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CoerciveCare Bill Passes House 220-215, Sat Night

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:30:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mandatory health care insurance reform bill passes House. Socialist Security 2.0. Never mind that half the population opposed this. And the "public option" is not optional--it is now mandated that you must buy health insurance.

How is it that the Federal government can force you to buy something? Private property rights are trampled, the government thinks it can tell you to buy something or face jail and/or tax penalties.

This also then means every American's private and personal health information will be put into a data-base system, the end of privacy. Your health care, and body, will belong to the Collectivist Society now and the Government, which will no doubt link this to your National ID Card (REAL ID and PASS ID system)--increasing the Electronic Leash on "free" Americans.

Clip Source: drudgereport.com

SNEAKY PELOSI: PASSED ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

Clip Source: apnews.myway.com

House narrowly passes landmark health care bill

The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress.

Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.

A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi likened the legislation to the passage of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare 30 years later.

In the run-up to a final vote, conservatives from the two political parties joined forces to impose tough new restrictions on abortion coverage in insurance policies to be sold to many individuals and small groups. They prevailed on a roll call of 240-194.

Ironically, that only solidified support for the legislation, clearing the way for conservative Democrats to vote for it.

The legislation would require most Americans to carry insurance and provide federal subsidies to those who otherwise could not afford it. Large companies would have to offer coverage to their employees.

Tags: health care, congress, obama, mandatory health insurance

Combat Wounded, Combat Dead

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:17:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: defense such as we’re already seeing explored on his behalf … rather than as a committed jihadi, an unlawful combatant, a terrorist, a deserter who aided and abetted the enemy, and a traitor who took up arms against his nation. It’s a push Republican lawmakers and those Democrats who agree could take up, that would command a lot of public support. Politicization of justice? Tell me that hasn’t happened already in this country. I’d call it a simple demand for justice. We owe it to the dead and the wounded to acknowledge why and under what circumstances they died and bled.

Here’s an American hero who deserves the highest honors we can bestow on her. NY Daily News. Sgt. Kimberly Munley, cop, gunfighting woman. Went into a hot situation without regard for her own safety, gave better than she got, wounded in action, got the job done. I’d call that gallantry and valor in the face of the enemy, plus war wounds. Maybe even above and beyond. She’s reportedly an Army vet.

Clip Source: www.julescrittenden.com

… deserve Purple Hearts. Their killer probably deserves desertion, treason and terrorism charges if, as all indicators seem to very strongly suggest, he was engaged in jihad, from his violence-inciting, hateful rants about the Koran, his denunciation of the United States as “the aggressor” in arguments with fellow soldiers, to his shouts of “Allahu Akhbar,” to what they believe were his Internet defenses of suicide bombings, to his choice of targets, the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood. If al-Qaeda is an amorphous enemy, an idea made situationally manifest by the will of its adherents, and he was in fact an adherent of its violent agenda, then he is the enemy, his actions were acts of war, and they bled and died under enemy fire.

Is any of the above very likely to be offically recognized? No. No matter what is learned about his motivation, in all likelihood he will be treated as a murder defendant in either a civilian or a military court … possibly with an insanity or bullying

Tags: soldiers deserve purple hearts, jihadi, unlawful combatant, aided & abetted enemy, terrorist, deserter, traitor, gunfighting woman sgt. kimberly munley

NICE TO KNOW THEY LISTEN............

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:16:42 GMT

clipped by: ricksnares
clipper's remarks: They picked Pelosi, Reid and Obama over the will of the people, hope they can use them for an employment reference after 2010.

Clip Source: www.ricksnares.com

AN AMERICAN QUEST

HOPE THEY ENJOY THE BIG BOYS TABLE!

The Democrats looked straight into the eyes of the American people, and admitted that it was more important to them to sit at the big boys table with the unholy trinity, then it was to follow the will of the people who put them there. Well America how do you like them now?

I guess we just have to turn up the heat and get this piece of garbage bill booted, I am confident that we will be resourceful enough to handle that task.

Let's all make sure we welcome them back to their districts this holiday break, in fact send them a card thanking them, and make sure you put a discount coupon from "2 men and a truck" in the card, after all they are going to have to relocate after their certain defeats in 2010.

Just like they say at the World Championship of Poker, it's time to "SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL" You all might have won a hand, but no way will you win the tournament!!!!!!!

Tags: congress, dummies, health

House passes health care reform bill!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:41:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is our first victory of historical significance. We did it! It will be much less injustice and suffering in the society, where taking advantage off weak and defenseless is not viewing as breaking the right of every human for decent existence.

Clip Source: www.nydailynews.com

House passes health care reform bill; Vote garners only one Republican

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Obama successfully lead an effort to pass health care reform in the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON - The biggest overhaul of America's medical system since Medicare took a big step forward Saturday night, narrowly passing the House with a controversial amendment to restrict coverage of abortion.

The bill passed 220-215, with 39 Democrats voting no and one Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.), voting in favor of the landmark bill.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to allow the abortion amendment after a deal with conservative Democrats collapsed and they threatened to sink the reform bill.

