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POPSSNeaker Pelosi's Useful Idiots List CA-11 McNerney, Jerry R+1 IL-08 Bean, Melissa R+1 IL-11 Halvorson, Debbie R+1 IL-14 Foster, Bill R+1 MN-01 Walz, Tim R+1 NY-23 Owens, Bill R+1 PA-12 Murtha, John R+1 NH-01 Shea-Porter, Carol R+0 NY-01 Bishop, Timothy R+0 TX-28 Cuellar, Henry R+0
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POPSPages, Costs, and Agencies Added To The Obama/Pelosi Health Care Behemoth
“Additionally, this bill cuts critical Medicare and Medicaid funding by $628 billion, accounts for nearly $1.2 trillion in tax and fee increases and will explode the scope of government by putting the nation’s health care system in the hands of Washington bureaucrats. The $3 trillion price tag defies common sense " we simply cannot add all this new spending to the government rolls and claim to control the deficit. “If we continue to pile more and more debt on the next generation, they will never be able to get out from under it. The health care system needs reform, but this massive expansion of government, financed by our children and grandchildren, is the wrong way to proceed.” And listen…this is what our government believes will be the cost. But look at programs our government has run historically and you find decades of added costs and overruns that our forced onto the taxpayer. Insanity http://www.bizzyblog.com/2009/11/07/how-to-go-from-1200-to-2000-pages/
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POPSHealth Care Takeover Roll Call Vote — and What GOP Rep. Joseph Cao Got from Obama Well, since he was elected, Cao has backed the S-CHIP expansion, the $108 billion IMF bailout, and the omni-waste spending bill. And he voted to rebuke GOP Rep. Joe Wilson for calling out President Obama on his health care lies. That is a steep price to pay for Rep. William Jefferson’s removal. Can’t the GOP do better? For what it is worth, here is the cheap price the Democrats paid for Cao’s vote: Louisiana Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao on Sunday morning released a statement after he voted as the only Republican in favor of the Democratic health care reform bill. The health care reform bill, dubbed the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” (H.R. 3962), passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a 220 " 215 vote. “Tonight, I voted to keep taxpayer dollars from funding abortion and to deliver access to affordable health care to the people of Louisiana,” Cao said in a statement released by his office. “I read the versions of the House
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POPSMark Levin (Rally Video)It’s On and IT’S MASSIVE– “Kill the Bill Rally” In DC! … As a crowd of protesters shouted “kill the bill,” House Republicans on Thursday rallied opposition against the Democrats’ health care legislation, decrying the bill on the steps of Congress in a last-ditch bid to derail or at least delay the legislation heading toward a possible vote Saturday. Thousands of protesters arrived by bus for the rally, which the GOP is calling an emergency “House Call.” The event drew the conservative “tea party” activists but unlike past rallies was officially sanctioned by House Republicans. Republicans want those who attend to track down their elected representatives in Congress and put pressure on them to think twice about voting for the more than $1 trillion health care overhaul pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “They’re going to listen,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who originally called for the rally. “The biggest voice in the United States is your voice.”
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POPSPilocchio's Broken 72-Hour Online "Pledge" Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so. House members are still negotiating important issues in the bill--whether it will provide taxpayer-funding for abortions, for example. Pelosi is pushing for a Saturday House vote, and a number of big changes will be introduced, likely less than 24 hours before the vote takes place (if in fact it does). The Rules Committee hasn't yet released its resolution, or rule, that must be passed before the bill can move from committee to the floor. The rule will set the terms of debate and determine what amendments are in order. It seems likely that the rule will allow very few, if any, up-or-down votes on amendments on the House floor.
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POPSObama Love Stimulus Package… By God, opps… I mean… I deserve worship, damn it! My presidency is on the verge of the greatest hate fest since the last years of Adolph… Why don’t they love me? (re-checks polls for races in VA, NJ, NY) Damnit! I am the Chosen One! What is wrong with these people? They are just supposed to worship me and let me convert the country into a Communism that would make Uncle Mao Smile…. dratz… I know! Cash for Love! That’s it!! Rahm? Call Pelosi and Reid. It is time for an Obama Love Stimulus Package… By God, opps… I mean… By Me, I deserve worship Damn it! …even if I have to tax the rich even more for the giveaway Obama Dollars to buy it! And, the Beatles were all white guys… what the hell do they know?
