THE RAPING OF AMERICA

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You've got a loaded gun held to your head.  Either you do what you are told to do or you are going to pay the penalty.  When someone uses force to take from you your possessions or your money, that is a recognized form of rape as defined by the dictionary.  

Here's the way it is: the law says you must have health insurance that meets the requirements of the U.S. Government, or else.  Or else.  Yes, my friend, you can get fined and/or sent to prison; that's what the law provides.  Never mind that the law was passed under false pretenses; never mind that it is going to cost you an outrageous pile of money that you don't have; never mind the enormous deductibles; never mind the fact that the policy does not contain the coverage you want; never mind that businesses get a one-year delay or that unions are going to get out of it altogether; never mind that Congressional staffs don't have to comply... either you fork over the money or the government is going to pull the trigger. 

How can you possibly sit there and enjoy sipping your coffee after you've just been raped?  Do you suffer from the battered wife syndrome, or are you going to pick up the telephone and do something about it? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

SAY HELLO TO PEARL

First off, sorry I missed yesterday but... It was all I could do to sit in front of the computer.  I know I'm not on salary or anything and can have my days off whenever I want, but I have a lot of loyal readers out there and I feel badly when I can't perform... even outside of the bedroom.  

Most of you have heard of Pearl, but few of you really appreciate who she once was and who she is today.  Back on the morning of December 7, 1941 she was the jewel of the Pacific Ocean, the home of the Pacific Fleet and the center for all military activity in and around the Pacific.  By the time the morning was over, she was a huge pile of burning and useless rubble.  It was kind of like 9/11... a day that will live in infamy, as Barack Obama would say.    

America was shocked into the realization that any country in the world would have the sheer audacity to attack us.  After all, we were the United States, invincible with bombs and ammo ready for all.  But, it happened.  The country pulled itself together, fixed poor Pearl up and headed off to win World War II.  Today, Pearl is back to her shiny self and is truly the jewel of the Pacific once again. 

Then, 9/ll came along and we were shocked out of our britches again to think that any country, let alone any group of bedraggled terrorists, might have that sheer audacity to attack us.  Down came the World Trade Center,  injured was the Pentagon and America was off to war again.  I don't know that we ever won this war; we didn't lose it.  But, the Pentagon has long since been repaired and the new World Trade Center is nearly completed. 

These two savage and unprovoked attacks both were launched from outside our country.  The next attack, and there will be one, is likely to come from inside our country.  We've allowed just about anybody who wants in to get in, including drug cartel members and Jihadists.  We have had virtually no selection process involved and have basically left our borders unattended and open.  As a result, we really don't know anymore if the guy next door is an enemy or not.  

Let us not forget the lessons that Pearl taught us.  We are vulnerable.  To a large extent,our complacency leaves us sitting like a duck in the middle of a world that hates us. 

The next time you are out for a drink, buy one for good old Pearl down at the other end of the bar, will ya?  Sidle on up to her and take a listen... she has a lot of lessons to teach.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

APOLOGIES

I sat down to write blogs and got a post onto Zinger, but I am just so sick I can't do anymore. Hopefully, I'll be better over the weekend. 

The Unknown Scribbler

GETTING USED TO AMERICA'S POLICE-STATE MENTALITY

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Fort Worth Police have been pulling drivers over and demanding blood samples, breath tests and saliva for DNA testing. The cops are claiming it is for a research project.  The $7.9 million project, headed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is far from over, with similar police stops slated next year at about 300 sites in 60 cities around the nation.  

Well, the citizens got ticked and forced Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead to apologize.  He said, "I agree with our citizens' concerns, and I apologize for our participation. Any future federal survey of this nature, which jeopardizes the public's trust, will not be approved for the use of Fort Worth police."  Isn't that sweet?  

What kind of mentality thinks this was an acceptable project in the first place?  A police mentality thinks that way, where the cops are in command and can do as they please.  It's the same mentality that causes a new officer to jump in his squad car and go issue 100 traffic tickets on his first day, flashing his lights and making lots of noise.   

This mentality, fueled by the Obama regime's outright oppression of America, is growing across the country.  Every day we hear about some new horror involving some public officer dealing with citizens in an outrageous and egregious manner. 

