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To: bentway who wrote (648552)	3/22/2012 11:14:14 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577924

So, you're FOR non-profit insurance companies, Dave? Their system sounds like Obamacare, but for THAT. I have no problem with nonprofit health insurance companies. There are tons of them in the United States. And the profits of insurance companies in the overall health care economy are trivial in amount. The five biggest health insurance companies in 2010 made a total of $12 Billion on a gross health care economy of 2.4 Trillion. It just doesn't amount to anything. But it does NOT sound like Obamacare. At all.

To: bentway who wrote (648552)	3/22/2012 11:15:51 AM
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Obama to bypass Congress, Give $1.5B of your taxes to Muslim Brotherhood Posted on March 22, 2012 by creeping via Obama Bypasses Congress, Gives $1.5 Billion to Muslim Brotherhood. During a trip through Colorado in December of last year, President Obama spoke of his intention to implement his economic policies with or without the approval of Congress. Said Obama, “And where Congress is not willing to act, we’re going to go ahead and do it ourselves.” It now appears that such a mindset applies not only to economic matters but to the distribution of foreign aid as well–in particular, foreign military aid for the Muslim Brotherhood, who now hold the reigns in Egypt. Congress has restricted and, in fact, halted military aid to Egypt until and “unless the State Department certifies that Egypt is making progress on basic freedoms and human rights.” After all, Christians and other practitioners of non-Islamic religions have had a tough go of it there. And of course, many Egyptian officials harbor such hatred toward the U.S. that one of the candidates for the Egyptian presidency has openly referred to America as the “infidel country” in media interviews. Nevertheless, the news breaking now is that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will soon announce that President Obama will “ resume funding for Egypt’s military, despite Congressional restrictions and objections from human rights and democracy advocates.” Even Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), a man with whom I’ve never agreed on anything, sees the foolishness of this endeavor: “I believe [sending the aid] would be a mistake. The new [restrictions were] intended to put the United States squarely on the side of the Egyptian people who seek a civilian government that respects fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, and to clearly define the terms of our future relations with the Egyptian military.” Who knows; perhaps the Obama administration can also circumvent Congress and give the Iranians some nuclear materials or give Hamas some advanced weaponry? I know both ideas sound crazy, but they’re no crazier than giving $1.5 billion in military aid to the Muslim Brotherhood. Not sure how many of you actually contact your elected officials and not even sure that has any affect any more with The Ascendence Of Sociopaths In US Governance.