ObamaCare Day 189

America under ObamaCare, Day 189: Less care, lighter wallets
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Business First of Buffalo reports:

Health insurance rates in Western New York will likely go up by another 9.5 percent to 14 percent in 2011.
The region's three main insurers submitted rate proposals to the state Insurance Department for the 2011 plan year:
• BlueCross BlueShield's average increase will be just under 14 percent, though about a third of members will see increases of less than 10 percent.
• Independent Health rates will go up about 10 percent for community-rated groups over 2010 rates.
• Univera's rates will rise between 9.5 percent and 12.5 percent.
The double-digit increases for employer-sponsored health insurance still must be approved by the Health Department under a "prior approval" law passed earlier this year.
It has 60 days to review those rates and determine whether to approve them or ask insurers to make modifications.
"Our expectation is they're going to stick," says Jared Gross, vice president of health-care economics at BlueCross BlueShield of WNY.

Medical Miracles

A doctor from Israel says:
"In Israel the medicine is so advanced that we cut-off a man's 
testicles,   we put them into another man ,and in less than 6 weeks he is  looking for work"

A German doctor comments:
"That´s nothing, in Germany we take part of the brain out from a 
person, we  put it into another person's head and in just 4 weeks he is looking  for work".

A Russian doctor says:
“That's nothing either. In Russia we take out half of the heart 
from a person,   we put it into another person's chest and in only 2 weeks he is able  to  look for work”.

The US doctor answers immediately:
"That's nothing my colleagues, you are way behind us. About a year  ago, in the USA ,  we grabbed a person with no brains, no heart and no balls, we made   him President,   and now the whole country is looking for work!!"

Your hard earned dollars at work...in Tajikistan

Your hard earned dollars at work...in Tajikistan
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CNS News reports:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has spent $1.39 million over the last 3 years on a study that involves surveying a group of married Tajik migrant workers in Moscow, and interviewing some of them, their wives, girlfriends and prostitutes.
According to the description of the study on the NIH Web site, the research was developed in order to address "the major global health problem of HIV prevention amongst married male labor migrants in Central Asia and the public health risk for an AIDS epidemic in Tajikistan."
"The study focuses on married men from Tajikistan working in Moscow and their risks for acquiring HIV through having sex with female sex workers and then transmitting the infection to their wives or female sexual partners," the description said.

ObamaCare has just made me sicker!

ObamaCare has just made me sicker!
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The New York Post reports:
ObamaCare's a painful shot in the wallet.
A Greenwich Village resident was socked with an eye-popping 25 percent increase in health premiums -- and his insurance company is slapping part of the blame on President Obama's health-care overhaul that took effect yesterday.
Doug Gowland's monthly bill will jump $140 -- from $565 to $705 -- under the hike, according to a letter he received from insurer EmblemHealth.
And the annual cost for the self-insured 62-year-old man's mostly bare-bones plan will increase $1,680 -- from $6,780 to $8,460.

Christian groups under further attack

Christian groups under further attack
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USA Today reports:
A Christian event on Saturday for Fort Bragg soldiers and members of the surrounding area is unconstitutional and should be canceled, according to a national watchdog group.
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State said in a statement Thursday that the planned event - a concert and other activities called "Rock the Fort" - improperly enlists the military in a bid by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to win Christian converts.
The Charlotte-based ministry has sponsored similar events on military bases around the country. According to the BGEA's website, Saturday's event in Fayetteville is different because civilians as well as military personnel will be able to attend.
"Chaplains at the fort identified 20 churches in the area where most soldiers are involved," the site says. "The churches are now walking alongside chaplains from Fort Bragg, hosting training and praying for this event."

Obama = Anti Christian

President Obama removes 'Creator' from the Declaration of Independence.

 

On September 15, President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. At around 22:30, he incorporated part of the The Declaration of Independence, but  removed any reference to the "Creator."

Bill Clinton

I see Bill Clinton is still preaching to America.

He is an impeached President who was also disbarred and by all rights should be on some kind of sexual predator list.   So why do the Democrats keep rolling him out to speak for them?  I guess we know where they stand. . . . too bad for them.

