Debunking the Debunking

Today in an article written by The Associated Press, regarding the removal of the end-of-life provision in the Senate version of "Health Care Reform," the AP claimed it had debunked Sarah Palin's "death panel" claim.

From the article:

"In a widely quoted Facebook posting, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged that federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors or children with Down syndrome — such as Palin's son Trig — are worthy of health care. Palin called the proposal "downright evil."

Many news organizations — including The Associated Press — debunked Palin's claim. The provision that caused the uproar would authorize Medicare to pay doctors for voluntary counseling about end-of-life care."

A bit later in the article, they described Palin's latest Facebook post:

"Palin did not respond to requests for comment. But in a Facebook posting late Wednesday night, Palin defended her original claim, which President Barack Obama and other Democrats have criticized.

"With all due respect, it's misleading for the president to describe this section as an entirely voluntary provision that simply increases the information offered to Medicare recipients," she said, noting that the provision authorizes consultations whenever a Medicare recipient's health changes significantly or when they enter a nursing home.

Since the bill's intent is to reduce overall health care costs, it's logical to assume that care for seniors may be curtailed, Palin said.

"It's all just more evidence that the Democratic legislative proposals will lead to health care rationing, and more evidence that the top-down plans of government bureaucrats will never result in real health care reform," she wrote. "

So if I understand correctly, the AP debunked Palin's "death panel" claim, yet after said "debunking" Palin was somehow able to clearly state that the intent of "Health Care Reform" is to reduce costs, which may lead to rationing - and the AP was not able to provide evidence to the contrary.

Thank goodness we have the AP to trust for integrity in journalism.

The complete article here...

MSNBC Lies on Behalf Of Obama

While this is not a "hit piece," it is frightening that a major and well respected news organization would allow such an untruth to be broadcast without immediate retraction. Feel free to watch the entire clip, but please take particular interest at 3:05 into the clip:

Here, however, is proof positive that Lawrence O'Donnell is flat out not telling the truth about President Obama's past statements regarding 'single payer' health insurance.





"Nobody is talking about some government takeover of health care."

Yeah, right. Please, President Obama, be honest with us. And please stop worrying about the "disinformation" that is true. You need to worry about real disinformation, coming from your apparent propaganda arm at NBC.

Let The Infighting Begin

Courtesy of The Huffington Post:

Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean fired one of the clearest warning shots at hesitant Democratic lawmakers on Thursday, insisting that if the party was unable to produce a health care bill with a public plan, there would be electoral consequences.

"I do think there will be primaries as the result of all this, if the bill doesn't pass with a public option," Dean said, in a phone interview with the Huffington Post.

The former Vermont governor added the caveat that he thought "cooler heads" would ultimately prevail and that a government run option for insurance coverage would be passed. But his remarks are some of the most threatening yet to be directed at Democrats from within the party.

Dean, who is a keynote speaker at the Netroots Nation conference at Pittsburgh this week, said he was "in favor" of holding recalcitrant senators and congressman accountable on health care related issues.

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America, Shut The Hell Up!

It seems that "The One," Barack Hussein Obama The Almighty, has had enough of We The People.

In a speech somewhere in Virginia today, "The One" said this:




Now, Your Higness... to be fair - if you don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking, I'd like to suggest you go to Congress and tell them - all of them who are on at least their second term - to keep their mouths shut and listen to their constituents when they come home to these town hall meetings over "summer recess."

Dear Annointed One, it is my sincere belief that if you take my suggestion and have those Congressional Representatives listen instead of silencing the "angry mob" at those meetings, you might find there is a reason for the anger you see.

You see, Dear Leader, We The People do not want what we see from other nations that have been pushed into a "single payer" system that you seem to believe is best for America. We are fully aware of what that kind of system will do to our medical care industry. We are aware that while it may force people into taking insurance they currently choose not to have, and while it may insure 12-20 million people who are here in an undocumented (illegal) status, your "single payer" system will fundamentally destroy the quality of health care, the timeliness of procedures, and ultimately cost more for all people than the system we currently have in place.

President Obama, send your Brownshirts home. There was no violence until your goons from SEIU & ACORN arrived at these meetings, now things are getting ugly. Listen, do not preach. Show some respect to those who elected you - all of those who elected you, because even many who voted you in...now want you out.

Spirit of St. Louis?

It appears that in St. Louis more regular folks were shut out as other people dressed in color-coded (organized) t-shirts and appearing to be union members or ACORN people are allowed in.





Also notice in the 2nd part of the video the people start singing "God Bless America" - I wonder how many of today's young "elite" liberal class even know the tune, let alone the words...

Who's really running the country?

Kudos to The Mobfather, El Rushbo, for this find. Look at the amazing similarities between the Obama symbol and that from another period of world history!
















And here's the wonderful Mrs. Speaker, talking about how all the "astroturf" are "carrying swastikas, and symbols like that."






All further proof that it's not a matter of Right or Left, it's a matter of Right or Wrong, and these people are just plain wrong.

More liberal lies...

The headline on the Huffington Post read:

VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT AT TAMPA TOWN HALL ON HEALTH CARE
Protesters Say They Had Been Spurred On By Conservative Activist Group, Fox News Host

However, if one actually paid attention, they'd learn this headline is totally misleading and a complete distortion of the facts. If one were to watch the video provided in the story, they'd see the violence was not started by "protesters" but rather by "security" which, as described on the Tampa 9/12 Meetup site, was clearly ACORN or SEIU. Also, on Tampa Bay Online, commenters who attended the event said that there were people wearing Obama shirts and "Organize for America" shirts who were moved past the line and allowed in, as the rest of the crowd was told the room had reached capacity.

Here's the video Huffington Post offered, which clearly was not watched by commenters on that website, as all they could do was babble on and on about how Glenn Beck "needs to be in an institution," "right-wingers all hate America," and the way to have a peaceful Town Hall meeting would be "to have a Tapioca Pudding stand across the street" (I guess that's funny?).



I'm as respectful of the next person when it comes to the matter of having an opinion, but these Huffington Post regulars are downright rude. Frankly, it scares the bejeezus out of me that there are that many people who think like these people do, but as I say that I still thank God we live in a land that allows them to have their freedom to have their say. Having said that, though - this is the same group as the "The Debate is Over" global warming believers, and they're unbelievably spoon-fed full of talking points, and they really seem to believe those talking points.

We're in for a long haul, we must be strong. America, we will protect you. We will not fail.