Fatal Blow For Obamacare?

A federal appeals court delivered a serious blow to President Barack Obama's health care law Tuesday, potentially denying billions of dollars in subsidies for many low and middle-income people who bought policies. Without these subsidies, it is unlikely these people can pay their Obamacare premiums each month.  Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a group of small business owners argued that the law authorizes subsidies only for people who buy insurance through markets established by the states and not by the federal government.  

Stupid Political Quotes

About the only people I consider more dumb than Washington D.C. politicians are Hollywood "celebrities."  Both are so far detached from reality, they seem to live in an alternative universe.  They sure as hell don't live in the world where most of us do.  Both are known for doing and saying stupid things.  But, since this is a political blog, we'll stick to stupid politicians.  Some that you will see below are "purportedly" said by our politicians.  I have no way of proving it.  Some I am quite familiar.  Others I am not, but don't doubt they were said.  Now, there are lots of dumb people in all walks of life.  But, you would think our politicians could be held to a higher standard.  I guess it just doesn't work that way. Let's take a look at a select few.

A Political War

It seems that both Republican and Democratic parties are all about protecting their turf, their respective parties.  The never ending battles between the virulent flame throwers, such as Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi et al, never stops.  The same can be said for some Republicans as well.  I respect Ted Cruz.  I like Ted Cruz.  But, when he engages in this gamesmanship with Democrats, he is lowering himself down to their level.  Harry Reid is comfortable fighting these dirty little battles such as calling all the people complaining about Obamacare a bunch of liars.  Reid knows he can get away with saying such things because he is old and he is a Democrat.  The news media has his back. 

Five Political Christmas Gifts

These are my Five Political Christmas gifts to America and, to a lesser extent, the world.  These are all for fun.  But, I sincerely hope they do come true eventually.

#5.  A viable third party in the U.S. political party system.  America is in dire need of a third political party.  The Republican and Democratic parties are consumed with getting reelected.  The American people they are suppose to represent are secondary to them.  Perhaps the Tea Party will eventually break away from the Republican Party after the 2012 elections.
#4.  Crack down on activist federal judges.  Instead of making rulings according to the U.S. Constitution, we see Appellate judges ruling from their own prejudices, rather than rule of law.  An example is a federal judge in Atlanta who stated the Alabama Immigration Enforcement Law would force illegal immigrants to flee the state.  How insane is that statement?
#3.  Political Partisanship comes to an end.  This is more in line with #5 above.  No, I don't see it ever happening in my lifetime with the Republican and Democratic parties as estranged as they are right now.  But, it would be nice if both parties would occasionally work together.
#2.  The resignation or retirement of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.  These two left-wing radicals are greatly responsible for the bitter political infighting between both parties in Washington D.C. today.  Both have their own Socialist agenda that they are trying to perpetrate upon a traditionally Democratic America.  Both are relentless Socialists who show no sign of backing down from their dream of a United Socialist States of America.
#1.  The defeat of President Barack Obama in 2012.  Obama was the president who was suppose to bring us together.  Due to his own partisanship, he has sown more animosity between the Right and Left than any other President in recent memory.  His single-minded approach to Obamacare, at the expense of working on jobs for Americans, is costing us dearly right now.  President Obama is a Socialist in the same mode as Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.  His defeat in November of 2012 would be the greatest early 2012 Christmas gift I could ever imagine.

Those are my political Christmas gifts to America.  Will any be realized?  I can only pray that #1 happens.  It would save this nation from further turmoil and acrimony.  Merry Christmas!

Nancy Pelosi Making Another Absurd Claim

Just when you thought the lunacy of Nancy Pelosi could reach no further heights, she did it again yesterday.  I know this will sound familiar since she made the same stupid claim about Obamacare insofar as creation of thousands and thousands of jobs.  This time Nancy Pelosi is making the claim that extending unemployment benefits will create enough demand that 600K jobs will be created!  Pelosi stated this is based on information from "macroeconomic advisers."  I'm not real sure just what the hell a macroeconomic adviser is.  She didn't bother to name these macroeconomic advisers. She didn't say how much tax money would be needed to create these "600K" jobs either.  Do you get the feeling, as I do, that Left-wingers, such as Pelosi, just pull these magical numbers out of thin air?  It's either that or an intended manufactured Leftist distortion.  Oh, the hell with it....Pelosi is flat out lying!  Democrats have gotten lying down to a fine art these days with the Obama Administration leading with the rallying cry of a "transparent government."  

This claim reminds me a great deal of her #1 absurdity, "We have to pass the bill (Obamacare) so we can see what is inside it."  Remember that one?  These people are our elected officials.  These people, such as Pelosi, are leaders of political parties in this country.  They expect you to take their BS literally and don't question it.  So, when Nancy Pelosi makes another off the chart claim, such as unemployment benefits creating 600K jobs (without providing ANY data, of course), we are suppose to believe it.  Sorry, you Leftist whack jobs.  I have a mind of my own.  I don't have to be a macroeconomic advisor to know BS when I see it, read it or even smell it.  This latest claim by Nancy Pelosi is just more of the same from the laughingstock of American politics.

Nancy Pelosi Threatens Newt Gingrich

 

I've got to say Newt Gingrich deserves the threat (more on that later) that Nancy Pelosi made Monday against Mr. Gingrich.  The Wicked Bitch of the West stated, "One of these days we'll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich," Pelosi said. "I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."  Now, some will say that was just a way of getting the attention of Mr. Gingrich.  Some will say it was simply an idle threat that Pelosi knows she can't or will not do.  I say if you really believe a far left radical like Nancy Pelosi won't follow through with a threat, then you really don't know American politics.  There is no doubt Newt Gingrich has a lot of baggage he would carry in a Presidential election against President Obama.  But, to come out in the open and make it known shows just how invulnerable liberals such as Pelosi feel in today's political climate.  Imagine the hated Sarah Palin coming out and stating she was going to unleash some baggage of, oh, I don't know....Nancy Pelosi, let's say.  The condemnation would be swift and unrelenting from the Lame Steam Media. 

For whatever reason, Newt Gingrich sat down with Nancy Pelosi for a commercial on climate change back in July of 2008.  Now, Newt has flip flopped on climate change aka global warming as many times as a politician can.  He is now stating that commercial with Nancy Pelosi was dumb.  Well, we were trying to tell you that back in 2008, Mr. Gingrich.  But, you didn't want to listen.  You were too intent on "reaching across the aisle" to appear magnanimous to liberals and the media alike.   What Newt Gingrich is finding out (albeit too late in my opinion), is that liberals don't give a damn how accommodating you have been in the past.  They will do whatever it takes to further their Socialist agenda, including running over people who have helped them in the past.  "Reaching across the aisle" in their direction is called "bi-partisan."   Asking them to "reach across the aisle" toward Republicans is called "partisan politics" by the Leftists of the Democratic Party.  Newt Gingrich likes to think of himself as the smartest man in the room.  He may well be that.  But, he doesn't have an ounce of common sense.  In the end, that is what is going to cause him to lose the Republican nomination or, if nominated, lose the Presidential election to The Messiah.