Of course, by “worms” I mean “(big “L”) Liberal democrats in the White House and Congress” and by “turned” I mean “developed complete amnesia over the last 48 hours and expect all the world to see them as rosy cheeked, bi-partisan, can’t-we-all-just-get-along centrists, forgetting the last 12 months of extreme, leftist, socialist, bare-knuckled bullying.”

After months and months of wrangling, strong-arming, and flat out bribing members of their own party to vote in favor of what I will hear-to-after refer to as OPRAH (Obama-Pelosi-Reid Abomination of Healthcare), the tone has suddenly and dramatically changed.

Exhibit A:

From Monday, January 18th…

House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, told reporters in California Monday that the legislation would move forward not matter what.

“Let’s remove all doubt,” Ms. Pelosi said. “We will have health care one way or another. … Certainly the dynamic will change depending on what happens in Massachusetts,” Ms. Pelosi said. “Just the question of how we would proceed. But it doesn’t mean we won’t have a health care bill.”

From Wednesday, January 20th…

Abandoning the health care overhaul is not an option, a senior White House official said. Questioned about the fate of health care legislation, David Axelrod said, “It’s not an option simply to walk away from a problem that’s only going to get worse.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to acknowledge [compromise or abandonment] as a possibility.  “Massachusetts has health care. … The rest of the country would like to have that too,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said. “So we don’t say a state that already has health care should determine whether the rest of the country should. We will get the job done. I’m very confident. I’ve always been confident,” she added.

And now, Exhibit B:

From today, Thursday, January 21st…

“There are certain things the members simply cannot support,” Pelosi said. She cited the tax on so-called “Cadillac” insurance plans, and the special perks for Nebraska as major grievances. “I don’t think it’s possible to pass the Senate bill in the House,” Pelosi said. “I don’t see the votes for it at this time.”

George Stephanopoulos’ Exclusive Interview with President Obama, release this morning (abridged)…

Obama: I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on. [ed. “Those elements” do not exist.]

Stephanopoulos: So start again with a smaller core package?

Obama: Well, look, I’m not going to get into the legislative strategy. [ed. This is an important non-denial. He’s washing his hands, yet again, of the dirty work.]

The Scott Brown election has shifted the Democratic machine into full reverse. Check out this quote from staunch Liberal whacko John Kerry welcoming his new colleague to the Hill.

“You have to work across the aisle here to make things happen,” said Kerry. “There have got to be some basic things here that we can all agree on.”

For the last 50 years or so, the only thing any Massachusetts senator has ever done “across the aisle” is throw rocks and daggers.

Remember this, children. Don’t forget. Burn it into your memory. When Liberals got full control of the White House and both houses of Congress, that ran, nay, sprinted as far left as fast as they could. So far, in fact, that many of their own ranks were scared out of voting with them because they knew that their constituents would run them out of town an a rail come election day.

There was no bipartisanship. There was no transparency. There was no compromise. It was balls-to-the-wall socialism and God have mercy on any soul that dared stand in their way. These people have a one track mind and that track is to collect as much power as possible as quickly as possible. You will see over the next 10 months, and, if we’re lucky, the next decade these same people wringing their hands and wailing over how we all must learn to work together and compromise and get along.

IT… IS… AN… ACT! It’s a mask. The man has gone back behind the curtain and fully expects us to believe in Oz again. DON’T FOLLOW ALONG!! Get these people out of our government as fast as you can.

We must remember this day each and every time we step up to an election booth and never let this happen again.

It seems like every day I see another nail added to the global warming coffin. This one was particularly good. Good enough to be blog-worthy.

The Un scientific panel for global warming proselytation, known as the IPCC, will very likely be forced to retract a warning that the Himalayas will be ice free by 2035.

The official Un report was based on a single scientific article published ten years ago which was, in turn, based on a single telephone interview with an Indian scientist who, in turn, based his information on an unpublished and unreviewed report, which, as it turns out, did not mention any specific date for the Himalayan glaciers to melt. That same Indian scientist now admits that the data from his interview was “speculation” and was not supported by any formal research.

Good job, Un. With this kind of rigorous scientific investigation, you’re doing the skeptics job for them. Keep up the good work!

Clicky clicky for the Times (UK) article.

Ok folks. I’ve been hording up links for years and putting this off for far too long. Today, I read a story that broke the polar bear’s back. (Don’t worry. It’s linked below.)

Are you ready for the news flash? Here it is:

The global warming crisis is a lie!

There. Now, don’t you feel better? No? Ok. How about this:

The hole it the ozone layer is a lie!

