Tag: healthcare

Don’t call it hypocrisy. Call it one of life’s little ironies.

Nancy Pelosi recently said “Insurance companies are out there in full force, carpet bombing, shock and awe against a public option.” She might have added, “And throwing me a $2,500 a plate fundraiser.”

We'd guess that Nancy Pelosi wants plastic surgery to be covered under ObamaCare
We'd guess that Nancy Pelosi wants plastic surgery to be covered under ObamaCare

Nancy Pelosi recently said “Insurance companies are out there in full force, carpet bombing, shock and awe against a public option.” She might have added, “And throwing me a $2,500 a plate fundraiser.”

Steve Elmendorf, a registered lobbyist for UnitedHealth, is hosting the fundraiser at his palatial home.

Odd, isn’t it, that everyday Americans opposed to the health care program are called insurance company lackeys, Nazis, un-American and assholes. (Oh, wait. That last one came from the communist who got fired, so it shouldn’t be counted against Nancy).

So let’s make one thing clear: when you have a $2,500 a plate fundraiser thrown for you by the same people that you vilify on a daily basis, you are not an asshole.

But you are a freakin’ hypocrite.

Source: NiceDeb

– Written by Patrick Michael

Dueling Headlines: Who are the healthcare protesters?

So which is it, gentlemen? Are the Nazi mobs working class and elderly or are they preppies wearing $2000 Brooks Brothers suits?

From the Brooks Brothers catalog: We don't recall seeing any town hall protesters dressed quite like this.
From the Brooks Brothers catalog: We don't recall seeing any town hall protesters dressed quite like this.

“My sense of the teabaggers is more complicated: they are primarily working-class, largely rural and elderly white people.”
– Joe Klein, Time Magazine

Source: Time.com

“…the Brooks Brothers Brigade in Florida in 2000, appear to have rented a similar bus and are appearing together at town hall meetings throughout the country.”
– Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary

Source: TalkingPointsMemo.com

So which is it, gentlemen? Are the Nazi mobs working class and elderly or are they preppies wearing $2000 Brooks Brothers suits?

Obama won’t call mandatory insurance a tax, but that’s exactly what the bill calls it

President Obama hit ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday as part of his Talk Tour 2009. Host George Stephanopoulos actually had the nerve to challenge the President. He took the obvious position that a mandate forcing individuals to obtain health insurance coverage is a tax.

President Obama hit ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday as part of his Talk Tour 2009. Host George Stephanopoulos actually had the nerve to challenge the President. No, seriously, he did.

Stephanopoulos took the obvious position that a mandate forcing individuals to obtain health insurance coverage is a tax.

Stephanopoulos: That may be, but it’s still a tax increase.

Obama: No. That’s not true, George. The… ?for us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. What it’s saying is, is that we’re not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that… right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that if you hit my car, that I’m not covering all the costs.

Stephanopoulos: But it may be fair, it may be good public policy…

Obama: No, but… but, George, you… you can’t just make up that language and decide that that’s called a tax increase. Any…

Stephanopoulos: Here’s the…

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The Obaminable Showman

The One now believes he is The Only One who can save his floundering socialist healthcare plan. So he showed up on five networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN plus Spanish-language Univision — on Sunday to pitch his leftist heart out.

Barack Obama, The Obainable Showman

The One now believes he is The Only One who can save his floundering socialist healthcare plan. So he showed up on five networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN plus Spanish-language Univision — on Sunday to pitch his leftist heart out.

Of course, the Greatest President In History did not appear on Fox Sunday, automatically eliminating himself for consideration for any future sequels to Profiles In Courage. In search of more friendly climes, he will continue his Talking Tour 2009 on Monday’s David Letterman Show.

According to Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist at Towson University in Maryland, Barack Obama has been one very busy President. Oh, not busy doing the actual work of a President, but busy talking. Always talking. By the time the sun sets on Sunday, he will have done 124 separate interviews during his short presidency. One hundred twenty-four.

