I’ve seen this little story all over the place and although it’s fairly clever, it also is trying to depict Conservatives as being hypocritical because of using Socialist programs and then arguing against Socialism.

Below I’ve changed this story to depict something a little different.  This is NOT fiction, this is actually a representation of a typical day that I would have.

I wake up in the morning not from an electronic alarm clock, but a biological clock in my bladder, which was given to me by God.  I turn on the lights that receive electricity from my Rural Electric Coop.  I take a shower using the water from my well on my property, and get blasted by whatever contaminants are there today, and I love every second of it.  And it’s because of those contaminants that my immune system will kick your butt.  I proceed to the window to look outside to see what the weather will be like today.  I open the windows because it will be hot today and I don’t have air conditioning.  I go to the kitchen to get some fresh fruit and vegetables grown by me on my own property.  No pesticides or herbicides to was off and no stickers to peel off.  I get in my crappy old SUV with 270,000 miles on it which in no way could pass any NHTSA safety measures.  Blue smoke wafts along behind me as I work my way down our county road with no speed limit.  I unfortunately reach the highway and must now conform to the rules of the road.  Make no mistake; if there were no highway I would still make it into work, I do have 4wd.  I stop at the gas station to get as much carbon polluting fuel as I can afford.  I also stop at my bank (which is locally owned and operated) and get cash because I don’t use credit cards.  My final stop before work is to drop of my daughter at a private Catholic school.

After work I drive my carbon exhaling monster home wishing along the way that I could just take a short-cut through the corn fields.  There aren’t really any building codes where I live nor are there any police officers.  If I see something wrong at my neighbors as I pass, I will stop to help them.  For dinner I might fix up some beef from the neighbors cows, or make some eggs from the other neighbors chickens.

And then yes, I will log into the Internet which I receive from the local privately owned telephone company.  And I WILL without a doubt bring up FoxNews.com and then bring up USAWatchmen.com and tell everyone how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD!

Yes Socialism is everywhere, and we have far too many social programs.  People have become dependant on the Government because that is what they want and you don’t even realize it.  But don’t ever forget that only in America are we still allowed the opportunity to Excel or Fail.  We have the right to have private property with our own water, heat and electricity and drive a crappy gas guzzling vehicle.  We have the right to grow our own food, keep it for ourselves, and eat it.  We have the right to send our kids to private schools, and choose what bank we use.  We also have a responsibility to look out for our neighbors and help them when they are in need.

Original Post: http://www.usawatchmen.com/blog/post/2010/03/26/How-The-Government-Will-Take-Over-the-Health-Insurance-Companies.aspx

If current insurance companies must drop all pre-existing condition clauses and agree to have no out-of-pocket limit then don’t you think they will be raising our premiums?  Are they supposed to just eat the cost of whatever the difference is?  They already only make a 3% profit, so even if they offer their services for free they will be loosing money.  So what does this mean?  It means that insurance companies will be firing employees left and right and looking for a way to not pay on claims.  Even before the bill they were bad about paying claims right away.  Now if you get injured the insurance company will be looking for any other source to reclaim expenditures.  Workmans comp, liability, personal, business they will be after any and all of these other insurance providers.  Then after a few years of being billions of dollars in the hole, they will be out of business, or they will need a bailout.  Can you see where I’m going with this?  Then the Government will own the insurance companies and you can say HELLO to SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM!!

Blue Cross and Blue Shield?  Nope…Obama Cross and Obama Shield! 

Mutual of Omaha?  Nope…Mutual of Obama! 

UnitedHealth Group?  Nope…United States Government Health Group!

Disclaimer for Democrats:  It is not my intention to incite fear and/or anger.  This is simply my thoughts as to what COULD happen because of this new health care bill.

Original Post: http://www.usawatchmen.com/blog/post/2010/03/31/Health-Care-Cows-and-Ice-Cream.aspx

I received an email today that included a nice little story relating to the health care bill.  Probably not a true story but still very clever and a fun read.  I thought that it could use a little more detail and information to truely make it fit what is going on.  So I’ve included my version below the original.  Let me know what you think. 