Still not feeling all warm and fuzzy? Ok.

The acid rain crisis is a lie!

The end of fossil fuels is a lie!

The dangers of coal and nuclear energy is a lie!

The extinction of the whales is a lie!

The deforestation crisis is a lie!

The global over-population crisis is a lie!

Are you starting to see a pattern yet? Well. Let me spell it out for you, just to be sure.

All, yes each and every one, of the above manufactured, sky-is-falling catastrophes were created by, more or less, the same people, for, more or less, the same reason. There are people in this world who truly and religiously believe that mankind is a virus. That you and me and our TVs and our running water and our big fast-food-fed butts are enemies of their beloved Earth. These people really and truly believe that the only way to save their blessed planet is to reverse human productivity, progress, comfort, and happiness (and thus reduce human population).

You might think I’m exaggerating, but, sadly, I’m just scratching the surface. Now, I’m not going to go into all of the psychosis and human-hating logic. All I want to do in this post is expose their modus operandi.

Here’s how it works:

1. The current eco-crisis of the day begins to lose favor when the supposed catastrophe doesn’t materialize, or the media starts to lose interest, or actual scientists manage to find their way into the main stream far enough to debunk the scare tactics.
2. A new eco-crisis must be created and it must meet the following criteria:
   1. It must be tangible. It has to be something people can point to and/or touch and say, “See! The sky IS falling!” (ex. “Hurricane Katrina was awful! Darn that global warming!”)
   2. It must be something impossible (or at least very difficult) to disprove. (ex. “How can you say there is no such thing as acid rain. Prove it!”)
   3. It must be something so terrible that it would cause (were it true) human suffering on a massive scale. (ex. “If we cut down all the trees, there will be no more oxygen for your children to breath!”)
   4. The only possible solution to the crisis must involve curtailing, taxing, regulating, or in some other way decreasing human convenience. (ex. “The only way to save the world is for you to sell your big, safe, convenient SUV and buy a cardboard tissue box with wheels.”)
   5. As an added bonus, the crisis and it’s imaginary resolution should be profitable for the people who join the cause. This way, they’ll be well funded and/or carry political clout that can be spent on the next eco-crisis when this one peters out. (ex.**ALBERT FREAKING GORE**)
3. Now, to get the word out. Conveniently, 90% of the Lame-Stream Media is populated by ex-Berkeley-hippies who thrive on sensationalizing suffering and making everyone who is happy feel guilty about it.
4. After it’s had some time to soak in the nightly news… You know, a pseudo-scientific report here, bit of clever video editing there… It’s time for Mr. Smith to head to Washington. Thank goodness that politicians build their careers on public sentiment rather than facts.
5. Now that this newly minted crisis is in the forefront and; through careful planning, back-door deals, and out-and-out fraud; the critics have been kept at bay (ex. “Denying global warming is on par with denying the Holocaust!“); it’s time to brain wash the children. Make sure that all the cartoons and kids shows are reinforcing our crisis. “Remember kids, your mommy’s SUV is polluting the sky and killing cuddly wuddly polar bears! We may have to cancel Christmas!“
6. At this point, just ride the wave, collect as much fame and money as you can before the crisis-de-jour begins to ebb.
7. Rinse and repeat.

I want you to look this over carefully. I want you to really internalize it. Study it. Know it. Why? Because I am now certain that we are at the tipping point. In the next few years, global warming is going to peter out.

It’s very likely dead already…
– “Climategate”
– “Gore either lying or just terribly stupid”
– And the final nail: “The Mini-Ice-Age has begun”

But this time, thanks to smart people like you and me, and thanks to this marvelous series of tubes, things might just go a little differently.

See, the global warming crisis set a new precedent and it wasn’t a good one for the Earth hugging human haters. This was the first post-internet crisis. For the first time in human history, everyone, millions upon millions of people, have access to the new main stream medium. Smart people with real data can now tell the world the truth. In the next decade, more people will get their information from right here on the web than from the talking heads on the nightly news. Finally, there will be no filtering, no spinning, no iron-fisted control of the facts.

Plus, for the first time, you’ll be able to link back to my posts about the folly of global warming as you, on your blog, tell your readers about the equal folly of whatever is coming next. Let’s just hope it’s more creative than global cooling. Cuz, seriously, how many times are they going to try that? (Hint: I’ve already posted about it here.)

