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Saturday, September 9, 2023

September, 2023, Political Class Insanity, Part 4: Biden's Lies, Dementia State and His Endangering of America

 Every month we devote posts to just general political class insanity that is running rampant through the country. The members of the American political class continue to show that they are incapable of operating any level of government in this country. 

Even their best efforts are almost always inefficient and ineffective at resolving any problem facing Americans. They spend a great amount of time not trying to improve the lives of their citizens but continually ensuring their reelection and enriching themselves, their families, and their friends in the process, all at taxpayer expense.


We have stated many times that we believe that Joe Biden is in the depths of dementia and yet still leads the country. He displayed many of the signs of someone in that state:


  • He lashes out in anger.

  • He forgets accurate information regarding dates, people, and past events.

  • He insists on being at his homes where he is comfortable and at ease, having spent well over 100 days at his homes in Delaware.

  • His gait and constant trait of tripping and falling suggest someone with the disease.


I was legal  guardian of an elderly uncle for five years until his death and the behavior and traits my uncle exhibited were in line with the deteriorating behavior of Biden.


Thus, I do not know whether to be sympathetic to his health condition, mad at him for his failures as President, or mad that his wife, family, and political handlers put him through this process and in the process has screwed up the country with his half baked, ineffective programs. All of which has saddled the country with a many, many problems that did not exist in late January, 2021: high inflation, a failed foreign policy, a failed immigration policy that has many dangerous and expensive attributes, skyrocketing national debt, and no plan in place to fix any of the problems facing Americans today.

Thus, to drive home our point and observations, consider the following true stories of how the President of the United States sees the world and how out of touch with reality he is:


1)Bill Richardson was a former Democratic governor of New Mexico and held many other political positions in various parts of government in the country. Unfortunately, he recently passed away. Biden released a message sending his condolences via the following statement: “Bill and I crossed paths for the first time decades ago, when he was a staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which I served on as Senator. Over the years, I saw firsthand his passion for politics, love for America, and unflagging belief that, with respect and good faith, people can come together across any difference, no matter how vast. He was a patriot and true original, and will not be forgotten. Jill and I send our love to his family, including his wife of over 50 years, Barbara, and their daughter Heather.”


Seems like Biden knew Mr. Richardson quite well. Well, maybe not:


  • It seems that Mr.  Richardson and his wife never had a daughter named Heather.

  • In fact, they never had any daughters at all.


Thus, is Biden that out of touch that he makes up the name of a daughter of a friend that does not exist, is his speech writing and general staff so stupid and non-attentive to detail that they make up a person that does not exist, or both? If Biden was as close to Richardson as he claims, why didn’t he catch this ridiculous error in the statement? These are the types of people running the country today, cannot even get a simple condolence statement right.


2)Biden recently gave a speech at an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Simple math proves that this organization was formed in 1963, at which time was a mere 20 years old, probably not out of college yet and about nine years prior to getting elected to Congress for the first time.


Now, before going any further, remember that we have previously discussed the many,  many lies he has told over the years:


https://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2023/01/38-times-that-joe-biden-blatantly-lied.html


https://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2020/10/october-2020-part-3-political-class.html


https://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2023/08/joe-biden-lies-continue-part-1-national.html


Okay, now that we have his history of lying:

  • Again, as a review, Biden recently gave a speech to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the “Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law.”

  • Simple math tells us that the organization was founded in 1963.

  • At that time Biden would have been 20 years old, probably still in college, and would not become a member of Congress until about nine years later.

  • And yet, he boasted in this speech that he had convinced long term Senator, Strom Thurmond, to change his vote and vote in favor of the Civil Rights act in 1964 when Biden would have been 21 years old.

  • Specifically:  “I was able to — literally, not figuratively — talk Strom Thurmond into voting for the Civil Rights Act before he died.”


A few problems with this speech, as there are with anything that comes out of Biden’s mouth:


  • I doubt that long term Senator Strom Thurtmond sat down with 21 year old Joe Biden and took his advice.

  • Thuromnd actually voted against the legislation, the exact opposite of what Biden said he convinced him NOT to do.