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POPSSeeing Through The Lies: The Worst Bill Ever It "pays for" about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years. The House also pretends Medicare payments to doctors will be cut by 21.5% next year and deeper after that, "saving" about $250 billion. ObamaCare will be lucky to cost under $2 trillion over 10 years; it will grow more after that. • Expanding Medicaid, gutting private Medicare. All this is particularly reckless given the unfunded liabilities of Medicare"now north of $37 trillion over 75 years. Mrs. Pelosi wants to steal $426 billion from future Medicare spending to "pay for" universal coverage. While Medicare's price controls on doctors and hospitals are certain to be tightened, the only cut that is a sure thing in practice is gutting Medicare Advantage to the tune of $170 billion. Democrats loathe this program because it gives one of out five seniors private insurance options.
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POPS GOP Set to Propose Its Own Health Bill Republicans have talked about a variety of alternatives to Democratic efforts on health care, but decided to put out their own bill after seeing details of the legislation unveiled by Democrats last Thursday. GOP leaders hope to offer the measure as an alternative during debate on the Democratic bill, and a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said Republicans would be allowed to do so. In the Senate, where Democratic leaders are pushing a proposal to create a new government-run insurance plan, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, made clear again Sunday that he opposed the idea. The senator said he wouldn't try to block debate on the bill, but signaled he would support any Republican efforts to block a vote on it. by Greg Hitt at wsj.com
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POPSPelosi Health Care Bill Blows a Kiss to Trial Lawyers While there is debate over the details, it is clear that medical malpractive lawsuits have some impact on driving health care costs higher. There are likely a number of procedures that are done simply as a defense against future possible litigation. Recall this from the Washington Post: “Lawmakers could save as much as $54 billion over the next decade by imposing an array of new limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, congressional budget analysts said today " a substantial sum that could help cover the cost of President Obama’s overhaul of the nation’s health system. New research shows that legal reforms would not only lower malpractice insurance premiums for medical providers, but would also spur providers to save money by ordering fewer tests and procedures aimed primarily at defending their decisions in court, Douglas Elmendorf, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, wrote in a letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).”
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POPSUsing The Children To Pass Health Care Reform, Video From the 20 Finalists House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Unveils The Affordable Health Care for America Act posted October 29 11:00:04 AM Speaker Pelosi unveiled the House’s GARBAGE final version of health insurance reform legislation " The Affordable Health Care For America Act - in front of the U.S. Capitol this morning, marking another historic step in the on-going effort to pass reform this year. The bill delivers on President Obama’s goals for reform: increased security and stability for those who have insurance; quality, affordable choices for those who don’t; and… CONTINUE READING http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
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POPSFirst, Do No Harm BU Med student accused of Craigslist killing and robberies. Gender-bending Harvard-educated rifle-wielding wife-murdering dermatologist Richard Sharpe ends it all in prison. Hooker-frequenting hammer-and-slash wife-murdering prominent allergist Dirk Greineder seeks a new trial. Harvard-trained doc who walked away from surgery does time on drug charges but skates on child rape charges when witness refuses to testify. You’ve got your nursing Angel of Death du jour. Nursing assistant accused of terrorizing elderly. Drug docs to the stars! A rash of them are staring at charges related to buried mistakes Jacko and Anna Nicole. All that’s before you get to the little remarked-upon regular run of docs who believe in hands-on examinations … whether their patients need it or not. In a lot of those cases, the oath should have been “First, Do No Pharm.” But howbout, “First, Weed Out Barmy.” I know, I know, for every murderous, abusive wackjob there are thousands of caring,
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POPSDurbin Supports Burris Ethics Probe (Burris was 60th vote for Stimulus Bill) The Illinois Democrat says he wants to be fair and review all of the documents, transcripts and statements involved. Tom Elia questions the timing: Now that it looks almost certain that Illinois Sen. Roland Burris lied under oath about his contacts with impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (and had that perjury covered up by another Chicago Dem for over one week while the vote occurred), one has to wonder why President Obama reversed his position, and put out the word for the US Senate to approve Burris under the dubious Blagojevich-related circumstances. Well, besides the embarrassing circumstances of his former Senate seat being up for sale to highest bidder being in the news, there is the matter of the passage of Obama’s stimulus package in the Senate. Sen. Burris was the 60th vote on the stimulus bill with Sen. Kennedy ailing and not able to vote himself. I wonder if anyone in the press will follow up on this?