The whole God-In-Christmas debate was conspicuously absent in 2009. I saw “Merry Christmas” prominently displayed on sales material from stores that, in the past, notoriously avoided the phrase. Every place I spent my money (and I spent a lot of money) my “Merry Christmas” greeting was responded to in turn. Maybe we reached a tipping point with all the hubbub in 2008. Maybe the “politically correct” minority in this country have finally returned to the back of the bus. I’d sure like to think so. Now, if we can just get our government to reach the same epiphany.

Merry Christmas to you, and a happy and prosperous 2010. (That’s “Twenty-Ten!”)

Tindog posted a thought-provoking article about the motivation of the “Pilgrims” on his blog. And, yes, it provoked my thoughts. “Hey, you thoughts! You’re momma dresses you funny!” No… No, not like that. Sorry.

He asked (edited for brevity):

Would I have the courage and faith to put my family onto a ship … leave everything I have, everything I know to start over completely from scratch … and do it all, not for the chance to strike it rich, but because it was what God was instructing me to do. Honestly, … I don’t know if I could let go of my house, my car, my stuff, my safe and comfortable life and trade it for an uncertain and potentially disastrous future. And not just me, but choose that path for my wife and daughters, too.

I certainly understand his sentiment, but might I posit the following:

To really compare your faith and grit to that of the Puritan Pilgrims, you have to submerge yourself into their time and predicament. Tindog correctly recalls that the reason they left the comforts of home was that they “believed that the Church of England had become so tainted by politics and man-made doctrine that it was beyond reform.” In fact, the Church of England, and it’s chief (the King) didn’t take kindly to criticism and severely persecuted the Puritans. (ref: Wikipedia)

So the real question becomes: Would you be able to risk your comfort, health and safety (and that of your family) if the State (and by that I mean governing body with the power to take all of those things away from you anyway) insisted that your religion was not only false, but an affront to said State, and that same State had every intention of doing all in it’s power to stamp out your religion even if it meant jailing or killing you or your family?

I think the answer just got a lot more elementary.

And all this brings me to one (of the many) major news item I missed during my absence last week, the Manhattan Declaration (click the image for the official website).

Please, no matter what your religious belief or affiliation, read the declaration. It will only take a few minutes. If, after you’ve read it, you find that you agree, sign it, then live it.

In short, the Manhattan Declaration is a historical, unprecedented statement of unity among the various Christian faiths in the U.S. It establishes that, regardless of our differences, Christians must stand up against government and cultural pressure and stand for 1) the sanctity of all human life, 2) the sanctity of marriage, and 3) the right of religious expression. It also recognizes that, at times, non-violent civil disobedience may be required in order to maintain our religious beliefs. I don’t mean to sound like a doom-and-gloom conspiracy theorist, but there may yet come a day where we Christians must make that Puritanical decision to turn our back on comfort, health and safety in obedience to God. God help us if it comes to that. (But don’t worry. He will.)

Why does all the great blog-worthy new happen when I’m out of town. I’m typing this from my phone so I must be brief.

Please take some time to google The Manhattan Declaration.

Also the global qarming hoax exposed by leaked emails. If this gets the press it deserves, the GW scam is dead at last.

This is just too awesome to not post. (Sorry, I had to make it fit. Click the image for full size.)

What makes this a little bit sweeter is that I could totally see this happening in my neighborhood!

If she accomplishes nothing else (unlikely), Sarah Palin has made this valuable contribution to the American lexicon. I, for one, am going to incorporate this new term immediately and often.

Speaking on Sean Hannity’s radio show, Palin said that “Some on the left, that lamestream media, they’re contradicting what I wrote in the book.”

Hannity jumped in to ask, “Did you say lamestream media?”

“Yeah, lamestream,” Palin responded.

This is a must see for every American, especially every American who voted for the Bronco Bomber. The Golden Child’s Golden Lawyer, Attorney General Eric Holder gets thoroughly and soundly spanked by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). In six minutes, the administrations terrorist pampering policy is exposed for the pile of monkey hurlage it is. What I really like is the first 15 seconds when Holder’s smug mug is slapped off his face by a very simple, but telling question.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, Holder has decided that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (a.k.a. KSM), the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, should not be tried in a military court, but rather a U.S. federal court, were all the privileges of our legal system, and all the rights granted to you and me by the U.S. Constitution will be applied to this monster who hates those very rights with every fiber of his being.

In other words, we’re going to take the guy who has confessed to hatching the plan that killed 3000 Americans, and we’re going to give him a lawyer who will get every shred of evidence we have dismissed because of various legal technicalities and he’ll end up walking free. What’s worse, this will set a legal president that every other terrorist we capture will be able to claim in order to get the same treatment.

