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Dear Jim: Now, the fight is on. In just days, the U.S. House could be voting on the Big Labor paybacks in the Nationalized Health Care scheme. President Obama and his union boss allies in Congress continue to scheme, buy and threaten their way toward their goal of nationalized healthcare. Some are wrongly claiming the special payouts for Big Labor and the rest of the union-label Democrats’ pals “are all gone.” Do NOT be fooled. The fact is, President Obama’s new Healthcare Nationalization Scheme is EVERY BIT as damaging. That’s why it’s vital you contact your Congressman TODAY. You can call Congressman Adam Smith at 202-225-8901. Or you can click here to send an email directly. But no matter what, you and I must act today. The fact is, payback to Barack Obama’s Big Labor buddies plays an enormous part. You see, should President Obama’s new “Plan B” Healthcare Nationalization Scheme pass, it would create a new federal bureaucracy -- “the Federal Health Insurance Rate Authority” -- that would be charged with effectively setting prices for health insurance on a case-by-case basis. Of course, many folks are arguing, that’s bad enough just on its face. But you and I both know it’s a virtual GUARANTEE this new bureaucracy would be stacked with Big Labor sympathizers who will use their new regulatory power to grant union-boss negotiated healthcare plans sweetheart deals . . . . . . and stick you and me with the bill! Just consider Big Labor’s special “Cadillac Tax” exemption under the first Healthcare Nationalization Scheme. That set off a FIRESTORM of public outrage. So I guess the union bosses and their buddies in the White House decided if they can’t get away with legislative handouts to their Big Labor pals, they’ll just create a new federal bureaucracy to take care of it for them! But that’s not all. There’s also talk of a new “backdoor public option” that would enroll millions more Americans in government-run insurance under the guise of expanding Medicare coverage. And, just like in the original House and Senate bills, when legislative language is revealed, President Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be granted broad authority over doctors and nurses -- including monopoly bargaining and forced dues. Bet on it. That’s why it’s vital you call your Congressman today at 202-225-8901. Or click here to send an email to Congress. But it’s vital you act IMMEDIATELY. And this fight will move FAST, most likely in just days. You and I have seen time and again that whenever Big Labor allies Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid fear public opposition is mounting, their solution is to “vote now, and ask questions later.” So there’s no time to waste. The good news is the National Right to Work Committee is busy exposing the Big Labor power grabs in Barack Obama’s new “Plan B” Healthcare Nationalization Scheme . . . . . . and MOBILIZING millions of Americans to stop it using every means possible. E-mail. Blogs. Direct mail. Phones. Newspaper, radio, and TV ads. You name it. But such a program isn’t cheap -- especially because everything is last minute. So in addition to emailing your Congressman, would you also consider consider chipping in $5 or more? We’ve come a long way in the fight to DEFEAT President Obama’s Healthcare Nationalization Scheme. I can’t stomach the thought of watching all our hard work go up in smoke should Big Labor’s “Plan B” Scheme pass. I’m sure you can’t either. That’s why it’s vital you call your Congressman, or send an EMAIL today, urging them to oppose ANY effort to ram through this new “Plan B” Scheme. Sincerely,  Mark Mix President |
Send Harry Reid a Message!
On March 27th we here at the Tea Party Express will hold the giant "Showdown in Searchlight" rally in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's southern Nevada hometown of Searchlight, NV.
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Queeg claimed that he was protecting minority party rights against the day when the GOP would find itself relegated there. At the time we argued that that was the surest express lane to defeat for Senate Republicans that was then conceivable, as it proved there was no point in keeping them in power if they wouldn't use that power to advance the center-right agenda as ruthlessly as the Dems would advance their own once re-empowered. Little surprise, then, that collapse of base support in 2006 made the difference in several razor-thin defeats that cost the GOP control of the Senate. A prophecy most depressingly self-fulfilling.One can give McCain points for keeping a consistent stance.
But, at the time, McCain's conservative critics noted that Democrats in the Gang of 14 would never honor a similarly consistent stance. McCain, Graham, Snowe, Specter, Voinovich and the others were all being used by the Democrats to protect their own privileges in the minority, we said, but we would never see the reciprocal protection of Republican minority rights that McCain promised.
He's finding out now that we were right.
One would have thought that losing the presidential bid his 2005 mutiny should have denied him would have gotten across like a 2x4 between the eyes the folly of his cultivated maverickiness. Evidently he really didn't see the past year coming. Which makes this piece of senatorial folly the true "cluelessness" of the day.
Most likely you either (1) chuckled in cynical disgust at the pathetic spin or (2) spluttered in fresh outrage at the sheer callousness of it. THIS is the "party of the little guy," of the "working man," of "compassion"? Hey, we "only" lost 36,000 f'ing jobs last month! Wheee! Let the party begin! Harry'll bring the food stamps! Dumpster-diving for everybody!
Sure, this yutz is not just dead meat (politically), he's rotting dead meat with maggots crawling all over him. But I don't think it's all "cluelessness". I think this is part of the overarching Donk effort to acclimate the American people to a lower, and ever-sinking, standard of living, and compel us to adjust our expectations of same accordingly. Why do you think the Obamunists considered the financial panic of 2008 such an "opportunity"? That way, they use the initial public fear (and lopsided congressional majorities) to RAM through their entire Marxist agenda in one fell swoop, the core practical effect of which would be to prevent any economic recovery and keep conditions depressed long enough for our short-attention span culture to get used to it. Within just a few years, most people would forget what true prosperity was really like, and too many of us would be dependent upon Comrade Barry for our very economic survival.
It's of a piece with the endless Obamedia (and, well, Obama) "cluelessness" in reporting the next piece of recessionary news as being "unexpected" and spraying the perfume of "optimism" all over the ubiquitous dog mess piles that are the figurative calling card of Obamanomics. Dirty Harry just gave it a clumsier, higher profile.
Higher than it would have been if he'd just quietly removed the loafer from his esophagus and left well enough alone. But nooooo, Senator Pencil-Neck had to go to the floor again and prove he's got a package, or something:
And while the majority leader said that February’s job losses were “undeniably devastating,” Reid argued that job losses were much less than they could have been had Democrats not acted with their stimulus measures over the past year.
Oh, yeah, bring up the "jobs saved" metric of the poster-bill of Obamanomical failure as your shield, Harry! That's the ticket! Didja lose your pocket bullet in the cloakroom?
But this, my friends, is the punchline:
Might that be why this country has no place and no patience for your sorry ass? Or have you forgotten the words of this manly-man studmuffin?:But Reid also lashed out at Republicans who’ve opposed many of those policies, accusing them of rooting for the economy’s failure for their own political game.
“And I warn them, once again, that this country has no place and no patience for those who root for failure,” Reid said to the GOP.
Oh, and remember that rooting for American failure isn't unique to Barney Fife's Evil Twin. The Democrat Party has a long and despicable tradition of it going back to Vietnam. Ditto rooting for economic calamity, as when then-House Minority Leader Dickless Gephardt cracked in the summer of 2002 that his party would gain a House seat for every hundred-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Which, I guess, would be equivalent to Republicans picking up a House seat in 2010 for every tenth of a percent increase in the unemployment rate since this recession started in December 2007. A dynamic that the Dems didn't mind at all when it worked in their favor.
All I can say is what I've been saying, Donks: what goes around, comes around. Just ask Dirty Harry, even if he can't see the locomotive coming, complete with headlamp and blaring horn. That really will be a great day in America, assuming we have much of an America left.
CEI's Chris Horner on March 3rd revealed findings from a FOIA request to the Department of Energy on Pajamas Media. His findings suggest that the DOE turned to George Soros and other wind industry lobbyists to discredit studies suggesting that wind energy programs in Spain and Denmark were a bust. Read the article here.
The EU Searches for a Monopolist, Finds Google -Alberto Mingardi and Wayne Crews' article in the Wall Street Journal
In recent weeks I have penned four columns debunking the smear campaign against Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to stop EPA from dealing itself into a position to make climate and energy policy for the nation — a power Congress never delegated to EPA when it enacted the Clean Air Act.
If you’re gay, you can’t donate blood. It’s illegal. The ban was put in place in 1983, during the early days of the HIV/AIDS scare. It may have made some sense in those days, when HIV testing was less than trustworthy. But it sure doesn’t now, with modern screening technology.
Last year the Competitive Enterprise Institute cheekily declared that anyone not sitting in the dark, naked in the woods was by default celebrating Human Achievement Hour–a holiday we created to highlight the innovations and discoveries made by human beings that improve the quality of our everyday lives and highlight the necessity of free thought. This year we’re doing it again! For the second annual celebration of Human Achievement Hour we are highlighting some of the best innovations, discoveries, and improvements humans have made.
Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Brooke Oberwetter unite to bring you episode 82. We cover lessons from Chile, healthcare legislation on life support, a perfect storm for the IPCC, underage iPod assemblers and Charlie Rangel’s fairy godmother.
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Only One Cure for too Many
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A message to all members of Patriotic Resistance
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For those in the "too good to be true" category, you can wonder why Stupak prefixes the caveat about "if you don't change the [abortion funding] language in this bill....", since the House has to pass the Senate bill verbatim before subsequent reconciliation "fixes" could even be considered, and if that happens, ObamaCare is already law. And, oh by the way, what reason would Dirty Harry then have to want to engage in nuclear war with the GOP over "fixes" that don't concern him?
Remember: the Stupak faction is the only one whose dissent has earned the right to be taken seriously because, when the rubber met the road, they stood their ground and forced Crazy Nancy to capitulate on their issue before giving the overall House bill their support. This time, the shoe is on the other foot in that they would have to offer up their yes votes first and trust Granny to keep her promise to them - a highly dubious proposition if they are still committed to their pro-life position. The logic of the situation would require that Stupak eschew caveats and demand that the current bloated wretch of a bill be terminated and the process re-set.
Is this latter-day Gideon's band just looking for a fig-leaf, or holding out for their own collective Cornhusker kickback like another heretofore "pro-life Democrat"? It shouldn't take an overabundance of mental acuity to recognize that in this equation, Bart Stupak and friends would have "sucker" written all over them. Their track record suggests that they're not THAT dense - quite unlike their detractors.
While savoring another of Barry O's "deadlines" hugging the root, behold for future psychiatric evaluation the face of hard-left obsession that doesn't have a coffin nail sticking out of it - though only because she can't move it sufficiently to, um, jam it in there.
