OK, the IRS is going to be the enforcement arm of ObamaCare, yet they were caught with the medical records of 10,000,000 patients. Weasel Zippers has more… Via Healthcare IT News: The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges. According to a report by Courthousenews.com, an unnamed HIPAA-covered entity in California is suing the IRS, alleging that some 60 million medical records from 10 million patients were stolen by 15 IRS agents. The [...]
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Democrats are getting nervous about the 42 percent that are unaware of ObamaCare
For the last few weeks some Democrats have been expressing their deep concerns about the implementation of ObamaCare. During a budget hearing that featured Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius,one of the law’s chief architects Senator Max Baucus stated that he sees a huge train wreck coming in regards to implementation of ObamaCare. And the full impact of this train wreck will be felt by the midterm elections in 2014. Making matters much worse for the Democrats was a recent poll by Kaiser Family Foundation that revealed that 42 percent of Americans are unaware that ObamaCare is still the [...]
Regal Entertainment Group Reduces Worker Hours to Comply with ObamaCare
It’s a shame that so many Obama voter are suffering the consequences of their vote. But, then again, being a “low information voter” is a choice. The information was out there, freely available. People could have looked up the facts and known that they were in for it if the voted Democrat. But, too many listened to the MSM, or their union boss, and now, they are paying the price-literally and figuratively. FOX News has the latest example, the Regal Entertainment Group, The nation’s largest movie theater chain has cut the hours of thousands of employees, saying in a company [...]
“I Promise!!” Barack Obama’s Great Deception on Obamacare Premiums
Remember way back to the 2008 Presidential campaign? Then Senator Obama made a promise, one he repeated over and over for the next few years. Here’s a reminder of what he said: “If you’ve got insurance through your employer, you can keep your insurance. We estimate we can cut the average family’s premium by about $2,500 per year. If you don’t have health insurance, then we’re going to provide you the option of buying into the same kind of federal pool that both Sen. McCain and I enjoy as federal employees. We’re going to make sure insurance companies can’t discriminate [...]
Mark Levin wants John Boehner and the Republican Leadership Removed M
Most of you know I’m no fan of John Boehner. It was an epic failure by the House Republicans when they voted him back in as Speaker this past January. The Republicans once again let an opportunity get away from them to turn this thing around and make a difference. Today I was listening to Sean Hannity on the radio and he was interviewing John Boehner. Nothing Boehner said inspired or gave me hope as a conservative. He is the poster child for the establishment and as long as he remains as Speaker of the House conservatism will suffer. Today [...]
Donna Brazile Runs Into ObamaCare Reality: Denies it
I really love it when a liberal runs face first into reality, and has no clue that their policies created that reality. The latest victim of this cognitive dissonance is Donna Brazile, the current DNC vice- Chair. Nice Deb has info on Ms. Brazile’s recent brush with reality… Now, how could she had known that her premiums were going to go up? Could she have been warned? Well, friends, those types of warnings are a speciality here at the CH2.0. Elections have Consequences: Health Insurance Premiums to Hit $20,000? ObamaCare Damage: Health Insurance Premiums to Double? Maybe They Should Have [...]
It’s Sequester Madness!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m getting a tad bit tired of all the sequester madness. What? You don’t know what sequester madness is? Oh dear, let me fill you in. The sequester is automatic spending cuts that happen id the Republicans in the House fail to compromise give in to every Democratic whim or demand. However, the cuts in the sequester itself represents only the tiniest fraction of government spending. In fact, there was probably more Porkulus money that went to places that don’t exist, than are in the sequester. To further educate the good [...]
Obamacare and National Debt Screw Over Obama’s Biggest Supporters
Even though I am a teacher and daily spend my time around youth, I simply don’t understand their voting choices. Last election, according to exit poll samples of people 29 and under voted for Barack Obama by a margin of 60% to 36%. And youth voters made up 19 percent of all those who voted, according to the early National Exit Poll conducted by Edison Research, which is higher than normal. This sort of large and decisive turnout of the youth for President Obama is surprising to me because his policies are destroying their future. As evidence, let’s look at [...]
Welcome to the World of ObamaCare: The 29er’s and the 49er’s
As ObamaCare continues to hit the country, we are seeing some new terminology emerge. To get there, here is more from the WSJ… Welcome to the strange new world of small-business hiring under ObamaCare. The law requires firms with 50 or more “full-time equivalent workers” to offer health plans to employees who work more than 30 hours a week. (The law says “equivalent” because two 15 hour a week workers equal one full-time worker.) Employers that pass the 50-employee threshold and don’t offer insurance face a $2,000 penalty for each uncovered worker beyond 30 employees. So by hiring the 50th [...]
