Sunday, October 03, 2010

Stop-action photos: Human Events reporter Emily Miller assaulted at the delightful #OneNation rally

While videotaping the ethically challenged Congressman Charlie Rangel at the 'OneNation' rally, Human Events reporter Emily Miller was assaulted by yet another member of the tolerant left.





The mainstream media, which enjoys painting Constitutional conservatives as extremists, could not be reached for comment. Once again.


Hat tip: Jason Mattera. Linked by: Michelle Malkin and RedState. Thanks!

Comment o' the Day -- a Retort to #OneNation -- 'F*** JOBS'

Thanks to a Doug Powers tweet, we find West Texas Boy's refreshing retort to the collection of hippies, union thugs, Communists, Socialists and other crackpots that left the Washington Mall covered with refuse yesterday.


I've redacted the curse words to maintain my pristine G-rating, but you can visit the original to experience the full flavor.

I am so f***ing tired of hearing - from both sides of the spectrum - that something needs to be done about "jobs."

F*** "JOBS"

Jobs are a byproduct of healthy industry. They are not a goal in and of themselves and they most definitely are not something the government itself should be trying to encourage or create.

Jobs are what happen when someone has too much work to do by himself, so he gets someone to help. If you want to work, GO F***ING WORK. Start a f***ing business. Find something that you can do and do it and sell the product of your labor to others.

What? You don't want work for yourself? You want to work for someone else? Fine, but it's not businessowners' responsibility to employ people and its not the federal governments responsibility to somehow force them to. If you want a f***ing job, then AGITATE THE F***ING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND BUSINESS AND "JOBS" WILL COME. Make it easier for the people who actually do business and jobs will come as a byproduct. Jesus Christ, and you're also asking for higher taxes on the very people you need to create your precious JOBS? ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME?

WHAT THE F*** HAS HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY? Why does everyone want to be treated like a child? And the g****m federal government ENCOURAGES this s***.

I am so f***ing tired of this straight out of Marx s*** that somehow the people are just entitled to share in someone else's fortune and capital in the name of "jobs." GO MAKE YOUR OWN F***ING JOB.

Businesses aren't in the business of making "jobs," they're in the business of CREATING VALUE FOR THEIR OWNERS. When you say that a business should be making more JOBS, you are saying that the capital of those business owners should not actually belong to them and belongs to the "workers". Thanks a f***ing lot, Stalin.

"Fund Jobs Not Wars"

Has it every occurred to these people that only one of those is actually the responsibility of the federal government to fund, and its not "JOBS".

F*** f*** f*** f*** f***.

I am surly this morning and this isn't helping.

It's called the entitlement mentality and it's interwoven with the Democrat Party. Interestingly enough, the welfare state is collapsing around us -- across the globe -- and these numb-skulls are too dimwitted to realize it.

It's a shame electro-shock therapy has fallen out of favor.


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Tolerance: 'The flag of Islam will fly over the White House'

If Christiane Amanpour inadvertently allowed Muslim clerics to expose their true intentions, but no one was watching, does it really count?

On the Oct. 3 broadcast of “This Week,” the brainiacs at ABC determined it would be appropriate to pitch Christian leaders again moderate and extremist Muslims. This choice of programming comes at a time when many conservatives have chastised for being outspoken over the placement of Islamic worship center near the Sept. 11 Ground Zero site.

However, perhaps the most alarming statement on Amanpour’s program came from Anjem Choudary, a former British solicitors and Muslim cleric that spokesman for the group Islam4UK. Choudary contends eventually you'll see global Islamic rule, including here in the United States.

“We do believe as Muslims the East and the West will be governed by the Sharia,” Choudray. “Indeed we believe that one day the flag of Islam will fly over the White House. Indeed, there's even an oration of the Prophet where he said, ‘The day of judgment will not come until a group of my...’”

The DNC press release publisher known as Politico somehow missed the Hitler-esque vision for world domination and instead focused like a laser on the Rev. Franklin Graham's concerns about Sharia law.

Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of Rev. Billy Graham, called Islam “wicked” and “evil” on Sunday during a televised town hall-style discussion about American’s feelings about the religion.

“They want to build as many mosques and cultural centers as they possibly can so they can convert as many Americans as they can to Islam,” Graham said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Graham went on to profess his love for “the Muslim people,” but said he has “great difficulty with the religion... Especially with Sharia law and what it does for women – toward women, toward non-believers, the violence that is given in – under Sharia law,” Graham said.

Given the headlines that we read on a daily basis, Graham's anxiety is altogether warranted.

Sharia law is a political system wrapped in the protective coating of a religion. The West must treat Sharia as the system of government that it truly is -- and not provide it with the protections of a non-political religious system. America did just that with Military Shintoism during the occupation of Japan after World War II. Traditional Shintoism survived the war, but the military precepts were banned.

Graham's concerns are well-founded given the Islamists' clearly stated aims at re-establishing a Caliphate.

Larwyn's Linx: Dem Race-Baiter Promises Lame-Duck Amnesty Bill

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Nation

Dem Race-Baiter Promises Lame-Duck Amnesty Bill: Polipundit
OneNation: November’s Choices Are Clearer Than Ever: RedState
The New Progressive Dominion: Wizbang

Beware the Bloodthirsty Pacifists: HHR
Democrat Voters Don’t Know Who Controls Congress: Polipundit
AZ Sheriff: Obama’s ‘Got His Hands Wrapped Around Our Throat': CNS

The Anti-American Extremist Groups Behind "OneNation": Virtuous
The One Nation Rally In A Nutshell: Nice Deb
One Nation Draws 800,000; Obama Blows It Off: RWN

Economy

The Problem with a Health Care Monopsony: AT
$400K-a-year Chicago Prof whines about Obama's tax policies: RWN
Lefty Rally Largely a Bust: RWN

'One Nation' Damns ObamaCare: BMW
At 'One Nation' rally, a unionized show of unity: York
‘One Nation Unionizing Together’ Rally or 'Trashapalooza': Powers

Get Government Motors Out of Politics!: Tapscott
GM's IPO: UAW Pump-and-Dump?: NLPC
GM's Stage-Managed IPO: IBD

Climate & Energy

Weekly address finally discusses jobs; unfortunately it's the 'green' ones that don't exist yet: RWN
The UN's Environmental Extortion: AT

Media

A Call For Photos From The "One Nation" Rally In Washington: LegalIns
Let’s Compare Aerial Pictures of the 10/2 & 8/28 Rallies: Blaze
‘One Nation’ Rally: Liberal Media Concludes Size Doesn’t Matter: PJM

Left-a-palooza!: Malkin
Dad, I Owe You One: AT
The Enthusiasm Gap: BlogProf

Catfight! Glenn Greenwald vs. Andrew Sullivan: RSM
Rush Limbaugh on Family Guy: Protein Wisdom
45 minutes with Joel Pollak: Chicago Clout

World

Second UBL Tape Surfaces: US Travel Alert for Europe: Jawa
Clinton Denies Calling for Regime Change in Iran: PJM (Mauro)
Pakistan: Islamist Gunmen Execute Entire Family of Christians Including Five Children: WZ

We Allow Them to Blackmail Us -- Islam vs. the West: AT
British Islamic Schools Forcing Girls to Wear the Niqab: WZ
Indonesia’s Top Islamic Body Condemns Homosexuality as a Human Rights Abuse: WZ

SciTech

Augmented reality comes to mobile phones: CNet
Half of VMware customers virtualize Microsoft Exchange: NetworkWorld
Dying of Thirst: DailyWTF

Cornucopia

Obama's #100 -- No Pressure!: iOTW
Triple H Bangs On Doors To Get Votes For Mother-In-Law Linda McMahon: DeadSpin
When Stewardesses Were Hot and Jets Were Cool: WSJ (Hefner)

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Animated GIF -- Compare and Contrast Crowd Shots: #OneNation vs. #828


Update: Alert readers point out that the big crowd is from the #828 rally, not #912.

