A lot of folks have been getting tired of politicians with "hidden" agendas or activities.

It seems that the Linn County Democratic Party made a good faith effort to combat this issue recently.

I would say they were totally upfront about their relationship with the average family that works hard and pays taxes

When they used a Stretch Limousine to pull their float in a local parade. 

 

Three weeks the number one book on the New York Times Best Seller List and they don't seem to be interested in reviewing it?

Sounds like my kind of Book

Dear Reader,

I'm so proud to announce that my new book, Culture of Corruption, is #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for the second consecutive week!

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Why are these meetings brimming with so much anger? Because Republican Astroturfers have joined the same old right-wing broadcast demagogues that have been spewing hate and fear for years, to create a tempest.

I saw only handmade signs by the Anti-Administration Health Care Plan, and while I did see ONE handmade Pro Plan sign the rest were Mass Produced,

 So who are the Astroturfers?

 During the meeting there was a heated conversation between a couple sitting beside me and a woman on the row below us, When the man exclaimed " YOU want People to die in the streets"  I jumped in with the statement that NO ONE in America is denied essential medical care due to lack of insurance or ability to pay,  He backed down because he knew that was true. 

While there I heard my Congressman making light of the idea that Death Panels would be enacted, and claiming that what had folks upset was  merely a provision to have health professionals help patients with End of Life Decisions.

 My Friends Death Panels are ALREADY in action in this Country and they actually are helping patients with End of Life Decisions.,

Patients who are DENIED treatment are helped to enter Assisted Suicide Programs

In Oregon,  One of the States whose program is pointed to as a Model for the proposed National Plan

Via the Big Lizards Blog we have

The Oregon Health Plan, more or less a real-world model of ObamaCare, is under tremendous pressure to cut costs. They have found a unique way of doing so: They no longer pay for life-saving chemotherapy for cancer patients with less than a 5% chance of survival for five years... but they will pay to help kill them:

Barbara Wagner has one wish - for more time.

"I'm not ready, I'm not ready to die," the Springfield woman said. "I've got things I'd still like to do."

Her doctor offered hope in the new chemotherapy drug Tarceva, but the Oregon Health Plan sent her a letter telling her the cancer treatment was not approved.

Instead, the letter said, the plan would pay for comfort care, including "physician aid in dying," better known as assisted suicide.

"I told them, I said, 'Who do you guys think you are?' You know, to say that you'll pay for my dying, but you won't pay to help me possibly live longer?' " Wagner said. [Hat tip to Sachi]

So... under government medicine, Barack H. Obama's grandmother shouldn't get a hip replacement, because she's going to die soon anyway; Sarah Palin's son Trig, who has Down Syndrome, wouldn't get long-term treatment because Down is incurable; and Barbara Wagner begs for cancer treatment -- and instead gets a not-so-subtle hint that she should contact a physician about how to "reduce the surplus population" by committing suicide.

There is really no nice way to spin this.

Yes there will be NO Death Panels who will deny an individual patient treatment, just Criteria which will do the same thing.

BUT they will offer them a Painless Easy Death.

I wonder will they also have showers for Undesirables?

Yes such a wonderful program we Taxpayers will get to fund

Why are these meetings brimming with so much anger? Because Republican Astroturfers have joined the same old right-wing broadcast demagogues that have been spewing hate and fear for years, to create a tempest.

I saw only handmade signs by the Anti-Administration Health Care Plan, and while I did see ONE handmade Pro Plan sign the rest were Mass Produced,

 So who are the Astroturfers?

 During the meeting there was a heated conversation between a couple sitting beside me and a woman on the row below us, When the man exclaimed " YOU want People to die in the streets"  I jumped in with the statement that NO ONE in America is denied essential medical care due to lack of insurance or ability to pay,  He backed down because he knew that was true. 

While there I head my Congressman making light of the idea that Death Panels would be enacted, and claiming that what had folks upset was  merely a provision to have health professionals help patients with End of Life Decisions.

 My Friends Death Panels are ALREADY in action in this Country and they actually are helping patients with End of Life Decisions.,

Patients who are DENIED treatment are helped to enter Assisted Suicide Programs

In Oregon,  One of the States whose program is pointed to as a Model for the proposed National Plan

Via the Big Lizards Blog we have

The Oregon Health Plan, more or less a real-world model of ObamaCare, is under tremendous pressure to cut costs. They have found a unique way of doing so: They no longer pay for life-saving chemotherapy for cancer patients with less than a 5% chance of survival for five years... but they will pay to help kill them:

Barbara Wagner has one wish - for more time.

