It appears the GOP caved and, thus, this elaborative analysis of the past few days of key-hyperlinks [focused
on ObamaCare/Debt] explains why the GOP should not have BLINKED [quoting Cruz from ~10 weeks ago] and the Dems should have been exposed as having created a crisis by inter alia having issued falsely dire predictions of a falling-sky. The GOP should have continued to focus on the issues and should have brushed-off discussion of [demonized] personalities; that boehner-eyed-a house-vote-onsenate-bill and then was to-allow-vote-on-senate-deal reflects the victory of Wall St. over Main St. Thus, a meeting will be held @ 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday 10/22/2013 [@ the usual location] of the coalition of conservative activist-groups in the 8th Congressional District; a plan will be discussed thereat regarding 11/4/2014 and, specifically, Guzzardi [who is returning from Cyprus on Sunday] will be in-attendance. Yesterday [OCT 15, 2013], Pew reported polling that undermines the credibility of the oft-cited NBC/WSJ claims (release of which, on Friday, failed to budge the good-guys): As Debt Limit Deadline Nears, Concern Ticks Up But Skepticism Persists (Despite Image Problems, GOP Holds Ground on Key Issues). Such healthy-trends must be emphasized, as the combo of Dems and Wall St. Rsaided/abetted by the DbM [Drive-by-Media] attempts desperately to steam-roller the TEA [Taxed Enough Already] Party Movement. When they complain this stubbornness is supplanting discussion of the weaknesses of ObamaCare, they merely evince [profoundly, unabashedly] a self-fulfilling prophesy, rather than doing the job of political leadership and/or journalistic professionalism. This physician is guilty of focusing upon this issue to the exclusion of all others, for it does carry great historic implications; nevertheless, a few other items merit citation. Prominent among them is the fact that BHOs support for Syrian rebels has again been questioned as they continue to commit atrocities [christian-priest-behead-in-syria-as-crowd-cheers-takes-pictures WARNING, this is highly-graphic] and anti-Christian events occur in Egypt [Coptic Leaders Condemn Obama Adviser's Anti-Coptic Tweets]. Regarding BHOs Scandal-Sheet, NSA snoops all of Gmail, and Google probably helps; Obama sent an Evasive-Letter-to-Benghazi-Victims-Father; walmart-shelves-in-springhill-mansfield-were cleared-in-ebtglitch; Governor Brown Signed Law for CA to Recognize More Than Two Legal Parents; the impending implosion of the postal service; house-names-farm-bill-conferees [Heritage Action is scoring against both portions of the Farm Bill, as per personal communication]; and NSA Hid Explosions and Delays at $1.2 Billion Spy Compound. As to the State of the Union, watch Charlie Chaplin's final speech [in the film, the great dictator], updated graphically, and then wince again @ what is now transpiring in D.C. Not that it would attract attention in the current environment, but it has been alleged Occidental College transcripts provide concrete evidence to annul Obama presidency. On a broader scale, a phenomenon noted regularly on MSNBC [particularly via Melissa Harris Perry] is a claim that the GOP is manifesting Racism [particularly with regard to the shutdown], a Charge that serves as a Convenient Distraction to Avoid Discussion of the perils of ObamaCare [e.g., Media Drooled over a Lone Million Vet March Protester with a Confederate Flag and CNN Mocked Million Vet March as Tea Party Crazies]. Affording hope is Fox having jumped to Top 5 in overall cable ratings during shutdown. Good-guy quotes include those of Cruz [Confronts Obama, Demands 'Substantial Relief' for Americans from ObamaCare]; Palin, Lee and Cruz [Ralling Veterans at WWII Memorial]; Paul ['Irresponsible' for Obama to Warn About Default and Sequestration 'The Law of The Land']; Palin [Call It a 'Government Slim-down' and 'Defaulting On Our National Debt Is An Impeachable Offense']; Levin [Something Wrong with GOP When Cruz, Lee, Paul Are Attacked by Party]; CEO Mike Needham [explained why were still
fighting ObamaCare, Michael Needham was interviewed, and heritage overall depicted two things washington cannot ignore]; and RedState [Reject This, Fighting ObamaCare: The Difference Between Cutting Spending and Limiting Harmful Government, #ObamaCare exchanges: June myth versus October reality, and Debt default: global threat, or greatest stimulus plan ever?]. {Breaking Up Isn't So Hard to Do, Doc - You left my health-care network? Fine. Let's talk about your office dcor. [By RICK MORANIS]} boehners abc-interview was viewed as scary by the Dems, but actually problematic by the Rs. The Republican-controlled House canceled a planned vote Tuesday night on a plan to reopen the federal government and raise the debt ceiling after support from conservatives for the deal crumbled, leaving Washington without a clear path forward for avoiding a first-ever default on the nations debt. Ignored was the fact that the GOP has had an alternative to ObamaCare. Illustrative of how media-bias begets media-bias is the claim by Piers Morgan, Anti-Gun Crusader, that 'The Newsroom' Inspired him. {Fitch put U.S. credit rating on notice due both to controversy and debt, and labor-got ObamaCare-olive-branch, despite the fact that it will ultimately succumb to socialism.