Related: 15 Photos From the #OneNation Rally You'll Never See In Legacy Media.


Linked by: Instapundit and Michael Barone. Thanks!

Saturday, October 02, 2010

Useful idiots -- or sarcastic conservatives? French women wear niqab and hot pants to protest... something.

Which side is this pair really on?

Two French female students have made a film of the pair of them strolling through the streets of Paris in a niqab, bare legs and mini-shorts as a critique of France's recently passed law.

Calling themselves the "Niqabitches," the veiled ladies can be seen strutting past prime ministerial offices and various government ministries with a black veil leaving only their eyes visible, but with their long legs naked bar black high heels.

...At one stage in the film, the two women approach the entrance to the ministry of immigration and national identity, only to be told by a policeman to go elsewhere. However, a policewoman also present is delighted by their clothes. “I love your outfit, is it to do with the new law?” she asks. “Yes, we want to de-dramatise the situation,” one girl replies. “It’s brilliant. Can I take a photo?” asks the policewoman, who will soon be required to fine public niqab wearers.

[The pair said] the film was a tongue-in-cheek way of criticising France's niqab ban, which the Senate passed last month and is due to go into force early next year... France's law banning the burka makes no mention of Islam, but President Nicolas Sarkozy's government promoted the law as a means to protect women from being forced to wear Muslim full-face veils such as the burka or the niqab...

Once the law is in force, a woman who chooses to defy the ban will receive a fine of 150 euros (£125) or a course of citizenship lessons. A man who forces a woman to go veiled will be fined 30,000 euros (£25,000) and serve a jail term... It could yet be overturned by France's constitutional court.

What's kinda cool about this pair: the fundamentalists have to be torn between appreciating the support and hating the nekkid.


15 Photos From the #OneNation Rally You'll Never See In Legacy Media

The SEIU arrives, courtesy of your tax dollars, one would presume.

Child abuse. Apparently Mom never learned about the Soviet Union. Or Cuba. Or Zimbabwe. Or North Korea.

Note the guy in the American Flag t-shirt, which I assume is supposed to be sarcasm. Either that or he needs to be smacked with the clue-bat. Socialism represents the antithesis of the Constitution; or, put in terms most leftists can understand --- and I'll say it slowly for them --- "Socialism......... is......... anti-American."

Ohioans -- here's evidence that Governor Ted Strickland is doing a really, really good job (hint: help out John Kasich here).

Based on the last four years of Democrat Congressional rule, the phrase "Jobs, Peace and Freedom" should read "Unemployment, Drones, and Economic Slavery." Is that what they meant?

Yes, socialism is the alternative: if you've never read a history book and you're exceedingly dimwitted. Do they make straitjackets any more? Because a few thousand were probably warranted today.

I would start with the education for this crew and not jobs. It's hard to get a job when you're immune to facts, logic, reason and history.

A delightful combination of law-breaking advocacy: terrorism, Marxism, illegal immigration and Balkanization of the U.S.

Note the book on the right: "The Jewish Question". Author not visible in the photo, but I'm guessing Heinrich Himmler. Folks, this is the modern left in action.



In case you didn't get the message, the Left wants Communism and amnesty for illegals. That sounds like a winning combination to me, if you like poverty, misery and -- ultimately -- economic collapse.

You know what's kind of crazy? Even Castro's given up on Communism, but this bunch of leftist dimwits never got the memo!

As opposed to the 912 Rally, which left the Mall squeaky clean, this disgusting bunch of Socialists left the area a freaking mess, perhaps to create or save more cleanup jobs for the "workers".



It's times like this that I miss J. Edgar Hoover.


Bonus: Another freaking genius: "Fox News is Unconstitutional".



Bonus II: Unconfirmed, but this shot is reported to capture the Ed Schultzians mostly ignoring the Pledge of Allegiance.