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POPS Afghanistan Syndrome Asad and Tahir would be the first ones to die. As the months dragged on, I grew to detest our captors. I saw the Haqqanis as a criminal gang masquerading as a pious religious movement. They described themselves as the true followers of Islam but displayed an astounding capacity for dishonesty and greed. Whole thing. I hope Obama, Emanuel, Axelrod, Biden, Reid, Levin, Pelosi, etal, are paying attention. You know, between Filkins and Rohde, I’m starting to warm up to the Times a little. At least until the next al-Qaeda early warning system alert goes up. What’s going on … when even the AP’s Kabul bureau seems to be starting to get it? * Though maybe not as far from Stockholm, New York, your town as some people would like to think. Yes, we’re still having this conversation in 2009.
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POPS All-Aboard America: ObamaCare's Big Balloon Ride Hullabaloo: “We were working on an experimental craft. I call it the 3D-LAV, a low altitude-vehicle for people to pull out of their garages and hover over traffic for about 50 to 100 feet. It’s in the very early stages of the invention. But this little guy decided to kept going inside the utility compartment underneath. So anyway, this little guy got inside of it. I thought he did, anyway … “ OK, that’s not exactly how Digby put it. (With a nod to Fausta, who suggested in an email that Obama may want to pump some helium into his own ratings. She notes the Weather Channel is the only one he doesn’t dominate . Maybe, but it looks like some of the gas is coming out.)
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POPSThe Road to Serfdom Paved With Taxes The VAT would be great news for the political insiders and beltway elite. A brand new source of revenue would mean more money for them to spend and a new set of loopholes to swap for campaign cash and lobbying fees But as I explain in this new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, the evidence from Europe unambiguously suggests that a VAT will dramatically increase the burden of government. That’s good for Washington, but bad for America. It’s worth noting that even if the politicians are unsuccessful in their campaign to take over the health care system, there will be a VAT fight at some point in the next few years. This will be a Armageddon moment for proponents of limited government. Defeating a VAT is not a sufficient condition for controlling the size of government, but it surely is a necessarry condition.
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POPSMere Sound and Fury Until Harry and Nancy Do Their Thing in The Dark Half of it will come from massive cuts in Medicare Advantage, while the other half will be generated by new taxes on high-end insurance, higher income taxes, and new levies on drugs and innovative medical devices. We will address these additional yellow flags on this page on Tuesday in Part 2. There is another reason why the CBO's preliminary analysis should be taken with a grain of salt, though this one wasn't mentioned in the report. Whatever the content of the Baucus bill once it is voted out of the finance committee, it will disappear into a legislative black hole as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and their key aides do what they did on the economic stimulus package back in February -- huddle together behind closed doors to write the final bill, which will then be presented as a fait accompli in the form of a conference report. Everything else is mere sound and fury signifying nothing until Harry and Nancy do their thing in the dark.
