ShahinshahCare isn't dead yet.  Just say no to complacency. 

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

Is Ms. Noonan saying that obfuscation breeds contempt?  ;)

Obama and the Democrats in Congress have hamstrung their own efforts by two ways:

Totally inadequate communication - Despite promises of transparency and honesty, Obama and crew have failed to articulate clearly just what this thousand-page bill will entail.  They regurgitate talking points about the 'major effects' of the draft bill(s), but they often contradict each other, and the confusion has heightened the suspicions of voters still reeling from the whirlwind activity surrounding the stimulus bill that no one read before voting on it.  After all, how can they trust the word of elected officials who can't explain the bill they themselves are crafting.

The Rush -  While confusion and distrust reign, Obama insisted on passing legislation by July 31, 2009.  That deadline was impossible to make, and the voters are becoming aware that its intent was to create a law with disasterous outcomes.  Just look at how many parts of the proposed bill(s) have been totally dropped after public scrutiny and outrage, fueling even more distrust.  The American people don't understand why legislation that will touch 100% of them in a very personal way has to be rushed through like the careless stimlus package.

There is no way that Obama can repair the self-inflicted damage he and Pelosi/Reid/Waxman/Frank et al have created.  Maybe they can start over after the 2010 elections, but for the most part, they've finished forming the 2009 circular firing squad, the Republicans have slipped out from the ring, and the Dems appear ready to pull the triggers as a their ardent supporters on the Left look on in horror.

Ready --- Aim --- . . .  

I think there is some truth to her premise.  As a huge fan of simplicity, even in the relatively complex world of government, I think the lack of it here is only a factor though.  One might say that, in simple terms, Obamacare could be described as a government health insurance option.  This is disingenuous of course, but a supporter could simply throw this out there.

The trouble lies in the fact that people aren't necessarily as stupid as the government thinks they are.  As another NBer has already pointed out, it's the obfuscation and also the general feel that they're trying to pull a fast one.  That's what the normal person feels about this.

Then when those of us who are concerned and diligent enough to research these proposals find out that they actually ARE trying to pull a fast one, we get the word out.  Despite a full court press by our PRAVDA media, the word is still getting out and confirming what intuition is already telling the average Joe - something is fishy.  When the average Joe is labelled "racists", "bigots", "rednecks", "religious nutjobs", "zealots", "fascists", etc in response to legitimate questions, expressions of reservation, or plain disagreement, it not only confirms their suspicions, but entrenches their opposition. 

The term "ignorant" might technically apply to the average American who hasn't done their homework on Obamacare, but most people don't like to be called that.  This is yet another misstep of our amateurish politicians and media.  Any politician or PR guy (the media fills the role of PR guy) won't call namecall  the opposition when they actually need their help. 

The mistake being made by opponents of Obamacare is thinking this thing has failed while it still has a strong pulse.

I think she is wrong. Even if you could distill Obamacare into some platitude, it would still be another bureaucratic-heavy government program. The examples provided:

Social Security - Failing/Bankrupt

Medicare - Failing/Bankrupt

Welfare - Failed with a failure bonus of destroying the Black Family

The common thread is that these programs transfer the care responsibilities of the family and community to the federal government. This leads to a weakening of the family and community structure. Oh and by the way, our country is out of money, so the whole idea of another mega-federal program is out of the question.

If you think experts are Expensive, try using amateurs to do the job.

This is what I told a major Financial Corporation once, when they said my bid was too high to rewrite their legacy computer system.

About 3 months later they wanted me to take over the rewrite, after the company they had hired had them in a worse mess than they had before they hired them.

My new bid was about 1/3 higher than my original bid, because I had to not only rewrite the system I had to contend with the 'Rookie Mistakes' made by the other company.

The Financial Corporation told me after I completed the job that the rewrite ended up costing them 2 1/2 times my original bid - not counting lost production costs.

The American Medical industry has the most educated and arguably some of the most brilliant people in America within its ranks.

Amateur Politicians now state they can make it better, more affordable and available for everyone without raising costs?

Emergency Rooms have become the most brutalized area in a Hospital, not only raising operating costs for the entire Hospital but Health Insurance as well.

Amateur Politicians decided that any and everyone should be treated in the Emergency rooms, as a 'Sacrifice for the Common Good' regardless of the burden and expense.

Amateur Politicians now say that this is working so well, that they must 'Redouble Their Efforts' by brutalizing the entire Medical system to have the same operational rules.

If you think Medical experts were Expensive, wait until the Amateurs are finished.

Obamacare has not failed and the battle has just started. It's far from over. The liberals will change the wording, change the rhetoric and try and sneak it through. Or, they will split it up into smaller bills and brute force it through because of their super majorities in the House and the Senate.

Either way this is not done and it is not over.The only way this will be over is if the democrats, and specifically the far liberal democrats, are thrown out of office by an angry and finally awake electorate.

Throw 'da bums out!

no incumbent re-elected, with very few exceptions!

www.loyaltoliberty.com

Basically she's saying the public would fall for ObamaCare if he could find a way to put it in a soundbite.

Watch Steven Crowder do the Victory Dance.

"single payer," "public option," "insurance marketplace exchange."  No one understands what this stuff means.."

There's a lot of mis-information out there, so let me be clear on a few things,

1. Public Option: Government funded. Government operated. Government regulated. Government controlled. It's not a "public" option at all. It's a "government" option. Think about it.

