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Ann’s Simple Plan
My Healthcare Plan
by Ann Coulter
Liberals keep complaining that Republicans don’t have a plan for reforming health care in America. I have a plan!
It’s a one-page bill creating a free market in health insurance. Let’s all pause here for a moment so liberals can Google the term “free market.”
Nearly every problem with health care in this country — apart from trial lawyers and out-of-date magazines in doctors’ waiting rooms — would be solved by my plan.
In the first sentence, Congress will amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act to allow interstate competition in health insurance.
Born – 4 July 1776 ~ Died – 4 November 2008
Obama’s Ideology Threatens America
by J.D. Longstreet
I began this week with a small, very small, remnant of hope that the Democats/Progresssives/Socialist/Marxists in the US House of Representatives would fail in their under-handed, lowdown, sneaky, and in my opinion, dishonorable attempt to pass ObamaCare into law WITHOUT it ever having passed the House by a vote. But as the days have passed it has become ever more clear that that is exactly what they are going to do.
We have warned our readers over and over that America, under the Obama Regime, has become a Socialist republic, not unlike the Democratic Socialist Republic of the former Soviet Union, or the current Democratic People’s Republic of (North) Korea. America is no longer a constitutional republic as it has been since The Founders of our nation gave us the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
In less than a year and a half, Obama has fulfilled his campaign promise to “FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE AMERICA!”
Read the WHOLE post here!
I’m not really sure how many more ways we can say it! This is NOT the America that the majority of the citizens want to live in. There will be no prosperity, no liberty, no ‘beacon of hope’ for the world.
Glenn Beck – 3/16/10
“Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.”
~ Winston Churchill ~
I’m thinking that those of us who are PRO-Constitutional Americans will be the ones teaching the ANTI’s a hard lesson in the not too distant future. Patriots V Tories. If you don’t get the reference, you’re education is sorely lacking, and you might want to do a little investigating. The lies just keep on coming. Past time to learn the TRUTH.
“God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. … And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”
~ Thomas Jefferson ~
This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
Misdirection
While we have been paying attention to the Tax and Control Congress is trying to shove down our throats, the Democrats have come up with another way to further erode society. Yesterday, Rep. Fortney Stark (D-CA13) and 14 of his fellow Dem congress critters introduced H.R. 3827, magnanimously titled Every Child Deserves a Family Act. How can anyone argue with that? Of course every child deserves a family!
Unfortunately, the intent of such a bill is not a return to the value of the nuclear family. The family that prays together, stays together idea. It’s not even a bill that would help kids with abstinence, so they won’t be having children they can’t afford, nor know how to raise. It doesn’t address serious issue like the cycle of poverty, or drug abuse. No, what it does it is open the door for further erosion of what is right and wrong.
To prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent.
Now, I don’t give a flying flip if a person is gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered, or whatever else they want to call themselves. That’s between them and God. Condoning sin, is sin.
Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
That goes for the opposite as well. Now, I know there are way too many these days who are going to come out of the woodwork just to call someone like me all kinds of names, just because my faith teaches me right from wrong. That makes me ‘intolerant’, yada yada. Whatever! But when push comes to shove, wrong is still wrong. I won’t apologize for my faith.
Do I have a problem with gay couples fostering children? Honestly, no, not really, in the SHORT run. There are a lot of loving people of all “orientations”, who can provide for children until appropriate homes can be found for them.
One of the biggest problems in the U.S. right now is not the lack of couples wanting to adopt. It’s how difficult the bureaucracies have made it! Why not address this problem, instead of pushing the homosexual agenda? While I don’t believe that all homosexuals would consider abusing a child, anymore than all heterosexuals would. But, isn’t it quite possible this type of thing will open the door for such abuses?
Stooges!
Just A Few Items
Page 87 – TREATMENT OF STATE BENEFIT MANDATES
Insofar as a State requires a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage to include benefits beyond the essential benefits package, such requirement shall continue to apply to an Exchange-participating health benefits plan, if the State has entered into an arrangement satisfactory to the Commissioner to reimburse the Commissioner for the amount of any net increase in affordability premium credits under subtitle C as a result of an increase in premium in basic plans as a result of application of such requirement.
Just my opinion, but don’t the words “benefit” and “mandate” kind of cancel each other out?
Page 167-168 – TAX ON INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT ACCEPTABLE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
‘‘(a) TAX IMPOSED.—In the case of any individual who does not meet the requirements of subsection (d) at
any time during the taxable year, there is hereby imposed a tax equal to 2.5 percent of the excess of—
‘‘(1) the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year, over
‘‘(2) the amount of gross income specified in section 6012(a)(1) with respect to the taxpayer.
