What He Said

It's amazing, thirty years gone and we're right back in the same spot (actually, a worse spot - things are even more grave than they were under Carter, IMHO).

When will we learn?

Pants. On. Fire.

From BreitbartTV, via comments at AoSHQ. Y'all watchin' them health care debates on C-SPAN? Why not?!?


The always to-the-point Nice Deb blogs (with the supporting video I've been meaning to post all week, plus quotes from the world's other biggest liar -- Michael Moore -- on his admiration for Obama's rope-a-dope health care strategy):

Surreal: Obama Says He Has “Not Said That He Is A Single Payer Supporter”

She also attended one of Claire McCaskill's Town Hall meetings (at which, oddly enough [rolls eyes], McCaskill was no-show, but the event still proved interesting):

Claire McCaskill Town Hall, Blue Springs MO

And, as if all that was not enough, she posts another video I meant to do:

Hopey Changey Uniter Contradicts Himself…In Same Speech!

She has many other good posts on the debate, so scroll away. Thanks, Nice Deb, for doing what I and my failing laptop did not do. *bows*


UPDATE: Ace, more on health care:

Fishism Watch: Everything That Guy Just Said Was a Lie, Including the "Uhhh's" and "Ummm's"

Even the NYT disputes Obama's claim that you'd be able to "keep your current insurance."

Here's the NYT on these assurances, which they politely call "aspirational" only. As in, a lie.

These assurances reflect an aspiration, but may not be literally true or enforceable.

The legislation does not require insurers or employers to continue offering the health benefits they now provide. The House bill sets detailed standards for “acceptable health care coverage,” which would define “essential benefits” and permissible co-payments. Employers that already offer insurance would have five years to bring their plans into compliance with the new federal standards.

The Senate health committee bill goes somewhat further by offering an “option to retain current insurance coverage.”

The legislation could have significant implications for individuals who have bought coverage on their own. Their policies might be exempted from the new standards, but the coverage might not be viable for long because insurers could not add benefits or enroll additional people in noncompliant policies.

Dallas L. Salisbury, president of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a private nonpartisan group, said: “The president and Democrats in Congress are saying what they would like. Their promises may not be literally true because your health plan may change, and your doctor may no longer accept your insurance.”

You won't keep your coverage.

By design.

The Castaways, 1965:



One note: I will not be unhappy if the voting public lets Teh Won, and large segment of Congress, go in 2010/2012.

President Karaoke

H/T AoSHQ commenter Damiano, who says "Krauthammer is on fire."

It is time for the president to state the obvious: This recession is not caused by excessive executive compensation in government-controlled companies. The economy has been sinking because of a lack of credit, stemming from a general lack of confidence, stemming from the lack of a plan to detoxify the major lending institutions, mainly the banks, which, to paraphrase Willie Sutton, is where the money used to be.

Obama has been strangely passive about this single greatest threat to the country. In his address to Congress and his budget, he's been far more interested in his grand program for reshaping the American social contract in health care, energy and education.

Read the rest here.

UPDATE: Damiano again, Britains's Daily Telegraph with "Top 10 Gaffes by Barack Obama & Joe Biden."


UDATE: Stoaty Weasel and Rachel Lucas have similar thoughts on Prez Karaoke.

Then there's Iowahawk, with "Let's Hear It For The Tards." Lemur King expounds and illustrates.

Reagan/Obama mashup video - Uncanny how every one of Reagan's words can be applied to today.

Pretty Much

...the scariest picture I've ever seen.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr