Phyllis Schlafly has a fantastic column at Human Events today.
New reasons emerge almost daily as to why Obamacare can and must be defeated.
1. The American people oppose Obamacare by almost 2 to 1 in the latest CNN poll. Other polls show lopsided opposition to passing either the Senate or House health-care bill.
Public opinion is against the bill because of its obscene costs in higher taxes, burdensome debt, anti-freedom mandates, rationing, and reduced care for seniors. The American people have awakened to the fact that Obamacare is transformational legislation that will drag us against popular will into European-style Socialism.
Please do read the whole thing.
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Did it include the fact that the senate might have a seat changed from D to R?
tbaleno Wednesday, December 30th at 12:18PM EST (link)If not and I will harp on it again, Scott Brown could really win in MA. Even though most don’t think it is possible.
It sure would be nice if people would help the campaign. Kenedy’s seat is not an automatic D. A lot of Ds have moved up north to new hampshire. I guess they couldn’t stand the stench of what they did down here.
If he does win, that would help kill obamacare if it goes back to the senate.
After they moved to NH
wayneinnh (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 12:38PM EST (link)After they moved to NH, they instinctively started voting for the same bunch of clowns they came here to escape. NH is starting to look more and more like North Massachusetts every day.
Jon 14:6 –
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
It’s not intellectual to believe we evolved from hydrogen gas.
Reason #8 addresses the most chilling aspect of ObamaCare
civil truth (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 12:39PM EST (link)This is straight totalitarian state behavior, where
(1) the Congress (and President) strips the Court of review power over executive branch actions – which if successful breaks the third leg of great U.S. “Balance of Powers” which brings down the whole structure;
(2) the government employing Mafiosa tactics in taking over the practice of medicine by making doctors offers they can’t refuse. Again, if this is successful, there’s no limit on what they can make doctors do.
And if you argue thatthey can’t stop doctors from quitting – what’s to stop them from conscripting medical professionals into practice if the numbers get too low – especially if the courts are prohibited from intervening, see point (1).
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
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So what does it take to recall Nelson?
SteveLA (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 12:44PM EST (link)Erick,
So why not a full court press on Nelson, a recall?
If ObamaCare is worth going to the mattresses over, what will ObamaGreenCard (immigration) be? That’s the next thing up on the agenda, and if ObamaCare squeaks by, then the next shoe to drop will be the legalisation of 20 Million illegal aliens.
Win or loose, a recall effort aimed at Nelson sends the message that people are mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore.
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
Senators can't be recalled. nt
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 12:49PM EST (link)conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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Sadly...I think you're right
SteveLA (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 12:55PM EST (link)Aaron
I found a white paper on Lugar’s site that outlined the issue, and I think you’re right, or at least the issue would end up with the Supreme Court. Still, as an act of citizen revolt, it might well be worth the money, effort and time as a shot across the bow of Nelson and others who are so out of touch with what the vast number of American people want.
Oh well….Never Mind.
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Illegal Legislation
jen2001 Wednesday, December 30th at 12:53PM EST (link)I still can’t believe all 20 million will want to be citizens when they find out their health insurance is mandated, and they will need to pay a $750 fine if they don’t take it. The land of the “free” is closing in fast to socialism, and being “free” is why they are here illegally.
I think the actual number of illegals that will opt in for citizienship is way smaller than people realize. The Dems are fooling themselves.
Sorry, didn't mean to threadjack.
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A: An amendment to the U.S. Constitution. nt
Steve Maley (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 12:53PM EST (link)The blogger formerly known as ‘Vladimir’.
Why is not how
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 1:20PM EST (link)We already know 5 zillion reasons why (and by the way it’s a well-done article).
I just want to know who I need to kneecap.
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I couldn't agree more
Frozen_Man (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 2:16PM EST (link)As I read through the article it seemed much more an article about why the public (and Sentaors / Members of the House if they would actually do their job) should oppose the bill but not much about how any of that may stop the bill. With the exception of numbers 1, 3, and 4 none of the rest of the reasons actually have any ability to kill the bill. Really all the other reasons just add fuel to why the public is so against the legislation which is outlined in #1.
