Wensday night's State of the Union Address was typical with Obama blaming the Bush administration for the reason for the trillion dollar deficit not him who raised the deficet to 3 trillion by passing a spending bill he called a stimulus bill which only raised spending and a slush fund, but made it harder for small businesses to stay open. He attacked the big banks for giving bonuses, but what most people dont know is that the so called bonuses are actualy commissions giving to those indviduals whose job it is to get new accounts.
He also mention that he was not a quitter when talking about health care and blamed the Fox Network for showing snipits,implying they were unfailr to him.
In short he was saying to the American people I dont care what you want. I am gong to shove this healthcare bill down your throat wether you want it or not and you will also have a cap and trade tax (which everyone knows is a job killer).
One could also say that the State of the Union put the Democratic party on notice and now that party has a fight on its hands. Will the Democrats let the Progressives control the party or will they fight to regain control of thier party?
After listening to the Stae of the Union Adress I came away thinkning that this president hates Captilism and has no regard for the constitution and will do whatever it takes to turn the US into a socialistic state.
So to all Americans I say stay vigilant and let your voice be heard or as Glenn Beck says "Question with Boldness...."
Today Friday the 29th of January I just finished watching President Obama address and aswer questions at the Repulican retreat in Baltimore. This is the first time that I have addressed him as President Obama and that is in my opinion he finally acted like a President. His address to the republicans was a regurgitation of the State of the Union Address (but only about 30 mins long) which he delivered Wensday night, inwhich again he blamed the previous administration, but during the question and answering period he did act like a President and aswered tough questions. Not that I agreed with his answers but he did answer the questions and he did give his point of view. In my opinion after watcing the Q and A with the Republicans I still say to All Americans:
Question with Boldness...
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Code Pink Invites Muslim
Imagine Americans inviting people to kidnap a former president? I can't. What Code Pink should be thankful is for that they have a right to protest in America.
You need to read this article in full at Biggovernment.com. This shows what is wrong with those who lean towards the left.
Obama Ally Code Pink Invites Muslim Brotherhood: ‘Join Us In Cleansing Our Country’
by Kristinn Taylor and Andrea Shea King
[Note: This is the latest segment in an ongoing series about Code Pink and its co-founder Jodie Evans. Click here to read earlier articles.]
Fresh on the heels of their Hamas-protected trip to Gaza, the so-called feminist, American antiwar group Code Pink, co-founded by top Obama funder Jodie Evans, is running banner advertisements on the English language version of the official Web site of a terrorist sympathizing group, the Muslim Brotherhood, one of which invites the Muslim Brotherhood to “join us in cleansing our country.”
The ad, titled “Arrest the War Criminals” with a subhead that contains the invitation to “join us in cleansing our country” links back to a Code Pink site that calls for the kidnapping of former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura and other former members of his administration through ‘citizens arrests’ for defending America against terrorists in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al Qaeda.
You need to read this article in full at Biggovernment.com. This shows what is wrong with those who lean towards the left.
Obama Ally Code Pink Invites Muslim Brotherhood: ‘Join Us In Cleansing Our Country’
by Kristinn Taylor and Andrea Shea King
[Note: This is the latest segment in an ongoing series about Code Pink and its co-founder Jodie Evans. Click here to read earlier articles.]
Fresh on the heels of their Hamas-protected trip to Gaza, the so-called feminist, American antiwar group Code Pink, co-founded by top Obama funder Jodie Evans, is running banner advertisements on the English language version of the official Web site of a terrorist sympathizing group, the Muslim Brotherhood, one of which invites the Muslim Brotherhood to “join us in cleansing our country.”
The ad, titled “Arrest the War Criminals” with a subhead that contains the invitation to “join us in cleansing our country” links back to a Code Pink site that calls for the kidnapping of former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura and other former members of his administration through ‘citizens arrests’ for defending America against terrorists in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al Qaeda.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Superiority of Private Sector Health Care
This article is by Morgen Richmond and can be found at biggovernment.com.
Why is the Media not covering this?
New Gov’t Report Demonstrates Superiority of Private Sector in Controlling Health Costsby Morgen Richmond
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their annual report this week on total healthcare spending in the U.S. for 2008. To the limited extent that this release was even reported, the headline was that the growth in healthcare spending “slowed” from the prior year. From a growth rate of 6% in 2007 to only 4.4% in 2008. This in fact represented the lowest rate of growth since the CMS first started reporting this data in 1960. Given all the hyperbole about exploding healthcare costs this past year, this would seem to be wonderfully good news, worthy of national media attention. Might the cost curve be bending down (gasp) without government intervention?
Not surprisingly, media coverage of the report – and even the press release from the CMS itself – convey a less positive interpretation of the underlying data. By focusing on the fact that healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP continues to rise (if only slightly), from 15.9 percent in 2007 to 16.2 percent in 2008. And by attributing the decline to the economic downturn, implying that it is only temporary, even though the co-author of the report acknowledged that “health-care spending is usually somewhat insulated from the immediate impact of a downturn in the economy”.
Why the glass half-empty view? I believe the answer can be found in this accompanying statement from CMS Director Jonathan Blum (emphasis mine):
This report contains some welcome news and yet another warning sign. Health care spending as a percentage of GDP is rising at an unsustainable rate. It is clear that we need health insurance reform now.
Keep this last statement of Mr. Blum’s in mind. Because the CMS press release and the media have buried the most noteworthy aspect of the entire report. A simple, compelling fact that represents a clear warning of the grave financial peril we face if the Democrats succeed in passing ObamaCare.
Because in a year where the growth rate in overall healthcare spending dropped by an unprecedented amount, federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid actually increased dramatically from the prior year.
Medicare by 8.6% in 2008 compared to 7.1% in 2007, and Medicaid by 8.4% compared to 6.1% in 2007. And Federal spending on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) increased by an even greater amount (13.4%).
In other words, the reduced growth rate in healthcare spending for 2008 was entirely due to reduced spending in the private sector. Which upon reflection really comes as no surprise since the private sector by its very nature must respond and adapt to market dynamics. As long as it has the flexibility to do so, unimpeded by government regulation.
The federal government on the other hand is impervious to the business cycle, with no institutional or political incentive to reduce spending. As evidenced by the obscene and unhindered growth in the federal bureaucracy over the past 70+ years.
Given the ever-increasing national debt ($12+ trillion and counting), and with nearly $90 trillion (!) in unfunded Medicare liabilities, why, oh why, are we on the verge of having the federal government assume responsibility for providing healthcare for 40+ million more Americans? With 15 million additional people fully covered under Medicaid and another 26 million heavily subsidized by the government in the new insurance exchange. All at an incremental annual cost approaching $200 billion by 2019 according to the CBO. (A number, I suspect, which will be much higher by then.)
Have our leaders in Washington completely lost their minds? Is this why “we need heath insurance reform now”? So a federal government which has never in history demonstrated one iota of ability to reign in spending can permanently add another 40+ million people to federal entitlement programs. This is the silver bullet necessary to reduce costs? Really??
It defies logic. It defies evidence. It’s completely preposterous.
It is obvious what will happen to overall healthcare spending when the entity least able to control costs assumes a greater share of it. An entity which is politically beholden to a growing class of people dependent on the government for health benefits. The federal budget will expand dramatically, and with reduced private sector funds available for investment, the pace of healthcare innovation will slow and overall costs will skyrocket. Ultimately drastic government rationing will be the only thing which will prevent a total collapse of the entire healthcare system.
As the CMS report demonstrates only the private sector has the inherent incentive and flexibility necessary to reduce the growth in healthcare spending. Through innovation and just good old-fashioned competition. A point which is startlingly reinforced by yet another report ignored by the media, from prominent economist and Obama healthcare adviser David Cutler.
The reckless and self-serving politicians who are most responsible for this coming disaster are likely to pay a heavy price. As will we all unless we can find a way to halt or reverse the most damaging parts of this legislation before it goes into effect.
The future of our nation and our very freedom depend on it.
Why is the Media not covering this?
New Gov’t Report Demonstrates Superiority of Private Sector in Controlling Health Costsby Morgen Richmond
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their annual report this week on total healthcare spending in the U.S. for 2008. To the limited extent that this release was even reported, the headline was that the growth in healthcare spending “slowed” from the prior year. From a growth rate of 6% in 2007 to only 4.4% in 2008. This in fact represented the lowest rate of growth since the CMS first started reporting this data in 1960. Given all the hyperbole about exploding healthcare costs this past year, this would seem to be wonderfully good news, worthy of national media attention. Might the cost curve be bending down (gasp) without government intervention?
Not surprisingly, media coverage of the report – and even the press release from the CMS itself – convey a less positive interpretation of the underlying data. By focusing on the fact that healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP continues to rise (if only slightly), from 15.9 percent in 2007 to 16.2 percent in 2008. And by attributing the decline to the economic downturn, implying that it is only temporary, even though the co-author of the report acknowledged that “health-care spending is usually somewhat insulated from the immediate impact of a downturn in the economy”.
Why the glass half-empty view? I believe the answer can be found in this accompanying statement from CMS Director Jonathan Blum (emphasis mine):
This report contains some welcome news and yet another warning sign. Health care spending as a percentage of GDP is rising at an unsustainable rate. It is clear that we need health insurance reform now.
Keep this last statement of Mr. Blum’s in mind. Because the CMS press release and the media have buried the most noteworthy aspect of the entire report. A simple, compelling fact that represents a clear warning of the grave financial peril we face if the Democrats succeed in passing ObamaCare.
Because in a year where the growth rate in overall healthcare spending dropped by an unprecedented amount, federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid actually increased dramatically from the prior year.
