public funding for abortion was removed from the bill, they would block it if at all possible. By the way it looks, they may just have the votes combined with the Republicans to do it. Pelosi is wanting a vote before their summer break, but she won't risk total defeat unless she is a bigger fool than I giver her credit for, and that's pretty big by the way. Other Democrats have concerns over the costs and how it would effect patients and doctors.

What has to happen now is that the American people need to keep the pressure on, this is not over. They will come back with new twists on an old idea and with the help of the media, try like hell to push it through. They are not even calling it health care any more, now its "health insurance" reform. As a famous person once said,"This is not the beginning of the End, Its the end of the Beginning". That famous person won the "Battle of Britain", we need to win this battle as well.

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Colt AR-15's - A few questions Answered - It's still on Top

Ok, I know everybody out there is looking at their Bushmaster thinking I'm nuts, and my answer is your Bushmaster has nothing to do with it. Colt, like it or not, still produces a great AR-15 and is still what the others are judged against.

I'm only going to cover the Colt Law Enforcement and Government sales weapons, not the sporters. The main difference is the bayonet lug and a couple "L-E" only versions. Lets look at the numbers everybody calls them. If you walk up to a gun dealer and tell him you want a 6520, he should know exactly what you want, the question is do you? A quick tour goes like this, a 6520 is an "A-2" version, meaning fixed carry handle with the A-2 sights, with a 16" light weight barrel with an A-2 flash hider. It has a collapsible stock and is the carbine of the Pennsylvania State Police. Now follow along, when you see a rifle or carbine with a "67" prefix, in Colt that means "flattop" or a detachable carry handle. The rifles were originally 6700 & 6701, the carbines are 6721 & 6731, all come with heavy weight barrels and a more than accurate enough to produce a greater counter sniper rifle if needed. Many times you will hear this version referred to as an "A-3". Now this is the one that everybody sees and wants, it's the "M-4" version, its the 6920. Understand that the military M-16 has a 14 1/2" barrel, the AR-15, 6920 is 16" as required by law. Other than that small change, this is the most popular version right now, by far.

If we focus on just one version, the 6520 it makes this a little simpler. Colt rifles are called "sporters" or "match target" if they are not L-E guns, the rifles are pretty much the same other than that except you can't get certain versions. Colts have changed very little in the last 20 or so years. The new guns are coming in almost black phosphate, the older guns were a lighter gray, also the AR's will have the lower receiver marked "Law Enforcement/Govt. Sales Only". Don't worry about this, this is a holdover from the Clinton assault weapon ban days. Some people actually pay more for these guns, don't. Understand that these weapons are 5.56mm, not 223. Yes they will fire 223, but always make sure your weapon is 5.56mm if you intend to shoot military or surplus ammo. The rifles have a twist rate of 1/7 except in the "A-3" H-bar versions which are 1/9.

Colt does not produce the rifle for the U.S. military right now, "FN" does. Its a contract that Colt had problems competing in because they had filed bankruptcy within a specified time period and were disqualified because of it. They do however make the rifle for the Canadian military and a few others as well. Also, lets be clear about something, the toy company Mattel never produced the weapon. Prices for Colts tend to run about $100 to $150 higher per rifle than say a Rock River, probably $200 more than for the same version by Bushmaster. Is the weapon worth the money? That depends what you want it for. You can get by with a Bushmaster just fine, they make great guns. Here is the difference, if you are only getting one, buy a Colt. It shoots great, it will perform with any of its competitors if not out perform them. It has one thing that makes it stand apart from the rest, it says "Colt" on the lower receiver and they were first.

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Obama makes Biden look Good, And that's not Easy!

It seems as though Joe Biden has rubbed off on Obama. Yea, it has been a better week for Biden, who was actually talking with people, than it has been for his fearless leader. If this is Obama under pressure, boy are his fans in trouble.

First he tries to sneak out bad news about GITMO, then in an effort to save his sinking health care bill, he has a prime time news conference. This is the first time in history where I'm sure the president's staff is glad nobody watched. After a snoozer he goes on to close out the last couple questions by first insulting doctors for performing unneeded medical procedures, but don't worry he continued by insulting police officers in what has become apparent was Obama's "friends" lies not the police officers.

