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Moving Backwards On Abortion: Conscience Protections Likely To Be Lost

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:06:02 AM
More bad news on abortion and healthcare in general.   Obama "Review"  Likely to Reverse Bush Conscience Protections for Doctors,  Health Workers.     It will likely lead to more Pro-life health care professionals to leave the healthcare field.  

It would not be a good time for that to happen.   Many Healthcare Professional Organizations already aren't pro-life.     It would be bad for the majority of doctors to be pro-choice as well.    They would have no problem with rationing of care,  cutting off care to old people etc.  It seems to match up with the socialized  medicine that the Obama Administration wants.    It would take the choice of healthcare from patients. 

The idea of rights has been warped into very scary ways by the liberals.   The rights of the majority are to be lost so that weird people can do whatever they feel like doing. 

The next four years are going to be rough for healthcare.   It is being sacrificed for the benefit of very few people. 



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Dumb Decisions You Can Count On: Abandoning Iraq On August 31, 2010

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Friday, February 27, 2009 1:26:34 AM
You wonder where these decisions are coming from.   I just can't come up with a better thing to call it so I call it as I see it: Dumb.    Obama says the war ends on August 31, 2010.  

This is the biggest problem with letting Democrats and the chosen one "running" things.    They just want to do the opposite of what President Bush was doing.   No matter how dumb that thing is. 

They haven't seemed to learn from the first years of the Clinton presidency.   We all knew they would do things from the left.    I thought they would hide it and try to make it look they were moving in the middle.    Move the country left in the shadows so to make the Republicans look like the extremists.   But they aren't. 

They are working like they won really big.   (They didn't by the way).   The Republicans may have already won big in the upcoming election in 2010 that the "mainstream" media will never see until it happens.    We will be still in a recession then,  the way its going.

They have done the spend part.    The tax part is coming up next.    Thats going to hurt.



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Is Obama Delusional? Claims He Will Halve Deficit In First Term!

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Monday, February 23, 2009 6:25:13 PM
I was in a for a surprise today when I loaded the main page of Townhall.com this afternoon.    One of the top stories is the:  Obama Declares Plan To Halve Deficit In Four Years.

Thankfully I wasn't drinking something or my Power Mac would have gotten wet.    After spending nearly 1 trillion dollars we don't have,   Obama thinks he will lend his magic to the budget deficit.  

Halving the Deficit is a worthy goal.     I just don't know how he thinks that would happen.  

OK, I do know how he would try,  but that will not work either.     Like most of his "plans" they are short on details. 

Ronald Reagan really wanted to lower the deficit unlike most politicians who really don't care about this time bomb.     He sure didn't get very far.   I don't think Obama could ever do the massive cutting that would be the only way the deficit would be reduced.  

So why bring it up?   I don't know.  Just some spin,   I would think.   With the recent spending,  there is no chance that the deficit could be reduced. 

So this is not a serious proposal.   Not one bit. 

Pity.


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A Big Fat NO On State Governments Bailout "Plan"!

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, February 19, 2009 4:24:48 PM
As a taxpayer of the state of Indiana, I oppose the bail out "plan" for state governments.     Indiana does not need to be bailed out.   Nor do we need to bail out other states who were not responsible in spending taxpayers money.

Indiana is one of the few states currently in the black.    State government got that way by cutting spending.    Our current Governor,  Republican Mitch Daniels,  made it one of his campaign promises to get the state out of the red.   Which he did. 

So why can't the other states do so as well?   Why do Indiana taxpayers need to bail out another states like Illinois or Michigan that didn't do anything to control its spending?  

Why would any governor risk his or her popularity to do the right thing financially, if they know they will be bailed out.   Had Mitch Daniels known he could be bailed out, would he have done what he did?     He is unpopular with many for the spending cuts he had to make to balance the budget.    

No state will even balance its books if bailouts are to be had.   Why bother living in a budget if you can spend whatever.  

We are mortgaging our future with this accounting nightmare.   When the bill is due, nobody at the table will be able to pay.


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Anyone Want Some Pork??

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:03:46 PM
Well,  its signed.    The so called "stimulus" was signed today by Obama.    Of course no news organization (not even Fox) called it by what it really is:   Massive Pork!!

Its the largest single Pork Bill ever.   Obama and the Democrat congress has managed to out spend the Republicans in a mere three weeks.  Of course the only useful parts were stripped out to "lower" the "cost".   Almost all the tax cuts and most of the rebates have been removed to increase the spending part of the bill.   Which by the way is (spending) larger then it was when the bill (800 billion vs. 1 tril) was larger!  

So a "stimulus" that won't work has managed to remove the very few parts that may have done at least some good (or at least not created more problems).   Good job Democrats.    This mess is all yours.   Keep it up.   I want the Republicans controlling Congress again in 2010 and you will make it far easier for them.    Obama just ran you under his bus.  

