No federal funding for abortions? Think again

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Healthcare on Mar 9 

If you thought there was no federal funding for abortions in the Senate health care bill think again.

800-pound gorilla wins “Biggest Loser”

By Neil Braithwaite

Filed Under Healthcare on Feb 12 

With an invitation to both parties by President Obama to meet later this month to discuss health care reform, and the President not backing down on the health care bills passed in the House and Senate, the Republicans have been handed yet another bumbling political opportunity served up on a silver platter by team Obama. It seems that the harder the White House tries to emasculate the Republican Party, the deeper they dig themselves into a hole.

This is the best thing to happen to the Republicans since team Obama mirandized the fruit-of-the-BOOM terrorist for Christmas.

With President Obama’s newfound appreciation for bipartisanship and transparency, the Republicans should be more than happy to accommodate their esteemed leader with a televised meeting – or should I say workout. Of course, at the President’s insistence, the 800-pound gorilla in the room will be the 2074 page health care bill. Not to worry. This healthy workout will provide a great opportunity to show Americans a list of every back-room deal made by the White House and Democrat leadership that contributed to this overweight primate.
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Obama on health care reform

By Jason Wright, Editor

Filed Under Healthcare on Jan 22 

I wish I could say I didn’t smile watching every single second of this. But I did. In fact, my face still hurts.

Obama lies or just plays politics, you tell me

By Jason Wright, Editor

Filed Under Healthcare on Jan 6 

Why now C-SPAN?

By Neil Braithwaite

Filed Under Congress, Healthcare on Jan 5 

On January 31, 2008 candidate Obama said the following:

“That’s what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are.”

Obama said America would see the whole process on C-SPAN no less than seven more times!

So after months of closed-door Health Care meetings and with Pelosi and Reid starting to close them again, C-SPAN CEO, Brian Lamb finally decided that now is the time to turn on the cameras.

Impeccable timing Mr. Lamb.

Legislating while intoxicated

By Cordeiro

Filed Under General, Healthcare on Dec 27 

If you’re coming out of your post holiday sugar induced coma and wondering just exactly how it came to pass that the Senate passed this monstrosity Dusty Harry refers to as “reform”, you need view nothing more than this clip of Montana’s very own Max Baucus.

Max Baucus – Montana Orator

As you can see, Max is drunk off his hindquarters. I’m surprised he’s able to mantain himself in vertical. Evidently one must get this drunk to kill enough brain cells necessary to stomach Dusty Harry’s health care plan.

I wonder what he’d blow on a breathalyzer. My guess is about 0.18.

Blue Dog blues

By David Kaiser, Editor

Filed Under Congress, Healthcare, Races 2010, Races 2012 on Nov 19 

Well it’s not just the Republicans eating their young when it comes to moderates, as apparently the Democrats feel the same way about their own moderate wing, the “Blue Dog” Democrats. Here’s the intro to a recent post on Democrats.com:

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had it with “Blue Dog” Democrats.

They claim to be “fiscal conservatives,” but they voted for George Bush’s trillion-dollar tax cuts for the rich, which turned President Clinton’s $6 trillion projected surplus into Bush’s $5 trillion added debt.

They voted for Bush’s trillion-dollar invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and spend billions more every month getting our soldiers killed to protect dictators.

And now they’re blocking healthcare reform that would save billions for taxpayers and patients.

Are you kidding me?

Stupid is as stupid does, and the Democrats who think that this is a good idea are pretty stupid. Both parties want to marginalize the middle, but its risky, because both parties need the middle.

Liberals and conservatives can crow all they want about RINOs and Blue Dogs, but in the end, if they take moderates for granted, it can be a losing proposition. Where the middle votes, be it moderate Democrats and Republicans or independents, is where elections go.

So go head Donkeys and Elephants. Marginalize away.

We’ll be watching.

Too much Botox?

By Kristen

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Healthcare on Nov 13 

Or maybe her face has been pulled so tight her brain has lost all capacity for logic and reason. Basically, our present Speaker of the House considers jail time a sufficient punishment for failure to buy health insurance. Now, Mrs. Pelosi didn’t say those words; but she didn’t exactly deny them either when asked point blank whether she thinks it’s right to condemn an individual to an 8 by 8 jail cell merely for neglecting to sign up for her latest disaster considered healthcare “reform”.