So lets see, doctors get slammed and "white" police officers get slammed, who's left? I know, the military. Yep, give the "Dipstick in Chief" a day or two and he strikes again. This time he tells ABC news that "the goal is not to win in Afghanistan". Really, has anyone bothered to tell the troops or their families that? How about this instead, "What the hell are we doing there, Genius"? What do you think this is, some kind of game you play with toy soldiers? Stupid, this is a war, people are dying, our people are dying. Are we there to just make Afghanistan look good?Are we there to make you look good?

The comments on race are bad, the comments insulting doctors and their integrity is bad, this is a whole different deal. We have troops in combat being shot at and this putz said we are not there to win. Even Biden would never make such a statement. Whats worse is that these remarks are off the cuff and tell you who he really is. He is starting to see his popularity dip, the only thing I want to know is what people were thinking in the first place? Who voted for this guy, look what happens when he is unscripted, do you still think you backed a winner?

The last question I have for anyone, is does anybody out there know Obama's shoe size? Because if his feet are too big, he may never be the same again.

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Another reason Senator Specter has to Go - He stabs Gun Owners in the Back

A couple days ago the U.S. Senate voted down an amendment that would have given gun owners in America a little common sense help. The amendment offered by Senator John Thune, would have made too much sense for the anti-gun crowd, part of that crowd was Arlen Spector.

Spector, the former Republican turned Democrat voted against the bill which would have made it legal for people who have a permit issued in one state, to carry their firearm while in another state. Much like one state honors your drivers license from your home state. This would have made life so much simpler for a large portion of the American public. Many states have reciprocity agreements with other states, but not all states honor each others permits. This means that if you carry a gun, you need to be sure that every state you pass through will honor your permit, if not you could be committing a felony and not even know it.

A good example is that I go to Kentucky every year in the fall for the machine gun shoot at Knob Creek. Now I have a permit in my home state of Pennsylvania, while I drive I must pass through Ohio, Ohio issues permits but won't honor Pennsylvania's. When I get to Kentucky they do honor Pennsylvania's. Its fine in the beginning and fine in the end, but not in the middle. Kind of stupid right? The amendment would have fixed that, that's all. But the anti-gun whack jobs had to vote against it.

The Senate vote ended at 58 to 39. Because they needed 60 votes to overcome a any procedural tactics like the filibuster, they failed. Two votes, Arlen Specter was one of them. Three did not vote at all. People called Specter a traitor for jumping to the Democrats, which I agree with. What this vote does is show his true colors. He is doing what ever he thinks he needs to do to stay in office. He jumped in the first place because he was loosing badly in polls about the Republican primary. The good news is that its basically a tie in new statewide polls and almost 50% of those who responded want him out next year, regardless of who they would vote for.

Specter is a worthless piece of humanity, who will sell his support to anyone who is willing to vote and keep him in office. He is worse than a traitor and if the Democrats want him, good luck with that one. This is just one more reason to get rid of a worthless politician. He is a perfect example of what is wrong with our political system, no morals, no backbone, no integrity, hey that could be his campaign motto.

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The Past 7 Days: The Country needs another 170 weeks Just like It

Lets take a look at the week that just went by. Not so good for team Obama. Seems that things aren't really going his way. A lot of things took place, lets start with Monday and see how things developed as the week went on.

On Monday, Obama came out and announced a 6 month delay on his famous GITMO closing review. Six months after Obama announced he would close GITMO, he has been able to get less than 20 inmates moved out, leaving about 229 to go. So lets see, about 17 or 18 in six months, that means in 10 years or so it would be empty. Pushing off the commission for another 6 months all but seals the fate of GITMO closing down by year one. Where is the media now, they covered the big announcement on his closing it, but this they don't cover.

Then we have the White House withholding critical economic data from release. Not only won't they release it to the media, he won't even give it to congress who he would like to have vote on the largest expansion of the federal government in history(health care). Most experts have accepted the fact that the new deficit numbers will show a $1.8 trillion hole. He can't have that come out with his health care making it deeper and no end in sight for the recession.

Now lets go to health care, not a good week. The Senate put off the vote until fall, now that is "OK" because Obama is accepting it as long as they keep working, right. Obama's press conference, what a loser. He ended the affair by calling police stupid, buy before he did that he made sure to insult doctors because we all know they do all those unneeded procedures just for more money. Ask yourself this, where is the AMA now? The FOP came out with a statement the next morning defending the police department and regretting how Obama had interjected himself into something which by his own admission, he knew nothing about. So what happened to the AMA? They represent doctors, why no public response? How about because they were busy kissing up to Obama over the health care bill.

Then we have Hillary Clinton pretty much conceding that Iran will get a nuclear bomb and then trying to back out of saying it. Oops! Now we have Israel warming up the jets, the rest of the Middle East is looking to us for protection and wants to now when we will start installing our missile interceptor systems. That would be the same system that Obama cut in his budget, yea that one. Guess we will need to revisit that issue soon, just like GITMO.

Now the best part, the polls. I'm not going to sit here and go the numbers one at a time. Even the main stream media is now reporting the sinking numbers for their hero. Most polls have him down by 5 to as much as 8 points in the last 30 days. Support for his health care plan is under water, support for closing GITMO is not even a question without a plan. Supports for tax increases is about as popular as aids. The real killer is the "right track"/"wrong track" numbers. They are back to having 54% believe the country is going in the wrong direction. The truth hurts.

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GOP: "Abortion is not Health Care" Obama: "aaaaaaaaaa I have a story About a Doctor"

Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Is Not Health Care Reform
By: Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)July 23, 2009
When most Americans talk about the need for health-care reform, they’re usually talking about the need to address rising health-care costs; they aren’t talking about the need for taxpayers to subsidize abortion. In fact, a November 2008 Zogby poll revealed 71 percent of Americans oppose government-funded abortion.
It seems Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill don’t share this perspective, however. With the unequivocal support of President Obama, they’ve written a health-care bill that won’t lower health-care costs for American families, but will require them to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars.
In his campaign for the presidency, President Obama said health-care legislation should include expanded access to abortion. He hasn't said much on the matter since taking office last January. But now, over the objections of some in his own party, President Obama is demanding that Congress pass health-care legislation before August, and the House is slated to vote next week on a bill that will fulfill the president’s vow if signed into law.
The Obama administration contends the urgent deadline is necessitated by the suffering of American families who have waited too long for Congress to act to address the high cost of health care. But according to the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the bill the president supports won't lower health-care costs; it will increase them. And as the veteran political operatives in the Obama White House well know, the frantic timetable conveniently leaves precious little time for the American people to know what's actually in the bill.
The legislation's abortion-related language stands as Exhibit A. How many Americans currently realize the House bill contains provisions that will result in federally mandated coverage of abortion on demand in virtually all of America's health plans?
Fact: The bill as currently written will allow the federal government to classify abortion as an "essential benefit" — a health-care right that would be guaranteed to all Americans. This will make it illegal for health-care providers nationwide — even Catholic and religious-based hospitals with missions that reflect a fundamental moral objection to the killing of the unborn — to provide anything less than abortion on demand for anyone who seeks it. As a result, the bill will repeal laws in many states that currently require commonsense limitations on abortion-on-demand, such as mandatory parental notification and waiting periods.
Fact: The bill would also establish a taxpayer-funded "public" health-care plan to "compete" with private-sector plans. This public plan, like all plans, will be required to classify abortion as an "essential benefit," forcing American citizens to directly subsidize abortion-on-demand with their tax dollars. And in addition to the public plan, individuals with incomes of up to 400% of the poverty level will receive subsidies to buy insurance to pay for abortion-on-demand.
Reps. Eric Cantor (R. Va.), Sam Johnson (R., Texas), and Mark Souder (R., Ind.) offered amendments this month in three different House committees to strike the provisions from the Democratic bill that force American taxpayers to subsidize abortion. All three amendments, sadly, were defeated by the Democratic majority in committee. And it remains to be seen whether Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), who champions the House bill and its abortion-related provisions, will allow such an amendment to be considered and debated on the House floor.
Indeed, Congress may vote on this issue and send a bill to the president before most Americans even have a chance to weigh in on it. And once the bill reaches his desk, there's little doubt that the president will sign it.
Peter Orszag, President Obama’s budget director, was asked July 19 whether the president would pledge that "no taxpayer money will go to pay for abortions" under the health-care bill he signs.
“I am not prepared to say explicitly that right now," Mr. Orszag said. "It’s obviously a controversial issue, and it’s one of the questions that is playing out in this debate.”
Controversial, indeed. And given its controversial nature, it deserves a full and open public debate — the sort of debate that is impossible when major bills are rammed through Congress based on politically driven timetables.
If a health-care bill doesn't lower costs for middle-class families, but does require them to subsidize abortion-on-demand with their hard-earned tax dollars, one has to ask a fundamental question: For whom was this bill actually written? Was it written for the millions of Americans who were promised a health-care bill that lowers costs? Or is it really for the radical special-interest and lobbying groups that invested millions to elect a cooperative president and Congress?
Health care is too important to get wrong. Too much is at stake. For the sake of American families struggling with health-care costs — most of whom don’t want their hard-earned money being used by the federal government to subsidize abortion — President Obama should scrap the current health-care bill, and work in a bipartisan way for true reforms.
— John Boehner (R., Ohio) is House minority leader.

