Daily Rant – September 5, 2009
September 5, 2009
I was rehashing last week’s Kennedy funeral and memorial service. I heard one of the children of the Kennedy clan actually talked about health care as being a right during one of the invocations. First of all, they had a child do it because it’s hard to criticize a kid at a relative’s funeral. Imagine had someone gotten up during Reagan’s service and invoked something like, “Ronald Reagan was a champion of lower taxes all his life and so we pray that congress create a constitutional amendment saying the government shall not take more than 2% of a person’s income.” Lord hear our prayer!
Just this side of the Wellstone memorial, Kennedy’s supporters did tone it down, but only a little. Just because the guy worked hard for single payer health care does not mean it’s a good idea. What if he thought slavery was a good thing? We should bring it back just because he worked for it? Ridiculous.
Tax the wealthy. How has that been working for you? The rich still seem to be rich and the poor still seem to be poor. The worst of it is, none of the problems that were supposed to be fixed have been. So why do you dummies keep voting for politicians who espouse this nonsense?
Lawyers are some of the wealthiest people in the United States, yet Democrats and some Republicans refuse tort reform. Lawyers are one the biggest lobbying groups in Washington and give a lot of money to both parties, I would assume, but mostly they support Democrats. They are the biggest problem we have with affordable health care. It’s not the insurance companies who are to blame. Once again, it is the politicians.
Just as they stood back and pointed the finger during the mortgage meltdown that they caused, so they keep accusing the insurance industry of causing the problem. Get government out of the business of overregulating them, and we will really see competition.
People are catching on. I guess we have to thank Obama for that one! Way to go, rookie!
- FedUpEditor
Daily Rant – September 3, 2009
September 3, 2009
My response to Lynn Woolsey’s town hall in Petaluma on Monday, August 31, 2009:
First of all, what is with the hand gestures? When quieting the crowd you look like an orchestra conductor trying to get the woodwinds to tone it down. Okay, so that’s cosmetic and really has nothing to do with the health care debate, but it does indicate a certain arrogance to me that people should be worried about.
Question 1: You talk about the millions of people who are uninsured. How many of those are people who don’t want health insurance for whatever reason and want to spend their money on something else? And how many of those people are illegal aliens who are not citizens? How accurate is your number and where did you get it? Okay it’s questions!
Question 2: How will we pay for this monstrosity which will take over 1/6 of our economy? We are a nation that is over $11 trillion in debt. Where will the money come from? I keep hearing Democrats talk about taxing the rich, but they are some of the richest people in the country. And what about congress? Will you also participate in this health care program with the rest of us?
Question 3: You say Obama has not done a good enough job of explaining what he wants. I think he has done a good job, we are just not buying it. He has been on television and on town halls almost every day pushing this plan, how is that not getting the word out? What needs to be said that hasn’t already been said? And with all that has been said, public support has gone DOWN. Why is that?
I must say, the woman who identified herself as Catherine Bragg is a member of the Marin Conservative Forum and did a bank up job nailing you to the wall. It is obvious the Democrat party is beholden to the lawyers and refuse tort reform yet they talk about insurance companies as special interest groups determined to undermine President Obama. Lawyers are special interest groups as are your unions.
This issue is not just a Republican/Democrat issue. It is an American issue and will not go away. You ignore us at your peril!
- FedUpEditor
Marin Conservative Forum Member Challenges Woolsey!
September 3, 2009
Woolsey Town Hall about Health Care
September 3, 2009
Daily Rant – Part 2, September 2, 2009
September 2, 2009
What Rush Limbaugh missed today… was his show. So it was his guest host, Mark Steyn who missed an opportunity when a liberal caller named Jill who was supporting the health care plan said it is a government “option”. It is nothing of the sort. This was a carefully chosen word by the Obama administration pollsters trying to find the right terminology to sell this horrible socialized medicine legislation.