  • Thurmond died almost 40 years after the legislation was passed so for Biden to imply that he convinced him to vote for the legislation just  before he died while accurate, the fact that he died almost 40 years later does not seem like Biden made him change his vote in the nick of time before death occurred.


He lies and then he lies some more. Or does he actually believe these fantasy exploits of his past. Or does he think we are too stupid to see through his lies which are easily identified. In any case, not the type of Presidential behavior this country wants or news, his whole presidency is a fallacy.


3)Another characteristic of a dementia victim is lack  of focus and attention. This was recently demonstrated by Biden during a White House ceremony when his behavior was completely at odds with tradition:


  • Biden was at a recent White House event to present retired Army Captain Larry Taylor with the Medal Of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War.

  • As a helicopter pilot in 1968, Taylor is credited with saving the lives of troops during a night action battle.

  • According to news reports, he used his helicopter to draw fire away from the soldiers on the ground and then came back to rescue them and fly them out of danger.

  • Obviously, he deserved the medal Of Honor and probably should have received it years ago.

  • Apparently, Biden pinned the medal on the hero and then abruptly left the room without comment.

  • According to a news article covering the event: “In the video, you can see the utter shock of members of the audience that saw him leave the room.”

  • This is certainly not the protocol since the honor ceremony was still going on and it left the baffled Taylor standing by himself in front of friends, family, and the press.

  • His lame press secretary provided this lame excuse: "We've got to put this all in context. We planned for the President to leave when there was a pause in the program so that it would minimize him being in the room. He did just that.”


We planned for him to leave the room?  I don’t think so, the ceremony was still going on, why would you want to “minimize” him being in the room? If this was a covid thing he could have left after the ceremony was done and still not mingled. He is lost and confused, simple as that, given his mental state.


4) And Americans are started to worry and realizing that Biden’s mental state is not the type of situation you want when there are so many issues, problems, and foreign enemies to deal with today:


  •  Recent opinion poll  found that a whopping 70% of those polled said they are either “very concerned” of “somewhat concerned” for the safety of the country with Biden as President.

  • Only 28% said they are not concerned about the safety of the country under Biden.

  • And even a majority of Democrats polled, 54%, are concerned that Biden’s failing mental  health endangers the country.

  • 92% of Republicans think Biden is endangering the country and 70% of independent voters agree.


The conclusion from those conducting the poll: “In short, virtually everyone worries about Biden’s mental faculties as he navigates the treacherous waters of overseas politics, diplomacy and military affairs.” Given the subjects already covered in this blog, it is not hard to understand why 7 out of 10 Americans think we are not safe with Biden as President. 


The equally interesting question is why do even 28% think that Biden is not a danger to national safety when he is delusional on facts and his own personal history and appears to have a very light grip on the reality of today’s world situation, both domestically and internationally. Dangerous, dangerous political class insanity.


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Saturday, December 21, 2019

December, 2019, Part 7, Political Class Insanity: Whistleblowing the Clinton Foundation, IMpeaching Trump Because He Is Too Tall, and More Insanity and False History from Ocasio-Cortez

It is another month which means it is again time to review the latest political class insanity from Washington and around the world. Political class insanity takes many forms including the wasting of taxpayer wealth, criminal fraud within government programs, inane and stupid political quotes and actions, the inability to create and implement effective and efficient government programs, stupid and ill performing economic policies and strategies, and other forms of insanity that continue to evolve and surprise and shock us.

Let’s get started:

1) After impeaching Trump for virtually nothing, it should be interesting to see what Democrats think about the financial shenanigans that were recently uncovered relating to the Clintons:
  • According to a recent interview by Congressman Mark Meadows, three whistleblowers have come forward and provided hundreds of pages of information relating to possibly illegal and unethical financial activities relative to the Clinton Foundation.
  • The whistleblower documents allege misuse of charity funds and quid-pro-quo promises made to rich Foundation donors.
  • Meadows has called for Congressional hearings relative to an already investigation going on relative to the Foundation.
  • That investigation has been going on since 2018 and is being led by U.S. Attorney John Huber.
  • Huber recently requested documents from MDA Analytics LLC, a company that has been investigating the Clinton Foundation.
  • MDA recently contacted the FBI in Arkansas, the Department of Justice and the IRS to share the findings that their analysis has turned up.
  • Back in 2016, Clinton Foundation CFO, Andrew Kessel, allegedly told MDA that, “one of the biggest problems was [former President Bill] Clinton’s commingling and use of business and donated funds and his personal expenses” and that Bill Clinton “mixes and matches his personal business with that of the foundation. Many people within the foundation have tried to caution him about this but he does not listen, and there really is no talking to him.”
  • What is also interesting and suspicious is that back in 2016, when Hillary was running for President, the Foundation pulled in $62.9 million in donations but once she lost out to Trump, the Foundation only pulled in $26.6 million in 2017, about a whopping 60% decline in a single year.
  • Meadows believes that this sudden drop off “raises grave concerns their operations were not above board as the American people have been led to believe. Whenever we look at the possibility of ‘pay to play’ by government officials, current or former, it demands answers, and anyone who uses public office to sell access for their own financial benefit must be held accountable.” 
Should be interesting to see if Nancy Pelosi has any integrity at all and supports an investigation into the Clintons and the possible phony front charity foundation. Given her history of strictly bitter and partisan politics, I doubt it. It is only political opponents that she goes after, integrity and trust be damned.

2) Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson was the laughing stock of Congress, and quite possibly the nation, several years when during a Congressional hearing he wondered and worried out loud that the island of Guam could tip over. Yes, during a hearing on the deployment of naval resources to the island, he asked a high ranking Navy official if the island would tip over if too many resources were deployed there.

If this is not enough to show how perverted and insane our political processes have become, that someone like this not only got elected once but has been reelected since showing these extreme ignorance, than nothing is.

But that does not stop him for continuing to speak silliness and ignorance:
  • During the debate on Trump’s impeachment, Johnson stated that Trump should be impeached because he is taller that Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
  • Specifically, “Colleague from Georgia talks about how Democrats are trying to make Zelensky look weak. Well, I’ll tell you. That brings to mind the picture of President Trump and President Zelensky meeting in New York in September at the UN — and a big chair for President Trump — a little chair for President Zelensky.” 
  • Forget high crimes and misdemeanors as outlined in the Constitution, let’s impeach Trump because he is taller than another nation’s leader.
  • Johnson did not know when to shut up, going on to describe Trump as, “Big, 6’4″ President Trump and 5′ 11″ Mr. Zelensky.”
  • And he is not even right with his “facts” since if you look at the picture of the two leaders shaking hands, the chairs are identical in size and style, one is not bigger than the other.



You cannot make up this nonsense. During the very serious process of impeachment this guy is focused on Trump’s height rather than reality. To see this foolery in action, go to the following link to see that Johnson is actually this out of touch with reality:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/democrat-village-idiot-hank-johnson-wants-to-impeach-president-trump-for-checks-notes-being-too-tall-video/

3) So many times we have had to review the insane comments, logic, and positions of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Despite having a college business degree she did not know the simple definition of the unemployment rate. Despite running for Congress, she did not know the three branches of government. The list goes on and on and can be reviewed by simply putting her name in the search box above.