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Is Obama conceding a Nuclear Armed Iran? Iran completes Nuclear Weapons test Site

It would seem that the Iranians don't like the Obama "get rid of your nukes" plan, they don't like it so much they are finishing a "nuclear test site". Gee, why would you want that? Do you need that to test your new "green" light bulbs or maybe your new power grid?

Here's a fact or two, Obama won't tell you. Liberals, pay attention, your favorite group, the United Nations nuclear watchdog group, the IAEA, confirmed to the Associated Press that Iran now has the means to test a weapon within six (6) months. Further, my little liberal friends, "Iran has the capacity, if not the intention, to set off a test EXPLOSION in six months". There's more, they confirmed that Iran was blocking attempts by the UN for more in depth monitoring of their nuclear program.

Hillary Clinton basically acknowledged Iran will get nuclear weapons yesterday in a clear slip up which she later had to try to cover. She asserted that the United states will extend a "nuclear" umbrella over the region to protect it from a nuclear Iran. Needless to say, the Israeli government was burning up the phones with the US government. Iran will not provoke anything until they are ready to complete their test. They do not wish to invite an Israeli strike against their nuclear sites.

Whats really sad is that it appears that Obama is all but accepting a nuclear armed Iran. So ask yourself this? Whats better for the United States, a nuclear armed Iran run by Islamic fanatics who hate America? Or try this out, 2 dozen strike aircraft to include the famous F-22, the B-2 and maybe just to be sure a couple old F-117's, coupled with say 12 to 18 Tomahawk Cruise missiles and 4 or 5 hours in the middle of the night? Now lets compare which works best. The first option means you have a nuclear armed state governed by people who want to "wipe Israel off the map". Like Israel or not, we can not let that occur, which could very easily lead to a nuclear exchange between two or maybe three nations, including the United States. Not a very nice scenario is it? It will play out whether you like it or not, Obama will fail because he thinks he can talk them into doing nothing, not gonna work, like it or not.

The second version will lead no doubt to a large shit storm. Iran will cause all kinds of problems in the Middle East, probably block oil transports thought the straights. We may even have terrorism in the United States homeland. None of these are to good either. But you have to look at the alternative, if we do not strike to stop Iran and set their program back maybe a decade or so, we will be faced with nuclear blackmail, we can not approach this as we did the cold war. This is what Obama is doing, the principle we used during that time was called "MAD", mutually assured destruction. This will not work on Iran, they are religious fanatics who don't mind dieing for their god. The Russians wanted very much to live.

We are busy with other domestic agenda ideas, important debates. But we are watching something very bad develop here. Obama is acting powerless to stop what is becoming clear to the rest of the world, Iran is working with North Korea to get nuclear weapons. Obama is so concerned about the nasty Republicans destroying his "presidency" over health care, he needs to pull his head out of his lower rear posterior for a minute and realize that if Iran get nukes, it won't be the Republicans he will need to worry about, as a matter of fact they may be his only hope for more than just his so important "presidency" surviving.

