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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (4393)	7/26/2013 5:11:12 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

YES SIR.

To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (4393)	7/26/2013 5:34:34 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

IRS Employees Union 'Very Concerned' About Being Required To Enroll In Obamacare's Health Insurance Exchanges by Avik Roy 7/26/2013 forbes.com In the private sector, many workers are concerned about losing their employer-sponsored health insurance coverage, and being dumped into Obamacare’s subsidized insurance exchanges. Two weeks ago, representatives of three large labor unions fired off a harsh letter to Democratic leaders in Congress, complaining that Obamacare would “shatter…our hard-earned health benefits” and create “nightmare scenarios” for their members. Today, we learn that the National Treasury Employees Union—the union that includes employees of the Internal Revenue Service—is asking its members to write letters to their Congressmen, stating that they are “very concerned” about legislative efforts requiring IRS and Treasury employees to enroll in the Obamacare exchanges. “I am a federal employee and one of your constituents,” the letter begins. “I am very concerned about legislation that has been introduced by Congressman Dave Camp to push federal employees out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and into the insurance exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).” Rep. Dave Camp (R., Mich.), the representative referred to in the letter, is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the committee in the House that is responsible for tax legislation. (Obamacare’s insurance subsidies are technically tax credits.) In April, Camp introduced legislation to put all federal employees on the exchanges, in response to reports that members of Congress and their staff were seeking an exemption from the provision in Obamacare that requires them to enroll in the exchanges. “If the ObamaCare exchanges are good enough for the hardworking Americans and small businesses the law claims to help, then they should be good enough for the president, vice president, Congress, and federal employees,” said Camp’s spokeswoman in a statement at the time. There is one legitimate issue regarding members of Congress and their staff enrolling in the exchanges. Today, federal employees are offered subsidies, or vouchers, which they can use to shop for insurance on the popular federal employees’ exchange, called the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. Because Obamacare was drafted so hastily, it’s not clear whether the law allows similar subsidies to flow to federal employees on the Obamacare exchanges. We’re still awaiting a ruling from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on that front. For inexplicable reasons, OPM has not clarified whether or not the government will be allowed to funnel subsidies through the Obamacare exchanges. Nonetheless, it would be a very good thing for some federal employees to eat their own cooking, especially those who work for Congress, the IRS and the Department of Health and Human Services. They’re the ones who are writing the Obamacare regulations; they’re the ones who, in many cases, wrote the law itself. The IRS enforces Obamacare’s individual mandate and eligibility for the exchange subsidies, among other provisions. They should be required to enroll in the same Obamacare exchanges that tens of millions of private citizens will have to. They should have to experience the same premium increases and limited flexibility that other Americans will endure there. Maybe then, we’ll start to build a constituency for market-based reform.

To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (4393)	7/26/2013 6:56:40 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Obamacare Call Center Will Not Offer Healthcare Benefits to Employees .............................................................................................................. nationalreview.com ^ Obamacare Call Center Will Not Offer Healthcare Benefits to Employees By Eliana Johnson July 26, 2013 6:27 PM In order to ensure Americans understand how to access the benefits available to them when many provisions of the Affordable Care Act go online October 1, the Obama administration announced last month that it is setting up a call center that will be accessible to Americans 24 hours a day. One branch of that call center will be located in California’s Contra Costa County, where, reportedly, 7,000 people applied for the 204 jobs. According to the Contra Costa Times, however, “about half the jobs are part-time, with no health benefits — a stinging disappointment to workers and local politicians who believed the positions would be full-time.” The county supervisor, Karen Mitchoff, called the hiring process “a comedy of errors” and said she “never dreamed [the jobs] would be part-time.” The Times indicates that a job posting advertised all of the jobs as full-time, and one call center employee, who said no reason for the apparent change was provided, told the paper, ”It reminded me of that George Clooney movie where he goes around the country firing people (‘Up in the Air’). The woman said, ‘I know you were led to believe you would be full-time, but things have changed…You are actually ‘part-time intermittent.’” The Contra Costa employees are currently in training, and the call center — one of three based in California — is set to go live on October 1.

To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (4393)	7/26/2013 6:57:50 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Obama’s Plan: One Nation, Under Government

To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (4393)	7/27/2013 1:10:56 PM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Recommended By Cage Rattler Shoot1st Woody_Nickels Respond to of 16547

New Democrat Recruiting Poster ..................................................................................................................................................................... The Democrats new recruiting poster is out....