In contrast, George Bush had done only 40 interviews and Bill Clinton had done 46 at this same point in their presidencies.

We hope ObamaCare covers Presidential Appearance Fatigue Syndrome (PAFS), because we are really getting tired of seeing this guy on televison.

President Obama has close working relationship with Rep Sheldon Bachus. Or whatever his name is.

Well, what the hell. The President can’t be expected to know the names of any Republicans. After all, he’s never really met or spoken to any of them. Which may explain why the President thought Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus’ first name is Sheldon.

“We’ve worked closely with leaders in the Senate and the House,” President Obama said, “including not only Barney [Frank], but also Senators Chris Dodd and Richard Shelby and Barney is already working with his counterpart, Sheldon Bachus.”

Well, what the hell. The President can’t be expected to know the names of any Republicans. After all, he’s never really met or spoken to any of them. Which may explain why the President thought Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus’ first name is Sheldon.

Smartest. President. In. History.

H/Te: HotAir.com

NBC gave more coverage to Joe Wilson’s outburst than to Obama’s speech itself

Media Matters is apparently upset with the mainstream media’s coverage of President Obama recent speech to that Joint Session of Congress. “NBC featured nearly twice as much coverage of Wilson as Obama,” they noted.

Joe Wilson speaks truth to power. And power didn't like it.
Joe Wilson speaks truth to power. And power didn

Media Matters is apparently upset with the mainstream media’s coverage of President Obama recent speech to that Joint Session of Congress.

“NBC featured nearly twice as much coverage of Wilson as Obama,” they noted. “NBC’s Nightly News provided 3 minutes and 2 seconds of coverage of Obama’s September 9 joint address to Congress, compared to almost twice as much coverage — 5 minutes and 47 seconds — of Wilson’s outburst during that address.”

NBC unfair to Obama? Now there’s a headline.

Media Matters even provided really cool charts that showed minute by minute coverage by the three main networks (ABC, NBC, CBS).

However, by our unscientific finger count, Media Matters had five front page stories focusing on Glenn Beck and none focused on The Greatest President In History.

We’re waiting for the angry statement from Obama accusing Media Matters of Glenn Beck bias. We won’t hold our breath.

Source: MediaMatters.org

– Written by Patrick Michael

Quote of the Day: Hypocrisy

“Obama spent a lot of time in his speech … demonizing insurance companies as cruel and money-hungry, while also calling for a law mandating the purchase of their product. Politicians have said similar things about, say, the tobacco industry. But so far as we know, no one has ever proposed forcing every American to smoke two packs a day.”

cigarette-butt “Obama spent a lot of time in his speech … demonizing insurance companies as cruel and money-hungry, while also calling for a law mandating the purchase of their product. Politicians have said similar things about, say, the tobacco industry. But so far as we know, no one has ever proposed forcing every American to smoke two packs a day.”

Source: Wall Street Journal

Rasmussen Reports: Almost no one buys the theory that ObamaCare protesters are racists

Rasmussen Reports, “Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans reject the notion that most of the opponents are racist. So do 78% of voters not affiliated with either major party. However, just 39% of Democrats share that view. Twenty-two percent (22%) of those in the president’s party say that most of the opposition to his plan comes from racists, and another 39% are not sure.”

it-doesnt-matter Uh-oh. Bad news for the Democrats. No one’s buying their bullshit story that anyone who opposes ObamaCare is a racist.

Rasmussen Reports, “Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans reject the notion that most of the opponents are racist. So do 78% of voters not affiliated with either major party. However, just 39% of Democrats share that view. Twenty-two percent (22%) of those in the president’s party say that most of the opposition to his plan comes from racists, and another 39% are not sure.”

Got that? Even among devoted Democrats, only 22% believe opposition to ObamaCare is motivated by racism.

That sound you hear is another Democrat trial balloon going down in flames.

Source: Rasmussen Reports

Noah Webster becomes official White House spokesman

It seemed for one brief moment on Sunday that White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was holding out the Olive Branch from President Obama when he said on CNN, “President Obama does not think opposition to him is racially motivated, a claim made in Maureen Dowd’s Sunday column.”

