I hope you’re enjoying the process of becoming a banana republic.

If you’re one of the naifs who voted for Barack Obama, you probably hear the term “banana republic” and think that I’m talking about a fascist clothing store where capitalist fat cats sell garments made in Chinese sweat shops to spoiled American suburbanites.

There’s another kind of banana republic. “Banana republic” is a pejorative term that is used to refer to a country that is politically unstable and dependent on limited resources (e.g. bananas).

In their haste to seize control of a huge portion of America’s economy (a portion that is as large as the entire nation of Great Britain), Barry, Harry and Nancy are setting precedents that will undermine the stability of the political framework of los Estados Unidos.

Congress and the president have dismissed the concerns of the great majority of American voters.  The Constitution, the very document from which “leaders” in Washington derive their power, has been brushed aside.

The U.S. Federal Government is on a precipice…entertaining brazen plans to amend a law that doesn’t exist yet by passing a bill without voting on it.  This law is unpopular and unconstitutional.  It is packed with bribes and built on a foundation of lies and broken promises.  Dependency, helplessness and crony capitalism will be the inevitable consequences of this legislation.

ObamaCare reeks of sulfur.  The product of one-party rule, it’s full of sleazy accounting tricks.  The Democrats’ health care bill is a giant gimmick wrapped in deceit and shrouded with chicanery.

I, for one, look forward to the rise of America’s new health care overlords. The day ObamaCare passes will be a great day in the history of banana republics.

Your comrade,

Hugo Chavez

The Tea Party movement confuses the Democrat-Run Media (DRM) because the DRM are populated by people who think tea partiers are no smarter than Peggy Joseph. (She’s the infamous O-bot who said of Obama’s rise to power, “I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know. If I help [Obama], he’s gonna help me.”)

A chicken in every pot and a car in every driveway…boob bait for the Bubbas.

Peggy Joseph’s line of reasoning is the way all middle and lower income Americans are supposed to be thinking.  Political experts like Roger Ebert have made it abundantly clear.  Here’s one of Ebert’s tweets on the Tea Party phenomenon:

“I write about the TeePees because it’s so sad how they’ve been manipulated to oppose their own best interests.”

Poor dears. What’s the matter with Kansas?!

Media elitists refuse to acknowledge that middle America is thinking beyond the next mortgage payment and the next stop at the gas pump.  They can’t understand why ordinary Americans would find it in their best interests to shun government redemption.

Whether the DRM choose to believe it or not, Americans aren’t as easily tempted by Moynihan’s “boob bait for the bubbas” as the current regime in Washington would like them to be.  Americans know that the health care bait (and anything else the federal government wants to “offer” us) has to be paid for. No free lunch.

Because of the protracted health care debate, Americans are keenly and painfully aware of the racket that awaits them if the Democrats manage to thwart the will of the vocal majority.  Here’s the essence of the grand ObamaCare scheme…

Your role:

• You earn the health care dollars.
• You hand that money over to the government.

The Government’s role:

• Big Brother spends the money.
• Big Brother calls the shots.
• Big Brother bankrupts your children and grandchildren (see Greece)

We know that that’s a recipe for helplessness, dependency and low-quality services.  The DRM can’t believe that there are tens of millions of Americans who are smart enough to figure that out.  The DRM can’t believe we don’t want to trade freedom for the illusion of security.

Unless Congress is dealing with some national security crisis or natural disaster, is there any excuse for voting at odd hours? 

No more attempts to pass bad bills while America sleeps!  It’s time to rise up and stop this sort of nonsense.  Here are some suggested reforms for sunlight and simplicity:

• Limit legislation to 250 pages (or some other reasonable number).
• No late night votes on non-emergent legislation (Vote 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday only).
• No weekend votes on non-emergent legislation.
• No holiday votes on non-emergent legislation.
• No changes in the congressional schedule for non-emergent legislation.
• All congressional activity should be broadcast online on a government website. No closed-door sessions of any kind unless it would be a threat to national security to make a meeting public.
• Every non-emergent bill, in its final form, is to be made public 10 BUSINESS days before any vote can be taken.

The era of stealth legislation needs to come to an abrupt end.  In this era of broadband internet access and social media, there are no more excuses for opaque government.