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Obamacare must be repealed. Here is a glance at one of the many joys brought by a government-run healthcare system from the UK’s Telegraph.

At least 10 primary care trusts (PCTs) have told hospitals to increase the length of time before they see patients in order to save money, an investigation by The Daily Telegraph has found.

In some areas, patients endured delays of 12 or 15 weeks after GPs decided they needed surgery, even though hospitals could have seen them sooner.

The maximum permitted time between referral and treatment is 18 weeks. In one case a manager said the policy keeps patients in line as “short waiting times also create more demand for treatment due to the expectations this raises”.

It comes after an NHS watchdog suggested that if patients are forced to wait a long time, they will remove themselves from lists “either by dying or by paying for their own treatment”.

Let’s recap.

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This nation has become great because it was a nation founded on laws, not on men, a nation where all were considered equal. However, in today’s society we seem to think “all [people] are equal, but some [people] are more equal than others“.

Today in our country only 53% percent of all workers pay 100% of the federal income tax bill. Therefore 47% of workers pay no taxes. Additionally 40% of workers actually receive additional funds when filing their taxes redistributed from the group that pays all the taxes. I’ll even point you to that evil conservative news source NPR for this data (though it is widely available).

Further, in research released yesterday, “government social benefits . . . were equal to 35% of all private and public wages and salaries in the 12 months ended January, up from 10% in 1960 and 21% in 2000.”

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The fight is long from over, and it is only speculation as to whether this is the first victory against Obamacare or only a temporary advancement, but the insurance mandate in President Obama’s healtcare law today stands as unconstitutional. So says U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in Richmond, Virginia when he states that the individual mandate of the act:

exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power.”

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I confess: I am a political junkie. I got my first taste in 1980 when Ronald Reagan won the White House. I was too young to know what he believed, but that didn’t stop me from staying up late to watch the results. I was probably the only third grader the next morning talking about exit polls at the cafeteria lunch table.

I suspect many of my friends did not vote for President Obama in 2008 and would not have voted for Nancy Pelosi if they lived in her district. Frankly, most of them are more likely to vote for Katy Perry in 2012 than to give the president a second term.

But my defense of the nation’s most powerful democrats isn’t about policy or ideology; it’s about passion and principles.

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If you didn’t know, yesterday (Tuesday, August 3) there was an election in Missouri. Prop C was one of the major ballot issues and would opt people out of Obamacare. It passed overwhelmingly — by a 3 to 1 margin.

So, is this a sign of things to come? (States saying no thanks — see also Virginia’s law suit). Or more proof that people didn’t want Obamacare to begin with or something else? We also must ask if Atty Gen Eric Holder and his Department of Justice will sue Missiouri?

Let the crazy times roll…

I suppose passage of the health care infringement reform gives the US govt license to regulate the American diet. ObamaCare is just a means to an end. As if incurring a fine for noncompliance or picking up the tab for everyone else weren’t bad enough; Big Brother needs to further dabble with menu items and eating habits. I guess they think we’re too stupid to do it ourselves.

Take for instance the salt issue. Earlier this week the FDA announced its plans to regulate the amount of salt in processed foods (a.k.a. a lot of the stuff you buy at the local grocery store). The government interfering in our lives again? I know. Hard to believe.

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The University of Virginia’s political prognosticator Larry Sabato is out with an interesting nugget this morning: State Attorney General positions are the grooming grounds for governorships. He writes, “There’s an old joke about the National Association of Attorneys General—their registered name is supposedly the National Association of Aspiring Governors.”

In Virginia three of the last seven governors have been AGs. In part, this is because Virginia has a very short ballot, electing only the lieutenant governor and attorney general in addition to governor, and the governor is limited to one consecutive four-year term. (Virginia is the only state remaining with such a prohibition.) The other statewide elected officials are naturally considered in line for the statehouse, and they often run flat out for four years to get the promotion.

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Note from David: Please welcome our latest inmate to the asylum, Christopher Nutter.

After conducting a poll amongst their supporters, the Democratic National Committee has decided to use Vice President Biden’s well-publicized gaffe to replenish their coffers. For just $25, you can buy your very own “Health Reform is a BFD” T-shirt!

