The People Have Spoken. Mr. Obama are You Listening?

With Republican Scott Brown's win in heavily left leaning Democratic Massachusetts last night, the people have started to take back our government. The only question that remains is will Mr. Obama, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Reid listen? So far, they haven't shown any indication that they care what the people want. So far, in the first year of Obama, all they care about is the Democratic Party agenda even though the vast majority of citizens are against it.

You know the people are angry when a Democrat cannot win a "Kennedy" seat in Massachusetts the land of the Kennedys. Mr. Scott Brown has shown what he said over and over again is true, that the open Senate seat in Massachusetts is indeed "The People's Seat".

Going from here we will see if the arrogance of the "we won" party will continue to push towards their goal of national health insurance that everyone will be forced to buy or face a stiff penalty. Some in the Democratic party, the party that has controlled Congress for years, seem to have gotten the message, but not the Democratic Party leadership. They have their ideological blinders on and want to force us all into Obamacare, which many people believe is unconstitutional.

It's time to speak out, shout out and tell your representatives, Schumer and Gillebrand, here in NY, that you want them to be more like Scott Brown or you'll vote them out. We need representatives that work FOR us. It is the government OF THE PEOPLE. They work for us. Tell them what you think. We need to put pressure on the Democrats to do what we want, not what their party has been trying to do for years. They don't get it that if the people wanted national health insurance, we would have had it long ago. National health insurance DOES NOT WORK. It hasn't worked anywhere in the world. It won't work here.

Do we need to reform the system? Yes, but not how the Democrats are trying to force us to do it. We need to allow competition across state borders. The Democrats have not even addressed that. Another thing they haven't addressed is malpractice reform. Most doctors will tell you that they have to spend an enormous amount of money on malpractice insurance because of the out of this world awards people get at as a result of winning a suit. That's called tort reform and we need that and so do the doctors. It will drive down healthcare costs immediately.

This is a good day to be an American citizen. It shows one person can make a difference. It's worth the fight. It's a good lesson to point out to your children.

It is said that the Democrats will try some slick maneuvers to ram Obamacare through to force it on all of us even though the message from Massachusetts was loud and clear that no one wants it. This election was a clear mandate AGAINST Obama and his and the Democrats' agenda. Time will tell if Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, Gillibrand and the rest of the Democrats will do what the voters who sent them there want and that's to represent the citizens and what they want. If not, then we'll just have to vote them out and put people in there like Scott Brown who will do the will of the people who they serve.

A Sigh of Relief, but a Call to Not Let Up

OK, so Election Day is over and the Republicans did really well. All seems better with the world.

It has only taken nine months for Barack Obama to wake the citizens of this country up to the reality of his idea of transforming the country. He's turning it into a socialist regime that holds dear to the tenet that big, intrusive government and not the people is the answer to all of society's ills.

Obamacare/Pelosicare is the government takeover of your health care. Taxes will increase due to the shear size of the cost (now estimated at a staggering $2,000,000,000.00 (that's TRILLION)) and the quality of care will necessarily decrease because so many more people will be inserted into the system. Wait times to see doctors and get critical tests will skyrocket. The quality of life in America will suffer greatly all because of this man's "vision". Can we afford that? Do we really want that?

Cap and trade, which is the single largest tax increase in the planet's history will kill this country. Whatever your thoughts are on global warming or climate change or whatever the latest buzz words are, this is an ill-conceived,, dangerous bill that threatens the lives of every American in the place that is most vulnerable since Obama was elected and that's our wallets. More taxes. Bigger government. More intrusion into our lives. Lower quality of life.

Is that the change you voted for?

Sure, our "image" is better around the world. And the reason for that is obvious. Obama has emasculated this country. He's taken our "swagger" away. He portrays us as weak as the other nations of this planet. He's this century's Neville Chamberlain. Though our image might be better, he's fostered no more cooperation from anyone. Not one foreign leader has jumped on the Obama bandwagon. He's singlehandedly pulled us back to the pack out of the world leadership role we have had for so long. Why would he do that? What is that accomplishing? It's making the world and, worse, our country more dangerous and more in peril.

The people of this country have awakened to see it all slipping away and hopefully it is not too late to save America from slipping away into Europe.

I see some hope, real hope, not the smoke and mirrors hope of Obama in the election results of Tuesday.

We need to keep on keeping on and build momentum for next year and 2012 and take this country back and put it in the right direction again. That direction is fiscal responsibility, less government intrusion in our lives, lower taxes, and more security both domestically and around the world.

God bless you.

May God bless America.

America, Healthcare Reform and the Truth

OK, I haven't posted a "political" commentary in a while. If you aren't political, sorry, but I think I need to do this one.

