5. March 2010 by admin.

DON’T STAY In DC!

To get special interests out of politics, get Congress out of Washington

By Ralph Benko

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.congress02,0,2975827.story

We send our elected representatives far from home to conduct the people’s business. We send them to Washington, D.C., where they form what our flyboys (and flygirls) call “a
target-rich environment” for the lobbyists and for the political party
leadership.

We send them far from us … to conduct our business. There was no other way in
the 18th and 19th centuries and most of the 20th. In the 21st century, of
course, this is absurd.
http://peoplepoweredcongress.ning.com/

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8. February 2010 by admin.

Study shows how Medicare rewards MDs for overuse- Reuters

Medicare’s move in 2005 to pay doctors to do bladder cancer surgery in their offices rather than in hospitals dramatically raised the number of procedures and overall health costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

U.S.  |  Health

The findings reflect the complexity of cutting health costs in the United States, showing how in some cases Medicare — the insurance program for the elderly and disabled — gives doctors incentives to provide too much care, they said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6170O520100208?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

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3. February 2010 by admin.

Does Rahm Emanuel Pay his Property Taxes?  According to the left-wing loon agit prop group, factcheck.org he does. (the oxymoron is not lost on us). 

Rahm Emanuel Property Taxes | FactCheck.org

Q: Does Rahm Emanuel pay property taxes? A: The president’s chief of staff does pay taxes on his home. Failed attempts to find his records are the.
www.factcheck.org/2009/03/rahm-emanuel-property-taxes/  Illinois Review begs to differ with the far-left propaganda rag:

Illinois Review: Curiosity stirred about Rahm Emanuel’s taxes …

Many voters think that their last two congressmen, Rahm Emanuel and Rod … Emmanuel does not pay his property taxes or his “fair share of property taxes. …
illinoisreview.typepad.com/…/questions-remain-about-rahm-emanuels-taxes.html - 

Irregular times postiviely rebukes the factcheck claims

rregular Times » Blog Archive » Rahm Emanuel is a Conniving Jerk …

Mar 4, 2009 … Check out his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. His mansion in Chicago is not listed as a residence. Change that to “I pay no property taxes.” …
irregulartimes.com/…/rahm-emanuel-is-a-conniving-jerk-who-pays-his-property-taxes/ - 

And finally, snopes.com puts it to bed.

Why doesn’t Rahm Emanuel pay property taxes? - snopes.com

2 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Mar 7, 2009high tax burden. Why wouldn’t 4228 North Hermitage property owners Rahm Emanuel and wife. Amy Rule pay property taxes? …
message.snopes.com › Urban Legends › Politics

Rahm Emanuel gets sweetheart tax breaks at home while he orchestrates graft payoffs to SEIU and ACORN using YOUR tax dollars.  Just another reason Rahm “dead fish” Emanuel must go.

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3. February 2010 by admin.

Rahm Emanuel calls the 1^st amendment “overrated”

In an article on newsbusters.org, Rahm Emanuel is quoted as saying, about the 1^st amendment “When you think about the First Amendment, you think it’s highly overrated.

Nets Decry Campaign Finance Ruling, Fail to Hail Victory for …

I wonder if he would call the Justices the R word for voting to uphold the 1^st amendment.  You’d think a man who has such a liberal tongue, dropping F bombs in the halls of congress to force congressmen to vote for his Freddie Mac special favors, would treasure the 1^st amendment.  I guess not

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22. January 2010 by admin.

 ObamaCare on Life Support- from the collapse of the Senate Bill to the last resort- reconciliation- has Obama shot his political capital already?

With the election of Scott Brown, and now the opening up of the politcal war coffers on the right through the death of Mccain-Feingold, dems are running scared from their own far left agenda.  Witness the recent machinations in the ObamaCare wars.