Test

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L.A. Stimulus Jobs

Stimulus $111 million = 55 jobs
Exhibit #222119983 that the stimulus was a complete failure: Los Angeles got $111 million in stimulus funds and produced a whopping 55 jobs. L.A. would probably be better off if they just randomly selected 111 people and handed them $1 million each.

Michelle Obama

War on Butter: Michelle Obama is using the cover of protecting kids to pitch for yet another reason to redistribute the wealth. This time, in order to save the kids from future fatness, Michelle wants restaurants to replace butter with carrots and apples.

DeMint: 'You can't change Washington unless you change people who are here'

DeMint: 'You can't change Washington unless you change people who are here'

Associated Press
09/16/10 12:24 PM EDT

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim DeMint on Thursday dismissed worries by some of his fellow Republicans that tea party-backed politicians like Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell are too conservative to win in November.

"The tea party represents a broad cross-section of the American people," DeMint, R-S.C., told NBC's "Today." He said Republicans need to embrace tea party goals like limited government and balanced federal budgets.

DeMint, whose endorsement boosted O'Donnell late in her primary race, cited other tea party favorites who are doing well in polls, including Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio and Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul. Both defeated better-established Republicans in primaries.

"You can't change Washington unless you change people who are here," he said. "People are ready to throw out the bums."

After O'Donnell's victory Tuesday, former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, who is trying to fashion GOP majorities in Congress, said of her general election prospects, "This is not a race we're going to be able to win." And her primary opponent, Rep. Mike Castle, said through a spokeswoman he does not intend to support O'Donnell.

But other Republicans, including Sarah Palin and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, rushed to O'Donnell's defense, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney sent $5,000 from his political action committee for her campaign.

DeMint, who became a force in Republican primaries this spring and summer, denied having conflicts with the GOP establishment in Washington. "I like our current leadership," he said. "I want to support this leadership team. What we're trying to do now is get a group of Republicans that provide a clear contrast with the Pelosi-Obama agenda."

While You Are Sleeping

GOP leaders go soft on pork ban?

GOP leaders go soft on pork ban?
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Politico reports:
With their eyes on a House majority, Republicans are leaving the door open to allowing earmarks after a one-year party-imposed moratorium.
So cue the "bridge to nowhere" and "pork" rhetoric and fire up the angry press releases from fiscal watchdogs.
This close to the election, Republicans are all over the place on how they'll handle earmarking as they are poised to ride an anti-spending wave to electoral victories.

Obama uses stealth tactics to make another appointment

Obama uses stealth tactics to make another appointment
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The Wall Street Journal reports:
President Barack Obama this week will appoint Elizabeth Warren to a lead role setting up the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, two Democratic officials said, a move that will allow the White House to avoid a messy Senate fight over her role.
Ms. Warren, currently a professor at Harvard Law School, will be named an assistant to the president and special advisor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in charge of launching the new agency and setting its mission. She was a candidate to be the agency's first director, a position that remains unfilled, but would likely have had trouble securing confirmation because of opposition in the Senate.
The White House's decision to seek a middle ground could appease its liberal base, which has loudly championed her candidacy, but will irk Republicans, who oppose her leading the agency and have already charged the administration with making an end-run around the Senate confirmation process.

Poverty rate continues to rise in Obama's economy

Poverty rate continues to rise in Obama's economy
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The Wall Street Journal reports:
The U.S. poverty rate rose to 14.3% in 2009, the highest since 1994, as the recession weighed on employment.
A record 43.6 million Americans were in poverty last year, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. The rate increased from 13.2% in 2008.
Meanwhile, real median household income in 2009 was $49,777, not statistically different from the previous year. Real median income fell 1.8% for family households and rose 1.6% for nonfamily households.
Economists have been concerned about the persistently high unemployment rate, which rose 3.5 percentage points to 9.3% in 2009 from 5.8% in 2008, the largest increase since the Labor Department started keeping comparable average annual data in 1947.

Gun Sales and Violent Crime

September 17, 2010

Violent crime dropped as gun sales rose in 2009
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Violent crime continued to fall in 2009, even as gun sales reached an all-time high, according to statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This is "proof positive that gun prohibitionists have been consistently and undeniably wrong," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in a statement.