ObamaCare Damage: Universal Studios Part-Time Workers to Lose Coverage
It seem that the part-time workers at Universal Studios Orlando are going to lose their insurance at the end of next year. The culprit? ObamaCare! The Lid has more… Universal Studios Orlando provides limited health insurance for it’s part time workers…or at least will until the end of the year. The theme park announced that it will stop offering medical insurance to part-time employees beginning next year, a move the resort says has been forced by Obamacare. Universal currently offers part-time workers a limited insurance plan that has low premiums but also caps the payout of benefits. For instance, Universal’s [...]
Jezebel Writer Provides List of Conservative Companies That are Resisting ObamaCare Birth Control Mandates
You have to love it when the liberals do the leg work for us. As Mockerena, from Chicks on the Right points out, JM Baker or Jezebel did a lot of research, and created a list of (gasp) “Conservative companies” that are fighting the ObamaCare mandate to provide birth control. Mockerena has more… Katie JM Baker writes for Jezebel.com and I want to offer her my most HEARTFELT THANKS for doing a bunch of work for me that I no longer have to do. You see, she wrote a blistering column against the “bigoted” companies who are daring to fight [...]
Paul Krugman Advocates for “non-existent” Death Panels Again
If you recall, Paul Krugman, the uber-liberal economist that never met a stimulus he didn’t like, was caught supporting “death panels” on the This Week Program. That was in 2011. Well, he was caught again. Doug Ross (no relation) and Weasel Zippers have the details… I’m guessing that Sparky McEnron didn’t realize he was being videotaped: Eventually we do have a problem. That the population is getting older, health care costs are rising… there is this question of how we’re going to pay for the programs. The year 2025, the year 2030, something is going to have to give… We’re [...]
Hey Smokers, Look at How ObamaCare Might Jack up Your Premiums!
As you all recall, Nancy Pelosi told the House that they had to pass ObamaCare to see what is in it. So, they passed it, and within the tangled web of lies, deceit and failure, there is a poison pill for those that are smokers. Our good friend at Wyblog has the info… Hey smokers, has anyone told you about Obamacare’s 50% insurance premium surcharge yet? Starting next year health insurers can charge smokers 50% more. Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama’s health care law, according to experts [...]
Willie Wonka Shuts Down his Chocolate Factory
Famed billionaire industrialist Willie Wonka has shut down his chocolate factory, throwing hundreds of Oompa-Loompas out of work and denying children throughout the world his candy bars. “I didn’t have much of a choice” said Wonka. The EPA was coming after me. The government raised my taxes because they wanted me to pay my “fair share” whatever the hell that means. With the health reform law taking effect I had to pay a fine if I didn’t give the Oompa-Loompas birth control. I tell you it’s just a mess. And I’m not the only one who feels that way. I’ve [...]
Happy Year 2013! We’re in Trouble!
I’d like to take the moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year. However, I might want to add that my wish is by no means a guarantee. I fear that 2013 is going to be a terrible year, and it will result in hardships of all sorts. Here are some of my reasons… 1. Fiscal Cliff jumping: It appears that we are going to go off the “fiscal cliff.” What does that mean? It means that Obama’s negotiating position was “give me exactly what I want, and nothing less.” The members of the stupid party, however, made many concessions, [...]
Warning: ObamaCare Tax Hikes Strike in 2013
My opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) was based on the fact that it used the state to seize property from citizens and use that property to abort babies and encourage old people to die already all while lessening an individuals choices in their own healthcare. Because of its attack on life, liberty, and property rights, I opposed it, in addition to believing that it was unconstitutional and unaffordable. It remains all of these and more, and in addition billions of very real tax hikes hit a range of Americans starting in 2013, which are going to cost my [...]
Maybe They Should Have Read it: ObamaCare Causes Massive Increase in Health Insurance Premiums
We’ve covered it before, and it’s still happening. Health insurance premiums have taken off with the impending implementation of ObamaCare, and don’t appear to be slowing anytime soon. We covered the beginning of this just recently. ObamaCare Damage: Health Insurance Premiums Rise Under Obama Elections Have Consequences: “Startling Rate Increases” Due to ObamaCare However, our friend Wyblog has the latest. Obamacare: You get less than half the value at more than twice the price! I think Democrats call that “fairness”. Meanwhile in California, rates are going up twenty percent next year. Blue Shield of California is calling for a 20% rate hike on [...]
Elections Have Consequences: “Startling Rate Increases” Due to ObamaCare
We’ve been writing about the damage that ObamaCare will do for two years now. For the latest, “startling rate increases” are being promised. Here are the details from Cato at Liberty, via Doug Ross (no relation) The invaluable Robert Laszweski: The Affordable Care Act: Ten Months to Launch “Obamacare”––Get Ready for Some Startling Rate Increases [...] I conducted an informal survey of a number of insurers…None of the people I talked to are academics or work for a think tank. None of them are in the spin business inside the Beltway. Every one of them has the responsibility for coming [...]