This country needs Health INSURANCE Reform, NOT healthcare reform. We have the best healthcare on the planet in this country. For now, we have the best medical providers (doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, Physicians Assistants, and so on) in the WORLD!

Our government wants to take over your healthcare. They want to be your healthcare provider. They want to be your medical insurance company. Ever dealt with someone in an insurance company? Imagine what that will be like with someone from the GOVERNMENT. Not pretty. If you think it's hard to get your referral now, just wait.

The truth is that when other countries have tried this, the people's health has suffered. Why is that? Because the governments (Britain and Canada) have been forced to ration the services and medicines they cover because of costs. So, if you need a hip replacement, you wait. And, if you are too old, you don't get that hip. That is no "myth", it's reality. I remember a story about a New York Islanders minor league player that played on a team in Canada. He suffered a dislocated shoulder. Now, in America, if you do that, you go to the hospital and get an MRI and get treated. This guy had to WAIT. One month was the wait just to be seen. Know what happens to a dislocated shoulder if it is not treated right away? The Islander organization had to fly this guy to AMERICA to get checked out and treated. That's our future people, if we let it happen. KEEP the government out of healthcare!

We see angry people at townhall meetings (when the Democrats actually had them before they ran and hid). These are not "mobs" of organized crazies. They are Americans exercising their God-given right to free speech. Angry? Sure. They see the country they love slipping away. They see their freedoms disintegrating before their eyes. I'm angry too. Our current president has a radically unAmerican view of this country. He thinks the government should provide everything to its citizens. He doesn't believe in hard work. He doesn't believe in capitalism or free markets. He doesn't believe in making your own way. He believes in big government CONTROL. Once the government goes that route, they can just as easily take away what they give.

I believe in taking care of poor people. As Christians we called to take care of the poor. However, this is not the government's role. They need to protect the country militarily, build interstate roads and control commerce. After that, they really have no role.

When Americans are left alone by their government, Americans prosper. We take care of each other. Government control like our present administration is proposing and starting to exercise over us weakens us.

This is why there's this push to pass all this bad legislation. The stimulus, remember that? This has done nothing to help the economy. Unemployment is up close to 10% in many states. The stimulus might have been proposed by Bush, but the Democratically CONTROLLED House of Representatives and Senate voted for it and the present DEMOCRATIC President signed it into law. This is their mess. The Democrats including Pelosi, Schumer, Reid, Kennedy and Obama are responsible for skyrocketing budget deficits and spending your money, your children's money and your grandchildren's money unwisely.

They want to push this all through, making everything sound like an emergency, so no one will question them and then when the dust settles, they'll have control over all our lives.

That includes this horrible Cap and Trade bill. This will drive everyone's taxes and energy costs through the roof. In the name of the environment, they want to tax and tax and tax companies. When companies get taxed, guess who pays that bill? You and I pay that bill in higher costs. Think you want to choose between running your air conditioner or buying milk for your baby? That just might happen if this Cap and Trade Bill is enacted.

More and more Americans are speaking out. Polls show that most Americans are opposed to this government takeover of Healthcare. That doesn't make them racist. That doesn't make them unAmerican.

Dissent, peaceful dissent, even if it is loud is what this country is all about, baby!

We cannot let the government take over our lives. We don't want to be Europe. We are AMERICA and for 233 years we've done a pretty darn good job of running this place.

Now is the time to say no to this unprecedented dismantling of our country.

Do you want your parents to be counseled on ending their lives rather than seeking medical care?

If you are a veteran, do you want to be shown the "merits" of ending your life rather than receiving life sustaining medical care?

If you are a freedom loving American (and who isn't?), do you want your government telling you what medical care you can and can't have?

Look, the myth is that this takeover of our medical industry by the government is good for anyone.

And, the number of uninsured that gets thrown around, 47 million is interesting once you break it down:

• 38% or 18 million have a household median income over $50000 per yearof that 38%, 20% have incomes over $75000
• 27% or 12.6 million people are illegal aliens (some think this number is closer to 20 million)
• 33% are eligible for insurance coverage but for whatever reason do not apply for it
• That leaves 2% of the population that are uninsured. Why not address those people rather than a full takeover of the entire system? That's just like the government, making a 500 pound bomb to kill a mouse.

John Mackey, the CEO of grocer Whole Foods, had an op ed piece in the Wall Street Journal outlining his vision of what rational, common sense solutions can be enacted now to help decrease healthcare costs. I think it's worth the read. His solutions make much more sense than a wholesale takeover of the healthcare system by the government creating a huge bureaucracy which will in turn require more of your money going to the government in the form of higher taxes.

Call your representatives, tell them to keep the government out of our healthcare system! Enact common sense solutions and not a wholesale takeover of America's healthcare industry which will require higher taxes. Money that we don't have!