It seemed for one brief moment on Sunday that White House spokesman Robert Gibbs was holding out the Olive Branch from President Obama when he said on CNN, “President Obama does not think opposition to him is racially motivated, a claim made in Maureen Dowd’s Sunday column.”

If only Gibbs had stopped there. But CNN’s John King pushed for more and asked the press secretary about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

“After playing a tape of Obama saying death panels are “a lie, plain and simple,” King asked, “Does the president believe that Sarah Palin is a liar?”

“Despite many media outlets saying that what former Governor Palin was saying wasn’t true, she continued to say it,” Gibbs responded. “I’ll let Webster define what one calls her. I think in the absence of fact… sometimes what happens is we fill the void with stuff that quite frankly isn’t true.” He said Obama helped fill that void in his speech Wednesday night.

It’s unfortunate, but not unsurprising, that King never thought to ask, “Why was the health care bill modified to remove end of life counseling if it could not be misconstrued as death panels?”

Let us fill in the void that Gibb’s answer would create “Ummmmmmmmmm.”

Source: Politico.com

– Written by Patrick Michael

Teddy Kennedy should have sent his letter to Obama via FedEx

In his healthcare speech President Obama touted a letter he had just received from Ted Kennedy, and the ten days it took to get to the White House clearly demonstrates the folly of President Obama lauding the efficiency of the post office in a separate healthcare speech last month..

In his healthcare speech before a joint session of Congress the other night, President Obama touted a letter he had just received from Ted Kennedy in which the late Lion of the Senate called for passage of health care reform.

And that clearly demonstrates the folly of President Obama lauding the efficiency of the post office in a separate healthcare speech last month.

Kennedy died on August 25. Obama said he received the letter a few days ago. Assuming Kennedy wrote the letter before he died (seems like a relatively safe assumption) that means it took ten days for the letter to get from Boston to Washington, DC despite the fact that its just 440 miles from one to the other and driving time is 7 hours and 41 minutes.

How’s that vaunted post office efficiency working for you, President Obama? Can’t wait until those guys are in charge of healthcare, too.

Bill Maher to Obama, “Hey! I’m not crazy!”

“Maher called the White House “cowards” for allowing Van Jones to resign following a series of right-wing attacks and for capitulating to those who complained about the nature of Obama’s back-to-school speech.”

Bill “This country is so stupid” Maher is mad — really mad — and taking the Obama administration to task.

“Maher called the White House “cowards” for allowing Van Jones to resign following a series of right-wing attacks and for capitulating to those who complained about the nature of Obama’s back-to-school speech.”

Maher defended his statement saying “The Democrats just never learn. Americans don’t really care which side of an issue you’re on as long as you don’t act like pussies.”

The Huffington Post said, “Maher then criticized Obama for trying to win over those who vehemently disagree with him, insisting that the president should instead ‘stand up for the 70 percent of Americans who aren’t crazy.'”

Any right wing publication who dared refer to Democrats as (and we quote) “cowards” or (quoting again) “pussies” would be vilified by the left wing press. But since we are quoting Bill Maher as quoted in a left wing publication, what can we say?

While we agree that “Democrats are cowards” who often “act like pussies,” we are baffled by his statement that Obama should stand up for the 70 percent of Americans who aren’t crazy.

We’re not sure what polls Bill is paying attention to, or who he considers “not crazy” but we are willing to bet that he considers himself part of the 70%.

Which is all the proof you need that Bill is actually part of the 30%.

Source: Huffington Post

– Written by Patrick Michael

Quote of the Day: Silly young voters

If the ObamaCare mandate passed, it would be fun to see the look on all those silly young voters’ faces when they realize that the guy they so fervently supported is going to force them to turn over a large share of their meager earnings to insurance companies.

obama-supporters ”…if the ObamaCare mandate passed, it would be fun to see the look on all those silly young voters’ faces when they realize that the guy they so fervently supported is going to force them to turn over a large share of their meager earnings to insurance companies.”