Government to Regulate Junk Food?
If you let the government control your health care, they can start making and justifying all sorts of demands. Like, for example, maybe they can regulate what you ear-even the junk food! Gateway Pundit has more… The Washington Examiner reported: Larry Summers, chair of the White House National Economic Council when the 2009 stimulus was developed, suggested that President Obama will eventually tax and regulate junk food to drive people to eat more healthily — although he dinged First Lady Michelle Obama’s healthy foods initiative. “I think there is no question that the way Americans eat and what Americans weigh is a big [...]
Just in Case You Don’t Know Why ObamaCare Kills Jobs…
I’ve seen quite a bit of shock lately, as liberals see how ObamaCare is actually functioning in practice. With it’s key components kicking in in just a short period of time, employees are cutting hours, and laying off workers. While Conservative bloggers and other outlets have been discussing this for over a year, most of the public are now seeing the results, after it is too late. For a good wrap-up of what is happening, kindly consider this, from Chicks on the Right… In case you weren’t already painfully aware, here’s the skinny on why unemployment will skyrocket in the [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Hello Americans of all races, religions and sexual preferences! I am Kathleen Sebelius the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. And yes, I am a human woman. No. I am not a Romulan woman who’s had her ears scaled back. I am a fully functioning human though many have mistaken me for a Romulan. Silly isn’t it? I mean I’m not even closely related to Vulcans like the Romulans are. Look, I am not an animal, I am a human being! So knock it off! Anyway. What did I want to talk about? Oh yes. As you [...]
War on Christians Escalates: Judge Forces Hobby Lobby to Violate Beliefs
Notice that there seems to be a war on Christianity under way? Well, the folks at Hobby lobby have noticed, as they went to court to escape the the ObamaCare regulations that require them to provide coverage for the abortion pill. Unfortunately, it seems that at least one federal judge seems t think that Religious Freedom really doesn’t exist. LifeNews reported: A federal judge has issued a ruling siding with the Obama administration saying that it has the right to force Hobby Lobby, a Christian-owned and run company, to pay for drugs for women that may cause abortions. The privately held [...]
Layoff Update: Over 75,000 Lose Their Jobs Since Obama’s Election Day Victory
Categorize this under “elections have consequences.” There is news on the layoff front. In the few days since President Obama won his surprising, fraud filled victory, over 75,000 people lost their jobs. Breitbart has more… The Department of Labor has announced that new jobless claims rose by a staggering 78,000 in the first week after the election, reaching a seasonally-adjusted total of 439,000. Over the past year, and in the weeks leading up to the election, jobless claims were said to be declining, dipping as low as 339,000, with the media proclaiming that they had reached the “lowest level in more [...]
Catholic Bishop Promises Civil Disobedience if ObamaCare Abortion Mandates Enforced
It appears that the Catholic Church is gearing up for a showdown against the Obama Administration, especially when it comes to the ObamaCare mandates concerning abortion. Gateway Pundit has more… Catholic.org reported: Martin Luther King’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” (April 16, 1963) is one of our nation’s elegant testimonies to the political implications of our Declaration of Independence: “One may want to ask: ‘How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?’ The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One [...]
Small Business Owners Explain Why ObamaCare Causes Cuts in Hours and Layoffs
As the layoffs continue to mount, and the left continues to blame everyone/everything but Obama’s policies, business people continue to attempt to explain the situation. FOX News has the video. Why FOX News? Because the other networks won’t cover it! Of course, leftists will probably promise to boycott these businesses, and try to put them under. Because, as we all know, putting all of the workers in the unemployment line is far better than some of them losing their jobs. As far as I can ascertain, it must be a twist on the normal liberal fairness meme. You see, if some losing their jobs, and others [...]
Elections Have Consequences: Let the Layoffs Begin!
In the run up to the election we had covered how many companies had planned layoffs due to Obama’s policies, as well as those that planned layoffs in the event that Obama was re-elected. And, just as predicted, it has begun. Here are a set of links and excerpts… Small Businessman Lays off Workers to Avoid ObamaCare Taxes… The HuffPo has the story… The man identified himself as Stu, without giving a last name, and said he owns a small aviation services company. He told C-SPAN’s Washington Journal that he“simply can’t afford” to run his business if he has to comply [...]
Kroger to Slash Hours of Workers to Avoid ObamaCare Penalites
If you are an hourly worker at Kroger, there is a good chance that your hours will either cut, or your chances of becoming a full time worker are nil. And the cause for this? ObamaCare! Dung Ross (no relation), has more… To give you a sense of Kroger’s size and importance, its sales last year were $90 billion and it employs nearly 350,000 people. Most of its jobs are hourly and the vast majority of workers are neither millionaires or billionaires. Faith is a mid-level manager at Kroger and reports the dire news: Last week we found out that, [...]