What we are getting from the White House is propaganda. This is something Obama wants, and he doesn’t care how he gets it. If he has to lie, so be it. Don’t let the facts get in the way. And if Jill had actually read the bill rather than listen to her liberal pals, she would see that carefully concealed in the wording are the specifics which, for various reasons and changes to your current plan, you end up in the government plan or are fined if you don’t participate. Hey, they have to pay for it somehow.
Not only that, but the version I read said it would be illegal to buy insurance other than the government options AND it would make it illegal to pay for health expenses ourselves. How is that an OPTION? Jill is another useful idiot who believes in Obama. With people like her there will always be complaints. Obama gets his bill and then the first time it didn’t work, Jill would say we’re not spending enough money on it… no matter what we were spending.
Jill, I have a suggestion for you; get a job and stop complaining. We are becoming a nation of whiners with entitlement mentality. Problem is some of us have to work to pay for your health care even if you don’t. Shame on you.
- FedUpEditor
Stop Another California Land Grab!
September 2, 2009
C.A.R. is OPPOSING AB 226 (Ruskin) and AB 291 (Saldana) which among other things, gives the California Coastal Commission (Commission) judicial powers and gives Commission staff new, unprecedented authority to stop permit applications. Both bills may be considered by the entire Senate at any time.
Please contact your senator TODAY to OPPOSE these bills.
1,200 fill ‘raucous’ health care forum
September 2, 2009
They didn’t like it when Bush won and the way the country was going, but now that Obama won we are supposed to sit back and let him do whatever he wants? What if tomorrow he decided to incinerate everyone over 50? Just because he won we should let him do it? The software executive needs to shut up and listen to the majorityof PEOPLE! – FedUpEditor
An overflow crowd of about 1,200 people attended a boisterous town hall meeting Monday night in Petaluma on the national health overhaul, many expressing support for a proposed government-run program and others shouting it down.
The two-hour meeting, run by Democratic Rep. Lynn Woolsey, was the first and only chance for many Sonoma and Marin County residents to ask questions and air comments before Congress reconvenes after Labor Day to consider the pending legislation.
Dozens spoke on both sides of the debate amid constant jeers and chants from an audience that filled every seat in the hall and spilled out into a second room and the front lobby.
Exasperated by catcalls, Jason Davies of Petaluma, who supports a public option plan, told health care overhaul opponents they missed their chance to control the discussion under the Bush administration.
“You guys had your way!” the software executive yelled into the microphone, drawing waves of cheers and boos. “This is our time to take our country back. We won!”
Opponents such as retired Novato veteran David Nusser countered that most people are satisfied with their current health insurance. Liberals are trying to force a socialist system that would create more taxes, he said.
“Mrs. Woolsey,” said Nusser, “you and your group of thieves should go back to the drawing board.”
People began arriving at the Petaluma Veterans Memorial Hall about an hour before the meeting. A line snaked out the front door and around the building into a back parking lot. Many carried signs or argued their positions with others in line. Some filmed the scene with video cameras. About a half-dozen Petaluma police officers, some in plain clothes, looked on. There were no arrests, Lt. Mike Cook said.
Read the entire article here.
Daily Rant – September 2, 2009
September 2, 2009
Have you seen the movie Idiocracy? It’s a silly comedy that actually has some salient points. It is about the dumbing down of America to the point where people are so stupid they can no longer solve their own problems. The most watched television show is a reality show where entertainment is a guy getting hit in the groin in various ways. The government has made it so the only jobs are provided by one energy drink company (i.e. Gatorade) which is being used for everything including irrigation. This kills the crops so the result is a huge dust bowl.
Anyway, take it into today’s world and you see that we could easily be headed toward a similar future. Dumbing down of our schools by letting everyone pass so they will feel good about themselves does nothing to help society. People are not stupid, they are just being allowed to get by with failure.
