Posted on 08/17/2009 11:01:20 AM PDT by ClassicLiberal
Via Bloomberg: ”The U.S. Senate should abandon efforts to pass legislation curbing greenhouse-gas emissions this year and concentrate on a narrower bill to require use of renewable energy, four Democratic lawmakers say.
“The problem of doing both of them together is that it becomes too big of a lift,” Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas said in an interview last week. “I see the cap-and-trade being a real problem.”
The resistance by Lincoln and her Senate colleagues undercuts President Barack Obama’s effort to win passage of legislation that would cap carbon dioxide emissions and establish a market for trading pollution allowances, said Peter Molinaro, the head of government affairs for Midland, Michigan- based Dow Chemical Co., which supports the measure.”
Via Yahoo!: ”Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama’s administration signaled Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.
Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans that would include health insurance cooperatives instead of a government-run plan. Such a concession probably would enrage Obama’s liberal supporters but could deliver a much-needed victory on a top domestic priority opposed by GOP lawmakers.”
Whether you follow the news or not, I am sure you have heard of both Cap and Trade and a Public Option in health insurance. These immense, infamous bills have caused passionate discussion giving a voice back to the people. Congressmen have once again been reminded they work for you, not the other way around. Democrats and Republicans alike understand they cannot pull the same crap they have been. The knockout of these two massive redistributive bills was caused by public outrage. So welcome all! To the improved system of
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If this was the stock market, I would call it a bear market rally.
I’m done with both parties on strong foundational core value principles that both have clearly violated in spades.
The time to “vote” is over.
These bills aren’t dead until a stake is driven through their black hearts. And even then ....
Is a health insurance co-op kind of the same thing as a reciprocal insuring entity or a mutual insurance company? Could somone fill me in on this?
The Liar in Chief (LinC) said any guvmint insurance company had to operate profitably i.e. sans taxpayer subsidies. Don't most insurance companies, other than AIG, and HMO's already do that, sort of?
I'm all ears to hear how a co-op or whatever will insure the uninsurable and make a profit. Doesn't it seem like the real goal is to bankrupt the nation?
So let me get this straight:
1. Stimulus-Most Americans think it was a HUGE waste.
2. Cap & Trade-Democrats in the Senate think it’s DOA.
3. Cash for Clunkers-People see it as lame and that it benefited foreign automakers and took good cars away from poor people who could have used them.
4. Healthcare-On it’s way down the tubes?
Man, if I were Obama I could see how on some days I’d be pretty dejected. He is on the verge of delivering an abject failure of a presidency. Once his opponents (and that includes everyone from Hillary on down), begin to smell blood in the water, things will be increasingly difficult. Well, if they don’t smell the blood at this point, they may need their noses checked. With a few unfortunate turns from here, the Obama presidency could come crashing down just in time to see voters turn congress over like it did in 1994.
I would love to see this puppet under white house arrest for the last two years of his lame presidency.
Next up after he recuperates-amnesty for illegals.
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