 Alright now back up a little bit to where Olivia won and where there were questions regarding who was going to pay for the ice cream…

Olivia – President

Teachers – Government

Students – American People

Ice Cream Companies – Insurance Companies

Farmers – Doctors

Ice Cream – Health Care Bill

Cows – Patients

Your lunch price will be increased 10 cents per day, and that 10 cents will be going towards the ice cream fund.  You also will NOT be receiving any ice cream until the next school year.  During this time Olivia and the teachers will be negotiating with the evil ice cream companies.  The ice cream companies will be told what ingredients to use and how much they will pay the farmer for milk.  Of course the farmer will be getting less money for his milk but he wants the business so he has no choice but to agree to the terms.  The next year rolls around and sure enough Olivia’s classroom gets ice cream every day.  But now all the classrooms want ice cream, so they are also told to bring in an extra 10 cents per day.  Olivia and the teachers now have the brilliant idea that they will raise their own cows and make their own ice cream out on the playground.  They will only make vanilla but they can now make enough ice cream for the whole school and they are not concerned with profit so if some kids can’t afford the 10 cents that is fine because they will be collecting 20 cents per day from the rich kids.  

After 10 years all the schools have evolved into one big network of ice cream making madness and of course the ice cream companies have gone out of business.  The farmers now work for the schools tending to the cows.

So what if Charlie wants chocolate ice cream?  Sorry Charlie!

What if Amy and Peter don’t want any ice cream at all?  Sorry you are required by law to take the ice cream!

What if Molly wants to bring in her own ice cream?  She can bring in vanilla ice cream.  It is against the law for her to bring any other flavor.

I have gathered all the information that you need to contact your Representative about the Health Care Bill.  This is all of the reps that are leaning YES or a TOSS-UP as of 3/17/2010.  I will update accordingly.  Call them, fax them, contact them through the website every hour of every day.  They have not been listening to the people, but they will.

Leaning YES:

Name: Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3] Address: 2443 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1956-03-07 Phone: 202-225-3536 Fax: 202-225-3478 Party: Democrat State: WA Religion: Protestant Contact: http://www.house.gov/baird/IMA/email.shtml Website: http://www.baird.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18] Address: 435 Cannon House Office Building B-Day: 1959-03-31 Phone: 202-225-6131 Fax: 202-225-0819 Party: Democrat State: CA Religion: Roman Catholic Contact: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml Website: http://www.house.gov/cardoza/

Name: Rep. Gerald Connolly [D, VA-11] Address: 327 Cannon House Office Building B-Day: 1950-03-30 Phone: 202-225-1492 Fax: 202-225-3071 Party: Democrat State: VA Religion: Contact: https://forms.house.gov/connolly/contact-form.shtml Website: http://connolly.house.gov/index.html

Name: Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6] Address: 2310 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1949-01-24 Phone: 202-225-4231 Fax: 202-225-6887 Party: Democrat State: TN Religion: Methodist Contact: http://gordon.house.gov/contact/index.shtml Website: http://gordon.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8] Address: 1232 Longworth House Office Building B-Day: 1949-12-12 Phone: 202-225-5665 Fax: 202-225-5729 Party: Democrat State: WI Religion:   Contact: http://kagen.house.gov/issue_subscribe.shtml Website: http://kagen.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D, PA-11] Address: 2188 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1937-04-02 Phone: 202-225-6511 Fax: 202-225-0764 Party: Democrat State: PA Religion: Roman Catholic Contact: http://kanjorski.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid= Website: http://kanjorski.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D, AZ-1] Address: 1123 Longworth House Office Building B-Day:   Phone: 202-225-2315 Fax: 202-226-9739 Party: Democrat State: AZ Religion:   Contact: https://forms.house.gov/kirkpatrick/dc-contact-form.shtml Website: http://kirkpatrick.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Alan Mollohan [D, WV-1] Address: 2302 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1943-05-14 Phone: 202-225-4172 Fax: 202-225-7564 Party: Democrat State: WV Religion: Baptist Contact: http://www.house.gov/writerep Website: http://www.mollohan.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Scott Murphy [D, NY-20] Address: 120 Cannon House Office Building B-Day: 1970-01-26 Phone: 202-225-5614 Fax: 202-225-1168 Party: Democrat State: NY Religion:   Contact: http://scottmurphy.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm Website: http://scottmurphy.house.gov

