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To: Alighieri who wrote (553581)	3/7/2010 11:01:22 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1572369

you libs boycotted Whole Foods and many many more.

To: Alighieri who wrote (553581)	3/7/2010 11:11:30 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1572369

Overnight Thread: Steyn on Obamacare’s Kamikaze Raid on America Posted by Frank Ross Mar 6th 2010 at 7:33 pm in Chicago, Crime, Featured Story, Healthcare \| Comments (100) Mark Steyn is always right, whether he’s writing about Andrew Lloyd Webber or, in this case, the suicide-bomber-in-chief, Barack Obama, who doesn’t much care how many Democrats get sent to the electoral Elysian Fields — or even whether he gets a second term — as long as he can blow up the capitalist system from within. Excuse me — effect “fundamental change.” And what better way to get Hussein’s camel’s nose under your hospital gown than by taking over the American health-care system, all under the guise of “reform?” Well, as Paddy Bauler once famously said, “Chicago ain’t ready for reform,” but the avatar of the Chicago Machine and the spiritual heir of Hinky-Dink Kenna and Bathhouse John Coughlin certainly thinks America is ready for reform. But let’s let Steyn pick up the story: Why is he doing this? Why let “health” “care” “reform” stagger on like the rotting husk in a low-grade creature feature who refuses to stay dead no matter how many stakes you pound through his chest? Because it’s worth it. Big time. I’ve been saying in this space for two years that the governmentalization of health care is the fastest way to a permanent left-of-center political culture. It redefines the relationship between the citizen and the state in fundamental ways that make limited government all but impossible. Republicans seem to have difficulty grasping this basic dynamic. Less than three months ago, they were stunned at the way the Democrats managed to get 60 senators to vote for the health bill. Then Scott Brown took them back down to 59, and Republicans were again stunned to find the Dems talking about ramming this thing into law through the parliamentary device of “reconciliation.” And, when polls showed an ever larger number of Americans ever more opposed to Obamacare (by margins approaching three-to-one), Republicans were further stunned to discover that, in order to advance “reconciliation,” Democrat reconsiglieres had apparently been offering (illegally) various cosy Big Government sinecures to swing-state congressmen in order to induce them to climb into the cockpit for the kamikaze raid to push the bill through. The Democrats understand that politics is not just about Tuesday evenings every other November, but about everything else, too. Naturally, the in-the-tank Washington press corps doesn’t get it; it’s too busy charting the minutiae of the horse-race and the nose-count. But even a heartland rube knows that when an amoral, sociopathic, malignant narcissist — in other words, a typical graduate of the Punahou School, Columbia College, and Harvard Law — tells you he’s doing something for your own good, it’s time consider alternative motives. Read the whole thing. And, while you’re at it, read this New York Times puff piece about Obama’s brain, David Axelrod, the former Chicago Tribune reporter who has made a handsome living working both sides of the street and already seems to be eyeballing the exits, ready to bolt as soon as the Commander-in-Chief announces, “Mission Accomplished.” Your thoughts welcome here. bigjournalism.com

To: Alighieri who wrote (553581)	3/7/2010 12:51:38 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572369

'WHAT KIND OF MAN IS PARKER GRIFFITH?'.... In general, it's pretty easy to ignore the weekly Republican address. But this week's was a little more interesting than most, not because of what was said, but because of who was saying it. In 2008, Republicans ripped apart Parker Griffith's medical practice in a brutal campaign ad, saying he dosed patients so he could make more money. A campaign advertisement said he was "warehousing cancer patients." The National Republican Congressional Committee called Griffith's conduct shameful and said he "can't be trusted." That was when Griffith was a Democrat. On Saturday, Griffith will give the Republican radio address on health care - some two months after he switched parties to become a Republican. Now, I can appreciate why Griffith might seem like an appealing messenger for Republicans to present to the public. To have a right-wing doctor, who used to be a Democrat, attacking health care reform with all kinds of nonsense -- substantively, the GOP address is one big lie -- probably looked like a sound strategy on paper. But it's that recent history that keeps getting in the way. Not quite two years ago, Republicans ran an ad accusing Griffith, a medical doctor, of "warehousing cancer patients," and causing "unwarranted pain and suffering" so he could "make more profits." Republicans asked at the time, "What kind of man is Parker Griffith?" and then answered their own question, describing Griffith as someone who "can't be trusted." But as long as we're here, let's take this just a little further. In 2004, Parker Griffith was so supportive of Democratic health care reform efforts, he donated $1,500 to Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. Two years later, then-State Senator Parker Griffith proudly proclaimed himself an enthusiastic supporter of "health care for all of the citizens." And in 2008, with the Democratic Party running on a platform of health care reform, Griffith ran and won as a Democratic candidate, and had nary a discouraging word to say about the party's approach to fixing the dysfunctional health care system. But now we're supposed to believe Griffith considers the Democratic proposal a "massive government takeover of health care." Sure, Parker, tell us another one. "What kind of man is Parker Griffith?" That's hard to say for sure, but words like "honesty" and "integrity" don't come to mind.