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Yesterday-"If I get the Stimulus Bill unemployment Will Not go Above 8%" Today:"You Can keep Your Doctor" & "No Rationing"

As we near what may be the most critical issue this country has faced in decades, we are being told we need to do it now, right now. We are being told we need to do it before we have the new projected deficit numbers the White House is suppressing. We are being told we need to do it before anyone has even read the bill. We are being told by Obama that we need to do this now and he does not know whats in the bill.

Do you want the same people who promised you, before getting $787 billion in the stimulus bill, that if they got the bill unemployment would not go above 8%, making decisions on your health care and your families well being? Do You? Do you want the same people who got hacked into by the North Koreans guarding your most personal information on the Internet? Do you want the same people who could not find anybody other than a tax cheat to run the Treasury Department, funding your medical insurance, insurance they won't have to use themselves?

America, do you want the same people who have run up over a trillion dollars in deficits, paying for care to our seniors? Do you want people providing your health care who won't even tell you that Medicare and Medicaid are being cut to almost nothing? Do you want people providing federal funding for abortions with money we have to borrow from China?

America, if this is "Hope and Change", you had dammed well better start hoping for some change. Because at this rate you won't have any in your pocket!

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Rahm Emanuel: We Rescued the Economy - Main Street: Please Don't help us Anymore, We Can't afford It!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2009 PERMALINKCONTACT: Michael Steel, Kevin Smith, Steve Forde - (202) 225-4000
Boehner Challenges WH Chief of Staff’s Assertion that Democrats Have “Rescued the Economy”
WASHINGTON, DC - In a speech on the House floor this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) challenged White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s assertion in the New York Times that Washington Democrats have “rescued the economy.” Mr. Emanuel made the remark in previewing the prime time address the President will give to the nation tonight as Democratic leaders struggle for the votes needed to pass a job-killing government takeover of Americans’ health care. Full video and transcript of Boehner’s remarks follow:
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“Madam Speaker, American families and small businesses are hurting. The economy has been hurting, but this morning in previewing the President’s speech tonight, our former colleague, the President’s Chief of Staff, said this: ‘[W]e rescued the economy.’
“Now, I’m sure that the 9.5 percent unemployment rate that we have in our country today and from most economic experts on its way up don’t believe that we’ve rescued the economy. The 11.1 percent unemployment rate that we have in Ohio, I’m sure those people are looking up today wondering, wait a minute, the President is going to say we rescued the economy? I don’t think so.
“Not only has the stimulus not worked and the economy not been rescued, the President continues to promote policies that will create more unemployment in America. The national energy tax that went through this House last month will cause millions of Americans to lose their jobs over the next 10 years, at 2.5 million per year. And we’re debating the health care plan, the government takeover of health care, which according to the President’s council of economic advisor’s model will cost five million more Americans their jobs.
“I don’t believe that the economy has been rescued. I yield back.”

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The Russians are Coming - Back to the Middle East in a Big Way - Missiles and All

The Russians are taking advantage of the United States weakness and confusion in the Middle East are flexing a little military muscle to cement themselves in the region once again. Whats worse is they are doing it with some of the worst people possible, Syria.

The Russians are upgrading a naval base at Tartus in Syria, it is a holdover from the Soviet Union days when Russia was involved in the cold war. As a matter of fact they are expecting it to be "fully operational" soon. Russia is looking to return to days of old when the base was their main operating platform for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans as well as the Mediterranean and Red seas.

Whats more is that they are ringing the base with their top of the line air defense system, S-3000PMU-2. This is a huge problem, did I mention the base was in Syria? The Russians are giving the system to Syria. The Russians are also sending military "instructors" to assist the Syrians in learning the new technology. They are also giving Syria their best Iskander-E missile system, this is an anti-missile and aircraft system. Maybe they are trying to make the point about our proposed anti-missile defense systems for Eastern Europe. Remember how the Cuban missile crisis started, they wanted missiles in Cuba because we had missiles in Europe. Sound familiar at all? They may be resorting to the old view of things, you have one so I need one.

People need to step back to get their hands around this. In the West and the United States many think the cold war is over and so is the threat. But do you believe that any country that had the Soviet model in place for decades could just become a democracy, like you view a democracy in Ohio? The Russians want back on the world stage, this move is an overt resetting of a cold war ally. They see the United States applying pressure on our best friend in the region, Israel. To them this is the perfect time for them to enter the stage again.

