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Blistering Rhetoric From The Left – “Die Quickly” & “Holocaust In America”

by WrathofG-d ( 116 Comments › )
Filed under Democratic Party, Healthcare, Media, Politics, Republican Party at October 1st, 2009 - 10:58 am

As the Left lectures continues their full fledged morality campaign against what they are labeling offensive rhetoric -accusing anyone that dissents against President Obama’s policies as “racist”- their own are boldly, and apologetically redefining the term “offensive rhetoric”.

The response from those who are so outraged by the so-called “Republican fear mongering”, etc?  Crickets!

Behold their own, Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson.

“The Republicans want you to die quickly, if you get sick.”

“[Not voting for the Democrat’s Health Care Bill is causing a] Holocaust in America”.

The hypocrisy is staggering!

The Amnesty Race Card

by tqcincinnatus ( 286 Comments › )
Filed under Healthcare, Liberal Fascism, Politics at September 22nd, 2009 - 5:00 am

More from the right-wing nut over at Renew America,

Why is this the case? Because, as we all know, those on the Left are singularly inept when it comes to being able to marshal facts and logic and reason in support of their arguments and policy positions. It’s much easier — and likely much more emotionally satisfying to boot — for those on the Left to simply fall back on rank emotionalism. Few things invoke emotion more than the thought that somebody might hate or want to harm somebody else — or maybe hate and want to harm ME! — all because of an uncontrollable factor such as what the color of their skin is or where their ancestors are from. Race is the perfect vehicle for those who want to obfuscate discussion and get around uncomfortable facts that destroy their arguments. Which is, of course, why those on the Left and in the Democrat Party talk about race so much. In a sense, it’s the last refuge of the intellectually improficient scoundrel.

You can bet your bottom dollar that once amnesty gets firmly ensconced as a provision of the general Obamacare package, you will see this race card played, just as it was with the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. Opposition to the bill(s) will be cast as “racism.” The “racism” argument will be used to shepherd the bill through Congress against the public’s wishes, while suppressing what little vocal Republican opposition there has been to Obamacare to date. Though pushing for amnesty may seem like madness, it has a method to it. As a result, this may end up being make-or-break time for conservatives. The Left can only scream “racism” so many times before the charge simply has no force any more. I, for one, eagerly await the day when calling someone a “racist” has about as much meaning or effect as calling someone a “free silverite.” Will this health care monstrosity, with the amnesty monstrosity attached, be what finally drives Middle America to simply decided that we don’t care whether we’re called racists anymore, we’re going to do what’s right, regardless?

Read the whole thing.  I hope I’m wrong, and that I don’t have to make another one of those “I told you so” posts.

Glenn Beck Scores Top Ratings Spot While Kennedy Coverage Fails To Get Viewers

by WrathofG-d ( 209 Comments › )
Filed under Media, Politics at August 27th, 2009 - 4:53 pm

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President Obama might have fulfilled his promise of “Change I can believe in“TM.  Those who voted for him however probably are not going to be all that pleased.

“TV by the Numbers” reports that Fox News’ Glenn Beck has received over 3 million views (just behind Bill O’Reilly).  For those unfamiliar with TV ratings, this is quite a feet.  For comparison, here are the Live and Same Day cable news daily ratings for August 26, 2009

Does this prove that passionate Conservatism works and is what the country wants? Who knows?!  But I would guess that advertising execs all over the Country are probably kicking themselves right now, and feeling very insecure about their jobs.  Maybe next time they wont allow themselves to be coerced by extremist political hacks.

From “TV by the Numbers”:

Last night Glenn Beck had over 3 million viewers at 5pm, second only to O’Reilly for the night.  But, Beck had more 25-54 viewers than O’Reilly (888K to 876K).  I don’t watch or really even care about the cable news wars, but still…wow. Even though Beck airs before primetime,  when there are fewer people watching TV, he had the most 25-54 viewers in the cable news world for the night.

And just to really infuriate all the Fox News haters out there, here are the total views for cable news stations:

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,374,000 viewers
CNN – 711,000 viewers
MSNBC –506,000 viewers
CNBC – 217,000 viewers
HLN – 300,000 viewers

In other Television news….

Kennedy Coverage Pulls Low Audience On Nets.  I guess that is what you should expect when you overplay your hand and the people start to believe that the MSM is exploiting the death of Senator Edward Kennedy to promote President Obama’s flagging attempt to overhaul the US healthcare system.


This is what happens when the actuary replaces the doctor

by tqcincinnatus ( 64 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics at August 19th, 2009 - 3:24 pm

You get 6,000 much-needed surgeries postponed because they don’t fit into this year’s budget.

Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect to wait longer for care, NDP health critic Adrian Dix said Monday.

Dix said a Vancouver Coastal Health Authority document shows it is considering chopping more than 6,000 surgeries in an effort to make up for a dramatic budgetary shortfall that could reach $200 million.

“This hasn’t been announced by the health authority … but these cuts are coming,” Dix said, citing figures gleaned from a leaked executive summary of “proposed VCH surgical reductions.”

The health authority confirmed the document is genuine, but said it represents ideas only.

“It is a planning document. It has not been approved or implemented,” said spokeswoman Anna Marie D’Angelo.

Dr. Brian Brodie, president of the BC Medical Association, called the proposed surgical cuts “a nightmare.”

“Why would you begin your cost-cutting measures on medically necessary surgery? I just can’t think of a worse place,” Brodie said.

Well gooooooooollie, Sgt. Cahtah, who’d have thought that a single-payer, public-option, bureaucratically-budgeted socialised health care system would have to postpone needed surgeries??? 

And in response to Dr. Brodie’s question, “Why would you begin your cost-cutting measures on medically necessary surgery?”, the answer from Obama and Co. is that you don’t.  You begin them by cutting out all the old and infirmed drains on the system, i.e. decision by death panel….