Source: Wall Street Journal

Perez Hilton speaks eloquently on healthcare reform (Oh, my god, this is our funniest headline ever)

Hollywood halfwit Perez Hilton admits that he chose to go through his twenties without healthcare insurance. Just like millions of others choose not to get insurance when they are young and healthy. But now he explains that no one else should have the same freedom of choice he once enjoyed.

Hollywood halfwit Perez Hilton admits that he chose to go through his twenties without healthcare insurance. Just like millions of others choose not to get insurance when they are young and healthy. But now he explains that no one else should have the same freedom of choice he once enjoyed.

But the highlight of this video clip is when Hilton refers to himself as “a blogger and an entertainer.” We’ll give him the former, but who’s he trying to kid with the latter?

South Carolina congressman heckles Obama during healthcare speech, calls him “liar”

When South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson yelled out, “You lie,” during president Obama’s latest healthcare speech, he was either venting his anger or giving in to the voices in his head. We’re going with the former.

When South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson yelled out, “You lie,” during president Obama’s latest healthcare speech, he was either venting his anger or giving in to the voices in his head. We’re going with the former.

Apparently Obama’s statement that “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally” proved too much for the Congressman.

Wilson’s actions did not sit well with many, even some members of his own party who may have been secretly wishing that they had the balls to yell out themselves.

“Anybody who would cat-call the president of the United States addressing this body is very, very inappropriate, and he will hear from a lot of us about that,” Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif) told FOX News Radio.

Although Wilson has already apologized to the President, there have been shouts for his immediate resignation from Democrat blogs.

The best evidence of the shocking nature of the heckling could be seen while watching the reaction of Nancy Pelosi, who was seated immediately behind the President. After watching the incident repeatedly, Tivo owners report that shock proved more powerful than botox and that Speaker of the House’s expression actually changed.

– Written by Patrick Michael

Uh-oh. Another bad day for President Obama at Rasmussen Reports

From unions to healthcare, the trend is not President Obama’s friend. According to RasmussenReports.com, things are going south faster than a duck in December.

The trend is not President Obama’s friend. According to RasmussenReports.com, things are going south faster than a duck in December.

obama-sad “45% Say Unions Weaken America, 26% Disagree”

“47% Blame Global Warming on Planetary Trends, Not Humans”

“83% Say Proof of Citizenship Should Be Required to Get Government Health Aid”

“Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: Obama now at -11”

“51% Say Congress is Too Liberal, 22% Say It’s Too Conservative”

“68% Say Passage of Health Care Reform Will Increase Deficit”

ObamaCare supporter gets the finger from ObamaCare protester

The economy must be even worse than we thought. We have a record number of Americans on food stamps and now the Democrats are resorting to cannibalism. An ObamaCare supporter bit off the finger of an anti-ObamaCare protester Wednesday at a healthcare rally in Thousand Oaks, California. All the way down to the second knuckle.

The economy must be even worse than we thought. We have a record number of Americans on food stamps and now the Democrats are resorting to cannibalism.

An ObamaCare supporter bit off the finger of an anti-ObamaCare protester Wednesday at a healthcare rally in Thousand Oaks, California. All the way down to the second knuckle.
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Republican Congressman calls Democrats’ bluff: Wants all Americans to have same healthcare Congress has

Darrell Issa, Republican congressman from California, has introduced a simple, one-page health care bill that average Americans will love and Democrat leadership will hate. “I have a simple bill,” Issa said

Darrell Issa, Republican congressman from California, has introduced a simple, one-page health care bill that average Americans will love and Democrat leadership will hate.

“I have a simple bill,” Issa said. “It is only one page that simply says, every American can have the same health care that Congress has without preexisting conditions, without any problem changing plans. It’s one page to give every American a choice of over 300 private plans that are all affordable.

Bottom line: If it’s good enough for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, it’s good enough for you.

Is Issa insane? Why next thing you know, this lunatic will propose that the little people should get to fly around in fancy private jets just like Congress does.

