The re-making of America

Have you been paying attention to what the Democrats are now doing? Why have they been cramming new legislation through the system so fast that no one precisely knows what is being enacted into law?

First, the left-wing of the Democrat party is fully in charge. They now -- especially with the recession -- have the opportunity to covert the United States to a socialist model. But they know they must do it quickly before the majority of Americans realize what they are doing. Once the public does wake up, the chances are great the Democrats will lose power. And the Dems know it. But if they can get enough people dependent upon the teat of government handouts, watch out...

What exactly does the left-wing so highly desire, besides power? Victor Davis Hanson puts it better than I can come up with on a coffee break:

Soon we will all end up after each April 15 making about the same, driving the same sort of cars and using the same sort of mass transit, living in about the same sorts of houses, and having about the same sorts of “‘they’ will take care of it for me” philosophies — all overseen by brilliant, but highly ranked and exempt Platonic Guardians who suffer on our behalf as they jet and limo at breakneck speed ensuring our welfare.

If this is the kind of European-type socialism that you want, then you'll be happy. I'll bet the majority of Americans do not.

Besides, the economic model will create a endless recession. Instead of just a few of us being poor, all of us will be poor.

Hanson comes to the same conclusion I have:

This recovery cannot work, other than a brief spurt that results from trillions in printed money, because we are rewarding unproductive areas of the economy (federal money for more wind farms, federal hurdles for pumping more known natural gas or nuclear power construction; more of the community-organizing model, less of the productive small business model) and punishing the engines of the economy.

Pelosi and her delusions

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi released a statement in response to the 28-year high in unemployment, which stood at 9.5 percent in June. Part of the statement reads:

Today's unemployment numbers are another reminder of the years of failure to invest in making Americans the most highly educated and innovative workforce in the world -- and years of delay on affordable health care and the clean energy jobs and industries that will sustain our economy for years to come.

Years of failure to invest in American education? We have spent trillions upon trillions of dollars for education, yet our schools have failed us, mostly because of liberal administrators and teachers corrupting what once was a fine education system.

Recently, the Goldwater Institute tested a group of high school seniors with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services exam. Only 3.5 percent of students tested who attend public schools passed. Nearly 98 percent of our high school kids can't pass this test, yet we require our new citizens to pass it.

Their report also states:

...public schools are not in fact equipping students with an understanding of civics. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) administered a grade-level-appropriate civic knowledge exam to a nationally representative sample of 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-graders in 2006. The percentages of students scoring at the proficient level or above: 25 percent of 4th graders, 24 percent of 8th graders, and 32 percent of 12th graders.

Legend has it that a woman asked Benjamin Franklin, leaving the Constitutional Convention, what sort of government had been created. “A Republic, if you can keep it,” Franklin replied. A major justification for supporting a system of public schools has long been the promotion of a general civic knowledge necessary for a well informed citizenry.

According to Pelosi, we have failed to invest, but the real root of the problem is what is being taught. While our heath care system is one of the worlds best -- it is a free market system -- our schools are one of the world's worst -- it is mostly government-run system.

So Ms. Speaker, not only do you and your party not understand what makes our educational system work, you do not have a clue on how to get us out of this near-depression. You are delusional on the fact that liberal policies do not work, have not worked, and never will work. Yet, you keep pushing them down our throats, without debate, and have bankrupted the mightiest economy the world has ever known.

That will be your legacy: the destruction of the American Republic.

Joe, Wrong Again.

First he claimed that most Americans want a government-sponsored health care system. Now, Joe Conasan, who writes for the liberal rag New York Observer, says:

As a matter of fact, America's current health care system wastes considerably more than a trillion dollars every year. We know that because countries such as France, Germany, Japan and Finland, with comparable standards of living to ours, spend roughly half what the United States spends annually on health care per citizen, while covering everyone and achieving better results.

Wait one minute. While it is true that the United States spends more on health care, both measured as per capita and as a percentage of GDP, to claim we get worse results is absurd.

According to the Economist, in an article "You get what you pay for:"

After adjusting country data, from the 1990s, for differences in both age and death rates in the general population, Americans were found to have the best chance of survival for two of the five cancers that the reasearchers considered: breast cancer in women and prostate cancer. (Cuba had impressive survival rates, but these were probably over-estimated, say researchers). Europe lags behind America, with wide differences in survival rates, ranging from 10% for breast cancer to 34% for prostate cancer. Money appears to be an important factor: America spends a greater proportion of national income on health than the other countries.

And from emaxhealth.com:

Researchers found that USA has the best score with 5 years of survival rate for breast cancer at 83.9% and prostate cancer at 91.9%. Japan scores the best for colon cancer at 63% and rectal cancer at 58.2% in men. Women living in France have the highest rates for colon and rectal cancers at 60.1% and 63.9% respectively.

I could go on, but it's so easy for anyone to look up the facts (unless you're only looking for "facts" that back up your position). You may find that with other conditions, the results may be slighly different, but the bottom line for me -- and a lot of other people -- is that if I get injured or sick, I'm in the right country.

I have found in my own research that liberals tend to ignore facts that disagree with their position more than conservatives.

While far from perfect, the United States has the best health care system in the world.

So Joe, you can't fool everyone.

Be Afraid, Very Afraid

Let's do some fear-mongering, something the liberals have accused conservatives for years (we used fear about terrorism, which is an actual event).

Now, that these same critics are in power, they are using fear to ram countless new laws and regulations which far more stiffle our civil liberties than any conservative could ever dream up. Fear is now not directed against terrorism (other contingency operations), but the climate.

