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Tuesday, March 30. 2010

Tuesday morning links

Not Paleolithic Mating


Rudyard Kipling, India and Edward Said


Firearms deaths fall as millions obtain permits. Related: The UN's Worldwide Anti-Gun Agenda Aims at the USA


Irony Meter Explodes: Global Warming Activist Freezes to Death in Antarctica


EU Ref: Environmentalism has been hijacked by the warmists


Related: Weathermen are climate skeptics


Brit Libs: What special relationship?


Obama surrenders gulf oil to Moscow: The Russians are coming - to drill in our own backyard


When Will The Left Stop The Climate Of Hate?


Pro-Life speech is traumatizing? Who knew Feminazis were so delicate?


Am Thinker: Sucking the Blood of the Ambitious


Social Justice? Blech


Even Still More on The Coming War Between Public & Private Sector Workers or, Don't Read This Unless You Want to Get Hulk-Style Pissed


Top Senate Dem admits American Health Bill Was to Address “Mal-Distribution of Income”


Rasmussen: 54% Favor Repeal of Healthcare


Volokh: Was the Individual Mandate a “Republican Idea”?


Insurance Death Spiral, Here We Come! Yes, that's part of the plan. More, via Powerline:



We know that a single payer nationalized health care plan is the long term objective and intention for proponents of Obamacare and has been all along. They're completely disingenuous about how "incremental" and "modest" the program is. The astonishing fact that they deliberately prohibited enforcement of a critical component of the plan tells you all you need to know. It will intentionally create a crisis...a feature, not a bug....and a crisis is something this crowd never wants to go to waste.


Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 05:25 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Re freezing in Antarctica: I believe Ace of Spades Blog is reporting that to be a hoax, an article taken from a parody website.
#1 feeblemind on 2010-03-30 09:57 (Reply)
Yes, a good spoof as Jammie says.
#1.1 bd on 2010-03-30 10:52 (Reply)
The link for "Top Senate Dem Admits..." is a dupe of the one for "Even Still More..." (which seems oddly appropriate).
#2 Knucklehead (Link) on 2010-03-30 09:58 (Reply)
Despite the Dems rallying around the HC bill, folks do not like it. Rep. Melissa Bean (D - IL) had a, supposedly, open meeting covering talking-points yesterday and her staff tried to refuse access to several people, some from the media. A total of 15 - 16 people around the table of her "public" forum, all caught on tape by FOX, does not consist of an "open" forum for the enlightenment of taxpayers who must pay for this disaster. Sen. Dick Durbin (D- IL) has been all over the media, but the Tea Party rallies are increasing in number.

All this Democratic pontificating does nothing to rectify one problem: this bill does nothing, nada, nil to control costs. It just expands coverage (read: new Democratic voters) while opening doors to limit types of care available to Dr. Emanuel's list of less-deserving (read: old, fuddy-duddy, high-end earners who will be funding the programs).

And, I repeat again, it is not a healthcare INSURANCE bill as
"insurance" implies risk management, which has been eliminated by removing caps and pre-existing conditions. This is a healthcare CHARITY bill.
#3 jma on 2010-03-30 12:06 (Reply)
At first, I was willing to think that not having enforcement powers was an oversight, by not stating such powers. But that "they deliberately prohibited enforcement" has become clear - the language was there, prohibitng use of even pre-existing enforcement powers by the likes of the IRS. And it certainly was NOT inserted by a Republican.

Now, in a way I think it is a good idea: since over 100 new bunches of bureaucrats are to be set up, I certainly do not want them to be putting out regulations and enforcing them. I remember the guy who wanted to replace worn flooring in his meat-packing operation: OSHA said it would fine him $1500/day if he used non-corrugated flooring, EPA said it would fine him $1500/day if he did not use slick flooring.
#4 John A on 2010-03-30 12:18 (Reply)
CBS, of all places!!!, is actually asking us to vote on Obama's first year:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6116297-503544.html?tag
#5 jma on 2010-03-30 16:07 (Reply)
When I saw "Brit Libs" I thought you meant the British Liberal Democrat party, and wondered why you would take any notice of what they thought.
I see the error comes from the Corner at NRO, where their expats should know the differences between the British Liberal-Democrat party and the British Labour party.
It was the Labour party.
#6 DOuglas2 on 2010-03-31 11:51 (Reply)

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