A Thought on ObamaCare

A lot is being said, on both sides of the aisle, regarding this "landmark legislation" that was passed and signed last week. I won't even get started on all the objections that I have heard and hold personally regarding it but I did want to mention one particular part of really irks me on multiple levels:

"Coverage for kids": sounds wonderful, right? How could anyone oppose health insurance for children? Now they can't even be dropped for having a preexisting condition. But there's just a few problems:

1. The part that was supposed to be written into the bill that would make it take effect immediately was "forgotten" so now it doesn't start until 2014 like the rest of the bill. (throw your arms up in uproar, how are the kids going to survive 'til then?)

2. (and more importantly) it doesn't have anything to with children. This is talking about the sons and daughters (i.e. "children") of parents who work and cover their adult children while they are in college. instead of being dropped at the age of 24 or if your not a full time student (whichever is first), now they can't be dropped by the insurance company until they turn 26 (as far as I know, no student requisite). These aren't children. These are Boomerangers: grown adult human beings that, instead joining the real world and getting a real job, return to live in their parents basement's and mooch off of them for as long as possible. grow up and get a life! That it what college is supposed to be about. Now (in 2014), thanks to Obamacare, they can mooch for even longer!

So let me re-iterate: THIS DOES NOT HELP THE CHILDREN!  but helps the boomerangers. In Spanish, little children are translated as "los ninos" while the sons and daughters ("children") of a parent are translated as "los hijos".

Obama De-funded by Congress!

Well, yes. I know, I know. Officially it was ACORN that was defunded by Congress earlier this week, but everyone knows... Wait, what?... You mean even though his first job out of law school was working for ACORN as a "community organizer"; later, as a practicing lawyer, he represented ACORN numerous times; after he was elected president, he selected ACORN to help collect the next census data; he earmarked billions of dollars to go to ACORN in his stimulus bill... he has "absolutely no ties" to ACORN? hmmm...interesting.

Congress is a Joke!

That was the seed that germinated into the thought process that has developed into this post. While at work this morning, I was contemplating the congressman who interrupted BHO by shouting "Liar" (or something very similar).

The congressman was obviously really frustrated, as more and more common citizens are becoming, with the flat-out lies and half-truths that has been "The Great Benefactor's" campaign and reign thus far.

Congressman Joe Wilson immediately apologized to the president, who, along with VP Biden, etc., all accepted his apology. I, personally, don't feel he should have apologized for speaking the truth. Most, if not all, of what The Great Benefactor said in his speech to the joint session of Congress was lies. Pelosi, and the rest of the Democrats then proceed to hound Wilson to apologize to Congress as well. Thankfully, he told them no, that one apology was enough.

So then the Dems announce that this week they plan to formally reprimand Wilson for not apologizing to them too. This is what made me think they are a joke and what caused the thought process to initiate. They are so smug and self-righteous that they feel they deserve an apology as well, even though the presidency already accepted Wilson's apology to them and the matter has nothing directly to do with the rest of congress. Also, if Global Warming is such a threat, if Obamacare is so necessary,etc. etc., why would they feel the necessity to waste precious time reprimanding a fellow congressman when they could be spending that time "saving the world". But then,...

I began to think about it a little more and realized something:

Congress is not as dumb as we think they are but they are not as smart as they think they are.

They aren't a joke nor are they stupid for file an official reprimand. That will be on his record as a congressman and can be used against him when he's up for re-election. "don't vote for Wilson, look what he did in September 2009..."

However, they aren't as smart as they think they are because We, The People are on to their little schemes and realize that is exactly what they are trying to do. But their plan is going to backfire on them as they are replaced, one by one, for being so out of touch with reality and the rest of us that belong to this nation. The majority of We, The People also realize that the Great Benefactor is a liar and are fully supportive of Congressman Wilson. Our eyes are opening (well, at least the eyes of those that weren't open to begin with) and we've had enough.

This weekend there was a massive march on Washington DC. Local police reported that it was the largest gathering ever seen in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, larger even than inaugurations or Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Local authorities estimated numbers around 2 Million citizens (none of them paid, as the left-wing conspiracy-theorists will claim) all gathered to show BO just what we think of him. His inauguration only had ~1 Million people. Did he listen? Nope, as soon as he caught wind of something brewing, he high-tailed it out of their for the weekend on "vacation". And in true Kool-Aid drinking fashion, his propaganda distributors, the main-stream media, grossly underestimated attendance of the event either in the tens of thousands or around 200 thousand. Quite the difference, no?