} Bad-guy quotes include those of McCain [on GOP Poll Numbers: 'We're Down to Blood Relatives and Paid Staffers', We Need Biden's Help, and McCain-Biden-shutdown]; Lindsey Graham ['Best Thing for the Republican Party' to Let ObamaCare Proceed, calls-on-Paul-Ryan-to-team-with-Boehner-to-protectObamaCare, and Throws Conservatives Under the Bus]; Norquist [Attacks Cruz Again over ObamaCare Defunding Fight]; Schumer [Scare-Tactic-GOP-Refusal-to-Lift-Debt-Limit-Could-Panic-Monday-Markets]; Scarborough [dares Cruz to keep hurting Americans]; CHRIS MATTHEWS [TED CRUZ IS BRILLIANTTHE PRESIDENTS MET HIS MATCH]; Ezekiel Emanuel and Andrew Steinmetz [The False Hysteria Over 'PartTime Nation']; sebelius [we-are-bringing-western-civilization-to-its-knees]; and Obama [Accuses GOP of Manufacturing a Crisis when, actually, this was precisely what characterized his Alinsky-esque plan]. Guzzardi observes that the following illustrates why Corporatism is a form of Socialism [in-budget-and-debt-fight-white-house-finds-unlikely-alliance-in-business-community]: When the call ended, Jarrett entered the Roosevelt Room of the White House to meet with lobbyists for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Financial Services Roundtable and other business groups representing aerospace and technology companies. During the meeting, Jarrett and Brian Deese, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, asked the business groups to encourage their member companies to communicate with lawmakers on the urgency of finding a negotiated solution, according to a person at the meeting who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the conversation was private. Many firms have already begun such efforts. Alarmed by the standoff in Washington, companies such as Caterpillar are encouraging their employees to call and write lawmakers to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. Trade groups such as the U.S. Chamber are also discussing an unprecedented step: supporting more moderate candidates in primaries. In the past, the groups have gone to enormous lengths to
support mostly Republican campaigns but only to beat Democrats, not other Republicans. Guzzardi also notes what happens When Creative Destruction Visited Mom-and-Pops [The A&P grocery company may be nearing its sell-by date, but a century ago it was a fresh, revolutionary business]: Some business history is instructive in understanding political and social dynamics Populism is not always a good thing and it is, frequently, misplaced and encourages Big Government Statism to the eventual disadvantage of the people it is supposed to help Despite the recent criticisms of Congressman Ryan by some on the right, we think the Wisconsin Congressman and Senator Toomey are two of the most knowledgeable and adroit conservative members of the House and Senate, respectively. Problems with ObamaCare abound, both in PA [pa mother forced to choose ObamaCare or food for her family and pa health exchanges off to a slow start] and nationally [Alaska Has no ObamaCare Enrollees]; meanwhile, irregularities are emerging [ObamaCare Exchanges Required to Offer Motor Voter Registration, Ex-ACORN Operatives Helping Roll Out ObamaCare, Californians May Lower Income to Qualify for ObamaCare Subsidies, and ObamaCare-navigator-in-kansas-has-outstanding-arrest-warrant]. Some Experts claim ObamaCare Tech Failures only Beginning, while others suggest ObamaCare-websitetroubles-are-meant-to-weed-out-healthy-middle-class; the media have under-reported these problems. This article on RedState {The Confidence-Inspiring Competence of Government: The ObamaCare Website [By: Seton Motley (Diary) 10/14/2013} has lots of hyperlinks: We are two weeks into the ObamaCare exchange experience. It is but the latest disaster aboard this rolling, rollicking federal government train wreck. ObamaCare is blowing up private sector health insurance premiums. ObamaCare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women It is blowing up private sector health insurance. Estimated Loss of Health Coverage Under ObamaCare Congressional Budget Office (CBO): 11 million people Office of the Actuary Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: 14 million It is blowing up the private sector. Will ObamaCare Hurt Jobs? Its Already Happening, Poll Finds ObamaCare Employer Mandate: A List Of Cuts To Work Hours, Jobs 10 Stories of Job Loss as Consequences of ObamaCare
