By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  September 9th at 03:28 PM  | 

This AP article is clearly designed to raise the scary specter of a government shut down: http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/09/battle_royal_over_health_care/4224/comments.html The author speculates that the GOP could find the only way to stop the President’s agenda is to literally stop funding the government.  Then, oh my, the entire government could end up shutting down!  Apparently, from the liberal vantage point the single scariest thing that could happen in this | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  September 2nd at 02:12 PM  | 

I suppose I’m sick of watching commentators speak about the Discovery Channel terrorist Lee.  Yeah, I called him a terrorist.  Why in the world won’t anyone call this guy what he is?  What I take away from the people I’ve watched speak on the issue is: this guy is clearly an insane person on the left, and we would never say most of the left | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  August 21st at 09:08 PM  | 

Apparently the teachers’ unions are boycotting the LA Times because the paper had the temerity to release information on which teachers are the best and the worst in the area.  The parting question here is, would you ask a district to move your kids to a different classroom if they were in a class with a poorly performing teacher? http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/0027242/Union-Boycotts-LA-Times-Over-Teacher-Evaluation-Disclosure

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  March 26th at 05:49 PM  | 

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_susan_estrich/what_really_matters Susan Estrich is a liberal commentator.  I have long been a fan of hers (flame away, I couldn’t care less), even though I disagree with her conclusions consistently.  Estrich does from time to time challenge my perspective as a conservative.  I feel strongly that I need intelligent challenges to my thoughts and I must honestly admit that one or two liberal commentators have changed | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  March 22nd at 03:08 PM  | 

I have heard it said that this generation of young adults is on a quest for authenticity.  If that is true, conservatives in Oregon have some of the best candidates ever presented.  I was lucky enough to accidentally sit between congressional candidates at the 9/12 convention.  Happily, neither of the candidates tried to “glad hand” me (whew).  I took away interesting impressions of both of | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  March 17th at 11:54 PM  | 

I promised to write more on the substance of the 9/12 conference I attended this weekend and I have plenty of things to say.  The biggest impact the conference had on me was that it reminded me of why I got involved with the Tea Party movement in the first place. Have you ever said, “It’s always something” about a friend, co-worker, or a neighbor?  | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  March 13th at 08:16 PM  | 

I had the opportunity this weekend to attend the 9/12 conference in Turner, Oregon.  I will post a few more articles on the meat of the conference, but let me start with the fun fluff while I have it fresh in my mind. After I sat down for the first session, Scott Bruun, candidate for congress and his staff assistant sat in front of me.  | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  February 4th at 12:14 PM  | 

Per Philip Klein at the American Spectator, Ben Nelson is saying that he didn’t intend to vote for the actual healthcare bill unless it had substantial changes to the abortion language.  The article presents a skeptical view of Ben Nelson’s clumsy attempts at explaining his wheeling and dealing to his constituents.  My impression is that Nelson felt that the bill was inevitable and worked to | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  February 4th at 12:09 PM  | 

According to this article http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005104/uspto-wont-accept-upside-down-faxes-demands-resends/, the US Patent Office cannot process faxes that are received upside down.  (h/t bizwriter at slashdot) So, you’re telling me that the nameless bureaucrat who picks up the stupid faxes is too lazy to flip the freaking thing right side up, but must immediately write a form letter to announce their laziness?  I certainly hope this turns out to be | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  November 20th at 09:52 PM  | 

Erickson did a fantastic job on Hannity tonight.  He shut down the liberal panelist at least once.  Have you ever watched a liberal talking to a conservative on tv and seen the conservative not coming back with the best answers possible?  I suspect this was as close as I’ll get to transporting because Erickson actually said alot of the things I wanted to say.  He | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  November 16th at 05:24 PM  | 

This week Jimmy Carter explained that he lost re-election to Reagan because of the Iranian hostage situation.  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9C0P1H80&show_article=1  In this AP article, he explains that he was unwilling to entertain a military attack on Iran because of the potential loss of the hostages as well as many Iranian civilians.  I’m surprised that President Carter still doesn’t understand what happened with Iran and how his compassionate | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  November 9th at 11:51 PM  | 

Kurt Schrader, representative of the fifth congressional district in Oregon has an easy seat to defend.  Oregon is a truly blue state and the Democratic party has gone on record as being willing to pay to help re-elect the first term representative.  Scott Bruun has already entered the race as a Republican opponent.  Bruun is an attractive state representative who is known for his record | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  November 7th at 01:48 PM  | 

(c) GENERAL DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise 2 provided, in this division: 3 (1) ACCEPTABLE COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘acceptable coverage’’ has the meaning given such term 5 in section 302(d)(2). It is important to note that here in the first pages of this legislation is where I have my greatest problems ideologically.  As long as government has the right to define “acceptable coverage” we’re going to butt heads.  | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  November 5th at 06:16 PM  | 

As you can probably tell, this diary is really about a layman (that would be me) interpreting the health care bill.  From time to time, I will be going off the reservation as I feel strongly about an issue at hand. In my generation, the things that media reports don’t define them nearly as much as the things they choose not to report.  I will | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  November 4th at 03:26 PM  | 

    15 (D) initiates shared responsibility among 16 workers, employers, and the Government; 17 so that all Americans have coverage of essential 18 health benefits.   According to the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” bill, it will initiate a shared responsibility for my healthcare coverage.  To me this illustrates a basic difference in viewpoint between liberals and conservatives.    The other day at | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  November 3rd at 01:21 AM  | 

OK, they gave it a shortened title (funny, it didn’t occur to them to shorten anything else within the bill…): (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the  ‘‘Affordable Health Care for America Act’’.   Does it strike anyone else amusing that they create a shortened name for this 2000 page bill?  It’s creepy.  Halloween was a good time to put this out.  It’s | Read More »

By: Carolynp (Diary)  |  October 31st at 01:54 PM  | 

I am going to read the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” and make commentary. To many, the goal of healthcare reform can be summarized in a single phrase: “Lower my premium.”  It might surprise many of those who want healthcare reform that the goal of the house legislation is not to lower healthcare costs.   To be specific, the goal as stated in the | Read More »