I think the Republicans made a mistake trying to defund
Obamacare. I admire Senator Cruz for
trying but he was basically whistling in Dixie.
However, Cruz is an overt guy who hates the new healthcare law and he
did his best.
Now, the Republicans are backed into a corner where if the
government shuts down and Obamacare is stopped they will be accused by millions
of people of throwing grandma over the cliff.
They would have been better off to sit back and let the monster come
into effect on October 1st and enjoy the last laugh when it fails miserably. There is always a certain pleasure in saying,
“I told you so!”
As of this writing (Sunday afternoon), the Republicans
returned to the Capitol today for more discussions but the Dems failed to
appear. They are a confident bunch with
Harry Reid shooting his mouth off and Obama using immature expressions like “Knock
it off” to the Republicans but I think the R’s will have the last laugh if this
nightmare goes into effect as scheduled.
I enjoyed Obama’s most recent comment when he admitted that “We
had to tax some things” to gain funds for the program. Surely he isn’t naive enough to think the
American people didn’t know that and are going to love this thing. The polls show that the public dislikes it
more every day. Then there are those who
have to now work part time because of their company’s disengagement from the
law. Can they afford the new insurance?
Never underestimate the government though as they try to
work the numbers to show a silver lining:
June employment figures showed an increase of 120,000 jobs. Wow, that’s impressive except when you read
between the lines and see where 360,000 new part time jobs occurred while
240,000 full time jobs disappeared, hence, showing an increase of 120,000 jobs. Unfortunately those are part time jobs. Ya gotta love the government and their math!
Another situation that I haven’t heard discussed is, what
about the people in the poor sections of big cities and elsewhere who have
never had health care? Many of them have
probably been going to the emergency room or free clinics for the little
medical care they even bother with. Are
they now expected to come flowing out of the ghettos in Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit
and other large cities with a bunch of money to buy health insurance?
I don’t care what Obama and his cronies say; studies show that this is an expensive boondoggle for most people. Good health insurance isn't cheap so read the fine print before you sign up at a low cost. On
top of that, those who DON’T buy the insurance will be fined. How would you like to be the guy who walks
into South Chicago and tries to collect fines for not buying health insurance? Even with government subsidies I smell
scofflaws!
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 224 of 224Good quote from George Will yesterday. Good to see him on Fox:
“Republicans now have what liberals are supposed to admire, which is diversity. Except liberals don't want diversity in thought, and that’s what the Republicans now have and it makes them rather interesting.” – George Will
Yeah, every once and a while George Will steals my work..
haha... It's pronounced Cal-Gary by a bunch of those insufferable northern snobs..
Just because the game was invented there doesn't mean they always produce the best players.
Yeah, watching the game when you can actually see the flow of the game and notice subtle changes in strategy, and there is a whole bunch of strategy involved is sort of like what baseball used to be for me,.
But baseball got boring, football is like working the yard keeping an eye on the mood of rival gangs and soccer is .... well soccer.
I am going to start watching rugby on the internet.. do you want to clean up football?, take the weapons away.. and ban the gang tattoos....
..get rid of helmets and pads, let them keep the cleats.
I'm with you on Rugby. Half the time I don't know what the hell they are doing with those scrums and that other crap but they play in shorts and bust each other's asses.
Then, they get up and do it over again with basically no protective equipment or a huddle. Quite a difference from our NFL with their huddles and 100 lbs. of protective gear.
I used to like when New Zealand would run out on the field clad in noir and the announcer in his great accent would shout....."and here come the dreaded all blacks!"
If I was younger I think I would consider getting the hell out of here and going to NZ or Australia.
As long as I didn't have to eat that motor oil looking vegemite, it would probably be OK regardless of living under socialists. That's what is happening here anyway.
I'd love to say I went to kick some Canuck butt....BUT that'd be a lie.
We went on a wonderful ski trip to Banff, on the way up we passed through Calgary and rendezvoused with Canadian friends for dinner and drinks, neither of which can be consumed if Calgary happens to be playing Edmonton. That rivalry's so strong, every game seems to be the superbowl.
The area is spectacular, especially Lake Louise, one of the best ski areas I've been to. The trip was through a special Delta A/Lines package, got air fare, rental car, 5 star accoms (Hotel was even haunted), got to exchange American dollars for some Frenchman / Moose looking stuff, and got a taste of a foreign country for about the same price as a trip to Breckenridge CO...It was sweet! Doubt those deals exist anymore.
French Canadian eh, (or I should say Aye?), surprised you don't have to publish this blog in TWO languages???
(little surprised that Doug & Bob McKenzie aren't posting their 12 days of Christmas on here?)(((and a beer, aye)))
Is rugby the sport where they all hug, er huddle....Then the entire huddle runs around the field still hugging?