Source: BluegrassPundit.com

The truth about ObamaCare: A Republican congressman tells it like it is

We’d never heard of Michigan Republican Congressman Mike Rogers before. But based on his scathing opening statement during ObamaCare hearings last month, we hope we hear a lot more of him in the future.

We’d never heard of Michigan Republican Congressman Mike Rogers before. But based on his scathing opening statement during ObamaCare hearings last month, we hope we hear a lot more of him in the future:

Abraham Lincoln said, “You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.” And so what we’ve decided to do today is to abandon the very principles of America and say, “It’s so hard and it’s so difficult that we’re going to punish the 85% of Americans who have earned healthcare benefits as part of their employment. We’re going to punish them and the employers who give it to them to cover the 15% that don’t have it.

That doesn’t sound like a conclusion any of us would come to. Why would we punish the part that’s working to cover the part that’s not? It’s like taking a queen size sheet and trying put it over a king size bed. I will guarantee you that the corners are going to come up.”

We need a couple hundred more congressmen like this guy.

Congratulations! President’s website names you an “heir of Bid Laden”

A story on my.BarackObama.com, the official website of the President’s Organizing For America program, refers to ObamaCare protesters as “heirs of Bin Laden.” It also uses terms like zealot-horde … misguided … easy-pickings for demagogues … spoon fed … false prophets … shameless … pawn.

obama-bin-laden

A story on my.BarackObama.com, the official website of the President’s Organizing For America program, refers to ObamaCare protesters as “heirs of Bin Laden.” In fact, that’s one of the nicer things it says.

It also uses terms like zealot-horde … misguided … easy-pickings for demagogues … spoon fed … false prophets … shameless … pawn. In other words, you’re somewhere between a terrorist and a moron.

No, we’re not making this up. You can click on the image above or read the text below:
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ObamaCare opposition is growing like a weed in the middle of a Texas

Sam Bate, just outside Lubbock, Texas, plowed his a into a field of weeds. The former art teacher trimmed some weeds like a giant conservative crop circle, leaving a message that shouts, “Say no to Obama!” to anyone flying overhead.

Sam Bates farms a plot of land just outside Lubbock, Texas. He’s come up with an unique way to protest ObamaCare, but you can only see it if you fly over his spread.

Sam plowed his protest into a field of weeds. The former art teacher trimmed some weeds like a giant conservative crop circle, leaving a message that shouts, “Say no to Obama!” to anyone flying overhead.

“This is a sign of frustration,” Bates said. “You know, it’s not so much Obama, but just some of the things he’s done recently with the health bill he’s trying to pass through, and it’s just as much Republican and Democrats’ fault in the House and the Senate that won’t stand up to some of the things. That’s basically what’s frustrated me.”

“I thought, maybe some pilots flying from here to Dallas would get a good chuckle,” Bates noted dryly.

Anyone know if airsickness is covered by ObamaCare?

Lunatic leftist Rep says opponents want to destroy “first President who looks like me”

Congresswoman Diane Watson attacks Rush Limbaugh, insults the wealthy, praises Che Gueverra and Fidel Castro, lauds the Cuban healthcare system and she announces that opponents of ObamaCare are trying to destroy the first President who looks like her.

Someone alert the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records, because it looks like Diane Watson (D-Havana) may have set a world record for cramming the most stupid comments into one 2:45 sound bite.

Within that remarkably brief period of time she manages to attack Rush Limbaugh, insult the wealthy, praise Che Gueverra and Fidel Castro, laud the Cuban healthcare system and to cap off her tour de force, she announces that opponents of ObamaCare are trying to destroy the first President who looks like her.

Problem is, we’re not sure which President she’s referring to.

Is she saying we’re anti-black because she looks like Barack Obama or that we’re anti-Whig because she bears a remarkable resemblance to Millard Fillmore?

Shameless Kennedys send grandchildren out to shill for ObamaCare at Teddy’s funeral

The torch has been passed. Teddy may be dead, but shameless socialist hucksterism is still alive and well in the Kennedy family. They actually sent Teddy’s young grandsons out to push for ObamaCare at grandpa’s funeral.

