Sign Up to Attend a Health Care Event

I would urge everyone to signup here for a local event and attend and voice your concerns about Obama's single payer government option rationed health care proposal.

Jeff Carlson

Why The Press Can't Sell ObamaCare Like They Sold Obama

There are several reasons the press will not be able to sell the American people ObamaCare like they sold us Obama himself.

In the case of Obama the press was able to control your lying eyes.

How many people actually saw the Rev Wright and his racist and anti-semitic tirades ? When people asked who Obama was the press was ready willing and able to say Obama was whatever they wanted him to be. They ignored or hid any facts, statements or Obama votes on dozens of subjects if they were not flattering of the candidate Obama's particular stance that particular day.

In the case of ObamaCare people already know what they have for health care and the great majority don't want it changed.

The press can go on and on about the 47 million BS number but if you have insurance you really don't care. Obama doesn't help his case when he starts out saying, "If you like your coverage, you'll get to keep it". That is like a GPS salesman starting out his sales pitch by saying, "This will not disable your car or make you drive out of the way to get to your destination". Everyones natural reaction to this is to pull back and ask "Why are you telling me something I would never have assumed in the first place."

Given that almost 50% of American now thinks Obama can't be trusted to keep his word its no wonder the press is having a tough time selling this clunker.

Its also difficult to pitch the idea that we will expand coverage for an additional 47 (bs) million people for less money than we spend today. It is also very difficult for the press to pitch with a straight face that we will spend more than we spend today but we won't have to tax anyone but the "evil rich" to pay for it.

Finally our lying eyes have seen what Obama said in the past and the weak tea response from the White House shows they don't have an answer and just hope it goes away. One national ad with that You Tube clip would be the end of this entire debate.

Jeff Carlson

Cash for Clunkers is Worse Than You Think

The Cash for Clunkers program (CFC) which gives you $4,500 to turn in your old working car to buy a brand new working car is actually more expensive than you think.

To start with the US Government owns a big portion of GM and Chrysler so it would seem like a good idea to stimulate sales of GM and Chrysler cars. The problem arises with the fact that in the CFC program you can buy a car from anybody. Of the 222,000 CFC participants from last week I assume a good percentage bought new cars from Asian or European car companies. So the actual cost to the US taxpayers of helping the US owned car companies would be more like $6,000 to $9,000 per US car.

Jeff Carlson

The White House Needs Your Help

I feel it is everyones patriotic responsibility to send any questionable medical claims to the new White House email address at: flag@whitehouse.gov

I am forwarding every Viagra, Nurses Wanted and Herbal Remedy email I get over right away. Some of those look very fishy to me.

Updated: Seems like some folks aren't so sure about this program.

Jeff Carlson

Bill Whittle Talks About Sarah Palin

Watch Bill on Afterburner

If you haven't read Whittles written work you are really missing some great stuff at Eject! Eject! Eject!

I highly recommend some of his old essays ... Rafts and Tribes ... I will track them down and provide links at some point today ...

Jeff Carlson

The Obama World Apology Tour

Excellent article from by Oleg Atbashian at Pajamas Media ...

The Magic World of Anti-American Mythology

a great quote:

"To blame the hot spots on the U.S. presence would be as insane as to blame fires on firefighters because their trucks are always at the scene."

read the whole thing ...

Jeff Carlson

Launch Your Own Satellite

Interorbital is offering an $8,000 diy kit.

If you and I can launch a half pound into near earth orbit imagine how easily Iran will be able to lob one of their shiny new nukes on a ballistic path to a neighborhood near you.

Hat Tip: Instapundit

Jeff Carlson

Ted Kennedy, Coward of the Senate

The first time the moment of truth came for Ted Kennedy he failed to rise to the occasion and call for help or report the accident to the police. Then later in the evening when friends begged him to call the police he again failed to rise to the occasion. Finally, after sleeping, he still refused to report the accident. Ted Kennedy was and is a coward of a man. My hope is that on the worst days he has ahead of him he remembers that Mary Jo is looking down from heaven and not smiling at his suffering because she knows that the devil will be looking up and smiling in anticipation of Ted joining the rest of the scum in hell.