Seems legit!
A Slater question: just how good can college football be when ASU loses to guys who look like they just jumped out of a box of Lucky Charms?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDkfj4KhWw
1941 cartoons even had a message, this one was about exactly what we are facing now... "from those who have unto those who need".
Sometimes Love thy Neighbor has some tough love attached.
at this point I consider liberalism to be a mental disorder- any suicidal oriented view on life would be... and frankly they are starting to remind me of flies.
I think we all know how to get rid of a fly infestation.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/rv7dGhj5UlA
I guess hockey is out of the question, how about a little Russian car skating ad?
.. only a couple of min. long but worth the time...
..don't bother trying to read the subtitles..
Hahaha.. thinking the Russians are somewhat backwards is 1950's thinking.
The Russian mind is a combination of eastern and western thought; that means they have the advantage, for instance they don't tolerate a worthless freeshit army
In fact have you ever heard of another nation doing what we are doing in the eastern world?
nope, just idiots here and those EuroShitholes allowing Islam to come in a ruin their culture, under the banner of false compassion.
I guess Professional golf has arrived, they had a streakette out gamboling on the greens over the weekend, I hate to complain about something free but shouldn't someone be filtering out these people and make sure the streaker is worth watching?
shock value. 3.5
..overall satisfaction. maybe 1
would you watch it again?..
..probably not.
Proud question, how many national championships in football does ASU have compared to N.D.? I'll wait for your answer.
My little brother is a Detroit Red Wings fan and watches them all the time. But then again he's always been a little strange.
Jim, all the pink at the Cardinal game was a bit much. Pink shoes, pink penalty flags. What's next, pink uniforms? I know it was about breast cancer but does it really belong in a football game?
Yeah where's the National Hemorrhoid awareness lobby?- I think a nice all brown and irritated red game might be a nice touch..
I tell you what, I am pretty fed up with all this holier than thou "I'm more compassionate than you are because I wear pink" crap.. it's a damn ball game not some awareness rally.
Yeah.. the Washington Foreskins- what do you think about that Big Chief Red Bull?
It's a mental disorder.
I see where Obama is sticking his nose into something where it doesn't belong. He said in an interview that the Washington Redskins should change their name.
Maybe he should stick to what he does best, ruining the country and ignoring the constitution.
Mike...ASU, ND LSU FU...who the hell cares? It's small ball...little league....Flag football!
A place where refs get almost as much camera time as the players...
OK...in the past 67 yrs, may have known one or two girls that I thought had a "magic crotch" (married one)...
BUT, none was ever named SNOW WHITE:
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/07/once-upon-promo-blunder-snow-whites-magic-crotch/
pax ABC (funny)
Proud. I care and that's all that matters. If I want to watch people skating I'll watch the winter Olympics.
Middy, liberalism has always been a mental disease.
Banff, huh?
In 1952 Marilyn Monroe was there to film "River of No Return" with Robert Mitchum and Rory Calhoun. She hurt her leg and had to hole up in a hotel there for a few days.
https://www.google.com/search?q=marilyn+monroe+photo+in+banff&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=oydUUpiGMsf2rAHmm4CYBA&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=899&dpr=1
She was a true member of babedom. Died way too soon at 36 in 1962.
Middy,
I didn't watch any of the President's Cup. I'm kind of golfed out from the FEDEX finals where Stenson won a cool $12 million to take back to Sweden.
Mike,
True about ND and their championships but those were some funky uniforms.
ASU sucks and so does their big mouthed coach Graham.
Mike,
I totally agree on the pink stuff. I see this a.m. where the ref flags will no longer be pink.
It's overkill; I praise them for wanting to help fight the disease but damn, cool it a bit with the pink.
Middy,
I'm with ya on the hemorrhoid awareness! Cut the pink; we get it and support it but pink sucks on the football field.
I can't wait to see the Cards when they play a real team. Carolina sucks and Palmer is no better than the other guys they had last year. SF here they come; could be interesting. Watch out for Russell Wilson and Seattle.
Jim, did you hear the libs are all upset that an AZ state rep. compared Obama to Hitler. LOL
It was ok when they did it to Bush every day.
“Someone is paying the National Park Service thugs overtime for their efforts to carry out the order of De Fuhrer… "
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/08/arizona-state-rep-compares-obama-to-hitler-on-facebook/
Buzz,
That funny! Go, Brenda go! I wish she was in my district so I could vote for her.
If they think that is so bad they ought to tune in here for some of our remarks on Obama.
Jim, I read the blog from Montini today complaining about the Arizona legislator that compared Obama to Hitler. He stated that Hitler was the biggest mass murder ever. I guess Montini never heard of Stalin and Mao before.
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