I just watched Mr. Hoyer in an interview on the Today show repeat the lie that the NY-23 district has been held by Republicans for about 100 years. Look up NY-23 on Wikipedia if you actually think this is true.

I want to know if Mr. Hoyer believes that the Constitution gives the government the power to send Americans to jail if they don’t purchase government-approved health insurance? (http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/11/02/daily76.html) If so, does Mr. Hoyer believe in any limits on the power of the government?

Today is the day of the fair.

I am not doing it because it is cool or because someone said I should do my civic duty or for any glory. I volunteered to help our honorable veterans (and I want to marry a soldier, but that’s a different story). Don’t just volunteer just to volunteer. Find something you think is a cause worth doing and do it. Go and make a difference in this world your way, not because someone’s else way.

BigGator5.net

Let’s unpack a typical paragraph:

Will loyal members inform on others for harboring suspiciously moderate views?

Err, no.

Will anyone judged guilty have to wear a sign saying “Republican In Name Only” as penance?

Err, no.

Will there be re-education camps?

Err, no.  Also: cheapening to the memory of victims in the tens of millions.

Will deviationists face the Enhanced Interrogation Technique of being forced to listen to the wit and wisdom of Glenn Beck, at ear-splitting volume, for days on end?

Err, no.

Eugene Robinson’s thesis, such as it is, is to try to claim that Republican defeats on Tuesday night were due to conservative meddling while the more numerous Republican successes were due to the forces of moderation who must stand against us awful, awful Tea Partiers*. While it’s fun to watch a writer from the Washington Bob McDonnell’s Thesis Post try to claim that the GOP’s sweep of Virginia was done despite the best efforts of conservatives, it doesn’t excuse his sloppy thinking.  Nor does it justify recasting principled conservative opposition to a candidate who wasn’t chosen in a primary, did not subscribe to basic conservative principles**, and who refused to show even the most basic loyalty to the Republican party in terms of being the first salvo in a GOP civil war.

I mean, I understand why he wants one.  It’s the Democrats’ only hope right now.

Moe Lane

*There’s also the usual Democratic obsession with former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin.

**Including the Don’t spend money that you don’t have, you idjits one.

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

Among the total vote casted about 66 percent casted for Governor Corzine and 25 percent casted for Republican Chris Christie and they are under 30 years old. In the Virginia state the vote was evenly distributed and 51 percent vote for Democrat Creigh Deeds and 49 percent for McDonnell.

This is because of the turn out of the Independents when compared to the last year. In Virginia 20 percent of African Americans were there last year but now the percentage is 15 percent. But the biggest factor is the drop of the number of independents as thy made only small percent in Virginia and in New Jersey which is 29 and 28 percent respectively. McDonnell received 62 percent of independent vote and Deeds received 37 percent. In the Garden state Corzine and Christie got only 31 and 58 percent of the independent vote respectively.

This statistics is saying that if only person under 29 determine the result then Obama would have trounced McCain in a large extent. Obama got this statistics in the states like South Carolina, Arizona, Kentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska etc by saying that he will make the young “a part of something”.

He comments that “I was in China two days ago, and the Chinese Prime Minister asked me, especially why I’m optimistic about that thing that the Senate will pass a bill. And the answer for that question is that I am a part of the talks between Democrats and Republicans that I have a very dissimilar observation about what the harmony in the journalistic society. “Gore leads the recent op-Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and Republican Senator Graham of South Carolina in the New York Times as a proof of bi-patrician support strong proponent of climate legislation. He then added: “There are other surprises in this matter like that.”

on the other hand, the former Vice President is expecting a hawk denial of climate change. He attributes this to “sunset, the happening, recognize it if a show shortly before the collapse,” as starting the remaining skeptics of climate change and the interests that the game is up, he suggests that they are required for a finishing to make a stand. “The self-interest on the part of some of the carbon polluters - who are a little more intense, reflected in their efforts - raising their alertness that public opinion has altered greatly,” he said. “When I say” they “, I do not want to prosecute at all, for the reason that the economy is now much more divided … but this understanding has the wish on the fraction of some of these carbon polluter to dig their heels formed.”

About the current mass demonstrations and civil disobedience, asked to come back with the climate around the world, Al Gore said: “Civil disobedience has an praiseworthy history, and if the urgency and moral clarity to a certain threshold, then I think that is civil disobedience understandable, and it has a role to play. And I expect it will grow no question. “

The article is extremely suggested.

