... compared to what will follow if Big Government is allowed to continue along its intended trajectory un-checked. I am usually about peace, love, respect and compromise ... So perhaps what follows may surprise you? What can I say ... Big Government has been acting in a void of respect and compromise for quite some time now and this void has now hit critical mass. Therefore I say "No more Mister Nice Guy!" It's time to take the gloves off and get down to business.
How do you negotiate with someone who has shown time and
again that he and his party will not negotiate, period? With someone who announces to the press in advance, via
his press secretary, that the President has no intention of negotiating w.r.t.
Obama-care even though the President himself had staged a 'meeting' with Republicans … A meeting to
what end? Another PR-stunt? To my
way of thinking it seems apparent that the only way to get this administration’s
attention, with the ultimate goal of bringing them to the negotiating table in good faith, is to shut them down. The
shock just hasn’t worn off yet; give it time: it will.
America is standing in the sand, staring at The Line. The line that once we cross over, America
will be forever more irrevocably changed.
Up until now it has been a series of little steps, PR-conditioning and
media wrangling … smoke and mirrors, while our elected officials chase after a barrage
of chaotically dispersed carrots. Divide
and conquer. Government is in our email,
phone conversations, texts, on-line interactions and transactions –and we only
know this thanks to someone our government
has labeled as a ‘traitor’. Government
tells us what to eat and how much. Government
tries to tell us which tin-can, green cars to buy and which PC-‘green’ products to
use. Government espouses energy independence,
but then shoots America right in the knee-caps when it comes to realizing
immediate, large-scale energy independence
available in terms of North American natural gas and domestic oil. Meanwhile, Government sends much needed American jobs overseas with its excessive regulations. Government even goes so far as to try to discourage political
opposition via the government agency responsible for collecting taxes, the IRS … and thus far they seem to have
gotten away with it, just like every other scandal perpetrated by this
administration (i.e., Fast and Furious, Benghazi). And now, the final straw: with the launching of Obama-care, Government
will now be in perhaps the most personal and private aspect of our lives: our personal health (and by extension our sex
lives?) and the IRS will be charged with oversight of the insurance portion of the system. I don’t know about you, but
this scares the hell out of me! Oh, and bonus: under Obama-care all medical records must now be kept in digital format, opening medical records up to potential NSA spying and other on-line hacking.
Our Government has shown us time and time again that they
think they know better than us, that we should just trust them and blindly
follow, while they speak with two faces and
string us along on a line of half-truths (e.g., “We have to pass the law before we
can find out what’s in it.”, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." … drafting, passing, and signing Obama-care into law through constitutional channels,
while subsequently unilaterally --bypassing a vote by Congress-- modifying the passed legislation to exempt themselves and their staff from being financially bound by it, and then giving Big
Business a one-year waiver from mandatory participation in the new healthcare
law). Of course Big Government is smart
enough to sweeten the deal with lots of “free stuff” and predictably the cattle
among us have fallen right into line.
But since the government has been shut-down, Big Government is singing a new tune: that of an extremely spoiled, unhappy child. How else can you explain the unnecessary expenditure of manpower and resources in order to close-off outdoor, open National Monuments like the WWII Memorial and the new Martin Luther King Jr. Monument? Attempting to turn away 90 year-old veterans who have been gifted a once in a life-time opportunity to visit the WWII memorial in person. Can you say "media circus" at the expense of our veterans? You can clearly see the frustration in the faces of Big Government,
hear the unnerved cackle in their voices when they speak publicly these past
few days, since the government has shut-down; they just can’t understand why, at this point
in the conditioning process, everyone won’t just shut-up and get in line. … Get
in line? This when our highest elected
officials have unequivocally demonstrated their contempt for accountability, as
dictated by the U.S. Constitution, to the American people (e.g., NSA large-scale spying on U.S. citizens, Benghazi,
and subsequent unilateral modifications to the Obama-care law, in the form of subsidies
and waivers) – sorry, I just can’t bring myself to say the laughable phrasing “Affordable
Care Act”. I’m surprised the OMB hasn’t
requested that the law’s name be changed, given OMB’s budget/numbers
predictions for this unruly behemoth.
Socialized medicine here we come!
Republicans, you drew this line … The Line … in the sand, please
don’t give in yet again!! Too much is at
stake! Big Government is banking that
given enough time and media pressure you will fold once again. This time, I urge you to hold your ground, stand firm and
in due time (i.e., as debt ceiling deadline draws nearer) Big Government will
own its fair share of the current unrest.
The End, in this instance, does truly justify the means, because once this cumulative mass of “change” crosses
The Line and begins its downhill motion, the momentum it will attain will
become all but unstoppable. The current government shutdown is but a pin-prick compared to what will follow if Big Government is allowed to continue along its intended trajectory un-checked.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy." ~Martin Luther King Jr.
10/9/2013 With U.S. about to hit its upper limit for credit and borrowing money, you'd think members of Congress and the Obama Administration would be looking for any and every way to reduce costs and save/re-allocate revenue wherever possible, right? Well that's what logic should dictate. In the line of looking for ways to save money, here is another reason to delay the individual mandate portion of Obama-care for at least a year: Doing so could save the U.S. Treasury an estimated $35 Billion (with a "B", 9 zeros!) dollars, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Definitely a BIG push for delaying the individual mandate, I would say!
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/09/cbo-obamacare-individual-mandate-delay-would-save-35-billion/
On-line Petition: We need an on-line petition specifically targeted at delaying the individual mandate portion of the new healthcare law by at least one year. I did find other petitions on-line that are broader in their scope (e.g., delay and defund), but these may not meet with widespread approval. That is to say many who would currently be on-board with delaying the individual mandate portion of the law, might not necessarily want to entirely defund Obama-care. Check out the petition I found for yourself and see what you think?
http://aclj.org/obamacare/delay-defund-defeat-obamacare
http://dontfundobamacare.com (this one has over 2 million signatures)
