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1. #101
   On May 17th, 2011 at 11:57 am, hawkeye54 said:

   A year from now Obama’s regime can disapprove the waivers that have lost their polical usefullness and extend the waivers of those who have.

   Its just an immediate means to continue to reap union political support, but the eventual end will be single-payer government run healthcare.

2. #102
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:01 pm, Mister P said:

   “… But some are more ‘equal’ than others.”

   My wife just read Animal Farm again. When she had read it in high school she had no idea is was a political allegory. Now she goes “2 legs better than 4″

3. #103
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:04 pm, Mister P said:

   BTW:, anyone go to the doctor lately and all his time is spent typing away on his laptop, doing no doubt the requirements of ObamaCare? My doctor ended up so distracted by this requirement he forgot to order tests, provide me with prescriptions and set up a follow up appointment. My response was to just switch to a different type of doctor. Of course even that cholce will go away soon.

4. #104
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:08 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   My wife just read Animal Farm again. When she had read it in high school she had no idea is was a political allegory. Now she goes “2 legs better than 4″

   I had a history class in high school in which our teacher read Animal Farm to us and explained its meaning of political allegory. Enlightening.

5. #105
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:10 pm, Major O said:

   On May 16th, 2011 at 8:42 pm, Gator J said:

   I always find it funny that our resident trolls like RSS and ILMC never post on topics like this one, that expose the disgusting corruption and hypocrisy of their heroes. Where ya at libbies??

   I ask the exact same question every single time. I’ve sort of taken it on as a personal crusade to push this because it is too often neglected.

   To me, it says something about the character of the Left that they go silent when the post is about something indefensible. You’ll note that when the Right does something whacked, MM is the first or one of the very first out of the gate to call foul on her own side–and so are many on the Right (think Dubai ports, Harriet Myers, spending, Medicare Prescrip, lack of opposition against Sotomayer, and on and on).

   That’s why I never understand the chum-chummy grins, giggles and hugs routine whenever someone from the Left posts on here who isn’t foaming at the mouth. The cry goes up, “Aha! A REASONABLE person on the Left!” and the world is “OK” for a moment. Really?

   For my part, I don’t have much respect for folks intellectually or morally who make a habit of ONLY commenting on things that they think make their side look wonderful. If you are committed to principle, you will celebrate the vindication of your principle as well as call out the violation of your principle no matter which side is doing it.

   To be fair, I have seen Chapoutier do that a few times abut I’m not sure about RSS. The rest certainly not.

6. #106
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:13 pm, Mister P said:

   We know that they are either paid or volunteers of Media Matters. They are just wasting their time and money in my opinion, because they just are not very good.

7. #107
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Ellyk said:

   On May 17th, 2011 at 11:47 am, Flyoverman said:
   Marshall,

   The really diabolical part to waivers is their one year duration.

   A year from now Obama’s regime can disapprove the waivers that have lost their polical usefullness and extend the waivers of those who have.

   Welcome to Zimbabwe

   Anyone feeling particularly Amish? They seem to be the one religious group qualified for an exemption in that they do not contribute to nor receive any social security benefits, and have been in existence since 1950 (another qualifier).

   In this article (http://www.ohiofreepress.com/financial/2010/religious-exemption-obamacare-mandate/)
   it talks about Native Americans, the Amish and those participating in faith based health-care sharing ministries as potentially qualifying for exemptions.

   Having said all this, my best hope is that the entire crap sandwich is challenged and defeated in court.

8. #108
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:36 pm, Mister P said:

   it talks about Native Americans, the Amish and those participating in faith based health-care sharing ministries as potentially qualifying for exemptions.

   Well my 40 years of claiming to be an eskimo may finally be paying off.

9. #109
   On May 17th, 2011 at 12:39 pm, right_on said:

   Here’s my take on the waiver process:

   It’s not about having a (D) as a requirement. In order to obtain a waiver, the applicant MUST promise to contribute a portion of the expenses saved to the Obama Re-election campaign, or to the general fund of the DNC.

   I think this makes more sense than thinking the Democrats are trying to help businesses cope with expanding healthcare costs. Democrats ALWAYS help themselves first! Always!

   Prove me wrong….

10. #110
    On May 17th, 2011 at 12:40 pm, Ellyk said:

    On May 17th, 2011 at 12:10 pm, Major O said:

    Hello Major O ~ Sorry I missed being able to respond to your post (kind of along the same lines as this) on another thread. I went back to comment but seem to have lost that particular discussion.

    Anyways, I agree. They’re nowhere to be seen. Well to be fair, ILMC is probably still sleeping in.

11. #111
    On May 17th, 2011 at 2:00 pm, Truesoldier said:

    O/T but did anyone else see where Government Motors sponsored a Communist China propaganda movie?

    So seeing that they took taxpayer money, that they still have not paid back, one could make the argument that taxpayer money was used to promote Communist Chineese propaganda….

12. #112
    On May 17th, 2011 at 2:07 pm, huggybear said:

    Update: Matthew Boyle breaks down all of San Francisco’s special passes. Nancy Pelosi is unavailable for comment.

    Related: Jamie Dupree first shed light on the San Fran waiver frenzy on Sunday.

    Each of these articles fails to mention the Healthy San Francisco program. These establishments get waivers because they already participate in SF’s universal health care plan.