Before I go on I want to remind any of our Liberal friends that may have casually surfed in via a search, or other link, that they are truly welcome (please see this “welcome” commentary). It is my hope that you wish to HONESTLY engage in this discussion. Try to maintain a sense of humor and composure as I will take a few jabs along the way.

The “Greater Good” bent logic…
Just like Liberals Democrat Party leaders (I’m trying to be nice) twist the “It Takes A Village” concept, so too they do this one. You know, their “redistribution” version of having to be able to take away from some supposedly ‘overly privileged’ folks in order to give to those less fortunate in the name of “Fairness” and that our society will be better for it. Just as they refuse (Denial) to acknowledge it is “Socialism,” they do not follow it to its logical conclusion as demonstrated the world over and throughout history. Regardless where tried it ultimately brings on misery, not improved lives (increase/abundance), to its citizenry. They would have you believe it will be different ‘just because’ they are the Ruling-elite this time and they can do what Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc, have failed to do - create a Redistributive System that does not implode under its own weight making all its citizens poor, hungry, and almost hopeless.

Their only Hope? AMERICA!!!! The Republic, if we can keep it! (variation on the original Benjamin Franklin quote)

What brought this on? I was at the theater and saw The Box (very boring and bad, read the book instead) and the usual Liberal Political message subtext (Movies and Politics — The Hollywood Hate-fest) came through loud and clear with the unsubtle direct commentary from the dark/mysterious character asking ‘Why Humanity (read: Americans) fails to recognize the Greater Good’ concept. It is, of course, nothing new as we see/hear this in film after film in varying forms to reinforce the Liberal mindset and attempts to subconsciously influence (read: reinforce the Liberal School Indoctrination their Tenured friends impose).

“The needs of the many…”

(from Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan)

U.S. (Founding Fathers method of) governance over Soviet or Chinese Socialism models…
As previously touched on, history demonstrates the failings and short-comings of such a System. That Redistribution schemes, in the name of “equality,” only lower the bar for citizens, except for the Ruling elite. Creating even more “have-nots,” than Ruling-elite “haves,” they claim to try to be rectifying. As those in the Productive vs non-Productive sectors of the Economy (as best described by Daniel Hannan quoted explains best in mbecker’s diary) reap less benefits and therefore have less incentive to actually produce overall wealth the Capitalist (Free-markets) System uses to expand/grow and perpetuate an even greater available sum available to all participating in working to attain/earn it.

As Businesses grow/expand, additional workers are brought on, earnings/wealth DISTRIBUTION occurs. Those with drive and abilities go on to innovate and create yet more Companies which provides yet more opportunities (growing Jobs base, increasing wages, earnings/returns for investors, etc) FOR ALL. The less those who Produce get to keep, the less incentive they have to Produce, which eventually drags down the entire Socialist societies (except those Ruling-elites that have the power to take yet more from the masses to keep their standards of living while others deteriorate) citizenry.

The Russians and the Chinese have all but admitted their failings and have been enacting a new grand experiment of trying to introduce restrained quasi-Capitalism to grow their Economies. They try to delicately balance these “reforms” while maintaining all other aspects of Socialism, in order to create just enough incentivized Producers to have some actual “Wealth” that they can “redistribute.” All the while, hoping their society doesn’t go too far and their people demand a new Revolution and actual/real Freedoms and reforms. They move closer to American ideals while Liberals try to take us further and further toward their failed System (all other Nations are trying to retreat and recover from).

We cannot boil it down to simpler terms than these for you Liberals to grasp! You have to be willing to try and use reasoned thought, and research of history, to overcome the Liberal Indoctrination and Liberal Laziness (as discussed in here, here, and here) you’ve been lulled into.

How does Bankrupting an entire Nation to the point where it cannot assist/aid (provide that “Safety Net” to those truly needy) to NONE (Zip, zero, nada one) of its citizens benefit the Whole (that Liberal warped sense/definition of the greater good)? — It’s a simple question, but when asked of a Liberal/Socialist there can be NO RESPONSE! How can they?!?! It defies the twisted-logic they have been selling (or bought into) and therefore must just ignore the question/premise!

