At What Cost Political Fame

At What Cost Political Fame

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Obamas domestic agenda is going down in flames, Obamacare has rocked the regime and political allies alike. So what would a political fraud attempt to regain some sense of control? Lets go make a deal with the devil. Two birds killed with one stone, (according to whoever the fuck is in charge), try and take attention away from the healthcare fiasco, and show true leadership in foreign affairs. Unfortunately, his attempt at that is as bad as his signature legislation.

Whether he realizes it, Obama has now announced that the United States cannot be relied upon to stand up to Iran. Therefore, Israel and our Arab allies will be forced to live by their wits. Some actors, like the Saudis, will prosecute their proxy war with Iran with renewed vehemence. Others will simply hedge. They will make a beeline to Tehran, just as many regional actors began showing up in Moscow after the Syrian chemical weapons deal. American influence will further deteriorate.

That, in sum, is the true price that we just paid for six months of seeming quiet on the nuclear front. It is price in prestige, which most Americans will not notice. It is also a price in blood. But it is not our blood, so Americans will also fail to make the connection between the violence and the nuclear deal. It is important to note, however, that this is just the initial price. Six months from now, when the interim agreement expires, another payment to Ayatollah Khamenei will come due. If Obama doesn’t pony up, he will have to admit then that he cut a bad deal now. So he we will indeed pay — through the nose.

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Lame Stream Media Covers Obamas Ass Once Again

Lame Stream Media Covers Obamas Ass Once Again

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In the rush to swing off Obamas jock once again, the main stream media, including the New York Times and USA Today, post headlines that are blatantly false.

 

The New York Times is running the story of the Iran nuclear deal with a headline that’s big on cheerleading and small on facts.  The headline says “Deal reached with Iran halts its nuclear program.”  The deal does no such thing.  It actually allows Iran to continue it’s nuclear enrichment of uranium, as the article attached to the headline clearly states.

According to the agreement, Iran would agree to stop enriching uranium beyond 5 percent. To make good on that pledge, Iran would dismantle links between networks of centrifuges.

All of Iran’s stockpile of uranium that has been enriched to 20 percent, a short hop to weapons-grade fuel, would be diluted or converted into oxide so that it could not be readily used for military purposes. No new centrifuges, neither old models nor newer more efficient ones, could be installed. Centrifuges that have been installed but which are not currently operating could not be started up.

The agreement, however, would not require Iran to stop enriching uranium to a level of 3.5 percent or dismantle any of its existing centrifuges.

The accord was a disappointment for Israel, which urged the United States to pursue a stronger agreement that would lead to a complete end to Iran’s enrichment program.

But Iran made it clear that continuing enrichment was a prerequisite for any agreement.

The United States did not accept Iran’s claim that it had a “right to enrich” under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. But American officials signaled earlier this week that they were open to a compromise in which the two sides would essentially agree to disagree on how the proliferation treaty should be interpreted, while Tehran continued to enrich.

Obama Making Good On At Least One Promise

Obama Making Good On At Least One Promise

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 (CNSNews.com) – The price of electricity hit a record for the month of October, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That made October the eleventh straight month when the average price of electricity hit or matched the record level for that month.
The average price of electricity in October was 13.2 cents per kilowatt hour (KWH), up from 12.8 cents per KWH in October 2012—and up from 9.3 cents per KWH in October 2003.

 Americans now pay 42 percent more for electricity than they did a decade ago.

This year, electricity cost 12.9 cents per KWH in January, setting a January record. It stayed at that level in February, setting a February record. Then it dropped to 12.8 cents in March and April–nonetheless setting records for those months. In May, it climbed to 13.1 cents, setting an all-time record for May. Then it jumped to 13.7 cents per KWH in June and stayed at that level through July, August and September.

The 13.7 cents per KWH price of electricity of June through September 2013 was the most expensive electricity has ever been in the United States since BLS started tracking electricity prices in November 1978.

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Has Anybody Actually Enrolled In Obamcare?

Has Anybody Actually Enrolled In Obamcare?

