Nearly every problem currently at issue with our Federal Government can be solved simply. BUT, since elected office has become like winning the lottery, the useful idiots in Washington have to think of ever-creative and confusing ways to keep YOU, the voters, ignorant. All this so that they can keep their jobs....by appearing busy and intelligent.
Think about it: the healthcare bill (Obamacare) is WELL over 2200 pages of legalease, while the Constitution of the United States AND The Bill of Rights are a WHOPPING two pages.
There's a lesson here, folks....
Whether fixing healthcare, taxes, spending....WHATEVER, "fixes" can be boiled down to a two-step or three-step process.
I have no doubt that "Obamacare" will be declared unconstitutional. Why? Because it IS unconstitutional: our Federal Gocernment cannot require the purchase of healthcare (or anything else, for that matter).
When Obamacare is relegated to the ash heap of history, it'll be time for REAL, ACTUAL, SUBSTANTIVE healthcare reform.
Here's the two-step process:
1. Agressive tort law refrom. Greater than 80% of healthcare costs are due to "defensive medicine" (Doctors perfroming EVERY possible test on patients, thus merely reducing the chance that they will be sued). BETTER THAN EIGHTY PERCENT, FOLKS! Now, will tort reform eliminate that 80%? No. Malpractice still happens. But severely reducing that whopping number will inevitably severly reduce healthcare costs.
2. Portability. Opening interstate competition for private healthcare insurance will have a two-fold affect:
- Decrease in the price of insurance. (This is proven time and time again in EVERY other industry).
- Increase in the level of service. Again, when companies compete for business, service levels increase.
Folks, it's an odd irony: Democrats wanted Obamacare because they stated, emphatically, that they wanted to screw "big insurance". In fact, Obamacare will be a WINDFALL to the insurance companies. Imagine owning a business and suddenly, EVERYONE is REQUIRED to buy your product! And your medicines. AND your services....
If voters REALLY want to screw "big insurance", then they ought to attack their two most aggressively lobbied 'sacred cows'....the two things "big insurance" NEVER wants touched: PORTABILITY AND TORT LAW.
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
A case study in Liberalism
Susan Estrich, who ran the (historic, as a "how NOT to do it" lesson) Dukakis Presidential campaign (chortle), penned an opinion piece in which she suggested that women remain mistreated in Hollywood.
(http://www.newsmax.com/Estrich/Estrich-Schneider-Hollywood-women/2011/02/08/id/385378)
While I do not take issue with her assertion (in fact, I have no doubt she is spot on), I seriously question her ability to put “2 and 2” together.
But, in contemplating the larger picture, Estrich, with her inability to draw the natural, common sense, conclusion, merely reflects Liberalism in all its confusing glory: to see “2+2=” and come up with the answer “22”.
Think about it: Estrich castigates Hollywood for their treatment of women, while flatly ignoring (or not recognizing) the fact that Hollywood is a bastion of extreme Liberalism. In the same respect, Liberals also advocate for radical Islam, even though Islam relegates women to the status of “property”, without rights or freedoms accorded to men in the society. Islam also condemns (to death) homosexuality, another fiercely protected status of Liberals.
In a broader picture, Liberalism also defends (and works to expand) abortion rights, which, by statistics, terminates more blacks (whom Liberals claim to advocate for) than any other race.
Liberals also condemn America’s reliance on “foreign oil” while, at the same time, condemn oil companies for their desire to explore, drill and refine on American soil.
Liberals work ceaselessly to equate humans to “mere” animals, yet do not allow “Darwinism” (survival of the fittest) to play out naturally.
Religious protectors of our environment, Liberals (like Al Gore) remain the greatest wasters of natural resources.
Liberals discuss and condemn the corruption of “big oil”, after having driven their oil-consuming vehicles to coffee houses, consuming massive amounts of the world’s second biggest commodity while smoking the third largest.
What I cannot be sure of is whether Estrich simply fails to recognize her own hypocrisy or simply, deliberately ignores the truth…
…either of which, of course, just makes her a Liberal.
(http://www.newsmax.com/Estrich/Estrich-Schneider-Hollywood-women/2011/02/08/id/385378)
While I do not take issue with her assertion (in fact, I have no doubt she is spot on), I seriously question her ability to put “2 and 2” together.
But, in contemplating the larger picture, Estrich, with her inability to draw the natural, common sense, conclusion, merely reflects Liberalism in all its confusing glory: to see “2+2=” and come up with the answer “22”.
Think about it: Estrich castigates Hollywood for their treatment of women, while flatly ignoring (or not recognizing) the fact that Hollywood is a bastion of extreme Liberalism. In the same respect, Liberals also advocate for radical Islam, even though Islam relegates women to the status of “property”, without rights or freedoms accorded to men in the society. Islam also condemns (to death) homosexuality, another fiercely protected status of Liberals.
In a broader picture, Liberalism also defends (and works to expand) abortion rights, which, by statistics, terminates more blacks (whom Liberals claim to advocate for) than any other race.
Liberals also condemn America’s reliance on “foreign oil” while, at the same time, condemn oil companies for their desire to explore, drill and refine on American soil.
Liberals work ceaselessly to equate humans to “mere” animals, yet do not allow “Darwinism” (survival of the fittest) to play out naturally.
Religious protectors of our environment, Liberals (like Al Gore) remain the greatest wasters of natural resources.
Liberals discuss and condemn the corruption of “big oil”, after having driven their oil-consuming vehicles to coffee houses, consuming massive amounts of the world’s second biggest commodity while smoking the third largest.
What I cannot be sure of is whether Estrich simply fails to recognize her own hypocrisy or simply, deliberately ignores the truth…
…either of which, of course, just makes her a Liberal.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Happy Black History Month
February is Black History Month, celebrating the accomplishments, culture and contiributions by blacks in America.
In truth, though, Black History Month represents nothing more than an accepted form of
discrimination. After all, is there a "Yellow History Month", celebrating Asians in America? How about "Brown History Month", celebrating Hispanics in America? Or, "Red History Month" for Native Americans? Or....dare I even suggest...."White History Month"? (For which, I'm certain, I'll be labelled a racist)...
Sure, there are a few "Heritage Months" for some cultures, but none carry the sheer weight of "Black History Month".
On another note, there's a "Womens' History Month", yet no "Mens' History Month"....more discrimination...
How I encourage people to celebrate "Black History Month" is to work toward it's demise, for one simple reason: as long as we find it necessary to "celebrate" discrimination, we'll NEVER be a colorblind nation....
Happy Black History Month!
Hirota: OUT!
In truth, though, Black History Month represents nothing more than an accepted form of
discrimination. After all, is there a "Yellow History Month", celebrating Asians in America? How about "Brown History Month", celebrating Hispanics in America? Or, "Red History Month" for Native Americans? Or....dare I even suggest...."White History Month"? (For which, I'm certain, I'll be labelled a racist)...
Sure, there are a few "Heritage Months" for some cultures, but none carry the sheer weight of "Black History Month".
On another note, there's a "Womens' History Month", yet no "Mens' History Month"....more discrimination...
How I encourage people to celebrate "Black History Month" is to work toward it's demise, for one simple reason: as long as we find it necessary to "celebrate" discrimination, we'll NEVER be a colorblind nation....
Happy Black History Month!
Hirota: OUT!
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