Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Pseuodoconservatives, Politicians, and other Liars

Everyone knows that former Massachusetts Governor Romney has converted to conservatism as he runs for President. He was once pro-abortion. He may say he was personally anti-abortion but politically pro-abortion or pro-choice or whatever. The nuances of that nonsense tire and disgust me. Should government protect life, just like its says in the Declaration of Independence, or not, is the question to me? Romney came down on the "not" side. He was also pro-perversion in marriage. He could have stopped the enforcement of any legislative or judicial mandate. Enforcement is, after all, one of the few functions of the Executive branch. And Massachusetts had passed a referendum in favor of marriage and families, so he would have been on the side of democracy and morality if he opposed perverted marriages. But he chose not only not to do anything, but he actually created and enforced and enabled perverted marriages.

And now he claims he is pro-life and pro-family. Understandably, his new-found beliefs bring derision and uncertainty from conservatives.

But what I found almost incredible was an interview of Senator Orin Hatch from Utah on Romney's conservative credentials. He said something along the lines of "He was running for Governor of the most liberal state in the Union - of course he was pro-choice and pro perverted marriage." I have long thought that anytime a politician speaks, there should be a translation line underneath to show what the politician is really saying. If Hatch's "defense" were to have such a translation line, it would have said, "Of course all politicians are liars and will say or do anything to get elected." My jaw dropped open. I did a double-take. Did Utah's senior Senator just say that all politicians are liars and will do or say anything to get elected? (He had.)

But even more amazing was that this experienced politician was so far gone that he didn't even notice that he was saying not only do all politicians lie, but that he didn't see the problem with it, and he didn't even realize that people would object to lying.

I guess it's time Senator Hatch left Washington. Lord Acton was always right, "Power corrupts." And it makes you stupid besides. Vincet Veritas, MEB

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Health Care Reform in Massachusetts

Massachusetts passed a health care bill a few years ago under then liberal Republican Governor Mitt Romney. It was to get everyone on insurance and have "health care." The cost of this program keeps climbing but it is a lot. In today's American Medical New the number of uninsured dropped from 400,000 to 360,000. That's it. Spend a billion dollars and insure a few measly thousand people.

So what happened? First of all the numbers are phony. There aren't really that many uninsured. The US Census looked at their phony number of 40 million and found the real number was 8 million. Some people lied, some were too stupid to fill the form out right, some forgot they had insurance, some didn't count medicare and medicaid as insurance - and nearly half of the total number were criminal aliens who won't have health insurance no matter what because they are here illegally.

There are uninsured, but they are that way for a reason. Now anyone with medical needs that didn't qualify for cheap insurance before would quickly sign up now that others would be forced to foot the bill. What this number shows is that most of the uninsured are uninsured through choice. They're young and healthy and don't want to give $10,000 to some insurance executive when they'll spend only $100 on health care.

And so we have a real life experiment showing Romneycare, Hillarycare, and Socializecare are simply giant feel-good boondoggles that will make little or no difference in the problem they purport to solve. All that will happen is the average person will have less money and less time because the government is stealing more than previously.

Wake up before it is too late. Never mind that socialized medicine has been proven a failure for hundreds of years. It quite simply is a violation of God's commandment "Thou shalt not steal". It is wrong to break into your neighbor's house to steal money for you birth controls so you can sleep around. In like manner, it is wrong to vote to have the government steal your neighbor's money for your immoral lifestyle. It is still stealing and God will surely punish us as a nation for doing it. Vincet Veritas, MEB

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