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This conservative agrees with Barack Obama

I never thought the day would come, but it has. Today in an article entitled, Obama to GOP: Restore unemployment benefits now President Obama said the following, "These are honest, decent, hardworking folks who have fallen on hard times through no fault of their own." For once, I agree with you Mr. President. That is, in general, I think most folks are hard working and decent enough. They're not greedy and they're not lazy; they just want to be able to work and support their families unfettered by government constraints. Most aren't interested in handouts either, although tough economic times have made that a necessity in some cases.

That said, extending unemployment is not the best way to help people, especially when you’re increasing the deficit to do it.  Long term, the best way to help Americans is to roll back our current free trade policies. These are the same free trade policies championed by most politicians on both sides of the aisle. In particular the GOP backs these utterly failed and morally bankrupt policies as a matter of course. As I said, democrats do as well. But the Dems aren't pretending to be the Party of Mom, Apple Pie, and everything that's wholesome, good, and fiscally responsible for America. The GOP is…and that's why their commitment to unchecked free trade in the U.S. is all the more reprehensible.

When our free trade policies level the playing field and give corporate America incentives to come back to this country, the jobs will come back as well. Equally important is America's once intact standing as self sufficient. Our founding fathers knew this and legislated after that fact. But then, they believed in enduring principles. Our current legislators only operate by one guiding principle: Me first…everyone else last.

As most of you know, I am a paleoconservative. Therefore, I am against extending these unemployment benefits in principle. However, I would support this band-aid action if (1) it could be paid for, and (2) our legislators would go back to the free trade policies which helped make this country great. Since neither of these actions are going to happen EVER! I reserve all of my ire for the self serving bastards on the Hill.

UPDATE!!!!! At the time of this writing, the bill to extend unemployment without any way of paying for it had not yet passed. The Obama administration, which includes democrat legislators, were waiting on the votes of three turncoat GOP senators, who according to Obama, “put politics and partisanship aside” when they voted for this bill.

I’d like to make a couple of observations here:

First, Obama repeatedly cast GOP opposition to the bill as heartless, partisan, hyper-political maneuvering. But that was hardly the case. Rather, the GOP was for extending benefits, provided they were already paid for, as opposed to Obama’s plan, which is going to increase the deficit even further. To that end, Obama proves he’s more than able as a political opportunist and liar of the highest order.

Second, I find it most convenient that any time members of the GOP go along with whatever lame assed, stupid, irresponsible, myopic legislation the Dems want, it’s applauded by the prez as being bipartisan. Yes, Mr. President, all of us out here in the Land of Stupid are far too “dumb” to understand what you mean when you say that these GOP backstabbing, gutless, Benedict Arnolds, “put politics and partisanship aside.” That simply means that the legislators in question “went along.” They played your rigged little game. They sided with you, and our children’s, children’s, children’s children will be paying for it, along with the rest of the irresponsible spending bills you and your pals have rammed down our throats over the past 6 years. You people are reckless and you’re destroying this country.

 
Democrats working on plans to intimidate opposition of “Obama care”

Washington – As opposition to President Barack Obama's health care  plan (dubbed "Obama care" by grassroots opponents) heats up, Democrats are preparing a counter offensive of their own to silence any opposition to the plan.

Yesterday closed door meetings were held by the Obama administration in which supporters of the plan were told that if any legislators were criticized in TV ads, "the party and it's allies would respond with twice the force."

The administration's response comes in the wake of several highly publicized anti-Obama care demonstrations at townhall meetings across the country.

As a result, meeting organizers have been instructed to mobilize supporters for health care reform and organize the meetings more "carefully." Sources declined to elaborate as to all the details of just what  organizing "more carefully" means. But high profile sources are telling us that the meeting organizers are going to make it "very uncomfortable" for opponents of Obama's health care bill, should they demonstrate at future townhall meetings.

Apparently, the Gestapo tactics of the Obama administration aren't stopping there. According to one source who spoke with us on condition of anonymity, "…every Republican member of congress voting against the health care bill is being called on the carpet and the message for them is to get in line or federal funding for their state will be cut off."

Even the internet isn't a safe place to criticize the bill or it's supporters. Websites criticizing Obama's plan are being targeted by hackers. Additionally, the White House blog has a post up demanding the websites, blogs, names, and email addresses of anyone posting anything defamatory about Obama's health care plan.

UPDATE!!!!!: A protester was beaten up by organized labor thugs for demonstrating at a townhall meeting where Democrats were infomercialing President Obama's health care plan. READ MORE…

YOU CAN JUMP TO THE VIDEO OF THIS EVENT HERE…

 
Dang It! More fun from the looney left on health care

FROM THE AP: WASHINGTON – House Democrats are crafting a plan  that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would help families making less than $88,000 pay the premiums. Employers, too, would have to help foot the bill.

It's the latest development in President Barack Obama's push to fix the ailing U.S. health care system by getting the government more deeply involved.

Obama has said the final legislation must rein in costs, guarantee choice of health plans and medical providers, and ensure that all Americans have access to affordable coverage. But he's leaving it to Congress to work out the details. (emphasis mine)

I promised myself that I wasn't going to get political at all on this blog. But the phrase in red hit me so hard I had to comment. I"ll make it short. The "ailing" health care system is only ailing because the government is already deeply involved. Every time the government gets "deeply involved" in something, it functions less effectively at greater costs. One small step towards socialism for a man, one great leap towards socialism for mankind. This is health care we're talking about. And it's worrisome.

But even more worrisome is the word in the first bolded sentence in purple, is the word "required" – Require all Americans to carry health insurance. Require a free citizen to do something that the government thinks may be
good for his health. This is scary stuff, boys and girls. This goes way beyond socialism. I guess liberal democrats don't care about SOME civil rights. According to them, we have the right to freedom, unless the lack of freedom
is "good for us."

This makes me angry. And scared.

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