Pelosi has announced she can’t pass the Senate bill through the House.  Barney Frank, whose MA district voted for Scott Brown,  is calling for a reboot, and they are now down to the last desperate act, but one that will, in essense, require them to take ObamaCare through both the House and the Senate again, reconciliation.

Here was their attempt to cram the bill through the House to avoid resolving the differences between the Senate and House Bill:

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Politico: Democrats’ ObamaCare talks collapsing?

Part of the negotiations center on whether Reid can provide an ironclad guarantee that the Senate will not leave the House in the lurch, aides said. If the House agrees to pass the Senate bill with a companion measure — or a “cleanup” bill — to make fixes, they want to know that the Senate will indeed pass it, too.

There was some talk among Senate leadership on Thursday of putting together a letter signed by 51 Democratic senators pledging to pass a cleanup bill if the House would pass the Senate bill. But that effort fizzled when support for it didn’t materialize, insiders said.

“The Senate moderates’ viewpoint is, ‘We passed our bill. We’re not going to spend three weeks on some other bill,’” said a Democratic lobbyist who represents clients pushing for reform.

“There’s a real possibility it doesn’t get through,” said another Democratic lobbyist.

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01/21/politico-democrats-obamacare-talks-collapsing/

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Nancy Pelosi announces the death of ObamaCare in its present form:

This report confirms the obvious—namely, that Obamacare is crumbling before our eyes:

As top Democrats cast doubt for a way to get health care back on track, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took one option off the table Thursday, saying her caucus doesn’t have the stomach to pass the Senate bill unless changes are made. “In its present form, without any change, I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House,” Pelosi said. “I don’t see the votes for it at this time.  .  . ‘Unease’ would be a gentle word in terms the attitude of my colleagues toward certain provisions of the Senate bill,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday morning.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/221511

Speaker Pelosi announces she cannot pass the Senate version of the bill through the House:

Video

There are certain things that, um, members just cannot support. So in its present form without any, uh, change, I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House…”- Nancy Pelosi

Faced with the prospect of an arrogant one-party government running the country, the people responded the only way they knew how: at the polls. On Tuesday, for the first time in over 30 years, the people of Massachusetts elected a Republican to fill a Democrat’s seat in the Senate thus snatching away that critical 60th vote needed to pass a bill without threat of a GOP filibuster.

From:

http://sandrarose.com/2010/01/22/obamacare-crashes-and-burns/

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Rising Conservative star, Representative Paul Ryan, has revealed the desperate attempt and commitment of the far left to cram this government takeover through Congress, even without the consent or will of the people:

NRO reports:

Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, tells National Review Online that House Democrats are planning to use the budget-reconciliation process in order to pass Obamacare. “They’re meeting with each other this weekend to pursue it,” says Ryan. “I’ve spoken with many Democrats and the message is this: They’re not ready to give up. They’ve waited their entire adult lives for this moment, and they aren’t ready to let 100,000 pesky votes in Massachusetts get in the way of fulfilling their destiny. They’ll look at every option and spend the next four or five days figuring it out.”

If the Democrats pass a health-care bill through reconciliation, it means they would need only 51 votes in the Senate for final passage. To start the process, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) would need to bring a new health-care bill to the House Budget Committee with reconciliation instructions, with the Senate doing the same.

from:

http://blogsforvictory.com/2010/01/22/will-the-democrats-use-reconciliation-for-obamacare/

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ObamaCare will not pass in time for the next summer break, our prediction, meaning that the congressmen and senators, now closer to election, and going back to a second round of Town Halls, will have even less of a backbone to do the unthinkable, defy the will of the people, meaning that unless the dems somehow hold on to the house and their 59 to 41 majority, ObamaCare is dead.

It is like watching a team down 49-0 with a quarter of football left to play, still hurling hail mary after hail mary, desperately trying to win.  Rather than resting its star players for the next big game, the left will continue to exhaust its resources, time, money, and dwindling political capital on a losing cause.

Hail freedom, Hail the people.

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21. January 2010 by admin.

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16. January 2010 by admin.

