Hopey McChangepants and the “no new taxes”

 news, Obamazombies, politics  2 Responses »
Aug 022009
 

Anybody old enough to remember “Read my lips: no new taxes” recalls how well *that* worked out for the first President Bush. Now, remember this firm pledge from the campaign trail last year:

“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”

And then keep this in mind:

To get the economy back on track, will President Barack Obama have to break his pledge not to raise taxes on 95 percent of Americans? In a “This Week” exclusive, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told me, “We’re going to have to do what’s necessary.”

Geithner was clear that he believes a key component of economic recovery is deficit reduction. When I gave him several opportunities to rule out a middle class tax hike, he wouldn’t do it.

 Posted by at 12:56 pm

New Obama poster

 awesomeness, Obamazombies, politics  8 Responses »
Aug 012009
 

Apparently popping up around Los Angeles.

A less enthusiastic article on the same topic nevertheless provides a clearer image:

Posters that equate Obama with socialism are hardly new (just do a Google image search on “obama” and “socialism”); they’ve been around since long before he was the Dem nominee. And given his associates and his history, they’re hardly an unlikely concept. But to see them sprouting up in LA of all places could be telling.

 Posted by at 8:31 pm

Some light reading

 blather, dumbassery, I'm from the government, news, Obamazombies, politics  6 Responses »
Jul 232009
 

The laughably titled “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,” H.R. 3200, can be downloaded as a 1.75 meg PDF file HERE.

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<>It’s a lean 1017 pages long. That’s right, a thousand fargin’ pages.  If by some odd chance you don’t want to read the whole thing, someone has started going through it and taking notes:

Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL
EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill – THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides
what treatments/benes u get

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill – YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!

Pg 42 of HC Bill – The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC
Benefits 4 you. U have no choice!

PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill – HC will be provided 2 ALL non US
citizens, illegal or otherwise

Pg 58HC Bill – Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a
National ID Healthcard will b issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks
accts 4 elect. funds transfer

PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their
families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans
under Govt control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill – Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC
plans in the Exchange

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill – Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The
Govt will ration ur Healthcare!

PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill – Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs.
Example – Translation 4 illegal aliens

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Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN &
Americorps 2 sign up indiv. for Govt HC plan

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill – Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members – U
Health care WILL b rationed

-PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill – Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will b
automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice

pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No
“judicial review” against Govt Monop

pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill – Doctors/ #AMA – The Govt will tell YOU
what u can make.

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt
plan. NO CHOICE

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time employees AND
their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k & above who does not
prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k who doesnt prov. pub.
opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt have acceptable HC
accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from indiv.
taxes. (Americans will pay)

Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have
access 2 ALL Americans finan/pers recs

PG 203 Line 14-15 HC – “The tax imposed under this section shall not
be treated as tax” Yes, it says that

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician svcs 4 Medicaid.
Seniors, low income, poor affected

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill – Doctors, doesnt matter what specialty u
have, you’ll all be paid the same

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr’s time, prof judg, etc.
Literally value of humans.

PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC
industries

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven
wheelchairs

PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer
patients – welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals 4 what Govt deems
preventable readmissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admiss that
results in a readmiss-Govt will penalize u.

Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells
Drs. what/how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating
hospitals cannot expand

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community
input required. Can u say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 – Govt mandates estab. of outcome based
measures. HC the way they want. Rationing

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual Medicare Adv Plans,
HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2 Govt plan

Pg 354 Sec 1177 – Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl!
WTF. My sis has down syndrome!!

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy – Telehealth Advisory
Cmtte. Can u say HC by phone?

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think
Senior Citizens end of life

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living
wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of
life resources, guiding u in death

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4 orders 4 end of life. The
Govt has a say in how ur life ends

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “adv. care planning consult” will b used
frequently as patients health deteriorates

PG 429 Lines 10-12 “adv. care consultation” may incl an ORDER 4 end of
life plans. AN ORDER from GOV

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 – The govt will specify which Doctors can write an
end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will
have at end of life

Pg 469 – Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello,
ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment
2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which
means they will insert Govt in2 ur marriage

Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining,
creating, rationing those svcs

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 Posted by at 9:51 pm

Transparency in government

 dumbassery, Obamazombies, politics  2 Responses »
Jul 102009
 

One of the great claims that the Obama administration promised was “transparency.” From the White House website, we can read:

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.

Wow. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But then comes the reality of “transparency” in the Obama regime:

‘Put nothing in writing,’ Browner told auto execs on secret White House CAFE talks

 

Carol Browner, former Clinton administration EPA head and current Obama White House climate czar, instructed auto industry execs “to put nothing in writing, ever” regarding secret negotiations she orchestrated regarding a deal to increase federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.

 Posted by at 11:20 am

Stay classy, Barky

 Obamazombies, politics  1 Response »
Jul 082009
 

After 0bama’s snubs of Britain, it seems he’s expanding his range of European leaders he’s trying to annoy.

Good to see you? The moment Obama ignores Berlusconi’s handshake at G8 summit

It might not have been the best start for the host of the G8 summit. Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi offered his hand to Barack Obama, only for the U.S. President to carry on walking and seemingly ignore it.