Bonus III: Animated GIF -- Compare and Contrast Crowd Shots: #OneNation vs. #912


Hat tips: Americans for Prosperity, NamRamChap, Jenny Erikson and Techaskew. Linked by: Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, NewsBusters, BigJournalism, The Blaze, Dan Riehl, Protein Wisdom, Ed Driscoll, Legal Insurrection, Gateway Pundit, American Power, Memeorandum and TweetMeme. Thanks!

Today's headlines from a border that's as "secure as it's ever been"

Mexican Military Crosses into US Side of Bridge


The Progreso International Bridge was closed down for a short time following an incident with the Mexican military. The Mexican military were allegedly chasing a speeding driver of Dodge Nitro truck. The driver crossed from the U.S. into Mexico. At the Mexican checkpoint, the driver turned around and fled back to the U.S. The Mexican military followed and crossed the international boundary on the bridge... As a result, the Progreso International Bridge was temporarily shut down on both sides.

Border Patrol Agents Receive Fire from Mexico


Gunmen from Mexico open fire on border patrol agents in the Valley... It happened this afternoon in in the town of Fronton, near Roma. Officials say men armed with guns across the border in Mexico fired several shots at officers who were in patrolling in the Valley. Authorities say no one was injured...

Mexico demands U.S. stop deporting illegal immigrant felons


A coalition of mayors from Mexico is blaming the U.S. for the exploding violence on the border, arguing (with a straight face) that if we would just stop deporting dangerous felons back to border cities in Mexico, much of the violence would go away...

Brownsville PD: Targets specific in spillover violence


Brownsville residents have "nothing to fear" from the spillover of drug war violence from Mexico, authorities said... "The people that go about their business and lead a regular life really have nothing to fear from this," Brownsville Police Chief Carlos Garcia said. "If you are not involved in illegal trade or organized crime, this won’t affect you..."

Comforting.

White House continues push for immigration reform


A White House official on Tuesday continued the administration's push for comprehensive immigration reform, indicating that a debate over the emotional issue may be underway sooner rather than later... Speaking at a think tank event in Washington, White House Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Melody Barnes noted that Bob Menendez, a Democratic senator from New Jersey, said he planned to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the near future...

Remember, folks, there's nothing to worry about.

If you're not involved in the drug-trade, or jet-skiing in the wrong place, or simply wandering into the line of fire, you're as safe as safe can be.

We know this because Janet Napolitano, DHS Secretary, told us that the border is "as secure as it has ever been."

Imagine There's No Country -- It's Easy If You Try

Imagine that FDR's New Deal had ended the Great Depression prior to World War II.

Imagine that the trillions of dollars contributed by Americans to FDR's Social Security system hadn't been stolen by Congress, leaving the system underfunded by tens of trillions of dollars.

Imagine that LBJ's "Great Society" program -- consisting of endless housing projects and massive wealth transfers -- had propelled poor inner-city residents to prosperity.

Imagine that the Democrats' efforts to legalize 'Chain Migration' had not dramatically increased illegal immigration and resulted in the the Balkanization of large swaths of the United States.

Imagine that LBJ's Medicare program had been designed for efficiency and cost-effectiveness; had not resulted in fraud approaching $100 billion a year; and its trust fund had not been stolen by Congress and spent in the general fund with no regard for future needs.

Imagine that the Democrats' multi-decade push for welfare benefits hadn't resulted in a culture of dependency; hadn't encouraged more single-parent families; and hadn't resulted in more inner-city violence, crime and imprisonment.

Imagine that the United States Post Office is a paragon of efficiency, generating profits for taxpayers year after year.

Imagine that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac hadn't gone bankrupt, resulting in one of the most catastrophic financial crises in American history; that it hadn't been a "job shop for out of work Democrats"; that it hadn't been protected from audits by Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, and other Democrat politicians; and that it hadn't been mercilessly abused by Clinton administration cronies including Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelick and Jim Johnson.

Imagine that the SEC and other financial regulators had discovered Bernard Madoff's fraud before it imploded; that it hadn't somehow ignored the impending derivatives meltdown; and that it had adequately policed AIG, Goldman Sachs and other "too-big-to-fail" companies that were backstopped by the taxpayers.

