House healthcare passage on track

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER!!!!
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Why Democrats Are Doomed if ObamaCare Passes
By Dick Morris
If the House Democratic majority passes Obama's health care proposals, one of two things will happen by Election Day, 2010 -- and neither one will be healthy for the Democrats seeking re-election.
Either the Medicare cuts will take effect or they will be postponed by a terrified Congress.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/20/why_democrats_are_doomed_if_obamacare_passes_104860.html

The rethuglicans Waterloo!

What the media won't tell you -- today's Rasmussen Poll shows Obama at 43 approval, and a staggering 56 disapproval among voters -- a record low. And's he's at 48 disapproval in Gallop vs. 46 approval. These are the levels where Bush was when he left office after 8 years of war and strife. The fact is, in ramming through an immensely unpopular 2,700-page health care bill using bribes and brute force tactics, Obama and Democrats are passing what amounts to the longest suicide note in history. Their own pollsters are telling them the public is firmly against their "reform" plan and is rebelling against their tactics. And the response from Obama and Democrats is to press their foot down even harder on the gas pedal. We'll see how that works out for them. The fact is, Obama could care less what Americans want. He's blinded by ideology and his fantasy of a Euro-style, socialist America where he is the king. Rest assured that the backlash against Obama and Democrats is only just beginning.

If this does pass, this will be a very sad day for America, the people, the American citizens of this country, and our children and the future generations to follow them. This group of bandits that is called our administration is clueless and out of touch. God help us all!

Derrick,

You should take a look at the approve/disapprove numbers for President Bush in 2008. Polls of course vary, but they were in the high twenties to low thirties. Not really comparable to the current numbers, as low as they are.

The rethuglicans Waterloo!

Posted by: I_heart_Schadenfreude | March 20, 2010 6:32 PM
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Er...well....dude, the fact is, Republicans are stronger today than they have been in years, thanks to the corruption and thuggery of Democrats. In fact, Repulicans are now up double digits on the generic ballot for the first time in a decade. Brace yourself, son. This is very clearly the beginning -- not the end -- of a strong conservative resurgence in this great nation. Obama will be washed away and forgotten, similar to Carter.

So does this mean we all get the same $42/mo primo care and insurance that all the dems and repubs in Washington get?

Martin -- Actually, it took Bush SIX YEARS to hit the level of voter disapproval that Obama has achieved in just 14 months. No president has fallen harder or faster than Obama. He's loathed by a growing number of Americans each day.

This is a terrible piece of legislation and should NOT be passed. In fact, the bill is unconstitutional on many points. It makes the democrats that vote for this legislation look really stupid to knowing pass an unconstitutional law.

But, be that as it may, all elected officials have an uncanny knack for passing bad legislation which results in terrible unintended consequences. Let me tell you how this will shape my thinking and change the actions of millions of people like myself. I will invest less of my after-tax dollars in start-up companies (there are currently 4 companies that I have significant money invested in) and I will donate less to charity (church, schools and cultural institutions). Why? Because I will have significantly less money to make such investments in either the private sector or philanthropy. Between this terrible legislation and imminent higher taxes, my capital will be staying at home which means those non-profit organizations I donate/invest in lose out. Gone. Don't come calling on me. Entrepreneurs with good ideas. Gone. Don't come looking for my investment capital. You see, what is happening is a transfer of capital from the private sector which creates jobs and provides critical social services (look at how much philanthropic money all of the colleges and universities in Illinois rely on for their annual operating budget and deduct 15% next year and see how they balance their budget: bye-bye professors), areas that matter most to the public sector, instead further placing the burden on the productive tax paying citizens of our country. Candidly, legislation like this is a political heroin without a cure.

You see, politicians today care about sound-bites and their own political survival. If you for a moment think they are interested in you or are trying to do the right thing for the American population, you are a fool.

Lastly, the real difference maker would be to place term limits on all elected officials. The president has an 8 year term, although this president will likely be a four year president, why should congress be limited? I am sick and tired of how ineffective Dick Durbin is and how bad a senator Obama was. Term limits would keep crappy legislation like this health care bill from advancing because politicians could vote their conscience instead of voting in some political maneuvering that will allow them to become career politicians. Wake up, call you elected officials and tell them NO.

When this bill passes, Im going to quit my job and go on the dole. Why bother working so hard? Ill just quit and suck off of everybody else like the democrats do.

America's darkert day: April 9, 1865

America's brightest day: November 2, 2010

I am getting very frustrated with this whole process and that all republicans are blaming democrats and all democrats are blaming republicans. Once elected, they should just simply be an American because that is what they represent. Do they just cover the people that voted for them? Do those that voted for them agree with everything "defined" by that party? Don't those people that did not vote for them still agree on areas that are in the "different" party?

I do think there should be a healthcare reform. I am middle aged person that is very healthy and yet I could be paying $500 to $1,000 per month. If I get sick, I then could be dropped. The current drive for health insurance companies is to be very profitable and not worry about people they cover. Remove them or do not add them if they are a risk. We need something to fix this. I do not think what is being recommened by democrats will resolve this and yet I do not feel republicans have provide any alternatives either. They all have taken steps for which the most money will fall in their pockets. I have never missed an election and am probably at a point to vote against anyone that is currently elected whether democrat or republican, and hope there are independants for all of the election openings. It is time for change and this is the only way we can accmplish this!

