Let’s Debate! Barack Obama’s Healthcare Reform debacle aka What happens when you put Democrats in office pt.4 (Attack of the Republican Blogs)

Today on my Republican blog: Let’s Debate! The debacle of Barack Obama’s Healthcare Reform Plan aka what happens when you put democrats in office.

Once again in yet another example of the dems blaming Republicans for everything, Barack Obama has called for an “honest debate” on his train wreck of a healthcare reform plan.

“This is an issue of vital concern to every American, and I’m glad that so many are engaged, but it should also be an honest debate, not one dominated by willful misrepresentations and outright distortion, spread by the very folks who would benefit the most by keeping things exactly how they are,” Obama said in his weekly radio and internet address.

If I’m not mistaken, that sounds to me that anyone who speaks out against his idea of socialized healthcare is being dishonest. Realistically, anyone who’s studied his vague, confusing plan can easily see that there’s a few fundamental problems that exist within it.

Even Obama backtracked this week on his own plan, angering his liberal base by saying that he would be ok with a plan that lacked a government run-health care option. I thought that was the core basis of this nonsense in the first place?

“This is one idea among many to provide more competition and choice, especially in the many places around the country where just one insurer thoroughly dominates the marketplace,” Obama said. “Let me repeat: It would just be one option: those who prefer their private insurer would be under no obligation to shift to a public plan.”

Wait a minute: this sounds like the typical liberal flip flop and yet another example of democrats confusing the will of the American people for some mysterious Republican conspiracy to block their (socialist) goals.

I can tell honestly tell you that most of the people I’ve talked to who’ve attended any town hall meetings were genuinely concerned about the proposed changes to their healthcare. Yes, there were some individuals who attended meetings just to be disruptive or bring attention to whatever cause they’re trying to promote at the moment, but that was from both sides.

So this ridiculous notion that Republicans are somehow turning the public against this (socialized) healthcare plan is utterly laughable.

I think it has more to do with the fact that most Americans can see thru the cloudy haze of the democrats’ attempt to socialize healthcare in this country (among other things). It’s inefficient, limits choices and hemorrhages taxpayer money. I’m just guessing that people other than Republicans can see that.

Two weeks ago, the Post Office was called a “high risk” federal agency by the Government Accountability Office and the USPS is expected to have a loss of 7 billion dollars this year. And even Obama has said that Fed Ex and UPS offer more efficient service!

So what does this tell us? Maybe that the private sector is much more capable of running a profitable business than the government will ever be. This country was built on the hard work, innovation and determination of individuals; not on bureaucracy. Don’t believe me? When’s the last time you’ve been to the DMV? Do you really want the government running your healthcare?

So with that being said, I’d like to give a special thanks to all of our Armed Forces, the RNC, the Missouri Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the College Republican National Committee, the National Black Republican Association, the Wall Street Journal, KSDK Channel 5, KTVI Fox 2 News, my personal assistant /gf #2 Jeanette (you’re f*cking with my education), Missy (stop it already), DeAngelo (hey jealousy), Kevin (stop the lottery people), Corey (you’re about to be a millionaire), and to all of my Republican Blogs and Bloggers (They’re really giving 2012 to us on a silver platter), my Libertarian blogs and bloggers (what’s next?), my Democrat blogs and bloggers (you’re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts), and to all Political blogs and bloggers: Let your voice be heard. GOP in 2012! If you’re not on the right, you’re wrong. Ready by 2011 to win in 2012! Cash for clunkers anyone? That’s what happens when you put democrats in office. Follow STL_Politics on Twitter

Come Fly With Me! What happens when you put Democrats in office? pt.3 The TSA’s new rules (Attack of the Republican Blogs)

Today on my Republican blog: Come fly with me: Yet another example of the lunacy that occurs when you elect democrats into office.

To those of you who’ve booked a flight today, you may have noticed that you were asked two questions that were totally unrelated to your travel plans: (1) your birth date and (2) your gender. What this information has to do with purchasing a plane ticket is completely beyond me.

Starting today, many air travelers will be asked for their birth date and gender when making airline reservations.

In the latest bizarre manifestation of the so-called “Secure Flight” program, which switches the responsibility of checking passenger’s identities from a particular airline to the government (socialism), the TSA has said that it has made this decision to create more “public visibility”.