The torch has been passed. Teddy may be dead, but shameless socialist hucksterism is still alive and well in the Kennedy family. They actually sent Teddy’s young grandsons out to push for ObamaCare at grandpa’s funeral.

“For what my grandpa called the cause of his life,” one grandson said, “as he said so often ‘In every part of this land that every American will have decent quality healthcare as a fundamental right and not a privilege,’ we pray to the Lord.”

“For my grandfather’s brave promise last summer that, ‘The work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on,’ we pray to the Lord,” another grandson said.

And then, being good Kennedys, they downed a couple Chivas & sodas and peeked up their girl cousin’s dresses.

Source: GatewayPundit.com

The biggest loser: Britain’s National Health Service collapsing under its own weight

The President and his minions would have you to believe that Britain’s National Health Service is the ideal toward which ObamaCare would take us. According to the Daily Mail, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, the country’s expectant mothers beg to disagree:

Where will your baby be born under ObamaCare? (photo credit: u-turn77)
Where will your baby be born under ObamaCare? (photo credit: u-turn77)

The President and his minions would have you to believe that Britain’s National Health Service is the ideal toward which ObamaCare would take us.

According to the Daily Mail, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, the country’s expectant mothers beg to disagree:

Thousands of women are having to give birth outside maternity wards because of a lack of midwives and hospital beds.

The lives of mothers and babies are being put at risk as births in locations ranging from lifts to toilets – even a caravan – went up 15 per cent last year to almost 4,000.

Health chiefs admit a lack of maternity beds is partly to blame for the crisis, with hundreds of women in labour being turned away from hospitals because they are full.

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We were there first: Newest idea in journalism is “the hate beat”

We’re embarrassed to admit that IHateTheMedia.com has been ripped off by Charles Davis, an Associate Professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Davis thinks newspapers should create a “hate” beat to keep an eye on you angry Nazis who oppose ObamaCare.

Associate Professor Charles Davis will rue the day he screwed with IHateTheMedia.com
Associate Professor Charles Davis will rue the day he screwed with IHateTheMedia.com

We’re embarrassed to admit that IHateTheMedia.com has been ripped off by Charles Davis, an Associate Professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. We’d feel a lot better about it if we’d been ripped off by a full professor, but alas, that was not meant to be. We were ripped off by a mere Associate Professor.

Davis thinks newspapers should create a “hate” beat.

Of course, the “hate” he’s referring to is that displayed by you angry Nazis who oppose ObamaCare:

The shrill incivility framing what passes for discourse on health care reform seems to have long ago crossed over into territory unrecognized by most rational citizens of the republic.

In the age of instant cable punditry, e-mail Astroturf campaigns left and right and made-to-order outrage, it’s easy to sigh, close the old browser and get back to the business of preseason football, but scratch a bit harder at the random news offered as so many one-off stories about unhinged denizens from the “town hall” meetings (has ever an honored democratic practice been so tarnished?), and a clear trend emerges.

Hate, shuffled off stage in the post-racial haze of the election of the nation’s first black president, is back with a vengeance. Hate, if it ever truly threatened to leave the political stage, is most definitely back, larger and nastier than ever.

As a near-absolutist First Amendment advocate, my prescription for hate speech is always more speech: Give the bigot a microphone as big as the hatred, I say, and watch as the marketplace of ideas works its magic.

Perhaps that’s why I worry, as I watch an emboldened mob grow more irresponsible with each passing day, that the mainstream media fails to give hate the coverage it deserves today.

My proposition is simple: Major news organizations need to cover hate the way they once did — as a standalone beat.

We hate that idea. We hate Associate Professor Davis. We hate the fact that he’s tenured. We hate his tie. We hate his pants. We hate his university. We hate its football team. We hate its cheerleaders. We hate its fraternities. We hate its lousy weather.

Back off, Associate Professor Davis. Hate is our turf.

Source: Columbia Tribune via Reason

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