Alarmed at his progress, Hillary and her supporters are attacking Bernie Sanders, labeling him a socialist.
“Having somebody who is identified more as a socialist in many decades of public service than as a Democrat makes it impossible for Democrats in a state like Missouri,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO).
These same folks have supported Obama's socialization of America every step of the way, assisting him in a drastic expansion of the federal government. Obama has seized control over food, autos, education, energy, healthcare and finance, and even directing FHA to attempt to dictate the makeup of neighborhoods in an apparent attempt to punish an incorrectly perceived issue of white flight.
Hillary Clinton and her cronies, certainly including Sen. McCaskill, are hypocrites and liars, themselves socialists at best.
If only Sen. Bernie Sanders would take the opportunity given him in the primary to make them feel the BERN by actually calling them out.
Almost on a daily basis, mind boggling news stories come across the transom, and it is hard to recognize our country anymore. For some time, it seems we have been, via Dr. Suess, inside outside upside down. Blame for much of it lies at the hands of the progressive political leaders we not only elected, but failed to adequately supervise. Progressive elites are a narcissistic group who think they know better how to run your life, both personally and professionally through influencing social policy, than you do. While they, for the collective, are more than willing to govern your actions, they have no intention to live by those same rules.
I would not elect Bloomberg, a former republican turned independent, to pick up the garbage outside. Good thing, because when pressed into action clearing the streets from snow in NYC, he failed miserably.
But Bloomberg and his fellow progressives do not waste time learning from their failures, they mash the gas enacting additional governance over the people, restricting freedom and liberty.
For Bloomberg, the list is long. Bloomberg scolded Rudy Guiliani after 9-11 about postponing elections and holding office a little over the term due to the horrific recovery and clean up efforts. When a bomber almost set off a bomb in Times Square, Bloomberg speculated the bomber was a Tea Party member upset about Obamacare. Bloomberg banned food for the homeless because regulatory rules he implemented regarding salt and fat content could not be adequately monitored.
As you may suspect, Bloomberg fully supported the building of an Islamic Mega Mosque blocks from ground zero, and supported trying Guantanamo detainees in New York City. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, Boomberg called for an assault weapons ban.
Super storm Hurricane Sandy provided yet another opportunity of failure for Bloomberg, as citizens got very little of promised help. While Mayor Mike was successful in limiting freedom via curfews and road closings, when he toured the Rockaways in Queens he quite appropriately got an earful, while hiding behind his media officer (while he was standing there).
In a ridiculous move, Bloomberg also banned serving soft drinks over 16 ounces, which as you can see below, I gleefully violate with my 64 ounce Diet Coke. Oh thank heaven for 7-11.!
Bloomberg, and progressives all, are of the school of thought that it is their responsibility to control the citizenry by nudging behavior, limiting consumer choice and molding society into their Fabian socialist hearts content.
Bloomberg has really let his dictatorship in New York City go to is head, as his latest move to control the common folk has really gone too far. He is actually aiming to enact policy to inflict unnecessary pain on his constituents in limiting pain killers for law abiding citizens in NY Hospitals. Glenn Beck discussed this on his radio show the other day. Please take a listen:
Sadly, like Obama, Mayor Mike is dong quite a bit of damage, although the majority of our Yankee friends fail to recognize it. Bloomberg is exactly the type of elected official that must be thwarted with every legally permissible action. Politicians like him who think they are above the citizenry and govern as prospective dictators limit freedom and prosperity for all. Elitist hypocrites to be sure.
One would suspect, given his sky high opinion of himself, Bloomberg will attempt to tinker with the law to allow just one more mayoral term. Hopefully, New Yorkers will finally reach a level of
sanity and defeat the man who would be King.
The bloom from the policies of his administration is poisonous to free market capitalism, liberty and freedom.
Word on the street is that one of the conservative Supreme Court Judges is considering retirement.
Now, as a conservative, thinking of my country, my fellow man and my children and grandchildren, under zero circumstance would I consider retirement with the current administration in office if I had the honor of being a member of The Supreme Court.
Are you familiar with the Overton Window theory? If not, please immediately familiarize yourself with the theory, as it will be a central tenant surrounding most if not all forthcoming actions by the Obama administration. The theory was highlighted in a recent editorial in The Wall Street Journal when the Chick-fil-a debate uproar was on the front pages.
With the media in criminally complicit concert with the current administration, alternative blog sites have become central to obtaining vital information. Among the top notch blogs I monitor is The Ulsterman Report . A unique and riveting highlight of the site has been an ongoing conversation between the host, Ulsterman, and secret operatives known as The White House Insider, The Military Insider and The Wall Street Insider.
At first review, I thought this may have been fiction, but as time went along I drew the conclusion the intriguing dialogues were very real; with topics and information alarming and dangerous. Information discussed in the interviews frequently became mainstream news weeks later.
In the aftermath of the election, Ulsterman has been introduced to an operative given the moniker of Republican Insider. The conversations remain must reads for Americans seeking the truth.