Name: Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8] Address: 2365 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1934-09-10 Phone: 202-225-6211 Fax: 202-225-0699 Party: Democrat State: MN Religion: Roman Catholic Contact: http://wwwc.house.gov/oberstar/zipauth.htm Website: http://www.oberstar.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3] Address: 2307 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1949-05-20 Phone: 202-225-3452 Fax: 202-225-9061 Party: Democrat State: WV Religion: Presbyterian Contact: http://www.rahall.house.gov/?sectionid=9&sectiontree=9 Website: http://www.rahall.house.gov/index.html

Name: Rep. Zachary Space [D, OH-18] Address: 315 Cannon House Office Building B-Day:   Phone: 202-225-6265 Fax: 202-225-3394 Party: Democrat State: OH Religion:   Contact: http://space.house.gov/?sectionid=61&sectiontree=26,61 Website: http://space.house.gov/index.html

Name: Rep. Dina Titus [D, NV-3] Address: 319 Cannon House Office Building B-Day:   Phone: 202-225-3252 Fax: 202-225-2185 Party: Democrat State: NV Religion:   Contact: https://forms.house.gov/titus/contact-form.shtml Website: http://titus.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6] Address: 226 Cannon House Office Building B-Day: 1943-01-18 Phone: 202-225-5705 Fax: 202-225-5907 Party: Democrat State: OH Religion:   Contact: http://www.charliewilson.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139 Website: http://www.charliewilson.house.gov/

TOSS UP!!

Name: Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4] Address: 1419 Longworth House Office Building B-Day: 1968-03-07 Phone: 202-225-2565 Fax: 202-226-2274 Party: Democrat State: PA Religion:   Contact: https://forms.house.gov/altmire/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm Website: http://www.altmire.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1] Address: 2305 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1942-08-27 Phone: 202-225-4076 Fax: 202-225-5602 Party: Democrat State: AR Religion: Methodist Contact: http://www.house.gov/berry/zipauth.shtml Website: http://www.house.gov/berry/

Name: Rep. John Boccieri [D, OH-16] Address: 1516 Longworth House Office Building B-Day: 1969-10-05 Phone: 202-225-3876 Fax: 202-225-3059 Party: Democrat State: OH Religion:   Contact: https://forms.house.gov/boccieri/contact-form.shtml Website: http://boccieri.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] Address: 1530 Longworth House Office Building B-Day: 1952-01-09 Phone: 202-225-5111 Fax: 202-225-9322 Party: Democrat State: MA Religion: Roman Catholic Contact: http://www.house.gov/capuano/contact/email.shtml Website: http://www.house.gov/capuano/

Name: Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28] Address: 336 Cannon House Office Building B-Day: 1955-09-19 Phone: 202-225-1640 Fax: 202-225-1641 Party: Democrat State: TX Religion: Catholic Contact: http://cuellar.house.gov/Contact/SendMeAnEmail.htm Website: http://www.house.gov/cuellar/index.shtml

Name: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8] Address: 502 Cannon House Office Building B-Day:   Phone: 202-225-2542 Fax: 202-225-0378 Party: Democrat State: AZ Religion:   Contact: http://giffords.house.gov/contact/mailing-list/ Website: http://giffords.house.gov/contact/mailing-list/

Name: Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9] Address: 223 Cannon House Office Building B-Day: 1953-06-23 Phone: 202-225-5315 Fax: 202-226-6866 Party: Democrat State: IN Religion: Christian Contact: http://baronhill.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml Website: http://baronhill.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9] Address: 2186 Rayburn House Office Building B-Day: 1946-06-17 Phone: 202-225-4146 Fax: 202-225-7711 Party: Democrat State: OH Religion: Roman Catholic Contact: http://www.kaptur.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=152 Website: http://www.kaptur.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11] Address: 312 Cannon House Office Building B-Day:   Phone: 202-225-1947 Fax: 202-225-4060 Party: Democrat State: CA Religion:   Contact: http://mcnerney.house.gov/contact.shtml Website: http://mcnerney.house.gov/

Name: Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0] Address: 1501 Longworth House Office Building B-Day: 1952-09-02 Phone: 202-225-2611 Fax: 202-226-0893 Party: Democrat State: ND Religion: Presbyterian Contact: http://www.house.gov/formpomeroy/zipauth.htm Website: http://www.pomeroy.house.gov/

Well my friends I’m afraid that my soul searching is over now and I’m back to reality.  I was actually fully convinced that Mr. Obama was going to be adding the GOP’s ideas for health care reform,  but I think this was just a ploy.  Politically it would have been very smart to include these ideas, because if the Republicans still said “No”, it would make them look bad.  I was fooled into thinking that Mr. Obama had people working on these possible additions since the Health Care Summit last Thursday.  Instead all that was presented was a letter.