ObamaCare Damage: Parent of Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouse to Limit Worker’s Hours
In the latest example of ObamaCare Damage, workers at select Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouses are seeing their hours cut to avoid the penalties under the big government health care law. The Orlando Sentinel has more… In an experiment apparently aimed at keeping down the cost of health-care reform, Orlando-based Darden Restaurants has stopped offering full-time schedules to many hourly workers in at least a few Olive Gardens, Red Lobsters and LongHorn Steakhouses. … In an emailed statement, Darden said staffing changes are “just one of the many things we are evaluating to help us address the cost implications health care reform will have on our business. There are still many [...]
Steve Rattner, Former Obama Adviser, Calls for Death Panels
For something that supposedly does not exist, there are a lot of people advocating for “Death Panels.” I caught this last week, but is still well worth noting today, but the Lonely Conservative has the tale of the Rattner that cried “Death Panel!” Glenn Beck spotted an op-ed written by former adviser Steven Rattner that appeared in The New York Times a few days ago. It’s amazing that this hasn’t gotten more attention. (Thanks to Jan R. for the tip.) An op/ed that ran in the New York Times earlier this month has made a startling declaration: “We need death panels.” The claim comes from [...]
Paul Ryan Mentions IPAB, and Think Progress Seems to Think it Wrong
Think Progress (More correctly: Think Regress) seems to be a tad bit upset that Paul Ryan discussed the death panels, also known as IPAB, with a group of seniors. I guess we can’t be letting granny know that it’s the Democrats that plan on offing them, can we? Here is what the propagandists at Think Regress thought of Paul Ryan’s speech… Paul Ryan likened a mechanism to control health care spending to “death panels,” during a town hall at the University of Central Florida in Orlando on Saturday. After listening to Ryan repeatedly call for the repeal of the Affordable [...]
Obama Crafts “For All” Meme, With Some Notable Exceptions
In an apparent response to Romney’s 47% speech, team Obama has created a rather creepy meme-”For All.” He seems to be suggesting that his campaign is “for all” Americans. The Hill has more… In contrast, the Obama campaign said Obama is “for all” Americans. “’For All’ illustrates the shared values of the president and young Americans across the country: that if we work together, we can continue to move this country forward,” reads a release from the Obama campaign. “Working together, we can continue to restore the strongest middle class the world has ever known — the promise that [...]
College Students Hammered by ObamaCare-Just in Time for the Election
Yesterday, I asked the question, which is worse, being Obama’s enemy, or his friend? That line resonates a bit more today, given that college students, who overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008, are being repaid for that support-in higher insurance rates thanks to ObamaCare. The Lonely Conservative has more… College students who purchase their health insurance policies through their colleges may be in for a shock when they get the bill. Colleges all over the country are raising premiums drastically to cover the costs associated with Obamacare. In North Carolina, where Democrats are hoping young voters will help them win the [...]
Creepy Democrat Video Channels Mussolini?
Michelle Malkin has a rather creepy Democrat video that seems to mirror some of the sentiments expresses by none other than Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Here is the video… Now, Democrats will likely tell you that it really means that we are all part of the government. However, I believe it to be more of a Freudian slip. With government becoming more and more powerful and pervasive, we are approaching the point at which we really do BELONG to the government. After all, how many more people rely on government for food, shelter, education, and medical care? And, if the government has the power to [...]
Why Obama and the Democrats are going to lose the Medicare debate…
Nancy Pelosi once said of Obamacare that we had to pass it so we can find out what’s in it. Well one of the big stink bombs that the Democrats don’t want to talk about is the massive cuts they made to Medicare when they passed Obamacare. These cuts were designed to keep Obamacare deficit neutral and was a key provision that helped both the House and Senate pass the the bill in March 2010. In fact in the below video President Obama stated that he would veto the bill if there was any attempt to undo the cuts to [...]
Let’s Save America
If Paul Revere were alive today, he wouldn’t be warning us that the redcoats are coming — he’d be telling us they’re already here. And these days, it’s not the crimson coats that identify the enemy — it’s their black totalitarian hearts. One of this era’s night watchmen is Ulsterman’s White House Insider. WHI, apocryphal or not, has been accurately tolling the alarm bell for some time. Some excerpts from Ulsterman’s latest report: “We Got One Last Chance Here To Make It Right” [...] WHI: … I’ll say it to you again and again – Obama ain’t no Democrat. Never was. Never has been. He controls the party…people who [...]
