Obama’s Euthanasia Mistake by Lee Sigel (www.thedailybeast.com)

The Republicans carping about limitations on end-of-life care have a point. Lee Siegel on why the plans Obama is endorsing are dangerously sympathetic to “cost effective” end-of-life treatments.

Make no mistake about it. Determining which treatments are “cost effective” at the end of a person’s life and which are not is one of Obama’s priorities.

Yikes.

-Tony

The government can’t run anything well. The government is accountable to nobody. They do not have to report to the shareholders or anything. They can’t run Medicare well, they can’t run Social Security well, they can’t run the Department of Transportation well, the Post Office is running out of money and Cash for Clunkers didn’t run well either – ask any car dealer.

So how does the big media come back and say that the backlash is all made up and fake? Look at the facts here. Why in the world would we trust our health to the government? Are you kidding?

Check out this article:

Deadly Doctors (www.nypost.com)

THE health bills coming out of Congress would put the decisions about your care in the hands of presidential appointees. They’d decide what plans cover, how much leeway your doctor will have and what seniors get under Medicare.

Yet at least two of President Obama’s top health advisers should never be trusted with that power.

Rahm Emanuel is bringing his brother in to advise. Wow, what a coincidence that his brother would be the perfect person for the job. That’s uncanny.

This reminds me of a song in the 1980s from Steve Taylor called “Lifeboat” which we used to lip sync and perform in high school because we thought it was funny. I guess we never thought that it could come true but Steve Taylor saw something coming. Here are the lyrics:

Lifeboat

Teacher: Good morning, class!

Class: Good morning, Mrs. Aryan.

Teacher: Today we’re going to play a game!

Class: Yeah!

Teacher: This game is called Lifeboat. All together…

Class: Lifeboat!

Teacher: Good! Lifeboat is a lesson in values clarification. Can you say values clarification?

Class: No.

Teacher: Values clarification is where your little minds decide which lives are worth living and which lives are worth…ahem… not living. Now here’s how we play. A big ship just sank. There are five people on the lifeboat. But the lifeboat is only made for two. I’ll list the five people on the chalkboard, and you, class, will decide which three will be thrown overboard. Are we ready?

Class: Yes, Mrs. Aryan.

Teacher: Good! First, there’s an old, old crippled grandfather. Second, there’s a mentally handicapped person in a wheelchair.

Alison: What’s mentally handicapped?

Teacher: It means they can never be a productive members of society. Third, there’s an overweight woman on welfare, with a sniffling, whimpering baby.

Max: Is the baby on welfare, too?

Teacher: Let’s not push Mrs. Aryan…

Sydney: Who else is in the boat?

Teacher: A young, white doctor with blue eyes and perfect teeth, and Joan Collins. Now, class, take five minutes to make your decision. … Times up! Well class?

Class: Throw over grandpa ’cause he’s getting pretty old

throw out the baby or we’ll all be catching it’s cold

throw over fatty and we’ll see if she can float

throw out the retard, and they won’t be rockin’ the boat

Teacher: Very good! That was fun, wasn’t it?

Class: Yes, Mrs. Aryan.

Teacher: For our next lesson, we’re going to do an experiment!

Class: Yeah!

Teacher: We’re going to test the law of gravity, just like Galileo, by dropping two objects out the window–one heavy and one light– to see which one hits the sidewalk first. Now what shall we use for the lighter object? I’m thinking of something small and square…

Class: An eraser?

Teacher: Good! And what shall we use for the heavy object? I’m thinking of something round and bouncy… Tommy, I haven’t given you permission to leave your sea…class, the bell has not rung. What are you… oohh! Class…put me down! Put me down this instant! Ooohhh! Ooohhh!

Class: Throw over teacher and we’ll see if she can bounce

we’ve learned our lesson–teacher says perfection’s what counts

she’s getting old and gray and wears an ugly coat

throw over teacher and we’ll play another game of lifeboat

throw over grandpa ’cause he’s getting pretty old

throw out the baby, or we’ll all be catching it’s cold

throw over fatty and we’ll see if she can float

throw out the retard, and they won’t be rockin’ the boat

Yeah!

Who are they calling Nazis here? The people against these health care programs?? What?

-Tony

Obama health care fabrications exposed by fact-checking (www.examiner.com)

The more Obama talks about his health care reform program, the more inconsistencies are being found by fact-checkers. The basic facts about coverage, cost and who foots the bill that he touts are being challenged by independent organizations who have begun to expose the fabrications. The inconsistencies by Obama between his rhetoric and reality are becoming more obvious every time he opens his mouth trying to fend off criticism of his health care proposals.

Obama’s Health Care Claims (www.factcheck.org)

He said that the U.S. spends 50 percent more per capita on health care than the next most expensive country. Not quite. We spend 20 percent more than the second most expensive country, and 50 percent more than the third.

He’s really losing on healthcare. The more he tries, the worse he does. Democrats are turning on him. This won’t get signed on Obama’s timetable. Fail.

-Tony

Morning Bell: Obama Admits He’s “Not Familiar” With House Bill (www.heritage.org)

With the public’s trust in his handling of health care tanking (50%-44% of Americans disapprove), the White House has launched a new phase of its strategy designed to pass Obamacare: all Obama, all the time. As part of that effort, Obama hosted a conference call with leftist bloggers urging them to pressure Congress to pass his health plan as soon as possible.

During the call, a blogger from Maine said he kept running into an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. He asked: “Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?” President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.” (quote begins at 17:10)

He’s not really lying but he’s not telling the truth because he doesn’t know the truth. But not knowing the truth and portraying that you do – now that’s lying. So… LIAR!

I’m hearing things like if this doesn’t go through, then Obama is sunk. Already? It has only been 6 months!

I wonder what the threshold is for promising change (not specifying change in which direction) and not coming through with good change. I think we’re getting close… very close.

-Tony

People that voted for Obama are seeing him bail out Wall Street and Corporations while they receive nothing, which doesn’t meet their expectations Obama set during the campaign.

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (www.rasmussenreports.com)

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –8. The President’s Approval Index rating has fallen six points since release of a disappointing jobs report last week

Meanwhile, you’ve got Obama taking Air Force One on trips with his family (not to mention a scary joy ride around New York City) and Michelle Obama parading around in expensive clothes while the rest of the country is dealing with job losses and watching every penny. There’s a disconnect there showing that the Obamas are not in touch with the American people who put them in office.

Yeah, the honeymoon is over. Obama has messed with the economy enough to where he owns it now (he’s had it since 2006 when he was in the Democratic controlled Congress). No more Bush blaming. People want results and they’re not seeing any.

The only good thing, in my opinion, is that gas prices are holding at a good level $2.39/gal right now in Wisconsin) but Obama has nothing to do with that in he, in fact, wants gas prices higher.

-Tony