2. Single Payer: This is definitely a mis-nomer. "Single" payer. Hah! No such thing. There are approximately 300 million people in the U.S. Under this system, sooner or later, through taxes, fines, mandates, etc, everyone pays! That makes it, in all actuality, a 'multiple-payer' system.  Think about it.

3. Insurance Marketplace Exchange: I love this one. It's easy to understand. An "insurance marketplace exchange" is the place insurance companies go to die, like the 'mythical' Elephant's Graveyard. Or, in simpler terms, this is nothing more than a 'Death Panel' for insurance companies. Think about it.

There. Now wasn't that easy?

There was a Texas Ranger one time who said that there's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.--Louis L'Amour

Jon Stewart talked with Betsy McCaughey about the healthcare bill. Seems to be a definite difference in opinion in what the bill actually says.

I went to Medicare.gov today to check out my history for the year. It lists the service, the charge, the doctor and the amount Medicare pays.

Bear with me as I bow my head and give thanks to God that there are men  and women who have kept me alive that accept such paltry sums for their services.

Here is an example of a cystourethscopy for a cancer check:

    Doctor (blank)      Date         Charge     Allowed       My cost

RONALD P MD 8/17/2009      $600.00     $130.36      $26.07

The diagnosis: No tumors-----priceless.

PS I did not have a meeting to discuss end of life choices. I did have a discussion about when I should come back for another evaluation to defeat the cancer.

Many this week pointing out the odd religious turn the Bamster has taken in pushing Obamacare, among the weirdest statements:

"We are God's partners in matters of life and death." (It could have been worse, he could have said 'I am God's partner...')

Obama Would Like You to See Government as Religion:  http://althouse.blogspot.com

I guess all of us turn to religion when our situation turns truly desperate. Given his anti-semitic foreign policy, it'a also bizarre that he would turn to a group of rabbis for help.

Since the subject so far is Noonan I will ease into Tom Ridge by saying the two of them are a lot alike: Sorta conservative, kinda righteous, a little snooty, unseemly in their haste to criticize the party they choose to call their own.

As for Tom Ridge, I at least thought he retained a sense of loyalty  an Army Sergeant must have. Well. Well. Ridge is now an author. His publicist released a blurb about his coming best-seller "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege ... and How We Can Be Safe Again." Ridge claims he was pressured to raise the alert level before the 2004 election by Rumsfield and Ashcroft. Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend denies it. The story is here: http://www.realclear.... To cut to the chase, a meeting was called in response to threats from Bin Laden and the American jihadist Adam Gadahn. Ashcroft and Rumsfield wanted to raise the alert level, Ridge didn't. So now, five years later, Tom Ridge, the sacrosanct somnolent with droopy eyes to match and years of slumber broken only by nightmares of a Senate campaign, awoke to discover it was political pressure to suggest the threat level should be raised in his presence. 

To get serious, if we continue to enrich those who give advice to the President and then betray his confidence, if normal give and take in high level meetings becomes fodder for talk shows and books we will never have the "best and brightest" in government again. With Obama's czarist government we may have in place already a secret  government without oversight. We certainly do not know what they are doing, do we? 

Did anyone catch Greta Van Susteren's interview with the creep who is apparently organizing a boycott of Whole Foods, because their chairman dared to write a column in the WSJ suggesting an alternative to Obama's no-healthcare plan? Van Susteren is usually pretty easy going with all her guests - but for her, she just unloaded on this fanatic. Accusing him of trying to suppress free speech. This guy was crazy scary. There was another guest, a woman organizing a counter support effort to Whole Foods because of the free speech issue. She helped make the guy look like the dangerous lunatic he is.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

King Barack uses the Royal we-we, as in this comment to a radicalized conservative Town Hall activist..

We-we are NOT amused. Orf with his head.

Thanks Barack! You've done more to promote conservatism than any president since Ronald Reagan (PBUH).

Remember, the socialists are still in charge, and they fully intend to pull off a government takeover of our country's health care system.

And they plan to do it by hook, crook, or in the middle of the naight while the sheeple are asleep.

-Dave

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state board voted unanimously Thursday to
approve an air quality permit for a $10 billion oil refinery that
Hyperion Resources wants to build in southeastern South Dakota.

The Board of Minerals and Environment found that
Dallas-based Hyperion has met the requirements set in state laws and
rules. It endorsed the state Environment Department's recommendation to
issue the permit for the first new U.S. oil refinery built since 1976.

Let the oil company spend 10 Billion then close it, just before it opens...That's how it works now...

Reagan VS Liberalism

Sarah Palin To Barack Obama: No Health Care Reform
Without Legal Reform.

http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.blogspot.com/2009/08/sarah-palin-to-barack-obama-no-health.html

United Nations reports that Wee-Wee is a Nigerian term for marijuana. I wonder what they call it in Kenya? Does the Bamster get any care packages from relatives in Kenya?

UN Reports It's a Nigerian Word for Cannabis: http://www.weaselzippers.net

I suspected as much from the context. If it is about urinating, why would he say wee-wee'd UP? The context is much closer to 'doped up', or 'juiced up', 'coked up', etc.

... for the first time tonight:

http://bit.ly/3cevWd

I'll let you know how it goes.

-Dave

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and politics was a no no?

Wa happened?

Left wing preachers go political?

Talk about faith based?