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Here's the good news about Obamacare
Post Date: 2010-03-24 12:52:04 by dont eat that
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"BABY BOOMERS WILL GET WHAT THEY DREAMED OF IN THE SIXTIES! More drugs for everyone! Since there won't be enough doctors to treat everyone, especially all of those who decide to over utilize the medical system now that it's "free," when you can't get in to see the doctor for several weeks, almost certainly you'll be able to get a script for some painkillers to tide you over, shut you up, and after a certain (and rapidly lowering) age, lull you off to a permanent nap. Isn't this what Woodstock was all about?"
'Party of No' Strategy Backfires; Democrats' midterm chances get a boost from health-care reform...
Post Date: 2010-03-24 12:19:21 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The party put everything on the line, pulled out all the stops, played for the jackpot -- and lost. President Obama might say the House vote in favor of health-care reform was not the victory of any party, but it was certainly a defeat for the Republicans, who all voted 'No.' The Republican Party lined up on the wrong side of history on health-care reform and will pay the price in midterm elections. Democrats will lose seats - the president's party usually does in midterms - but not nearly as many as they would have without the passage of healthcare reform. The Republicans upped the ante throughout the debate, creating the drama, ...
Democrats Owe Thanks to Reagan for Health-Care Vote Procedure
Post Date: 2010-03-24 11:44:55 by war
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March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats owe the late President Ronald Reagan a measure of thanks for the parliamentary procedure they’re using this week to try to complete the U.S. health-care overhaul. It was Republicans, concerned that Reagan’s agenda might get bogged down in the Senate, who in 1981 transformed a procedure called reconciliation into what it is today: a tool used by both parties to muscle legislation through the Senate. “We really put some teeth in reconciliation,” said Steve Bell, former staff director of the Senate Budget Committee. He was one of the architects of the strategy to enact Reagan’s spending reductions, along with ...
Doctors begin resigning over ObamaCare
Post Date: 2010-03-24 11:22:59 by dont eat that
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Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet is a widely-respected doctor from Tucson, Arizona who is a nationally-recognized speaker on women's health. She has published numerous books on female hormone changes and is the founder and medical director of a successful practice called Her Place. She is now set to resign over ObamaCare. In an interview Wednesday on Fox News, she primarily cited the fact that this takeover tramples the doctor-patient relationship, compromising her ability to follow the Hippocratic Oath. But she also notes that the excessive regulatory burdens and crushing costs imposed on doctors will make it completely unfeasible for many of them to stay in business. She will not be the ...
Asshole Democrats and Their Media Sycophants Are Lying POS -- There Were No Slurs From The ObamaCrapCare Protestors
Post Date: 2010-03-24 10:18:19 by dont eat that
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On Saturday the leftist media reported on a horrible story from their sources at the anti-military Jew-hating conservative-hating Huffington Post. The media claimed that members of the Congressional Black Caucus were called n*ggers and spat on by tea party protesters as they walked from the Longworth office building to the Rayburn office building. At least one report said that it was “a chorus” of racist hatred. Reporters from ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX News, (including Bill O’Reilly), MSNBC, etc. reported on this horrible story. Unfortunately, it was a fake. They had no evidence… Nothing. It was totally made up. In fact, a video was later released that proved that there was ...
Do You Miss the Wonderful George W Bush Economy?
Post Date: 2010-03-24 09:06:29 by dont eat that
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Faced with a recession when he took office, President Bush cut taxes for every federal income taxpayer, which helped set off an unprecedented 52 straight months of job creation.
AIA: Architecture Billings Index Shows Contraction in February (Ooopss!!!!)
Post Date: 2010-03-24 02:03:50 by Nebuchadnezzar
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AIA: Architecture Billings Index Shows Contraction in February by CalculatedRisk on 3/23/2010 11:59:00 PM Note: This index is a leading indicator for Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment. The WSJ reports that the American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index increased to 44.8 in February from 42.5 in January. Any reading below 50 indicates contraction. The ABI press release is not online yet. Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the Architecture Billings Index since 1996. The index has remained below 50, indicating falling demand, since January 2008. The second graph compares the Architecture Billings Index with the year-over-year ...
