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The Face of Failure: Kathleen Sebelius

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When I conjure up a vision of total failure, many things come to my mind including the Dodge Pinto, Kathleen Harding and now appropriately the health and human services secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Though my criticism may seems harsh, I think it’s certainly apropos when looking at the facts. Though I don’t directly blame her for the heavy-faulted and crony capitalistic law, she along with Obama will forever will forever bear the scar of this ignominious Scarlet Letter.

Here are the Facts:

1. Insurance Costs Continue to Rise: One of the central claims made by the “central planners” was that insurance premiums would go down for buyers. However, the law actually mandates plans to cover more and more (“children” must be covered to age 27, “free” “women’s health” services), adds new taxes and fees, raising the minimum requirements and force high-risk patients into pooled-plans. So where does this money come from? That’s right, the consumer. Most with private plans have been hit with over a 100% increase!

2. Too Many Loopholes to be Effective: One of the problems with a bill written by lobbyists and bureaucrats, passed by people who never read it, and numbers in the 2,000s of pages is that it is too complicated and has too many loopholes. Take for example, employers have cut back hours or reduced staff to avoid hitting certain requirements—raising the unemployment numbers.

3. Leaves 31 Million Uninsured by 2023! How does this help our country? With 40 million already uninsured and many by choice, did we really have to disassemble almost 20% of the economy for these underrated, dismal numbers?

4. Program Costs Continue to Blow Past Initial Estimates: The CBO already conservatively estimates the 1 Trillion dollar allocated budget is almost another trillion dollars over budget.

5. The Program is Run by Government: This point speaks for itself. Plus, to make the matter worse, the IRS is implementing it. That’s like the Gestapo running the healthcare system of Nazi Germany.

6. The Web Site is a Failure: Don’t forget, the web site was and still is a failure. Plus, it cost over 3 billion dollars to create. That’s both grossly inefficient and absurd at the same time.

7. True “Benefits” Unclear: If you haven’t seen all the benefits promised since the passage of Obamacare, you are not alone.

8. Negative Employee Repercussions: In order to escape the heavy hand of government, businesses have been forced to follow the law as passed and find ways to avoid being negatively impacted. As a result of the law, businesses have been forced to drop full-time employees to part-time status, stop hiring altogether, and scrap plans for expansion.

9. You Don’t Get to Keep Your Doctor: Remember this flagrant lie by the president? Also remember how he promised premiums would go down by 2500 dollars? Lie and double lie!

10. 7.5 Million Sign Up: Obama is celebrating about the 7.5 million enrollees. However, when you look at these numbers most of them are from people who lost their insurance due to the law. And worse yet, most have not actually paid for the coverage. Lastly what about the other 32.5 million people?

Unfortunately, this list of failure will grow as our country’s economy shrinks.

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New York City Kicks God out of City

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It seems that every day the government is finding a new way to turn its back on God and religion. In just the latest example a federal court ruled last Thursday that New York City can ban churches from renting public schools for worship services. The Board of Education’s lawyers say allowing churches to hold worship in public schools violates the First Amendment. The court ruled that the Board took its actions in order to prevent the appearance it was endorsing religion.

One must remember that our founding fathers were extremely religious men with a deep faith in God. They believed that only by the grace of God could this great country survive. Even James Madison, the man behind the first Amendment, had a deep rooted faith that permeated both in his writings and in his daily political activities. The true meaning of the First Amendment has been perverted by the government and tailored to their needs.

The socialist nations of the 20th century thought that the belief in God weakened man’s loyalty to government. By “killing” God, they believed that man would turn away from religion and turn to them instead. Is history repeating itself? Remember, Obama himself chastised those Americans who clung to their Bibles. The government’s intentions have been made extremely clear. They want God out of this country.

Unfortunately, their insistence on an atheistic country seems to be taking hold.  Slightly less than half (49 percent) of New Yorkers believed schools should rent to churches and other community groups, with 27 percent believing churches alone should be excluded and 19 percent who believe the schools should not rent to either.

This trend of excluding God from our country is a self-destructive policy. Remember, the Declaration of Independence says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Right from day one, the founding fathers unanimously said that the rights of man are endowed not by this government but by God. If we throw out God from this country, what will be our ethical and moral foundation? Instead of God, will government now provide new man-made unalienable rights which could be taken away just as quickly as they are granted? Is this where we are headed? Does government now want to become God?

History has clearly shown us that a Godless country is a failed country. Let us not forget God, lest he forget our country.

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Healthcare Systems Going Bust

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There is a growing and disturbing trend occurring now across the country as Obamacare implementation takes hold. It is like a domino effect that will eventually lead to both the disembodiment of our healthcare system and its eventual economic collapse. With Medicare reimbursements declining, uninsured patients rising, and  high Obamacare deductibles going unpaid, hospitals are hanging on for dear financial life.

