I am just an American citizen who has finally had enough!! I feel that we (myself included) have been complacent and compliant for far too long with the corruption and moral depravity in our nation. It is time for ALL decent Americans to take a stand! This is my stand! I ask that EVERY citizen LOYAL to the Constitution and the ideals of the founding fathers to join me in this stand. For it may very well indeed be our last chance. "So, come and follow me!"
Amanda Simpson, who has served on NCTE’s Board of Directors for the past 3 years, has been appointed by the Obama Administration as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce. She’ll be working in the Bureau of Industry and Security.
“I’m truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me. And at the same time, as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.”
If you would like to know the future of the Health care bill and the the future of health care in America watch this interview with Newt Gingrich then read the article by Dick Morris.
Will a young, healthy, childless individual or couple buy health insurance costing 7.5 percent of their income, as required by Obama’s health legislation? Not until they get sick. Then they can always buy the insurance, and the Obama bill requires the insurance companies to give it to them. And if the premiums come to more than 7.5 percent of their income because they are now sick, no problem. Obama will subsidize it.
Instead, young, healthy, childless people will likely opt to pay the $1,000 fine (aka slap on the wrist) mandated in the bill. After all, even if they make as little as $50,000 a year, the fine is a lot cheaper than 7.5 percent of their income (or $3,500 a year)!
So…these young households will not contribute to the coffers of any health insurance company until they are sick and need the coverage. By then, their costs will come to vastly more than their premiums.
Who will subsidize the difference? We will.
The insurance industry estimates that the bill will drive up premiums for the average family by $1,700 a year. By the time the bill takes effect in 2013, it estimates that the average annual family health insurance premiums (now $12,300) will rise to $17,200 if the Obama bill is passed, but only to $15,500 if it is defeated.
And who do you think the voters will blame for the hike in their premiums? The Democrats who passed the bill.
Supporters of the bill are quick to counter that greater efficiency, etc., will hold down premiums. But they have little to answer the argument that, without higher fines, the young and healthy will not consent to pay an arm and a leg for insurance they don’t need.
Any lingering motivation to pay the premiums will disappear once the Obama bill requires insurance companies to cover them when they do, finally, limp in the door, desperately in need of insurance. Why pay now when you can always pay later? And, with a government subsidy, you gain nothing by paying for all those years when you don’t need insurance.
So Obama’s program turns out not to be one to spread insurance and thus spread the risk of costly illness, but one to make people pay 7.5 percent of their incomes once they get sick, with the government picking up their remaining premium and the health insurance customers paying for the medical expenses. Some deal!
So tote up the cost of this bill on the middle class:
• $1,700 more in insurance premiums for the average family
• Medical devices like wheelchairs and hearing aids get taxed
• Those who are sick must pay an average of about $600 more a year in income taxes because the bill raises the threshold for deducting medical expenses from 7.5 percent of income to 10 percent
• A $404 billion cut in Medicare
• Ending the subsidized Medicare Advantage insurance for costs over and above Medicare. Without Medicare Advantage, the elderly can only augment Medicare by buying Medigap coverage, for which no subsidy is available and whose premiums are higher (offered, conveniently enough, by Obama’s buddies at the AARP)
• No importation of Canadian medicines and no competitive bidding to hold down prescription drug costs (Obama’s deal to get Pharma’s support and advertising dollars)
• A shortage of medical personnel and equipment as 30 million new patients are added without any expansion of the population of doctors and nurses. This shortage will make rationing inevitable, even if it shortens life expectancies among the elderly.
And all of this assumes that the House bill, which imposes a 4.5 percent payroll tax (which will discourage new employment), does not pass.
…And that the cost estimates of this program prove realistic. Despite the Congressional Budget Office’s concurrence, one can’t help noticing that Massachusetts’s program was estimated to cost $200 million in 2005 and now costs $700 million!
This healthcare bill is, indeed, Obama’s first tax on the middle class.
There were dramatic revelations on the world stage last week concerning Iranian aspirations for the enrichment of uranium intent on developing a nuclear bomb. When the leaders of the USA, the United Kingdom and (of all nations) France (could you tell by Sarzoky's body language that he really didn't want to be there?) all stood on a platform together and collectively condemned Iran for their deception of world leaders and their 'good faith' efforts to work with Iran on this issue, a proverbial "line in the sand" was drawn. Then, in just a few short hours, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps quickly crossed that line when it launched what it called "Great Prophet 4" missiles to assess "recent development and tactical progress" in Iran's missile-defense systems, according to Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami.
News about Iran's uranium enrichment program was not really 'new,' for those who have followed the development of the Iranian nuclear program. We have known about this site for years. But what is 'new' is the action of the world of calling Iran on it, and on a WORLD STAGE no less! This was designed and planned to have as much impact as possible on the Iranians. Their response, launch "Great Prophet 4" missiles!