You can read it here:

Mr. Obama’s letter to the leaders

This is a load of crap.  I think tomorrow I’m going to write a letter to by bank and let them know that I will be adding funds to my account.  They won’t have the money but they should just take my word for it.  Unless you are a complete idiot you must understand that these GOP items will never be included in this bill in full.  As for tort reform it might include funds for pilot projects in the states to explore alternatives to resolving medical malpractice disputes.   There will be no capping of malpractice awards.  Mr Obama has made it very clear that he opposes these caps.  He did seem to like the idea of conducting random undercover investigations of health care providers that receive reimbursements from Medicare.  But that sounds like a Liberal idea anyway.  My take on his response to all other issues is… SCREW YOU.  He says “I’m open to exploring ways to address this issue” and “I’m open to including language to ensure that is clear.”, let me translate this for you… SCREW YOU.

I WAS willing to accept much of the extra garbage in this bill if they included the GOP’s ideas.  And I meant really include the meat and potatoes of these ideas.  The GOP has them all written up for you to see on their website.  But after this crappy letter, I am even more against this bill than I was before.  I’m not just against it, I’m pissed off that Mr. Obama actually thinks he is being bi-partisan.  Mr. Obama you have made a very costly mistake, you could have included some very simple yet vital Republican ideas into this huge piece of legislation and in turn you would have acquired support from a great number of us.  But instead you slap us in the face with more broken promises.  We will now rally together even stronger than before against this.  You had your chance and you blew it.

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I mention Mr. Obama and Socialism in the same sentence to some of my Liberal friends and they give me dirty looks, and tell me I’m out of my mind, and then they close up and wont talk any longer. I send them articles that shows Mr. Obama has Marxist and Socialist ties, but they don’t read a word and then delete the evidence. They have made up some fairy tale about what Mr. Obama is, and they will except no facts or logic that proves otherwise. I’m beginning to think that it wouldn’t even matter if Mr. Obama came on Television and told everyone flat out that he is a Socialist and he will be steering our country into Communism.

I’m not going to list every association that Mr. Obama has with Marxists and Socialists. You’ve seen all these before, and they didn’t seem to matter
before the election so why would they now. The truth is, some definitions of Socialism sound pretty good at the surface. I’m sure most people not familiar with politics, government, economy, finance etc. would find that it sounds pretty appealing. Peace, Love and Happiness… Right?

Definitions for Socialism:

Wikipedia:
Socialism refers to the various theories of economic organization advocating common or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with a method of compensation based on the amount of labor expended.

Merriam-Webster:
1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

For all of you that are completely naive. There actually is a Communist Party in the United States. And yes they did support Mr. Obama for President. Take a look at their website.
http://www.cpusa.org/faq/

Here is some information from the website for those of you that are too scared to click the link:

The Communist Party stands for the interests of the American working class and the American people. It stands for our interests in both the present and the future. Solidarity with workers of other countries is also part of our work. We work in coalition with the labor movement, the peace movement, the student movement, organizations fighting for equality and social justice, the environmental movement, immigrants rights groups and the health care for all campaign.

But to win a better life for working families, we believe that we must go further. We believe that the American people can replace capitalism with a system that puts people before profit – socialism.
This is a great video with some Socialist quotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLI-N6pSkk0

More quotes:

“I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
- Barack Obama

“My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join me as we try to change it.”
- Barack Obama

“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.”

- Barack Obama

“I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved — such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry all the time.”
- Barack Obama

“They cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
- Barack Obama

“It’s time to put the common good, the national interest, ahead of individuals.”
- Hillary Clinton

It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few, and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.”
- Hillary Clinton

“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. ”
- Hillary Clinton

Sonia Sotomayor’s favorite quote was from a man that ran for president six times on the Socialist Party ticket.
“I am not a champion of lost causes, but of causes not yet won.”
- Norman Thomas

Look at this quote from Norman Thomas:
“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”