Q: Who said, "So let's not question each others' patriotism when we have this very honest debate that this country expects and deserves . . ." and in describing FDR, said, "he was a disruptor and I'm a fan of disruptors, people who make change".
A: Nancy Pelosi (DEMOCRAT, CA) 2006 at a town hall with a bunch of anti-war protestors, many of whom were shouting at her and demonstrating.
Q: Who said, “I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you’re not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.”
A: Hillary Clinton (DEMOCRAT, AK,NY,D.C.) , 2003
Q: Who called town-hall protesters of Obamacare “evil-mongers”
A: Harry Reid (DEMOCRAT, UT)
Hopefully I have made my point. There are many, many more examples that I could document - astroturf, tea party demonstrators, Code Pink, ACORN, anti-Bush demonstrator = good - anti-Obama demonstrator = bad, John Edwards vs. Mark Sanford, etc.
While I am not saying Republicans are perfect (far from it!!!). I am challenging you to find similar hypocrisy on the Right. I guarantee you CANNOT because the lapdog of the Left, the lamestream media, would put it on the front page of every paper and blog for 10 days.
The point is: pay attention, think for yourself, ask questions, be your own advocate, be curious, fight for your rights, fight for your country, call it like you see it and don't vote for people who insult your intelligence just because they have a "D" next to their name (or an "R").
Idiots do not deserve to represent us.
The Lost Art of Critical Thinking and Common Sense in Politics and Public Policy
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Idiocy Personified
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitvFZTOrp4&feature=related
"Let me be the first to say I would be thrilled if America's healthcare system was anywhere near as functional as the Post Office" - - Bill Maher
He will get his wish only on steroids. Instead of bleeding billions of dollars a year and now having to close down hundreds of branches, the healthcare system will bleed hundreds of billions of dollars each year and turn the most advanced and innovative machine in the world into a rationing, socialistic nightmare.
Apathy and idiots now rule America! It is absolutely pathetic!
"Let me be the first to say I would be thrilled if America's healthcare system was anywhere near as functional as the Post Office" - - Bill Maher
He will get his wish only on steroids. Instead of bleeding billions of dollars a year and now having to close down hundreds of branches, the healthcare system will bleed hundreds of billions of dollars each year and turn the most advanced and innovative machine in the world into a rationing, socialistic nightmare.
Apathy and idiots now rule America! It is absolutely pathetic!
Monday, August 10, 2009
"What good is it to read the bill?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACbwND52rrw
There are many other examples of ignorant, omnipotent, arrogant Democrat "leaders" saying similar things.
Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac1oqUwzkNk&feature=PlayList&p=446EEDC0387C93DF&index=54&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL
"The American people really don't care"????????? Is that right Mr. Schumer?
Is that true? Do you really not give a shit about what happens to this country? The name of this blog is APATHY REINS because, it is my belief that, apathy "reigns" supreme in this country and the "reins" of apathy are steering this country. The majority of people in this country don't give a rat's ass what goes on in Washington, Raleigh, Columbia, Albany, Jackson, Charleston, Harrisburg, Tallahasee, Trenton, Austin, etc and the socialists who currently control the federal government and many of our state capitals play that ignorance and apathy for all it is worth because once power is seized it is rarely relinquished without a fight. Need proof??? Look at every single government program ever instituted . . . what percent of them have ever been eliminated????? Look at every single socialist society. What percent of them relinquished power without massive bloodshed????
What we are witnessing now is exactly what the Founders of this country tried to avoid! Unfortunately, apathy reigns and most of you don't care what The Constitution, The Bill of Rights or The Federalist Papers have to say.
Mark my words: APATHY ENDS IN TYRANNY!
There are many other examples of ignorant, omnipotent, arrogant Democrat "leaders" saying similar things.
Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac1oqUwzkNk&feature=PlayList&p=446EEDC0387C93DF&index=54&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL
"The American people really don't care"????????? Is that right Mr. Schumer?
Is that true? Do you really not give a shit about what happens to this country? The name of this blog is APATHY REINS because, it is my belief that, apathy "reigns" supreme in this country and the "reins" of apathy are steering this country. The majority of people in this country don't give a rat's ass what goes on in Washington, Raleigh, Columbia, Albany, Jackson, Charleston, Harrisburg, Tallahasee, Trenton, Austin, etc and the socialists who currently control the federal government and many of our state capitals play that ignorance and apathy for all it is worth because once power is seized it is rarely relinquished without a fight. Need proof??? Look at every single government program ever instituted . . . what percent of them have ever been eliminated????? Look at every single socialist society. What percent of them relinquished power without massive bloodshed????
What we are witnessing now is exactly what the Founders of this country tried to avoid! Unfortunately, apathy reigns and most of you don't care what The Constitution, The Bill of Rights or The Federalist Papers have to say.
Mark my words: APATHY ENDS IN TYRANNY!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Healthcare - The Forthcoming Debacle Part II
[Note from the editor: I would be honored if one of you would submit this blog to flag@whitehouse.gov as "fishy" anti-healthcare reform propaganda.]
Why pursue historically discredited policies? Read on for the answer.
How can you believe a political party that lied about:
Why pursue historically discredited policies? Read on for the answer.
How can you believe a political party that lied about:
- global warming?
- how bad the economy was during the Bush and Reagan years?
- how good the economy is now?
- paying their taxes (a la half of Obama's nominees)?