This tells us (at least it tells me) that Iran doesn't really care what the world thinks. As a matter of fact they seem to be following the beliefs and teachings of what some in the Islamic faith have called the "12th Imam," or the "Hidden Imam." Now most of you have probably never even heard of the 12th Imam but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (or as one commentator put it "I'm-a-nut-job") believes this doctrine to core of his soul. It's kind of like "the Rapture" in Christian circles. It's not found in the Scriptures as a book chapter and verse doctrine, but there are those who compile a conglomeration of verses and teach it as Christian doctrine. And those who believe in "the Rapture" REALLY believe it and will not be dissuaded from it. So it is with Islam and the 12th Imam.
Who Is The 12th Imam? Within the Shiite, (which is predominate in Iran), it is prophesied that there is a coming 12th Imam who is the great spiritual savior. This Imam is named Abu al-Qasim Muhammad or also called Muhammad al Mahdi. He is said to have been born the son of the 11th Imam, Hasan Al-Askari and his wife, the granddaughter of an Emperor. There are conflicting statements of her name being either Fatima or Nargis Khatoon.
Most accounts of the story say that al Mahdi went into hiding as a child around the age of 5 years (about 13th Century). It said he has been ‘in hiding’ in caves ever since but will supernaturally return just before the Day of Judgment.
According to the Hadith the criteria for the Hidden Imam are:
• He will be a descendant of Muhammad and the son of Fatima • Will have a broad forehead and pointed nose • Will return just before the end of the world • His appearance will be preceded by a number of prophetic events during 3 years of horrendous world chaos, tyranny and oppression • Will escape from Medina to Mecca, thousands will pledge allegiance to him • Will rule over the Arabs and the world for 7 years • Will eradicate all tyranny and oppression bringing harmony and total peace • Will lead a prayer in Mecca which Jesus will be at his side and follow him in
Thus the 12th Imam theory plays heavily into the world’s current concerns with Iran. The Shiite Muslim President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, is deeply committed to the Islamic Messiah, al Mahdi. There have been many through the years claiming to be the Hidden Imam but Ahmadinejad believes he is yet to come. He (I'm-a-nut-job) claims that he is to personally prepare the world for the coming Mahdi. And in order to save the world, it must be in a state of chaos and subjugation. Ahmadinejad claims he was “directed by Allah to pave the way for the glorious appearance of the Mahdi”. This apocalyptic perspective alludes to some very frightening implications with a man leading a country with a nuclear button just waiting to be pushed.
Add to this volatile mix, a group of world leaders who seem to be ready to join hands at the U.N. and sing "Kum By Ya" ending with a plea, "Can't we all just get along?" and you have a recipe for DISASTER on a global scale! (I don't know if disaster is a strong enough word?) Where is Winston Churchill when you NEED HIM?
The leaders of the USA, the United Kingdom and France (?) all seem to operate from the mistaken notion "people are really good at heart. They still harbor a naivete about the 'basic good' in man; allow me to indulge. I am a preacher and as such this dilemma about basic good, or basic evil has been at the center of my theological belief system. When asked in graduate school the question, "Is man basically good, or basically evil?" I could not answer the question for about a week. If good, then why Nazi Germany? Why do children lie when no one has taught them too? If evil, then why is there love? Why do these same children offer their most prized possessions to share with others? (I could go into greater detail but you get my point) After struggling with this dilemma I finally concluded that this was a false dichotomy. Men were neither basically good, nor were they basically evil, men are BORN basically SELFISH. That is why we have the propensity to evil, the propensity to sin and the propensity for good, for denial of self for the good of others, to learn to NOT BE SELFISH. The greatest selfish act is to take the life of my brother, the greatest unselfish act is to lay down my life for my friend, thus the Cross is the greatest good.
Obama and the rest of the world leaders FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THIS POINT! They work off the erroneous belief that men are "basically good at heart;" they are NOT!
ALL MEN ARE BORN SELFISH! All men are born with the propensity to sin! All men are BORN with the capability to commit sins against humanity! To commit CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY! Unless we are taught better. Unless we are taught to serve and sacrifice for the greater good instead of sacrificing the greater good for ourselves. Islam's teaching of the 12th Imam preaches the INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION of humanity in the name of Islam!
Yet We Continue This Tried and True Tactic:
The world continues to ignore the simple fact that as he has stated himself on several occasions, Ahmadinejad claims he was “directed by Allah to pave the way for the glorious appearance of the Mahdi”. The leaders of the world continue to refuse to take "I'm-a-nut-job" at his word. Thus, like Hitler before him, he will have to show the world that he REALLY MEANS EXACTLY what he says before anyone (other than Israel) will believe him.
Questions:
Does Obama have the intestinal fortitude to take the BOLD ACTION necessary to nip-it-in-the-bud (a la, Barney Fife) when no other president since Carter has had the stones to do so?
Will there be a NEXT TIME to tell the world, "We told you so last time" so that when the next time comes the world will FINALLY listen to a raving lunatic when he starts ranting and raving about eradicating people from the face of the earth?
Or does Qom (pronounced koom) spell doom for all of us?