Are you really going to sit there and tell me that it's okay with you? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMACARE "BOILER ROOM" GEARS UP

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When you walk onto a car lot, you are practically tied up and thrown into the "boiler room" where they work you over with insurance deals, add-on warranties and low trade-ins.  The Community Organizer in Chief is about to do the same thing with ObamaCare.  

A group calling itself "Families, USA" with very close ties to the Administration has received a $1.1 million grant to gather and publicize stories from people who have successfully signed up.  In addition, Obama himself said that they are "rebranding" ObamaCare.  In the meantime, a cancer patient who lost insurance coverage and who went public with his frustration and anger is now being audited by the I.R.S.  Bill Eliot will be audited starting with tax-year 2009; his broadcast journalist friend who came to his aid, Steven Tucker, is being audited back to 2003.  

Obama's minions are taking to the airwaves with a blitz of comments such as, "ObamaCare is working just fine; all of the noise is being made by the Republicans who want to see it fail."  They are also going after the insurance companies, doctors, hospitals...  The I.R.S. is probably going to have to hire 10,000 more auditors to go after all of those people. 

No one in this country wants this government intrusion into their personal lives and decisions, but it is clearly evident that Obama doesn't give a damn.  These high-handed tactics and lies are not-so-cleverly-disguised Marxist oppression. 

We need to rid ourselves of this cancer on our country before it consumes us.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

GET THE HELL OUT

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Now is the time for the government to get the hell out of American Healthcare. They have totally screwed the rail system in this country.  Their wonderful Post Office is, in the real world, bankrupt.  They've royally screwed up renewable energy projects.  They can't manage a budget.  They just lost billions of taxpayer dollars on General Motors.  

The bad start to the ObamaMare with the website, the millions being disenfranchised from insurance altogether, the outrageous costs, the horrible provisions for "senior death panels" and government-funded abortions... we don't need any more bad news to see for ourselves that the only thing government can do successfully in this country is to take and spend our money on worthless projects. 

We desperately need to rise up and demand an end to this horrible nightmare called "ObamaCare" and now referred to as a "cluster something" before it goes any further.  We need to do it forcefully and we need to do it now, today, this minute. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

AND WHAT WAS THE UGLY NEWS THIS WEEKEND?

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Bad news coming out of Washington always manages to ooze out around 5:00 PM Washington time on a Friday, or on the day preceding a long holiday.  Three pieces of bad news managed to squeeze out late Tuesday, early Wednesday and mid-day Wednesday after the guys on the Hill had left for Thanksgiving vacation and while the President was out in Hollywood consorting with the few friends he has left, (pardon the double play on words). 

The first revelation came from Joe Lieberman who was appearing on FOX NEWS.  His Tuesday night bombshell was that the Iranians were already disowning the "deal" that Kerry made with five other nations regarding Iran's nuclear program.  As the story developed, it became apparent there are many ambiguities in the "deal" and that Kerry and Obama are interpreting them one way, (favorable to us, of course), and the Iranians are claiming they had no clue as to how those ambiguities would be interpreted.  It was also learned, no surprise of course, that there was intense pressure to get the "deal" signed, sealed and delivered before the Thanksgiving Holiday in order to shift attention from the ObamaMare in the U.S.  

The second, and by far the most disturbing disclosure is that witnesses who were on the ground at Benghazi are frustrated and upset because the stories being told about what happened there are not true.  The real story, they are saying, is that everyone knew in advance that an attack was likely and, of course, that the famous "film" had nothing to do with it.  But... get this... The administration also claimed that the reason they did not send in help was because there was a lull in the fighting and they thought the event was over.  The sources are unified in insisting there was never a lull in the fighting from beginning to end, and that constant pleas being made for help fell consistently on deaf and uncaring ears. 

In other words, our government murdered the four dead at Benghazi.  

The third piece of outrageous news was that the Administration had decided to delay the implementation of ObamaMare for small businesses until November of 2014, leaving only the average citizen as being required to comply now, when insurance companies are issuing cancellation notices and the website is not working.  I guess you know where you stand... in one big pile of dung.   

