Obama's rules of the road, on the road

The REPUBLICAN PARTY Wants to Take Away Your Social Security

The Repuglicans sole purpose is to be a PR firm for Billionaires and to give corporate welfare to Exxon and the Wall Street criminals

In fact the recent budget proposal that Paul Ryan has written for the Repuglicans shows they're priorities to be working for Billionaires, Mega Corporations and Big Oil:

First, it calls for big cuts in Social Security benefits for everyone currently under 55 years of age. On top of the cuts it also calls for privatizing Social Security.
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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/02/game_on_3.php#more?ref=fpblg
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Republicans want to cut your social security until it bleeds to death and toss the drained corpse into the jaws of Wall Street. Reason? To transfer your money to the wealthiest people on earth and stick you with the bill. So, democrats, do you have a simple five-second elevator pitch at the ready for why people should vote for you this Fall? If not, how about "Republicans are going to steal your social security and give it to rich people"?

That;s right - it's about jobs. It's about DC focusing on what's "right" - fixing the economy. Drop the hell care stuff - if you have to bribe members of your own party and force it against the will of the people, consider shoving it through using unconstitional means and pad it w/ 10 years of taxes for 6 years of benefits - then it's not a good bill.

Please drop this whole health care takeover and go to Indonesia where they're having a gathering just for you.

"I" "I" "I". This is Obama's interpretation for the course of the American people not the Constitution written by our Forefathers.

I believe that this article is another misleading puff piece for Obama. The other things Obama has stated is that he wants to fundamentally change our country by overriding our Constitutional rights, creating a government that runs the people which is the opposite of what our founding fathers intended, and creating a nanny state government. Those are beliefs not being reported by the press, and I have to wonder why not.

AND HERE'S A LOOK AT THE DEMS DARK OF NIGHT SHELL GAME STRATEGY:
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The Health Care "Shell" Game Begins
Shortly before midnight on Sunday, Democrats released a 2,309 page health care bill that will start the process of reconciliation -- but don't let that fool you, it's not the actual reconciliation bill with all the changes you've been reading about. Instead, as Rep. Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican member on the Budget Committee, explained to me last week, this is just the "shell" bill -- the vehicle that Democrats need to get moving on health care. Once the bill gets approved (likely Monday), Democrats will send this phantom bill over to the Rules Committee, where it will be stripped, and then they'll insert in all of the actual changes that they've negotiated.
Why all of the theatrics?
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Well, under the reconciliation rules in last year's budget, any reconciliation bill would have to have been submitted to the Budget Committee by October 15, 2009. It just so happens that earlier versions of health care legislation cleared the Ways and Means and Education and Labor Committees last year. So Democrats just dusted that legislation off, and are using that as the vehicle to begin the reconciliation process. That's why, for instance, if you look through the 2,309 page bill that was released Sunday night, you'll find a public option, which leadership has indicated would not actually be in the final bill. (Interestingly, the student loan bill is also tacked on at the end.)
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Just a "simple up or down vote," remember?
http://spectator.org/blog/2010/03/15/the-health-care-shell-game-beg

The GOP doesn't have a "philosophy". They're entire reason for being is to put out Frank Luntz tested and approved talking points that will lead to policies that make the rich richer. Period, end of story.

The GOP Dictionary for Wingnut Dummies:

* OBSTRUCTIONISM - only refers to Democratic minorities opposing Republican proposals.

* TYRANNY - is found when an elected Democratic MAJORITY passes legislation that Republicans don't like.

* RECONCILIATION - describes a Senate process that Republicans are allowed to use to overcome Democratic "obstructionism.", but Democrats are NEVER allowed to use it.

* TERRORISM - refers to acts of political violence committed by people who aren't angry radical right wing white guys.

* BIPARTISANSHIP - is found only when Democrats agree to pass Republican legislation.

* BIG GOVERNMENT - describes a dangerous phenomenon to be avoided....except in cases relating to reproductive rights or gays.

* TREASON - refers to Democrats criticizing a Republican administration during a war.

