Saturday, July 25, 2009

Larwyn's Linx: Henry Waxman, Fraud King

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Nation

Why Obamacare Is Sinking: Hammer
'Are rich black people above the law?': Examiner
Obama Regrets: Power Line

Blue Dogs Balk at Budget-Buster: Ace
The Mayo Clinic Weighs In: Power Line
Sen. Boxer In Trouble: Jumping

The real FAIL of the Obama presser: Greenroom
Who will he drum up hate against next?: AT (Marcus)
When to smile, when to sneer: PJM (Fernandez)

Gatesgate At Henry Gates' "Bogus" Charity?: Riehl
Puzzled over health care? Ask Lenin's question: AmerDig
Can we get the President a 'History Book o' the Month Club' membership?: SIGIS

Economy

$8.5 Billion to Stimulate Criminality: IBD
$200 million of your money to fund terror: Fox
Obama lied, the economy died: Swirsky

Henry Waxman, Fraud King: Gingrich
All about Gates: Instapundit

Climate & Energy

India ain't buying the global warming grift: GWP
Another peer-reviewed study: global warming NOT man-made: BlogProf

Media

How to Apologize: Vanderleun
Fast Eddie Rendell Linked With Spitzer's Call-Girl?: Riehl
Looking to the future through reviving the past: AT (Swindle)

Weeping, Gnashing Of Teeth For Another Failed Newspaper, While Ignoring Demise of Liberal Bias: BlogProf
'It is all about me': AT (Ashby)

World

Al Qaeda Terror Threat Revealed: Riehl
Pat Condell Knocks it Out of the Ballpark: Condell
Anti-Semitic crimes double in UK: JPost

Afghanistan: Victory is a Four-Letter Word: AT

Cornucopia

You Stay Here While I Swim and Get Us Some Universal Health Care: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Cane Fu Fighting: Over the Hill
What do models do behind the scenes?: IZI

When a neurosurgeon pays $200,000 a year for malpractice insurance before he even turns on the light in his office or hires his first nurse, who do you think pays? Patients, through higher doctors’ fees to cover the insurance.

And with jackpot justice that awards one claimant zillions while others get nothing — and one-third of everything goes to the lawyers — where do you think that money comes from? The insurance companies, who then pass it on to you in higher premiums.

-- The Hammer
Doug:

Just got my Rifleman Magazine (Aug. 2009). The US Army just purchased 55,890 Sig Sauer SP2022 hand guns for... -- wait for it -- are you ready? -- The entire Colombian National Police force at a cost to tax payers of (drum roll) $306,000,000! And I thought we were broke!

-- Henry

Friday, July 24, 2009

Yard Signs


At the height of the 2008 Presidential campaign, I recall passing neighbors' houses adorned with Obama signs.

I remember my anger and confusion. Thinking to myself, "how could any rational, educated person support a man who has no executive experience? Who worked with the Democrat Socialists of America? Who represented ACORN as an attorney? ACORN! The antithesis of all things American, undermining the integrity of our very voting system!

After the election, I recall a bitter taste in my mouth. Scrutinizing my neighbors. Questioning them, mentally, as to their motives.

Six months later, the Obama bumper stickers and signs have largely disappeared. The economic disaster, endemic to any Socialist strategy -- and especially that of Alinsky's acolyte -- is apparent to all but the most obtuse observer.

Therefore, I have produced the following yard sign for insertion into those very same neighbors' lawns. Perhaps at 04:00 hours, when the typical human brain is at its nadir.

Just insert the sign, below, into their front yards to express your gratitude for their votes.

In this way, you can register your sincere appreciation for their act of voting us into a depression. For voting in favor of an economic catastrophe.

They'll thank you later. Perhaps in the re-education camps.


Five Months in China


Time-lapse photography illustrates five months at an intersection near Chin Tzu, China.









Hat tips: Jalopnik and IZI.

Larwyn's Linx: Your tax dollars at work - $8.5B to ACORN

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Nation

Arrogance: Stossel
"ACORN is a Criminal Organization": Provocateur
Outrage: Dems funneled $8.5 billion to ACORN: GWP

FBI getting closer to Murtha?: TPM
If the election were held today, Chris Dodd would be looking for work: PatRoom
Feel more secure after the explanation?: SIGIS

Obama issues orders to his brownshirts: Protein
Boehner: Immigration Bill is a "Piece of S***": Dobbs
Gates shoves Sharpton out of the way: AmerDig

Economy

George Gilder: Israel Is The "Crucial Battlefield For Capitalism In The World": Mere Rhetoric
How to talk to a liberal about Obamacare: Driscoll

Climate & Energy

Reuters takes sides on climate change: PJM (Blumer)
The Ultimate Global Warming Challenge: JunkScience
Go Sarah: Palin vs. the Enviro-Statists: Atlas

Media

We Now Move To The Post Post-Racial Phase Of The Obama Presidency: JOM
Three GOP Senators On Obamacare's Prospects and the Role of Grassroots Opposition: Hewitt
Founders wisely blocked Obama's health care reform rush: Tapscott

Fox investigates Michelle's alleged patient dumping schemes: FreeLight
AP: Obama lied Wednesday night about his health care plans: GWP
How Hawaii's Universal Health Care Program Disintegrated: Wizbang

World

The Death Spiral of the Islamic Republic: Ledeen
The Quiet Coup: Atlantic
Saad: UBL's son killed: GWP

Hey! Only we Americans can make fun of Hillary!: AT (Moran)
Michael Yon Dispatch: Big Hollywood
Conference of Presidents Slams Obama: Matzav

Sci-Tech

We get a ride in Hyundai's new S-class fighter: Edmunds
Today's Broken Promise: GM Warranty: Surber

Cornucopia

Sexy News from the World of Archaeology: American Digest

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Think about all of the energy we're wasting!


Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Waxman, Rangel, Dodd, Frank...

...there's just no excuse for failing to capture all of that carbon.

Early Contenders for Barack Obama's 2012 Campaign Slogan


• "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, Ask How You Can Illegally Contribute To My Campaign"

"Your long national nightmare is not over"

• "It's Mourning Again in America"

• "Keep America Weak through Surrender & Taxes"

• "Vote for Barack: Satan compels you"

• "Building a bridge to September 10th"

• "I'm with Worf!"

• "Vote Obama. It’s Easier Than Thinking"

• "Don't Ask What He's Done: Ask What He Says He's Done!"

• "Isn't It Time You Were Disappointed Again?"

• "Read My Lips: No New Tax Cuts"

• "Why Work? Vote Obama"

• "Change this, b***hes!"

• "Your friends at ACORN say: Vote Obama and No One Gets Hurt"

• "Keep Racial Tensions Alive!"

• "Help Eradicate Capitalism in Our Time"


Linked by: Wizbang. Thanks!
Hat tips: Anvari, IMAO, PlanetMike, Top Five, Anvari, Planet Mike, Satirical Political, Those Shirts, Emmett Tyrrell and Jon Stewart.

Spy Shots: 2010 Saab 9-5


AutoBlog has spy shots of the dramatically redesigned Saab 9-5.

At first blush, I'd say the new sedan -- while attractive -- isn't striking enough to gain real market traction. Hint to the designers: if an Accord looks exciting compared to your vehicle, you may want to rethink the approach.

Fitting Accoutrements for Obamacare


You can avoid long lines for medical care with Self-Treatment Kits, available only from Government Pharmacies™.




Hat tip: Reliapundit.

The Invisible Artist


These are unretouched photos. The nature of the artistry is explained below.










Liu Bolin is the 36-year old Chinese "invisible" artist. He paints his clothes and body to blend in almost perfectly with his surroundings.


Hat tip: Telegraph and IZI.