Obama was arriving for the traditional family picture on the first day of the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy.

Berlusconi attempted to greet the U.S. President as he arrived but Obama walked off leaving the Italian’s hand empty.

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This is perhaps a case of a simple mistake or misinterpretation. But Barky seems to have  *lot* of those.

 Posted by at 10:53 pm

Obama Closes Doors on Openness

 news, Obamazombies, politics  1 Response »
Jun 232009
 

This is rich. From Newsweek:

 As a senator, Barack Obama denounced the Bush administration for holding “secret energy meetings” with oil executives at the White House. But last week public-interest groups were dismayed when his own administration rejected a Freedom of Information Act request for Secret Service logs showing the identities of coal executives who had visited the White House to discuss Obama’s “clean coal” policies.

Hypocrisy.

 Posted by at 10:20 am

Theme Song for the Obama Years

 blather, Obamazombies, politics  1 Response »
Jun 222009
 

Five months in, we can see the trends of this administration, and can extrapolate outwards what the next three and a half years are going to be like:

1) Sucking up to our enemies

2) Blowing off our allies

3) Vast spending increases

4) Vast tax and debt increases

5) Creepifyin’ increases in government scope and power

6) Reductions in future prospects

In general… malaise, at best. So, perhaps it may be a bit early yet, but I think that once the personality cult of Obama wears off and is discarded, documentaries will be made about this era. Any documentary worth its salt requires musical accompaniment. I have a few suggestions that already strike a chord with me, setting the same mood as this administration.

Barbers Adagio for Strings

Glass’ Pruit Igoe (in this case, the video itself is also remarkably relevant, showing as it does the results of Obamist wealth redistributionist and socialist policies)

Williams Imperial March (if the Obamists get their way with the Civilian Brown Shirt Divisions)

And if he gets his way but is successfully overcome, this theme will seem appropriate for the resistance.

Beethoven symphony No.7, Op.92 (anyone who has seen the movie “Knowing” and caught the final use of this music will understand)

Requiem for a Tower. While the events may well be quite different, the actually feelings likely to emerge from the results of Obamas unwise decisions will likely mirror those brought up in this music (and video, especially from 2:50 to 3:00).

Gir Sums it up

And, distressingly, this piece of music seems like it’ll be very relevant

 Posted by at 2:48 am

I *thought* we weren’t spending enough…

 blather, dumbassery, news, Obamazombies, politics  3 Responses »
Jun 132009
 

Lovely.

House Health-Care Proposal Adds $600 Billion in Taxes

Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said.

Ah, yes. The stock-standard response to how to deal with a bad economy: tax the hell out of people in order to fund massively inefficient government bloat programs (“bloagrams”?).Barack ‘I am not a socialist’ Obama sells healthcare reform in Green Bay

…As for Republican fears that he secretly plans to socialize medicine, Obama said, “Great Britain has a system of socialized medicine. I don’t know anybody in Washington who is proposing that. Certainly not me.” With the U.S. government now owning huge pieces of the private sector, such as GM and Chrysler and half of Wall Street, Obama likewise rebutted charges that he is some sort of megalomaniac who wants to run the healthcare system too.“I’ve got enough stuff to do,” he said. “I’ve got North Korea and Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq. I don’t know where people get this idea that I want to run stuff. “

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I wonder.

The US spends more per capita on health care than anyone else in the world, and by some measures (see Note) gets substantially less for it’s health-care dollar. And so what’s the Obamatarian response to this? It’s certainly not for the government to spend less per capita… but to spend even more.

Note: The US is, unlike many other industrialized nations, a very large, incredibly diverse country. There are substantial cultural differences from place to place… sometimes within just a few blocks. These cultural variations, which can include such fun and exciting concepts as “obesity,” “chain smoking,” “getting falling-down drunk,” “smoking crack,” “sexing up random strangers,” “robbing the 7-11 to prove you’re a man,” “gang warfare,” “drug dealing” and other life-shortening hobbies, should, but rarely are, entered into the list of reasons why the US life expectancy is shorter than other nations. Japan, for instance, probably has very little in the way of Bloods and Crips and MS-13 doing drive-bys on each other and random bystanders. The point being… a shorter life expectancy is not necessarily and indicator of a less effective health care system, but could instead be indicative of other issues.

I’ve noticed that since 9-11, when anti-Americanism became quite the fashion, that one of the common comments about Americans is that, compared to our more enlightened superiors in Europe, we are fat. I suspect that there is some substantial truth in this… were are a land of lardasses to be sure. But this is *not* due to the government failing to provide us all with liposuction… its due to our choices to eat fatty, sugary crap in staggering quantities. While this may not last through the Obamaconomy, we have been a land of plenty… cheap, tasty food and lots of it. Well, being a chubbo will limit your lifespan, and spending a few trillion dollars more to hire an army of parasitical bureaucrats is not going to fundamentally change this. All they can do is crash the economy. Remind me: were we a thinner, healthier, longer-lived people during the Great Depression?

 Posted by at 2:21 pm
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