Profile In Cowardice

And so the democratic cavalry steals themselves for the final charge in the the health care abyss. History they feel is on their side but it is not clear which history that is. Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade is causing the nervous troops of the democratic middle to quake in their shoes and as they realize they won't return from their own valley of death. To charge or not to charge that is the questions? Is their courage in their hearts to stand with their leadership? The leadership sees in the eyes of the troops that there is not courage for the fight, no strength of character to stand and vote.
The leadership has acknowledged they do not yet have the votes and that their is no willingness to vote on the senate bill. So, what do the brave generals decide as their next course of action? Change the rules. The largest, most significant piece of legislation in 4 decades, undeniably hated by the public, will try to be passed by "deeming" it so. Change the rules, throw some dust in the air, tell the audience it is just a technicality. No vote, no courage, just a collection of soldiers afraid to face the public and so they hide, in shame. Is this not what you believe in as liberals? Is this not the bridge to the promise land you seek to impose on the American people? If it is, then say so and vote in public for all to see. If you can't, this will forever be the profile in cowardice we teach our children.

The Panic of 2010

The ultimate fate of Obama's health care bill lies in the hands of democrats in the house. In the years to come, this time for the democrats may be described as The Great Panic of 2010. While seemingly invincible in 2009, Democrats today are yelling "every man for himself" as their party tries to repair the damage caused by the political iceberg called health care. Nancy Pelosi is struggling to hold her caucus together while the democratic party leaders are calling for a retreat from the March 18th deadline requested by the president. Democrats are feeling the heat from the constant shelling by public opinion polls, the daily barrage of new ethics probes, explosive resignations accompanied with colorful shower exchanges, the "rahming" of the bill through reconciliation, the loud denunciation of the outright purchase of votes and the occasional appointment of judge to help sway congressional opinion, and the angry protests by ordinary people against the massive expansion of government and its ubiquitous waste and fraud being hoisted on the best health care system in the world. At no time in history has a significant piece of legislation passed without the support of the American public. That alone should give democrats pause but it likely will won't. What will make them think twice may be the likely end to their political careers if they continue forward with this horrible piece of legislation.

March 3, 2010

Juan Williams of Fox news had a great quote when describing the health care debate when he said "The big failure on health care, as we have just discussed in the previous panel, is the American people aren't eating the dog food." We may still get health care "rahmed" down our throat but don't expect a single person in America to believe this administration when they try to tell us what we are eating is fillet Mignon when we know its dog food.

If people don't freely choose the idea of another, they should not be forced into submission. It is the responsibility of the seller to demonstrate value so that the public freely chooses your product or service. Any one freely choosing this plan? Any one really raising their hand for a plate of dog food? Nope and every poll out there in America says the same story. But, for democrats, the will of the individual citizen routinely takes a back seat when individual choice is in conflict with their pursuit of government control over our lives. Makes one wonder what assumptions do democrats hold about the average citizen or business that makes a liberal actively pursue removing the rights of those people to choose how to live their lives. For now, we must fight to keep this bill from passing. There are plenty of other ways to get a good meal.