(Until our esteemed editors can embed, click here).

So let me get this straight: If you want a job to work for this current administration it’s ok to forego paying taxes; yet if you choose to go without healthcare, you’re thrown in the slammer.

We can’t dare say the word “terrorist” but we can incriminate someone for lack of insurance.

This is the same woman who claims that water-boarding is a heinous act. (Didn’t she also accuse the CIA of lying?)

Our borders are wide open with illegals–oh, excuse me….undocumented workers–pouring through and committing crimes left and right and sucking this country dry of all it’s resources. Yet those who live here legally could be wearing an orange jumpsuit when their only “crime” is checking that little box that says “I do not want health care at this time.”

This is bass-ackwards my friends. And so is her response at a press conference to the question “where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”

Speaker Pelosi responded, “Are you serious? Are you serious?” The reporter said, “Yes, yes, I am.” Not responding further, Pelosi shook her head and took a question from another reporter.

Later on, Pelosi’s press spokesman Nadeam Elshami replied to CNSNews.com about its question regarding constitutional authority mandating that individual Americans buy health insurance. “You can put this on the record. That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.” (Emphasis added.)

I no longer wonder if this woman considers the Constitution as expendable as toilet paper.

From “Hope and Change” to “Hope and Pray”

By Neil Braithwaite

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Healthcare, Humor on Nov 7 



Does the congress that prays together, stay together?

Appealing to a higher power, other than Obama, seems to be the only option left — for the left. (Pun intended)

With health care reform legislation hanging by a surgical thread, it seems that both liberal leaders have decided to bypass “the one,” to speak directly to “The One.”

Dingy Harry looks like he has it down, but Fancy Nancy seems to be having a little problem with her form.

Like my mom always told me in church; “Keep those eyes shut when praying young man, or God won’t hear your prayers.”

Top ten reasons why Nancy can’t shut her eyes:

10. She didn’t have a mom like mine.
9. She hasn’t been able to close her eyes since her last surgery.
8. She’s watching to make sure someone sees her praying
7. She’s watching to make sure someone doesn’t see her praying.
6. She’s paranoid — she thinks someone is watching her.
5. She’s looking for Glenn Beck in the crowd.
4. She’s afraid of the dark.
3. She’s a zombie.
2. She’s been up all night reading the 1900+ page health care bill and her eyes are stuck open.
1. She actually thinks she can stare down God!

Democrats’ plan requires 6-month wait and other healthcare news

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Healthcare on Nov 5 

Now Obama says if you have cancer and you were turned down by your health care plan you have to wait 6 months to be covered under his healthcare plan.

Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would immediately start serving patients with pre-existing medical problems.

Wait a second. Read the fine print. You may have to be uninsured for six months to qualify.

There is some good news. Joe Wilson proposed an amendment Wednesday that would force all members of Congress to receive health insurance coverage through the government-run plan proposed in the House’s reform bill.

“They know the government-run option will not be in the interest of the American people, either individually or for the American citizens at large,” Wilson said Wednesday, arguing that’s the reason Congress does not require its members to sign up.

The current House health care legislation states that members of Congress “may enroll” in the public plan. Wilson wants that changed to “must enroll.”

“If the public option is good enough for the American people, then it’s certainly good enough for Congress,” Wilson said. “If this government-run plan is so good, why don’t members of Congress take the plan?”

Read more while you wait to die here
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Desperate healthcare reform videos

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Domestic Policy, Healthcare, Shameless Marketing on Oct 29 

The Obamanation created a contest and asked its minions to produce videos that are pro-public option. Besides some very bad production values there are out and out lies about what the public option will do for America. Don’t take my word for it, you decide for yourselves. watch the videos

Sorry, Dusty Harry, my dance card is full

By Cordeiro

Filed Under Healthcare on Oct 28 

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I’ve made no secret that I loathe the current Senate majority leader, Dusty Harry Reid (D-Circus Circus). I really can’t stand looking at the man and listening to his high-pitched whiny voice gives me an instant migraine.