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Can you imagine a United States of America where all of these big government, social engineering programs were successful?

I can't. In fact, none of them have been successful. That's a .000 batting average.

Nor can they ever be successful. Central planning fails every time when you compare it to free markets, private property, individual liberty and the magnificent system of government our country's founders created.

We know central planning fails. Every effort by the Soviet Union, by Cuba, by Venezuela, by North Korea, by Zimbabwe, and by Democrats in this country have failed, utterly and completely.

So how could anyone support the trillion-dollar "Stimulus" program, Cap-and-Trade, socialized medicine, a 2000-page "financial overhaul", and "comprehensive immigration reform" when Democrats rely upon big government to make things right?

We know with absolute certainty how all of these ill-fated programs will end up. They will be bankrupt, maddeningly inefficient and reminiscent of the DMV at the end of the month.

It's November or never to unwind them. Our children and grandchildren are depending upon us.
 

 

The Collected Wisdom of Mankind

Spotted at Fat in Indiana.

1. I think part of a best friend's job is to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. MapQuest really needs to start with step #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my driveway.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes.
14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer their call.
15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?
20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!
21. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch three consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
22. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.


The Surprising Acuity of Syria's Despotic Dictator: 'Obama's Peace Plan Ain't About Peace... It's About Obama'

Dan from New York:

ynetnews.com, 10/2/10

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Saturday that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are aimed at bolstering Obama's political image.

"There is no goal but to gain support for Obama within America," he told Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.


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For a Syrian dictator, Bashar Assad shows a keen insight into what's really motivating Obama's frenzied "peace process" policies.

Obama is desperate for a win.


Killing the Texas Boaters Americans Won't Kill

Rio Grande Valley's KRGV television reports that another American was killed on Falcon Lake by an 'undocumented worker'.*

The frantic 911 call a wife made after her husband was shot by Mexican pirates has been released. It's a first hand account of those terrifying moments on the water as David and Tiffany Hartley came under attack. In the end only Tiffany would survive.

Dispatcher: Hello? Ma'am? Yes. Okay. Are you sure that your husband got shot?

Tiffany: Yes. In his head.

Dispatcher: Okay. Yeah. Was he thrown out of the jet ski that he's in the water or something?

Tiffany: He was thrown off the jet ski and I couldn't pick him up to get him on mine. (sobbing) Oh God.

Dispatcher: Ma'am? Were you shot at on the Mexican side or on the US side? So it was the Mexican Side. Okay, did you see anybody?

Tiffany: There were three boats.

Tiffany Hartley told deputies she and her husband David were jet skiing near the town of old Guerrrero. Hartley told investigators her husband was shot in the head and killed. She says she was forced to leave his body behind as the gunmen fired more bullets at her... Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. thinks those boats were pirates working for the drug cartel. He's been warning residents for months to stay off the water. The pirates are patrolling the Mexican side of the lake and robbing boaters at gun point. Gonzalez wants authorities in Mexico to search for David Hartley's body, however he thinks it may already be too late.

...Hartley did tell authorities after the shooting she got help from a man on shore... The good Samaritan wants to remain anonymous because he fears for his life...

"Three boats approached them, waving guns talking in Spanish," he said. "They got scared, spooked then they heard the gunshots going on. She could see they were hitting the water and the water was coming up at them...all of a sudden she sees her husband flying off."

Tiffany told him she turned around to go take care of her husband but two pirates went after her jetski. One pirate held a gun to her head. Once he left she tried to pull her husband body onto her jetski but she didn't have the strength.

...CHANNEL 5 NEWS has been tracking at least five violent incidents on the lake over the past 5 months.

-April 30th: Four heavily armed men boarded two boats near the Old Guerrero area demanding money.
-May 6th: Two armed men approached a boat near marker 14 and demanded cash.
-May 16th: Five armed men boarded a boat on the United States side of the lake near marker 7.
-Aug 31st: Falcon lake pirates, using a small boat marked "Game Wardin" tried to stop a Texas fisherman.

