Comments on: From Boulder (of all places!) Comes a Hero?

By: GayPatriot » Media Uses Obama’s Words to Show His Emphasis Fiscal Restraint:(giving shorter shrift to his deeds)

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:00:22 +0000

[...] week when Nick praised Boulder, Colorado’s Congressman Jared Polis for penning an op-ed in the Wall Stre…, . . . not ready to call the guy a hero. So, what if he writes a letter? Obama promised to go [...]

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:33:04 +0000

This is the closest thing to a current health care thread, so here goes: Courtesy of HotAir, a wise man reminds us what is wrong with socialized medicine, and how lefties have been angling to pass it for decades. (Short version: Reagan.)

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:50:51 +0000

This is the closest thing to a current health care thread, so here goes: Courtesy of Libertyblog, we have a glimpse into the future of health care. (Short version: Government doctor botches patient's life horribly; patient can't sue anybody, because it's the government.)

By: V the K

V the K — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:48:47 +0000

President Transparency delays mid-summer budget report, because it shows he's effing the budget worse than anyone imagined.

By: keegan

keegan — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:16:08 +0000

As some one who grew up in Boulder and lives in Denver, I’m not really a fan of Polis. He seems to me to be too much of a loose cannon. I know he had that protest at the movie theatre in Boulder, after prop 8. I’m not really down with people protesting businesses like that, churches or private residences. Also, didn’t he go off on some bankers at a hearing? Dunno. I also watched his campaign vids on youtube, and some of the stuff he says is just flat wrong. A lot of green bs. Sorry!

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:44:59 +0000

O.k. Here’s the visual agitation:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iT-rFtaypv4lw4THgXLU1Q?feat=directlink

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:39:10 +0000

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By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:09:43 +0000

if socialized medicine isn’t fought mainly on the moral battlefield rather than merely the fiscal one, we’ll all reach the same undesirable goal eventually. The President’s and Speaker’s premises aren’t being challenged — only the means of payment.

Thank you Iggy – Something that I’ve been saying for years.

By: V the K

V the K — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:48:09 +0000

So the millions of unemployed get the “shovel ready” jobs. Turns out they’re digging graves for those who benefitted from Obama care.

Good line. I’m ripping it off.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:42:47 +0000

I think Obama used that line, I wrote letters. Sorry, once voted into office writing letters is meaningless.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:41:59 +0000

Actions speak louder than words. When he votes against the healthcare bill let me know and I’ll take notice of him.
Till then he is simply another politician who thinks that writing letters is more important than standing by his principles with real votes.

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:30:16 +0000

So the millions of unemployed get the “shovel ready” jobs. Turns out they’re digging graves for those who benefitted from Obama care. But Jared convinced Queen Nan to buy Craftsman rather than Ampco and they saved a bundle from not having to buy backhoes.

YAY!

By: ThomasD

ThomasD — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:43:47 +0000

From memory,

Calvin: Hobbes, do you think our morality is defined by our actions or by what is in our hearts?

Hobbes: I believe our actions show what’s in our hearts.

Calvin: I resent that.

The Representative needs to demonstrate his words through deeds (aka votes) otherwise it’s all just empty talk.

By: Ignatius

Ignatius — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:59:10 +0000

I skimmed the letter and it’s a plea for protection, not a fundamental philosophical impasse. Any voices for fiscal sanity are appreciated, but if socialized medicine isn’t fought mainly on the moral battlefield rather than merely the fiscal one, we’ll all reach the same undesirable goal eventually. The President’s and Speaker’s premises aren’t being challenged — only the means of payment. Well, they are Democrats.

Ironically, Obama views the current Congressional complexion as a window of opportunity and his slash-and-burn approach may actually work against his goals rather than the usually more successful drip, drip, drip approach.

By: V the K

V the K — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:53:18 +0000

Meanwhile, Chairman Zero's War on Capitalism rages on. The latest casualties: 1,000 defense workers lose their jobs because of Obama's defense cuts. Maybe they can get "green jobs" processing pig sh-t into methane for Master Blaster's energy plant. Oh, wait. No, methane's a greenhouse gas. I guess they're SOL.

By: JP

JP — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:49:31 +0000

then again. . .
He is voting how she wants while deriding what he is voting for. I’d feel more warm fuzzies if he was actually voting fiscally responsible. But making the claim “We need to protect Small Business” and then voting to kill small business with Cap and Tax, Porkulous, and sounds like he is on board for Deathcare, is just so much mouth noise.