Great Moments in Civil Discourse: Man Attacks Christians Protesting ObamaCare
Apparently, at least one guy thinks that Christians have no right to protest ObamaCare. Gateway Pundit has the details… We don’t yet know who the attacker is, or what his affiliations are, but he clearly isn’t following the President’s call for “civility.” Related posts: Great Moments in Civil Discourse: Child Abuse Edition Great Moments in Civil Discourse: Left Protesters Show Some Class-Not! Great Moments in Civil Discourse: Pro-Life Women are “Men with Breasts?” Yes, According to PA State Legislator Great Moments in Civil Discourse: Wisconsin Democrat Threatens to "Smack Around" Female (Would be) Constituent Great Moments in Civil Discourse: Abortion [...]
List of Ways Government Can Now Control You After Obamatax Decisions
The real tragedy of the recent decision on Obamatax is not that it was upheld on the grounds that the government has the right to regulate commercial activity and thus can make people engage in commercial activity (a line of reasoning that I disagreed with but would see how the backwards folk out there would come to), but that it was upheld because the anything that might be considered a tax is always legal (or some such grounds- like clear thinking really matters any more in this political world). The door has been opened- to both Republicans and Democrats and [...]
The power still resides in the people…see the Founding Fathers
Last week the constitution and our individual liberties took a beating. Rumors that Justice Roberts switched his position because of pressure from outside forces are beginning to surface. If this is the case, and John Roberts caved because he feared how he and the court would be perceived by the left, then we are in deep trouble as a nation. Supreme Court Justices must remain above opinions of both the left and right and examine the law strictly based on its constitutional merit. They must do this without fear of reprisal. This is why the founders established life time appointments [...]
John Roberts: Missing the Mark or Right on Target?
When I first heard that Obamacare along with the individual mandate was found to be constitutional I was shocked. When I learned that one of our own, Justice John Roberts crossed over to the dark side in a 5-4 ruling I was appalled. The end of liberty was at hand. The great experiment had finally unraveled and the republic our founders gave us we could not keep. I couldn’t believe Justice Roberts ruled that the individual mandate was constitutional because he interpreted that the penalty imposed was actually a tax and within the constitutional authority of the congress to levy [...]
Valerie Jarrett Admits the Personal Mandate is a Tax
But, they insisted on calling it something else. When I started the original Conservative Hideout, I often spoke of “calling it something else.” It’s one of the ways that the left repackages their failed ideas. Simply put, they shine up the excrement, and slap a different name on it. They didn’t call the personal mandate a tax (in fact, they denied that it was a tax), but they went to court and argued that it was. Then, when the court said, OK, it’s a tax, the administration came out and said that it still isn’t a tax. So, just to follow along; [...]
ObamaCare Damage, a Glimpse of out Future: NHS Commits De facto Euthanasia with 130,000 a Year
Now that ObamaCare has been deemed “constitutional” by the SCOTUS, we have some more glimpses into out future. There are many aspects to this future that are rather chilling. The latest is the revelation that the British NHS commits an informal form of euthanasia to deal with the overcrowding and lack of resources in their single payer system. Life News has the details… Shocking news from England today has top NHS officials indicating doctors acting in the UK government-run health program annually kill as many as 130,000 patients prematurely because of overcrowding at hospitals, medical clinics and nursing homes. Professor [...]
The Dream Is Over: SCOTUS Says You’re No Longer Free
THESE 9 PEOPLE JUST TOLD YOU TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE This is no longer America. You no longer have the opportunity for the American Dream. You, we, me — we’re all slaves now. The Supreme Court of the United States of America has just made it official. Congress has abandoned you. The executive branch has abandoned you. SCOTUS has abandoned you. The lapdog media has abandoned you. I had hopes, coming into today, that SCOTUS would uphold the rule of law, that the President of the United States and his Congresscriminal henchmen (and women) would not be allowed to rule you like [...]
ObamaCare’s Latest Casualty: Catholic University Drops Health Coverage Due to ObamaCare
Remember when we were all told that under ObamaCare, if you liked your plan, you could keep it? As we predicted then, a ton of people are going to lose their plan. And, just as we predicted, it is predictable and intentional. For the latest example, The Blaze has coverage of Fransciscan University in Stuebenville Ohio… Franciscan University, a Catholic institution in Steubensville, Ohio, is claiming that Obamacare has forced the school to end its student heath insurance program. The massive health care overhaul, the university says, has led to cost increases that no longer make offering the program a [...]
Is Obama propping up Medicare Advantage until after the election?
The Democrats are screaming that Paul Ryan’s plan to save Medicare will gut Medicare and kill grandma and grandpa. The problem with that argument is that the Democrats have already dealt a serious blow to Medicare Advantage when they rammed Obamacare through Congress back in March 2010. The American Healthcare Education Coalition (AHEC) is a national non-profit, public-interest organization that pushes for free market solutions to our healthcare issues. They analyzed the impact Obamacare would have on Medicare Advantage and below is an except from their study. The cuts to Medicare Advantage begin right away, with payment rates frozen in [...]