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POPSTea Party Express On the Road Again! October 25 – November 11 This won’t just be a continuation of the tour we just completed. We will be having a lot of special surprises and additions as we grow this effort " and continue the fight against government-run healthcare, Cap & Trade, bailouts, out-of-control deficit spending and the growth in the size and intrusiveness of government. We’ll be publishing the specific itinerary and schedule in the coming days at our website: www.TeaPartyExpress.org For now, here’s the route we’ve planned out " so mark your calendars, spread the news to your friends, and get ready to rock America! If Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid thought that after 9/12 we’d just go away and give up well then we have some bad news for them. We’re back, better than ever, and determined to TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! Countdown to Judgment Day ----border-to-border, coast-to-coast --- 1 year ahead of the November 2010 congressional elections
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POPSDem: GOP Wants You To Die Quickly represents a Republican-leaning district around Orlando and was already among the GOP’s top targets for the 2010 elections. Ken Spain, spokesman for the House Republican campaign arm, said Democrats should be "lining up to call on him to apologize." "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now has an opportunity to condemn the very behavior and tone of this health care debate that she claims will ‘incite violence,’" he said, referring to Democratic concerns that the bitter tone of the health care debate could lead to attacks. But you see it is the Republicans who are ‘demagoging the issue.’ It is Republicans who are ‘using scare tactics.’ By the way, note how in typical fashion the Associated Press uses this outrage to bring up Mr. Wilson’s spontaneous outcry " as if there is a moral equivalency. Republicans are likening Grayson’s remark to South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s widely criticized shout of "You lie!" during President Barack Obama’s address
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POPS Finding My Inner Pelosi Friday, September 18, 2009 Nancy chokes up. I guess you've seen this ridiculous mash of political will and phony emotion. "But, again, our country is great because people can say what they think and they believe, but I also think that they have to take responsibility for any incitement that they may cause." Okay, then, I think that you are desperate and depleted of arguments on the merits of the atrocious, amorphous health care reform you thought the American people would swallow whole simply because you won an election and we tend to regard Barack Obama as a well-meaning person. And now you are babbling and whining about the way people are talking. And I hope you will take responsibility for this embarrassing display. You haven't done your job and now you are crying in public " you, the first female Speaker of the House. Crying. Pretending to be afraid of violence when the talk that troubles you so hasn't even included threats of violence. althouse.blogspot.com/
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POPSScott Wheeler Discussing Obama's Czars on Fox & Friends Scott Wheeler: Special Election in New York, Why Obama Lost Video: Government Spending Out of Control Press Release: TARP Repayment Funds Should Not Be Used as a Political for Obama To Repay His Supporters Scott Wheeler: President Barack Obama Returns to His Muslim Roots Video: Conservatives Gear Up for Supreme Court Fight Video: Supreme Court Battle Lines Drawn Video: Sotomayor Viewed as Threat to Constitutional Law Video: Scott Wheeler: Sotomayor is the Wrong Nominee Video: Scott Wheeler Aggressively Confronts Liberals on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show”
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POPSUpdate: Brooklyn DA “taking a look” into Brooklyn’s ACORN office. Update: Child-Whoring Pimp Assistance 7 identified; Dick Durbin (D-IL) Roland Burris (D-IL) Robert Casey (D-PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) The big question will be whether the House follows suit. Nancy Pelosi may not be inclined to let an amendment come to the floor, but James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles may not be done yet, either. A few more of these videos and even Pelosi will have little choice but to slam the door on ACORN. The big test will be whether the Johanns amendment survives a conference committee. This isn’t over yet. Update (AP): Man, this house of cards is toppling fast: Meanwhile, Jerry Schmetterer, director of public information for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, told FOXNews.com that officials will be “taking a look” into Brooklyn’s ACORN office. “We are going to be taking a look at the situation,” Schmetterer said Monday.
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POPSAmerica’s Truth Czar tells Pelosi to Get Bent And did I mention that Wilson was right? Why yes; yes, I did, and yes, he was, as the White House has gotten busy “clarifying” the section of the Big Takeover bill that he specifically called King Obama out for in the first place " a section the Liar in Thief and other liberal professional equivocators would have you believe didn’t exist. “I’ve apologized one time. The apology was accepted by the president, the vice president…I am not apologizing again,” he told “FOX News Sunday.” “I believe that is sufficient.” “I believe in the truth. What I heard was not true,” Wilson explained Sunday. “I believe (Obama) was misstating the facts.” He most certainly was " The Truth Czar caught Big Chief Training Pants On Fire with his lips moving, and doused the flames with the cold water of truth. Now he’s told Pelosi to go chase herself, and the Left will go absolutely apoplectic over having their Golden Boy . . .
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POPSIn Whom Do You Place Your Trust? Principles grounded in thousands of years of human experience versus soaring, yet utterly empty, rhetoric. Timeless genius versus power-hungry political hacks. Our choice is clear. We choose liberty.