Stimulus Pay Off - Open Your Eyes

THIS MAKES ME SICK

Greta Van Susteren | September 17, 2010 10:24 AM

This makes me sick.  Shame on our politicians who let this happen.  There are millions of Americans across America who need help and they allow this to happen.

Why in the world are Washington area firms getting more than 2.2 BILLION in stimulus funds?  Washington private firms???

1. Washington, which is loaded with lobbyists, has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation (the employer is the federal government and they are not laying off !  This is not a manufacturing city.)   Why put 2.2 BILLION into our economy here??? (you know why...the fix is in!)

2. Why is the government doing the administrative work? What do we pay the government workers for?  Why are we keeping government workers on the payroll and outsourcing THEIR work?

"....More than $2.2 billion of the stimulus money awarded to the Washington area has gone to private firms, many of which are helping federal agencies with the administrative work generated by the sprawling effort: deciding how to award funds, drawing up contracts and monitoring and auditing spending. Some help federal agencies with their internal monitoring systems and public-relations efforts...."

 

3.  By the way, I will bet my right arm that there was no competitive bidding for these contracts amounting to 2.2 billion dollars.   We did not get the best deal...instead, House, Senate and the White House's best friends got THEIR palms greased with YOUR money.

Joe Legal vs. Jose Illegal

JOE LEGAL vs. JOSE ILLEGAL
You have two families: "Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal".
Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California .

Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.

Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".

Ready? Now pay attention...

Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00 per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.

Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or $31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has

$31,200.00.

Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $24,031.00.

Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.

Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $9,631.00.

Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month federal rent subsidy. Jose Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $ 31,200.00.

 
Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for insurance. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00.

Jose Illegal says, "We don't need no stinkin' insurance!" and still has $31,200.00.

 
Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc.

 
Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month.

 
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.

 
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.

 
Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school.Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored lunch. Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL
program. Joe Legal's children go home.

 
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.

 
Do you get it, now?
If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens...

You are part of the problem!

It's way PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans!

Koran Burning Apologies

Koran Burning Apologies


In light of the recent decision by the Florida Reverend to not burn Korans tomorrow, I thought we should celebrate what we actually do have in common, besides free speech, with our radically Muslim brethren. Sort of a no harm no foul, reach out the hand of reconciliation (and hopefully it won’t be chopped off).

I bring you the top ten things we are allowed according to the omnipotent Muslim street:

1.) Alcohol. Muslims love the booze. What else could explain them taking to the streets so frequently like drunken, Scottish soccer hooligans whose favorite team was just cheated out of match by a crooked, English referee. Islamic Rage Boy is so drunk.

2.) Pornography. Muslim porno is the best and they watch it all day long. Nothing else can account for such a heightened state of arousal at merely seeing a woman’s ankle or wrist. Also, let’s not forget where the 9/11 bombers were the night before, that’s right kids, a strip joint.

3.) Dogs. Muslims absolutely love dogs, of all breeds. Hell, they have a propensity to name their dogs after their favorite Muslim - Mohammed (Mo for short). We should all do the same in the name of tolerance and bridge building.

4.) Pork. Bacon, ribs, and butt. All swine all the time. Next time you are having a pig roast don’t forget to invite your Muslim neighbors. They’ll go crazy and thank you in ways you never thought possible.

5.) Woman. Forget what you’ve heard about genital mutilation, wife beating, gender specific rooms during prayer and family gatherings, rape, honor killings and the general, overall misogynistic attitude by those that practice the ‘Religion of Peace’. Muslims love women, just in a slightly different way.

6.) Western culture. Notice how they assimilate so easily to our way of life. I bet you don’t even realize that family down the street are Muslim. Besides the burkas, the chained up goats and the “children’s playground” that strangely resembles a military style obstacle course. They absolutely love our way of life, they just don’t want to be like us.

7.) Education. Math, science and especially mechanical engineering. You have to know how to build stuff before you can figure out how to knock it down. Plus, just look at all of the technological advances the Muslim world has brought to us recently - remote controlled road side bombs, suicide vests, shoe bombs and my favorite - underwear bombs. Also, I hear they invented the automobile, the polio vaccine and were the first to make it to the moon.

