A Voter’s Guide To Republicans – Bill Whittle
Dec 21, 2011 Political
Bill Whittle has provided us with a timely and accurate voter’s guide to Republicans. He discusses greed, racism, and fascism as they pertain to the Republican party. This is something all voters need to watch to be informed:
Watch and learn.
Then send it to your friends so they can learn as well.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Hussein’s Family Goes To The Head Of The Line
Aug 1, 2009 Political
It now appears that the Obama- Soetoro-Ng -Robinson clan is getting closer, as Barry begins bringing his relatives into Washington, probably to get some of this stimulus money before its all gone. Might as well gather the clan for one big porkulus picnic. I’m wondering when Barry’s aunt, you know, the one here illegally- the one who was supposed to be deported before the election, is also summoned to live in the White House along with Michelle’s mom, and everyone else in Hussein’s extended family.
WASHINGTON — The far-flung Obama clan is coming closer together. President Obama’s half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, is moving her family here from Hawaii and will spend the next several months living in the nation’s capital, White House officials say.
The extended stay means that the siblings will live in the same city, at least for a while, for the first time in years.
Ms. Soetoro-Ng, who has given up her job as a high school teacher in Hawaii, has a book contract and a new baby. Her husband, Konrad Ng, a professor at the University of Hawaii, will become the scholar-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Program here next month.
nytimes.com
Wow! new jobs, and mo’ money! All you have to do is be related to Hussein by no more than six degrees of separation, and you too can be eligible for a cushy, treasury – draining job in the Great Socialist’s Administration. Witness all the people from Chicago, everyone from Hussein’s speechwriters to the gal who got his coffee (does he drink coffee, or is he one of those effete tea drinkers?)- all have uprooted themselves in order to better suck on the government teat. Can all of you Chicagoans say, “Nepotism?”— oh; so you pronounce it as “business as usual”- interesting. I just call it wrong, but then I am honest, so I can see the cultural divide here.
“Maya made many trips to Chicago and elsewhere throughout the campaign, and she and her brother have a great relationship,” said Alan S. King, a lawyer in Chicago who is a friend of Mr. Obama.
Mr. King said he believed that the president would be “very happy to have Maya and her family close by.”
Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama, said Ms. Soetoro-Ng was unavailable for comment on Thursday.
In a recent interview, Ms. Soetoro-Ng, 38, described the first lady as a “big sister” figure in her life. And Ms. Soetoro-Ng, who campaigned on Mr. Obama’s behalf before the presidential election, has often spoken warmly about her relationship with her older brother, which she says has remained strong even though they have often lived far apart.
nytimes.com
When should we expect Hussein’s half- brother to arrive? I would expect him to become the “African Studies” Czar, if current trends continue, but why stop there? I am sure that if Hussein wanted to, he could reach back into both his black ancestry AND his white ancestry, and proliferate the population of the Czars, who have now, because of their number, been classified as a “Minority”, eligible for affirmative action, as well as several “bailouts”.
Perhaps, when Hussein, his family, and his cronies all have had their fill at the trough, they might be nice enough to allow us, the people in the rest of the U.S., to have some scraps.
Since it is, after all, OUR money, that would be a nice gesture.
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Tags: chicago politics, greed, nepotism, piggies
Pay To Play
Jul 30, 2009 Political
In the Healthcare debate, there is an internal battle going on, one where Physician-owned hospitals are seeking favoritism in the bill’s language and restrictions, and using a LOT of money to grease the skids. Probably the most egregious of these is located in McAllen, Texas, on the southern border.
Doctor owned hospitals can and do make a whole lot more money for doctors, because in addition to their fees for service, they naturally get a share of the hospital’s profits. This is a double edged sword in the medical world, and can be seen as a conflict of interest.
The gleaming, well-equipped Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, which has expanded to 503 beds from 30 in six years, has become a footnote in the health care debate. It was featured unflatteringly in a June article in The New Yorker about geographic disparities in health care spending, a story that President Obama has cited repeatedly in speeches and meetings.