To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (4393)	7/27/2013 1:55:26 PM
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Bill Ayers, reincarnated ACORN ask United Nations to intervene in Chicago school closings ................................................................................................ news.yahoo.com Noted American terrorist and left-wing radical Bill Ayers is among the signatories of a letter calling on the United Nations to probe the closing of 49 Chicago elementary schools based on claims that it is causing massive human rights violations. The “letter of allegation” is 24 pages long and contains 17 footnotes. The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights sent the missive to the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland this week. The Coalition is a network of over 50 organizations united to fight “serious human rights violations occurring in the United States.” A number of individuals and organizations sponsored the letter. In addition to Ayers, others signers of the letter include four people associated with Action Now, an Illinois community-organizing group that split off from ACORN just before it dissolved because of financial problems and scandals. As Eagnews.org notes, still another endorser is Michael Klonsky, a former leader of Students for a Democratic Society also a former chairman of a Maoist organization called “Communist Party (Marxist Leninist).” Sital Kalantry, a clinical law professor at University of Chicago Law School who actually filed the letter with the U.N., told Chicago public radio station WBEZ her view that the school closings violate the inalienable fundamental rights of thousands of affected Chicago schoolchildren. “The United Nations taking this issue up and giving it serious attention will really bring home to Chicago and the United States that there are violations occurring here of human rights, potentially, not just about a budget crisis,” said Kalantry. The letter argues that the 49 school closings violate human rights because they affect black families disproportionately, because they force students to cross gang lines to get to the new schools they will attend, because class sizes will be slightly larger and because the school closings happened despite the objections of some people. The dispatch asks the U.N. to “urge the United States to investigate and prevent these human rights violations.” It’s not clear how or if the U.N.’s human rights office will act. The U.N. has no power to direct or regulate any federal, state or municipal government in the United States. The international body is, of course, free to conduct inquiries and issue findings, however. The commissioner currently occupying the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights is Navanethem Pillay of South Africa, a country where a ruthless system of racial segregation was institutional and legal until the early 1990s. According to the United Nations’ own 2012 Human Development data, the United States ranks “very high” in human development—third, in fact, sandwiched between Australia and the Netherlands. South Africa, on the other hand, has attained mere “medium” human development. The country is ranked 121st, between Kiribati and Vanuatu—and behind Mongolia, Algeria and Azerbaijan. Chicago Public Schools did not immediately respond to the letter. The legal foundation underlying the letter of allegation involves a number of conventions and covenants to which the United States and Chicago have attached themselves. The United States government has ratified the U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (with a number of important reservations), for example. The federal government also made the U.S. a party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. That document was also ratified with reservations, though, and it was interpreted as only implying rights already guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution. In 2009, the Chicago City Council passed a resolution adopting the international body’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, notes WBEZ. The resolution instructed all city agencies to develop policies consistent with it. Kalantry told the public radio station that the nation and the city must now act in accordance with these covenants. On their faces, none of the covenants appear to prohibit the closure of elementary schools in the face of massive budget problems. In May, the Chicago Board of Education voted 6-0 to shutter 48 elementary schools, reports the Chicago Tribune. (The vote was closer for a 49th elementary school.) All affected students will transfer to new schools next fall. (RELATED: It’s official: Chicago Public Schools will close 49 elementary schools for good) The school closings are the centerpiece in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s long-term plan to close the $1 billion budget deficit currently facing the city. The Chicago Teachers Union, which staged a strike last fall for higher wages and to protect employees from layoffs, has been furious about the closings. In June, union president Karen Lewis gave a blistering speech excoriating racism and ‘rich white people’ for the financial crisis facing the city’s schools. (RELATED: Chicago teachers union chief faults ‘rich white people’ for city’s education mess)

To: Woody_Nickels who wrote (4393)	7/27/2013 3:37:17 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

. Trayvon Martin's parents join National Bar Ass. news conference ................................................................................................................................... Oralando Sentinel ^ \| July 27, 2013 \| Staff Writer The National Bar Association will hold a news conference Monday in South Florida to discuss legal issues surrounding the George Zimmerman trial and the implications of the stand-your-ground law. Trayvon Martin's parents, along with their attorney, Benjamin Crump, association President John E. Page and religious leaders will attend the news conference. . . . "The verdict," Page said in a statement. "says an unarmed college-bound Black teen can be profiled, stalked, confronted and killed by an armed neighborhood watchman with hollow tip point bullets. (Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ... This organization is: "the nation's oldest and largest association of African American lawyers and judges", its not the ABA. So, Trayvon was now apparently "college-bound". Wow - who would have thought? The myth continues to expand... 1 posted on Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:15:28 PM by kevcol The National Bar Association wants a piece of the Trayvon Martin, Inc. action. 3 posted on Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:22:48 PM by A.A. Cunningham To: kevcol “The verdict,” Page said in a statement. “says an unarmed college-bound Black teen can be profiled, stalked, confronted and killed by an armed neighborhood watchman with hollow tip point bullets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ College Bound? Right. Sure. Uh-huh. I could see Trayvon at college. Not enrolled of course. Just wandering around at night, with his Skittles and Arizona Tea, in the rain, looking in windows. Makes. Perfect. Sense. 4 posted on Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:25:33 PM by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and To: kevcol Just ambulance chasers doing what ambulance chasers do.and they wonder why they are generally held is such low regard. Go figure... 5 posted on Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:27:15 PM by gov_bean_ counter To: kevcol College bound?????HAAHAHHHHHHhhhAHA HA ha hA Ha ha ha haaaaaa 6 posted on Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:30:13 PM by Mr. K (4 election) [ Post Reply \| Private Reply \| To 1 \| View Replies \| Report Abuse] To: Responsibility2nd "college-bound" is a laugh ............. “The verdict,” Page said in a statement. “says an unarmed college-bound Black teen can be profiled, stalked, confronted and killed by an armed neighborhood watchman with hollow tip point bullets "and" must be the acronym for jumping a man and trying to bash his face in the ground. 7 posted on Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:30:42 PM by GeronL