- allowing bills to be available for public consumption before voting?
- allowing no earmarks in the non-stimulus bill?
- senior citizens losing their social security benefits when Bush tried to partially privatize this ponzi-scheme?
- the war in Iraq?
- the credit crisis?
- cap-and-tax (I mean cap-and-trade)?
- 45 million people without health insurance?
- the healthcare system being broken?
Why is an overhaul necessary when (using the Dem's own numbers) almost 90% of the population currently has health insurance?
Why would you believe that the federal government can efficiently manage 1/5 of our economy when they can't even deliver the mail or manage Amtrak without accumulating billions upon billions of losses year after year?
What proof do we have that the federal government can handle something this massive? How about Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security? In the 40-year span from 1968 through 2007 Social Security spending went up 25 times, Medicare 85.5 and Medicaid 105.9.
- The omnipotent federal government's 25-year projection for Medicare spending in the mid-1960s was $10 billion. Actual: $107 billion. Off just slightly.
- Medicaid outlays in 1968 were $1.8 billion. In 2007, we were up to $190.6 billion.
- Social Security outlays in 1968 were $23.3 billion. In 2007, $581.4 billion. Apparently no one in the federal government ever heard of the "baby boom". They were taken by surprise.
The answer is POWER & CONTROL.
Just say it and get it out in the open and stop pretending that the America public is stupid. Stop the deception and disingenuousness . Just tell us what the end game is . . . socialism, centralized power in the hands of a few people in Washington, D.C. The EXACT OPPOSITE of what the Founders of this country planned. JUST SAY IT!!!
The truth is they are nothing more than a bunch of power hungry school yard bullies. The other visual I get is the fox guarding the sheep or the chicken coop. Washington is the fox and we are the sheep/chickens (lame, helpless and stupid).
WAKE UP AMERICA!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Straight Out of 1984
What country do we live in? You have got to check this out: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/
Can you imagine the conniption fit that the lamestream media would have had if the Bush administration used WhiteHouse.gov in such a manner? The hypocrisy and balls of this administration is absolutely astounding.
If you don't hear from me in a few weeks, you will know that the Healthcare/Obama/Socialist gestapo has taken me into custody for free speech violations. While many members of my family receive my blog, 90% of them disagree with me politically; so don't count on them to report me missing. I'm counting on you!
Here are a few of the responses that I and others have submitted to the White House:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To: flag@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Flag on healthcare
Flags from the Healthcare Bill that I have received from others passed around on the Internet. None of this is true but they keep spreading lies!
* Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
* Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
* Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
* Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
* Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
* Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
* Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
* Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
Please stop the lies from continuing to be spread. I want a government bureaucrat making decisions about my healthcare. It works so well in Europe, Australia and Canada.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Healthcare flags
Here are some lies being distributed on the Internet about the healthcare bill:
* Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
* Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
* Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
* Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
* Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
* Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
* Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
* Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
* Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
It’s not fair that people are actually reading the bill. It doesn’t allow the President and the Congress to do what they know is best for us. Please shut down the Internet.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Lies about healthcare bill
I keep getting emails with lies like the following:
* Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
* Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
* Page 167: Any individual who does not have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
* Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
* Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
* Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.
* Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected." * Page 241: Doctors: no matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
Why are people allowed to spread such lies?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Healthcare Bill Misinformation
Here are some lies being disseminated on the internet.
* Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.
* Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
* Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
* Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
* Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
* Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
* Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies!
* Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
* Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
* Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
* Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
* Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
* Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
* Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
* Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
This type of stuff keeps coming to my Inbox. Isn't there something you can do to stop this misinformation from being distributed?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
THOSE OF YOU WHO CARE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS . . . . DO IT WHILE FUN IS STILL LEGAL!
Can you imagine the conniption fit that the lamestream media would have had if the Bush administration used WhiteHouse.gov in such a manner? The hypocrisy and balls of this administration is absolutely astounding.
If you don't hear from me in a few weeks, you will know that the Healthcare/Obama/Socialist gestapo has taken me into custody for free speech violations. While many members of my family receive my blog, 90% of them disagree with me politically; so don't count on them to report me missing. I'm counting on you!
Here are a few of the responses that I and others have submitted to the White House:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To: flag@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Flag on healthcare
Flags from the Healthcare Bill that I have received from others passed around on the Internet. None of this is true but they keep spreading lies!
* Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
* Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
* Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
* Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
* Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
* Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
* Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
* Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
Please stop the lies from continuing to be spread. I want a government bureaucrat making decisions about my healthcare. It works so well in Europe, Australia and Canada.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Healthcare flags
Here are some lies being distributed on the Internet about the healthcare bill:
* Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
* Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
* Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
* Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
* Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
* Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
* Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
* Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
* Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
It’s not fair that people are actually reading the bill. It doesn’t allow the President and the Congress to do what they know is best for us. Please shut down the Internet.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Lies about healthcare bill
I keep getting emails with lies like the following:
* Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
* Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
* Page 167: Any individual who does not have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
* Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
* Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
* Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.
* Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected." * Page 241: Doctors: no matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
Why are people allowed to spread such lies?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Healthcare Bill Misinformation
Here are some lies being disseminated on the internet.
* Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.
* Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
* Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
* Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
* Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
* Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
* Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies!
* Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
* Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
* Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
* Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
* Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
* Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
* Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
* Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
This type of stuff keeps coming to my Inbox. Isn't there something you can do to stop this misinformation from being distributed?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
THOSE OF YOU WHO CARE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS . . . . DO IT WHILE FUN IS STILL LEGAL!
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