8.) Religion. Yes absolutely, religion and more religion, of every type. Forget that whole “infidel” stuff, Islam is the most accepting and tolerant of all the religions. I understand there are more churches and synagogues in Muslim countries than all of the western countries combined. There’s a church right in Mecca and people from all faiths are happily invited to visit that holy city, especially during the Haajj pilgrimage. I believe President Obama said that in his speech at Cairo.

9.) Humor. Muslims have a wicked sense of humor, love a good laugh and especially enjoy satire. The most famous comedians, Jon Stewart for example, are Muslims and the best comedy films, like Ishtar, come out of the Middle East. That whole “atmosphere of discrimination/hostility/hate/violence/ towards Muslims/Mosques” shtick they’ve been perpetually playing on us for the last nine years is pure classic, comedy genius. The late Andy Kaufman, another Muslim, would be envious.

There folks, that’s the top ten. I’m using Muslim math, so get over it…or I’ll riot.

Peace be upon you…filthy infidels.

America’s Mayor

America’s Mayor
Sean was joined by America’s Mayor, Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, to discuss the latest controversies surrounding the 9/11 Mosque construction. “I started this syndicated radio program on September 10^th, 2001,” noted Sean, “now look where we are right now with Imam telling us our soldiers are in jeopardy if we don’t build the mosque on 9/11.” The mayor quickly jumped in, “I wasn’t sure what to think of this Imam but his not-so-subtle threat the other night put me over the top.” The mayor continued,” We were attacked on September 11^th because we spent the decade before not reacting strongly enough.”

Taliban warns U.S. on Arizona Law

Taliban warns U.S. on Arizona Law

This morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan , the Taliban Minister of Migration, Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if Arizona 's Immigration Law is not repealed, Taliban authorities intend to cut off America 's supply of 
convenience store managers and possibly Motel 6 and Super 8 managers.
And, if this action does not yield sufficient results, cab drivers will be next, followed by DELL and AOL customer service reps.
Finally, if all else fails, they have threatened to send us no more candidates 
for president of the United States !

It's gonna get ugly.

Obama Motto

The OBAMA motto: We've got what it takes, to take what you've got!

Obama is Not a Muslim

Ann Coulter

Obama is Not a Muslim

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The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.

Leave aside Obama's fanatical opposition to allowing Illinois hospitals to save the lives of babies with God-given souls inadvertently born alive during abortions. Also leave aside the fact that neither of his parents were Christians. And leave aside his current crop of "spiritual advisers," which is a collection of Mother Earth worshippers, polytheists and other nonbelievers.

Now rest from all that "leaving aside."

The only evidence for Obama's Christianity is that he faithfully attended the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years.

Yes, the guy bellowing "God damn America!" is the one vouching for Obama's Christianity. That's like saying you got sober with the help of your A.A. sponsor Lindsay Lohan.

It is a fact that any non-retarded person (thank you, Rahm Emanuel!) sitting in the Rev. Wright's church for 20 minutes, much less 20 years, does not believe in God. Even stepping inside Wright's church for a moment to get out of the rain is borderline racist.

Going to Trinity United Church of Christ is even stronger evidence of nonbelief than Bill Clinton returning from Sunday services to receive oral sex from Monica Lewinsky. This isn't mere sin -- everybody sins (though some with more frequency and less remorse than others).

Attending Wright's church is the conscious, calculated decision to immerse yourself in hate-filled demagoguery and call it "Christianity."

But according to North Korean TV's Chris Matthews, it is a provable, scientific fact that Obama is a Christian because he says so. "Everybody watching right now," Matthews said to his several viewers last week, "gets credit for being of the religion you say you are. ... We accept that in America. It's called freedom of religion and respect for religion."

That would make professions of religious belief, unlike all other self-professions, unchallengeable. Liberals say conservatives don't believe in civil rights. I say liberals are godless traitors. Why is one statement debatable and the other not?

Doesn't anyone question the Christianity of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker? How about the Satanists claiming to be Christians who stand outside soldiers' funerals with signs that say "God Hates Fags"?

And, for the record, the allegedly inviolate assertion of one's own religious belief wasn't so inviolate when it came to Ronald Reagan.

