Missing in Action

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.

-Barack Obama

Really I couldn’t have said it better myself. I realize I haven’t been posting much lately. Its a mix of no news is good news and the news that is out there isn’t good anyway. Yes, like any other American with the ability to broadcast their thoughts right now, I’m talking about the health care bill.

I’m going to link you to this article.  Really I could link you to any health care article, they all say the same things right now.

Lets start with Nancy “Skeletor” Pelosi:

“Last night we made history,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters as she signed the legislation, a formality before Obama’s own signature. “It’s on a par with passing Social Security and Medicare.”

This is a woman who is more concerned with her place in history than with doing the right thing. I think her place in history will be somewhere between Pol Pot and Napoleon.
Now good ole barry:

“President Barack Obama is poised to sign the landmark health care bill ushering in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the nation’s history — and then he’ll hit the road to resume selling it to a reluctant public.”

Wait a minute, I thought the government was supposed to pass laws that people already wanted. When you pass a law and then tell the people they want it, thats not exactly “we the people” is it? Frankly, that is the exact polar opposite of “we the people”, its “Do as I say and like it”.

So far 11 states are suing the federal government that this is an abuse of power under the interstate commerce clause. Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli said it better than anyone:

“If a person decides not to buy health insurance, that person by definition is not engaging in commerce,” Cuccinelli said in recorded comments. “If you are not engaging in commerce, how can the federal government regulate you?”

Now this is a public official who is making sense.

There’s been a lot said about health care. I’m not going to dive into a long drawn out post about it. What I am going to say is this. One of the most interesting stats I’ve read lately is about the number of people who are covered now vs. when this thing is law. From what we’ve all been told to believe, this law is needed for universal coverage. Without this change, most of America is living without health care. Not true. Right now, today, 82% of America already has health care. Under this bill we’re looking to hit about 95%.
Just so you’re clear, your country officially began its descent into oblivion so that 13% of the population could have health care. Makes you wonder who that 13% is. You know, for about 4 years back when I was in school, I didn’t have health insurance…

Could it be that this has more to do with government control of our lives than it does with helping people? Just my two cents. Time will tell.

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