    Pelosi’s office responds here:

    These waivers are reviewed and granted solely by the Administration in an open and transparent process so workers currently enrolled in ‘mini-med’ policies like those in San Francisco and across the country will not be punished and lose the minimum coverage they already have. These waivers will be eliminated in 2014 when Americans will have an opportunity to shop for affordable coverage on the health exchanges…

13. #113
    On May 17th, 2011 at 2:14 pm, Truesoldier said:

    These waivers are reviewed and granted solely by the Administration in an open and transparent private process so workers currently enrolled in ‘mini-med’ policies working for a union, like those in San Francisco and across the country, will not be punished and lose the minimum coverage they already have. expected to pay what non-union wokrers have to pay. These waivers will be eliminated in 2014 when Americans will have an opportunity to shop for affordable coverage on the health exchanges… Obama will not be on the ballot anymore.

    FIFY

14. #114
    On May 17th, 2011 at 2:32 pm, Regulus said:

    On May 17th, 2011 at 11:47 am, Flyoverman said:

    …

    The really diabolical part to waivers is their one year duration.

    A year from now Obama’s regime can disapprove the waivers that have lost their polical usefullness and extend the waivers of those who have.

    Welcome to Zimbabwe.

    Well put. Those who have obtained “waivers” have only succeeded in putting off the day – unless they keep the Dane-Geld coming via campaign contributions.

15. #115
    On May 17th, 2011 at 3:49 pm, prendad said:

    On May 17th, 2011 at 12:08 pm, hawkeye54 said:
    My wife just read Animal Farm again. When she had read it in high school she had no idea is was a political allegory. Now she goes “2 legs better than 4″
    I had a history class in high school in which our teacher read Animal Farm to us and explained its meaning of political allegory. Enlightening.

    Ah yes, Animal Farm, one of my favorite classics. Time to pull it off the bookshelf, dust it off, and enjoy another good read tonight.
    Meanwhile, all of these jokers, Pelosi, Obama, Reid, et al, they all share one thing in common: They all think that they are better than the common riff-raff and thus they are entitiled to special treatment. Just look at the record. It’s all there. Special VIP jet service squandered on Pelosi. Constitution is a floor mat for the demi-god Obama. Reid fumes at “smelly tourists”. They all think that they are beyond reproach.

16. #116
    On May 17th, 2011 at 3:56 pm, orlandocajun said:

    I guess that Granny Botox’s constituents finally read the bill for her. It looks like the waiver recipients are unions and other Democrat cronies. The idiots in San Francisco still worship the crap she walks on too.

    Go figure…

17. #117
    On May 17th, 2011 at 5:15 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    So the whole state of Nevada got a waiver? Wow, go to a meeting then come back and check the news…… Hairy Reed has struck again.

    OT: I wonder who struck Hairy? A pic on Drudge showed quite a shiner he had.

18. #118
    On May 17th, 2011 at 6:15 pm, Ota Benga said:

    This is just one of the major flaws of the healthcare compromise. Obama was correct as a candidate: The individual mandate just isn’t feasible for many Americans. He fought Hillary hard on it. As president, he should have pushed for the public-option, and rammed it through, instead.

    This new healthcare reform law will look radically different in Obama’s 2nd term. No, not repeal. There will be some form of a public option, and the individual mandate will be done away with. It will be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy. That’s my prediction.

19. #119
    On May 17th, 2011 at 7:10 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    . There will be some form of a public option, and the individual mandate will be done away with. It will be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy. That’s my prediction.

    It can be tried, but it won’t work by merely raising taxes on the wealthy. They don’t have nearly that much money to cover the laughable underprojection of what it will really cost, and the rich will underproduce as much as possible to avoid as much taxation as possible, and the uberrich have the means to shield much of their cash from taxation. The “tax the rich” scheme always sounds great to the envious public at large and is generally counterproductive. That’s my prediction.

20. #120
    On May 17th, 2011 at 7:10 pm, Christie said:

    If this doesn’t prove the case that Obamacare is unconstitutional, there’s always at least 2 courts of law who have deemed it so…Oh yea, there’s the American People too; I almost forgot.
    For those of you who read Atlas Shrugged, you’ll remember that Ayn Rand wrote about eerily similar laws that were virtually unenforceable because of the convoluted maze of BS that they created…I hope that we don’t have to let America crumble completely before we rebuild it–the foundation is still good.

21. #121
    On May 17th, 2011 at 7:27 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    If this doesn’t prove the case that Obamacare is unconstitutional, there’s always at least 2 courts of law who have deemed it so…

    Right, so far acting in accordance with constitutional constraints has carried a lot of weight with this admin, so I’m sure the WH is sure react to the court decisions by backing off.

    Oh yea, there’s the American People too; I almost forgot.

    Oh, yeah, those of whose concerns the WH shrugs off regularly.

22. #122
    On May 17th, 2011 at 7:48 pm, Ellyk said:

    It will be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy.

    Pipedream: n. A fantastic notion or vain hope

    Reality: n. The totality of real things and events

    Not.going.to.happen. My prediction.

23. #123
    On May 17th, 2011 at 7:49 pm, Mister P said:

    This is just one of the major flaws of the healthcare compromise.

    Healthcare compromise? This is just too funny. What GOP votes are did they get with the “compromise” ? What did get is pack full of lies, so many you mean the morals were compromised.

24. #124
    On May 17th, 2011 at 7:51 pm, Mister P said:

    S
    

    o seeing that they took taxpayer money, that they still have not paid back, one could make the argument that taxpayer money was used to promote Communist Chineese propaganda….

    Approved of by the entire Democratic Party we can be sure.

25. #125
    On May 17th, 2011 at 9:07 pm, Mojave Mark said:

    What ever happened to equal destruction protection under the law?