NRSC's Cornyn: We Won't Call For Repealing All Of Health Care
Post Date: 2010-03-23 20:20:17 by Skip Intro
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NRSC's Cornyn: We Won't Call For Repealing All Of Health Care In the wake of the passage of health care reform, nearly the entire slate of Republican senatorial candidates seems ready to run on a repeal of the bill. But now, the lawmaker overseeing their election strategy is softening the message. Rather than promising to scrap the bill in its entirety, the GOP will pledge to just get rid of the more controversial parts. In a brief chat with the Huffington Post on Tuesday, National Republican Senatorial Committee chair John Cornyn (R-Tex.) implicitly acknowledged that Republicans are content with allowing some elements of Obama's reform into law. And they'd generally ...
US/Eastern Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Take Own Lives (More "hope and change")
Post Date: 2010-03-23 19:24:51 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Mar 23, 2010 7:19 pm US/Eastern Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Take Own Lives Reporting Walt Hunter PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) 53; Click to enlarge1 of 1 CBS The foreclosure crisis in Philadelphia is now becoming a matter of life and death. Eyewitness News has learned that in the past month, two homeowners took their own lives before sheriff's deputies arrived to tell them that they were being evicted. On March 5, deputies arriving to post an eviction notice on Lynda Clark's South Philadelphia home found she had hung herself. "It's devastating for everyone. We're not even family members and it's just devastating to us," Captain Albert Innaurato of the Philadelphia ...
79% Say U.S. Economy Could Collapse (The Obama Depression)
Post Date: 2010-03-23 16:01:33 by dont eat that
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The latest Fox News poll finds that 79 percent of voters think it’s possible the economy could collapse, including large majorities of Democrats (72 percent), Republicans (84 percent) and independents (80 percent). Most American voters believe it’s possible the nation’s economy could collapse, and majorities don’t think elected officials in Washington have ideas for fixing it. The latest Fox News poll finds that 79 percent of voters think it’s possible the economy could collapse, including large majorities of Democrats (72 percent), Republicans (84 percent) and independents (80 percent). Just 18 percent think the economy is "so big and strong it could never ...
Gallup/USA Today’s BS Health Care Poll
Post Date: 2010-03-23 15:50:11 by dont eat that
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Gallup and USA Today released a shock poll today, showing a near-majority of Americans support government-run health care legislation just signed into law. What USA Today didn’t mention in its reporting, however, are the major caveats and actual details of the poll. Instead it just printed this headline: Opinions turn favorable on health care plan And then the story goes on the phrase the results as evidence that Americans simply love ObamaCare. But you need to turn to Gallup’s website for the real story: Although much of the public debate over healthcare reform has been heated, barely a third of rank-and-file citizens express either enthusiasm (15%) or anger (19%) about ...
Opinions Turn Favorable On Health Care Plan (49 to 40%)
Post Date: 2010-03-23 15:37:46 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Americans by 9 percentage points have a favorable view of the health care overhaul that President Obama signed into law Tuesday, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, a notable turnaround from surveys before the vote that showed a plurality against it. By 49%-40% those surveyed say it was "a good thing" rather than a bad one that Congress passed the bill. Half describe their reaction in positive terms, as "enthusiastic" or "pleased," while about four in 10 describe it in negative ways, as "disappointed" or "angry." The largest single group, 48%, calls the bill "a good first step" that should be followed by more action ...
Ten-Year Swap Spread Turns Negative on Renewed Demand for Risk
Post Date: 2010-03-23 15:25:14 by war
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March 23 (Bloomberg) -- The 10-year U.S. swap spread turned negative for the first time on record amid rising demand for higher-yielding assets such as corporate and emerging market securities. The gap between the rate to exchange floating- for fixed- interest payments and comparable maturity Treasury yields for 10 years, known as the swap spread, narrowed to as low as negative 2.5 basis points, the lowest since at least 1988, when Bloomberg began collecting the data. The spread narrowed 5.38 basis points to negative 2.38 basis point at 3:12 p.m. in New York. A negative swap spread means the Treasury yield is higher than the swap rate, which typically is greater given the floating ...