Martha Coakley is to the left of Nancy Pelosi, and will insist that abortion be funded by taxpayers.  Here is the proof, from Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/can-martha-coakley-beat-p_b_380088.htmlI have no idea why Politico chose to frame the Massachusetts race for Ted Kennedy’s seat as it “fizzles,” because Coakley’s is another voice very important to the larger debate on health care, which makes this special election next Tuesday actually very important. Especially with senators like Ben Nelson and Russ Feingold choosing just yesterday to vote against women, which inspired a very terse remark to Feingold’s office from me.

Coakley on the importance of retaining women’s access to full reproductive health care. (editor’s note- this is about ADDING to abortion rights by forcing taxpayers to pay for it)

Coakley was more explicit at a debate Tuesday when an opponent, Celtics co-owner and former private equity executive Steven Pagliuca, criticized her for having said she would have opposed the House-passed health care bill because of the abortion restrictions it included.
“Steve,” Coakley responded, before pausing for a moment. “It’s personal with me, and it’s personal with every woman who’s in this, who’s watching this.”

Do you think it is personal to you that Martha Coakley wants to force you to pay for the murder of babies through ObamaCare?

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16. January 2010 by admin.

Ouch. Coakley’s Husband’s Old Work Buddies Endorse Scott Brown- Slam Martha Coakley

Friday, January 15, 2010, 8:52 PM

Jim Hoft

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/ouch-coakleys-husbands-old-work-buddies-endorse-scott-brown-slam-martha-coakley/

Today Tom’s old work buddies the Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association slammed Martha Coakley for assuming they supporter her and endorsed Scott Brown for United States Senator.

Legal Insurrection reported the news.

The 212 member Cambridge Police Patrol Officers Association voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown for United States Senator in next Tuesday’s election against Attorney General Martha Coakley. CPSOA’s President released the following letter today:

All Members,

Members of our Association have inquired and requested that we endorse Scott Brown in the upcoming election against Martha Coakley. Ms. Coakley along with some of her campaign workers have talked publicly about how her husband is a retired Cambridge Police Officer, giving appearances that she is being endorsed by the Cambridge Police. This may be an innocent insinuation but most do take this as our giving her our support and endorsement. Yesterday, the CPPOA Executive Board voted to endorse State Senator Scott Brown in the upcoming election for US Senate. In an 11 to 2 vote, the Executive Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the endorsement. We do not endorse anyone who advocates changes in the health care that take away any bargaining rights or increases our cost along with our contributions. Senator Brown does not support the Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Bill and promises to be the 41st vote to ensure its defeat.

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15. January 2010 by admin.

 Ralph Benko’s flogging of Patrick Ruffini in today’s parcbench underlies a growing schism in the conservative movement between the elitists, bluebloods (see Patrick Ruffini and Dan Quayle on this) and the populists (the s0-called amateurs Patrick Ruffini believes has no place running the great political machine he champions).  Here are some of the signs of that growing schism

The Apostasy: “Drop Dead, Tea Partiers!” | Parcbench

3 hours ago by Ralph Benko

A public flogging of Patrick Ruffini In entering an important online debate recently, GOP web celeb Patrick Ruffini horrifyingly takes the elitist position.
http://www.parcbench.com/

Freedom News- An American Blog » Blog Archive » 1-15-10- Patrick …

44 minutes ago by admin
1-15-10- Patrick Ruffini slams tea party movement- parcbench · The Apostasy: “Drop Dead, Tea Partiers!” Written by Ralph BenkocloseAuthor: Ralph Benko Name: Ralph Benko Email: ralphbenko@gmail.com. Site: …
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‘The Tea Party Movement Is About To Be Hijacked’: Activists Slam …

3 days ago by Zachary Roth
In the latest sign of rancor in Tea Party circles, a convention aiming to bring together conservative activists from across the country is being attacked by some Tea Partiers as inauthentic, too expensive, and too tied to the GOP.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/ - More results from TPMMuckraker - References