And despite her history of speaking from a position of ignorance, she continues to stick her foot in her mouth as recently illustrated:
  • She recently asserted that the Democratic Party should go back to the way the party used to be and the values it represented, specifically citing the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
  • She also said that the party needed to return to its roots during the passage of the Civil Rights Act back in the 1960s.
  • Specifically, “I want to be the party of the New Deal again. The party of the Civil Rights Act, the one that electrified this nation and fights for all people. For that, many would call us radical. But we aren’t “pushing the party left,” we are bringing the party home.”
  • She obviously does not realize that FDR did not fight for the rights of tens of thousands of Japanese American during World War II since he shipped them off to internment camps in one of the most egregious violations of human rights in this country’s history.
  • She obviously does not realize that Democrats opposed the Civil Rights Act and filibustered the bill for 75 days until Republicans were able to get it passed through the Senate.
  • She obviously does not realize that a higher percentage of Republican in Congress voted for the Civil Rights Act than the percentage of Democrats in Congress that voted for it.
  • She obviously does not realize that it was a Republican President, Eisenhower, who made tremendous strides in breaking the back of segregation in the 1950s.
  • She obviously does not realize that the Democratic Party was the party of the Ku KLux KLan and Jim Crow laws after the Civil War.
The ignorance of this member of Congress continues to boggle the mind just about every time she speaks. Combine her erroneous rantings with the Georgia Congressman who thinks a Pacific island can actually tip over...a Texas Congresswoman who thinks the Constitution is 400 years old AND who wanted to know if an exploring vehicle on Mars was going to be near the area where Neil Armstrong walked on the moon... a Speaker of the House who actually said a piece of legislation had to be passed in order to find out what was in that legislation and you can see why we feel our political processes are so broken that these types of people actually hold public office.

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Friday, December 7, 2018

December, 2018, Part 3, Political CLass Insanity: Politicians' Fist Fight In Jersey, More Nonsense From Ocasio-Cortez and The Pomposity Of Obama

It is another month which means it is again time to review the latest political class insanity from Washington and around the world. Political class insanity takes many forms including the wasting of taxpayer wealth, criminal fraud within government programs, inane and stupid political quotes and actions, the inability to create and implement effective and efficient government programs, stupid and ill performing economic policies and strategies, and other forms of insanity that continue to evolve and surprise and shock us.

Let’s get started:

1) We have never been fans of politicians. They are ineffective, vindictive, petty, greedy, and useless. And now they are violent and their violence has been caught on tape:
  • The Democratic mayor of Atlantic City was recently caught on camera fighting an Atlanta City councilman.
  • And to make things worse, he was not even fighting a Republican councilman, he was fighting a fellow Democrat.
  • And the fight was in the parking lot of a casino.
So much for adult debate of the issues, let’s just duke it out with fists in the basement of a casino. Class act, an embarrassing act.

2) For many years we thought that Nancy Pelosi was the best source for absolutely inane, ignorant and out of touch statements. But in a matter of months, newly elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has shot up the charts as a politician with the most inane statements possible:
  • Despite having an economics degree, she does not know how to calculate the unemployment rate, an extremely simple economic concept. 
  • She thinks that the Federal government has three branches of government: the Presidency, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  • She somehow thinks that the Electoral College is somehow linked to and represents slavery.
We could go on with her insanity but will stop here. If you put her name in the search box above you can get a full array of her ignorance. 

But she is the gift of gaffe that keeps on giving, considering her recent observation: she recently compared her election, and the election of a few other socialists, to Congress as being on a par with the moon landing and the 1964 Civil Rights act.

Specifically, “We've done what we thought was impossible.We went to the moon. We electrified the nation. We established civil rights. We enfranchised the country. We dig deep, and we did it. We did it when no one else thought that we could. That's what we did when so many of us won an election this year.” 

Let’s review this assertion to see if it was truly as epic as she claimed:
  • She is not the first woman elected to Congress.
  • She is not the first Hispanic elected to Congress. 
  • She is not the first Democrat elected from her Congressional district.
  • She won an election in an overwhelmingly Democratic Congressional district.
  • None of the others she referred to upset a Republican, they all came from truly Democratic districts.
  • At no point was she riding atop a complex rocket that could explode at any point in time, leading to an instant and fiery death.
  • At no point in time was she a quarter million miles from home.
  • At no point were the hopes and dreams of the human race riding on her success.
  • She did not electrify the nation, she did not establish civil rights, and she did not enfranchise the country.
Sorry Congresswoman, to think your election had anything close to the historical and human impact that the moon landing and the Civil Rights Act had on humanity is absolutely ridiculous. In fact, you insult the thousands and thousands of people who fought for civil rights back in the 50s and 60s, risking life, limb, and their safety. You risked nothing so please stop insulting those that were much more important and much braver than you, whether it was going to the moon or riding in the front seat of a bus in the Deep South. There is NO comparison.