Obamacare is ‘Like Christmas’ for Retarded Democrat Voters
Post Date: 2010-03-23 14:53:09 by dont eat that
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WRAL TV of Durham, N.C. has a story today that exemplifies how Democrats win votes in a most un-American way. In the words of one North Carolina resident and Democrat voter, Democrats are “like Christmas” because with Democrats in office no one has to pay any of their bills. WRAL had a news story on local reactions to the signing of Obamacare and the report featured video of resident DeCarlo Flythe of Durham, N. C. who was “overjoyed” that Obamacare is here. Here was Mr. Flythe’s reaction to Obamacare: “It’s gonna be like Christmas, you know your first Christmas when you want that Barbie doll, so it’s gonna be just like Christmas. I mean ...
AP Exclusive: Prosecutors Consider Gun Charges For Former Blackwater President, Counsel
Post Date: 2010-03-23 12:51:26 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are considering weapons charges against former executives at Blackwater Worldwide over allegations the private security company illegally stockpiled automatic rifles at its North Carolina headquarters, The Associated Press has learned. Senior Justice Department officials are reviewing a draft indictment against former president Gary Jackson, former Blackwater general counsel Andrew Howell, and a third man who used to work at the firm's armory, people close to the case told the AP. A decision is not expected until at least next month. Blackwater has repeatedly been under federal scrutiny — from the FBI to Congress to agencies that have ...
Obama Signs Landmark Health Care Bill
Post Date: 2010-03-23 12:30:58 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — With the stroke of President Obama’s pen, his health care overhaul — the most sweeping social legislation enacted in decades — became law on Tuesday. Mr. Obama affixed his curlicue signature, almost letter by letter, to the measure, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, surrounded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and a raft of other lawmakers who spent the past year on a legislative roller-coaster ride trying to pass it. Aides said he would pass out the 20 pens he used as mementoes. The ceremony included two special guests: Vicki Kennedy, the widow of the late ...
Republicans Dealt Blow on Health Care by U.S. Senate Official
Post Date: 2010-03-23 12:27:46 by Brian S
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March 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate parliamentarian dealt Republicans a setback in their bid to derail the Democratic health-care overhaul package, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said. Parliamentarian Alan Frumin issued informal guidance to Republicans yesterday that he doesn’t agree with them that a proposed tax on high-end health insurance plans violates Senate budget rules, said Don Stewart, a spokesman for McConnell, a Kentucky Republican. Frumin couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. Republicans said the so-called Cadillac plan tax has an impact on the Social Security trust fund that violates the 1974 Budget Act. Republicans plan other ...
Housing Sales: Forget It! (3 month decline)
Post Date: 2010-03-23 12:09:15 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Tuesday, March 23. 2010 Posted by Karl Denninger in Housing at 11:04 Housing Sales: Forget It As I pointed out on March 17th, the housing "tax credit" has run out of gas - and today's existing home sales numbers prove it: Sales of existing homes have thus fallen three consecutive months, a reversal after having risen steadily through the fall in response to a federal subsidy for first-time home buyers. The tax credit has been restored and expanded to repeat buyers, but there has been no increase in sales yet. Notice the "yet" - despite the fact that you must have a signed contract by April 30th to get the credit. Let's cut the crap - the debt channel is ...
Iraq: George W. Bush's Victory
Post Date: 2010-03-23 09:38:16 by dont eat that
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Will history agree with George W. Bush? It is his policy of democratization in Iraq, launched seven years ago after the fall of Saddam Hussein, that is being imposed, with election after election coming, despite serious initial strategic errors. This weekend, the Iraqis have once again rallied themselves to vote, despite al-Qaida intimidation (38 deaths in attacks). The Sunni minority, abstaining up until now, has now taken to the polls. Initial surveys suggest that Islamist parties will be in decline. As Adrien Jaulmes, Figaro's special envoy to Baghdad, wrote this Monday: "The American invasion and the installation of a new regime has propelled the country into a democratic ...