If you can’t afford their version of “acceptable health care”, they will make you pay an increase in taxes you can’t afford to pay? 2.5% of the excess income? Do you have excess income? Well, those who live on our dime up there in D.C. might have some extra, but I don’t know anyone out here in the real world doesn’t it.
Page 1180 – SEC. 227. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC OPTION.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that Members who vote in favor of the establishment of a public, Federal Government run health insurance option, and senior members of the President’s administration, are urged to forgo their right to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and agree to enroll under that public option.
In other words, it would be nice if those who impose this crap on the American people would make use of it, but it’s not really necessary.
Is this thing giving anyone else a headache? I think that’s the whole idea. We’ll be going through this thing with a fine toothed comb, while those who wish to impose this crap on us, are chuckling at the idea that we care enough to read it, when they won’t.
It’s About Liberty!
I came across a ‘letter to the editor” on the Detroit Free Press this morning that hits on some good point of the Tea Party folks, and naturally, some of the responses show the absolute ignorance of many on the left. Go, check it out, and let me know…..is this ignorance an epidemic, or is there some hope for the clueless?
On the same topic, there was this column, from Lee Harris, on Gov Monitor:
The phrase “Wal-Mart Hippies” is certainly attention-getting, as was no doubt intended. After all, who would suspect that there lurked a secret affinity between the carefree flower children of late ’60s and the hard-working folks who shop at Wal-Mart?
The two groups would seem a study in antithesis. The flower children of the ’60s put flowers in gun barrels and chanted sweet songs of peace. At Wal-Mart people buy guns to put bullets in and use them to shoot cute and cuddly animals. Hippies scorned work and lived in idleness.
The Wal-Mart shopper often works two jobs just to squeeze by. Flower children listened to acid rock. The folks at Wal-Mart adore Country and Western. Hippies celebrated free love. The people who fill the aisles of Wal-Mart marry, settle down, and raise families—often quite large ones. The hippies grooved on Zen or chanted Hare Krishna. The Wal-Mart crowd happily keeps Jesus at the wheel. Flower children opposed war. The Wal-Mart shopper sends off sons and daughters to fight them.
But Brooks is not really comparing the Tea Party movement to the hippie movement of the ’60s. Instead, he is comparing it to the New Left of the same decade. In one respect he appears to have made an honest mistake.
In his mind, the New Left and the hippie movement have strangely merged. Members of the New Left “went to Woodstock”—didn’t they? Actually, no, they didn’t. We should not confuse the carefree, frolicking hippie movement of that era with the mirthless and dour New Left of the same period. Hippies were whimsical spirits. The New Lefties were mirthless zealots. Hippies smoked pot and had fun. New Lefties read Lenin and plotted revolution. New Lefties regarded hippies as frivolous and fatuous. Hippies looked on New Lefties as the ultimate downers.
If read Brook’s column, you must ask yourself…..DOES THIS MORON EVER LEAVE NEW YORK?
Being of the dope-smoking, peace and love, generation, I can tell you, there are HUGE differences between those who actually shop at Wally World, and those who walked around barefoot, with flowers in their greasy hair, smelling like horse dung, hitch hiking all around the country, spreading the “word” of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Amazing….some of us actually GREW UP! Reality will do that to ya!
This “new left”, in my personal opinion, are the red headed step children of those who came before. While my generation talked about changing the world, for the better in some ways, with all kinds of flowery bs, this bunch wants to actually change the world by destroying anything that is good and positive within the human experience. And that will just NOT do!
10th Amendment
States Distancing Themselves From The Federal Government
Over 40 States Declare State Sovereignty
by J. D. Longstreet
A few snippets:
NINTH AMENDMENT to the US Constitution: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.TENTH AMENDMENT to the US Constitution: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
If you had been raised in the South, before PC got a hold of the education system, you would KNOW that the “War of Northern Aggression” had very little to do with the issue of slavery, and everything to do with Southern states asserting their sovereignty. FYI, slavery was used by the North as a rallying cry AFTER the war had begun.
It is being reported that there are over 40 states with state sovereignty declarations as of this writing. If true, that is heartening. There is no doubt the states have been relegated to second-class citizenship in the US. That is just WRONG and must be corrected!
Why is it not ALL 50 states? Or in the case of BHO, 58? 
Shouldn’t the individual states be standing up to the federal government, declaring the U.S. Constitution the LAW of the land? Actually, states shouldn’t have to, it should be a given, but there are so many these days, both in Washington, D.C., and in the states themselves, that have never even bothered to READ that document, or if they have, are totally clueless as to its meaning.
James Madison, The Founder we refer to as “The Father of the Constitution,” wrote the following: “To preserve the Republic, it is in the hands of the people. We have staked the whole future of American civilization not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments”.