Step back a few decades, Syria had always been a "Soviet" sponsored state. For the past few years they have been in disarray. Now they see us in disarray and they are taking advantage of that. Liberals have a view that we need to rekindle relations with the Russians. The reason that relations suffered for the past year was they attacked a former Soviet republic, Georgia which was an outright act of aggression which they justified using Soviet style tactics. In truth, they don't want the United States in their "sphere of influence".

With all the political drama in the US over Obama's domestic agenda, foreign relations is taking a back seat. Obama's foreign policy is a disaster at best. We are being seen as retreating from the world stage and the Russians are simply filling the vacuum. They are pursuing an aggressive energy policy and its not very green. They want to be the worlds second true "superpower" again, as in the past it won't happen overnight. But if we are not careful, we could create our own new cold war. America has a leadership role in the "free" world, we had better get out there and pick up the torch again before someone else puts the torch out.

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Obama's new Tactics on Health Care - What about Medicare & Medicaid?

It seems as things have gotten a little harder for the Obama team, they have changed tactics on health care. After trying as only they could, it appears that they realize the pride of Obama, may be in trouble in congress. Now is when we really need to pay attention to him.

The new tactics involve a bigger dose of class warfare, rich against poor. That's the standard liberal whipping horse, pitting one group against another is the oldest trick in the book, "divide and conquer". Another new twist in this debate is attacking the critics. Obama came out yesterday and went after Senator Jim deMint for criticizing him and saying this could be his Waterloo. This is not a "new" tactic for team Obama, its just new on this issue.

The other thing he is now doing is flat out lying, he is telling anyone who will listen that the conservatives and Republicans don't want to reform health care, which is flat out false and he knows it. No one is against tweaking or fixing health care, we just don't want to scrap the entire system in favor of a government plan. His attitude is that if you don't like his plan, you don't want to do anything, which is stupid at best.

Then we have the Democrats in congress, they just flat out hide things from the public. Like the parts of their bill that would gut Medicare and Medicaid, oh yes its in there. They strip both plans to the bone, this will cripple health care for seniors. Where is the AARP now? I forgot, they are too busy kissing up to Rahm Emanuel to know whats going on. Built in taxes on people who don't have health care, people not being allowed into private health care if they don't have it when the bill is enacted, did you hear about these little joys hidden in the plan on television?If your a Democrat, dont' worry about the Waterloo comment, Obama's too tall to be French.

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Obama refuses to release Budget numbers and Shortfall Predictions - Where are the numbers Mr.President? - Better Yet, Where is Congress?

Every July the White House releases its adjusted budget numbers for the rest of the year, they include any deficits or surplus numbers. The exception would be this year, Obama is refusing to release the numbers until September. Why would he want to do that?

You have a Congressman and Senator, you have local media, all of us need to be calling them, writing them, faxing them, and demanding these numbers be released. Obama is not releasing them because he knows how bad they are. We have a projected, get this, $4 Trillion budget this year for the first time in the history of our country. Don't worry, we have a projected shortfall of $1.8 Trillion. Let me do that again, a shortfall of $1.8 Trillion. If this was George Bush the world would stop and the press would camp out in the White House bathrooms waiting to get them, where are they now?

They won't report on this because this is the end of the "Obamanation". They know if the public sees the huge numbers that we are coming up short, Obama's dream world is over, so they lie and hide the truth from the public. They are aiding the Obama administration in getting his agenda passed. Obama on the other hand is just a liar, plane and simple. The President of the United States is a bold face liar. He is withholding this information until he can ram "cap & trade" and "health care" down the American peoples throat, its a real shame we have fallen this far.

Congress should demand the numbers be released before they bring up health care. How can they make an informed decision on how to vote or write the bill if they don't know how much money the country does or does not have? I forgot, that would mean they would need to read the bill to understand how much it costs!

