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Big Brother is not only watching, he’s collecting and archiving

By SoundOffSister / September 16, 2009 /

We now learn that the White House , though a private contractor, and without anyone’s knowledge, is collecting and storing comments made on it’s social networking sites at Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo and Sideshare.  The truly amazing part though is that the President is pointing to federal law as his justification for these…

“You lie”, Part II

By SoundOffSister / September 14, 2009 /

I think by now, we all realize that “you will be able to keep your insurance if you like it”, and “we will pay for all of this without raising taxes on anyone making less that $250,000” are probably not exactly accurate.  And, of course, Rep. Joe Wilson (R. S.C.) exposed the “illegal aliens” will not be…

Obama speaks to 15,000 while ignoring 2 million

By SoundOffSister / September 12, 2009 /

On April 15 when Americans held  TEA Parties across the country, President Obama said he really didn’t notice them. Knowing that there was a large rally planned for Washington Saturday, rather than repeat his feigned ignorance of the April 15 rally, the president decided it was better “to get out of Dodge”.

Another UAW bailout – $10 billion in reimbursements guaranteed

By SoundOffSister / September 12, 2009 /

Coming on the heels of the auto makers “hinting” that they will not be able to repay the TARP bailout money they received, comes yet another union grab of taxpayer money. But, this time it’s only $10 billion dollars that we will never see again.

Oh no, not again

By SoundOffSister / September 8, 2009 /

In a nationally televised event, President Obama plans to speak before a joint session of Congress Wednesday evening.  Here is what I have read about the reason for the speech: the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Obama’s planned address to a joint session of Congress this week “will insert the president into the heated…

Obama’s Health Rationer-in-Chief

By SoundOffSister / September 7, 2009 /

It is worth some time learning about the man who will be playing a pivotal role in Obamacare (should it come to pass), and who is already playing a pivotal role in Obama’s version of Medicare. He is Dr. Ezikiel Emanuel, and, if the name sounds familiar, he is the brother of Rahm Emanuel, the White House…

Obamacare: the stealth provisions

By SoundOffSister / August 31, 2009 /

What is wrong with the following sentence?  Congress wrote the Kennedy-Dodd health care bill while meeting in Washington on the backs of envelopes.  Hint: there are at least two correct answers. I have written many posts about the Kennedy-Dodd health care bill.  There is only one problem.  I learned Saturday, courtesy of The Wall Street Journal,…

Cylla and Charybdis

By SoundOffSister / August 10, 2009 /

Homer’s “Odyssey” tells the tale of Odysseus, a hero of Greek mythology.  Odysseus encountered two beasts while trying to sail through the Strait of Messina.  On one side was Cylla, a six headed sea beast.  On the other was Charybdis, a massive whirlpool. Today, we call Cylla ,”a rock”, and Charybdis, “a hard place”.  Between which, much like…

The death of ERISA

By SoundOffSister / August 5, 2009 / Comments Off on The death of ERISA

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is probably the best health care act ever passed by Congress, and President Obama wants to kill it. If you are employed, and your employer provides health insurance, read on, but, you will not like what you read.

Medicare, the reason for Obamacare

By SoundOffSister / August 4, 2009 /

Jim has been talking for months about the tie between Medicare and Obamacare.  Medicare is broke, and to keep it running, the government needs an enormous infusion of cash.  Finally, someone has admitted that Jim is correct. Alan Greenspan has now spoken about the connection. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyn0tJkOR7s And, let me explain why. When Medicare came into being under President…