I'm sorry, but I have to speak my piece.  Our President is a liar.  He has broken the laws of our country on many occasions, as well as ignoring our Constitution.  I fully believe him to be guilty of "high crimes and misdemeanors," thereby certainly qualifying him for impeachment and trial for treason against the United States.  

We are facing despotism in its worst form.  The failure of patriotic Americans to stand up now for the good of their country and to demand removal of this President from office is... unacceptable. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MY ADVICE FOR YOU THIS THANKSGIVING

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Instead of spending the holiday talking about how happy you are with ObamaCare and how all of your family members should be thankful that our President has designed such a wonderful, straightforward healthcare system, how about taking a moment to call your Congressional delegates to thank them for voting for ObamaCare in 2010 and to tell them how much you love and respect them for doing it?  You might start looking for them by checking under their local office desk or hiding in the closet. 

Now, I know and appreciate that having a turkey sitting right in front of you on Thanksgiving Day will be an in-your-face reminder that we have a turkey for a President, so maybe you should have a little goose instead.  

Oh, and don't forget to drive carefully.  

See you Monday. 

LET'S FREEZE OUR GOVERNMENT

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Let's face it; we have the worst Congress, the worst Supreme Court and the worst President in the history of our nation.  

Congress is at its lowest level of ratings in recorded history; pollsters would have to agree that most Americans see Members of Congress as being lower than a snake's belly.  Our courts, and the Supreme Court in particular, have wandered far astray of their fundamental duty of weighing laws and lower court decisions on the basis of what our Constitution says.  As far as our President goes, calling him a toad would be complimentary.  

We're all aware of the multitudes of bad agency regulations and Congressional legislation that have been foisted upon us by a less than ethical or moral cads.  And we know that our President has totally abused "Executive Powers" to seize control of power away from the Congress and the people.  

When you have a child who gets out of line, you impose a curfew.  

I propose a three-year curfew, or a freeze upon the ability of our government to act until we have a chance to replace the incumbents.  The President cannot use his Executive Powers... period.  He is limited to the power of the veto... period.  The Congress shall be limited to passing legislation regarding the budget, the debt and a declaration of war should the need arise.  Agencies shall be prohibited from promulgating and issuing any more regulations.  No new member of the Supreme Court can be confirmed without a majority vote of the state legislatures. 

Members of Congress, their staffs and the Executive Branch must not have any breaks on the ObamaCare costs.  All wages shall be frozen at current levels for three years.  Hiring shall be limited to 50% of those who resign, retire or are terminated during the three years.  

Anything else... Immigration, education, gun control... you name it... must wait.  

Make a copy of this and send or email it to Barry and the gang over at The Hill.  Maybe they'll get the message that we have had enough of their sorry rumps.    

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SAVE OUR COUNTRY

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Those of us like you and me who are concerned about the way our country is headed; about the debt; about the calloused disregard for fundamental American needs and values; about corruption; about attacks on religious freedoms and Constitutional rights... we're frustrated because we see no end to it that does not include the total destruction of our democracy and way of life. 

Given the fact, and you must agree, that we have no one to blame for this mess but ourselves, we must also understand that we cannot leave it to our politicians in Washington to do the job for us.  We have already given them ample opportunity to step up to that plate and they have failed.  So, we are the ones who must get our hands dirty and clean up this cesspool we have allowed to grow in Washington... and in other statehouses around the country.  

Where do we begin?  I've always believed that you have no business trying to get someone else's house in order until you clean up your own mess.  At the outset, you have to ask yourself how strong your own moral and ethical foundation is.  Are you imparting sound principles of life on your children?  For this facet of our lives, we need to turn ourselves back to religion; ask yourselves what is more important for you and your family to develop: (1) a solid base of ethical and moral upbringing, or (2) owning the latest toys and electronics. 

Just as the hoods who whack somebody up the side of the head have no concept of morality, so do the politicians who take money under the table and sell out the country in return for power have no concept of ethics or morality.  Can we justify to ourselves taking on those bad facets of our society when we ourselves would not think twice about screwing our neighbor, both literally and figuratively?  

All religions have basic tenets which form a solid structure upon which we can build the concept of ethics and morality in ourselves and our families.  If you don't want to go to church, or synagogue or temple, take an hour or two a week and read from scripture and the teachings of your religion.  Study the history of good men and women and what contents of their individual characters made them standout.  

