Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Flow Chart of Obamacare Armageddon

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There’s really no other way to put it:  Flow Chart Armageddon.

Ed Driscoll has a copy of it up on his site.  While you won’t be able to read it, it will show you in one glance what a mess Obamacare will make of our health care system very soon.  And the really fun part is that doesn’t describe all of it.

You leftists that wanted this?  Well, the only cold comfort to those of us with more reason get is that you’ll suffer from this too.  The Liberal Aristocracy in Washington DC might avoid the mess, but not you.  Please feel free to not whine in my direction when that happens.

DISCLOSE Act Defeated. For Now.

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McConnell even describes it correctly.  Though surprising that a RINO didn’t find a way to blow it, take the good news when we can get it.  The DISCLOSE act failed to meet the cloture vote, and was defeated.  For now.

This bill isn’t hard to understand.  The Democrats want to hamstring their opponents just shy of an election, especially grassroots organizations like the Tea Party.  That’s all it does, since the Supreme Court took a lot of the trash out of McCain-Feingold.

Chuck Schumer swears they will continue to vote until it passes.  He can feel free to try that route.  If he’s chewing up time trying to make this turkey law, the Senate isn’t voting on other mind-numbingly destructive legislation like cap-and-trade.

We can all see November from our houses now.  Sooner or later, Schumer’s fellow Democrats are going to want to go home and work to save their jobs.  Almost certainly sooner, and this legislative session can’t end soon enough.

And Now, A Word About Voting With Your Feet…Like John Kerry

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Are you being Swift Boated by your property taxes?  Will your state simply not back off about making you pay exorbitant rates on, say, your boat?  Massachusetts perhaps?

Does the fact you agree with those running your state like a tax and spend paradise not really matter because, after all, it’s you?  Well, don’t take those taxes lying down!  You could vote with your feet, just like the senior Senator from Massachusetts, John Kerry!

Yes, John Kerry is a tax and spender who also served in Vietnam.  So he’s completely justified in dodging his luxury taxes by parking his yacht in Rhode Island.  It probably takes up half the coastline in Rhode Island, but so what?  He’s special because he’s a liberal, and you should know that by now.

So don’t be a hater and get annoyed by the fact he won’t talk to the press about it.  He’s John Kerry, Senator and rich woman’s house pet.  You can’t even begin to compare yourself to him, and if you could…well, God help you.

Fraying Around the Edges

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Okay folks, three stories today about grassroots follies and it may just be time for everyone to step back and regroup

  1. Tom Tancredo doesn’t like the Republican nominee choices for governor in Colorado.  So, he’s decided if that nominee polls behind the Democrat and doesn’t withdraw, he’ll run as a third party candidate.  While I can sympathize with third-party sentiments which I only just barely altered to “return” to the Republican Party (for now), this isn’t going to help anything.
  2. Harry Reid should be toast in Nevada.  And yet, Angle is causing some worry.  So far as I’m concerned, this falls under the “get a grip now and she can pull it out” category.  Her supposed extremism pales in comparison to Reid’s actual extremism, and there’s no excuse for her not winning in November if she actually bothers to run a real campaign.
  3. Ken Buck, Republican Senate nomination primary opponent to the McCain pick Jane Norton in Colorado, made a few awkward statements today.  It’s not going to make his life any easier, and the timing isn’t good.  Top it off with the fact that is was an attack against the Tea Party, and this qualifies as a classic Republican self-destruct.

Yet before we all go off in a huff, let’s step back and see where we can do better next time.

  • No, the Republicans still don’t know what they’re doing.  Proof in point:  2006, 2008, and Michael Steele.  The fact that our vetting in general may need some improvement states nothing about Republican competence or any superiority thereof.  Some few of them are good leaders, but those leaders don’t reflect on the party as a whole.  They’re just happy exceptions that still require us to take the garbage out of their way.
  • Remember that getting a candidate elected is two fights and not one.  Winning the primary is only the first step.  Fail them after that, and we’re still stuck with a Democrat.  This presumes, of course, the Republicans don’t nominate a Democrat, but we’ve been really good about this so far.  Not perfect, but good.

Things look like they’re fraying around the edges, but for the time being, it’s just a rough spot.  It’s too early to call this a change in fortunes.  Unless you give up, the sun will shine on us again.