Posted on 08/06/2009 11:49:07 PM PDT by Libloather
Straw That Breaks Joe Six Pack's Back
by John Hammer
August 06, 2009
For years I've wondered what it was going to take for the American people to get fed up.
The city, the county, the state and the federal government have all been taking away citizens' rights on a regular basis, without much opposition. A generation ago if you had told people that they would be prohibited from smoking in a building they owned, they would have thought you were crazy. Now it's true even in North Carolina. Soon if you build a house in Greensboro you may have to plant a tree in the front yard, whether you want to or not, and if the city has its way, the city – not the property owner – will decide how many and how big the windows are in a new building downtown.
Our country was founded by a group that didn't like the idea of being ruled by a government that did not allow them to participate. "No taxation without representation" was the slogan. But today it seems their descendants, and people from all over the world who have come to this nation searching for freedom, have been allowing themselves to be taxed and governed far more – even with representation – than seems reasonable.
Government has been growing steadily, but the push for the federal government to take over 16 percent of the economy in one fell swoop with a federalized health care plan may be the straw that breaks Joe Six Pack's back. I know they plan to phase it in while private insurance companies go belly up, but once we have the public option, the private health insurance industry has a death sentence and you can start counting the days.
In North Carolina, Gov. Beverly Perdue already has dismal approval ratings. She was elected about nine months ago and now her approval rating is 25 percent. That indicates that over half of the people who voted for her are not satisfied with the way she is governing, and she hasn't won over any folks who voted for Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory.
The so-called Tea Party movement is gaining some respect.
One thing that is fascinating about the Tea Party movement is that it isn't being lead by big labor or big industry, and certainly isn't being led by the Republican Party or any other major player in American politics.
I know the woman who organized the Tax Day Tea Party in Phill G. McDonald Plaza and know that she is a mother who is very concerned about the world her children are going to grow up in. She is not any kind of political organizer. I also know some of the other people who have gotten involved and they don't have a lot of political experience but have become passionate about the direction this country is taking.
Certainly some leaders have sprung up, and it would be shocking if some elected officials didn't come from this group, but overall it is a true grassroots organization that gets the word out about events by email, Twitter, Facebook and websites, bypassing the mainstream media, which does its best to ignore anyone who doesn't think President Barack Hussein Obama will go down in history as one of America's best presidents.
It's not just notification of events, but also reporting on events that this movement has figured out how to do without mainstream media. Events are videotaped and the videos put on YouTube for anyone to watch. It's amazing how many people these days are bypassing the mainstream media for their news. With more and more primary sources available, people are discovering just how slanted the mainstream media is.
So the mainstream media can report that a few unruly protestors showed up, but when the video is posted showing hundreds or thousands of people, then the mainstream media – which is losing credibility daily – loses more.
It is like when the News & Record reported that 2,000 people attended the Sarah Palin rally at Elon University last fall. It was a ridiculously low crowd estimate, and those who were there knew it. But a couple of videos from different angles would have proved to those who weren't there that the News & Record was just trying to downplay the Republican vice presidential candidate.
The Tea Party movement, still in its infancy, is pretty remarkable. It will be interesting to see where it goes. The economy may pick up and the movement may fizzle out. But it appears the movement is going to have an effect on the passage of the government health care bill.
Congressmen and senators for the most part have been in Washington, DC – one of the most liberal cities in the nation – largely isolated from this movement. This month they are going to be home on break and they are already finding out that having a president trying, in one fell swoop, to nationalize much of the economy is just too much for many of their constituents.
No telling what's going to happen when they all get back to Washington.
Love IT!
Here’s what I wrote 14 months ago:
{Quoting myself} People don’t realize how potentially dangerous a government health care monopoly is.
In addition to all of the problems inherent to a normal monopoly; governments have some very scary powers.
Too many people using the health service? Ration the care one way or another. Restricting medical licenses is only one way.
Costs still too high? Raise “health care premiums” or general taxes.
Private clinics popping up to compete with the government monopoly? Outlaw them.
People clamoring for expensive diagnostic tests? Make them wait in line — for a long-long time. Many will die waiting in line — problem solved.
Too many elderly, and chronically ill people using more than “their share” of medical services? Make assisted suicide legal — and then make euthanasia legal. Keep expanding the categories “eligible” for euthanasia, until the budget is balanced.
A shortage of medical professionals? Lower credential requirements & open up the borders for newly-qualified third-world immigrants. (Don’t think about the havoc you’re causing in the countries we’re poaching doctors from.)
Etc. Etc. Only governments have the coercive powers to “make the system work” — regardless of how inefficient it becomes. {End Quote}
Here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2033576/posts?page=1
Yea, but that’s madness. No sane people would institute that.
I wonder if Joe Six Pack will approve of ACORN/SEIU thugs beating up granny and grandpa plus mom and dad at TownHall meetings?
NC Dem Gov has a 25% approval rating?
Deval Patrick, COrzine, Patterson - all real Dem winners and O clones.
I like it!
Who ever alleged that the White House and Capitol Hill have sane occupants?
Winner! :)
Thanks for that.
Very good.
You are welcome!
MY LETTER TO THE WHITEHOUSE AND OBAMA ABOUT FREE SPEECH
A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH
...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.
“Yea, but that’s madness. No sane people would institute that.”
We Canadians did, nevertheless. (I’m an inmate here, so I don’t see any insanity.)
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