The implications and application to the Health-Care debate…
It is all about Fuzzy Math! You’ve seen (or should see) the RS Diaries - Dan Perrin’s: Fun With Honest Budgeting and The Secret Medicare Cuts, for just two; Erick’s: Democrats Prepare To Bribe Doctors To Support Obama[o]care (I add the “o” to make Obamaocare so it is more appropriately descriptive) for another; and find even more here. — This goes to the OTHER Budget manipulation and slight-of-hand in relation to Taxing and Spending of the Democrat Spin-Wizards!

Let’s try to bring this down to the explanation level of a 6th Grader, in order for our Politically Brain-dead Liberal friends to hopefully follow/grasp I’m battling that urge to not be nice….

Money from the Left pocket to the Right pocket…
If you have $25 in each of your pockets. If you move $5 from your right pocket to your left pocket and pay for dinner out of your left pocket, while you may be left with $5 more in that pocket than you would have if you didn’t “stumble upon” that extra Lincoln bill - Did you actually SAVE MONEY? Do you really have more?

Any fool, can see where that logic FAILS, yet Liberals and Democrats expect us to accept this scheme in varying forms to explain how Government money magically appears and is somehow (therefore) a Savings, or somehow not really Spending, or not a Tax on your right pocket, etc.

How does that directly relate to the latest gimmicks/games in the Health-Care bamboozle?

Taxing Medical equipment…
The Democrats try to suggest that Taxing Medical equipment is only a (and want to count it only as) Revenue. Reality is, under their currently proposed schemes, that it is both a Revenue (under one definition of the Bills) and an unaccounted for Expense on the Health-Care coverage side of the ledger. Let us examine, slowly so our Liberal friends can understand it (trying to maintain), how that is the case.

The Tax is put on the Medical equipment. The Tax is collected by the Government when the equipment is purchased (and, of course, will quickly spend it). Let us just say it is the equivalent of $5 a patient worth of Expense for/to the Hospital/Doctor. This Expense is, of course, passed on. When/where the billing goes to the Public Option (or Medicare, or any way the Government pays - since they change the scheme daily) that $5 is PAID (Expense) right back out to the Hospital!

In our simple example (Five dollars into one pocket, transferred to the other pocket, and sent back out), it demonstrates how the Democrats are first front-loading the Revenues and hiding/back-loading the Costs/Expenses to warp the supposed “overall” Budget costs of their Obamaocare scheme to keep it under $1 Trillion. Further, they just out-right don’t bother to factor in the fact that that Tax amount becomes part of the Expense part of the ledger by its cost being passed on.

That their plans, as with all of their others, will greatly excelerate the increase in costs, not reduce them is completely glossed over. That the Budget estimates are flawed because of this from the start making the $850 Billion projection a joke before we even start. All that without even going back and touching on haw the Revenues start immediately but the benefits (Expenses) don’t start until 2013 - not coincidentally following the 2012 campaigns! How can you still not understand these things or allow yourself to be fooled?!?!

The JackAss Party Ruling-elitists will point out that some of those Taxes will be paid by Health-Insurance companies and not the Government (and also ignore that means passed onto YOU by way of Co-Pays, increased premiums, etc) - which is all part of the plan to drive up (not make less expensive) the costs of Private coverage and drive more and more people into the Public Option - or create a further demand for one if they fail to fully implement it this time out (the usual Liberal Incremental-ism and why we’ve come to know compromise isn’t ever really a compromise solution, just a delay-tactic and temporary reprieve from all the negative effects).

Moving People and Funds from Medicare switcheroo (not funny either)…
Moving funds from Medicare, and calling them Savings, while also moving some people, by redefining rules/qualifications, to the Public Option, likewise DOESN’T save anything! It is just cooking the books - that if any Private Company did would be investigated and Personnel sent to Jail for. In Washington, it is SOP to hide the true costs of programs and in this case that Obamaocare will add to the Deficit.

We Conservatives are not fooled, nor are many otherwise Politically uninvolved folks who have finally awakened this time, by the Democrat schemes. Despite the rhetoric from the Left, we (true Conservatives, not CINO Pavlovian Blue-Dogs) have always had plans that would actually make Health-Care more affordable (blocked by Liberals every time anything related to Health-Care is discussed/proposed) for all (discussed as part of the Health-Care series here, here, here, here, here, and summary here). We can then address coverage for those additionally without and truly in need - if you’ll engage in the debate HONESTLY!!! To help provide coverage to those without - without a complete TAKEOVER of the Health-Care System in America (which anyone being honest can see is the current real goal of current Democrat plans, as has been the plan of Progressives since FDR).