It’s the perfect thing to wear when your Dick Cheney and Spiro Agnew shirts are in the wash. You can also use it as an improvised bandage, should the feverish predictions of Obama’s health care opponents come true.

Someday I want to have a very detailed conversation with my pancreas. Specifically, I’d like to ask this organ exactly why it decided to stop working in 1996. I’m sure it had a very good reason. Perhaps it felt its contract had run its course and it was going to take an early retirement. Whatever the reason, I get to spend the rest of my life getting my insulin from little glass bottles.

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No intro needed. Enjoy.

Matt Drudge and the Republican delusion
By Brent Budowsky – 03/26/10 11:54 AM ET

In my opinion Matt Drudge is the most important and influential single figure in American media. In terms of daily and ongoing influence he is more influential than The New York Times, the television networks, cable news or anyone else.

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So, this “historic” healthcare reform is now law.

We all know, we’re bummed, we’re mad, etc, etc, etc. In fact, I had my own verbal in person and online temper-tantrum yesterday. Believe me it was good, but in no way pretty! My very calm and mild-mannered husband even let a few choice words slip too. On facebook all sorts of new groups sprung up:

1 Million against Obamacare!
10 Million against Obamacare!!
I Hate Obamacare!!!

And my personal favorite:

345,267,196 Against Obamacare!!!!, my brother joined that one for the snark factor I’m sure.

Ok, let’s just agree on a few things; there are a lot of us out there that don’t like Obama and his healthcare. We can agree we think he hangs out with skeevy people, and that he’s hung the ‘KICK ME’ sign out on the front door of the USA.

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He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. – Proverbs 11:29

Memo to The One, The Pelosi, Senator Dusty Harry (D-Circus Circus), and especially my sorry excuse for a congressman, the (less than) honorable Gerry Connolly (D-Nancy Pelosi): The wind is coming in November. End Memo

Since January of 2009, I have had the abject misfortune of being represented by the (less than) Honorable Gerald Connolly (D-Nancy Pelosi). He was swept into high office on The One’s coat tails and has done his level best to represent his party masters in every way possible.

In short, my congressman is a weasel. And a cowardly one at that. He voted for Porkulus, Cap & Tax & Tax & Tax & Tax, and is a co-sponsor of the Obamacare bill currently set for a House vote tomorrow morning. He has lashed himself to The Pelosi and does a far better job representing her interests than he does mine.
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Obama has to be desperate to accept an interview on Fox News.  You know… that “entertainment” channel.  However, we all know that he needed to reach a bigger audience and FNC has four times the viewers as any other cable network.

Rather than conducting the interview with someone like Bill O’Reilly, who has a reputation for going after his guests when they don’t answer his questions, Obama chose Bret Baier, a seemingly mild mannered host.  I saw his interview with O’Reilly right before the 2008 election and I saw the interview with Bret Baier.  He should have gone with O’Reilly.

Bret – Congratulations and thank you from every American for asking tough questions and demanding answers from the President.

To everyone else in the media – That’s how it’s done.  Take notes.  You can watch it multiple times if needed.

As you all know (and possibly never want to hear again), this is THE week for the Congress to pass the healthcare bill.  Yes, yes, I know we’ve heard that before, but I’m really hopeful that this is it.

Do you want to know how you can stop the insanity?  I have the solution (somewhat borrowed from Dick Morris).  Call members of the House and tell them to vote no.  Morris has compiled a list of House members that voted for the healthcare bill in November and are in jeopardy of losing their seats come November.  Use the phone numbers provided and call them.  You don’t have to be one of their constituients to give them your opinion.  You may not be able to vote against them, but you can always threaten to support their opponent through donations, media, etc.

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It’s been a hectic couple months for this editor. Besides being in busy season for work, I’m taking two classes (including accounting for the first time in my life), and trying to be a good husband for my wife, who is dealing with the serious health issues of her father. (Oh, and for the praying folk out there, please keep him in your thoughts today, he’s undergoing double bypass surgery)

I’ve also been completely unmotivated to write about this entire health care debacle. I’m so worn out of the news cycle this mess has made, it makes me not even want to watch any type of news program.

But as the potential end to a political battle that could define a presidency seems near, I felt it was time to weigh in.
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Listen to Rush Limbaugh explaining how the Democrats are going to ram this health care bill down our throats without even voting on it.