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8月18日 And While the Serfs are Starving...So while people here in the "rich" west are losing their homes by the tens of thousands, one Saudi businessman has found a way to beat those recession blues.
That's right, suckers. Now that the great wealth transfer is complete and you've been relegated to the status of a third-world banana republic, the world's wealthy are spending what would have been a year's worth of your salary on solid gold penis pumps and laughing at you.
Do you feel stupid yet? 8月13日 What's This Tell You?So I've been monitoring this whole "health care" debate with less than moderate interest. You see, I've been called a cynic on...several occasions. Whether it's some sprawling government beaurocracy or mammoth insurance companies, I believe it's the patients who are going to get screwed. But I can say one thing for certain: What you guys have south of the border does not work.
I discovered this article today, and I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry. Here's an excerpt:
"With Washington bickering over how to reform the system and contain its spiraling costs, many Americans like Ritz simply head to Mexico to get care they can afford. The total number making the trip is unclear. But a recent study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research estimated that nearly 1 million people from California alone seek medical, dental or prescription services in Mexico each year. Some making the trek have little or no medical coverage. Others like Ritz are on fixed incomes and want to avoid so-called co-pays and deductibles charged by U.S. insurers on top of policies that routinely cost from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand each month." I just don't know what to say about that. Going to Mexico for health care? Really? Mexico? Of course, I can't help but think if you guys could muster up some courage and buy some of your health care moguls tickets on my favorite bus, you might be able to get a private system that works. But of course, decades of festering in public education institutions that are only fit for turning out mindless, obedient consumer drones has completely neutered you. 8月12日 I found something useful on Fox!Actually, I don't watch much T.V. any more. The truth is, I found this on Youtube:
I'm ordering one right now. And in other firearm news, it seems there was one of those health care "town hall" meetings in New Hampshire. You know, those Hegelian talking point festivals where each side tries to scream their empty rhetoric the loudest, while the actual people caught in the middle are completely ignored? Well it seems William Kostric figured out a way to be heard. He showed up with a loaded firearm strapped to his leg, and a home made sign that said "It is time to water the tree of liberty" - a blatant reference to a famous quote by Thomas Jefferson. Oh, you can just imagine Chris Matthews crying about it! Oh wait! You don't have to imagine it, you can view it right here!
And before anyone else starts crying about it, you should be aware that what he did was perfectly legal in New Hampshire. I've gotta give Kostric credit. I don't know if he's had media training or not, but he delivered his message without swallowing Matthews' bait. I think it was something of a propaganda backfire on the part of MSNBC. They invited Kostric on the show, likely hoping he would sound like a raving lunatic. Quite the contrary, he made Matthews look like an impatient, volatile man with a hidden agenda. Big stretch, I know. That being said, I'm concerned. In the last year, I'm noticing the eyes of the media looking ever more intently on "domestic issues". There seems to be a definite concerted effort to villify freedom-oriented individuals, and this is just another step. Remember the domestic terrorist cell uncovered in North Carolina last month? Well as it turns out, the chief player in the arrests, Daniel Boyd may have actually been a "company man" who decided the America he fought to protect was dead: "It is said Boyd — a poster child for “white al-Qaeda” if there ever was one — trained at a terrorist camp in Afghanistan in the late 1980s and fought against the Soviet occupation of that country. Boyd was associated with Hezb-e-Islami, or Party of Islam. This, combined with the Department of Fatherland Security classifying veterans and Libertarians as "dangerous extremists" (See H.R. 1955 for starters) certainly paints an unpleasant picture. 8月7日 Why so ssssssssssssocialist? OK, now that I've gotten that out of my system, you're not going to believe what comrade Barakski is trying to pull this time.
For one thing, the above picture is not my work. Apparently, these rather ghoulish visages began appearing on telephone poles in Los Angeles this week, and the White House is furious. They sent in their local pitbull, Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson to call the depiction "politically mean spirited and dangerous." He even went so far as to issue a "challenge" to the thus far unidentified artist to step forward and take credit for his political cartooning.
Given some of the events that are transpiring lately, I can't say I blame the artist for keeping his identity safely anonymous.
Incidentally, I found someone who took up the challenge of spreading this... rather amusing protest... and even make a buck off of it. If painting a target on your forhead for Obama's snitch squad is your cup of tea, you can order a T-shirt here. If you order, make sure to mention that the 'twister sent you. I don't actually get anything out of it, but I figure "Hey, if I can send some customers their way, maybe they can send some hits my way." Don't want a T-shirt? You can always print off a pdf flyer and bring the message to your neighborhood instead.
And speaking of snitch squads, Did you hear about the administration's new scheme to "monitor" opposition to his health care reform? Apparently, if you see anything "fishy", you are supposed to forward the information to flag@whitehouse.gov for "further analysis".
Think I'm kidding? Ask Senator John Cornyn about it. Here's an excerpt from an article on World Daily Net:
"'I am not aware of any precedent for a president asking American citizens to report their fellow citizens to the White house for pure political speech that is deemed 'fishy' or otherwise inimical to the White House's political interests,' the Texas senator wrote in a letter today to Obama.
By requesting that citizens send 'fishy' e-mails to the White House, it is inevitable that the names, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and private speech of U.S. citizens will be reported… You should not be surprised that these actions taken by your White House staff raise the specter of a data collection system."
Still not convinced? This is taken directly from the White House website:
"There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."
Seriously, you can't make this crap up! Also, notice that part in bold. If you even talk about the bill in a negative way, they want your friends to rat you out.
So exactly what is in this bill that Obama is so terrified might become public knowlege? Well I haven't read the entire thing yet (You can do it yourself if you like, the full text is here), but I can say there's a fair amount that would annoy anyone who favours the current system. But that isn't enough. I'm not interested in the partisan nonsense that drives these kinds of arguments. It needs to be bigger than the "He's going to deny coverage to old people" rhetoric (Which incidentally, may have some truth to it).
What we're looking for must be something so serious that even discussing it puts you on "the list". Something positively Earth-shattering. If you spot it, please let me know. |
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