Editorial: Tea Party movement cannot be ignored

5 hours ago by Editorial Board
Moreover, the Tea Party movement has shown broad appeal beyond the fringe of right-wing extremism. While only 28 percent and 35 percent of Americans have a positive view of the Republican and Democratic Parties, …
http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/

Freedom News- An American Blog » Blog Archive » 1-13-10 Dan Quayle …

1 day ago by admin
Todahy, January 13th, 2010, Dan Quayle, the failed vice president of the failed president Bush the first, had this to say about the tea party movment. The blue blood wants the tea party people to step aside and be …
http://blog.freedomist.info/

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13. January 2010 by admin.

1-13-10 Politics- Top Story- Brown v Coakley- ObamaCare showdown in Massachusetts election

 Is it time for Democrats to start panicking?

http://campaigndiaries.com/2010/01/12/democrats-dial-up-volume-in-massachussetts-special/

 A new Rasmussen poll finds Martha Coakley leading by only 2% (49% to 47%). This is the first time we can consider trendlines (Rasmussen is the first pollster to release a second poll, and this is where things get scary for Democrats: Coakley led by 9% 10 days ago, so all the momentum is definitely on Scott Brown’s side. Yet more confirmation that the Attorney General is caught in a downward spiral comes from Marc Ambinder’s Twitter account: “FWIW, internal Democratic tracking in MA last week had Coakley up 15. Today, she’s up by five.” Suddenly, PPP has a lot of company - and it’s The Boston Globe that’s looking isolated.

Rasmussen: Mass. Race a Dead Heat

http://www.thefoxnation.com/massachusett-senate-race/2010/01/12/rasmussen-mass-race-dead-heat

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley attracting 49% of the vote while her Republican rival, state Senator Scott Brown, picks up 47%.
 
Three percent (3%) say they’ll vote for independent candidate Joe Kennedy, and two percent (2%) are undecided. The independent is no relation to the late Edward M. Kennedy, whose Senate seat the candidates are battling to fill in next Tuesday’s election.

Scott Brown to CNN’s Gergen: ‘It’s Not the Kennedys’ Seat’

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/01/12/its-not-kennedys-seat-its-not-democrats-seat-its-peoples-seat#ixzz0cVsiu3Xp
The death of Ted Kennedy hit the liberal media particularly hard. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell caught the mood of the nation’s pundits when she said the “heavens were weeping” during Kennedy’s funeral. Now that Kennedy is dead, some pundits feel as if Democrats are entitled to the seat he left vacant.

CNN senior political analyst David Gergen had to be reminded of this fact Monday as he moderated a debate between the two candidates for Massachusetts’s open Senate seat. He asked Republican candidate Scott Brown whether he’d be willing to “sit in Teddy Kennedy’s seat and [say] I’m going to be the person who’s going to block it [liberal health care policy] for another 15 years.”

But Brown, refusing to take for granted Gergen’s blatantly left-wing premises, responded instead: “Well, with all due respect it’s not the Kennedys’ seat, and it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat.” (video and transcript below the fold - h/t Kerry Picket)

Lobbyists Hosting Martha Coakley’s Fundraiser, Showing Who’s For Health Care ‘Reform’

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/12/lobbyists-hosting-martha-_n_421114.html

Washington Examiner:

With Democrat Martha Coakley in trouble in the Massachusetts special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat, Democrats could lose vote No. 60 for President Obama’s health-care bill. In response, an army of lobbyists for drug companies, health insurance companies, and hospitals has teamed up to throw a high-dollar Capitol Hill fundraiser for Coakley next Tuesday night.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Coakley-in-trouble-Pharma-and-HMO-lobbyists-to-the-rescue-81067542.html

More

http://blog.freedomist.info/2010/01/13/1-13-10-politics-top-story-brown-v-coakley-obamacare-showdown-in-massachusetts-election/

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