If I Could Be Dictator Instead Of Obama
I don’t think there is much doubt that President Barack Obama wants to be a dictator. He has behaved very dictatorially ever since he was sworn into office. He started by forcing through the Affordable Care Act the people didn’t want. He ignored orders from a federal judge on his moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, he intentionally makes appointments of his czars when the Senate is out of session and can not approve his selections as the constitution envisioned, he tells his DOJ not to enforce laws he doesn’t agree with and, he uses fiat powers of [...]
If SCOTUS knocks down Obamacare, fight over?
So if the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare and rules it unconstitutional, is the fight over? Not hardly, says Brad Dacus of the Pacific Justice Institute. Looks like we will have just begun to fight, to paraphrase a certain famous Naval Captain. It is reported in the linked article below that California may well enact their own version of Obamacare if it is struck down. This would probably precipitate other states to follow. Basically we have a long, protracted fight on our hands, but as also pointed out in the article, the folks on our side are not waiting for the [...]
10 Consequences of an Obama Win in 2012
Here are ten consequences of a victory by President Barack Obama in November 2012 over Mitt Romney: Obamacare will not be repealed. It is already being demonstrated to raise costs of healthcare and as its taxes and regulations sink deeper through the system, it will cause our healthcare system to increasingly be in a crisis, likely resulting in greater and greater government control to ‘fix’, until we have a massively inefficient and expensive and bad healthcare system. The unprecedented levels of spending in Obama’s first four years will become the new floor, as America continues its experiment in reckless spending and adding up massive [...]
ObamaCare Damage Roundup: It Costs Almost Twice as Much as Promised, and Millions Might Lose Their Plans
Are Conservatives and Libertarians prophetic? Or do they just have a good grasp of the obvious? While I’d like to think that we’re able to see the future, the reality is that we can integrate information from a variety of sources, and make reasonable predictions about future events. Consider ObamaCare-when we were told that Congress had to pass it “so we can see what is in it.” While the contents were supposedly a mystery, promises were made, like it being revenue neutral, costing approximately $900,000,000,000 over the first ten years. However, Conservatives pointed out that there were many accounting tricks done to meet that number, and [...]
Isn’t The Tea Party Standing Up for the Constitution?
One of the best bloggers for individual liberties and the Conservative cause is just a conservative girl, and she has a new post up at her blog. She posted this very interesting comment on Facebook: I was told today that first amendment issues of forcing the church to pay for birth control isn’t something that The Tea Party should be involved with. Your thoughts? Yes, you read that correctly; a member of the Tea Party refused to let her post anything related to birth control, or more specifically, abortion. From her excellent post: …I was very surprised today when I [...]
ObamaCare Damage: Religious Liberty is Only the First Casualty
We were predicting the ObamaCare was going to be a massive attack on not only the health care industry and patients, but basic freedom as well. Heritage has a video illustrating this. H/T: Big Government Related posts: ObamaCare Damage: So you Thought You Could Keep Your Plan? MSM Mentions ObamaCare Damage: Points out the Exploitable Crisis ObamaCare Damage: Granny not Allowed in the ER ObamaCare Damage: Doctors Moving Away From Medicare ObamaCare Damage: 60 New Hospitals Cancelled, Others Prevented From Expanding Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Video: Priest Gives ObamaCare Mandates the “Finger”
Teresa, over at Teresamerica, posted the following video. The Priest in the video chronicles the lies Obama had told about ObamaCare, and the mandates therein. Of course, Catholics supported ObamaCare, and like all useful idiots, and are now feeling the sting that comes with being tools for the government. That, and they are now looking up at the bottom of the bus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7vIBN7OCRWw I can only hope that Catholics use this as a teachable moment. They should have learned that… 1. Socialism is based on lies. 2. Socialized ANYTHING IS socialism. 3. Regressive politicians will say anything to get their [...]
A Tale of two Stories: Praying Priest and Pastor Arrested at White House, Occupiers Threw Smoke Bomb in January-no Arrests
In an apparent escalation between the Obama administration and Christians, six people, including a priest and a pastor, were arrested at the White House fence last Thursday. Their offence? Praying. Gateway Pundit has more… World Net Daily reported on the arrests: Six people peacefully protested the Obama administration’s mandate requiring employers to provide contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-producing drugs by kneeling in prayer in front of the White House, and they quickly were arrested and whisked away by U.S. Park police. … The six people, including Wilde, of Priests for Life, and Rev. Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, organized the [...]
Culture War Update: Catholics Take on Obama Over Contraceptive and Abortion Coverage, Administration Stands Firm
Last Sunday, Catholic Bishops all over the US had letters read to congregations. Their concern are the provisions in ObamaCare that mandate that all plans, including those offered by religious organizations, cover contraceptive, as well as abortions. Of course, the Catholic Church has protested vigorously, claiming that they have a right to conscience. Here are more details from Sister Toldja… This was too much for Catholic bishops to take, and a letter denouncing this move as an assault on religious liberty was read in thousands of parishes across the land this last Sunday. Here’s an excerpt from one: The U.S. Department of [...]