3) Speaking of pathetic politicians, Obama has refused to go away and act dignified like all previous Presidents. He is so narcissistic that he constantly is showing up in the news making claims and strutting around that is so below how former President should act.

First, he tried to claim that the incredibly great economic times the country is currently enjoying is because of his economic policies, not anything Trump has done. Although none of the current trends, record low unemployment across all societal breakdowns, record government tax revenue collection because of so many people now have jobs, rising wages, low inflation, great overall national economic growth, etc., occurred during the eight years he was President, he still thinks, in his own narcissistic mind, that he somehow made it all happen, two years AFTER he left office. 

In reality, Obama presided over the worst economic recovery in the history of the country despite his best, and fruitless expensive, efforts to not have this distinction. Sounds like a massive jealousy streak on his behalf.

Not satisfied sounding like a jealous little kid when it comes to the economy, he also now is trying to claim credit for the low energy prices and boom in energy production in this country, again, two years AFTER he left office:
  • His specific claim: “You know, I know we’re in oil country and we need American energy, and by the way, American energy production. You wouldn’t always know it but it went up every year I was president. That whole, suddenly America’s like the biggest oil producer and the biggest gas — that was me, people.”
  • OMG, is he kidding me, he wanted everyone to pay $5.00 for a gallon of gas to REDUCE energy consumption and production.
  • OMG, is he kidding me, he blocked the Keystone Pipeline project even though every Federal agency that looked at it said it was okay.
  • OMG, is he kidding me, he shut down oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for half a year while disobeying a Federal judge’s order to not do so.
  • OMG, is he kidding me, he tried in so many ways to cut back oil production on Federal lands.
  • OMG, is he kidding me, he signed off on the ridiculously stupid Paris Climate Agreement that would have strangled America’s energy industry and raised energy prices significantly for Americans.
  • OMG, is he kidding me, he imposed costly regulations on fracking companies to restrict that industry, an industry that has led the United States to lead the world in reducing its carbon footprint, has helped keep gas prices low, and has broken the back of the OPEC monopoly on energy.
  • OMG, is he kidding me, Trump rolled back 70 Obama era regulations that inhibited energy production.
  • And finally, consider what former Shell CEO John Hofmeister said Obama for taking credit for America’s oil boom.“If anything, he was trying to frustrate the efforts by taking federal lands off of the availability list — putting them just, no more drilling [sic]. He shut down the Gulf of Mexico for a period of six months. [He] changed the regulations from an average of 60 to 80 pages per permit to 600 to 800 pages per permit. He also never approved the Keystone XL pipeline after dangling all the potential customers for eight years. And it was in the eighth year when he said no Keystone Pipeline.”
Another example where it is tough to say whether a politician is saying something so stupid because he actually believes it or he is saying it because he thinks we are too stupid to see through the lie. In either case, it always stinks that a politician so can be so petty or self centered….or both, which I think is the case with everything Obama says and does. More insanity still to come.

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Supreme Court Rewrites Obama Care Legislation, Destroys the Consitution and Rule Of Law In the Process

Democracy in America died today when the Supreme Court ruled that although an existing  law explicitly states something cannot be done, the executive branch can act like it can be done without first obtaining Congressional approval. Today the Supreme Court decided that it somehow had the authority to rewrite current law without the approval of the Congressional or Executive branches of government, a clear violation of the Constitution. 

So in the future, when a future President unilaterally decides that an unborn child takes precedent over that silly Roe vs. Wade decision or unilaterally decides that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” needs to be reinstated or unilaterally decides that the  Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act are too old to be relevant anymore, understand that the path for these unilateral actions was forged today when the Supreme Court, in concert with the present administration, arbitrarily changed standing law without input from the people or their elected representatives. In the process, this country’s  rule of law and the Constitutional separation of powers has been crushed. 

As Judge Scalia wrote in the dissenting opinion, “Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is ‘established by the State.’” Or to put it in Orwellian terms, we have fallen down the rabbit hole of Big Brother where, “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.” God help us.