The move enraged liberals, but most agreed to stay on board and President Obama traveled to the House to make a personal appeal and seal the deal.

The bill proposes to spend $1.055 trillion to add 36 million Americans to the insurance rolls

A $61 billion GOP substitute bill failed

Tags: congress, house, senate, health care reform, human rights

House passes health care bill

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:29:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: FTA: The legislation would require most Americans to carry insurance and provide federal subsidies to those who otherwise could not afford it. Large companies would have to offer coverage to their employees. Both consumers and companies would be slapped with penalties if they defied the government's mandates.

Insurance industry practices such as denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions would be banned, and insurers would no longer be able to charge higher premiums on the basis of gender or medical history. In a further slap, the industry would lose its exemption from federal antitrust restrictions on price gouging, bid rigging and market allocation.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON – In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.

The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress.

Ironically, that only solidified support for the legislation, clearing the way for conservative Democrats to vote for it.

Go Republicans Go!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:25:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ... the sound of a movement exhausting itself...

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Some critics of the party see the party's failure as a good thing, but I think it's not going to be good for anyone. I'd much prefer to see a rational, functioning Republican party than today's embarrassing irrelevancy.

The Republican party has a favorable rating of 23% and an unfavorable rating of 66%. (Democrats are at 42%-50%). Republicans in Congress have favorable-unfavorable ratings of 15% and 70% (Democrats are at 40-53). If this is a resurgent party that has captured the national mood, I'm Herbert Hoover.

It's no coincidence that voters give Republicans such abysmal ratings. The Republican party stands for absolutely nothing other than the pursuit of power. For 30 years, the Republicans have claimed to stand for 3 things: (1) small government (2) family values and (3) strong national defense. They don't actually stand for any of these things, and it's not clear that they ever did.

The small government myth

Family values-just a slogan

Republican bungling of national defense

Tags: republican party demise extinction

REALLY, ALLYSON

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:58:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I bet Rep.Schwartz would not know what unaffordable and unsustainable even means. Sorry, I have to run, my car has a flat so I have to change the engine.
Do everyone a favor if you have to say something stupid, please don't after all we do not need to be reminded.

Clip Source: www.detnews.com

Obama pleas for health care votes

Erica Werner / Associated Press

"The status quo is unaffordable and unsustainable. Health care reform benefits all of us," said Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., as debate opened on the House floor.

"The American people need to understand this is about a government takeover of the whole health care system," said Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga.

Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., said he heard from Obama, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Their message: "This is a historic moment. You don't want to end up with nothing," said Altmire, who remained undecided.

Last Tuesday's elections -- in which Democrats lost two governors' races -- sent a message that voters care about jobs, not growing the size of government, Barbour said.

Report: 237 millionaires in Congress

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:21:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Given that there are so many liberal democrats in congress and the whitehouse, can we finally stop demonizing wealthy people?

Clip Source: www.politico.com

As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

Among the highlights: Two-hundred-and-thirty-seven members of Congress are millionaires

All told, at least seven lawmakers have net worths greater than $100 million, according to the Center’s 2008 figures.

lawmakers have profited from investments in companies that have received federal bailouts

Among executive branch officials, CRP says the richest is Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary L. Schapiro, with a net worth estimated at $26 million.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is next, worth an estimated $21 million. President Barack Obama is the sixth-wealthiest, worth about an estimated $4 million

One caveat on those numbers: Federal financial disclosure laws don’t require members to list the value of their personal residences. That information could alter the net worth picture for many lawmakers.

Tags: politics, congress, obama, hillary, milionaire

Ft Hood Shooter Participated in Obama's Homeland Security Transition Planning: Genius

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:37:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Defense Department officials, and reporters for Politico, the Washington Post, and the London Times.

The real dangers, of course, are beanie babies. Or the Christian right. Not radicals who espouse the destruction of the West and the concomitant establishment of a new Caliphate.

Clip Source: directorblue.blogspot.com

The phrase 'man-made disaster' comes to mind. It would appear that the Fort Hood shooter assisted the Obama administration's transition planning for homeland security. Gawker does the heavy lifting for the lame-stream media:

The gunman who killed 12 people today at Ft. Hood appears, based on current media reports, to be Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan who was listed as a participant in a Homeland Security Policy Institute's presidential transition task force last year.

The task force was not officially affiliated with the White House. It was a project of the Homeland Security Policy Institute, an independent thinktank housed at George Washington University, aimed at drafting policy recommendations for the incoming Obama administration.

