Posted by: kow
on Jan 05, 2011
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In October of 09 a reporter was heard asking San Fran Nan, "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact a individual health insurance mandate?" Of course Nan had the complete and thorough answer. "Are you serious? Are you serious?" was her reply.
In August of 2010, our pal Representative Pete Stark, one of the librulest of librul donks from Kullyfornya, responded to his minions asking if the Constitution limits Congress in any way. Well, Pete fired back with this gem. "The federal government can, yes, do most anything in this country."
Back in Septembe of 09 the FORMER-Majority Whip James Clyburn told FOX News, "There's nothing in the Constitution that says that the federal government has anything to do with most of the stuff we do." Isn't that special?
How could you not just wanna hug em?? If it's not endearing little quips like those, it's out and out lies like those from the tiny little digits of barry's mouthpiece - the Glibster himself on Twitter. "General Motor Co.'s sales were up 21 percent in 2010 for it's four core brands." There's a little bitsy problem with that Bobby. Edward Niedermeyer at Truth About Cars writes, "Play with these numbers a little, and you have no choice but conclude that Chevy is a brand in real trouble. Through November, Chevy sold over 35% of it's production to fleets....that's 503,743 fleet sale units, a 66.9 increase over 2009." You see, fleet sales do NOT reflect what consumers want in a car. "Chevy's retail sales climbed a measly 1.2% through November of last year. And, as a whole, GM's retail market share fell a full 1.8%, from18.6% to 16.8%. That's more retail consumers leaving The General than recall-scandal-battered Toyota, which lost only 1.2% of the retail market last year."
Attitudes like those and accomplishments like Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Wall Street Reform, The New START Treaty, The Recovery Act, their oh-so-brave ending combat actions in Iraq and, last but SO far from least, Obamacare, is there any wonder that the largest freshman class in over 70 years is being sworn into Congress today? I think not.
Posted by: kow
on Sep 30, 2010
A couple/three months back a Washington-based consumer advocacy group threatened to file a lawsuit against McDonald's saying the toys in their happy meals are making children fat. The Center for Science in the Public Interest is saying their marketing is causing children to nag their parents into bringing them to McDonald's. That's right. It's the evil marketing.....um....marketing that.....works. What these clowns (pun intended) are hoping is that the publicity and the threat of a lawsuit will force McDonald's to negotiate with them on the issue. Quite the business enviroment we've got going here isn't it. But wait, there's more.
McDonald's Corp. has had to notify federal regulators that it's health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers isn't compatible with a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul. (Obamacare)
(h/t FOX News dot com) "While many restaurants don't offer health coverage, McDonald's provides mini-med plans for workers at 10,500 U.S. locations, most of them franchised. A single worker can pay $14 a week for a plan that caps annual benefits at $2,000, or about $32 a week to get coverage up to $10,000 a year.
Last week, a senior McDonald's official informed the Department of Health and Human Services that the restaurant chain's insurer won't meet a 2011 requirement to spend at least 80 percent to 85 percent of its premium revenue on medical care, the Wall Street Journal reported."
McDonald's and trade groups say the percentage is unrealistic for mini-med plans because of high administrative costs owing to frequent worker turnover, combined with relatively low spending on claims. Democrats who drafted the health law wanted the requirement to prevent insurers from spending too much on executive salaries, marketing and other costs that they said don't directly help patients. You know, for those people making over 250k. Well, that worked out nicely didn't it??
Posted by: kow
on Sep 26, 2010
Who can forget Rep. Henry Waxman’s fit of rage inspired by the fact that corporate accountants were following the rules of corporate accounting, inflicting massive writedowns on scores of struggling American companies forced to adjust their balance sheets to reflect the new costs and liabilities Obamacare inflicted on them?
Annnnnnd, if you're willing to ignore a century's worth of actuarial practice and accounting rules why not just throw out all of economics and feign surprise at rising premiums, the cancellation of services, and the discontinuation of products? Obamacare levies a 3.8 percent tax on profits from YOUR HOME sales. That means they've reduced the real sales value of homes by 3.8 percent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To
Posted by: Jim W
on Apr 09, 2010
Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, who was the central figure in the abortion debate surrounding the health care law, will retire from Congress at the end of this term.
Stupak, who's been in Congress for 18 years, will make the announcement at a 12:30 p.m. ET press conference in Marquette, Mich.
Posted by: Jim W
on Mar 29, 2010
Posted by: Jim W
on Mar 26, 2010
You’d have to be living in a cave to miss all the theatrics this week surrounding the fall out from the Health Care vote on Sunday. What began as reports of supposed “Tea Party protestors” casting dispersions upon Congressmen and women as they entered the house on Sunday, turned into reports of threats and intimidation of members of Congress. Now, I don’t need to tell any of you that you should take many of the reports with a grain of salt… Tea Party leaders and protestors deny many of the reports of their involvement in any of the things that have happened this week, GOP leadership also denies involvement and condemn any acts of violence, threats, and intimidation.
Posted by: Jim W
on Mar 20, 2010
Woke up this morning hearing this song. SO appropriate, given our circumstances.
Posted by: Dustin
on Aug 12, 2009
A few weeks back I wrote in to Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken to inquire about Town Hall meeting dates. Turns out they aren't holding them (yet). Luckily I was sent an email from Minnesota Majority about how to go about setting up a meeting with the Senators, or their staff.
You'll never believe how your average citizen has to sign up for a meeting with a sitting Senator. It isn't from their official Senate website, or their personal website. You have to head on over to BarackObama.com (yes, the campaign website) to setup an appointment with your elected representative. Organizing for America, gotta love it.
To setup an appointment with Sen. Al Franken visit:
