tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post6866352145566031818..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Yes, It Really Is That BadWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-55408396598967543542009-11-21T19:33:30.727-05:002009-11-21T19:33:30.727-05:00I have had the same experience as MaggotAtBroad&am...I have had the same experience as MaggotAtBroad&Wall with our new NC Senator Kay Hagan... But then again, Chuck Schumer and company gave her over $10MM last year to beat Dole, so I shouldn't be surprised that she is now the 3rd Senator from New York and a paid serf of the DNC instead of representing her constituents in NC.<br /><br />Anyone ready for torches and pitchforks yet?neomomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830635556787370135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-7168333239219481522009-11-21T15:35:55.336-05:002009-11-21T15:35:55.336-05:002010 will make no difference unless Conservatives ...2010 will make no difference unless Conservatives (NOT Republicans) gain a veto-proof majority in both houses. Does anyone think Obama will sign a bill repealing any of this progressive heaven legislation? He will veto any legislation that undoes what has happened or will happen before Jan 2011. Absent veto-proof majorities, freedom is toast.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259842602176018813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-47103111609399530092009-11-21T15:13:58.377-05:002009-11-21T15:13:58.377-05:00I just shot a note to Sen. Gillibrand and signed o...I just shot a note to Sen. Gillibrand and signed off with a 2010-remark. The Reigning Party may go ahead and try to pass this stinking legislative diarrhea. I promised her the Country will simply bury their face in it come the next election.<br /><br />I've also adjusted to the reality that most of my Democratic friends can't be convinced of the errors of their Paryt's ways. Our efforts to educate are better spent on Swing Voters and soon-to-be 18 yr old voters.<br /><br />A coalition of fiscal conservatives (republicans and democrats), independents and youngsters we'll help us take back the government in 2010 and 2012.Chweebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531151749117099727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-186725584759685852009-11-21T13:43:38.681-05:002009-11-21T13:43:38.681-05:00I grew up in Missouri and moved back here 2 years ...I grew up in Missouri and moved back here 2 years ago. One of my senators, McCaskill, is a Democrat. The representative of my district is a conservative Republican. Some talking head said handwritten letters to elected officials are more effctive than phone calls or email, so I mailed them both identical 2-page letters in August explaing why they should vote against healthcare "reform". My Republican representative wrote me back within 10 days saying his constituents overwhelmingly opposed the bill and he would vote against it. McCaskill, on the other hand, never acknowledged my letter. (I knew where my other senator stood so I didn't bother writing him.)<br /><br />On November 18th I saw a Real Clear Politics article citing statistics that only 34% of Missourians support the healthcare reforms being proposed, while 55% oppose them. <br /><br />I tried to call McCaskill's Washington office to let her know about the poll. I couldn't get through. So, instead, I wrote her an email citing the poll results mentioned above and linked to the article. I reminded her that she represents Missourians, not Democrats, and it is her duty to represent the majority of Missourians who oppose the bill and she MUST join the Republicans in a filibuster to prevent the bill from coming to the Senate floor for debate. <br /><br />Of course, her staff didn't have the common courtesy to acknowledge the email. I have no doubt she will ignore the will of the majority of Missourians and vote with the Democrats to start debate. It's nothing less than democratically elected tyranny.<br /><br />I agree with uncledan. The 2010 elections will have to be unlike any others in terms of shifting political power out of the hands of Democrats for there to be any chance of repealing this disaster. And after 2010, it will be too late. There will be no turning back. <br /><br />As Friedrich von Hayek warned over half a century ago, big government socialism is the Road to Serfdom. The only reason it quasi works in Europe is because they spend so little on defense. If the U.S. cuts back on defense to finance this monstrosity, she will relinquish her hegemon status and the world will be infinitely less safe. I don't think the average person fully understands how much is at stake.MaggotAtBroad&Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04493406951892285654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-1672826143678127972009-11-21T12:04:06.512-05:002009-11-21T12:04:06.512-05:00If this bill is just a list of general guidelines ...If this bill is just a list of general guidelines couched in vague but confusing terms, how exactly does the CBO score the bill? What assumptions do they make about how the various bureaucrats (most of whom don't even exist yet) will use their power? Does the CBO have the authority to reject a bill for scoring for being too vague?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-59990008502726700872009-11-21T11:02:19.461-05:002009-11-21T11:02:19.461-05:00May I respectfully disagree with you on the 'o...May I respectfully disagree with you on the 'one last chance in 2010' point. <br />In my opinion, Limbaugh and Beck are right. Tonight's vote is the last chance. If they get healthcare through tonight, it's endgame. <br />I fail to see how we could get out of the kind of mess this bill would bring.Van Halenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636153816814457813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-4578754469657093812009-11-21T10:42:49.396-05:002009-11-21T10:42:49.396-05:00So what happens when the whole house of cards fall...So what happens when the whole house of cards falls in and the budget cuts begin in earnest? I have to admit, I'm not that wound up about ObamaCare because I think it's coming at about <a href="http://ktcatspost.blogspot.com/2009/11/shape-of-things-to-come.html" rel="nofollow">the same time as fiscal reality</a>.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.com