Has Ann Coulter Been Replaced by an Alien Pod?
We all know Ann Coulter. She’s known as the snarky, self assured destroyer of liberals. With years of practice, she’s honed her skills to a razor’s edge. She’s written multiple best selling books, and deals crushing blows to the MSM whenever she appears on a lefty network show. To put it mildly, she is formidable. Then, something strange happened. Recently, she endorsed Mitt Romney, citing him as the most Conservative candidate in the field. That gave me pause, but I chalked it up to simple differences in opinion that mark this primary season. Emotions are running high, and people are [...]
Obamney’s Healthcare?
This is a video I first saw on Flopping Aces. I thought it would be a good idea to post it here and urge all of our loyal viewers here at CH 2.0 to help it go viral. In my opinion, Romney has two Achilles’ heels. Romney Care and his wealth. This is what I posted on Flopping Aces about this very subject” Romney has two huge weaknesses when he runs against Obama: Government run health care, as the video points out and his wealth. With Obama’s relentless attacks on “millionaires and billionaires,” Romney will be the perfect foil. The [...]
A Tale of Two Stories: Electronic Medical Records Costs Jobs, Doctors Losing Money
For our latest rendition of A Tale of Two Stories, we need to look at what is happening in with ObamaCare. One of it’s requirements is for providers to convert to a electronic medical record, or EMR. While this, on the surface, would allow for some advantages, like making it easier to get records from distant providers in the event of a medical emergency. However, with government involved, the law of unintended consequences always rears it’s ugly head. Big Government has the details… Last week, layoffs were announced at the University of Mississippi Medical Center due in part to the 80 million [...]
Guess Who Got the Most ObamaCare Waivers? If You Guessed Organized Labor, You Guessed Right
When we covered the Porkulus, we saw that districts that supported Obama in ’08 got the most funds. Of course, billions also went to zip codes and Congressional Districts that don’t exist, but that is another story. The accusation then, and now, is that Obama was using the treasury to repay his supporters. That is continuing with ObamaCare, when we look at where the waivers went. You see, ObamaCare sets standards for insurance plans that make carrying insurance more costly. In a response, the administration set up waivers to allow some to escape the standards. The results were predictable… In [...]
Politifact: What Happens When a Site Calls the Left on it’s Lies?
Politifact is a well know fact-checking website. However, it has run afoul of regressives for poking massive holes in their narrative. The Hill has the coverage… The claim that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget would end Medicare is the “lie of the year,” according to the fact-checking website Politifact. According to Politifact’s analysis, saying the Ryan plan “ends Medicare” overlooks the fact that its changes would not affect people 55 and older. Politifact also said Medicare would remain in existence, but in a different form — which Ryan’s critics say is the same thing as ending Medicare. The regressives, however, have not taken this [...]
You Mean That ObamaCare is Cloward-Piven for Private Insurance?
Regulars here at the CH 2.0 will remember that we’ve been covering ObamaCare since the beginning. We were able to predict most, if not all, of the negative aspects of the law-not because of any particular brilliance on our part, but because we connected the dots, and listened to what supporters of the legislation were saying. In response to those predictions, we were called “fear mongers,” liars, and were accused of being employed by the insurance industry. Then, when people started losing their plans, and their doctors, and some have even lost their jobs, the silence from our critics has [...]
Hermain Cain Educates Clinton on Economics in 1994 HC Town Hall Forum
I found this video on a great conservative blog – Pesky Emotional Republican. In April 1994, Bill Clinton was stumping for his health-care bill, when Herman Cain debated the president’s claim that restaurateurs would bear only a marginal new cost. Herman said that the bill would force Godfather’s to fire part of its workforce. Clinton disagreed and said that Cain would only have to raise pizza prices by 2 percent. Insisting that Clinton was incorrect, Cain wouldn’t give in. He told Clinton, “I’d had my financial people run the numbers”. Clinton then asked Herman to send the numbers to him and [...]
Howard Dean Admits and Supports Conservative Claim That People will Lose Their Plan Under ObamaCare
Ever since we got a glimpse of what is in ObamaCare, we started predicting that people would lose their coverage. And as time has worn on, it has started to happen. But for background, here is what President Obama said about it in 2009… Again, we covered all the intervening nonsense, including companies writing off billions under ObamaCare, the $500,000,000 that the ObamaCare takes out of Medicare, and a host of others. Of course, we also covered the earlier statements of Obama, and the more current statements of prominent Democrats that suggested the single payer was the end goal. In pursuit of that end, [...]
