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If They Do It Then It's Our Turn

more to come in the days and weeks ahead . . .

But first, let's watch and see how these Democrats vote. Remember, November isn't that far off for these House members.

 

Signs of Obamacare

To lighten the mood, I thought I would put some actual signs on here that could be used to describe Obamacare

To me this really symbolizes Obamacare. I'm sure there is good intention here but totally wrong solution offered. 

Here are two that show how Obamacare will streamline and provide transparency to health care

 

Our future medical care under Obamacare

The wonders of Obamacare on the American people

And finally, if Obamacare passes:

This Bigger-Than-Life Soap Opera Will Find A Familiar Fate

remember the shower scene from "Dallas" . . .

Anyone else out there thinking this Obama-Pelosi-Reid Healthcare take over is playing out like a bad soap opera? The CBO report is being trumpeted this morning by the Leftists as if it actually said something substantially. It didn't. The CBO said it can only make a preliminary analysis on Obamacare because it doesn't have all the information. 

So folks, just take a deep breath. We've seen this soap opera before and we know how that ended. It went on and on and on and lost what little credibility it had and in the end, it too was ultimately canceled and put out of its misery.

Post Without Words

Election 2010: Battle Over Two Sections of the Constitution

2010 could go down as the year WE rediscover the Constitution. 

I do have to thank Obama and his leftist friends for doing one thing right for the American people.   Their extremist leftist-socialist approach is renewing a long forgotten debate on the role of the Federal Government. Citizens of this country have for too long forgotten what our Founding Fathers intended.

We've allowed those in Washington to slowly erode the rights of states and now we wake up and find Obama owning car companies; being the largest home lender through Fannie and Freddie; deciding winners and loser in our economy; spending billions of dollars we don't have on useless pork projects and now Obama wants to be the CEO of Nationalized Health Insurance and the decider of Life by tell our  older Americans whether their lives hold enough value to receive medical treatment.

I believe 2010 is beginning to shape up as an election referendum on two very fundamental parts of our Constitution: The Federal Government's role vs. the role of the individual States and the people.

The role of the Federal government was a hotly debated subject by our founders. The British government's dictates from a far made a lasting impression and  as a result, our Founding Fathers didn't want a central government becoming too powerful. On a human level, they didn't want a government that was located far away from their homes dictating to them how they should live their daily lives.

The results of those debates are found in two sections of the Constitution: Article 1, Section 8 and the 10th Amendment. In Article 1, you will find how the Founding Fathers wanted to limit the Federal Government's role by listing its powers and thereby limiting its role to only those areas specifically given to it by the Constitution. The 10th Amendment then takes up where Article 1 leaves off in addressing all other powers that are reserved for the states:

Article 1 – The Legislative Branch, Section 8 – Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have Power:

To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Here’s the 10th Amendment

Powers of the States and People

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.

 

The Moment of Truth is Approaching . . . Well Maybe

is the bloom finally coming off the Obama rose for Democrats . . .

Pelosi now is saying March 21st is when the vote on Obamacare will occur in the House. Ok, thought the 18th but apparently they don't have the votes. But will they on the 21st?

There appears to be some rumblings, finally, from rank and file Democrats in the House. Maybe, just maybe these folks are finally tired of sacrificing their political future on Obama-Pelosi-Reid policies that the vast majority of American don't favor. I still think they will fall in line but then again, maybe political cartoons like the one below have some legs and just maybe, Dems are finally ready to just say no.

The Mass Chaos of Obamacare

large egos on steroids are involved and so we just keep going on and on and on . . .

This whole mess better known as Obamacare has gone beyond ridiculous to absolute insanity.

If you didn't get to listen to House member Bart Stupak(D-MI) last night on FOX and Greta Van Susteran, then you MUST listen to this short interview thanks to blogger Gateway Pundit.

It will make you say: there is no place like home, there is no place like home because the Munchkins are scurrying around at the White House and in Pelosi's office to find the yellow brick road. And these folks will stop at nothing and I think that is why Stupak did the interview because he and like minded Democrats  know that Obama-Pelosi-Reid are just leading them right off the cliff. This is political cover  by Stupak. Amazing . . .

More of that Hope and Change

the details are so lacking on this mess . . .

ok, Mr. Obama, I thought we had to have this massive take over of healthcare by the federal govt. because those bad old insurance guys were raising rates.

You might want to get with Mr. Durbin because I don't think he has the right set of talking points . . .

Closing Gitmo Changes Nothing

leftists and anti-American voices will be emboldened if we close Gitmo . . .

So tell me how closing Gitmo and moving these low-life slugs onto U.S. soil in Illinois solves anything?

The argument of the Left and soft Republicans like Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is that Gitmo is a recruiting tool for terrorists.

So how exactly is moving these folks inside the U.S. going to make a difference Mr. Graham? Hello, they will actually be on U.S. soil, common sense says if Gitmo is a recruiting tool than Gitmo-north in Illinois will be too. 

The stupidity of all this is just astounding. This isn't taking the moral high ground Mr. Graham, it's a moral house of cards.

Tree Huggers Reduce Tax Revenues Across The Country

who'd of thunk it . . .

It's finally happening, Americans are driving less and do so in more fuel efficient cars and we have our friends in the Environmentalist Wacko movement to thank. Yes, they have finally gotten what they have dreamed of for years, heck generations.

I think we can all agree that it's good that we are improving our fuel efficiency, I don't think anyone quibbles with that goal.

Now, I'm sure what is coming as quite a shock to our friends on the Left is that they also are responsible for cutting tax receipts through their efforts! Yes, let that one sink in for a second. The Left who worship at the alter of the almighty Tax Increase reduced tax receipts? 

You see automobiles are more fuel-efficient, people are driving less and, increasingly in many parts of the country, they are driving automobiles that aren’t powered by petroleum at all. The result is less fuel being used consequently less tax being paid. Add in the Obama-economic-malaise that we are still in and you will find states across the country and Mr. Obama's and his Democrats in Congress scrambling in the wake of large revenue shortfalls into the various state and federal highway coffers.

So what an interesting web we weave. The Left pushes for efficiency never realizing that in doing so it reduces the mother's milk of it's movement - TAX RECEIPTS.

So it will be interesting to watch the Left's allies in Washington and throughout the state legislatures try to find a solution to this revenue shortfall. In Washington, they might want to start by ending the current diversion of 25% of the gas-tax funds to non-highway building projects such as Amtrak and metro busing; streetcar and subway budgets. These are all local responsibilities not federal but then again, Obama and the Dems think everything is Federal because they are smarter than the rest of local folk.

How ironic this all is.

The map below is from last fall. I would imagine that some of these numbers have increased as state legislatures try to find ways to close the fiscal deficits that each is facing.