Previously, airlines checked passenger identities against a list of known or suspected terrorists. But to anyone who remembers, the 9/11 commission decided that the government would be better suited to handle this responsibility since they’re the ones who compile the “terror watch lists”.

According to the TSA, government control increases security and reduces the number of people who’re mistaken for terrorists. That part I agree with. But the thought of being required to provide my birth date and gender to a ticket agent over the phone or to an airline’s website just begs the question: what information do they have to check it against?

Since most reservations are made over the phone or online, theoretically they already have my name and my credit card information. So what exactly does my age or my gender have to do with booking a flight? It’s not like its going be printed on my boarding pass. Are we really in the age of big brother?

Hypothetically, if I were to tell the agent that I’m 29 when I’m really 30; does he or she have any way to find out if I’m being honest? If someone named Pat, who’s really a woman, were to say she that she’s a man; would there be any way for the TSA to find out? This is just yet another example of the socialization of the United States, yet another example of the increased bureaucracy we’ve seen from the Obama administration and so on and so on and so on.

To those of you who voted for change: congratulations. The change we received is higher taxes, an attempt at socialized healthcare and now this TSA nonsense. Where does it end? Allow me to tell you: when the new Republican Party takes this country back in 2010 and 2012. I’m all in favor of screening passengers against a list of suspected terrorists; I’d love not to be on a plane with one, but it’s just starting to seem to me that since we’ve had a this administration, our country is starting to look more and more like…well…you know what I was going to say.

Can we please stop this socialism, stop the development of this big brother state, stop the transfer of money from the rich to the not so rich (capital gains taxes anyone?), stop electing people who’ll censor anyone who’s critical of them (how’s your blog doing?), and remember that at the end of the day…we’re all Americans.

Please people- remember that this is 2009. We have very wonderful things (I’m about to get sarcastic) such as the internet, tv, talk radio, newspapers, ect, ect, ect. You have no excuse for not being informed about the agenda of the people that you elect to office. Wake up! You can’t complain if you don’t vote. And you definitely can’t complain if you vote for a democrat.

But in closing, special thanks to all of our Armed Forces, the RNC, the Missouri Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the College Republican National Committee, the National Black Republican Association, the Wall Street Journal, KSDK Channel 5, KTVI Fox 2 News, my personal assistant /gf #2 Jeanette, Missy (is this thing on?), Joy (no really- is this thing on?), Kevin (move to the right), all of my Republican Blogs and Bloggers (They’re really giving 2012 to us on a silver platter), my Libertarian blogs and bloggers (booked a flight today?), my Democrat blogs and bloggers (we’ll be at your town halls!), and to all Political blogs and bloggers: Let your voice be heard. GOP in 2012! If you’re not on the right, you’re wrong. Ready by 2011 to win in 2012! And to all my Illinois residents who enjoy having a spirit every once and a while: how do you like the tax on beer, wine and liquor going up 90% on September 1st? This is what happens when you put democrats in office. Follow STL_Politics on twitter!

What happens when you put Democrats in office? pt.2 Welcome to Illinois (Attack of the Republican Blogs)

Today on my Republican blog: Another example of what happens when you put democrats in office. To those of you who’ve never heard of Washington Park, please allow me to describe this city for you and also put in perspective the danger of electing democrats to any form of office.

Washington Park is a small community in southern Illinois with a population of less than 6000 residents, which also happens to be adjacent to East. St. Louis and directly across the Mississippi river from St. Louis. The median income is less than $50,000 a year, the unemployment rate is stunning and there’s (apparently) no economic stimulus, in so far as new business and development; and no one seems to be willing to fix this situation. But this municipality has one unique factor: strip clubs.

So it’s totally astonishing to me, that earlier this month, the city has declared bankruptcy. As anyone knows (lets be honest), on any given day the average strip club makes at least $50,000 a day in profit. So how can a city with such a small population, that also happens to be home to several strip clubs, be in debt? That’s your tax base!

Allow me to explain to you the details of this situation: facing mounting debts owed to trash collectors, pension funds and even (yes) one of its strip clubs, the municipality has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in a decade. I’m just guessing that just like their previous chapter 9 filing in 2004, this will also be dismissed in bankruptcy court. Now how did they get to this point? I’m assuming that it stems from the city’s long history of electing democrats- but I’ll address that later.