In Movie-speak: Enemies - Foreign or Domestic…

(from Red Dawn 2010)
and we Conservatives will continue to fight them whether it be on the (Terrorist front) Battlefield of War or the “REDS” that have invaded/infested Washington DC in the current Obamao Administration! Victory 2010 and 2012!

In closing…
My apologies if any of these thoughts seem a bit disjointed and/or over-simplistic, but I think you understand why it was necessary lol.

As always, Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
JLenardDetroit

Our military has suffered a terrible loss, not only in personell, but in loss of a safety net, which should be provided by the President when he speaks about issues such as loss and suffering. The safety net is not one of material things, but one of respect and honor. Every soldier and everyone who participates in the military operations deserves our respect and honor. It is a dirty job, and since our military is volunteer, it is one in which the volunteer accepts the danger inherent in the job, but when this happened they were home, on their own base. That is why this tragedy is so unnerving. They serve so that we can work, play, and enjoy life in safety and freedom. They received a slap in the face, yesterday, November 5, by their Commander-in-Chief, and that is inexcusable.

Our perception of our military has evolved from a healthy respect, and admiration, such as when the World War 2 veterans came home, to the destructive hatred of the Vietnam veterans, to the winners and the ones who were betrayed by politicians. Now we have a new kind of betrayal. This is an insidious one, because it breaks the spirit. These brave soldiers will deploy again, to Afghanistan, and some will not come back, and they understand that, but to have someone kill some and wound many at home is not what they expected.

The other betrayal is the inaction of Hasan’s superiors even when it was known that he was becoming more and more radical in his views. Returning veterans had complained about him, but his superiors turned a blind eye. We will find more evidence of Haran’s state of mind, but it has come too late for those who died, and a nightmare for those who were wounded. For this there is no excuse. If political correctness entered into the decision not to respond to Haran’s actions, before he killed and wounded those at Fort Hood, that will be a blot on those in charge. There is too much betrayal beginning with the Commander-in-Chief going on, and it had better stop. The American people are not willing to put up with all this corruption, political correctness, and betrayal of our military any more. It is time to rebuild our military, support our military, and protect the citizens of this great nation from acts of terrorism. Protect our borders, protect our nation.

Early last month, Caldwell’s office issued subpoenas for records from ACORN’s New Orleans office, where the organization — now moving its national headquarters to Washington — has long been based. …

In a statement, ACORN’s attorney Pamela Marple said the group was told the raid was ordered because of reports that workers loyal to Beth Butler, the recently fired head of ACORN’s Louisiana branch, had been taking computer data and other items out of the office.

“Over the last two months, ACORN has been cooperating with a variety of governmental entities across the country to provide requested information and documents,” Marple wrote. “We were told that the AG’s office has no criticisms of ACORN’s cooperative efforts, but rather that the warrant was issued because of concern that former local ACORN staff members had, and may intend in the future to remove or alter electronic documents.”

An ACORN official also said Caldwell’s investigators will copy the hard drives from ACORN’s computers and return them next week. The computers contain all payroll information for the national organization, the official said.

H/T dennism

Anything approaching the recommended punishment would be the longest sentence ever meted out on given to a U.S. Congressman.

Jefferson will be sentenced on November 13 by Federal Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, VA.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports:

“Because Congressman Jefferson’s crimes against the people of the United States were exceptional in their sheer number, length and breadth, the United States respectfully requests that this Court sentence the defendant within the applicable guideline range,” the memorandum states. “While the guidelines sentence calculated by the Probation Office is lengthy, it is appropriate, in that Congressman Jefferson’s criminal activities have surely caused or substantially added to the loss of public confidence and trust in our nation’s highest levels of government.”…

According to the memorandum, “law enforcement agents learned of several wire transfers from offshore territories into U.S. financial accounts that were either controlled by the defendant or whose proceeds were made available for his benefit.”

The government’s conclusion: “Given the age of the defendant, the severity of the sentence calculated by the Probation Office, the defendant’s frequent travel overseas and unexplained wire transfers from overseas locations to financial accounts used by the defendant, the defendant cannot rebut the presumption at sentencing that he is a risk of flight.”

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