The article, which is sharply disputed by hospital officials, posited that physician ownership provided “an unholy temptation to overorder” tests and procedures because doctors earn not only their fees but also a share of the hospital’s profits. At Doctors Hospital, where 353 of its 452 owners are physicians, net revenue amounted to $64 million in 2008.
Leading members of Congress have long been concerned about the potential for conflicts of interest, lapses in patient safety and cherry-picking of patients with the best insurance at the country’s 230 physician-owned hospitals. Past efforts to restrict ownership by doctors have stalled, but language to that effect is currently included in health care legislation in Congress, though in ways that are unlikely to hurt Doctors Hospital.
nytimes.com
Despite the unflattering story, the Doctors at the hospital are doing their best, feverishly throwing as much money as they legally can at the Democrats, in the hopes that they can receive preferential treatment.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee collected nearly $500,000 at a reception here on March 30, mostly from physicians and others affiliated with Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, financial disclosure records show.
The event was held at the home of a prominent McAllen developer, Alonzo Cantu, a hospital founder, investor and board member who has raised prodigious sums from the Rio Grande Valley for an array of Democrats.
Another event at Mr. Cantu’s home, in September 2007, brought in at least $800,000 for the committee’s House counterpart, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to disclosure reports. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was in attendance and cut a ribbon at the hospital’s new women’s center while in town.
nytimes.com
Yep, this hospital is a money machine, both for the doctors themselves, but also for the Democrats, who line up at the trough like the piggies they are. To be fair, the Republicans would like to shoulder in also, but they are in the out crowd this year. Still, this is one hospital that probably extracts your wallet in the first procedure, and proceeds from there. There does not seem to be a charitable bone in their body, unless the charity is doctor- related.
Representative Rubén Hinojosa, a Democrat whose district includes the hospital, said he set up some of the Capitol Hill meetings. Mr. Hinojosa said he never mentioned the campaign contributions and could not judge whether the money had opened doors.
But, he said, the hospital’s officials “are listened to,” adding, “Every chairman of a committee that has influence over them had meetings with them.”
The Senate Finance Committee has yet to release its final draft, but bills passed by two House committees would prevent the opening of new physician-owned hospitals by disqualifying them from receiving Medicare reimbursements. Existing facilities like Doctors Hospital would be grandfathered in.
nytimes.com
Yes- I am sure they would be- 1.3 million dollars has that effect when donated to the Democratic committees- this is a blatant pay to play scheme, and part of the reason the Healthcare plan is 1017 pages long, and as Rep. John Conyers, (an un-indicted crook) has said,” needs two lawyers to read it.”
Whether or not there is cause and effect, some of the hospital’s beneficiaries have passionately supported its position. In November, the South Texas doctors raised nearly $60,000 for Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Houston. Last week, Ms. Lee, who has a physician-owned hospital in her district, inserted comments in The Congressional Record against restricting the hospitals’ growth. She did not respond to requests for comment for this article.
Disclosure reports show that about 220 donors from the McAllen area contributed to the Senate Democratic committee for the March event. Receipts totaled at least $425,000, about 2 percent of the group’s collections for the first half of the year.
nytimes.com
Yes, all the little piggies are busy lining up for their swill, Jackson- Lee foremost among them. I guess that when the Resident said that lobbyists would have no influence in his administration, he was just kidding, right? I mean, what would you call this action on the part of this Hospital alone, and you have to know that there are many more physician- owned Hospitals who are doing their own influence buying, and that is exactly what it is. Okay, maybe it is just renting, but the intent is still the same- to come out of this Health fiasco as intact as possible, and hopefully in better shape than before.
I just don’t know why they didn’t just name the Hospital after their patron saint, Gordon Gekko- then they could inscribe his immortal words on the front of the Entranceway.
” Greed is Good.”
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