Posted on 05/08/2011 10:25:39 PM PDT by conservativeforpalin
Allen West voted against a bill to scrap part of Obamacare. The bill would repeal $100 million in funding for the construction of school-based health centers. Just four Republicans voted against the measure, which passed 235-191.
West spokeswoman Angela Sachitano said in an email that he “believes there are bigger funding issues to be focusing on right now including the numerous developments in the Middle East, concerning Pakistan and whether there is a link to [Osama bin Laden] and the recent unity agreement with the [Palestinian Authority] and Fatah and Hamas. He voted to repeal Obamacare, and it was dead on arrival in the Senate,” Sachitano said. “He questions what the goal is of chipping away like this if it’s almost certain that the Senate is not going to take it up.”
Hmmm, I question why Allen West would do this. We already know that Democrats control the Senate, but House Republicans still have to make an effort to repeal it. Plus though West rightfully said it would die in the Senate, it’s still a signal to America that he supports defunding and repealing Obamacare. I like Allen West and he’s a great congressmen, but he should’ve voted for this repeal.
There’s a thread already.
Rep. Allen West needs to, fully, explain himself on this matter.
He’s a great motivational speaker. But not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Where?
so what! why can't we focus on those issues and this one, too?
Don’t bother. There is NO 100% conservative. He was correct that right now the Dummycrat-majority Senate will just veto it, but the symbolic vote was needed to confirm which side he really is on. Unlike Scott Brown who threw us and the Tea Party completely under the bus, I doubt West will do that and it is disconcerting.
why not wait to see the full picture before knee jerking? For example, according to House rules, you can’t submit an alternative bill if you’ve voted for one. I don’t know if this is the case, but people are knee jerking way too quickly on this.
This immediately makes me think of Yoda in Empire Strikes Back. Yoda answers Ben Kenobi’s statement that Luke is their only hope as the lighting goes to green on Yoda’s face and he looks to the stars. “No, there is another”.
Palin 2012.
i noticed west have been shaky on some votes in which he try to explain that he rather focus on the bigger issue or that certain votes didn’t matter because its simply symbolic
Dhimmitude — What does it mean?
Obama used it in the health care bill.
Now isn’t this interesting? It was used in the health care law.
Every day there’s another revelation of what Obama and his fellow Democrats are doing to our country.
Dhimmitude — I had never heard the word until now. Type it into Google and start reading. Pretty interesting. It’s on page 107 of the healthcare bill. I looked this up on Google and yep, it exists. It is a REAL word.
Word of the Day: Dhimmitude
Dhimmitude is the Muslim system of controlling non-Muslimpopulations conquered through jihad. Specifically, it is the TAXING of non-Muslims in exchange for tolerating their presence AND as a coercive means of converting conquered remnants to Islam.
ObamaCare allows the establishment of Dhimmitude and Sharia Muslim diktat in the United States . Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance, and al so from the penalty tax for being uninsured. Islam considers insurance to be “gambling”, “risk-taking”, and “usury” and is thus banned. Muslims are specifically granted exemption based on this.
How convenient. So I, as a Christian, will have crippling IRS liens placed against all of my assets, including real estate, cattle, and even accounts receivables, and will face hard prison time because I refuse to buy insurance or pay the penalty tax. Meanwhile, Louis Farrakhan will have no such penalty and will have 100% of his health needs paid for by the de facto government insurance. Non-Muslims will be paying a tax to subsidize Muslims. Period. This is Dhimmitude.
Dhimmitude serves two purposes: It enriches the Muslim masters AND serves to drive conversions to Islam. In this case, the incent ive to convert to Islam will be taken up by those in the inner-cities as well as the godless Generation X, Y, and Z types who have no moral anchor. If you don’t believe in Christ to begin with, it is no problem whatsoever to sell Him for 30 pieces of silver. “Sure, I’ll be a Muslim if it means free health insurance and no taxes. Where do I sign, bro?”
I recommend sending this post to your contacts. This is desperately important and people need to know about it — quickly!
Apparently, your link is from an email that is going around. From what I have read, there is nothing in the bill that points specifically to Muslims/Islam/Dhimmitude. They do refer to ‘religious sect’. The below link refers to the information you posted. Please post a link and quote from the bill as to provide clarity/proof regarding your statement discussing dhimmitude. Thx.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/a/muslims_exempt_health_insurance_mandate.htm
Great post TV. Thanks for the info. I had not heard of it either, or if I had, I was not curious enough at the time to get off my old ancient can and look it up! Some VERY wild years are coming....
If anyone thinks the GOP is going to repeal Obamacare I have some nice Swampland for sale.
Everyone got on my case because after Condi and Colin I didn’t put my faith in Allen West.
Good man. Not presidential material.
sadly, you are correct.
JOhnny B and Eric are K street st front men and GE, Siemens, Kaiser, and Big Pharma wanted Obamacare and will stop any real chance to kill it !
Whaaaaaaa?
So the default position is:”SPEND THE MONEY”???
Televisoin, can you please post the exact information from page 107 with a link to back up your above post. I have read that this was a spam article going around. It’s important to have a link to information. Thank you.
Q: Does Obamacare specifically exempt Muslims?
A: NO
Q: Is there exemption for "conscientious objection" to the mandates?
A: YES
Q: Do practitioners of Islam qualify for this exemption?
A: YES
“There are several reasons why an individual could claim exemption, being a member of a religion that does not believe in insurance is one of them. Islam is one of those religions. Muslims believe that health insurance is ‘haraam,’ or forbidden;..."
My question is, why would a Muslim object to health care? I know that Christian Science has their views, but I don’t know of any within the Islamic relgion. So, I just think this is a stretch. I just want accuracy when we post something and I do know that the above information was a spammed email.
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