2009-A Black and Blue Christmas
Today I’m flying the Sons of Liberty Patriot Flag. On December 23, the Senate Democrats have passed for cloture on their version of the Health Care Bill (3590) and at 7am on December 24, the Senate bill passed. Our federal government is totally out of control, and nothing can stop the Democrats from moving toward the socialism they so love. Democrats, be them neighbors or on a national chart are enemies of the Republic and they are proving it every day.
Tyranny Overcomes Liberty
Dec 24th Update: from The Heritage Foundation
This morning just after 7 AM EST, the United States Senate passed, again on a straight party-line vote, President Barack Obama’s health insurance bill. Originally scheduled for a 9 PM vote tonight, the bill’s Senate passage is a welcome Christmas gift for a beleaguered White House. However, as the First Family jets off for Hawaii, the American people, liberals, moderates, and conservatives are all saying this bill is closer to a lump of coal in their stocking than real health care reform.
Along a PARTY LINE vote, the Senate Democrats have passed for “cloture” the Senate version of the Health Care Bill. They did it by BUYING the votes (just as the Federalist Papers said they would if they were not kept in check). Republicans, by “moving to the center” in the last election have GIVEN the Republic to the far left and we are all now going to pay the price. Thank you moderates, neo-cons and faux-cons all.
Democrats Use Federal Money (our tax dollars) to BUY the vote! Here’s how you pass a bill in a Democrat-controlled Senate …(this summary courtesy of the San Francisco Examiner):
Democrat Graft and Corruption
» Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. — Up to $300 million in additional federal money to pay for the state of Louisiana’s share of the proposed expansion of Medicaid.
» Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. — A commitment that the federal government will permanently pay for Medicaid expansion in the Cornhusker State at a cost of about $100 million.
» Sens. Ben Nelson and Carl Levin, D-Mich. — A provision that shelters Mutual of Omaha in Nebraska and Blue Cross Blue Shield in Michigan from a proposed $10 billion annual fee on the health insurance industry.
» Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. — Dodd, facing a re-election battle with low poll numbers, inserted a $100 million grant tailored to a proposal for a new hospital at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
» Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. — A 2.2 percent increase in federal coverage of Medicaid expansion, worth about $600 million over a decade.
» Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. — A special provision that will exempt about 800,000 senior citizens in the Sunshine State from any of the proposed cuts to the Medicaid Advantage program.
» Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. — The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a chief architect of the health care bill inserted language in the bill to provide services and benefits, including Medicare, for a group of Montana miners exposed to asbestos.
And as a result, we got this:
(Courtesy: Anti-Anti Underground)
And the Death Panel is “in” and it cannot be repealed:
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) – Two pro-life senators tried to raise a constitutional challenge to a section of the Senate health care bill that makes the infamous “death panels” permanent. They said it was unconstitutional to pass a law that prevents Congress from overturning the law at a later point.
Senators Jim DeMint of South Carolina and John Ensign of Nevada raised a Constitutional Point of Order on the Senate floor against the bill on behalf of other Republican lawmakers. “This is not liberty, it is tyranny of good intentions by elites in Washington who think they can plan our lives better than we can,” DeMint complained.”When confronted with the facts, the Senate Democrats ran for cover. The Senate Democrats are ignoring the constitution, the law, and their own rules to pass Obamacare,” he concluded.
(See his full comments and discussion on the Senate Floor HERE (pdf file))
The Cypress Times: Ironically, and well…even laughably, this provision that Reid and the other communists want to make sure is never, ever modified, or repealed, is the very death panel that the communists and their lap dogs in the corrupt, Obamacentric media have been working night and day, with almost superhuman effort, to convince the public that it never existed!!
…And from Sen. Charles Grassley: (Examiner.com)
The President, Vice President, White House staff and cabinet secretaries are working very hard for this massive restructuring of America’s health care system. It is only fair and logical that if this bill becomes law, these leaders should themselves be subject to the reforms.
- This is the second time this month Grassley attempted to include this amendment in the bill, and the second time he was denied even a chance for debate.
And if that isn’t enough to give you a Black and Blue Christmas, add some Red ink …
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate voted Thursday (Dec 24th … Merry Christmas again) to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year. The Senate’s rare Christmas Eve vote, 60-39, follows House passage last week and raises the debt ceiling by $290 billion. The vote split mainly down party lines, with Democrats voting to raise the limit and Republicans voting against doing so. There was one defection on each side, by senators whose seats will be on the ballot next year: GOP Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio and Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana.
Anybody still think it was a good idea to vote Dem for “fiscal responsibility”
(How about it Wes?)
The Bottom Line
Sons of Liberty Flag
“D” stands for Disgusting! Watching this “process” of “democratic legislation (small “d”) was simply disgusting! All done behind closed doors, with NO TRANSPARENCY, having items in the bill that Democrats (the President himself) promised would not be there! (They lied, didn’t they?), handing out our tax dollars like it was theirs to secure the votes (above). Simply stated, “D” stands for Disgusting, and “D” stands for Democrat!
When this country falls on its face because of out-of-control debt and Liberty and Freedom are just Dreams of our Fathers, we will have ONE PARTY to blame … the Democrat Party. This should give voters for 2010 a CLEAR CHOICE for who they will vote for to lead the government away from this breathtaking fall toward socialism and government control over the “health and well-being” of the citizens of the Republic. It is difficult to “celebrate” Christmas while watching Liberty and Freedom die … one vote at a time.
A Black and Blue Christmas! The Democrats in the House and now the Democrats in the Senate have given us a Black and Blue Christmas. Black, the opposite of a White Christmas … dark actually, disparagingly dark … and Blue? Yes, the Democrats are represented by the color Blue. Hence thank you Democrats for a Black and Blue Christmas in 2009. Only a Democrat could celebrate this Christmas.
Personally? If you voted for this mess, then I really don’t want to have anything to do with you. Democrats are proving they are an enemy of the Republic … and if you support them, you also are an enemy of the Republic.
Thank you so much for a Black and Blue Christmas!
2009-A Black and Blue Christmas
Relevant Posts after this Post
- WSJ: The Real Price of the Senate Health Care Bill *****
- The Heritage Foundation: Coal for Christmas from the Senate ****
- TheCypressTimes: Midnight Votes, Backroom Deals, Death Panels; Palin was Right!
- NRO: Its Not Over by Ramesh Ponnuru (interesting anaysis) ****