How are the newly unveiled HealthCare.gov ObamaCare exchange websites doing? John McAfee on ObamaCare: This is a Hackers Wet Dream Glitch-Filled Launch of ObamaCare Site Decried As Train Wreck Web Traffic, Glitches Slow ObamaCare Exchanges Launch Web traffic, huh? California Lies About Its ObamaCare Web Traffic; Overstating By 775% A Mere 51,000 People Signed Up On ObamaCare Site in First Week At least the glitches are real. $93M ObamaCare Website May Face Months of Glitches, Experts Warn I think months is overly optimistic, butwait $93 million? That seems awfully high for a website. The ObamaCare Website That We Cant Use Only Cost Us $634 Million Ok Id like to go back to $93 million, please. ObamaCare Sites Cost More Than Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Last time I checked, Facebook handles a good bit more traffic for a whole lot less than the ObamaCare website and it doesnt crash ever. How did such an expensive ObamaCare website debacle come to such a pass? ObamaCare Contractors Were Big Campaign Donors Obama Crony Socialism of course. Two hundred of President Obamas biggest donors have won government jobs and advisory posts, as well as federal contracts worth millions of dollars for their business interests. 80% of Green Energy Loans Went to Obama Donors Does the Tech sector escape this noxious Crony Socialism? Of course not. Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obamas run for the presidency Level 3 Communications, in which Gips retained stock, received millions of dollars of government stimulus contracts for broadband projects in six states.And when the governments involved contributions are far more important than competence. The Internet Stimulus-Just as Destructive as the Rest of the Stimulus Yet Another Terrible Internet Stimulus Project Canadian Officials Fired IT Firm Behind Troubled ObamaCare Website
But it isnt just Crony Socialism. ObamaCare Website Glitches Reveal Larger Government Problem The U.S. government spends more than $80 billion a year for information-technology services, yet the resulting systems typically take years to build and often are cumbersome when they launch. Government websites arent exactly technological marvels, andwait $80 billion a year? On IT? How on Earth is that even possible? If every single Federal Communications Commission (FCC) bureaucrat spent 9-5 MondayFriday all year throwing 20s out of windows they couldnt get to $80 billion. I doubt every private company in California combined spends $80 billion a year on IT. The federal government does for these pathetic results. Again, the ObamaCare website is but one symptom of a governmentwide disease Technological Corrupt Boobery. Yet the bumbling, unscrupulous Obama Administration is dramatically (and often illegally) increasing its role in the private Tech sector. It has: 1. Imposed Network Neutrality. 2. Asked Congress to insert it into what should be a private sector secondary spectrum market auction. 3. Been contemplating the imposition of anti-free market rules for said auction (which is probably why it asked Congress to insert it even though we know itll only make things worse). 4. Imposed cell phone price caps. 5. Imposed prison phone call price caps. 6. Time and again micro-managed cable TVs channel placement. Amongst other things on which they have little idea but grand designs. Electorally, the liberal national journal published a charlie cook column that detailed how the GOP can win the senate; also, Nate Silver discounted the Media's Shutdown Narrative [fivethirtyeight] This is the message from Heritage Action: Giving Up is Not an Option Yesterday, the House planned to vote on a plan that would end the government shutdown, raise the debt ceiling, and reverse the exemption of Members of Congress from ObamaCare. This plan did nothing to stop ObamaCare from harming the American people and driving up insurance premiums. Thats why we announced a key vote against the plan. >> See the latest from our fight to defund ObamaCare.
Last night, the House cancelled the vote. This morning on Fox News, our CEO Mike Needham explained why were still fighting ObamaCare. >> Watch the Fox News interview. We oppose deals to fund the government that lack concessions from Democrats on ObamaCare. The American people are being seriously harmed by ObamaCare. Thats why were in this fight. Thank you for standing with us against ObamaCare. The Internet is awash with articles about obama in wonderland, The Tea Party [and the GOP Crackup], McConnell [and the Shutdown], the Republicans [Beat a Retreat] and ObamaCare [Wonkblog Is Wrong]. The government is out on our wallets all the time. They will never be as frugal or careful with our money as are we. (800,000 non-essential personnel, anyone? How about on-our-dime government rap videos, or Star Trek videos, or Gilligans Island videos?) Government is inherently less competent than we are. Because they dont create wealth they take it from those who do. If they were more competent, they would be making it rather than taking it. And the more skills required in any given sector, the worse government gets it wrong. Tech requires a lot of skills. So government like with the ObamaCare websites ends up getting it way, way wrong. Exorbitantly, expensively wrong. Ultimately, government is less careful, less qualified people bossing around people who know and do more. The more government insists on doing, the worse things get in the productive world. The solution is to minimize as much as possible the amount of things government tries to do. Which, incidentally, is for what the Constitution calls. But lets also do it to prevent government from serially embarrassing itself. Confidence will come not from tweaks to a horrendous ObamaCare website for a horrendous ObamaCare. It will come from the government getting out of the private sectors way and back to its intended roles and size.