We have an inept government right now. Look at what has happened since the lame duck session of George Bush. He passed the stimulus bill and Democrats jumped on board. It worked so poorly they want to do it again. We are trillions of dollars in debt and adding to in every moment, but we need to spend more money? At this point, they can stop pointing the finger at the previous administration. Democrats run everything and have nobody to blame but themselves. Besides, when does it become the current administration’s fault? After they are out of office? We were promised Obama would fix everything. He hasn’t. It’s gotten worse… much worse!
Next we had the mortgage meltdown. Barney Frank and his pals told us the sub prime mortgages were not in trouble. I guess that’s why we had to bail out all those financial institutions. Even banks that didn’t need the money were forced to take the handout so that other institutions wouldn’t be at an unfair disadvantage… What? If it’s a disadvantage to borrow money from the government, why are we letting them do it?
Next came the car company bailouts because they were “too big to fail”. This was really unpopular with the public, but they did it anyway. Trillions more dollars down the drain. And what happened? General Motors went bankrupt anyway. What did the bailout solve? Nothing!
Then Congress brought up the Cap and Trade bill which will drive our energy prices through the roof all in the name of stopping global warming… which is not happening. Polar bears are on an increase. Because the ice flows are growing and hunting seasons are longer thanks to global cooling, more cubs are surviving and populations are increasing. What will happen as a result? People may become extinct!
What do we have to say about the Health Care Bill that has not already been said? If this passes, people will be outraged. We’ve made it perfectly clear we want no part of this, so why are they REALLY pushing it? It will cost them the house and senate in 2010 and the presidency in 2012. Republicans better make something of it and not do what they did under Bush.
Cash for Clunkers. This program is a microcosm of the ineptness of government run anything. We are broke as a nation and yet some legislators (most of them from California) think it’s wise to use our money to help people buy cars. But the cars that are considered clunkers are perfectly good and could be given to poor families who can’t keep their real clunkers running. Instead these trade-ins are scrapped. And now car dealers are having trouble getting reimbursed by the government! Good plan!
If things weren’t bad enough in our own country, Obama (remember the guy who didn’t want to interfere in Iran) wants to interfere in the Honduras situation. A thug dictator was elected and refused to leave office under the terms of the constitution so the PEOPLE had him removed from office. Obama thinks he should be put back in office. Maybe Obama is afraid this will happen to him once people find out he is not a US citizen?
The final insult is this swine flu farce. It has just been made public that the government wants to FORCE people to get vaccinated. Wasn’t this a free country?
- FedUpEditor
Daily Rant – September 1, 2009
September 1, 2009
Now that I am back from vacation, let me ask you a question. Has taxing the rich ever worked? I mean, the rich are still rich and the poor just keep getting poorer. The worst part about it is, none of the problems politicians say they are going to fix ever works. But the American people just keep on buying it… Democrats in particular.
Over and over again, they spout the liberal lie and for some reason history doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that they have been promising to fix things forever. So what happens when Republicans get in power? Nothing gets fixed either. I heard it said, the job of a politician is to keep getting elected. You would think that was hard to do if problems never got fixed. But look at Ted Kennedy.
Kennedy was in the Senate 42 years! Although he promised to fix education and poverty with hundreds of bills, not one of those things has been fixed, let alone been improved! Every year they need more and more money for programs that don’t work, and conservatives are bad guys if they suggest their being cut. So why would we EVER consider listening to Ted Kennedy on health care?
Even liberal Marin County, California where I live is beginning to wake up. It is hard for me to believe that only Republicans are the ones showing up protesting Lynn Woolsey’s or Nancy Pelosi’s offices. Frankly, I didn’t think there were that many conservatives in California. But people are showing up from ALL parties and speaking up about this travesty called health care.
Will they listen? Hard to say. I’m sure Woolsey, Pelosi. Boxer and Feinstein feel pretty secure in their seats, but that could change if they push this unpopular legislation. Remember, Californians did elect Ronald Reagan.
- FedUpEditor