I don’t know about you, but that seems to be the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard and the moron who conceived it needs to be throttled. Let the throttling commence:

My favorite U.S. Senator, John Cornyn, sent out a very informative email last week. I thought I would pass on some excerpts along with my own comments.

“If you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have health insurance…nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have. Let me repeat this: Nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have.” – President Barack Obama, Joint Address To Congress, Washington, September 9, 2009.

Trick or Treat? Trick!

This plan will cause millions of Americans to lose their current health insurance plan and be forced onto the government-run health care plan. See: Lewin Group Analysis of the July 15 draft of the American Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (PDF).

Essentially what this study finds is that, by undercutting the allowed payments to doctors and hospitals (by $billions), the “public option” would cut costs for employers and your employer would very likely accept the lower cost in exchange for lower quality of care. If you are covered by your employer’s health insurance, your coverage WILL change.

“These steps will ensure that you — America’s seniors — get the benefits you’ve been promised. They will ensure that Medicare is there for future generations… I will protect Medicare.” – President Barack Obama, Joint Address To Congress, Washington, September 9, 2009.

Trick or Treat? Trick!

This plan guts the already bankrupt Medicare program of nearly a half-trillion dollars. Millions of seniors will see their Medicare benefits reduced. See: CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, Letter to Sen. Baucus, P.21, 22, 23, 10/7/09 (PDF).

The way I read it, by covering millions more Americans with Medicare, this health care reform would break the back of the already weak Medicare system. In an attempt to band-aid Medicare in the short term, this plan would cut Medicare payments by hundreds of billions of dollars.

“My universal health care plan brings down the cost of health care…and will save the typical family up to $2500 a year on their premiums.” – Then-Candidate Barack Obama, Remarks, Wisconsin, February 13, 2008.

Trick or Treat? Trick!

Every independent analysis of this plan has found it would raise premiums for middle-class families. See: Oliver Wyman, “Insurance Reforms Must Include a Strong Individual Mandate and Other Key Provisions to Ensure Affordability, October 14, 2009 (PDF).

This one’s pretty simple. If you open the doors to people with sever health problems (because this reform bill requires all health insurance companies to cover anyone regardless of health or pre-existing conditions) then all insurance companies will be forced to raise their rates to cover the sudden and dramatic rise in costs. The same is true for everyone who enrolls in the “public option.” Congress’ solution? “Strong mandates and meaningful penalties” for healthy people who don’t want insurance. If you are healthy enough that you’d prefer not to carry insurance (and just pay out of pocket), then you can expect to be seriously penalized (that’s Liberal speak for taxed).

“I will not sign [a bill] if it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future, period.” – President Barack Obama, Joint Address To Congress, Washington, September 9, 2009.

Trick or Treat? Trick!

No matter how they spin it or spread it around, there is no way to pass a $1.8 trillion bill without adding a dime to the deficit. In fact, the first vote on health care reform was on a measure that would have added $300 billion to the national debt.

“Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase.” – Then-Candidate Barack Obama, Remarks, New Hampshire, September 12, 2008.

Trick or Treat? Trick!

This plan increases taxes by more than $400 billion. If you have insurance, you’ll be taxed. If you don’t have insurance, you’ll be taxed. If you use a medical device such as a hearing aid, you’ll be taxed. If you’re a small business and you can’t afford benefits for your employees, you’ll be taxed. If you take prescriptions, you’ll be taxed. See: CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, Letter To Sen. Baucus, P.5, 10/7/09; “Estimated Revenue Effects Of The Revenue Provisions Contained In Title VI Of The ‘America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009,'” Joint Committee On Taxation, P.2, 10/8/09 (PDF).

According to the document linked, there will be hundreds of billions of dollars in “penalties” for individuals, employers, health care providers, and private insurers. Again, just because Liberals call them “penalties” doesn’t make them anything less than taxes.

“This plan will finally offer you quality, affordable choices.” – President Barack Obama, Joint Address To Congress, Washington, September 9, 2009.

Trick or Treat? Trick!

This plan restricts an additional 14 million Americans to Medicaid – as their only option for health care. At least 40% of doctors in this country won’t even see Medicaid patients and research shows Medicaid patients suffer worse health outcomes compared to those covered by private insurance. See: CBO’s Preliminary Analysis of the Chairman’s Mark for the America’s Healthy Future Act, as Amended, 10/7/09 (PDF).

Personally, I have only one thing to say with regard to this health care reform. Keep yer dang hands off my health care!