Of the three that might have any ability to hinder, strip away or stop the legislation:
#1 – public opinion – has not been able to prevent the bill from chugging along, I do think it has been able to weaken the bill a fair bit, but not kill it. I don’t think the poll numbers will go too much lower, maybe a few points (or even 3-5 points) but there is a minority of people in the country who actually want all this stuff and they aren’t likely to change their minds. If the House and Senate have been so unresponsive to public opinion thus far I find it unlikely that they will care as the process moves along.
#3 I think that the unconstitutionality of this legislation (especially as espoused by number 3 is the best way to kill a portion of this legislation. I think that the Court as it is currently constructed would likely find the requirement to purchase health insurance to be a citizen in good standing unconstitutional. This will not however, render the entire bill unconstitutional and may in fact make it easier for the Dems to push universal health care as they can claim that it is what has to be done to lower costs since we can’t force people to have insurance but cannot turn away the sick and dying either.
#4 I am not sure that the Court would find this a violation of the takings clause. I don’t think after litigated there will be a due process claim to be made and doubt very much that it will be seen as a takings issue. To me this was the weakest of the arguments (it will likely have the impact of forcing many companies out of business but so do multitudes of other legislation and the Court is unlikely to rule that regulations in this context equal a taking).
While I enjoyed the article and it once again helped to reinforce why the legislation should fail not much in it gave me hope that it would fail. Details as to the hurdles still required to become law and how to make the hurdles harder to jump over would have been more realistic as to why it might rather than should fail.
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I Though Schlafly's Reasons Were Somewhat Generic
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Wednesday, December 30th at 1:35PM EST (link)I know the bill is unpopular and portions may be unconstitutional, but I dont think one can read too much into that. It didnt matter much beofre. But I do think there is more tangible proof out there that we must keep fighting.
Such as
the fact Louise Slaughter has publicly stated that she will not vote for the Senate Bill,
that in Burt Stupak’s last interview, he sounded more combative than ever,
that Ben Nelson would lose by 31 points in a new poll,
that Scott Brown has an outside shot of picking off a Senate seat,
that Governor Patterson and Arnold of both hostile towards the Senate Bill
that the Dem leadership has pushed the vote off until February, …
There are tea leaves to read, we have to hit the right pressure points.
Scott Brown Should be Reason #1
dnlchisholm Thursday, December 31st at 1:22AM EST (link)Seeing posts like http://mittromneycentral.com/2009/12/30/scott-brown-could-be-our-41st-vote-in-the-senate/ is getting me very exited. It looks like Mitt is on board, and if Mitt can work any of the magic he worked in VA and NJ a couple months ago, we could have another devastating blow to government-run health care on our hands. Let’s stick a fork in this terrible bill once and for all!
State Sovereignty Symposiums
mrbyler Thursday, December 31st at 12:31PM EST (link)Texas State Sovereignty Symposium to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 8686 Kirby Drive in Houston on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 6 p.m
It’s time to hold State Sovereignty Symposiums. Learn how to protect the citizens legally from the State and County level.
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And www.medinafortexas.com
For an expose on our sovereign rights as individuals, check out: http://adask.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/belief-%e2%80%9cthis-state%e2%80%9d-and-our-god-given-unalienable-rights/
Quote:
“Then the American Revolution broke out in A.D. 1776 with the “Declaration of Independence” and the “self-evident truths” that “all men” (not just European kings) were directly and equally “endowed by their Creator” (God) with “certain unalienable Rights”. The result was the American “law form” (hierarchy of authority): 1) God; 2) We the People as individual men and women; and 3) government. By declaring the People to be directly endowed by their Creator with certain God-given, unalienable Right, the “Declaration” elevated all men from the status of subjects to the status of sovereigns and reduced government from the status of master over the people to the status of public servant beneath the people.”
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