* PATRIOTISM - refers to Republicans criticizing a Democratic administration during a war.

* FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY - is a national priority related to keeping our deficit in check when Democrats are in power. Is something to be ignored when Republicans are in power.

* PARLIAMENTARIAN - is a seemingly independent official on the Hill who Senate Republicans are allowed to fire when said Republicans disapproves of his/her rulings.

* GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE - somehow, doesn't refer to popular government-run health care programs like Medicare and the VA.

* THE HEARTLAND - is the most wonderful place in America, even if no Right Wing pundit would be caught dead ever living there, or even visiting there for more than a day or so.

* SERVING YOUR COUNTRY - is honorable if you're a Republican, but a subject of derision when Democrats do it.

Posted by: independent thinker | March 15, 2010 1:22 PM

Posted by: annjilly | March 15, 2010 1:23 PM

Posted by: V. Allen | March 15, 2010 1:37 PM
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Mark,
These are all posts from one person (BOBBY MOBBIE). Will you PLEASE delete them as they are SPAM?

To HHH - I agree with you 100% - that's why we all need to keep Repugnants OUT OF OFFICE. They are nothing but Wall Street thugs who want to bleed the working class and feed the filthy rich.

More fluff from The Swamp designed to divert attention from the real issues at the heart of Obama's collapsing presidency. It's never been about healthcare "reform." It's always been about power and control over our lives on the way to creating Obama's fantasy of a big government, socialist state. In addition to stealing 17 percent of the private economy to fuel his nanny state aspirations, Obama had hidden a takeover of the entire student loan industry on page 2,099 of the 2,309-page bill. What do student loans have to do with healthcare? Nothing, of course. But Obama wants to steal as much he can by legislating TWO government takeovers at once. Wake up, folks. Obama and the socialist Democrats are not our friends.
VOTE. THEM. OUT.

"They can't help it,"... Politicians are "obsessed with the sport of politics. And so that's the environment in which elected officials are operating."

... "They?" Because Obama's not a politician?

Thus far, the conventional wisdom has been that Republicans are enthusiastic and Democrats are demoralized. Thus far, that conventional wisdom has also basically been accurate. But the thing you have to remember is that thus far the Democrats have failed to pass health care reform. Republicans were actually winning, against all odds.

But in this coming week, all that changes. Health care reform will pass. Democrats will have demonstrated their ability to tackle big issues. Republicans will have demonstrated their irrelevance. After reform passes, there might be an initial surge of excitement among Republicans, but that will quickly fizzle in the wake of the GOP's failure to stop reform.

If you want to preview the reaction of the GOP base, check out the comment thread on Fox's coverage of Gibbs' appearance. Instead of reflecting enthusiastic GOP tea partying, that thread is filled with comment after comment from Republicans angry at Fox and the GOP for failing.
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http://fns.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/14/gibbsvan-hollen-say-health-care-will-pass/
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That sort of reaction is not surprising; nothing encourages finger pointing more than losing. Moreover, it's a blow to the confidence of the Republican base in their party's ability to get anything done, or, as the case may be, in their party's ability to block Democrats from getting anything done.

Meanwhile, Democratic voters will finally be assured that their party can tackle the big issues, and get something done. It's not that anybody believes this bill is perfect. It's not. But it's progress. And it's a sign that on the next issue, instead of just talk, we'll be able to make progress as well. The confidence that instills in Democratic voters will serve the party well in 2010.

Even with all the media spin and Obama fawning, such as this garbage article, the Obamacare bill is more hated today than a year ago. Polls show that the only thing Americans hate more than Obamacare is reconciliation, which is why Obama doesn't even have the guts to utter the word "reconcilation"on this road shows. Obama -- and this healthcare bill -- are frauds. And Americans know it.

If there was any doubt that Obama is an elitist those statements by the Lecturer in Chief confirms that he "knows what is best for you." Thanks Daddy.

What a egotistical clown this guy is: "I know what's right," he says. The people know what's right for them and they are saying no to you. No elitist politician lecturing from his ivory tower can "know" what is right for the individual.

I'll give you Obama's rules of the road: It's his way or the highway.

@HHH

Social security should be cut waaay back. It has been abused more and more by pork-barreling legislators and an overly effective and powerful lobby called AARP. When Social Security was first created, it was for those over 65 and keeping in mind the average life expectancy of males was 58 at the time, FDR never intended for people to rely on this as a retirement income. Please do us all a favor and save for your retirement. We are sick of paying for you diapers.

What absolute trash. Obama has fallen farther and faster than any president in history because he is hyper-partisan, unbelievably arrogant and incredibly incompetent. Really, Swamp, you have truly outdone yourself with this load of propaganda that only Hitler could admire. What a disgrace.

Obonehead's first rule: Lie to the people. If that doesn't work, lie some more.

WOW!! the nutballs are really tossing out the brown stinky stuff!

Riddle us this Democrat batpeople? how can a single Republican be blamed for the Democrat controlled Congress' inaction on Health Care?

They can't! plain and simple but even you simpleton's can't figure that out! No you continue to use the nefarious blame game as if all of us are idiot's like you! You dummies can't expect us smart people to belive your lies and ignorance. But then, that doesn't stop the likes of big Donny Fitz??? and HHH??? who is Frank Luntz?

Obama the constant campaigner cannot tell the whole truth no matter who or what is standing in front of him. He uses the FEAR tactics that he and the rest of the Obama sheeple claim the Republicans are using.

If he keeps pounding away at this losing proposition, he just might get his way but having his way on this one ideological piece of crap will be the death blow to the rest of his term and to the Democrat Party.

Americans very clearly do not want this piece of legislation to pass and if it's forced on us, Obama and his crew are toast! and the toaster will begin heating up this November!

TRICKLE HHH. GET THIS THROUGH YOUR LOONY LEFTIE PEABRAIN: THERE IS ONLY ONE BOBBY MOBBIE!!!!! BUT THERE **ARE** A WHOLE BUNCH OF CONSERVATIVES WHO ARE STRIDENTLY AGAINST WHAT FAR LEFT LIBS WANT AND STAND FOR. GOT IT?

No, the three authors of comments HHH listed are not the same person. And by what right does HHH ask to have other's comments removed? HHH has added more posts to this thread than anyone else. HHH's opinions are not the only ones that relevant, believe it or not.

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No, the three authors of comments HHH listed are not the same person. And by what right does HHH ask to have other's comments removed? HHH has added more posts to this thread than anyone else. HHH's opinions are not the only ones that relevant, believe it or not.

Posted by: V. Allen | March 15, 2010 2:46 PM
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More BS from the Swamps resident Talking Bumper Sticker.

Mark, why do you put up with this sociopath's (Bobby Mobbie) crap on here? Ban her!!!!

Obama playing the role of Mr. Morality, telling us he "knows what is right" is downright hilarious.

For Example: He knew what was right when he sued Citi under the CRA to force them to make bad loans. He also knew what was right just two days into office when he gave Citi 300 MILLION, made sure that Timmy Geithner got the deal done by going to work at Citi and then back to the Treasury because "he's the only one that can do the job."

He knew what was right when he selected Rahm (MR NAFTA) for Chief of Staff. He selected all the bad actors that directly caused the Mortgage Meltdown as his financial adivisors: Larry Summers, Robert Rubin...

He knew what was right when he promised transparency...Sorry, I am choking with laughter typing this.

The wacko liberals all "know what is right."

It Is What It Is

Triple H.

The who gets the most donations from the Wall Street lobbyist the Democrats. The who gets the most donations from the medical field the Democrats. The who gets the most donations from the big banks the Democrats. The who gets the most donations from the lawyers the Democrats.

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It Is What It IsTriple H.
Posted by: Crooks_In_DC | March 15, 2010 3:50 PM
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Yes Clown, it is what it is - which only means that the Dems are in power and the Repugnuts aren't. Period, end of story.