Obama -- A Sad Sorry Excuse of a Life
Post Date: 2010-03-23 09:29:34 by dont eat that
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Sorry, but we don’t love you like your momma did… So don’t go trying to project your insecurities on us…. It ain’t gonna work…We’re sorry you had a rotten childhood… Too bad you got nabbed by the CIA and got turned into this mess of a human being that is but a mere front for a foreign policy of the greatest nation on Earth that is clearly not panning out… Too bad you’re going to get hung out to dry by practically everyone, including the mainstream media, which by the way will dump you when it becomes clear that the future of the country is more important, far more important than all this crap they put you up to… Don’t you feel ...
It's a Civil War: What We Do Now
Post Date: 2010-03-23 08:22:43 by war
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A terrible thing happened to America on Sunday, March 21, 2010. The country took its biggest step ever down a road diametrically opposed to its original intent of keeping the state small so that the individual can be free and great. Receive news alerts Sign Up Dennis Prager RealClearPolitics America Democratic Party liberty [+] More Therefore, in this unprecedented crisis of values, this is what needs to be done: 1. Know and teach America's core values. We got to this point solely because over the past few generations, Americans have forgotten the values that have made America distinctive and great. Even the "Greatest Generation" failed to communicate them. In a ...
White House Builders Lumber & Supply files Ch. 11
Post Date: 2010-03-23 02:13:46 by Nebuchadnezzar
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White House Builders Lumber & Supply files Ch. 11 Nashville Business Journal - by Brian Reisinger Staff Writer A building supply company has filed for bankruptcy and plans to emerge as a smaller, more diversified construction and materials company. White House Builders Lumber & Supply of White House in Sumner County filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday, listing about $4.2 million in liabilities to various creditors, including nearly $3.6 million in unsecured loans owed to Renasant Bank of Tupelo, Miss. Jeff Christian, owner, said he has about $7 million in assets, though some of that is due to royalties on the sale of a past business that he can’t immediately ...
Sherrill Manufacturing to stop production in May (Can't compete with China)
Post Date: 2010-03-23 02:09:56 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Sherrill Manufacturing to stop production in May By Charley Hannagan / The Post-Standard March 17, 2010, 9:06AM 021709Sherrill3db.JPGDick Blume / The Post-StandardJohn Smoyer in February 2009 picks up stamping forms used to make knives, forks and spoons at Sherrill Manufacturing. The plant will stop production in May.Sherrill, NY--Unable to compete with cheaper products imported from China, Sherrill Manufacturing Inc. told workers Tuesday that it is closing its flatware factory. The closing affects 108 workers, about 80 of whom will lose their jobs. "It is all contingent on the nature and scope of our ongoing operations. We are certainly going to make every effort to preserve as ...
Health Care Bill Spurs Assassination Calls on Twitter
Post Date: 2010-03-22 17:50:19 by Murron
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Health Care Bill Spurs Assassination Calls on Twitter Secret Service to Investigate Calls for President Obama's Assassination By RUSSELL GOLDMAN and JASON RYAN March 22, 2010 The Secret Service is investigating two Twitter users who, apparently angered by the passage of the health care reform bill, took to the Internet Sunday to call for the assassination of President Obama. "ASSASSINATION! America, we survived the Assassinations and Lincoln & Kennedy. We'll surely get over a bullet to Barrack Obama's head," wrote one Twitter user, who goes by the handle Solly Forell, and identifies himself as a conservative blogger and "'authentic' African ...
59% Oppose the Health Care Legistaion
Post Date: 2010-03-22 14:13:28 by dont eat that
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As you may know, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are trying to pass finallegislation that would make major changes in the country’s health care system. Based on what you have read or heard about that legislation, do you generally favor it or generally oppose it? Mar 19-21 2010 Favor 39% Oppose 59% No opinion 2%
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