Now the question is:  how much time will the "mainstream media" give Obama before they can no longer  give him the positive news he will need to keep this stimulus going.   My guess at least until after the 2010 election.   President  Bush would have gotten no time,  but they will try their best to give Obama as much time as they can get away with.    And probably still try. 

The stimulus will not work folks.    It just can't!

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More Insanity In Berkeley California: Humping Dogs Statues

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:19:10 PM
When you think that the wacko's that run the peoples republic of Berkeley couldn't surprise you more with new stupid things.   They do.     California Bridge Sculpture Is Literally for the Dogs.    For the tune of nearly two hundred thousand dollars to boot! 

This is what we as taxpayers will be buying with the pork bill!  

I got nothing against public art.   I think its a good thing, most of the time.  But who are the nitwits picking it out?   Who wants to look at sculpture of dogs doing their business?     Somebody really stepped in it.  


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Chicago Tribune: Do you think the stimulus bill will turn the economy around?

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:16:13 PM
Today's Chicago Tribune poll question is:

Do you think the stimulus bill will turn the economy around?  This is the answer I posted.  


The "stimulus"  bill will not help the economy.  Large amounts of new government spending is the last thing we should be doing during a recession.    It has been tried in the U.S. and abroad countless times and it has always failed.  It has never worked anywhere it has been tried, so why would it work now?    In fact it will make this recession last far longer then it would have,  had we done nothing.   An example is the large governmental spending in Japan in the 1990's which didn't bring it out of a bad recession.   It has been called the lost decade by many there.

The money will need to be repaid at some point.  There is no such thing as a free lunch,  especially if it is provided by the federal government.   Taking more money out of the pockets of taxpayers  to fund this, only will reduce investment and consumer spending.   Plus it will make investing in government bonds less attractive as we add even more debt.   

The reality is that our politicians do not believe in the free enterprise system and the free market.    They think it needs to be controlled, refined into some weird shape and over-regulated.    Large companies should be allowed to go out of business,  opening opportunities  to those who are better businesspeople.   A GM factory (which has value even if GM goes out of business)  in the hands of someone else would bring better cars then the ones offered by GM today.   Thats how the free market works.   When was the last time a new American automaker been founded lately?  Answer, a long time (Saturn doesn't count),  since its too difficult in today's economic climate.

I don't know how many times the Keyesian economic theory needs to be debunked.  This is where people get the idea that the "stimulus" is a good idea.   It has been disproved a number of times.   However it is still popular with politicians and academics which keeps it around.   Why do we have to keep trying to make something that doesn't work,  work?  

This bill should be called by what it is.    The largest single pork bill ever!


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OBAMANIA 2009 "Townhall Meeting" In Indiana: Huge Pork Bill Passes Senate: Softball Questions at First Press Conference: Is It 2012 Yet?

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:39:39 PM
Boy, I don't even know where to start.   Just so much nonsense the last couple of days.   First off,   Obama visits,,,,,,, Indiana.  

Huh, 

OK,  I didn't think Obama would bother coming here again,  but he showed up in Elkhart.   I guess the chosen one noticed that the RV business is in the toilet at the moment (Elkhart is the center of the RV building world).   That happens when people can't afford to go on vacation.   Nobody noted that Indiana economy is still way better then Obama's  home state of Illinois.    I guess he wanted to stick it to Governor Mitch Daniels,  who won reelection fairly easily in spite of being a Republican in 2008.   I don't know about you,  but I think Obama thinks he is still campaigning or something.

Obama first press conference.   Please!!!!

Since when are left wing bloggers considered reporters?   Image what would have happened had President Bush let  Rush ask a few questions.   Softball questions where  the only things asked.    Forget about follow up questions like they loved to pepper Bush with.    Why do we bother with a press anymore,  they are in the tank for Obama.   Hopefully they will go down with him but that's not likely.    It would be fun to watch the New York Times go out of business on his watch though.

The Senate passed the largest pork bill ever today.   It will ensure that the recession will last far longer then it would have.    It is insane to watch the same stupid people who screwed up the economy in the first place bumbling around trying to "clean up"  the mess they made.    If Obama gets a second term look for this blogger in bankruptcy court,  cause I can't afford much more of this nonsense.   But if it keeps going like this for Obama he will be a one termer.  We can only HOPE. 

Just think about what  Ronald Reagan would do! 

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Is Obama Reading The Same History As The Rest Of Us?

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:49:33 AM
Obama suggested to House Republicans that FDR's 'New Deal" was too small and that's why it failed,    Reps. Steve King and Rob Bishop reported to CNS news.

Huh,  I wonder where you would get a idea like that......

FDR didn't get to waste even more of the taxpayers money so it failed!    How would spending MORE of OUR money help the economy?    Every dollar spent by the government is money NOT spent by us,  the taxpayer. 