Then of course the worst violence incident to date happened on Thursday September 30th when David Hartley was murdered. Authorities say the robbers are believed to be members of a drug trafficking organization. They're heavily armed using AK-47s or AR-15 rifles to threaten their victims.

Rather than sealing the border and shutting down Mexican drug cartels operating with impunity in the southwest, the White House is instead suing Arizona and its law enforcement arms to prevent it from protecting American citizens.

Remember this outrage when you enter the voting booth in November.


* The left-wing loon Gloria Allred claims the term 'illegal alien' is demeaning.

Larwyn's Linx: Alan Grayson -- a National Embarrassment

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Nation

Alan Grayson: a National Embarrassment: JWF
Grayson: People Might 'Eat Each Other' if We Don't Spend More: PuPr
Even Barney Frank is Vulnerable: RWN

Allred's Housekeeper-Gate Questions: Hogue News
White House Admits to Inviting FBI Terror Suspect: GWP
The Five Year Plan Makes Its American Debut: AT

Danger: Obama's 'Living Constitution' and 'Positive Rights': AT
A Constitutional Amendment to Limit Spending: PJM
The shoes liberal celebrities won’t wear: Malkin

Economy

Farmer stories reveal estate-tax impact: BizJournal
Today's must-read: Government school is bad for kids: Pundette
Cost of K-12 Education vs. Student Test Scores: BlogProf

Self-Induced Decline and Fall: Moonbattery
Feds make NYC spend $27M to change lettering on signs: RWN
Stimulus gets high marks says... Joe Biden: Malkin

Climate & Energy

Eco-terrorism fantasy: can we starting killing progressives yet?: iOTW
New climate prognostication machine unveiled: WUWT
One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other…Oh, Wait: CBullitt

Global Warming murder fantasy nabs prize as most honest political ad of all time: Zombie
The Carnahan Family's $107 Million Wind Farm Scandal: GWP
Ouch: Al Gore Appears at Campaign Rally for Kendrick Meek in Florida, Obama’s Name Not Mentioned Once…: WZ

Media

Liberals Suddenly Rediscover Moral Clarity in O'Donnell 'Résumé-Gate': Con4Palin
Nation’s 1st black prez. invokes “patience of slaves” in selling liberal govt. enslavement agenda: RWN
Greta Destroys Lib Hack Gloria Allred: 'Gloria, This Is Almost Delusional': GWP

Caption Contest: Rick Sanchez Fired from CNN Edition: Patterico
Bob '0 for 8' Shrum: Democrats Will Hold House and Senate : JWF
Riveting Radio: Levin versus Allred: AmSpec

Hyperbole-a-go-go!: Real Revo
ABC's Diane Sawyer 20/20 Proselytizes for Islam: Atlas
A Berkeley Photo Safari: Zombie

World

Why you don't send lawyers to a battlefield: Jawa
The Lessons of Stuxnet: JGlick
Norwegian Publisher Cancels Biography of Muhammed: PJM

Mexicans Kill American, Fire on His Wife in American Waters: Moonbattery
Hypocrisy Alert: Mexico Builds Border Fence on Its Southern Border: GWP
Bin Laden Threatens Mumbai-Style Terrorist Attacks on Europe: RWN

SciTech

Dead Bodies Captured By Brazil’s Google Street View Debut: TechCrunch
AT&T Will Be Exclusive Carrier for Windows Phone 7: NewsFactor
One third of 'extinct' animals turn up again...: London Daily Mail

Boob Job in a Bottle: Jawa
More Than 80 Arrested In Alleged Zeus Banking Scam: Dark Reading
Group Texting App Fast Society Distracts My Entire Panel: TechCrunch

Cornucopia

The 20 Years Later Project: iOTW
Where Rubber Meets the Load: MOTUS
Funny T-Shirt Contest: Muellerstuff

Images: iOwnTheWorld.
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Friday, October 01, 2010

I truly hope Newsweek's Sharon Begley never needs the wonder drug known as Avastin

Decades from now, few will remember the name Sharon Begley. Even fewer will recall the malevolent Democrat newsletter known as Newsweek Magazine, which recently sold for $1 (overpriced, at that).

