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Obama's LOWEST stats compared to other presidents

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Thursday, November 26, 2009 3:53:32 PM
From the "tell-us-something-we-couldn't-have-guessed" file.

Here's a chart that shows how FEW of Obama's cabinet members have private sector experience.  About 7%.



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Proof that gov't bureaucrats don't give a damn about your health

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:56:00 AM
They are trying to impose a CAP on Flexible Spending accounts?  Why?  Because Flexible Spending contributions are made pre-tax and those greedy b.a.s.t.a.r.d.s. cannot take enough of OUR money!

It's not just people with chronic illnesses or family members with disabilities that will be affected.  All of us with Flexible Spending accounts use them to pay for deductibles, co-pays, and other expenses that aren't paid.

and this is in addition to what they are already projected our taxes will be to pay for this garbage.  Do you see what a TRAP this is?  The rationale will be, "Oh, don't worry your little heads about this; you won't need a Flexible Spending account, because the government is going to provide your medical care."  And away go the Flexible Spending plans, which will make health care even MORE expensive for most of us, and force even MORE people onto the "government plan."  And then when demand for government-provided medical services exceeds the supply, they'll start cutting them.  Rationing.  Use whatever word you want.

And what will your options be?  Nothing.

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Probably the nicest writing compliment I have ever received

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:13:17 AM
From Mary in Missouri:

Laura:
You and I both admire Dr. Sowell greatly, as do thousands (millions?) of others, but I wanted to let you know how popular you have become on Townhall. I tried to open your column first, but was unsuccessful, and had to go directly to Townhall.com rather than merely open my e-mail, so I opened Dr. Sowell's column first, instead. When I had read his column and prepared to close it, he had 51 comments. I went directly from his column to yours. When I opened yours, you already had 101 comments!!! Don't sell yourself short!
Well, golly.  Anytime I can be spoken of favorably in the same breath as Thomas Sowell, it's a good day.

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The Vatican and extraterrestrials?

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:08:43 PM
An announcement is imminent?  Just when you think that the news doesn't hold anything new or interesting, along comes this story.
 
I have to admit, I have often wondered what the position of the Catholic Church would be, vis-a-vis the existence of intelligent beings on other planets, and what effect that would have on Christian theology - particularly the salvific nature of Jesus Christ's time on Earth.  Perhaps soon we will find out.
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The British press sees Obama as an empty suit.

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:38:10 AM
Literally.  I guess they've finall gotten tired of being treated just like any of the other 165 countries
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Straightforward reporting from Chicago and NPR???

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Friday, November 20, 2009 5:22:50 PM

It's true!  At least if Stephen Spruiell's article today in National Review Online is correct.

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Brits in love with liberty

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Monday, November 09, 2009 8:27:29 PM
It's always refreshing to read a European writer willing to excoriate communism and socialism instead of waxing rhapsodic about it.  Thank God for Melanie Phillips. 
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Yes, this is Obama's mentality

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Monday, November 09, 2009 8:04:35 AM
as well as that of his supporters.  Victor Davis Hanson, as usual, hits the mark today in National Review Online.

"Equity," and "equality," the well-intentioned but naive will discover, are moving targets, always to be aspired to, but never achieved.  As such, they are weapons ever at the ready to be used as a justification for demonization of the productive citizenry, and confiscation of their hard-earned wealth to be redistributed according to the prevailing victimization narrative.  Victims, who, by the way, always remain victims, as they remain ever dependent upon the largesse of those who produce nothing but take everything.  The only ones empowered by the victimization narrative are those who do the stealing, and every decision they make is designed to keep them in power.  Thus, their success is dependent not only upon others' financial achievements, but also upon a pervasive ignorance of the population, which they propagate and encourage through lies and control of the educational system and the media.

Like every other statist philosophy advanced in modern memory, this one is doomed to create resentment, division, and economic collapse.  It has absolutely nothing to recommend it, and the rhetoric that accompanies it, whether flowery or inflammatory, masks a long history of complete and total failure.