"I'm not ready, I'm not ready to die," the Springfield woman said. "I've got things I'd still like to do."

Her doctor offered hope in the new chemotherapy drug Tarceva, but the Oregon Health Plan sent her a letter telling her the cancer treatment was not approved.

Instead, the letter said, the plan would pay for comfort care, including "physician aid in dying," better known as assisted suicide.

"I told them, I said, 'Who do you guys think you are?' You know, to say that you'll pay for my dying, but you won't pay to help me possibly live longer?' " Wagner said. [Hat tip to Sachi]

So... under government medicine, Barack H. Obama's grandmother shouldn't get a hip replacement, because she's going to die soon anyway; Sarah Palin's son Trig, who has Down Syndrome, wouldn't get long-term treatment because Down is incurable; and Barbara Wagner begs for cancer treatment -- and instead gets a not-so-subtle hint that she should contact a physician about how to "reduce the surplus population" by committing suicide.

There is really no nice way to spin this.

Yes there will be NO Death Panels who will deny an individual patient treatment, just Criteria which will do the same thing.

BUT the will offer them a Painless Easy Death.

I wonder will they also have showers for Undesirables?

Yes such a wonderful program we Taxpayers will get to fund

• False Assumptions: Proponents of cap and trade point to the low cost estimates by the EPA and CBO as a reason to pass Waxman-Markey. The EPA underestimates that the bill would cost households an additional $140 a year.
• Based on Consumption: The EPA's numbers are based on consumption changes, which are typically less than income changes, as families respond to income losses by saving less.
• Uses Discounting: Discounting is a reasonable approach for comparing costs and benefits that occur at widely different times. However, costs of climate change rarely use a discounted rate this high. Without discounting, the impact per household is $1,288 in 2050. Adjusting household size to reflect a family of four raises this cost to over $1,900.
• Assumes Rebates: The EPA assumes all the allowance proceeds will be rebated directly to consumers. This clearly isn't the case, since most of the allowances have been promised to industry.
• No New Taxes?The loss that the EPA calculates doesn't include the cost of the energy tax to consumers, since the EPA assumes that all of the money is rebated. The cost of the energy tax is actually $4,600 per family of four in 2035.

The CBO Is Wrong

• False Assumptions: CBO underestimates that the bill would cost households $175 in 2020. They assume that the carbon tax isn't a tax if the government spends the money. When have Americans ever seen all of a tax returned to them? It's like suggesting your tax rebate will be as large as the amount taken from your paycheck every year.
• Numbers Don't Add Up: The CBO's allowance cost numbers don't add up. They say the allowance price will be $28. Since there are 5.056 billion tons of CO2 equivalent in the cap that year, that implies a $141 billion gross cost. They list $91.4 billion.
• Hard to Believe: In the CBO's June 5 analysis, they projected allowance revenues of $119.7 billion, $129.7 billion, $136 billion, $145.6 billion and $152.9 billion for the years 2015-2019. It's hard to believe that the next number in that series would be $91.4 billion.
• Ignores Economic Damage: The CBO doesn't include the decrease in GDP as a result of the bill. The GDP hit in 2020 would be $161 billion (in 2009 dollars) according to our analysis. For a family of four, that is $1,870 that they ignore.

Cap and Trade Is Wrong

• It's a Massive Energy Tax
• It Will Not Make a Substantive Impact on the Environment
• It Will Kill Jobs
• It Will Cause Electricity Bills and Gas Prices to Sharply Increase
• It Will Outsource Manufacturing Jobs and Hurt Free Trade
• It Will Make You Choose among Energy, Groceries, Clothing and Haircuts
• It Will Be Highly Susceptible to Fraud and Corruption
• It Will Hurt Senior Citizens, the Poor, and the Unemployed the Worst
• It Will Cost American Families Nearly $3,000 a Year
• President Obama Admitted "Electricity Rates Would Necessarily Skyrocket" Under His Cap-and-Trade Program (January 2008)

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, urged on by President Barack Obama, announced progress on Tuesday toward quick passage of legislation to fight global warming by reducing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide.

At a midday White House press conference, Obama said the "historic" climate change bill moving through the House would "transform the way we produce and use energy in America."

With incentives to encourage utilities, manufacturers and other companies to switch from higher-polluting oil and coal to cleaner energy alternatives, Obama said the legislation would spark a "transformation that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and confront the carbon pollution that threatens our planet."

I bet we have to do it NOW.  Like we will get to see the text one night and it will need to be passed before the following evening, otherwise the public might wake up and realise how much they are being lied to, AGAIN.