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POPSObama And The “Coarsening Of Dialogue” ObamaCare supporters aren’t exactly known for their civility, either: After they had already astroturfed and busted heads at several town hall events, Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told SEIU supporters to “keep doing what you’re doing.” A Moveon.org thug bit off the pinkie finger of a an elderly anti-ObamaCare protester at a rally. See Doug Ross for more on The Party of Hope, Change, and Beatdowns. http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html Obama on "waving tea bags around" video Pelosi on Tea Parties: "We Call it Astroturf" video ASTROTURF AND ARROGANCE video More videos at link: http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/obama-and-the-coarsening-of-dialogue/
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POPS They’re actually counting people. http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/09/12/they-will-be-heard/ ORIGINAL POST BELOW Just got off the phone with Stacy McCain, who’s trying his damnedest to get into DC for the big TEA Party march today. Stacy was calling in to tell me about his talk with Barbara Espinosa. She’s on the ground at 11th & Pennsylvania Avenue, where they’re metering the crowd. We’re not talking about taking sample counts from a helicopter than extrapolating some dumb figure. They’re actually counting people . And as of about noon Eastern, more than 450,000 people had walked by. And as Stacy can tell you from the traffic, there are more coming in. Many more. Barbara will have pictures and video in just a bit " check back here for links and/or pics and vids. FRIENDS? Could President Obama heal the rift… between economic conservatives and social conservatives? Stacy McCain ( the other mccain blogspot ) reports that the two groups are both out in force today,
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POPSBest Tea Party Signs from DC, via Twitter # http://twitpic.com/hj2jd - 'Nat'l HC is like a hospital gown. You think you're covered, but you're not' # http://twitpic.com/hi0ln - Politicians beware 2010 and 2012 # http://twitpic.com/hhxy4 - Cute boys: "Quit spending money I haven't earned yet" # RT @Heminator: RT @jordangehrke best sign of the day: "The road to hell is a shovel ready project." # http://twitpic.com/hhmx0 - "Not all registered nurses heart Ocare" # http://twitpic.com/hhmse - "Your speech was a lie. You know it. We know it. What's next?" # http://twitpic.com/hhmnc - "Yes he can! Spread the wealth! Socialism you can count on" # http://twitpic.com/hhmfv - "Astroturf my ass!" # http://twitpic.com/hhmbv - Cute girl. Also "God-fearing, gun-toting and flag waving." # http://twitpic.com/hhm25 - Gas $264, Hotel $409, Taking back my country? Priceless. # http://twitpic.com/hhlx1 - You can't fix stupid but you can vote them out.
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POPSBachmann Demands Investigation and Suspension of Taxpayer Funding to ACORN by Publius In order to immediately stop taxpayer dollars from funding ACORN, Bachmann is requesting the IRS revoke ACORN’s tax exempt status; the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) halt any current funding; and the HUD Suspension and Debarment Committee suspend any future access to funding until ACORN cleans up its operation. learn about the 11 ACORN workers arrested for voter registration or click here to view video of the Baltimore prostitution investigation. Text of the letter to the U.S. Census Bureau provided below: September 11, 2009 Mr. Robert M. Grovers Director U.S. Census Bureau 4600 Silver Hill Rd. Suitland, MD 20746 This week the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a current participant in the Census Bureau’s Planning Partnership Program for the 2010 Census, once again made unsavory headlines. On Wednesday, FBI and state authorities charged 11 ACORN employees with voter registration fraud in Miami,
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POPSWhy The Left is Horrified at Joe Wilson's Liar Statement Joe Wilson only said what 75% of the American people were thinking. And since the Democrats won't even meet with Republicans to discuss health care reform; since they reject tort reform; since they really do allow illegal immigrants to get free health care; since they lie repeatedly about improving care; since simple mathematics refutes the concept of adding tens of millions to the health care system while 'improving care', 'covering preexisting conditions' and 'not adding to the deficit'... well, there are about 200 million Americans who think that Obama is lying. And the Democrats will be committing political suicide in 2010 if they try to ram this tyrannical, socialist fraud down the American people's throats.