This debt, driven in part by lawsuits against the city and the subsequent legal bills, became so unmanageable that its democratic board decided that it would be in its best interest to declare bankruptcy. As democratic Mayor John Thornton said “every time I turn around, they’re hitting us with lawsuits and on top of the lawyers; we got people stealing from us and the feds raiding.”

The reference to the city being stolen from refers to Dorothy Triplett, the city’s former payroll clerk, who in March pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $144,000 in public funds over two years, mostly from the police and fire pension fund. Also, in May, former assistant to Mayor Thornton, Linda Conner admitted in federal court to embezzling more than $300,000 in city money. But wait…it gets better.

In 2006, a federal judge ruled that the city’s strip club licensing practices were unconstitutional. Eric Joelner, owner of Fish Inc., won a court claim that ruled he was unfairly denied a license to open a topless club in the city. Now, bizarrely, the city owes him $80,000 in attorney fees. How does a city of less than 6000 residents owe $80,000 to a strip club owner? I’m going to once again assume that it has something to do with voting democrats into office. But wait…it gets even better!

The city’s two largest creditors are the Illinois Department of Employment Security, owed $448,793, and former public safety director John Matt, who’s owed $300,000 respectively. This lack of responsible governing is nothing new to Washington Park.
In the late 90’s former Mayor Sylvester Jackson was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for taking bribes in exchange for protecting gambling operations. Do you see this pattern people? This is what happens when you put democrats in office. For some strange reason, the residents of Washington Park have been asking for this pain for decades as evidenced by their continual election of democrats. But fortunately, there is good news after all.

I have a solution to end all of your self-inflicted pain very easily: VOTE REPUBLICAN. I know you’ve been trained all your life to vote for democrats; but what has that ever gained you? A bunch of empty promises, corruption, increased bureaucracy, more unemployment, higher taxes, ect, ect, ect.

So to all my friends in Illinois: stop it. It’s only so long that you can keep doing the same thing (voting for democrats) and expecting different results. If I’m not mistaken, that’s the textbook definition of insanity. 2010 is just months away. Make a change you can believe in and vote Republican.

In closing, I have to give a special thanks to all of our Armed Forces, the RNC, the Missouri Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the College Republican National Committee, the National Black Republican Association, the Wall Street Journal, KSDK Channel 5, KTVI Fox 2 News, my personal assistant /gf #2 Jeanette, Chas (learn your history), Ms. Cook (let’s get this website started already), all of my Republican Blogs and Bloggers (They’re giving 2012 to us on a silver platter), my Libertarian blogs and bloggers (like your tax hikes?), my Democrat blogs and bloggers (you’re making it way too easy), and to all Political blogs and bloggers: Let your voice be heard. GOP in 2012! If you’re not on the right, you’re wrong. Ready by 2011 to win in 2012! Twitter me @ STL_Politics

What happens when you put Democrats in office? pt.1-Barack Obama’s “Beer Summit” (Attack of the Republican Blogs)

Today on my Republican blog: What happens when you put democrats in office? In yet another example of the president’s current and relentless effort to make americans vote Republican in 2010 and 2012, Barack Obama hosted a so called “beer summit” this Thursday in response to what has become one of the White Houses’ most entertaining clusterf*cks to date. What started as a police officer arresting an (understandably) agitated burglary suspect has now (somehow) became a catalyst for a bizarre debate on race relations in 2009. And thanks to Obama, this has (somehow) now gone global. On Thursday, Pres. Obama brought Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates jr. and Cambridge, Massachusetts police Sgt. Joseph Crowley together to share a few beers on a patio near the Rose Garden to discuss the July 16th arrest of Gates by Crowley that instantly became a national story when the president made a statement that included a remark stating that the Cambridge police department “acted stupidly.” For those that don’t already know the details of this incident; please allow me to explain. A neighbor of Gates happened to see what appeared to be two men attempting to break into a house across the street from her home. As the newly released 911 tapes show, the caller never indicated to police that the suspects were of African-American race. Unfortunately for President Obama, he jumped the gun on this one and made that ill informed remark. It turns out Gates and a taxi driver were trying to break into his home because he was apparently locked out. Now think about this: If you don’t want police investigating reports of home break-ins, then what are you paying taxes for? I know that racial profiling does exist-but not in this case. Well, you can read all about it right now. But first, I have to give my thanks to Philip Elliott from the Associated Press, all of our Armed Forces members, the RNC, the Missouri Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the College Republican National Committee, the National Black Republican Association, the Wall Street Journal, KSDK Channel 5, KTVI Fox 2 News, my personal assistant /gf #2 Jeanette, all of my Republican Blogs and Bloggers (they want us to win), my Libertarian blogs and bloggers (like your tax hikes? Join the right), my Democrat blogs and bloggers (keep giving 2012 to us on a silver platter!), and to all Political blogs and bloggers: Let your voice be heard. GOP in 2012! If you’re not on the right, you’re wrong. Ready by 2011 to win in 2012! Enjoy!