Check out the US Debt Clock

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Somebody better grease the gears on the clock and get a better motor for it - it is going to be turning a lot quicker now.

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

In 14 short months, BO has added $2 Trillion onto the national debt and he wants to put another entitlement on top of that. Western European Socialism, here we come.

What the Hell! Boehner says that it is not good for America. The only thing Boehner thinks is good for America is when we get screwed by insurance companies, and wall street. The insurance companies in particular should be outlawed. That is a racket run by racketeers. Eliminate them from the system. whiteagle38

We ELECTED this President, this Congress, and this Democratic majority. The republicans should stop trying to disenfranchise the voters with their empty coercive threats. It's unAmerican and seeks to circumvent the Constitution. Take your whoopin' like a man!

Where does it say in the constitution that every American deserves healthcare? How have we let this great country of ours become such a nanny state where its own citizens can't take care of themselves without the government having to step in, screw things up worse, and tell everyone what to do. Give me one instance where the government does anything better or more efficient than the private sector. And by the way, if you don't want health insurance, don't buy it, but be grateful that you can buy it if you want to .

opponents of the bill need to reflect on the fact that this legislation is modeled after the health care reform Nixon tried to pass in the 70's. This is an issue that has been imperative for decades. How many president;s have come and gone without changing the broken status quo of inefficient, expensive healthcare. Lest we forget history, LBJ on the passage of medicaid "Where are the doubters tonight?" he asked. "Where are the prophets of crisis and catastrophe? Well, some of them are signing their applications; some of them are mailing in their Medicare cards because they now want to share in the success of this program."

The GOP has "OPTED-OUT" of the healthcare debate. They haven't included one single item to improving it! At every turn they have only considered their campaign contributors! They were not for one instance working for the people. For the last thirty years there hasn't been one Republican law or consideration for healthcare, has there? Well it's going to happen tomorrow and people will embrace it like Social security, the EPA, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance, Workmans Compensation, the FAA, the FDA, the FCC, the FBI, the National Guard, the Marines, the Navy, the Air Force, the Army, the Veterans Adminstration and all the other government agencies that provided help to those that private industry refused to!

Take a minute to read an analysis of the bill - by a constitutional lawyer - a REAL one.

The Truth About the Health Care Bills
Posted August 12, 2009

Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected.

To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession.

The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business and put everyone into a government run system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by federal bureaucrats and most of them will not be health care professionals. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled.

However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices. Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated. If this law or a similar one is adopted, major portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed.

The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government. The Congress will be transferring to the Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the lives of the American people and the businesses they own. The irony is that the Congress doesn’t have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with. I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.

This legislation also provides for access by the appointees of the Obama administration of all of your personal healthcare information, your personal financial information, and the information of your employer, physician, and hospital. All of this is a direct violation of the specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures. You can also forget about the right to privacy. That will have been legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide.

If you decide not to have healthcare insurance or if you have private insurance that is not deemed “acceptable” to the “Health Choices Administrator” appointed by Obama there will be a tax imposed on you. It is called a “tax” instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment. However, that doesn’t work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of property without the “due process of law.

So, there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate so much out the original ten in the Bill of Rights that are effectively nullified by this law. It doesn’t stop there though. The 9th Amendment that provides: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people;” The 10th Amendment states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control.

I could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think you get the idea. This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights. Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to “be bound by oath or affirmation” to support the Constitution. If I was a member of Congress I would not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like it without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation. If I voted for it anyway I would hope the American people would hold me accountable.

For those who might doubt the nature of this threat I suggest they consult the source. Here is a link to the Constitution: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

And another to the Bill of Rights: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us.

Michael Connelly

Retired attorney,

Constitutional Law Instructor

Carrollton, Texas

mrobertc@hotmail.com
http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/entries/general/the-truth-about-the-health-care-bills

cost of wars: 2 trillion+
cost of bank bailout: 2 trillion+

thats 4+ trillion and that could have solved a lot of healthcare
issues. all those without any medical insurance live their lives in fear everyday, and their numbers are growing.

it's about time something was done to help the American people, instead of the war profiteers and banksters.

The president has done a brilliant job on this. That is what we elected him for and I can't be more pleased.

Dick Morris and the others who are still screaming represent a part of this country we can do without. We need to carefully understand whats in these bills and vote accordingly. In this case, there is no argument. A lot of people need this bill to pass now.

The democrats will regret passing this bill. the rest of us will never forgive or forget what they have done to us and our country.

We had a good run, 234 years of freedom to enjoy. Now we are willing to give it all up for some empty promises by the feds? Sorry state we are in but that is just how it is. You don't appreciate freedom when you take it for granted. I just want to ask, why did we ever fight for freedom if we are now just going to give it away?

Where does it say in the constitution that every American deserves healthcare?
Posted by: robert | March 20, 2010 10:24 PM

Read your comment and then maybe you will understand why Republicans were kicked out. You guys have NO PROBLEM spending BILLIONS on military weapons killing people around the world, most likely from the comfort of your church pew while the sons and daughters of those beneath you go to slaughter and be slaughtered. We are sick of your hypocrisy and disdain for your fellow citizens. I'm happy the Dems are growing a spine and sending your selfish behinds to the back of the class to learn a bit about true human morality.

You dont do something because it is popular, you do it because it is the right thing to do.

Still Writing Wrong,

Medicare and Social Security Unfunded Mandate $107 Trillion. Did FDR pay for his wars?