No, I don't mean an issue. I mean the entire freaking magazine.

Anyhow, on 28 August 2009, Begley penned one of the most disturbing pieces of unvarnished propaganda ever seen on American soil: it was entitled The Five Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate.

Begley was doing her best to move reluctant voters left while encouraging Democrat politicians to pass the 2,400-page collection of fecal matter known as ObamaCare. Among her amazing collection of lies?

You'll have no choice in what health benefits you receive. The myth that a "health choices commissioner" will decide what benefits you get seems to have originated in a July 19 post at blog.flecksoflife.com... In fact, the House bill sets up a health-care exchange...

Really? The child-only health insurance market has already been decimated by Obamacare. McDonald's is reported to be dropping their employee health plans and Principal Financial is exiting the health insurance business altogether.

But, sure, you'll have plenty of choices. Government-run care. Or government-run care.

No chemo for older Medicare patients. The threat that Medicare will give cancer patients over 70 only end-of-life counseling and not chemotherapy—as a nurse at a hospital told a roomful of chemo patients, including the uncle of a NEWSWEEK reporter—has zero basis in fact...

In fact, Sharon (if that is your name), perhaps you saw the following headline: "Susan G. Komen Foundation and Ovarian Cancer Alliance Decry First-Ever Medicare Denials of FDA-Approved Cancer Drugs.

That's right: cancer patients are fighting for drugs that are now deemed too expensive thanks to Donald Berwick, the man Obama wouldn't subject to Senate scrutiny.

Illegal immigrants will get free health insurance. The House bill doesn't give anyone free health care (though under a 1986 law illegals who can't pay do get free emergency care now, courtesy of all us premium paying customers or of hospitals that have to eat the cost). Will they be eligible for subsidies to buy health insurance? The House bill says that "individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States" will not be allowed to receive subsidies...

Nice try, dimwit.

All efforts to amend the health care bills to require a photo ID, a Social Security number and similar measures were defeated on party lines. This is consistent with a June 2009 report ("If the American people found out...") that "[pro-illegal immigration group] La Raza said if they get this, they don't even care about amnesty, because they've fixed it so that one family member can apply for all extended family members."

Put simply, do you think the same administration that sued Arizona for enforcing immigration law will deny health care to undocumented Democrats aliens?

Death panels will decide who lives. On July 16 [2009] Betsy McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York and darling of the right, said on Fred Thompson's radio show that "on page 425," "Congress would make it mandatory…that every five years, people in Medicare have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner, how to decline nutrition." Sarah Palin coined "death panels" in an Aug. 7 Facebook post...

Not that the propagandists at Newsweek are paying attention, but Obama's budget director Peter Orszag all but admitted that Obamacare is a rationing system. And those who decide the rules for rationing will, in effect, serve as a death panel.

The government will set doctors' wages. This, too, seems to have originated on the Flecksoflife blog on July 19. But while page 127 of the House bill says that physicians who choose to accept patients in the public insurance plan would receive 5 percent more than Medicare pays for a given service, doctors can refuse to accept such patients, and, even if they participate in a public plan...

As the state of California has discovered, Obamacare does -- in fact -- set price controls. And, as everyone but the posse of economic illiterates known as the modern Democrat Party knows, price controls determine wages.

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Sharon Begley has proven herself a disgraceful hack. She might even be 'historic'. Because when a 'journalist' parrots such obvious, despicable lies in the service of a tyrannical central government, he or she has become an organ of destruction.

I hope Sharon Begley never needs a treatment of Avastin -- or another pharmaceutical innovation. Because it is all but certain that our current level of care will be destroyed by a huge collection of federal bureaucracies that can't even run a weather-stripping program.

And these Democrat politicians will be long gone when the entire system collapses.