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Friday, November 21, 2014

Barack Obama - Using Executive Orders To Endanger The Biggest Progressive Victories Of The Last 50 Years

Before we get into the latest unConstitutional action and lawlessness of Barack Obama, let me set the stage. I am over sixty years old, I have never voted for a Republican for President in my life, and up until 2010, I had never voted for a Republican for national office. Thus, I am not a Republican, I am not a conservative, and I am not a right winger.

But I am an American. I do believe in the tenets and spirit of the Constitution. I do believe in the rule of law. And that is why on any number of levels, I find the recent Obama executive action relative to illegal immigrants repugnant, lawless, unConstitutional, and extremely dangerous to freedom. 

The most obvious danger from his unilateral action is that it is a direct violation of Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution: "Congress shall have the power to....establish a uniform rule of naturalization." This could not be any clearer. This power and responsibility within our republic lies with Congress when it comes to immigration and naturalization laws. Not the President, not the executive branch, Congress. Clear cut and concise. Thus, even if the President goes through with this clearly illegal action, it will no doubt be thrown out be the courts based solely on this explicit provision within the Constitution.

Now, the President will likely say he had to act via executive action because Congress did not act. And he may be right, maybe Congress did not act. But that does not allow the President to do what he wants, to ignore whatever current laws say no matter how distasteful that reality is to himself and immigration supporters. 

The Rolling Stones once sang that "you can't always get what you want," and that is the case here. Mr. President, you cannot always get what you want, so get over it. If this issue is so important to you, you should have done it legally six years ago when you and your party controlled both the White House and Congress. 

If you had acted then, you could have gotten what you wanted in a Constitutional manner that would have been able to withstand any court challenge. Your inability to plan or prioritize is all on you and you missed your window.

But your reckless and illegal actions on immigration carry a much bigger, yet more subtle risk, and danger to our country. In two years you will be gone, out of office. If the Republicans continue to politically out maneuver and out perform Democrats in 2016, like they did in the recent 2014 midterm elections, there is a very good chance that the country will get a Republican President in 2016.

And what if that President is just as disrespectful of the Constitution and rule of law as you are, acting on his or her whims rather than established legislative history and foundations? We might see Roe Vs. Wade get ignored and abortion made an illegal act again, based on the whim of a Republican President. 

We might see gays ousted from our military forces again, based on the whim of a Republican President. 

We might see existing gun control laws treated merely as suggestions and not law, based on the whim of a Republican President. 

We might see the Civil Rights Act or Voting Rights Act nullified, based on the whim of a Republican President.

You get the idea. Acting on a whim outside of the constructs of the Constitution justify others acting on their whims also. If Obama gets away with this illegal action, it opens the door for further illegal action, actions that may be contrary to what non-Republicans find important. And wouldn't that be the ultimate irony of the Obama administration: opening the door to undo fifty years of liberal, progressive, and Democratic victories and advances?

This is much bigger than a spat between a President and Congress. Obama is making himself bigger than the country, its laws, and the Constitution. If he gets away with it, there is nothing to stop future Presidents from having similar temper tantrums and going into emperor mode, ignoring existing laws and the will of the people. At that point, voting, freedom, representative government, and liberty become quaint and historical concepts that have been destroyed in this country.

Is there a need for comprehensive, compassionate, and doable immigration reform?Absolutely. Should both Congress and the President start acting like adults, get together, and bring such a plan to fruition? Absolutely. Will this happen? Not once the President has again fallen short of his leadership duties and role and has poisoned the waters of compromise and unity by ignoring the Constitution and current laws of the land.

And if you believe in a woman's right to an abortion, if you believe in gay rights, if you want at least existing gun control laws to remain in effect, if you believe in the right to vote and in civil rights for all, I strongly suggest you contact the White House and your Congressional representatives and pressure both parties to do immigration reform the right way. 

Otherwise, the next time a President goes rogue and acts like an emperor it might be an issue that you are passionate about, an issue your fought hard to favorably resolve, and an issue your thought was a done deal, only to have it blown up on the whim of a President. At that point it is too late to protect what is important to you and your principles. Don't let the following historical perspective repeat itself in this country (Pastor Martin Niemoller, 1892 - 1984):


"In Germany, they came first for the Communists. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
And then they came for the trade unionists. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
And then they came for the Jews. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me and by that time there was no one left to speak up."