According to the task force's May 2009 report, a "Nidal Hasan" from the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine was a task force event participant. Other participants included Senate and House staffers, Department of Homeland Security officials,

Tags: democrats, extremism, obama

Tiedämme kohta missä olet

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:17:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: milloinkin ja arvaamme sitten kaiken muun. No arvaus menee monesti metsään, tämän tiedämme, mutta teoriassa tulevaisuudessa voisimme lukea ruudulta kunkin henkilön paikkakoordinaatit ja reaaliajassa. Tämä on jo mahdollista myös nykyään, mutta vain viranomaisille ja jos kohdehenkilöllä sattuu olemaan gsm-puhelin mukanaan.
Mitä hyötyä ihmisten seurattavuudesta voi olla? No ehken yksi voisi olla se että näin voimme kontrolloida (hui mikä sana) toisiamme paremmin tai ainakin ehkä kuvitella tätä mahdollisuutta. Mikäs sen kätevämpää kuin katsoa ruudulta missä ne "rikolliset "nyt suunnittelevat juoniaan, eikös vain!

Clip Source: www.hs.fi

Tuhannet suomalaiset seuraavat koiriaan satelliittipaikantimella

Kännykän ruudulla on kartta, jolla liikkuu sininen neliö. Karjalankarhukoira Mooses on jäljittämässä hirveä, ja sen isäntä Jorma Isoheiko seuraa puhelimestaan koiransa liikkeitä.

Tapio Serenius pantoja valmistavasta Nordic Radio Finlandista kertoo, että paikannuspannat tulivat markkinoille vuosituhannen alkuvuosina ja että viime vuosina niiden käyttö on yleistynyt selvästi.

Paikannuspannat ovat alun perin suomalainen keksintö. Sereniuksen mukaan ne ovat levinneet laajalti myös muihin Pohjoismaihin mutta eivät vielä juurikaan muualle maailmaan.

"Toisaalta paikannuslaitteita on tulevaisuudessa vähän joka laitteessa, joten niihin liittyvä yksilön- ja tietosuojalainsäädäntö tulee varmasti kehittymään".

"Jos seuraa koiraa, voi seurata samalla sen ulkoiluttajaa, esimerkiksi omaa jälkikasvuaan", hän pohtii.

Eläimen valvominen kuulostaa harmittomalta, mutta Serenius myöntää, että paikannuspantoihin voi liittyä ongelmiakin.

Tags: 2009, gps, human rights, democrats, demokratian kehitys

Obama doing too little, NOT too much

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:21:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This mirrors my thoughts on the matter.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Obama Faces His Anzio

Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Obama’s Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday’s elections, it worked in Democrats’ favor. But while health care won’t be Mr. Obama’s Waterloo, economic policy is starting to look like his Anzio.

Yet there was a national element to the election. Voters across America are in a bad mood, largely because of the still-grim economic situation. And when voters are feeling bad, they turn on whomever currently holds office. Even Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, saw his supposedly easy reelection turn into a tight race.

But the truth is that Mr. Obama put his agenda at risk by doing too little. The fateful decision, early this year, to go for economic half-measures may haunt Democrats for years to come.

Tags: obama, economy, healthcare

44 Percent of U.S. Congress are Millionaires

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:49:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: interesting, we are 'represented' by the elite

Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

237 Millionaires in Congress

Even in tough times, it's good to be a lawmaker: According to a report released this week by the Center for Responsive Politics, there are 237 millionaires serving in Congress, according to 2008 figures.

While about one percent of Americans are millionaires, 44 percent of those serving in Congress can claim as much.

Among the top 25 wealthiest legislators – which includes boldface names Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein and Olympia Snowe – there are 14 Democrats and 11 Republicans, suggesting no clear wealth divisions between party.

The richest member of Congress is Republican California Rep. Darrell Issa, whose net worth is estimated to be in excess of $250 million. He's followed by four Democrats: California's Jane Harman (approx. $245 million), Wisconsin's Herb Kohl (approx. $215 million), Virginia's Mark Warner (approx. $210 million) and Massachusetts' John Kerry (approx. $209 million).

median reportable net worth for members of the House in 2008 was $622,254.

Tags: congress, millionaires, republicans, democrats

Coercive Care: Proof the "Public Option" is a Public Threat

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:14:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's not an "option" but tyranny when it is an ultimatum "offered" to you, and a command with a threat from the government behind it.

Clip Source: republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov

PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.

In response to the JCT letter, Camp said: “This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail. It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.”

Tags: coercive care, public option, healthcare bill, healthcare reform

Poll: Huge majority doesn't want Dems' health care bill

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:05:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: But do they care?? I have never seen such a push & shove match going on. This isn't about health care for our citizens. This is about power & control.

Clip Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com

Poll: Huge majority doesn't want Democrats' health care bill

With House Democrats racing to pass their 2,000-plus page health care reform bill this weekend, a new CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that an overwhelming majority of those surveyed -- 72 percent -- want Congress either to make major changes, start over from scratch, or simply stop working on health care legislation. Just 26 percent want Congress to pass the current health care proposal as is, or with minor changes.

PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:31:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Or you could pay a fine for, you know, being alive. I had joked before about them eventually taxing you for breathing to cut down on CO2 emissions, but I never though they would really tax you for doing nothing more than being alive.

Clip Source: republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov

Key excerpts from the JCT letter appear below:

Tags: healthcare, politics, tax