Thats one of the many reasons someone who has never been in business should have nothing to do with regulating economics.    He has no idea how it really works.   He is surrounded by people who also don't know how it works.    Many are hostile to the free enterprise system. 

The U.S. president should have either military or business experience to be qualified properly.   Obama has neither.    It shows when he says things like this.   I was wondering why he was unable to get any Republicans to vote for this mess.  Now I think I know the reason why.    

Obama doesn't know history very well.   It will lead to some roads being travel on once again had we had someone better.   He is going to have a rough time.  

Note that no major "mainstream" media organization is even reporting on this.  Not even Fox.    

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First Week Obama Grade

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:59:25 PM
Boy I knew that I wouldn't like the Obama presidency.   But it is worse then I could image.   Grade for first week: F
The honeymoon: its over!


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Oh, On That Coming Together As One Thing,,,,,,,,

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Monday, January 26, 2009 6:19:43 PM
One of the things that was said over and over and over and over again in the last couple of days was how the nation was finally coming together!  

What a farce!

The "mainstream" media hypocrisy level is at a all time high.   The nation is no more "one" then it was eight years ago when Bush became President.  But yet,  you would never know it from the fourth estate.

Of course they will never admit they were the source of much of the yabbering and chatting complainers of almost anything President Bush did.    They fell over each other to paint him the darkest tones possible.     President Bush had just as much support as Obama supposedly has now.    They just love Obama as much as they hated Bush. 

Will I support Obama.   Yes,  but only when he is right.   When he is wrong I will not.  I will not support something to bring "unity" when it is wrong.    I can tell you I will probably not support him very often.  His policies are mostly wrong for America.   That's why I voted for the other guy.   Obama is not qualified to be president.   We are stuck with him.    So I will speak out when he is wrong, because the press won't.

I have every right to complain about Obama.  I voted!  During the eight years of the Bush presidency the left was quick to complain even when they had nothing to stand on. That will be the difference between my complaining and theirs.   I will not have to invent stuff to whine about.   I will have thought out reasons why.     I am the opposition,  not a lap dog like his supporters. 

So far Obama doesn't seem to think that anyone without a liberal viewpoint is going to be listened to.    Telling Republican not to listen to Rush?    Week two is going to be rough for him if he keeps it up.  


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Obama Makes Government Take A Quick Left Turn

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Monday, January 26, 2009 3:38:11 PM
Well I knew that Obama was going to do things that will not be good for our country,  our businesses,  our faith,  and the unborn.    It still is jarring though.   We no longer have a president that supports the right to life.   Scary. 

Even though most foreign countries oppose abortion even more then we do,  Obama reversed the Mexico City Policy.    U.S. taxpayers will now once again be forced to  fund abortions abroad.      He waited until 7:00 pm last Friday evening to lower press coverage of the order to help cover his tracks.   Shameful,   how he knows how unpopular that policy will be, that he does it late on a weekend.  

Today he will help continue bankrupting the auto industry by piling on more regulations.    He will force auto makers to make more fuel efficient before they are ready to do so and before consumers want them.    It will lead to fewer cars that people want,  so sales will not rise.   It will lead to another generation of lousy cars (remember those horrid cars of the late 1970's early 1980's) that will make people lose more confidence in American cars.  

I was hoping that reality would slow or give Obama pause on doing things like the things above. I was hoping that moderation would win out,  with Obama knowing that many people who did vote for him, don't want these kinds of changes.  I was dead wrong.   "I won" was the answer to the criticism of his policy changes so far. 

If the first week is any indication  he will do his best to pull the country left at all costs. 

Its going to be a long four (or eight) years. 



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Obama Clock

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Monday, January 26, 2009 2:50:37 AM
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Counting to the seconds that remain until Obama leaves office.   (provided we aren't that dumb and reelect him)

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Pelosi Just Doesn't Get It: Misses the Point Bill Young Is Making In Proposing Reopening Alcatraz For Gitmo Detainees

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Sunday, January 25, 2009 5:27:00 PM
Pelosi just doesn't get what Bill Young and other Republicans are making with the proposal to reopen Alcatraz for holding Gitmo detainees.     Closing Gitmo is as as unrealistic  an idea as it is to reopen Alcatraz.     She and other Democrats are totally missing the point.  

Most Americans oppose closing Gitmo.   Our leaders are missing it totally.   Bringing the Islamic terrorists and placing them in American prisons will only bring more problems to our already out of control prisons.   It could lead to further radicalizing inside our prisons.   A very bad idea.  

We knew Obama wanted to close Gitmo.   It still is the wrong decision,  unfortunately one of many we are going to be seeing over the next four years. 



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Most Mindnumbing Weird Obama Article Yet!

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Saturday, January 24, 2009 1:44:37 AM
If the Obama coverage wasn't weird enough already,  you have got to see this!



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