We have to cleanse ourselves before we can cleanse our government.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

AND DEMOCRATS WONDER WHY REPUBLICANS FIGHT THEM?

When ObamaCare was passed in 2010, it was passed strictly along party lines after lies were told, manipulations made, and false promises made.  It was passed with calloused disregard of the fact that 70% of Americans at the time were against it.  

Thursday was deja vu all over again in the United States Senate.  Senator Reid lead another power grab in the middle of lies, deceptions and in the face of 225 years of Cngressional history against it, and changed Senate rules about voting for confirmation of certain Executive appointments.  The rule has stated that 60 votes in the Senate are required for confirmation.  How you can have a vote on this issue and get it legally passed by only a 52-48 vote margin defies my imagination.  But, they did it and the new rule says only 51 votes are needed to confirm. 

That is a violation f every principle of democracy I have ever learned.  And, it enables Democrats, with control of the Senate, to pass any damned thing they want to without fear of filibuster and regardless of what Americans think or want.  It's another cram-down of horrible legislation and an in-your-face, "So what are you going to do about it?"  It's tyrannical arrogance to say the least.  

They all deserve what they are going to get.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD AMERICANS GONE?

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As we near the start of the 2013 holiday season, let us pause and ask ourselves who we once were, who we now are, and who we will be.  Is there anyone left among us who can stand up to the principles and ideals embraced in this video? 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/rKsW6c_CgFY?feature=player_detailpage

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

RUSSIAN ROULETTE

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The State Department is about to allow the Russians to install "monitoring stations" in the United States. The monitoring stations would be installed by Russia's space agency, Roscosmos.  It is feared that the installations would be used by the Russians to spy on the U.S. and pinpoint our key military targets.  

Now, why would anyone be suspicious of Russia's motives?  After all, Vladimir Putin just finished bailing Obama's fanny out on Syria, didn't he?  Couldn't these stations be seen as a quid pro quo?  

In any other era of our nation's history, Obama and Kerry would be summarily removed from office and hung for treason for even thinking about such a deal.  Of course, in any other era in our history, the journalists would be all over this story like glue instead of relegating it to one outlet, THE BLAZE. 

We need to be seriously concerned about what this Administration is foisting upon us while we sip our beer and pretend everything is okay.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

TOXIC CHEMICALS POSE TERRORIST THREAT

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You should remember the mix of fuel oil and fertilizer that was used to destroy the Federal Building in Oklahoma City; some 168 people were killed and 680 people injured.  Although some restrictions have been made on the fertilizer, (ammonium nitrate), both ingredients are readily available today.  

With the growth of online sales for biological and chemical agents, concerns are rising about whether such toxic agents can fall into the wrong hands.  Chemicals could be ordered on line and used to poison water or food supplies, create deadly caustic gases or start epidemics.  Laboratories worldwide, including in China, Chechnya, and India, are producing what has been called "the deadliest substance known to science" and offer sales over the Internet of BoNT, according to a NEWSMAX report.  

We live in a decaying society as it is; the thought of such dangerous agents being transported into the country by mail or shipping agents is very disconcerting.  Both foreign and domestic terrorist cells  could already have the ability to create death and havoc on a widespread scale across the nation.  This is one area that needs closer scrutiny by our government agencies.  

How you can stop a maniac with a gun or knife is simple; you see him shooting or stabbing and you take hm out.  But, the use of chemical and biological weapons can be accomplished without anyone observing the danger.  We need to establish hard and fast controls over the shipping of such agents, both within the country and from outside the country.  

The N.S.A., F.B.I., C.I.A., D.H.S. and D.O.J. should be using their resources to prevent disaster from happening as opposed to using their resources for political purposes on behalf of the White House. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

HOUSE MEMBERS WHO VOTED FOR THE OBAMA CARE NIGHT MARE

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A few weeks ago, (November 6th), I listed here those Senators who voted for the Affordable Care Act.  Here's the list of the House members who voted for the Act.  Keep in mind there have been two votes for House members since then.  You might consider targeting those still in the House for replacement in 2014; those are the ones with blinders on who didn't read the damned bill before they voted for it and, most likely, still haven't read it.  

The vote was 219 for and 212 against. 

