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National Review Online ^
| 3/21/10
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 03/22/2010 1:58:10 PM PDT by starczar66
...I've been saying for years now, governmentalized health care not only changes the relationship of the citizen to the state but the very character of the people. As I wrote in NR recently, there's plenty of evidence to support that from Britain, Canada, and elsewhere.More prosaically, it's also unaffordable. That's why one of the first things that middle-rank powers abandon once they go down this road is a global military capability...
(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: healthcare; marksteyn; obama; obamacare; socialisthealthcare; steyn
To: starczar66
Any RINO who says “there are redeemable features to this legislation” will not get a dime from me for reelection.
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:00:52 PM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
To: starczar66
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:00:58 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Truthers to the Left of me, Birthers (pretending to be) to the Right of me!)
To: starczar66
That's why one of the first things that middle-rank powers abandon once they go down this road is a global military capability
Hence the recent stories that the British have decided they can't afford one of the new aircraft carriers they're building and are considering selling it to India. Brittania can't rule the waves and provide cradle-to-grave health coverage to everyone.
To: starczar66
As one of the talk show hosts mentioned, today is the anniversary of the Stamp Act (March 22, 1765). Interesting timing.
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:05:47 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: starczar66
U.S.S.A. bump, Comrade!
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:08:31 PM PDT
by
Dajjal
(Obama is an Ericksonian NLP hypnotist.)
To: starczar66
Does this mean November 2nd is the new St. Patricks Day?
You know, the celebration of "We the People" chasing all the snakes out of Washington DC.
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:08:56 PM PDT
by
w_over_w
(In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.~Yogi Berra)
To: starczar66
Time to learn our new national anthem:
Arise, you prisoners of starvation!
Arise, you wretched of the earth!
For justice thunders condemnation:
A better world’s in birth!
No more tradition’s chains shall bind us,
Arise you slaves, no more in thrall!
The earth shall rise on new foundations:
We have been nought, we shall be all!
‘Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international soviet
Shall be the human race
‘Tis the final conflict,
Let each stand in his place.
The international working class
Shall be the human race
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:10:43 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: w_over_w
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:12:23 PM PDT
by
FlashBack
('0'bama: "Katrina on a Global Level")
To: starczar66
NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO RESTORE FREEDOM TO ALL AMERICANS!
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:12:31 PM PDT
by
GloriaJane
(Pro-Choice = Pro-Death........ Pro-Life = Pro-LIFE!)
To: w_over_w
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:15:31 PM PDT
by
GloriaJane
(Pro-Choice = Pro-Death........ Pro-Life = Pro-LIFE!)
To: starczar66
Over my Dead body! I know not what others choose to do but for me there is but one choice in life: Give me Liberty or give me Death!
To: GloriaJane
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:24:58 PM PDT
by
maica
(Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
To: GloriaJane
This is for any lurkers that voted for obama and are now cryin' the blues....
On her way to welfare one morning ,
Down the path along side the lake,
A bleeding-hearted liberal saw a half-frozen snake.
His almond colored skin had been all frosted with the dew,
"Messiah," she cried, "I'll take you in, I'll even vote of you."
"Take me in oh fellow liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh fellow liberal,"
sighed the politician snake.
She wrapped him up all cozy, cause she was wallowing in guilt,
And then laid him by the fireside, with some money and some milk;
That night she hurried home from welfare, and soon as she arrived,
That politician snake she'd taken in was fully revived .
"Take me in oh fellow liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh fellow liberal,"
sighed the politician snake.
Now she gave him all her riches, "You're my messiah!" she cried,
"But if I hadn't voted you in, by now, your career might have died.";
Now she stroked his pretty almond skin, and then she kissed him goodnight,
But instead of saying thanks, the serpent gave her a bite. "Take me in oh fellow liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh fellow liberal,"
sighed the politician snake.
"But I voted for you," cried that liberal, And now I see youve lied!,
You know your bite is lethal, and now I'm going to die.;
"Oh shut up, you stupid liberal," said the serpent with a grin,
"You knew I was a low-down snake, before you voted me in..
"Take me in oh STUPID liberal,
Take me in, for allah's sake,
Take me in oh STUPID liberal,"
LAUGHED the politician snake.
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:37:35 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
To: GloriaJane
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:41:11 PM PDT
by
w_over_w
(In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.~Yogi Berra)
To: w_over_w
Today Americans are no longer citizens. We are now Subjects.
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posted on
03/22/2010 2:52:10 PM PDT
by
CT
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slx8CCjoL4E&feature=related)
To: FrankR
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posted on
03/22/2010 3:49:38 PM PDT
by
GloriaJane
(Pro-Choice = Pro-Death........ Pro-Life = Pro-LIFE!)
To: CT
We are now Subjects. Perhaps . . . for awhile CT. But I believe this is a Pyrrhic victory. "A representative democracy cannot long endure a political class that is so out of touch with the populace."
I saw this first hand with the recall of Gov. Gray Davis out here on the left-coast.
They are convinced that their policies are actually popular, in spite of every piece of data to the contrary. This November will not just be about the House and Senate, but also the state house races wherein they could be decimated. A fact which is critical to the future of their party. The winners of these races will draw new legislative districts next year. A GOP rout in statehouses could doom the Democrats for a decade.
It's just an opinion but I think the word "citizen" will soon gain new meaning and strength.
Ride to the sounds of the guns CT!
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posted on
03/22/2010 4:31:16 PM PDT
by
w_over_w
(In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.~Yogi Berra)
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