Obama Attempts to Protect Progressive Narrative: Launches "Attack Watch" UPDATED
Well then, talk about shades of the ObamaCare “snitch line!” The Obamaites have now launched “Attack Watch,” a site for loyal useful idiots to turn in their friends, neighbors, and family members for “counter-revolutionary activities,” like believing in individual freedom, and other crazy notions. Apparently, there is far too much truth going on out there, and something must be done about it, ammitrite? At any rate, I did report myself. We’ll see if there is a sudden influx of paid trolls. That might just be fun! On a serious note, informing on your neighbors…where have we heard that before? Where did that happen, and what was [...]
Judge Andrew Napolitano: The Triumph of Human Freedom
Judge Andrew Napolitano hits this one out of the park. In his PLAIN TRUTH commentary he examines the relationship between the state and the people. His evaluation of this relationship is simply outstanding! Check out the below clip; it’s worth the watch. Will human freedom triumph over the state? Do we have the courage to challenge the status quo or have we allowed liberty to slip through our fingers for the sake of security? Can we find our way back to the constitution or are we too frightened to embrace the liberties it was crafted to protect? Folks these are [...]
ObamaCare Damage: So much for keeping your plan
Remember this? Well, just as it is with your General Motors warranty, the real answer is, “not so much.” For the hows and whys, here is some more from Hot Air… …CBO’s initial ObamaCare score assumed that only four million, or 2.5 percent, of the 162 million workers who have employer-provided health insurance would end up switching to the new taxpayer-subsidized exchanges once they go online three years from now. What happens to deficit projections if it turns out that that estimate is wildly, wildly low? We can guess, but we don’t have to. Looks like we’ll find out. Nearly one in [...]
Breaking News: Verizon Workers to Return to Work Without a Contract!
It was announced by the CWA that the striking Verizon workers will return to work without a contract. Here are details from Labor Union Report, via Redstate… According to the CWA’s website: Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at which time the contract will be back in force for an indefinite period. We have reached agreement with Verizon on how bargaining will proceed and how it will be restructured. The major issues remain to be discussed, but overall, issues now are focused and narrowed. We appreciate the unity of our members [...]
Are the Verizon Workers Striking Over the Impact of ObamaCare?
Not long after ObamaCare passed, several large companies announced that the then new law would cause their costs to increase to a great degree. Here is my coverage of this fact from April of 2010… If you remember, Henry Waxman promised to force corporate CEOs before his committee to answer for their sins? Their offense? Disclosing that ObamaCare is going to cost businesses billions of dollars. After the ENRON debacle, reforms were put in place. Among them was a requirement that corporations must disclose any adverse event that affects their bottom line. Many companies did just that-they did what the [...]
Latest Twist to Leftist Narrative: Republicans Sabotaging the Economy
We talk about the left’s tendency to project a great deal here at the CH 2.0. And now, we see more proof that the left always accuses the Conservatives of they are doing themselves. During the course of this past week, the accusation has been raise that the GOP is somehow sabotaging the economy to improve their hopes for 2012. This started with some Dem congressmen, and was quickly picked up by the MSM, and other lefty outlets. I have to admit it, as a Conservative, we’re interested in causing misery so we can win in 2012. And, in [...]
Is Atlas Shrugging? Businesses not Hiring
We’ve all heard the statist meme that the “evil” corporations and banks are holding on to tons of cash, and are refusing to hire or extend credit. For those on the left, the solution is to tax them out of existence-all in the name of “justice.” Of course, that quest for “justice” will cause more jobs to be lost, more poverty, and all the problems that go with it. However, all of those negative consequences will be someone else’s fault. On the right, we have a different explanation… Atlas is Shrugging. While this shrugging is likely reluctant, it is having an impact. To describe [...]
Evidence is Mounting that Obamacare is All Sorts of Corrupt?
In several earlier posts I have been critical of Obamacare because it attacks life, liberty, and property and because it represents the growing tyranny of the federal government. But somehow I missed an important reason why we should oppose giving the national government more control over our healthcare system- power should not be concentrated in the hands of government and government officials because when this happens it increases by considerable amounts the chances that this power will be used in a corrupt manner. And we’re seeing that under President Barack Obama (Democrat) and a Congress that was run by Nancy Pelosi (Democrat), legislation like [...]
Obama's Budget Speech Mentions the Death Panel?
That most depised, and derided, part of the ObamaCare legislation, the Death Panels, are again making waves on the blogs. Erick Erickson of Redstate and Bunkerville have both taken a look at Obama’s speech, and have came to the conclusion that he had made thinly veiled references to the “death panels.” I happen to agree. Here is a brief excerpt from Redstate… While everyone else was focused on Barack Obama bashing Paul Ryan, I noticed that he took full ownership of death panels yesterday. Naturally, Obama did not call them death panels. He called them “an independent commission of doctors, nurses, medical [...]