Ackerman Andrews Baca Baird Baldwin Bean Becerra Berkley Berman Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Boccieri Boswell Boyd Brady (PA) Braley (IA) Brown, Corrine Butterfield Capps Capuano Cardoza Carnahan Carney Carson (IN) Castor (FL) Chu Clarke Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Connolly (VA) Conyers Cooper Costa Costello Courtney Crowley Cuellar Cummings Dahlkemper Davis (CA) Davis (IL) DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dicks Dingell Doggett Donnelly (IN) Doyle Driehaus Edwards (MD) Ellison Ellsworth Engel Eshoo Etheridge Farr Fattah Filner Foster Frank (MA) Fudge Garamendi Giffords Gonzalez Gordon (TN) Grayson Green, Al Green, Gene

Grijalva Gutierrez Hall (NY) Halvorson Hare Harman Hastings (FL) Heinrich Higgins Hill Himes Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Hodes Holt Honda Hoyer Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson Lee (TX) Johnson (GA) Johnson, E. B. Kagen Kanjorski Kaptur Kennedy Kildee Kilpatrick (MI) Kilroy Kind Kirkpatrick (AZ) Klein (FL) Kosmas Kucinich Langevin Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee (CA) Levin Lewis (GA) Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Luján Maffei Maloney Markey (CO) Markey (MA) Matsui McCarthy (NY) McCollum McDermott McGovern McNerney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Michaud Miller (NC) Miller, George Mitchell Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy (NY) Murphy, Patrick Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar

Obey Olver Ortiz Owens Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Payne Pelosi Perlmutter Perriello Peters Pingree (ME) Polis (CO) Pomeroy Price (NC) Quigley Rahall Rangel Reyes Richardson Rodriguez Rothman (NJ) Roybal-Allard Ruppersberger Rush Ryan (OH) Salazar Sánchez, Linda T. Sanchez, Loretta Sarbanes Schakowsky Schauer Schiff Schrader Schwartz Scott (GA) Scott (VA) Serrano Sestak Shea-Porter Sherman Sires Slaughter Smith (WA) Snyder Speier Spratt Stark Stupak Sutton Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Tierney Titus Tonko Towns Tsongas Van Hollen Velázquez Visclosky Walz Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Watt Waxman Weiner Welch Wilson (OH) Woolsey Wu Yarmuth

UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES LIE

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Even I was shocked when I read this statistic.  We've all conjectured about what the real unemployment figure is.  When you look around at all of the people who are not working and the hoards of people why buy their groceries with EBT cards, you get the definite impression that there are a lot more than 7.3 percent out of work.  Depending on who you talk with, that figure is somewhere between 16% and 22%. 

But, the figure I saw yesterday almost knocked me for a loop.  Long-term joblessness is up by 213% since the start of this recession. 

How do you come to grips with an astonishing figure like that?  And we want these people to pay out hundreds of dollars per month for health insurance?  Even with a subsidy, how can they afford it?  How can we justify sending billions of dollars to foreign countries when we're looking at a figure like this? 

Dear God, what have we become when our government fails to look after the well-being of its citizens?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 101: THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM

The moves by President Obama Thursday to try and twist his way out of his self-created ObamaMare mess go to the heart of the problem of his Presidency. 

He's telling the insurance companies that they need to reinstate the policy holders who they cancelled due to the requirements of ObamaCare and he's telling the states they need to work through these accommodations as well.   Here's the problem: By making these changes, he's changing a law that was written by Congress and merely signed by him.  Only Congress can do that.  Not to mention the fact that he has no authority, implied or otherwise, over insurance companies or state governments. 

As you can see, he is proceeding on the basis that the President of the United States is the ultimate ruler of the country, that he has some controlling power over Congress and the states.  Our Constitution provides that the power rests with the people; the people, per the Constitution, have granted Congress, the Courts and the President restricted powers to act on behalf of the populace. 

The President, although he claims to be a citizen of this country, does not understand his relationship with the Congress or the Courts or the fact that his power comes from the people and is limited in scope.  Our forefathers wrote the Constitution in such a manner that the three branches of our government counter-balance each other and provide for the will of the people to be executed.  

