http://biggovernment.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:25:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Several hours into last month’s marathon health care summit, President Obama became exasperated.  Republican lawmakers Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Jon Kyl had plainly laid out their party’s objections to his massive legislation by emphasizing a major philosophical point of departure between the two parties.   Democrats place a great deal ... http://biggovernment.com/gbenson/2010/03/20/tipping-the-scales-against-washington/ Hundreds rallied today outside of Russ Carnahan's office in St. Louis. 500 protesters met today at Carnahan's Brentwood office. The rally was called late yesterday afternoon. Missouri protesters wanted to let "Rubber Stamp Russ" know that he will pay in November for being Pelosi's puppet all year long. Angry protesters chucked ... http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/03/20/hundreds-rally-as-russ-carnahan-is-booted-and-torched-in-st-louis/ From The Hill: Top Democrats confirmed Saturday that the House would hold separate votes on the Senate healthcare bill and the reconciliation bill, making fixes to it. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of the chief deputy whips, Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), all of whom said that Speaker ... http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/03/20/dems-ditch-deem-and-pass/ The indispensable Jake Tapper of ABC News took an interview with Vice President Joe "Foot in Mouth" Biden that contains a nugget of information that tends to prove that Barack Obama intends to destroy America's insurance industry and place it under the full control of the federal government. Tapper asked VP ... http://biggovernment.com/wthuston/2010/03/20/vp-biden-says-obama-plans-to-control-insurance-companies/ If anyone has ever wondered why Michigan has had the worst unemployment rate in the country for nearly 50 months, or why its state government repeatedly spends more than it brings in, here’s a reason: we have morons for leaders.  We really do. I swear other governors look at Michigan's policies and do ... http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/03/20/why-michigan-is-the-worst-moronic-governor-proclaims-today-meatout-day/ In Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 novel, Slaughterhouse Five, the main character, Billy Pilgrim, is an American POW who hides in a meat cellar as Dresden is being fire bombed. In 2010, the Slaughterhouse Three, Obama, Pelosi and Reid, shove every American in a meat cellar as they fire bomb America with their ... http://biggovernment.com/djanda/2010/03/20/obamacare-the-slaughter-house-three/ Those of you eager to listen to this week's Coffee & Markets will have to wait til Sunday (we want to see how things turn out on Capitol Hill), so here's a brief podcast from TNL Editor Benjamin Domenech with a few thoughts on the eve of health care reform's ... http://biggovernment.com/newledger/2010/03/20/podcast-obamacares-endgame/