WASHINGTON (AP) – The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion to the first round of an eye-opening dialogue on race that allows President Barack Obama to get back to selling his health care plan to skeptical Americans.
After accepting Obama’s invitation to discuss the July 16 incident over a beer Thursday evening at the White House, both Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. Joseph Crowley thanked Obama for the cold ones served on a patio near the Rose Garden. Neither they nor the president offered apologies for their roles in the affair.
Obama became embroiled in the debate over whether Crowley was justified in arresting Gates at his Cambridge home when the president told a news conference last week that police had “acted stupidly.” He quickly backtracked in the face of police complaints, acknowledged he should have used different language to express his concerns, and invited the two men to join him for a beer.
“I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart,” Obama said after the highly anticipated, 40-minute conversation. “I am confident that has happened here tonight, and I am hopeful that all of us are able to draw this positive lesson from this episode.”
White House officials were content to let Obama’s involvement in the incident end right there. Gates and Crowley said they were eager to get back to work, although both pledged future talks aimed at better understanding.
Gates said he hoped the entire experience would prove to be an “occasion for education, not recrimination,” adding that the burden now rests with him and Crowley to use the opportunity to foster wider awareness of the dangers facing police officers and the fears that some blacks have about racial profiling.
In a nod to all that’s facing Obama, his friend, Gates added, “It turns out that the president just might have a few other things on his plate as well.”
“We agreed to move forward,” Crowley said later when asked whether anything had been solved. “I think what you had today was two gentlemen agreeing to disagree on a particular issue. I don’t think that we spent too much time dwelling on the past. We spent a lot of time discussing the future.”
That’s precisely where the White House wants the public to be looking. Although Obama had invited Crowley and Gates as part of what he called a “teachable moment,” it was barely seen by the masses. The permitted news coverage allowed the public to get the we’ve-come-together photos and video footage that the White House wanted, while keeping the discussion private among the men.
“I noticed this has been called the ‘Beer Summit.’ It’s a clever term, but this is not a summit, guys,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office before the meeting, trying to lower expectations. “This is three folks having a drink at the end of the day, and hopefully giving people an opportunity to listen to each other. And that’s really all it is. This is not a university seminar.”
The incident that brought them together was well known by the time the three men met, joined by Vice President Joe Biden: Crowley had investigated a potential burglary at Gates’ house and ended up arresting the protesting professor for disorderly conduct. The matter mushroomed into a debate on racial profiling, fueled by Obama’s “acted stupidly” remark.
Vesla Weaver, a political scientist who studies race and criminal justice at the University of Virginia, said she doesn’t fault Obama, the nation’s first black president, for not pushing the conversation to a broader discussion of racial injustice. “He’s in a bit of a difficult spot,” she said, given the nation’s extremely sensitive reactions to matters of race.
Crowley told reporters that Obama served merely as a facilitator.
“He provided the beer. He contributed in a small part,” Crowley said. “He really wanted to bring two people together to try to solve not only a local issue in Cambridge but also what has become a national issue.”
So much of a national issue that Obama’s popularity took a hit, especially among white voters, according to a poll released Thursday.
The survey by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that 41 percent of respondents disapproved of Obama’s handling of the Gates arrest, compared with 29 percent who approved. Among whites in general, more disapprove than approve of his comments by a 2-1 margin.