Tip O'Neill used to question President Reagan's Christianity all the time, taunting the president for not attending church regularly. Matthews might remember that: He was working for O'Neill at the time.

In fact, parading to church in front of the TV cameras carrying a 10-pound Bible -- like a certain serial adulterer, impeached president I could name -- is strongly discouraged by the creator of the universe. ("Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 6.1)

Some conservatives have cited Obama's near complete refusal to go to church to suggest he's not the "devout Christian" who "prays every day" as the White House claims.

But that's not your proof, Christians. To the contrary, it's Obama's church attendance -- back in Chicago -- that proves he's an atheist.

This was inadvertently admitted by Obama's leading butt-boy, Richard Wolffe, on North Korean TV Monday night. Wolffe acknowledged that Wright's liberation theology was not Christianity, but then forcefully distinguished Obama from the Rev. Wright –- i.e., Obama's sole character witness for his alleged Christianity.

Of Glenn Beck's denunciation of liberation theology as a false religion, Wolffe said: "Is he debating Jeremiah Wright or Barack Obama? They're two different people. If he wants to debate liberation theology with Wright, he's got something to talk about. But liberation theology hasn't been anything espoused by this president."

But it was espoused in the only church Obama ever attended regularly -- for 20 years, no less -- was married in and had his daughters baptized in. The title of Obama's autobiography came from the title of one of Wright's sermons and snippets from Wright's sermons have appeared in Obama's work.

So the sole evidence of Obama's supposed Christianity is his longtime pastor, who everyone admits is a racist nut.

No sentient human is required to take Obama's profession of Christianity any more seriously than if it were coming from a 1980s blow-dried, money-grubbing televangelist with a mistress on the side.

All liberals are atheists. Only the ones who have to stand for election even bother pretending to believe in God.

Not being acquainted with any actual Christians, they aren't particularly good bluffers. That's why Democrats babble incoherently whenever the subject of religion comes up. Liberals acting devout always looks like the love scenes between Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in "Top Gun": awkward and unconvincing.

Former divinity student Al Gore famously botched a biblical verse, switching God's instruction that we put heaven before earthly things ("For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also," Matthew 6:21) by saying we should make the Earth our treasure. (In the druidical religion of liberalism, not separating your recyclables is a sin, but abortion is just a medical procedure.)

Howard Dean told a reporter his favorite book of the New Testament was Job.

It took the Democrats' born-again Christian Jimmy Carter three decades to announce, in 2005, that he didn't think Jesus would approve of abortion ("unless the mother's life or health was in danger or perhaps the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest," etc. etc.).

There's only one true Christian liberal in the country and that's Mike Huckabee.

August economy worst in 9 years

The Wall Street Journal reports:
Stocks limped to their worst August since 2001, battered by a wave of discouraging data that cast doubt on the faltering economic recovery.
Investors now enter September, a month that has been historically challenging for the stock market, against a backdrop of broad uncertainty, including slow growth and deflation fears.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average battled to a stalemate on Tuesday, rising 4.99 points, or 0.05%, to finish at 10014.72. The blue-chip index's 4.3% drop for the month was the worst since a dismal May, and the measure's first down August in five years...

Looking for work . . . .

A doctor from Israel says:  "In Israel the medicine is so advanced
that we cut-off a man's testicles, we put them into another man and in 6 weeks he is looking for work". 

The German doctor comments:  "That´s nothing, in Germany we take part of the brain out from a person, we put it into another person's head and in 4 weeks he is looking for work". 

A Russian doctor says:  “That's nothing either.  In Russia we take out half of the heart out from a person, we put it into another person's chest and in 2 weeks he is looking for work”.

The US doctor answers immediately:  That's nothing colleagues, you are way behind us . . . . in the USA (about a year ago) we grabbed a person with no brains, no heart and no balls . . . . . we made him President and now the whole country is looking for work!!!!!

Another Obama radical

This time the radical is in the Department of Labor and her name is Dolores Huerta. She is a legend in the labor movement, has praised Hugo Chavez and Cuba, and has even said Republicans "hate Latinos" to an audience of school children. She has also denounced capitalism and says the suitable alternative is, of course, socialism! Your taxpayer dollars are paying her salary. Glenn has more on radio today.