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By: James

James — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:03:23 +0000

I realize there are many people in our great nation who for reasons known only to themselves who are still enamored with the one. It is sad and even tragic that this is the situation, considering the slippery slope we are being led down to socialism.

I can understand to some extent why the elitists in Washington want our nation to be totally under the control of the government, but it is hard to understand why there are intelligent people throughout the country who would agree with this stupidity.

Of course there are always those who have grown up believing that the purpose of the government is to take care of them. And if the government run school system perpetuates this fallacy it shows the importance of making major changes in our educational system. Of course that cannot happen as long as there are socialist already entrenched in Washington.

As many bloggers have said, “kick out the encumbants, and send a completely new group of elected representatives to Washington, and at the same time get rid of some of the bureaucrats (or even the majority of bureaucrats) at the same time. I realize this is a tall order, but there is no reason to not at least attempt this feat.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:56:27 +0000

“If we start believing our own lies, we’ll quickly lose any ground we’ve gained over these past six months.”

Good point, Moby.

By: MarkJ

MarkJ — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:43:13 +0000

“I feel like I’m living the 1970’s all over again.”

New Obama Administration Initiatives:

Mood-Rings-for-Clunkers
Disco-Records-for-Clunkers
Beta-Max’s-for-Clunkers
8-Tracks-for-Clunkers

Reopening “Studio 54″ with stimulus funds. One change: the disco will be renamed “Stimulus 54″.

Free Billy Beer for All!

Complimentary “Whip Inflation Now” buttons for party loyalists.

New Obama Permanent Campaign Theme: “Do the Hustle.”

By: Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:11:16 +0000

If, during the TET offensive of ‘68, we had listened to the “most trusted man in America” we would have believed the VN war was lost at that time.
If we had listened to Rather, who figured that, although the the papers(on Pres Bush’s Guard duty) were fake, they were basically true. This from a man who couldn’t pass Marine boot camp, but he knows how the Air Force works, especially the Guard.
As I posted somewhere else, I’m 73, retired, and a veteran with some kind of pain in one hip. I wonder when I’ll get my visit?

By: Ace

Ace — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:58:25 +0000

I feel like I’m living the 1970’s all over again.

By: DaMav

DaMav — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:59:07 +0000

Palin, and I am a strong supporter, is perhaps guilty of using hyperbole with the term “death panels”. But her point is, was, and shall be well taken because it lands quite closely to the fears of many that the government is out of control in general and has little regard for life specifically.

This was a brilliant stroke. With two brief paragraphs on FaceBook, Sarah Palin derailed the whole ObamaCare Sales Force Autumn Rollout.

The spectacle of the media running around flapping its wings in collective outrage that Palin’s remarks were not technically accurate contrasts vividly with the passivity with which they have conducted themselves when Obama spews lies about cost savings from ObamaCare, preservation of current provider systems etc etc etc.

No wonder they have no credibility left.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:35:04 +0000

When 0 votes to deny medical assistance for the live birth that results from a botched abortion in IL, who says “chose a pill rather than an operation for elders”, who supports a bill now in Congress that authorizes paying Doctors to promote Hospices to die in rather than attempt to cure, “Death Panels” is only mild hyperbole.

By: rrpjr

rrpjr — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:18:45 +0000

There has been no single statement of greater truth in our time by a political figure than Palin’s “death panel” remark.

This is why it has been reverberating across our landscape and rattling the political-media elites who traffic in doublespeak and collude in their crusade for “healthcare reform” aka government dominion in human life. And it is why it ratcheted up the hatred for this woman.

As for Kurtz, I’d like to say his remarks are shocking, but really, who doubted that he viewed the media as the ultimate shapers of human events and not mere reporters.

By: in_awe

in_awe — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:11 +0000

I guess from the beginning I assumed Palin’s “death panels” referred to the medical care rationing “advisory” boards that would implement system wide schemes like those described by the Presidential advisor Ezekiel Emanuel.

You wouldn’t individually be summoned to stand before a panel per se and plead your case, but some efficiency experts along the lines of Macnamera’s Best and Brightest would set up an algorithm to measure your actuarialy calculated future societal worth against the expected cost of further treatment, and zippo, bango out would come the decision when your particulars were entered.

After 2014 (as I have read it) those advisory decisions would be enforceable against medical care givers in the form of assessed penalties for violating them.

Can’t wait for the days of medical rationing to hit…how about you?