That’s another thing they evidently aren’t teaching any more. We were founded as a REPUBLIC, not a Democracy. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE! And PLEASE note the reference to the BIG Rules. They weren’t just suggestions you know! Something else that has been removed from education. Why do they even call it that anymore….it’s not educating when you leave out the FACTS!
As with all Americans we “Southerners” get a lot of things wrong. But we have been right on the issue of “State’s Rights” all along. See, southerners had a bit more than just a signature invested in the creation of the Constitution, itself. There was never any doubt, in our minds, about who “the greater” and who “the lesser” was/is in this association of states and federal government. I must tell you, I am more than a little pleased to find the names of several northern and western states, and even northeastern states, included in the list of the names of the states involved in the State Sovereignty Movement.
On 29 June 2009, Gov. Bredesen signed HJR 108. This is a good thing. What bothers me, is that a ‘resolution’ is not strong enough to carry a whole lot of weight. We can “resolve” all we want, but unless it is acknowledged as a fact, the federal government will continue to dissolve any independence the states have left. Past time to yank the power back, and return it to where it belongs….with the individual states.
Gum Bumping
So, Harman thinks she needs to teach a class to her fellow spineless Democrats, when it comes to “talking tough”. She’s forgotten, however, talk is cheap. Well, except when it comes to Congress. Here’s a novel concept: How about instead of learning how to ’sound’ tough, when it comes to America’s national security, try actually BEING tough to protect Americans from the onslaught of the illegals, the Muslims, and any home growns? Wouldn’t that be more productive? Hmmmm….?
LOSER?
Uh….so, this so called ‘teacher’ of 12 years, is trying to relate to his students by calling them “LOSER”?????? Let’s say this assjack graduated at age 24, that would make him, roughly, in the 36 year old age range? Is this jerk suppose to be a grown up, in a position of authority? Giving guidance to 6th graders? And you mean to tell me that some ‘parents’ are actually defending this low life, scum sucking, son of bottom feeder? The only LOSER I see in this whole thing is that moron collecting taxpayer funds!
Grass Roots? How ‘Bout Soros Roots!
If you have a few minutes, check out these ‘grass roots’ folks website. Snoop through the forums, and see what they are saying. Things like:
“We have allowed these people to have the stage alone for far too long. I know for a fact that if we put together counter events that Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow, would promote them.
Progressives made a HUGE mistake allowing these people to get their nonsense over the airwaves unchallenged. We should have been at every single town meeting shouting these people down. They were loud and effective and caused the Democrats to retreat on health care.”
And:
“I don’t understand why his approval ratings are so low. People need to give him a break and leave Obama alone. He is trying to rebuild the country that the fascist, racist republican war criminals destroyed. Not only that but he is also trying to rebuild and save the world. I think he is one of the greatest presidents ever. Does anyone else agree? I know I’ll be voting for him in 2012!”
And:
“I believe this really must change because the impacts of global warming will soon dwarf any other conceivable issue.
The way I have approached this conundrum, because I think is is effective and also is dear to my heart, it to try to raise awareness about the consequences of releasing the “other” greenhouse gases through fossil and biofuel emissions.”
H/T: Wake Up and Smell The Liberal
Super Bowl – Yes. Bible Study – No.
When I first saw this headline in an email alert yesterday, my first thought was that it must be some town in a Muslim country. Or, perhaps some place like Cuba.
Much to my surprise, when I finally clicked on the link this morning, it wasn’t some foreign country, it was my own. Again!
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Banished! City forbids Bible studies in homes
‘This letter will serve as a 10-day written notice to quit such use’
The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city’s zoning codes.
The issue was brought to a head when city officials wrote a letter to a pastor and his wife informing them they had 10 days to quit having the meetings in their private home.
What appears to be a ‘burb of Phoenix, has decided home Bible studies are a no no? A zoning code? Uh, what do they do when someone has a baby shower? Christmas parties? A church isn’t a building. It’s the people. Do you know how many churches have gotten started by a few folks, gathering in someone’s home, to learn, pray, and praise the Lord? My own church (a year before I started attending, with barely 20 or 30) was doing just that. They started out with 5 people, meeting in homes. They had graduated to a little double wide trailer, that had to be renovated to accommodate our growing numbers. We finally have a real church building, with a steeple and everything. Seats about 150? Maybe more. Seems to me, when the church started, way back when, there was one “Leader” and a few fishermen.
“The interpretation and enforcement of the town’s code is clearly unconstitutional, ” said Daniel Blomberg, a member of the litigation team for ADF. “It bans 200,000 Gilbert residents from meeting in their private homes for organized religious purposes – an activity encouraged in the Bible, practiced for thousands of years, and protected by the First Amendment.”
I’d really like to know what kind of people they have on that city council who have decided folks gathering to worship God are breaking the ‘law’.
There had been no complaints about the meetings, which had been rotating among members’ homes before the officer wrote the letter and ordered the group to “terminate all religious meetings … regardless of their size, nature or frequency,” because he noticed signs about the meetings.