I’ll go further into some basic economics but first one of the scary trends going on in medicine is that hospitals are laying off employees. About 250 Crozer-Keystone Health System employees, including physicians and managers, were laid recently following the announcement that the health system has lost almost $16 million in the last seven months, according to system officials. This statistic may seem almost unbelievable or just to be an anomaly, but the truth is that most hospitals are watching their profits disappear.

You may ask how is that possible. Even on the Mike Church show, he was talking about the greed of the hospitals and some physicians. The simple truth is that because a large portion of patients entering a hospital are elderly and on Medicare and due to significant Medicare reimbursement cuts, an inpatient admission for a Medicare recipient is a money losing endeavor the the hospital. Plus, if the Medicare patient returns for any reason within 30 days, the hospital does not get paid for that admission.

Secondly, there has been a definite rise in the uninsured patient. Whether they are illegal aliens or just people down on their luck because of the bad economy, the numbers are rising. Again, the hospital ends up losing money for each of their admissions. Lastly, with the initiation of Obamacare, the hospitals are collecting even less. Because of the high deductibles, patients with this insurance are unable to pay for their hospital bill, creating another loss in the hospital’s overall revenue.

Taken together, hopefully you understand why we are now witnessing hospitals either going bankrupt or having massive layoffs. It’s not because the business isn’t there. As the population grows older, there is in fact a greater need for both hospitals and physicians. However, in a few years, will there be any physicians or hospitals left to take care of anybody?

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Why is Obama Giving up the Internet- One Interesting Theory

Unfortunately, Friday rolled around again, and the Obama White House let out further disappointing news. No, they are not doing something incredibly stupid like the Carter administration and giving up the Panama Canal. Instead, they are doing something stupider—they are giving up American control of the internet to the world.

First of all, what agency in the world is now set to oversee the internet? Is it the New World order? Is it the UN? Could it be a band of international bankers? The truth is, we don’t know and no agency has yet has been established. Where is the common sense in this move?

PAT BUCHANAN: It’s very negative. I think you’re transferring the custody of this immensely important function from the United States to an international community which is susceptible to and could cave in to pressures—from places like China and others in terms of what they do. I think, far better that the United States do it themselves. I agree with Mike Huckabee. They made mistakes with NSA but you don’t do it because of that out of guilt.

When you consider the problem with giving up the internet to the national community, one cannot help but wonder how other countries without a First Amendment will respond. China, Russia, Venezuela, Iran and recently Turkey are all prime examples of nations already mandating strict censorship over the internet. If one world body controls the World Wide Web, there obviously will be some compromise as to its content—and unfortunately, that compromise will come at the expense of our First Amendment. There would be no other way for a United States to work with the previously mentioned countries if this outcome did not occur.

So the question thus arises: Why would the US give up control over the internet? Some blame Snowden, and state Obama is doing it to appease the national community. However, I think, and this is only conjecture, that Obama and his administration have much more loftier goals than simple appeasement.

I believe that Obama is giving up the internet to the international community to ensure censorship on the US internet. Yes, as strange as it sounds, it is a valid theory. Ever since Obama took office, he has been discrediting conservative blogs and all internet means of distributing conservative views. Time and time again, he publically trashes them in his speeches and implores Americans not to listen to them.

Obviously, with our First Amendment, he cannot directly censor the internet. Instead, he can have the international community do it without getting his hands dirty. It is both a convenient and simple solution. Honestly, with all that has been going on for the last few years at the Obama administration, I’m surprised no one else thought of this theory fist.

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It’s an Uphill Battle

It’s an uphill battle…but it’s one worth fighting.

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Putin Threatens West with Natural Gas Embargo

Recently, Vladimir Putin threatened to cut off sales of natural gas to Kiev unless

£1.2 billion debts to their country are paid in full. This threat carries high stakes for Europe, a continent that relies heavily on Russian natural gas. Previous declines in exportation of Russian natural gas in 2006 and 2009 endangered European national grids and caused sharp rises in prices.

This threat is just the latest in political posturing made by Vladimir Putin in regard to the Ukraine crisis. Though he claims that he does not want a confrontation over Ukraine to spiral into a “new cold war”, the chill is definitely returning.

When dealing with Vladimir Putin one must remember that he is a product of the cold war. And although the USSR lost this war, he most likely still fights it every day in his head, lamenting in all that Russia has lost. He is a man also who wants nothing more than to reclaim Russia’s days of glory and retake what he thinks is rightfully theirs. He is a man not concerned with personal freedoms or of the sovereignty of the previous Eastern Bloc countries. His goal is both focused and single-minded. He wants the return USSR to spread communism worldwide. If this is not a cold war mindset, then I don’t know what is.

Now, with the vast riches of natural gas which his country possesses, he has found a way to exert his will without the use of brute military force. The man is both brutal and ingenious in nature. Day by day, we see him winning the political chess game against our community organizer president and our weakly united NATO allies. He has made a mockery of out of Obama in Syria and is again doing it in the Ukraine.