In the latest conversation with RI, The Ulsterman Report reports that Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama, has indicated The White House intends to nominate an openly gay individual for appointment to the Supreme Court. RI reports operatives "are testing these waters". Therefore, it is concluded Jarrett and staff are aiming to implement the Overton Window; having the president propose something far outside the majority of the American people only to retreat to an area they regard as a winning position.
The potential appointment of an openly homosexual individual is certain to create a fiery debate. The GOP will be weak as usual, not wanting to potentially alienate any potential supporters. Citizens will be pitted against one another in another chapter of class warfare, and the debate will expand beyond the appointment to gay marriage, which was profound religious effect, to racism and minority rights which could lead to civil unrest. A perfect mess of chaos, which the administration objective.
However, as indicated by RI, while Americans engage in the "Trojan Horse" gay debate and the GOP defends false accusations of being the party of hate, the aforementioned Overton Window position is that administration seeks is to nominate the most radical supreme court justice in the history of the United States.
The administration does not care about the homosexual community in any way other than to use them as a vehicle to promote individuals who share the radical ideas of the administration in their effort to transform the United States of America; moulding it to their hearts desire.
Although the similarities are substantial, this aspirations of this administration far exceed the socialist objectives of Franklin Roosevelt and America is in deep peril. To whomever the Justice is supposedly considering retirement, for the love of God and Man, that decision must be postponed as long as this administration, or those with similar objectives, are in charge.
A recent editorial in The New York Times was quite an eye opener.
The piece, by Steve Rattner, titled Beyond Obamacare, began with the following sentence: WE need death panels.
Are these the death panels Sarah Palin warned us about? Not necessarily according to Rattner, but as he puts it, "unless we start allocating health care resources more prudently", the costs of Medicare will explode.
Instead of praising Palin for getting it right, which she routinely does, Rattner places blame on her for ranting about death panels which forced their elimination from the bill of a provision to offer end-of-life consultations.
If it were not for Palin, the issue of death panels would have been buried in the 2700 pages elected officials failed to read, otherwise known as The Affordable Heatlh Care Act, or, Obamacare. Remember, the bill we have to pass to find out what is in it.
Rattner takes the obligatory swipe at Rep. Paul Ryan, (R:WI), who put forth his plan to save Medicare as part of the Ryan Roadmap for American, and praises Obama' efforts in curtailing costs when in actuality, every cost component associated with Obamacare has risen.
As economist and columnist Thomas Sowell of The Hoover Institute, and American jewell, so eloquently put it, “It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer universal health care.”.
Doing an end run around the truth misrepresenting the thought process for seniors as the end of life approaches is immoral and plain evil. Obamacare does in fact call for a panel of unelected technocrats placed in position to ration health care services to seniors base on a set of criteria "to be determined by the Secretary".
Will the Obamacare death panels take a similar position to famed playwright and Fabian Socialist George Bernard Shaw where seniors will be required to justify themselves?
Will those who cannot make a compelling case for themselves be denied adequate health care options as their life comes to an end? Is this part of an effort to decrease population as a vehicle of social and economic justice. Who will hold the unelected technocrats accountable? Typically, governments exercising these levels of control over the citizenry without accountability have abused power and have unleashed tyranny upon them.
The entire health care system is broke because of governmental interference in free markets. Certainly, the principles our country was founded upon ask our citizenry to care for those who cannot care for themselves. Many avenues, from private donations to charities to churches, lead the way in this effort.
Individuals should create estate plans, complete with funding, to dictate how they should live their final years, with participation if desired from their family members. Unless the individual seeks governmental assistance, the government should not be involved in determining these end of life decisions.
The public sector can play a role of partnership in many areas of caring for the poor, but when the government seizes control and builds upon expanding entitlements in an effort create a culture of dependency, the residual is alarmingly negative. Most importantly off the top, the individual is robbed of their identity. In addition, unless population decreases (perhaps a goal of the progressives), taxes must be raised to accomodate increases in costs, unless of course care is rationed and death panels are insituted. Raising taxes decreases economic growth and limits excess captial, which would usually leave government with less, as the Laffer Curve demonstrates.
Obama and his team have admitted Obamacare is a step toward a single payer plan. Ronald Reagan warned us that governmental health care was a vehicle to socialism, and he was right. A glimpse of what happens when governments cannot deliver promised entitlements can be seen live now in Europe.
The way for America to avoid becoming a broken society like we see in Europe is to decrease entitlements and the creation of dependencey of its citizens by employing free market princples, where work is rewarded with fair wages with expanding opportunites for advancement, helping the citzenry regain their independence and identity.
Free market capitalism remains the best path to prosperity. In an effort return America to prosperity, the first step would be to elect Mitt Romney as our next President, and begin the repeal of Obamacare and the death panels associated with it.
BAHL is a REALTOR, Real Estate Investor and Residential Real Estate Appraiser in Orlando. He holds a BS degree in Economics from Florida State University.