The town interprets its law so that “churches within its borders cannot have any home meetings of any size, including Bible studies, three-person church leadership meetings and potluck dinners,” ADF said.
Is it just Christian churches they are banning from meeting? I wonder if any Muslims groups, of three or more, decided to meet in someone’s home, would they be banned as well?
“The assembly activities associated with the church, including Bible studies, church leadership meetings and church fellowship activities are not permitted,” wrote Mike Milillo, the city’s senior planner.
“This ban is defended based upon traffic, parking, and building safety concerns. However, nothing in its zoning code prevents weekly Cub Scouts meetings, Monday Night Football parties with numerous attendees or large business parties from being held on a regular basis in private homes,” the ADF said.
I did a little snooping on ol’ Mike. Not a whole lot, but from what I did gather, this city bunch is quite the “progressive” type, with an obsession about signs. So, I suppose it’s not really all that surprising when they get their knickers in a twist over a few people getting together.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
I wonder when they’ll start shutting down the big churches. Considering the number of Mosques they have in the area, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was sooner, rather than later.
If traffic is the REAL concern, which is highly doubtful, then all you folks in Gilbert better start rethinking your home weddings, Cub Scout meetings, and adult sex toy parties!
The small church has been forced to halt its regular meetings. It meets now in a local school but only can afford the rental once a week.
Honestly, if I were them, I’d tell that bozo to stick it where the sun don’t shine! There is absolutely NO reason why this should have ever been an issue, ESPECIALLY in a country that was founded by the guiding principle of law found in the study of that same Bible that ol’ Mike and his buddies seems to find so offensive.
A spokeswoman for the city of Gilbert told WND city officials were aware of the concern and planned to address it.
Vice Mayor Linda Abbott told WND the code apparently was adopted years earlier, and there was considerable concern on the city council because of the current issues.
“I’m not in favor of that code. That is something we would want revisited,” she said.
A voice of reason? Maybe. Who wrote that code? When was it implemented? How did it get passed? And just who, with an ounce of integrity, would ever enforce such an offensive code? The folks in San Diego got an apology. Will these people get the same?
Saturday Afternoon – REAL Busy – Laundry Time
Saint Elmo’s Fire: Christendom and Liquor – The Draking Point
Help! I am a victim of conservative policies! – Stu Blog
Eric Holder, Just another one of the “Boyz” – American and Proud
IS THE MEDIA INTENTIONALLY THIS STUPID? – Kickin’ and Screamin’
Brothers At War – Blue Collar Republican
“It Is Better to Be Wise Than Dead” – Gates of Vienna
Senators give Obama a “bipartisan” plan on immigration – Immigration Watch International
Boneheads Of The Day – Black & Right
Philadelphia Finds Money In Sofa Cushions – Support Your Local Gunfighter
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black – This Ain’t Hell
The Slaughter Rule – Obi’s Sister
Leftist Christians Go After Glenn Beck – Faultline USA
Tom Hanks should stick to making films – Black Five
Census Coming! – Tammy Bruce
Good move, bad move – Camp4U
On The Job & Failing – The National Conversation
Minority babies set to become majority in 2010 – Texas Fred
Dear Mr. President. …My phone number? Really? – silent E speaks
NYT pity party for Obama bundler-turned-bungler Desiree Rogers – Michelle Malkin
The U.S. Census: Rule of Law or Rule of Men? – Publius-Huldah
Scrap The Crap
Do you ever feel like Alice, falling down the rabbit hole, into an alternate reality, where up is down, and wrong is right? Well, I’m sure that’s how most us feel these days. At least those of us old enough to remember a time when the government pretty much left us alone, and allowed us to make our own decisions. You know, like grown ups. 
The more I delve into this whole health care manure, the more I feel like Alice chatting with that hookah smoking caterpillar. There is no reality, and nothing makes any sense.
Glenn Beck Videos
Well shoot! It seems there have been some issues about embedding videos of Glenn’s show. To say I’m disappointed that I won’t be able to embed the entire shows anymore, is an understatement. As the owner of the site, The Daily Beck, where I have found the shows, in their entirety states:
Many of these folks have been forced to make the difficult decision to cancel their cable or satellite subscriptions. Others live in countries where Fox News Channel programming is not offered- these folks are starving for the truth. Glenn’s program gives them hope everyday that there are still people left in the world who are willing stand up to the fascist octopus and fight for freedom.
While we were in Tunica, the only way we were able to watch that Massa fiasco was through his (her?) site, since the hotel didn’t have Fox News. Yeah, what a waste of time that was, but still, if it hadn’t been for those videos, we wouldn’t have been aware what a weasel Mass really is, right? Notice I didn’t post ‘em? 
