OBAMA BECOMING BELIGERENT OVER HEALTH CARE

After canceling a scheduled “Town Hall Meeting” and switching to a direct speech from the Secret Service protected Rose Garden because he did not want to take questions from angry taxpayers about his health care plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said a vast reform of the nation's health insurance system is required. "Deferring reform is nothing more than defending the status quo — and those who would oppose our efforts should take a hard look at just what it is they're defending."

"The status quo on health care is not an option for the United States of America," Obama said. "It is threatening the financial stability of families, of businesses and of government. It's unsustainable."

House Democratic leaders pledged to meet the president's goal of health care legislation before their August break, offering a $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans. Left to pick up most of the tab were medical providers, employers and the wealthy. "This progress should make us hopeful but it can't make us complacent," Obama said. "It should instead provide the urgency for both the House and the Senate to finish their critical work on health reform before the August recess."

COMMENTS:
While I recognize that the country needs an improved health system, I’ll be damned if I want a government-operated health care system. All you have to do is to look at Medicare, V.A. Hospitals, and the Indian Health Service to find out how rotten health care can get when the government runs it. Here comes another Bill that Congress has not read and we Americans will not be allowed to read before the vote is taken. This is just more bad legislation with plenty of gray poop on.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS
Q. Why won’t the Congress let us read the health care bill before they vote on it? (Mary – Shreveport, LA)
A. We don’t drink at the right bars, we don’t switch partners for sex, and we don’t take bribes and payoffs, so we’re not qualified to read such things.

Q. Why such a long hearing process on a nominee for the Supreme Court? (Zack – Truth or Consequences, NM)
A. There’s nothing the Senate loves more than putting on a good dog and pony show.

Q. Do you think the Republicans will win back a lot of seats in Congress next year? (Spiro – Baltimore, MD)
A. The Republicans won’t have any members left by November of 2010. But, I’m not sure that the Democrats will have any members left by 2010, either.

TODAY’S QUOTE: We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein

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