The President cannot make law; he can enforce the laws passed by Congress and make such regulations as may be necessary to carry those laws out.  The Courts interpret the laws passed by Congress to ensure they comply with the requirements of the Constitution and that the Executive Branch and the Congress act accordingly.  Congress gets its power from the Constitution which provides for the representation of the people through Senators and Congressmen elected by the individual states.  

So, Obama has not come to grips with the fact that in our country the President is essentially a figurehead and the manager of the Executive Branch, and nothing more.  Of course, since he's our figurehead, we look to him for leadership and proactive, positive management of the Executive Branch in the best interests of the country.  If he gets out of line, Congress can reign him in through the impeachment process.  If Congressional members get out of line, they can be reigned in by the people through the election process. 

That's the essence of Constitutional Law 101. 

Now then, since he has no authority to bail the people who are now uninsured through no fault of their own out of their predicament, why would he vow to veto any legislation from Congress that might change the law and resolve the issue?  

And therein lies our ObamaMare.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMACARE: ANOTHER DAMNED OBAMA LIE

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He's going to direct insurance companies to "consider" allowing you to have your old policies if you want them for "another year."  This is no damned fix; it's just another damned lie. 

Let's start at the top.  Insurance companies are regulated by every state.  When they make changes to the policies they offer, they have to provide actuarial figures to the state commissioners to show how those changes are going to affect their incomes and abilities to pay out in the event of claims.  If they are going to change back and cancel your cancellations, they are going to have to go through the same hoops.  This is not going to happen by any President waving his magic wand and ordering it to happen tomorrow.  

He has no legal authority to tell insurance companies, or states, to do anything.  Period.  

He had to slip in that glib caveat... I think he only mentioned it once and you could barely hear it... "for a year."  Next year, that plan you like is going to be gone again, whether you like it or not.   And those businesses which have been granted a one-year extension by "executive decree" and in violation of the same damned law he wrote, will also be faced with cancellation notices for their employee group policies and the numbers of uninsured could rise as high as 100 million and you will have no choice but to go on ObamaCare.  

Since he depended on the revenues coming into ObamaCare from those of you who got your cancellation notices, (which he knew all along were coming),  and that revenue will not now be there, who is going to make up for it?  Hold on to your wallets, folks; premiums are going to go up more and so are taxes.  

So, it's all just another damned lie, isn't it?  

Any Congressman or Senator who buys into this new lie deserves to have his or her head handed to them on a tin platter in 2014.  When are we going to get smart and run this lying, corrupt Chicago-style flimflammer out of the White House?  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

"THAT GIRL" ON OBAMAMARE WEBSITE

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Of course, you've seen the picture before of that attractive girl on the ObamaCare website.  It suddenly and without explanation disappeared from the site shortly after the news about ObamaCare became radioactive.  No one at D.H.H.S. would reveal who she was, and only her first name, "Adriana," was found to be tagged with the photo used on the site.  

Well she's now come forward and had an interview with ABC where she did not reveal her last name, but did have some other interesting tidbits of information.  For one thing, she's not a U.S. citizen; she's from Colombia.  What wasn't made clear was if that meant she attended Colombia with Barack Obama or if she's from the country of Colombia.  She is in the process of filing for citizenship after living here for six years. 

She said she doesn't understand why people hate her; "It's just a photo."  The photo was removed from the website because, according to government sources, it's a "dynamic website."  She is relieved that her picture is gone.  

Now then... if you were designing the ObamaCare website, why would you not pick an American citizen to have their mug on the headliner?  This goes to the heart of the ObamaCare problem; it seems to me that no one involved with the thing from the very beginning knows jack about what really makes America tick.  That includes Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Sebelius and everyone in Congress who voted for it. 

Maybe they should have used Phyllis Diller's mug.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA HAS BEEN EASING IRANIAN SANCTIONS FOR MONTHS

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Almost as soon as Iran elected its new President, (Hassan Rouhani), in June,  President Obama began easing sanctions, some of which had been in place for over five years.  To my knowledge, this was done unilaterally and without consulting Congress or anyone else who has the slightest inking of how to deal with the Iranians.  In any event, when Secretary of State Kerry got to the nuclear talks last weak, the U.S. didn't really have that many sanctions left to bargain with.  

Whoopie doo.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.