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I don’t understand. If the website does not have a payment structure in place, how could people be fully enrolled until they pay for it?
So has anyone completed the actual enrollment process? Unless some states with their own exchange websites have figured a work-around for the payment problem, I believe the answer to this question is “no.” 

There were huge revelations about Obamacare’s enrollment process during today’s testimony by CMS tech director Henry Chao.  Chao admitted that up to 70% of the exchange website infrastructure hasn’t even been built yet, including the payment system for purchasing new health insurance plans.
We reported almost two weeks ago that the Obama administration was including in its official enrollment numbers people who had not yet paid for their plans, noting that in any industry, including health insurance, a sale is not a sale until the customer has submitted payment. Having an item in your shopping cart is not the same as having a purchased that item.

Resarch Institute Sets Up DUI Road Blocks – WTF?

Resarch Institute Sets Up DUI Road Blocks – WTF?

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Wow, let me get this straight. A research outfit out of Calverton, Maryland sets up shop by way of a roadblock in Texas and asks for swab, blood, and breath samples, and it is all financed with taxpayer funds? Talk about getting screwed without even so much as a kiss. Voluntary or not, it’s not right.

Federal contractors are setting up roadblocks in as many as 30 cities across the United States, stopping cars and asking for cheek swabs and blood samples from drivers.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s for “research” into drunk driving and that the samples are completely voluntary, but some drivers are saying it doesn’t quite feel voluntary. 

from NBCDFW:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is spending $7.9 million on the survey over three years, said participation was “100 percent voluntary” and anonymous.

But Cope said it didn’t feel voluntary to her — despite signs saying it was.

“I gestured to the guy in front that I just wanted to go straight, but he wouldn’t let me and forced me into a parking spot,” she said. Once parked, she couldn’t believe what she was asked next. “They were asking for cheek swabs,” she said. “They would give $10 for that. Also, if you let them take your blood, they would pay you $50 for that.” At the very least, she said, they wanted to test her breath for alcohol.

She said she felt trapped. “I finally did the Breathalyzer test just because I thought that would be the easiest way to leave,” she said, adding she received no money.

Fort Worth police earlier said they could not immediately find any record of officer involvement but police spokesman Sgt. Kelly Peel said Tuesday that the department’s Traffic Division coordinated with the NHTSA on the use of off-duty officers after the agency asked for help with the survey. “We are reviewing the actions of all police personnel involved to ensure that FWPD policies and procedures were followed,” he said. “We apologize if any of our drivers and citizens were offended or inconvenienced by the NHTSA National Roadside Survey.”

NBC DFW confirmed that the survey was done by a government contractor, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, which is based in Calverton, Md. A company spokeswoman referred questions to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. An agency spokeswoman sent an email confirming the government is conducting the surveys in 30 cities across the country in an effort to reduce impaired-driving accidents. She did not respond to another email from NBC DFW asking specific questions about the program..

But a Fort Worth attorney who is an expert in civil liberties law questioned whether such stops are constitutional. “You can’t just be pulled over randomly or for no reason,” said attorney Frank Colosi. He also noted the fine print on a form given to drivers informs them their breath was tested by “passive alcohol sensor readings before the consent process has been completed.”

“They’re essentially lying to you when they say it’s completely voluntary, because they’re testing you at that moment,” Colosi said.

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Canadian Liberal

Canadian Liberal

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Just got this in an email, thought I would share.

A Canadian female liberal wrote a lot of letters to the Canadian government, complaining about the treatment of captive insurgents (terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities. She demanded a response to her letter. She received back the following reply:

 National Defense Headquarters
M Gen George R. Pearkes Bldg., 15 NT
101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2
Canada

Dear Concerned Citizen,

Thank you for your recent letter expressing your profound concern of treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists captured by Canadian Forces, who were subsequently transferred to the Afghanistan Government and are currently being held by Afghan officials in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities.

Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinions were heard loud and clear here in Ottawa You will be pleased to learn, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself, we are creating a new department here at the Department of National Defense, to be called ‘Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers’ program, or L.A.R.K. for short.

