Saturday Open Thread: Nor’Easter Edition

We are definitely NOT suggesting that God, Mother Nature or even Zeus has an interest in whether or not the United States adopts socialized medicine. That said, if you wanted this health care-stink bomb to pass, you would be hard-pressed to imagine a WORSE time for DC to be buried in a blizzard. To pass ObamaCare (Version 7.0) by Christmas, the Senate needs to start certain procedures tomorrow…and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Brigadoon) isn’t even in town

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Tags: DC blizzard, government health care, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, ObamaCare
Posted Dec 19th 2009 at 4:01 am in Open Threads | 4956287 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/12/19/saturday-open-thread-noreaster-edition/Saturday+Open+Thread%3A+Nor%27Easter+Edition2009-12-19+12%3A01%3A20Publius

Health Reform Radicals Are Driving Congressional Democrats Off a Cliff

The socialist wing of the Democratic Party must have thought the brass ring was within its grasp when Barack Obama was elected president, a larger Democratic majority was returned to the House and a filibuster-proof majority was secured in the Senate.

But with the exception of massive new spending, little, if anything, has been delivered to satisfy the liberal base of the party.  Health care reform is a perfect example.  When the political stars began to align, leftists began moving swiftly to enact their agenda.  After all, a government takeover of health care has long been the ultimate goal for the socialist base of the party.

Despite polls that show solid majorities of Americans opposed to ObamaCare, Congressional Democrats trudge ahead.  Common sense would say they should pull the plug, in order to appease voters.

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Tags: Andy Stern, Bob Creamer, government health care, government take over, health care reform
Posted Dec 17th 2009 at 7:27 am in Big Labor, Congress, Healthcare, Politics | 4762646 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/kolson/2009/12/17/health-reform-radicals-are-driving-congressional-democrats-off-a-cliff/Health+Reform+Radicals+Are+Driving+Congressional+Democrats+Off+a+Cliff2009-12-17+15%3A27%3A32Kyle+Olson

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against ObamaCare

No, we haven’t performed a miracle and resurrected Ronald Reagan to provide his take on the current health care debate. We didn’t have to, because the ideas underlying the current proposals, whether it is ObamaCare, PelosiCare or the Reid health care legislation, have been around for decades. This Reagan speech, from 1961, comes for the early days of the debate over Medicare and Medicaid. Well, here we are again. And, Reagan’s words are still relevant.

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Tags: government health care, james madison, Norman Thomas, ObamaCare, Pelosicare
Posted Dec 6th 2009 at 12:07 pm in Healthcare, History | 4173833 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/12/06/ronald-reagan-speaks-out-against-obamacare/Ronald+Reagan+Speaks+Out+Against+ObamaCare2009-12-06+19%3A07%3A14Publius

U.K. Cancer Death Rate Is 38% Higher Than In U.S.

As the Congress prepared to vote to let us enter the world of waits for doctors, waits for specialists, waits for testing and waits for surgery, radiation and chemo, we should pause to consider the relative records of the private medical care system in the United States with the socialized system in the U.K.

In 2008, Britain had a cancer death rate 0.25% while the United States had a rate of only 0.18%.  The UK cancer death rate was 38% higher than in the United States.

The Guardian, the UK’s left wing daily, estimated that “up to 10,000 people” are dying each year of cancer “because their condition is diagnosed too late, according to research by the government’s director of cancer services.”  While many people die because of late detection due to their own negligence, there is no reason to believe this self-neglect is more common in the UK than in the US. (more…)

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Tags: Canada, cancer, cancer survivability, Congress, ObamaCare
Posted Dec 2nd 2009 at 11:06 am in Congress, Politics | 39950231 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/dmorris/2009/12/02/u-k-cancer-death-rate-is-38-higher-than-in-u-s/U.K.+Cancer+Death+Rate+Is+38%25+Higher+Than+In+U.S.2009-12-02+18%3A06%3A43Dick+Morris

New Document Reveals: SEIU Will Conquer Using Any Means Necessary

When a small sampling of the White House guest list was revealed several days, Obama campaign bankroller SEIU was at the top of the list.  Having spent over $60 million to elect Obama, why should we expect anything different?

Earlier this year, SEIU president Andy Stern admitted he holds weekly meetings at the White House and, according to the guest list, several with the president himself.  That makes Andy Stern one important man.  Perhaps one of the most important in Washington, in fact.

Andy Stern has long been labeled a ruthless, bare-knuckled union organizer.  His union has a significant portion of its membership made up of health care workers and, not surprisingly, has been of the groups most aggressively pushing for socialized medicine.

Stern’s SEIU has been very aggressive at increasing its membership, often employing intimidation to meet its ends.  Just one example: In, 2008 SEIU thugs beat up members, mainly women, from rival unions at a labor union convention.  SEIU then issued a press release entitled, “SEIU Members Stand Up for the Future of the Labor Movement and the Interests of All Workers.”

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Tags: Andy Stern, government health care, Patrick Gaspard, SEIU, socialized medicine
Posted Nov 12th 2009 at 11:45 am in Big Labor, Healthcare, Justice/Legal, Obama, Politics | 29698121 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/kolson/2009/11/12/new-document-reveals-seiu-will-conquer-using-any-means-necessary/New+Document+Reveals%3A+SEIU+Will+Conquer+Using+Any+Means+Necessary2009-11-12+18%3A45%3A30Kyle+Olson

White House Visitor Logs: Pay No Attention to Socialized Medicine

The White House appears to be continuing to throw red meat out to conservative audiences as a distraction from the real issue at hand: the proposed government takeover of health care.

It’s like a dog trainer pleading with a beagle sitting patiently, waiting to attack the target, while a big, fat steak is plopped by his paw.

At 4:31pm this past Friday, typical fare for this crew, the White House sirens released a partial list of visitors to the West Wing.  Why not a full list?  Who knows?  But some of the names were ones that were in the conservative wheelhouse during the election and the first 10 months of this year: Bill Ayers, Michael Moore, Jeremiah Wright and George Soros.

But MSNBC claims the first three: Ayers, Moore and Wright aren’t the Ayers, Moore and Wright.  Then why release the names?  Not to mention: the White House staff and the president himself just happen to have other friends named Bill Ayers, Michael Moore and Jeremiah Wright?  That’s bizarre.

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Tags: Andy Stern, Bill Ayers, george clooney, George Soros, government health care
Posted Nov 1st 2009 at 11:49 am in Healthcare, Obama, Politics | 2346654 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/kolson/2009/11/01/white-house-visitor-logs-pay-no-attention-to-socialized-medicine/White+House+Visitor+Logs%3A+Pay+No+Attention+to+Socialized+Medicine2009-11-01+18%3A49%3A53Kyle+Olson