According to the Pulitzer-winning paper Investors Business Daily:

Catastrophic sea levels, floods in lower Manhattan, California beaches permanently submerged. Ferocious hurricanes. Droughts. Food shortages, epidemic diseases, a quadrupling of heat-wave deaths. Aged sewer systems convulsing from massive storm runoff. Polar bears disappearing from the Arctic.

Yet, to "solve" this monumental problem, what does Congress do?

A 1,500-page bill to tax, regulate and penalize all U.S. hydrocarbon energy use to "save the planet" from climate Armageddon has passed the House 219-212 despite the fact that not one member read it.

No one read it, yet they voted on it. In fact, the bill wasn't even on the floor, in the well, which is traditionally how it's done.

Reminds me of the last "stimulus" bill, which was not read by most before they voted on it.

Voting on a bill that will affect not only millions of Americans, but countless millions around the world, before you have read, studied and debated it -- this is insanity, not progress.

But as Investors Business Daily concludes at one point: "It may be the most flagrant attempted con job in U.S. history."

Here is another example of how Democrats do business, thanks to the Examiner:

Apparently House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev) are so afraid of a public backlash against the cost of the health care reform package that they don't want voters to see it. Along with Obama's promise of transparency, the two politicians think they can get away with anything because of having a majority in Congress. Their arrogance and lack of respect for American citizens has no bounds.

Like I said, be very afraid.

Debunking the usual liberal myths

Joe Conasan tells us in a recent editorial: "Nearly every poll now shows the American people demanding change in the health care system, with majorities favoring universal coverage and, in many surveys, a government plan that competes with private insurance."

What polls is he reading? The first one I found on a google search had different conclusions, though if I'd spent more time, I may have found one that agreed with him. I probably should do that, in order not to be accused of picking my data, but the point is the Joe really doesn't understand middle Americans.

The majority do not want government-mandated health care. What they (we) want is a more fair playing field. Things like better tax deductions for the cost of insurance, making the insurance companies cover pre-existing conditions, cost of medications that actually work -- simple things like that.

And what's up with always having to go to one doctor to get a referral to another? That's insane. A year ago I knew I needed a surgeon for a hernia repair, and my primary care provider agreed. The whole process wasted his time, my time and took too weeks longer. (Though a third of the time it would have taken in Canada). It's an idiot policy. These are the kind of changes we want. Not a health dictator in Washington D.C.

The majority are afraid that if the government gets involved, quality will go down and costs will go up.

It's only the far-left that wants the government to take over health care (and everything else). To highlight this mentality, remember Obama's recent statement that he would allow us to keep our doctors under his plan.

Who gave him the right to choose my doctor? Or tell me whether I can keep the one I have?

Yes, we need some reform here. But not what these idiots are planning.

Next case, Susan Estrich, another liberal from the left-coast, declares: Will allowing the Bush tax cuts on the richest Americans to expire and increasing the taxes both on wealthy Americans and some small businesses raise revenue or depress the economy?

Susan, if those tax cuts expire, taxes will go up for all taxpayers. So quit with the liberal talking points, and re-framing the issue. I know what you're doing, so it's no secret that you and your liberal buddies are re-writing history. Obama has the lead, as mentioned here by an actual historian.

Shall I continue on with Cap and Trade and how it will solve so-called global warming? Why bother.

When will the madness stop?

The U.S.A. -- R.I.P

Do you now doubt the liberal agenda? Here's what they are in the process of doing, under the label of "progressives". But it's hardly progressive.

1. Taxes. One way or another, you'll start paying more taxes soon, either directly to the government, or indirectly through higher prices. Either way, you're paying them. All kinds of little things add up. Cap and trade will raise utility and gas prices. And some tax laws will be re-written so that some previous deductions will no longer be allowed. This is what liberals call tax loopholes, but this is the misuse of terminology again. How about the mortgage deduction? Is that a loophole? Obama will come after it soon. His stated goal is to revoke all of the Reagan tax cuts, which did so much for economic growth over the last 25 years. It's his distribution of income scheme...spreading the wealth. Spreading it so thin, the middle class will be destroyed.

2. First admendment. Not only are they instituting policy councils, but a diversity conference over at the FCC. Ever heard of the Fairness Doctrine? The federal government will start to dictate what is on the air -- politically -- very soon. They will silence any opposition to their cause. Without political free speech, democracy is dead.

3. Gun laws. There is already a bill that greatly strengthens gun laws. A lot. Putting the government in full control over who can own a gun. Very dangerous.

4. Medical care. The liberal mantra is to lower health care costs while making it guaranteed to everyone. Nationalized healthcare does not work as well as what we have. It become less and less available. Consider Great Britain, Canada, and others with this type of plan. It doesn't work. Why will it here? Actually, I don't think the liberal elite really care. It just sounds like a good plan. Makes you feel good all over, a tingly feeling running down your leg.

5. Education. Yes, we'll spend more for education, but with greater government controls in place as well. This will continue the onslaught to a good education. They want you to learn only what they want you to know.

6. Foreign Policy. It won't be long, I predict. Obama will have some despot walk all over him.

There is much more going on. Hope you pay attention. Remember the liberals who screamed (and many still do) about how our liberties were being taken away by the Bush administration.

Bush is a light-weight, when it comes to Obama.

The United States of America. Born July 2, 1776. Died Nov. 4, 2008 (Suicide)