HEALTH CARE REFORM CUTS DEFICIT BY $118 BILLION

The Democrats health bill gets boost from budget office

WASHINGTON (AFP) – "In a boost to President Barack Obama's flagship reform drive, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday a Senate health care bill would cut the deficit by 118 billion dollars." "The release of the report thickened the intrigue in a tense period of vote hunting for Obama's Democratic allies in the House of Representatives, with the White House pushing for a crucial vote on the measure within a week." "The non-partisan CBO said in its updated assessment that the Senate bill would cost 875 billion dollars over 10 years and reduce projected budget deficits by 118 billion dollars." "In a bid to thwart Republican obstruction tactics, Obama wants the House to pass the Senate bill along with a package of "fixes" in a delicate political maneuver that represents the last hope for his key domestic priority."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/pl_afp/uspoliticsobamahealthcare
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As it currently stands, the legislation would cover 31 million Americans and offer consumer protections to all Americans, eliminating the ability of insurance companies to deny people for pre-existing conditions or to rescind coverage to people who get sick. Its ten-year $875 billion price tag would be funded by Medicare cost-savings (without jeopardizing benefits) and a mixture of new taxes. It would reduce the deficit by $118 billion in the first ten years.

Remember, these budget numbers represent a baseline, and will likely change (presumably for the better) once the reconciliation package is complete. But it's an important reminder that the net financial impact of reform will be a reduction in the budget deficit.

If Republicans want to argue that government should not provide a safety net insuring that all Americans have health insurance, that's their right -- but for them to argue that this bill is a fiscal calamity just isn't grounded in reality.

If anybody should be banned HHH, it's you. Your constant cut and pastes waste space. Nobody reads your garbage. And, you are the most offensive poster here; constantly calling childish names, you add nothing of any meaning or value.

Notice the Swamp journalist didn't link to the actual text of the bill released today.

You can understand why Democrats want to hide the text of the bill!

ANDREA MITCHEL AND THE RULES OF THE "UNBIASED" LAMESTREAM MEDIA???
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VIDEO: MSNBC's Andrea to Rep. Cummings on Obamacare: 'You've Got to Get This for Him'
http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2010/mar/msnbc_cummings_obama.html

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He knew what was right when he promised transparency...Sorry, I am choking with laughter typing this.The wacko liberals all "know what is
Posted by: Free to Watch Liberals Meltdown | March 15, 2010 3:06 PM
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Crying Wingnut,

"Tranparency"?

You mean like when the Repugs jammed Tax cuts for Biilionaires down our throats..twice, and then started a war (Iraq) for no reason that is costing us over a Trillion dollars (and counting) and the lives of thousands of Americans and innocent Iraqi's?

Yeah, you want transparency all right, you want the kind of tranparency where the rich right wing American oligarchy does whatever they want and goober Wingnutters like you stand on the sidelines and cheerlead for them.

Obama...

"...I'll be honest with you. I don't know how passing health care will play politically, but I do know that it's the right thing to do,' Obama said..."
In other words, I won, and I am much smarter than you-
So the community organizer in chief- with zero real world economic, financial or management experience or background suddenly is an authority on the subject of a massive overhaul of 1/6 the of the largest economy in the world.
He does this by;
--Ignoring that to pass the Senate he had to buy votes- bribery for you and me, politics as usual for the "one.
---Ignoring that as much as 60% of the population (most who have much more common sense and, financial insight) do not want anything to do with this nonsense.
--Ignoring that the only way the bill scored by CBO does not show massive deficits is to exclude $250B in doctor payments for Medicare patients, and use accounting tricks to pay for 6 years of benefits with 10 years of taxes.
Always be worried about someone who qualifies a statement with I'll be honest with you...-- This implies that the speaker is not confident that he is being in fact "honest".