Medicare by 8.6% in 2008 compared to 7.1% in 2007, and Medicaid by 8.4% compared to 6.1% in 2007. And Federal spending on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) increased by an even greater amount (13.4%).
In other words, the reduced growth rate in healthcare spending for 2008 was entirely due to reduced spending in the private sector. Which upon reflection really comes as no surprise since the private sector by its very nature must respond and adapt to market dynamics. As long as it has the flexibility to do so, unimpeded by government regulation.
The federal government on the other hand is impervious to the business cycle, with no institutional or political incentive to reduce spending. As evidenced by the obscene and unhindered growth in the federal bureaucracy over the past 70+ years.
Given the ever-increasing national debt ($12+ trillion and counting), and with nearly $90 trillion (!) in unfunded Medicare liabilities, why, oh why, are we on the verge of having the federal government assume responsibility for providing healthcare for 40+ million more Americans? With 15 million additional people fully covered under Medicaid and another 26 million heavily subsidized by the government in the new insurance exchange. All at an incremental annual cost approaching $200 billion by 2019 according to the CBO. (A number, I suspect, which will be much higher by then.)
Have our leaders in Washington completely lost their minds? Is this why “we need heath insurance reform now”? So a federal government which has never in history demonstrated one iota of ability to reign in spending can permanently add another 40+ million people to federal entitlement programs. This is the silver bullet necessary to reduce costs? Really??
It defies logic. It defies evidence. It’s completely preposterous.
It is obvious what will happen to overall healthcare spending when the entity least able to control costs assumes a greater share of it. An entity which is politically beholden to a growing class of people dependent on the government for health benefits. The federal budget will expand dramatically, and with reduced private sector funds available for investment, the pace of healthcare innovation will slow and overall costs will skyrocket. Ultimately drastic government rationing will be the only thing which will prevent a total collapse of the entire healthcare system.
As the CMS report demonstrates only the private sector has the inherent incentive and flexibility necessary to reduce the growth in healthcare spending. Through innovation and just good old-fashioned competition. A point which is startlingly reinforced by yet another report ignored by the media, from prominent economist and Obama healthcare adviser David Cutler.
The reckless and self-serving politicians who are most responsible for this coming disaster are likely to pay a heavy price. As will we all unless we can find a way to halt or reverse the most damaging parts of this legislation before it goes into effect.
The future of our nation and our very freedom depend on it.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
My New Year's Resolution
This was sent to me, But I am publishing it here because I believe this is the type of Senator Ct. needs.
My New Year's Resolution:
As we approach the end of the year, it's time to think about a New Year's resolution that will stick. My pledge for 2010 is to unite Connecticut so that we can take back Washington.
Uncontrolled spending, massive recurring deficits and unacceptable debt -- this is what career politicians have given to us. Government is not working for people, and career politicians are doing what they do best when their jobs are threatened: spending even more of our money and driving the country further into the red.
We need to end this cycle, and the way to do that is to stop sending career politicians to Washington. Instead, we should elect a Senator who has the strength to end business as usual, make Washington work for Connecticut families, and most importantly, put people back to work.
Share this message with your family, friends and neighbors. As we ring in 2010, you will have your chance to tell Washington you want a new direction. Right now, you can keep the momentum building by taking these last few hours of 2009 to sign up for a yard sign, a bumper sticker or the opportunity to volunteer.
We are ready to take the voice of Connecticut families to Washington, D.C.
I will work for you. The journey has already begun. See a glimpse.
Best wishes for the New Year,
Linda McMahon"
My New Year's Resolution:
As we approach the end of the year, it's time to think about a New Year's resolution that will stick. My pledge for 2010 is to unite Connecticut so that we can take back Washington.
Uncontrolled spending, massive recurring deficits and unacceptable debt -- this is what career politicians have given to us. Government is not working for people, and career politicians are doing what they do best when their jobs are threatened: spending even more of our money and driving the country further into the red.
We need to end this cycle, and the way to do that is to stop sending career politicians to Washington. Instead, we should elect a Senator who has the strength to end business as usual, make Washington work for Connecticut families, and most importantly, put people back to work.
Share this message with your family, friends and neighbors. As we ring in 2010, you will have your chance to tell Washington you want a new direction. Right now, you can keep the momentum building by taking these last few hours of 2009 to sign up for a yard sign, a bumper sticker or the opportunity to volunteer.
We are ready to take the voice of Connecticut families to Washington, D.C.
I will work for you. The journey has already begun. See a glimpse.
Best wishes for the New Year,
Linda McMahon"
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Facebook | Linda McMahon
I believe CT needs a person like Linda McMahon someone who has had been on hard times but was able to build a business and someone who has helped CT. Checkout this link.
Facebook Linda McMahon: "Linda McMahon A mix of people's testimonials about Linda McMahon during the first 100 days on the campaign trail in Fall 2009."
Facebook Linda McMahon: "Linda McMahon A mix of people's testimonials about Linda McMahon during the first 100 days on the campaign trail in Fall 2009."
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