Larwyn's Linx: A Platform for Change

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Nation

A Platform for Change: AT (Hoven)
Did Obama try to intimidate the CBO?: Morrissey
The Blue-state Meltdown and collapse of Chicago Model: AEI

Health Care: 42 Democrats Complain: Riehl
Blue Dog says Pelosi's full of crap: Pundette
Claire 'ACORN' McCaskill denies flipping the bird: GWP

Getting that strange feeling again: Ace
Cardin Town Hall Meeting On Health Care Gets Angry: WUSA9
Healthcare Policy, Social Justice and Thugs: AT (Dunn)

Democrats to Seniors: Drop Dead: Townhall
Boehner mocks Team O: GWP
Audio: Obama Doesn't Know What's In Health Bill: BlogProf

"Put Your Laws All Over My Body": LegalIns
ACORN files voter registration lawsuit: Times
Obama melts down over failed healthcare bid: BucksRight

Economy

Engine of Poverty: Doc Zero
"You're going to destroy my Presidency!": NatJournal
Dems 'baffled' by O's health care stance (haven't read Alinsky): CNN

Even after meltdown, collectivism is rejected: Hanson
Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons: Telegraph
Where are the jobs?: GWP

Blue State Blues: AT (Smith)
Cry Me a River: TigerHawk
Gaffes in Obama's Healthcare Presser: Ace

A Preview of a Failed Healthcare Program: Prairie

Media

A look at his accomplishments (from the left): STACLU
Proponents of ObamaCare Favored More than 2-to-1 by MSM: NewsBusters
Where in the world is Christiane Amanpour, Waldo?: Winter Soldier

Onion mocks Times as state-run media: Blatt

Sci-Tech

Everest Revealed: Daily Mail (UK)

Cornucopia

A Drunkard's Progress: From First Glass to the Grave: McMahon
How to make a ventilated seat for a VW: IZI
Live and Let Die: Balloon Juice

Jim DeMint's Five Questions for President Obama:

"1. If the major provisions of the health care bills will not kick in until 2013, four years from now, why the [hurry] to pass a thousand-page bill before the August recess, a bill you admit that you haven’t fully read yourself?

"2. You have said your health care bill will cut costs and not increase the deficit. But, independent analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office contradicts both claims, saying it will raise costs and increase the deficit by $240 billion in the first ten years. What independent analysis will you provide that supports your claims and refutes CBO's?

"3. You have repeatedly said that your health care bill allows any American who likes their current employer-based plan to keep it. But the most comprehensive independent analysis available, by the Lewin Group, contradicts your claim and found your bill will force over 80 million Americans to lose their current coverage. Will you provide independent analysis to refute this study?" And Obama won't. He doesn't debate. He clears the field. He gets rid of opponents. He does not debate issues. He does not do that. He has his ideas -- and they are his, and they are right, and they're going to happen come hell or high water -- and we don't even have the right to disagree. We are being uppity if we disagree with this man's brilliance.

"4. Your own record in the Senate reveals you spent years voting against nearly every reform to make health care more affordable and accessible, but this week you said that opponents of your plan are 'content to perpetuate the status quo, [and] are, in fact, fighting reform on behalf of powerful special interests.' Which specific elected officials will you cite that have proposed to keep the status quo, and is that how you characterize the opposition of the 52 Blue Dog Democrats in the House...?

"5. Yes or no question: Will you guarantee pro-life Americans that, under your plan, they will not be forced to subsidize elective abortions?"


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Good News: Abortions and Assisted Suicides will NOT be Rationed!


The Economic Policy Journal points us to Peter Fleckstein, who twittered the contents of the House Socialized Medicine bill. Oh, what a treat your family is in for.

• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
• Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
• Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
• Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
• Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
• Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
• Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
• Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
• Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
• Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
• Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
• Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
• Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
• Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
• Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
• Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
• Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
• Page 167: Any individual who doesnt' have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
• Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
• Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
• Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.
• Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected."
• Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
• Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.
• Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
• Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
• Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
• Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
• Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
• Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies!
• Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
• Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
• Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
• Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
• Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
• Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
• Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
• Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
• Page 425: Goverment provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
• Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient's health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.
• Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.
• Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.
• Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.
• Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.
• Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services.

What is it with Democrats? The only medical services that they don't want to ration are abortion and assisted suicide!