Missouri held a referendum on Proposition C, which challenges the federal law making it illegal to not have health insurance and to penalize people who do not. The referendum wasn’t even close. 71.1% of people voted for Prop C which sets up a legal challenge from Missouri to Obamacare.
This must be pretty alarming for the Obama Administration as we head into the last 90 days before the fall midterms.
Virginia’s fight against health care reform to go to court.
They also seem to be supporting Arizona’s stance on enforcing immigration laws.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is having quite a day. As Todd Gaziano explains, a federal district court denied the U.S. Justice Department’s request that the court dismiss the lawsuit Cuccinelli filed on behalf of the citizens of Virginia against the unconstitutional mandates in Obamacare.
News also broke today that Cuccinelli issued an official advisory opinion on July 30 that was another shot across the bow of the Obama Administration in the ongoing fight over enforcement of federal immigration laws.
In response to an inquiry from a state representative, Cuccinelli advised all Virginia law enforcement officers that, just like Arizona police officers, they can “inquire into the immigration status of persons stopped or arrested.” Moreover, local officers can arrest any individual who has “violated a criminal law of the United States, including a criminal violation of the immigration laws.”
Bravo Ken Cuccinelli!!
Could this be true? Are doctor’s going to revolt now that Obamacare is here? This sign was discovered on the door of a urology center in Florida.
The sign was on the door of Dr. Jack Cassell, M.D. P.A. at the “Urology of Mount Dora”
Now, having suffered the trials and tribulations of trying to find a family doctor here in Ottawa, I have to say I found this both amusing and disturbing at the same time. I know that my last family doctor actually told me that he had to interview US. Talk about disturbing. In a day and age where competition abounds in every industry, the medical industry is exempt. Doctors with family practices actually get to choose their patients. The reason we were given was that the doctor wanted to make sure that he had variety in his patients. i.e. not all patients being seniors or babies etc. I didn’t think about it at the time, but I WAS being discriminated against.
Lucky for me he up and moved to Calgary (from Ottawa) 2 years later leaving us without a family doctor again.
“I’m not turning anybody away — that would be unethical,” Dr. Jack Cassell, 56, a Mount Dora urologist and a registered Republican opposed to the health plan, told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday. “But if they read the sign and turn the other way, so be it.”
So how is this sign in the USA different from what our last family doctor discriminated? Is it legal? Do you think he can lose his license over this? Is he within his rights? Is he upholding the Hippocratic oath? What’s your take?
Is it the doctor or Obamacare that have OfficiallyScrewed some Florida residents out of this doctor’s urological care?
ADDENDUM
Dr. Cassell appeared on Fox News and told Neil Cavuto that he would not turn away a patient if they walked in and said they voted for Obama. He did say he would hand them a two page pamphlet letting them know how Obamacare is going to affect them. To me it sounded like he had dug into the healthcare bill and noted that many aspects of patient care would change and he would be pointing them out.
And I’m not the only one who thinks so. The ONLY way Obamacare will get paid for is with a federal consumption tax similar to our GST.
That’s where the value-added tax comes in. For the politician, it has the virtue of expediency: People are used to sales taxes, and this one produces a river of revenue. Every 1 percent of VAT would yield up to $1 trillion a decade (depending on what you exclude — if you exempt food, for example, the yield would be more like $900 billion).
It’s the ultimate cash cow. Obama will need it. By introducing universal health care, he has pulled off the largest expansion of the welfare state in four decades. And the most expensive. Which is why all of the European Union has the VAT. Huge VATs. Germany: 19 percent. France and Italy: 20 percent. Most of Scandinavia: 25 percent.
All I can suggest is for the Americans to recall what the GST did to Brian Mulroney (and his tax was balanced with the removal of a 12% Manufacturer’s Tax). If you’re not happy with Obamunism, this tax may be exactly what you need to ensure he doesn’t get a second term in office. I guess every cloud DOES have a silver lining.
Did I hear my ears correctly? Did Michael Ignatieff say the throne speech looked more like “regurgitation” than recalibration. Really Michael?? Regurgitation?
Are you actually saying that this throne speech is chunder? That it heaves? That it blows chunks? Seriously? You couldn’t find any other way to say you didn’t like it?
I am glad the government is doing things that aren’t expensive. I’m glad that Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty is starting to show some fiscal constraint. The budget tomorrow is slated to reduce the deficit and being a fiscal conservative I expect to be smiling once it is all over.
The massive spending that was undertaken in the last 12 months was needed but fiscal constraint now will show that the spending was real stimulus and not structural in nature. With the Americans on the verge of signing up for universal Obamacare (which IS structural in nature… and certainly not cheap), and economies of several countries in turmoil, it will set the tone for the world in terms of what other nations should do and put us in a well respected situation. Our credit rating is good. We manage ourselves well.
The country my parented emigrated from, Greece, has raised their sales tax from 19 to 21% and announced cuts of 30% to public service workers. By comparison, this Flaherty/Harper budget will not raise taxes but instead shows simple fiscal restraint and will trim some fat. The salaries of our elected officials will freeze along with office budgets, but pensions will be unaffected.
This is all good.
I would rather see the budget balanced but I think heading towards the $2B by 2014-15 is a big step back in the right direection. Iggy and Jacko may not like it, but that just means it will be my kind of budget.
From my email.
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Last night I fell asleep in front of the TV. The infomercials were flying and at about 4am I woke up in a cold sweat after a nightmare. I dreamed that instead of putting ads on Craigslist to pay people $10 to $15 an hour to promote Obamacare, that the Obama Administration hired Vince, the ShamWOW guy to sell it for them. It went something like this.
Hi I’m Vince for Obama care. You’ll be saying wow everytime you need medical care. It’s like Dr. Kevorkian, Nurse Ratchett and President Obama all rolled into one. You’re gonna be smiling all day because change you believe in is going to take all your pains away.
You ever cut yourself?? No problem for Obamacare. You just take a Shamwow, cut to the appropriate size, apply direct pressure to the cut and make your way to the hospital emergency room. Once there just take a seat and wait 12 to 18 hours for them to call your name. At that point slowly peel back the Shamwow and voila, your cut is almost healed. Who needs to actually see a doctor?
Are you over 50 and looking for a hip or knee replacement? Obamacare’s got you covered. Instead of going through a risky surgery and a long painful recovery, just rely on Obamacare’s three step plan. Step one, take a really strong painkiller. Step two, take a couple of tablespoons of Arsenic. Step three, take a nose dive into a shallow grave. Stop having boring surgery and stop having a boring life when you can anesthetize, euthanize then fertilize. Easy as 1, 2, 3. No other healthcare plan is going to do that.
Are you a man with a testicular problem? Obamacare is gonna love your nuts because it has what I affectionately call the Slapchop solution. First we’ll remove your pants, then we’ll grab your nads, dip them in alcohol and then amputate them. Are you following me camera guy? Thats rip, grip, dip and snip.
Are you suffering from that annoying condition known as pregnancy? No problem. Obamacare will spare no expense and get you the best doctors that middle class American tax dollars can buy.
How painless will Obamacare be? This is the best part. You won’t need to read countless insurance plans to decide what’s best for you. It’s the same process our congressman and senators took to pass Obamacare.
See what I’m telling ya? You’ll be saying wow everytime you need healthcare.
Disclaimor: Side effects of Obamacare include more national debt, excessive diagnostic wait times, rationing of services, higher taxes, stronger healthcare unions, higher mortality rates.”
