Grassroots or AstroTurf...

So, let me get this right. When Democrats organize folks in the community to express their support or dissent to something the government is doing or is planning to do it is a "grassroots" effort. On the flip-side when Republicans organize folks in the community to express their support or dissent to something the government is doing or is planning to do it is a "AstroTurf" effort or worse a "mob".

So, basically what we have is a hypocritical situation. A situation where if it is good for us we will support it and encourage it; however, if it is not good for us we will discredit it and discourage it. Seems like a typical liberal move to me.

Now, the scary part is that the White House has asked your neighbors to spy on you and report you to the White House if you disagree with the Democrat's plan for nationalizing health care. In a blog posted to www.whitehouse.gov by Macon Phillips on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, entitled "Facts are Stubborn Things", there is a request that asks folks to forward something to the White House if it seems "fishy". So, let me get this straight...if you disagree with the White House and your neighbor sees it or even thinks that it is "fishy" they are supposed to forward it to the White House. Now, the scary thing is that records maintained by the White House can fall under executive privilege. Meaning the records and what the White House does with them could be kept secret.

So, let's throw this out there...if President George W. Bush had asked or even expressed an interest in things that were a bit "fishy" and asked your neighbors to report them to the White House...would all hell have broken loose? I guarantee you that the ACLU would have been up in arms and every liberal from California to New York would have been shouting "big brother" at the top of their lungs. The news media would have been going crazy...reporting on the Gestapo tactics of the White House, President Bush, and of course Rover and Cheney.

So, let the hypocrisy continue...but, be careful and make sure you let your elected officials know your perspective. It is your right...do not forget that. Remember how The Constitution starts, "We the people" and don't ever forget that the people are the government and we control the government. I think this is a fact lost on our current elected "representatives" in Congress and the White House.

The government wants to run health care...

So, let's get this straight. The U.S. government wants to run the U.S. health care industry. Now, some of you may argue that is not what the government wants to do, but what else would you call a single-payer system? In a single-payer system one entity (the government) cuts all the checks and provides near-universal health care. In essence, we would be turning over the U.S. health care industry to the government. The health care industry is massive. It employs over 15 million people and is the 5th largest sector of the U.S. economy. Is this something that we really want to turn over to the U.S. government. Seriously, let's look at their track record with social service programs, let's start with Social Security:

The Congressional Budget Office(CBO) says that only 74% to 78% of benefits will be able to be paid after 2052. The Social Security Trustees suggest that either the payroll tax should increase to 16.41% in 2041 and steadily increased to 17.60% in 2081 or a cut in benefits by 25% in 2041 and steadily increased to an overall cut of 30% in 2081. So, basically Social Security is broken and can only be fixed by raising taxes or cutting benefits.

Now, let's look at Medicare:

According to the 2008 report by the board of trustees for Medicare and Social Security, Medicare spentd more than it brought in from taxes in 2008 and will do the same in 2009. The Medicare hospital insurance trust fund will become insolvent by 2019. This is the fund that pays for Medicare. So, basically Medicare is broken and can only be fixed by raising taxes or cutting benefits.

So, let's summarize this...the two largest social programs in the U.S. are broken or are in the process of becoming insolvent. Yet, the Democrats want to turn over the entire health care industry to the government.

Are you kidding me? With a track record like that I wouldn't let them run a lemonade stand. Seriously, this borders on ridiculous. I think folks are starting to catch on:



We will see what happens over the next few weeks as Congress returns home. I have a feeling there are going to be lots of scenes like this. At least I hope there are.