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Just before Christmas, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the health care legislation. During his campaign Barack Obama made it very clear there would be no back-room deals; conferences would be broadcast live via C-span, and “politics-as-usual” would become a thing of the past, all members of Congress would be included – Democrats and Republicans. “I will go line-by-line,” he said, “to cut waste, earmarks and pork-barrel spending.” He really said that.
The arrogance and artifice of this president, his staff and majority leaders in both the House and the Senate are staggering. Based solely on what Obama actually said as evidenced by archival history of all news sources, and what he is really doing, he is a liar.
As I understand what took place, there were no Republicans invited or allowed in the writing of the health care legislation. Who then did actually write it? White House logs reveal Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International United, has signed in 24 times, compared with only four by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. That is a lot of visits by a union president. He was, of course, invited to the state dinner.
As this legislation is so massive, we can only understand a small portion of it. Of the areas I have concerned myself with, they have moved me to consider following in the path of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil disobedience could be the path I may find myself on.
For example, are we really going to be fined or imprisoned for not participating? What constitutional provision can force me to participate? Will I then need to turn myself in to my town marshal’s office, or will he come to get me? Will I then become a convicted felon? Since this is federal law, will I lose my right to vote? Will I get to choose which federal penitentiary I will be incarcerated in? After all, my family might want to visit, and I would hope it is nearby so they do not have to drive a long distance as cap-and-trade legislation will drive up the price of fuel by about $1 a gallon, and then where will that leave me? No visitors.
On further thought, there could be a lot of people in my position. A whole new industry could be born, or at least revived. The federal penitentiary system could become the nation’s largest employer. Maybe I’ll request Gitmo. I understand there may be vacancies there.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is adamant about the abortion issue. Haven’t we slaughtered enough of the unborn? For those in Congress hell-bent on including the abortion funding in the health care bill, I think it high time for them to actually perform an abortion. Particularly the most gruesome of acts, the saline, late-term method where the viable child is scalded to death in the womb by a lethal injection of salt, burned to death, lobster-red, with nowhere to escape. Ultrasound video is available for viewing of this cataclysmic act for those having the stomach to view it. Then, of course, the remains of the baby are tossed in the trash. There should be crosses at every landfill to commemorate this, the American holocaust.
I am asking the 11 members of the Indiana congressional delegation to Washington to vote no on any combined legislation that would include tax dollars collected from those of us who oppose this practice.
As the legislation is more than 2,000 pages, many votes had to be bought off. Without reading it, we can only depend on pundits to point out who was bribed and for how much. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., stated. “this is the way it’s done.” At least he made a frank admission of his guilt and complicity in this sham.
For anyone believing Obama, Reid, Pelosi or any other legislator that this will be deficit-neutral, I would like to point to other examples of government helping the people where we have saved money. Amtrak, the U.S. Postal Service, Social Security (Bernie Madoff’s dream), the space program, foreign aid – all these programs we pay for are now, and have been bleeding red ink since inception. The entirety of Congress is no longer about the American people. It is nothing more than a cabal of disingenuous thieves and liars whose lives center around themselves. Power corrupts. Professing to be wise, they become fools.
DAVE COOPER Churubusco