 In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided, on a trial basis, to divert several terrorists and place them in homes of concerned citizens such as yourself, around the country, under those citizens personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and is scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence in Toronto next Monday.

 Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud is your detainee, and is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of complaint. You will be pleased to know that we will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with your recommendations.

 Although Ahmed is a sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his ‘attitudinal problem’ will help him overcome those character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences. We understand that you plan to offer counselling and home schooling, however, we strongly recommend that you hire some assistant caretakers.

 Please advise any Jewish friends, neighbours or relatives about your house guest, as he might get agitated or even violent, but we are sure you can reason with him. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless in your opinion, this might offend him. Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not ask him to demonstrate these skills either in your home or wherever you choose to take him while helping him adjust to life in our country.

 Ahmed will not wish to interact with you or your daughters except sexually, since he views females as a form of property, thereby having no rights, including refusal of his sexual demands. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him.

You also should know that he has shown violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the dress code that he will recommend as more appropriate attire. I’m sure you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka over time. Just remember that it is all part of ‘respecting his culture and religious beliefs’ as described in your letter.

You take good care of Ahmed and remember that we will try to have a counsellor available to help you over any difficulties you encounter while Ahmed is adjusting to Canadian culture.

Thanks again for your concern. We truly appreciate it when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to do our job and care for our fellow man. Good luck and God bless you.

 Cordially,
Gordon O’Connor
Minister of National Defense

Change The Damn Rules

Change The Damn Rules

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Health insurance companies are being regulated state to state, they are compelled by definitions of the Constitution and these rulings date back decades. I think it is time to take a closer look at some of these rulings as it pertains to insurance, because they favor the insurance companies and not the American people. If Congress is our mouth piece, I believe I want Obamacare repealed and insurance companies be forced/allowed to do business across state lines. Go get ’em mouth pieces.

Below is a law review I found interesting, worth the read. If you want to read the entire thing – go here.

Steven G. Calabresi, The Right to Buy Health Insurance Across State Lines: Crony Capitalism and the Supreme Court

The health insurance industry is just as much an industry as are General Motors and Ford. Just as the Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate automobile emissions on cars that are bought and sold, the Commerce Clause also allows Congress to regulate the buying and selling of health insurance.

The holding of Paul v. Virginia that corporations are not citizens under Article IV, Section 2 is a catastrophe from a policy perspective because it allows in-state corporations to use state law to protect themselves from out-of-state competition subject however to the constraints of the Dormant Commerce Clause. In areas like insurance, where Congress has somehow purported to “override” the Dormant Commerce Clause by statute, the costs are immense. It is quite simply absurd to say that corporations have free speech rights and the right to sue in federal court but no right to compete on an even playing field in interstate commerce.

VI. CONCLUSION

When Congress delegates its Commerce Clause power to the States—a power that is almost certainly exclusive in some respects—it violates the text of the Constitution just as surely as it would if it delegated its power to declare war to the states. There are fifty states today, not thirteen as at the founding, and as a result there are countless more external effects of state legislation on other states as well as many more state line crossings. The fifty states simply cannot be trusted to regulate a huge national service industry on which we spend one-sixth of our GDP as a nation if the states have carte blanche to discriminate in licensing against out-of-state health insurers.

By upholding the healthcare mandate, the Supreme Court has ruled that all of us MUST now buy the services of the fifty state health insurance cartels, oligopolies, and monopolies. It is incumbent on the Supreme Court to make sure that American consumers are not turned into the victims of crony capitalism by a weird confluence of its bizarre Dormant Commerce Clause and Privileges and Immunities Clause doctrines. NFIB v. Sebelius obligates the Supreme Court to take a second look in the healthcare context at decisions like Prudential Insurance Co. v. Benjamin; Western & Southern Life Insurance Co. v. California; and even Paul v. Virginia.240 In A Common Law for the Age of Statutes, Judge Guido Calabresi argued for second look judicial review when a set of statutes passed at very different times in our history and coupled with old case law produce a result we doubt Congress would legislate today. It is time for the Supreme Court to put an end to Crony Capitalism in the health insurance industry.