Speak up now before whims and egos of shallow men drive this country, bypassing the rule of law and the Constitution.


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It is also available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Please pass our message of freedom onward. Let your friends and family know about our websites and blogs, ask your library to carry the book, and respect freedom for both yourselves and others everyday.

Please visit the following sites for freedom:

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Monday, November 17, 2014

November, 2014 The Unfolding Disaster That Is Obama Care: Using Americans' Stupidity To Pass Legislation

We have spent the past four days reviewing the unfolding disaster that is Obama Care. We have been doing this series on a regular monthly basis since August, 2013 and never seem to run out of bad news to report. Whether it is cancelling the current and preferred insurance policies of millions of Americans, cutting of Americans from their preferred doctors, hospitals, and medicines, adding over a trillion dollars to the national debt, forcing doctors out of the profession into retirement or different careers, exposing millions of Americans to identity theft thieves, increasing health insurance premiums and deductibles, throttling the economy, increasing existing taxes and introducing new taxes, and a myriad of other disasters, this is one piece of Washington legislation that keeps on giving. And none of its presents are ever any good.

To review past discussions of previous Obama Care disasters, just type the phrase, "the unfolding disaster that is Obama Care,” into the search box above.

I had thought that yesterday’s post would be the last update for this month. However, since that last post was written, I came across a very distressing piece of video tape that kind of summarizes the bad vibes and heinous intentions of those behind Obama Care. 

The video tape is from some sort of panel discussion on Obama care and it focuses on Jonathon Gruber. Mr. Gruber is apparently an MIT economics professor and one of the primary writers of the legislation. Look at the video tape at the following link and then see if you agree with my conclusions and outrage below:

http://dailysignal.com/2014/11/09/caught-camera-obamacare-architect-admits-deceiving-americans-pass-law/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

The Heritage Foundation summed up the video quite nicely:

In a newly surfaced video, one of Obamacare’s architects admits a “lack of transparency” helped the Obama administration and congressional Democrats pass the Affordable Care Act. The conservative group American Commitment posted Jonathan Gruber’s remarks, reportedly from an Oct. 17, 2013, event, on YouTube.

“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” says the MIT economist who helped write Obamacare. “And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.”

So let’s review:
  • The Obama administration was deliberately non-transparent to get its way with the American people.
  • The Obama administration intentionally lied to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in order to get a favorable rating from the analysts in the CBO.
  • The Obama administration intentionally lied to the American people to hide the fact that healthy people were going to subsidize the medical and insurance care of unhealthy people.
  • The Obama administration used the lack of transparency as a political advantage.
  • The Obama administration basically called the American people too stupid to understand what the Obama Care legislation was going to do to them.
And in the end, Mr. Gruber finds that lying, hiding behind a veil of non-transparency and thinking so low of Americans that he felt their stupidity (his words) could be leveraged in order to get a bad piece of legislation passed, so unlike spirit of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and other properly legislated laws, that this was a better option than getting no law done, no matter how insipid and awful Obama Care turned out to be.

Words cannot express my outrage and disgust with Mr. Gruber and the entire Obama administration in this matter and their attitudes. Given how poorly the law has turned out to be, I think that possibly Mr. Gruber and the rest of the Obama administration need to consider who the stupid people were in this whole disgusting affair.

For this video tape alone the entire legislation needs to be repealed. It was done under false pretenses that are an insult to our intelligence and our democracy. Besides being unworkable and doomed to failure.

Before closing today, let’s look at another quote relative to Obama Care that was made a four years ago by Donald Trump. Given the unfolding disaster that is Obama Care, you decide who had a better feel and attitude of what was going to happen:

Let me get this straight . . .We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's already broke!!!!!‌

'What could possibly go wrong?

Who is the stupid one now? The writers like Gruber who never foresaw how bad the legislation would turn out to be or Trump, who nailed the outcome four years ago? More Obama Care disasters next month.


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