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POPSMD's Say: Our Patients Are Not Cattle On A Govt. Range Obamacare's bottom line--medical profits are immoral Examiner.comBridgette Wallis There is a basic principle behind the Left’s push to nationalize health insurance"making profit from health care is immoral. Since health care is a right according to the Left, it should not be treated like any other commodity. There is no room for profit in a service that is for the common good of society. No health care related services should be motivated by profit including health insurance, doctor care, hospitals, and pharmaceuticals. The government needs to take the profit motive out of health care by taking it out of the hands of those who seek profits, like corporations and stockholders. Nancy Pelosi said of the insurance companies, "They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way. They are doing everything in their power to stop a public option from happening."
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POPSFormer Marine David Hedrick @ Pioneer Courthouse Square David William Hedrick, a 30-year-old accountant from Camas, Wash., said the largest group he had ever talked in front of was in a college class until he spoke at a gathering Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., held at the Clark County Ampitheater. http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/09/tea_party_takes_over_pioneer_c.html Hedrick excoriated Baird and suggested that the Democrats should quit making references about the right and Nazism. The Nazis were really a left-wing socialist movement, he said, "If Nancy Pelosi wants to find a swastika, maybe the first place she should look is the sleeve of her own arm." Hedrick's youtube clip viewed more than 1.1 million times. At Pioneer Courthouse Square, he told the crowd that "We are the same Americans who threw out King George for much less." The Tea Party folks took over Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square a pretty vigorous effort to collect signatures on no less than four proposed tax referendums.
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POPSA Bus Named Gutlessness Congress figured it out in about five minutes, as demonstrated by the hogwild porkfest on the stimulus. The American electorate has been a little slower on the uptake, but polls numbers suggest they are getting it. Maybe not specifically the unprincipled, disloyal gutlessness, but the results of it: The American people hate a loser. This should make it fun. USA Today : Mass transit dispatcher Pelosi, public option “essential” to passage. Here’s Krugman, one of the most prominent advocates of expanding government … a.k.a “socialism” in the current political argot … in America today, wringing his hands over the under-the-busification of the public option. Michael Gerson at RCP. Great headline, “Obama’s Crisis: Credibility” Ambinder , surveying the wreckage and declaring the train to be running on time. Sorry to mix metaphors, but the bus he keep throwing people and things under just stalled at a crossing. Here comes the 5:35 to Naked Self-Interest.
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POPSBarney Frank Wants Cabinet Post Frank talks about how he struggled as a gay man growing up in blue-collar Bayonne, N.J. He dated women throughout high school and college, but knew he was gay at 13. Still, he delayed revealing his sexuality until he had established a foothold in the House. In the 501-page tome " to be released later this month " Frank is described by people who know him well as a masterful legislator, an impatient boss, and “socially handicapped.” One of the most riveting parts of the book is Frank’s recollection of his ethics scandal, when he paid a male prostitute for sex. Various media outlets called for Frank to resign, but he persevered by admitting his mistakes and asking the ethics committee to investigate him in 1989. Many Republicans, including then-Rep. Larry Craig (Idaho), called for serious sanctions against Frank, who was ultimately reprimanded by the House, 408-18. (California Democratic Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Henry Waxman both voted against the measure.)
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POPSRep. Issa Just Threw a T*rd in Pelosi's Punch Bowl HR 3438 IH HR 3438 IH 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3438 To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2009 Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-3438
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POPS ObamaFood Speaker Pelosi would not call food stores, grocery stores, the shipping industry and farmers greedy. She would call them immoral! And to keep 'em all honest, to keep 'em all honest Obama then would create competition, real competition with a public option for you to buy food from. Food co-ops! Imagine if the government was in the business of distributing and getting to you food at an affordable price. And when the rational among us say, "It's impossible to do this. The idea we'll destroy the best food delivery system in the world," the people that say that then are criticized, mocked and vilified. There's nothing wrong with the American food delivery system. There's nothing wrong with the price. People get what they want. In fact, the food stamp program. Look at the obesity problem. And they would say, "The attacks on the ObamaFood program are racist," and so forth. So here we are. We have a totally flawed plan that's obviously a mess, still being treated as "reform."
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