Feb 22 2010

Inconsolable Differences

Many Democrats now pugnaciously assert that, no matter what voters think, the Left is going to pass ObamaCare anyway… and you’ll jolly well like it, see!
Under this scenario, the House will simply pass the Senate version. Then, by abusing a procedure that is little understood (even by members of Congress) — and never intended [...]

Jan 22 2010

California Democrats Ache for Canadian/UK Style Government Health Care

A couple of days after Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts — a campaign primarily fought against ObamaCare — the California state senate will now consider imposing a single-payer, government-run, “universal” health-care scheme on the rest of us. Again.
I rib you not; state Sen. Mark Leno decided this was the perfect time to push a [...]

Dec 20 2009

Repealing Obamacare

C.K. MacLeod writes at Hot Air:

Dismantling, impeding, nullifying, and, in the end, fully repealing this bill does not require 60 Republicans or 60 conservatives: Greater legal, legislative, and historical minds than mine must already be studying the precedents and gaming the scenarios, but we can observe here that, if passing popular legislation in the [...]

Oct 14 2009

Now Comes the Hard Part

July came late this year.

In all the euphoria over the news that the Senate Finance
Committee has approved its version of health care legislation,
some context was missing. With a 60-vote majority in the Senate
and a 79-vote advantage in the House of Representatives, it was
all [...]

Oct 13 2009

Democrats to Curtail Free Speech

Byron York blows the whistle on Democratic legislation, about to be enacted by Congress, which purports to partially repeal the First Amendment:

The [hate] crime bill — which would broaden the protected classes for hate crimes to include sexual orientation and “gender identity,” which the bill defines as a victim’s “actual or perceived gender-related characteristics” — [...]

Sep 18 2009

The Forgotten San Franciscan

Just a brief, annoying Lizard lecture. Please pay no attention to this post; don’t bother reading it. It’s a complete waste of your time, I promise.
Ever since yesterday — when Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) tearfully warned us that Republicans plotted to launch a wave of political violence and assassination, [...]