TRICKLE H: HERE'S YOUR TRANSPARENCY:
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HOPEY CHANGEY TRANSPARENCY YOU CAN . . . HUH? THE NYT?
Report Faults U.S.’s Efforts at Transparency
In his first full day at the White House almost 14 months ago, President Obama declared openness and transparency to be touchstones of his administration, and he ordered federal agencies to make it easier for the public to get information on the workings of government.
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A new report released Sunday by a private research group, the National Security Archive, suggests that the results of Mr. Obama’s push for transparency have been decidedly mixed across the federal government, with progress slow and erratic.
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More than a third of the agencies, 35 in all, said they had no internal documents showing how or whether the new Freedom of Information policies were being put into effect. Among those are three that have been at the center of public policy debates and at times have been accused of excessive secrecy: the Central Intelligence Agency, the Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Seventeen federal agencies did not respond to the requests, despite a requirement that they do so within 20 business days.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/us/politics/15open.html?partner=MYWAY&ei=5065

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Posted by: Bobby Mobbie | March 15, 2010 6:11 PM
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Bobby's Mommy the Talking Bumper Sticker,

OBAMA IS 100X MORE TRANSPARENT THAN THE BUSHCO WAR CRIMINALS THAT YOU CHEERLEADED FOR EVER WERE!!!

The Bush Years - The Most Secretive Administration Ever

The administration of President George W. Bush continues to expand government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions – and at greatly increased cost to taxpayers, according to a coalition of groups that promote greater transparency.

Dr. Patrice McDermott, director of Open the Government, a watchdog group, told IPS, "The federal government under the Bush administration has shown its commitment to secrecy by where it has put its money – more no-bid contracts, fewer government employees processing FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] requests, less on training on classification issues, and almost 200 dollars spent on keeping secrets to every dollar allocated to open them."

"Given our growing deficit, the next administration faces difficult choices in restoring accountable government," he added.

In its "Secrecy Report Card 2008," released Sept. 9, the group concluded that the Bush administration "exercised unprecedented levels not only of restriction of access to information about federal government's policies and decisions, but also of suppression of discussion of those policies and their underpinnings and sources."

Open the Government is a Washington-based coalition of consumer and good government groups, librarians, environmentalists, labor, journalists, and others.

It says that that classification activity remains significantly higher than before 2001. In 2006, the number of original classification decisions increased to 233,639, after dropping for the two previous years.

The government spent $195 maintaining the secrets already on the books for every one dollar it spent declassifying documents in 2007, a 5 percent increase in one year.

At the same time, fewer pages were declassified than in 2006. The nation's 16 intelligence agencies, which account for a large segment of the declassification numbers, are excluded from the total reported figures.

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http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fisher.php?articleid=13464
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"Mark,
These are all posts from one person... they are SPAM"
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Posted by: HHH | March 15, 2010 1:53 PM
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That's rich coming from YOU, of all people, who has been clogging up this blog using at least 100 different names in the last 3 or 4 years, "HHH".
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"Mark, why do you put up with this sociopath's (Bobby Mobbie) crap on here? Ban her!!!!"
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Posted by: HHH | March 15, 2010 3:05 PM
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Sigh...Will somebody please explain to "HHH" that this isn't his blog, and he has no right to bark orders on how it should be run?
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While you're at it, you might also explain 'irony' to Democrat "HHH" and that his demand to ban anybody who doesn't agree with him is antidemocratic. Also that there'd be no point to the blog if nobody disagreed ...oh never mind. All that explaining would be too much for his poor little head.
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Just tell him to get his own blog if he thinks he can run one better.

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Just tell him to get his own blog if he thinks he can run one better.
Posted by: Reality Czech | March 15, 2010 7:53 PM
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No, I think I just need to get multiple IP addresses like you have.

That's how you do it, right Bobby's Mommy?

What is funny is how the mainstream media is giving a complete pass to a few disturbing reports about the healthcare bill and how the loony liberals in DC are double counting. They are double counting the so-called half a trillion dollars savings from Medicare. You can not say you are saving the money by taking it from one program and giving it to another. The reports come from the CBO and the head of Medicare.