Volume I, Issue XVII
Our Fear in Pictures
The 'other' weekly news magazine is already running 'the year in pictures,' which I suppose is what good 'popular and professional'[1.] journalists do. The problem for us amateurs is that too much is still going on for us to simply begin the post-mortem on 2009.
Healthcare 'reform' looms large in the Senate and for that reason it is imperative that we bring out our pictorial explaination of the legislation again. Here is some background on this graphic you may not be aware of. In 1939 Time magazine chose a most despicable person as their 'man of the year.' The cover of the issue depicts Adolph Hitler [y"msh] seated at a diabolical organ console that is more of a machine depiction of the Third Reich's dehumanizing functions than a musical instrument. It sort of reminded me of the President's healthcare legislation so THYME recast it as the embodiment of 'Obamacare.' It's really pretty scary.
With all of its rationing, cost cutting and 'death panels' laid out in some 2000 pages of legalese, the bill is no less than the remaking ofour medical system into a European socialist model. The problem is that the system in Europe is already broken. Emulating such a failed system is folly in the worst way. The legislation also goes out of its way to protect trial lawyers, big Democrat supporters who actually drive up the cost of care by making malpractice insurance prohibitively expensive.
The bill does nothing to address making insurance more competitive and affordable through market reforms. It relies instead on the spectre of a 'public option' and taxes and penalties to push down free market insurance and eventually pave the way for a single payer system.
Stupak Skullduggery
The legislation was pushed through the House of Representatives after a debate over whether or not the new plan would cover abortion. Here's the problem: You make the bill "acceptable" by removing abortion and vote it through. The whole thing is so anti-life that abortion is all to easy to reinstall when the thing is implimented later. You've already created a new system that makes it all to easy for a few bureaucrats to steer it in the desired direction.
Tomorrow's rally in Washington is probably your last chance to make a public stand against this foul legislative monstrosity.
What: Senate Emergency Rally
When: Tuesday, December 15th, at 1:30pm ET
Where: Upper Senate Park, on Constitution Ave. between New Jersey and Delaware Ave. NE
Mapquest Map of Upper Senate Park [click to read].
Station Masters Metro Guide [click to read].
Union Station Metro Stop [click to read].
Is Herman van Rompuy the Antichrist?
Here is an interesting Piece by Mark Steyn [click to read]. Herman van Rompuy is the little known 'President of Europe.' Mark Steyn is making the point that Fearless Leader Obama is becoming more and more banal and more like Rompuy, generally considered sort of a non-entity by design. That's why Rompuy scares me more than rock star Mubarack Hussein Obama.
The dismantling of free societies is most likely to take place in back rooms and unread legislation.
Steve Forbes on Free Markets
How Capitalism Will Save Us [click to read].
1. 'Popular and Professional' Educators
Phil Found This Report [click to read] about his old high school. The janitor apparently discovered two 'naked teachers' in an unused classroom. Watch the news report and you hear the teachers described more than once as 'popular and professional.'
When did you ever use such terms to describe your teachers in high school? Sound's like 'talking points' to me.
Of course, my next question is: "Were the naked teachers simply preparing a lesson plan from Kevin Jennings?" Jennings, of course is our 'popular and professional' "safe schools czar." He promotes explicit instruction of sexual practices so it follows that teacher planning periods might take on new dimensions.
When all is said and done though, the most instructive aspect of the 'naked teachers' is this: whether we acknowledge it or not, we expect role models to be role models. The school system is investigating the matter and has reassigned the two teachers pending their decision on any disciplinary actions. If moral relativism were true we'd be simply saying: "Cool!" I don't think we'd be putting out talking points if such behaviour was truely considered 'popular and professional.'
You Can Draw on the Tables Too...
The Depot Grill, favorite of SWAC Bloggers. They provide brown paper 'tablecloths' and crayons. Patron art is displayed near the hostess station too. One lunch I had there yielded a really nice concept for a friend's family room addition. The Depot is the perfect lunch for overcoming 'designer's block.'
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