Jeff Carlson

The Latest Obama Scapegoat

Insurance companies now join energy speculators, auto CEO's, bank executives and wall street traders as the newest scapegoat to attack ...

That guy is so smooth the way he slides the knife in.

Update: Pelosi gets in on the act.

Update #2: Boortz sees the trend as well ...

Jeff Carlson

Barney Frank Admits the Truth about Obamacare ...

Hat Tip: NRO

Jeff Carlson

Kathleen Sebelius Op-Ed is Propaganda

This Op-Ed byKathleen Sebelius is nothing but a fluff piece full of half truths and outright lies.

Her three main points:

"First, to provide Americans with more affordable choices, we’ll set up a marketplace where you can compare plans and pick the one that’s right for you. None of the plans would be allowed to deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition. And one of the options should be a public plan that would increase competition and keep private insurance companies honest.

Second, we have to align incentives for doctors and hospitals so that they’re rewarded based on the quality of care they provide, not on how many tests or procedures they prescribe.

Third, we need to move from a sickness system to a wellness system. By investing in prevention and emphasizing healthy lifestyles, we can save money while improving health."

#1 by forcing insurance companies to cover everyone will raise premiums. Forcing everyone into one-size fits all plans will raise premiums. The reason you can't shop for competing plans today is because of government intervention and mandates, not because of dishonest insurance companies.

#2 If you pay for your own health care you already make sure your health care providers do a good job. Its only in third party payer system, like insurance or Obamacare where this problem occurs and nothing proposed will help that unless you end up rationing or mandating treatments.

#3 It has been shown in countless studies that disease prevention measures don't save money. In fact quite often they are shown to cost more.

This is yet another partisan hack pushing a socialist agenda for Obama.

Jeff Carlson

Organic Food May Not Be Better

Looks like the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says that organic food is not healthier. To quote the article "A small number of differences in nutrient content were found to exist between organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs, but these are unlikely to be of any public health relevance," said Alan Dangour, one of the report's authors.

This is going to be a tough sell with my wife. We buy alot of organic and grow our own in an organic garden.

Hat Tip: NRO

Jeff Carlson

Obama ,The Chicago Way

Read Michelle Malkins Bully Boys , this gem at the NY Times Visa's Revoked and finally Blackmail ? . This administration clearly plays hard ball with its supposed friends and wiffle ball with our clear enemies. Maybe this is Obama's definition of "moderate". You get the feeling they really mean, "We Hope you'll Change your mind about opposing us, it would be a shame if something happened to you".

Jeff Carlson

AGW, Health Reform Scam,Foreign Policy, Clinton

Our King/President and World leaders tell the Earth's temperature not to rise. "They are so cool, those world leaders."

Its the Chicago way - America's health-care CEOs are being taken for a ride by Congress and their own lobbyists. "But I thought lobbyists worked for their clients interest ? Maybe they are, the client is Obama and the Democrats."

Obama is Our Foreign Policy Neophyte. "Obama needs another 4 years to rise to the level of neophyte. He's giving empty suits a bad name."

On a team of rivals, Obama is a ball hog -Unlike Predecessors, Clinton Left Behind on Presidential Foreign Travel.

"I believe the central parts of the [EPA] chart are that U.S. action alone will not impact world CO2 levels," EPA Administrator Jackson said. "All pain, no gain. Those EPA scientists are so dope."

Embryonic Stem Cells ...

Lets get some facts out first:

$0 Federal dollars were spent on ANY stem cell research prior to 2001 - ZERO ...

Billions of dollars have been spent by States and private investors on Embryonic Stem cell research since 2001 with not a single cure for a single disease being discovered.

Embryonic Stem cells will NEVER cure Diabetes, AIDS or Parkinson's Disease ... NEVER ... it is impossible because making "new" organs will not cure those diseases ...

Pluripotent stem cells (aka Embryonic stem cells) can now be made from adult stem cells eliminating the need for embryonic stem cells ...

Please read this from US News: Why Embryonic Stem Cells are Obsolete

and Please read this from the NY Times: Rethink Stem Cells? Science Already Has

More wasted federal tax dollars for bad science ...

The Ghost
Updated on 03/10/09