None Dare Call It Fascism

Townhall.com ^ | November 16, 2013 | John C. Goodman

[liberalh8ter]

I believe just as Obama lied to Americans, he lied to insurers. They thought they were getting a law that forced people to buy their product and have since come to find out he was really moving to single payer. They obviously can't come out and admit they were ‘all in’ when Fedzilla was unconstitutionally forcing you to be their ‘client’. Hence the silence.

[RipSawyer]

“THAT is the difference Culture makes. We’re on the ride and we’re going where it’s going. We have ceded control.”
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So true that is. A hundred years ago this month my father was a newborn. Had someone described what is going on now with the government of this country to a third grade dropout he would have been met with disbelief, no one would have believed that the American people could ever be so stupid as to let this happen, yet some of the staunchest supporters of this insanity have been college professors and others who are supposedly highly intelligent people. I reckon people didn’t understand that you can have a high IQ and still be a bombastic fool spouting absurdities.

Most of what comes from the mouths of Democrats and some Republicans now makes the following scene from Blazing Saddles look sensible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U

Watch IDIOCRACY now and if it does not seem an awful lot like a documentary of the current conditions you are not paying attention.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I read in a National Geographic mag about one of their field agents who went to North Korea. The one thing that stood out to him was how quiet it was in terms of people speaking to one another.

[Gritty]

In the early 1980s (while there was still a Berlin Wall), I went through Check Point Charlie from West Berlin to East Berlin... In East Berlin, no one smiled. No one laughed. No one joked.

I can relate to that. In 1963, I did the same thing, except as part of a military convoy.

The only smiles we saw were secretive, furtive ones at us. Everyone except some kids (boys only) kept well away from us and even then the kids would only approach us if they were in a group but it was obvious some were lookouts while others were talking. You could see the adults constantly looking around with anxiety and fear in their eyes and they obviously dreaded to be seen near us. The kids freely told us how bad things were and how little they had to eat. But when a stranger approached, they sensed the danger, scattered, and ran. That was a lesson I have never forgotten about totalitarianism - the fear and anxiousness in eyes of most adults (the exceptions were probably the undercover secret police or informers).

As the author notes, we see a lot of that today among many who are in a position to and should be speaking up. Instead, they fear the Stasi. You can see it in the way they fudge or ignore the truth to avoid being singled out for retribution. This is not without a good reason and it is a reason we ignore at our peril.

[Hardastarboard]

The best I can tell is the insurance companies were fully aware of Zerocare's impact and in fact were part of the process that created the monstrosity. There are big profits in mandating insurance coverage for 40 million people and increasing the "quality" of coverage.

They are relatively quiet because they are more than happy to have the blame on Democrats. And know any fix created will only increase their profits as congress will have to subsides the cost to force compliance.

I have to agree. The insurance companies heard "40 million new enrollees", and "subsidies for those who can't afford it", and they were all in.

As a poster below graphically notes - it was a deal with the Devil.

[livius]

Great quote! Thanks for posting it.

[ripley]

It’s not fascism, it’s progressivism and progressivism, run by progressives, is love, kindness and salvation for humanity.

/Sarcasm/!!!!

IMHO

[Former Proud Canadian]

From an outside observer, yeah, this guy is right.

Besides the layers of political correctness that have been laid over western society to "protect" certain groups (women, gays, minorities of all kinds) it is not possible to talk about many things.

This is particularly worrisome in the US which has constitutional underpinnings guaranteeing free speech. Big Brother would be proud of the way things are going.

[griswold3]

Crony capitalism...

[griswold3]

And the beatings will continue until morale improves...

[GOPJ]

But what threatens the foundations of a free society most of all is when it is the government (and its allies in the private sector) who are doing the attacking, and when the reason there is no response is that the victims of the attacks have been threatened and bullied into silence.

Or maybe the big players on in on the take...

[MagnoliaB]

I can see that. Could be, they are quiet now because under Obamacare the rates are going up. I don't see a down side for the insurance companies until single payer takes over which is the end game. What happens to insurance companies when that happens?

[Jacquerie]

One is either at the table or on the menu.

[devolve]

- Obama is playing poker with professionals this time

He contracted with the insurance companies and now he wants to ignore the contracts

-They have Obama cold and he is flailing around wildly attempting to bluff his way through once again

Chief Justice John Roberts cannot rewrite those contracts and save Obama again this time without realizing that would guarantee his own impeachment and removal from SCOTUS

Here we see the evidence : http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=player_embedded&v=VRgQaOOZRo4

[devolve]

[Talisker]

Chief Justice John Roberts cannot rewrite those contracts and save Obama again this time without realizing that would guarantee his own impeachment and removal from SCOTUS.

What a bizarre statement. Roberts didn't rewrite anything - he merely pointed out that Obamacare was using a statute that was already in the tax code, and which had already seen plenty of use in similiar fashion.