Wise up, America.




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More ineptitude from "Cash for Clunkers"

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:47:53 PM
OK, so as a former pickup owner, I will not complain about people buying Ford F-150s.  But let's stop saying that "Cash for Clunkers" improved the environment, or whatever other nonsense the Obama administration has peddled about the program, which was a fiscal disaster as well.

What's next?  Complaining that Edmunds.com is preaching "right-wing hate" and is "not really a car information source"?

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What is the "big tent" position?

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:42:51 PM
The Nov. 3rd elections proved a lot of points.  (More about that later.)  But here's one:

1.  Limited government is a BIG tent position.

On Mark Levin's show last night, he mentioned a number of others (I have to paraphrase, not having the transcript in front of me):  The Constitution is a Big Tent.  The Rule of Law is a Big Tent.  Private Property is a Big Tent.  Liberty is a Big Tent.  Belief in the time-tested founding principles of this country is a Big Tent!

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Yes, we should know how much they cost

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:38:01 PM
Interesting bill from Virginia Foxx, discussed here.
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So, Obama's intentions were obvious to someone else, as well

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:36:14 PM
Nice to hear Emmett Tyrrell of The American Spectator say so.
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Fraud, waste, and abuse

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Sunday, November 01, 2009 11:00:28 PM
Oh, sure.  Government can run health care.  Why doesn't someone point out that the government taking over health care will not eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, because it is the existence of the government as a payor that creates the system that fosters waste, fraud and abuse?  From the Weekly Standard's blog today:
 
Annual Medicare Fraud: $60 Billion; Annual Profits of Top Ten Insurance Companies: $8 billion

As 60 Minutes reported last week, Medicare fraud is rampant and has now replaced the cocaine (ahem) business as the major criminal activity in South Florida. Both 60 Minutes and the Washington Post report that Medicare fraud now costs American taxpayers roughly $60 billion a year. That may sound like a lot of money, but surely it pales next to the extraordinary profits of private insurance companies, right?

Well, let's see.... Last year, the profits of the ten largest insurance companies in America were just over $8 billion -- combined. No single insurance company made even five percent of what Medicare reportedly loses in fraud.

While we're making comparisons, in its real first ten years (2014-23), the Senate Finance Committee bill would cost $1.7 trillion. At the rate of last year's profits, the combined ten-year profits of America's ten largest insurance companies would be $83 billion -- five percent of the costs of the Senate Finance Committee bill. Eighty-three billion dollars may not buy you much in comparison with BaucusCare, but -- on the bright side -- that ten-year tally is somewhat more than what Medicare loses each year in fraud.

So, the next time someone alleges that government-run health care is cheaper because of "lower administrative costs" -- a truly preposterous claim on its surface -- these numbers would be good ones to have at the ready: $60 billion in annual Medicare fraud, $8 billion in combined annual profits for America's ten largest insurance companies.

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My predictions...

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Sunday, November 01, 2009 2:58:43 PM
Christie over Corzine.  In this political climate, "experience" is synonymous with "corrupt" and "same old same old" means bankruptcy.  In a close contest, I think the Christie voters will turn out, and those whose support for Corzine was marginal will decide that it's time for something different in New Jersey.  I also think the fact that Corzine has praised Christie as a prosecutor will help Christie, as will Corzine's tin-eared play-on-words regarding Christie's weight.
 
McDonnell over Deeds.  No big crystal ball needed there.
 
Hoffman over Owens.  Here, I think there are enough people who will be galvanized by Scozzafava's endorsement of Owens.  NEWS-FRICKIN'- FLASH, DEDE:  the people who would have voted for you would vote for Owens anyway.  But those who were on the fence about whether or not you are a RINO will be persuaded, and motivated to go cast a vote for Hoffman.
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NJ race is all about turnout

Posted by Laura L. Hollis, JD on Sunday, November 01, 2009 2:51:10 PM
Now, disgruntled conservative voters: are you going to turn out and vote, or stay home and b.i.t.c.h?
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