Needless to say, lately Dusty Harry has been doing a lot of whining. On Monday he caved to The Pelosi and announced that the Senate health care destruction bill (which only Dusty Harry has evidently seen) would contain a “robust public option”. No sooner had Dusty Harry uttered these words than Old Joe Lieberman announced he would filibuster any such bill on the Senate floor.

Other uncertain senators include Evan Bayh of Indiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. Toss in Montana’s Max Baucus and Maine’s Olympia Snow and its hard to see 60 senators throwing in with Dusty Harry.
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Rate that ad

By Stephen Fountain, Editor

Filed Under Healthcare, Media Clips and Issues on Oct 28 

60 Plus, “a non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free enterprise, less government, less taxes approach to seniors issues” is running the following ad. Will it work?

Ten billion reasons not to back Obamacare

By Troy La Mana

Filed Under Healthcare on Oct 4 

I don’t know if any of you have seen this editorial from The Detroit Free Press dated August 25th:

One reason the public so distrusts the health care plan being considered by Congress is that so many troublesome details keep bubbling out of the massive legislation.
The latest example is the $10 billion taxpayers will be asked to shell out to prop up the United Auto Workers’ retiree health insurance program

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090825/OPINION01/908250316/1008/Editorial–Taxpayers-shouldn-t-pay-for-UAW-s-rich-health-care-benefits

Moveon.org ad claims 80% support public option

By Jason Wright, Editor

Filed Under Healthcare, Humor on Sep 23 

80% of what? SAG members?

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Obama gets a vocabulary lesson

By Alaina Segovia

Filed Under Healthcare, Media Clips and Issues, POTUS on Sep 21 

Obama and George Stephanopoulos couldn’t agree on the definition of a tax increase on ABC News Sunday morning so Stephanopoulos pulled out the dictionary to give Obama a vocabulary lesson.

IBD poll: 71% of doctors say care would worsen under proposed plan

By Scott A. Robinson

Filed Under Healthcare on Sep 16 

A new poll from Investor’s Business Daily found that 65% if physicians oppose the “proposed healthcare plan”, 45% would “consider leaving [their] practice or taking an early retirement, and 71% believe the government is not able to cover 47 million more people with lower costs and better care.

One caveat to this poll, it was taken by mail, which is typically a less reliable source and IBD did not disclose the total number or distribution of respondents.

However, consider the ramifications of this data. If you think socializing healthcare with the current shortage in some areas of doctors and nurses would work, imagine if even 20% of doctors left their practice early. This would cripple healthcare in the United States. Our data would begin to look like Europe and Canada in this comparison:
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The best signs and placards freedom can inspire

By Red State Eddio

Filed Under Congress, Domestic Policy, Healthcare on Sep 12 

I was not at the 9-12 rally, but I caught snippets of it on-line through the live feeds. I do know one thing: there were some seriously hilarious, amusing, or poignant signs at the rally. Here are a few I either saw on-line or read about:

“I’m not your ATM!”
“Go Green – Recycle your congressman”
“Joe Wilson for Truth Czar”
“Stalin called – he wants his policies back”
“Obamacare makes me sick”
“Czars are for Russians”
“King George Didn’t Listen Either!”
“Terrorists Won’t Destroy America, Congress Will!”
“The American Dream R.I.P.”
“Having government manage your health care is like having Michael Vick watch your dog” [OUCH!]
“Cash for Clunkers! Trade in your congressman!”
(for Nancy Pelosi) “Botox can’t keep the brain young”
“The Constitution – Your Only Public Option!”

Just to name a few.

Which ones were your favorites? Or, if you could have gone, what would you have put on your own placard?

Rate the President

By Alaina Segovia

Filed Under Domestic Policy, Healthcare on Sep 10 

So… how’d he do in his address to Congress?

Although disrepectful and out of line, at least Joe Wilson’s “you lie” moment added a little entertainment to the evening.

Jones out

By Jason Wright, Editor

Filed Under Healthcare on Sep 6 

I love these quotes from disgraced, resigning politicos. They’re always the same.

“On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,” Jones said in his resignation statement. “They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide.”

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