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Great Picture - Take a Good Look - This is whats at Risk for Everyone

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Seems all is not Peace, Love & Understanding on the Left - Cry Me A River

DEMS VS. DEMS ON HEALTH CARE: GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER DRAWS HEAT FROM BLUE DOGS, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORSLEADING DEM: “MANY OF US THINK WE SHOULD SCRAP IT AND START OVER.”
July 20, 2009 House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) PermalinkComing off the Congressional Budget Office’s announcement that the Democrats’ government takeover of health care will drive up costs and add hundreds of billions to the deficit, President Obama and his allies are scrambling to try and build support for the expensive plan. In fact, Washington Democrats are so desperate to take attention off of a government takeover’s costs to consumers and all taxpayers, the President is planning a television blitz and nationwide barnstorming tour. But the problem is, the more the President stumps for his government takeover of health care, the more the American people oppose it. According to a Washington Post story titled “Poll Shows Obama Slipping on Key Issues; Approval Rating on Health Care Falls Below 50 Percent,” a new Washington Post/ABC poll shows that the Democrats’ health care proposal has lost significant support over the last few months. Specifically:
- For the first time, less than 50 percent approve of President Obama’s handling of health care (49-44). A third of respondents “strongly disapprove” while only a quarter “strongly approve.”
- There was a 15-point jump in disapproval since April when his approval on the issue was 57-29.
- Independents now disapprove by 44-49, down from 53-30 at the 100-day mark, according to the Post article.
A major hurdle for the White House is that some of those expressing the most concerns about the Democrats’ government takeover are men and women from within the President’s own Party: Democratic governors and Blue Dog Democrats in Congress. Following is just a sampling of what Democrats across the country have been saying in recent days about the President’s government-run health care proposal:
“Governor Phil Bredesen, a Tennessee Democrat, said he feared Congress was about to bestow ‘the mother of all unfunded mandates.’’’ (New York Times, July 20, 2009)
“‘As a governor, my concern is that if we try to cost-shift to the states, we’re not going to be in a position to pick up the tab,’ said Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington, a Democrat.” (New York Times, July 20, 2009)
“‘I’m personally very concerned about the cost issue, particularly the $1 trillion figures being batted around,’ said Governor Bill Richardson, the New Mexico Democrat who served in the Clinton Cabinet and ran for president against Obama.” (New York Times, July 20, 2009)
“‘There’s a concern about whether they have fully figured out a revenue stream that would cover the costs, and that if they don’t have all the dollars accounted for, it will fall on the states,’ said Governor Bill Ritter Jr., a Colorado Democrat.” (New York Times, July 20, 2009)
“[Rep. Jared] Polis fears the levy would hurt small, family-owned businesses, which often pay individual income taxes, rather than corporate taxes. ‘The surcharge is a bit of a flawed concept,’ he said. Mr. Polis is among 22 freshmen Democrats who warned party leaders in a letter Thursday they are ‘extremely concerned’ about the surtax, especially its impact on small businesses. Mr. Polis and two other Democrats joined Republicans to vote against the bill Friday in the House Education and Labor Committee.” (Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2009)
“Conservative Blue Dog Democrats have threatened to block the bill unless changes are made. The group, led by Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas, said problems in health care cannot be fixed ‘by simply pouring more money into a broken system.’” (San Francisco Chronicle, July 20, 2009)
“‘Nobody is giving it very good marks right now,’ said Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.), a senior Blue Dog. ‘Many of us think we should scrap it and start over.’” (Roll Call, July 20, 2009)
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) echoed Rep. Boyd in an op-ed this morning on Yahoo News, when he urged Democrats to shelve their costly government takeover and work with Republicans on a real health care reform plan to reduce costs and expand Americans’ coverage to quality care. The concerns being voiced by Democratic governors and Blue Dogs echo the warnings issued last month when GOP Govs. Jim Douglas (VT) and Mike Rounds (SD) joined Republican congressional leaders on Capitol Hill to warn that the health care legislation being discussed by Washington Democrats would hurt, not help, the American people.
With the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office warning about a government takeover’s costs to families, small businesses, and all taxpayers and Democratic officeholders expressing the same concerns, isn’t it time for President Obama and his Democratic allies in Washington to stop their desperate attempts to build support for this flawed plan – and start working with Republicans in a bipartisan way to give Americans better access to affordable health care?
REPUBLICAN LEADER PRESS OFFICEREP. JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH)H-204, THE CAPITOL(202) 225-4000 GOPLEADER.GOV

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