The sad truth is that we can once again beat the Russian in this new cold war without the use of any military options. Remember, the USA has one of the greatest supply of natural, combustible fuels in the world. If we were to really tap into our natural gas supply, drilling for oil and begin fracking, we could usher in a whole new economic era of prosperity. Not only would we would no longer rely on Middle Eastern oil but we would also negate the Russian natural gas threat. Plus, in the process, we would solve the national debt problem and create enough jobs to keep the American private sector thriving for another hundred years.

The ball is our court. I just someone would take it!
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Labor Force Lowest in 35 Years

Don’t be fooled by the numbers. While the Obama administration revels at the January unemployment number of 6.6%, the truth is much more disheartening. Most assume that the unemployment numbers reflect the actual work force and all those eligible for employment. Thus, a decrease would assumingly mean that more people are working. This misconception has been fueled by the liberal media.

However, this direct correlation is simply incorrect. In fact, the average annual labor force participation rate hit a 35-year-low of 63.2 percent in the United States in 2013, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Thus, more people are not working and more importantly, more people are not actively searching for jobs. What is scarier is that our population in 1978 was 225.1 million while in 2013 it was 313.9 million. This means that under our current administration about 30 million people more are not working than during the deplorable presidency of Jimmy Carter!

Worse yet, in January 2014, according to BLS, there were 92,535,000 not in the labor force. This is the legacy of an Obama administration. Our country has turned into a governmental welfare state with a crumbling military and loss of world credibility. This is what we are leaving our children?
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Governor Palin predicts weak Obama Presidency

Say what you may about the former governor, but she is looks like Nostradamus himself this week. If you remember, she warned us about the consequences of a weak Obama presidency, and now one of her predictions (among others) is coming true.

She certainly foresaw, along with Governor Romney, the threat of an economically rejuvenated Russia, led by an iron-fist ruler. Remember, Putin was an ex-KGB member and has a heart as cold as a Siberian winter. Men like this are not to be taken lightly.

As the Middle East burns, our threats on Syria have been discounted, our military has become decimated and our economy is heading towards economic ruins, Putin knew that now was the prime opportunity for him to take a decisive, military action. Plus, with a community organizer as a president and a man without any inward conviction, he knew that Obama would proved to be a laughable opponent.

In fact, Putin immediately scoffed off Obama’s weak threats by invading the Ukraine without hesitation. Though Obama demands a Russian retreat and calls the act of aggression a breach of international law, Putin scoffs off his threats easier than he does snow from his boots.

And what are the “consequences” Obama threatened Putin with…economic isolation? Apparently, this means nothing to Putin as they can trade with China and continue selling their natural gas without much interference.

Unfortunately Obama, and now the United States, is stuck again with another Obama foreign policy debacle. Just like with Syria, Obama has made both Washington and our country look both incompetent and foolish. I’m almost afraid now to ask what else she has predicted from a further Obama administration.

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Whats’ the Difference?

Though comical, this picture adeptly sums up the feeling that is emanating from Washington. Class warfare has begun. Not unlike that seen with the Russian revolution, class warfare has taken center stage. No longer is it taught or shown in the media that hard work is a positive thing. Instead, we are told wealth is bad, working hard only oppresses others and that too much success is too bad.

Are these the messages we want our kids exposed to? Are these the messages that will make our country continue to grow and prosper? When you watch TV, read the paper or hear anything coming out of Washington, just think of this picture and things will become much clearer.

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Stop Taking Away Our Jobs

I am not writing this blog to argue with what is called a “Living Wage” nor am I here to adamantly say no to any increase in a minimum wage. What I wish only to do is to make a point of how “good” intentions of the government never turn out good.

This point almost seems contradictory. As a Christian, I understand that increasing the minimum wage would mean more money for the employees. Altruistically, it seems fantastic. However, pragmatically, it has the potential to be counterproductive.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office came out this week and said that the plan by President Obama and fellow Democrats to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would cost roughly 500,000 jobs but increase wages for roughly 16.5 million Americans. What makes matters worse is that the CBO analysts said their estimate of employment losses was approximate. They said the actual impact could range from a very slight employment reduction to a loss of one million workers.

“While helping some, mandating higher wages has real costs, including fewer people working,” said a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. “With unemployment Americans’ top concern, our focus should be creating — not destroying — jobs for those who need them most.”

Though I agree with an increase in minimum wage, now does not seem to be the time. The Obama administration believes that increased wage would decrease the poverty level. However, an astute analysis of the numbers clearly shows that most of those under the poverty level are unemployed. Thus, by destroying more jobs, this number is bound only to rise. Simply put, it’s a totally nearsighted Obama plan with yet again far reaching negative, economic consequences.

If the government really cared about business, they would instead create economic incentives for companies that would entice them to increase their minimum wage. There could be tax brakes, savings initiatives or tax credits that would make raising employee’s both attractive and economically solvent. It is simple math. However, the government, unlike private businesses, does not understand the bottom line. They base their economic decisions on philosophy and ideology instead of hard economic truths. And now you understand why we are over 17 trillion dollars in the hole.