To all those that voted for you Great Benefactor, thank you so very much; this is exactly what we wanted for our country (laced heavily with sarcasm). The time for repentance is at hand. Please step away from the Kool-Aid and return to the light.

Kindle

Have you heard about Amazon's Kindle 2.0? Its a super-thin, super-light-weight ebook reader that can hold over 1500 books and uses 3G networks to download anywhere, anytime without monthly fees, or service plans. Sounds awesome, right? I thought so. Being the technophile I am, I wanted to get my hands on one and check it out. One of my professors loves his and says he's even been able to download his textbooks onto the device. It can even read to you and books cost about $9.99 to download. Sounds amazing! Even "Dear Leader" (BHO) seems to think so because I found this item about Barry wanting to give one to every school child. Never mind the fact that, as the blog points out, one minute he says the country is broke, the next minute he says he wants to spend $299.00 (retail price on Amazon.com) each for EVERY school child.

It forced me to start thinking why he thinks this contraption is so important that he wants every school child to have one but not a word about every child having a calculator (Even a TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator costs half that much on Amazon.com and a graphing calculator of that ability is over kill for any school child. The much more likely TI-30X IIS is less than $15 each at Walmart.) Then I figured it out, and all my worst fears about this administration (or should I say reign?) started coming back to the front of my mind.

Now, I like to think I'm a pretty optimistic guy, a little cynical, but optimistic. These last seven months have really been changing that. I also enjoy entertaining a conspiracy theory every now and then but the one I stumbled across and figured out seems so plausible, and likely, that it's scary. Have I piqued your interest, yet? Think along the lines of 1984, We, and Fahrenheit 451 all rolled into one. Have you figured it out? (btw, I have read all three of these and recommend them to everyone)

According to the articles you can follow from this page, Amazon, or any entity (i.e government) with access, can add, delete, or change content on the Kindle at any time without telling you or asking permission. Furthermore, "Amazon knows what books you have on your Kindle, and, in theory, it can even know the book you are currently reading, and even the last page you’ve read on each of the books you own."

If Dear Leader has his way, not only will everyone in the coming generation be forced into Universal Healthcare (which, might I add, will pay for abortions and outlines mandatory counseling for senior citizens concerning "alternatives to end of life care" i.e. a counselor trying to convince you to refuse treatment because you're old instead of fighting for your life and seeking medical treatment) but the White House (or wherever he decides to move his capital city when he takes supreme command) will have a direct line of access to our school children via the kindle. They will decide what content is downloaded and when. The only hope against it would be for parents to manually delete content themselves. But whose to say that the government won't just put it right back on, or, in the future when dictatorial intentions are more overt, if we will even retain any ability to control the content on the Kindle. "But Obama isn't that sinister" you say? My only response is that he is left-handed.

Fooled by the Media

We parked next to this car at our local Costco and when we noticed the bumper stickers, Corrina said "Now that's something to blog about." Boy is she right. Either this lady has drunk so much of Obama's Kool-Aid that she doesn't realize exactly how fooled by the media she is, or she is just as evil and socialist as the current administration. I'm not sure which is worse.

The Truth About ObamACORN

It looks like Barry's Boys are getting nervous about his association to ACORN. Finally we're making some headway. If only the MSM would actually pick this up and run with it. Unfortuantely, in perfect dictator style, Barry's goonsuad tries to strong-arm anyone into silence that tries to investigate and report. Read the story below.

(via Perspectives)

The Truth About ObamACORN
by Michelle Malkin

Left-wing groups in Washington, DC, are panicked. The New York Times and other Team Obama whitewashers are downplaying the connection between the Obama presidential campaign, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and Obama's old employer Project Vote (ACORN's nonprofit canvassing arm). Alas, the truth keeps seeping out. At a closed-door powwow hosted Thursday at the left-leaning Center for American Progress, activists discussed how to combat a relentless stream of corruption charges from ACORN/Project Vote whistleblowers. But it's too late for a reputation bailout. Former Project Vote official and whistleblower Anita MonCrief has harnessed the Internet to crowd-source a massive cache of documents showing ties between Obama staff members and the supposedly "nonpartisan" ACORN operations.

Last fall, The New York Times abandoned an investigation into whether Obama had shared donor lists with Project Vote, a 501(c)(3) organization that is prohibited from engaging in political activity. Public editor Clark Hoyt earlier this month called it "the tip that didn't pan out." Critics suggested the donor lists could have been compiled through public records. But I have obtained the lists -- not only of Obama donors, but also lists of Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry contributors. The records include small donors to the Obama campaign, who are not disclosed in public campaign finance databases. It's information only a campaign could supply...

(read full report here)