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I know that many disgruntled Republicans are chanting "Repeal and Replace" as their slogan for the November elections to overturn this immensly unpopular health care legislation.

I have a better idea. "Repeal and Move On."

The idea of repeal is sound. The concept of replace is not. This establishes that the original premise was correct - (1) that we have a health care crisis (not until Obama created it during the campaign in classic progressive fashion), (2) that people want major legislation (they only want lower costs and more competition), (3) that there are tens of millions unisured (subtracting illegal immigrants and those choosing not to be insured, the number is probably much less than 10 million), and (4) Congress can fix it (they are prohibited by the Constitution from passing any health care legislation).

Now if we want more competition, Congress can use the cmmerce claise and open up interstate competition. We here a lot of talk abouit tort reform also, but that is a State issue. Congress is not eligible to handle this one either.

So to the Congressional Class elected on November 2nd, and lead in January by someone other than Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, your first order of business is to repeal HR 3590 with a veto-proof vote.

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People say that the health care bill was necessary because everyone needs to be insured. They don't like the present practice of uninsured people going to the emergency room for treatment and then having that cost passed along and amortized across the base of insured policyholders.

I have no problem with it - especially if the alternate is the utopian plan to insure everyone, which can't be done.

But what about all of the other inequities? Where is the outrage there?

I pay for schools and teachers yet don't use those services. I pay for mass transit and don't use them. We all pay for welfare, ADC, SSI, unemployment benefits, and on and on. We pay to keep people in jail. All of us who drive pay for the damage caused by uninsured motorists, too.

Many of us have life insurance, auto insurance, diability insurance, and other policies. We don't plan on collecting on any of them, and yet we pay the premiums faithfully.

We have umbrella, E & O, and workers comp policies. Again, no plans to have them kick-in.

Statistics show that nearly everyone who goes to the emergency room has insurance anyway. For the few that don't have insurance that go to the emergency room, why do you suppose they don''t have insurance? Could it be they can't afford it? Could it be that even when they are required to carry it that they still can't afford it and we'll (as taxpayers) have to continue to subsidize them?

Leave well enough alone. Repeal this ugly health care bill - and the student loan deal appended to it.

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Nancy Pelosi, oblivious to the disdain that the American people have for Congress and for this health care bill that is being voted on - and willing to negate generations of free enterprise and freedom of choice in this country, feels emboldened. She proclaims that "we are doing this for the American people." From where I sit, it looks like they are doing this to the American people.

Give Round One to Pelosi, Obama, Reid, and their followers. Round Two will go to the people on November 2nd. Could even be a TKO.

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I have mused about the idea of a million or so Americans showing up at the Capitol and blocking access the building by Members of Congress - telling them their services are no longer needed and to go home until further notice. After all, it is our building, and they work for us. They just have a very funny way of showing it.

Well, my dream has become a reality. Republican Representative Steven King of Iowa - obviously one of the good guys that Iowans can vote to retain - has organized a Tea Party protest and rally at noon Saturday at the Capitol. The point is tell everyone entering the building to vote "NO" on HR 3590 (the health care bill) whenever it finally comes up for a vote.

Guesstimates are that the vote could happen late Sunday. How sacrilegious is this? Holding a Sunday session and then voting on a Sunday for legislation that is patently unconstitutional and overwhelmingly undesired? This couldn't wait a few more days?

Kudos to Steve King and anyone who can join him on Saturday.

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Congress and the President - especially the President - are setting such a poor example for the county and the rest of the world on this health care legislation. What are our nation's youth supposed to think? What are the people in the world that we are trying to impress supposed to think?

We are sending an unequivocal message that the ends are all that matters and that we can use any means possible - even unconstitutional, downright trickery, bribery, vote buying, tampering, and anything else - as long as the vote comes out in their favor.

And, after more than a year, the passage of this bill is so urgent, and so fragile, that the vote has to be take on a Sunday and the President had to cancel (after first just postponing it) a major international trip. I guess he feels he can't trust people to vote the right way unless he is here to oversee it - and add his last second pressure.

This Slaughter Rule where the House can pass a rule and that substitutes for voting on the bill because it was "deemed" to be passed at the same time is nothing short of brilliant (if you favor it) and nothing short of dishonest and a violation of the their Oath oif Office (if you have a bigger view).

Gibbs was asked today whether Obama, being the Constitutional expert that he is (or is supposed to be), would sign the health care bill if it was deemed into existence by this provision. Gibbs answered "yes" without even hesitating. Makes you wonder if Obama didn't think of this rule first.

However, 35 States - so far - have or are voting to nullify any provisions in this bill that would require compliance by them.

Stay tuned.

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How many more deals are going to be made to buy the number of votes needed to pass the hugely unpopular and totally unconstitutional health care bill HR 3590?

Dennis Kucinich gets a plane ride, Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa get the water turned back on in Central California, both Nelsons (ben and Bill) sell out, Landreau does, and on and on.

What ever happened to being principled? Even if you and I disagree, I can still respect you if you stand up for what you believe.

However, all of the wheeling and dealing may not even matter. Pelosi may still come up short and then have to slaughter the bill with the Slaughter Solution - I'd love to slaughter the bill by putting it in the shredder.

Nancy likes the Slaughter Solution because it saves them the embarrassment of having to vote for such a horrendous bill. Now they can just "deem" it into existence and no one gets their hands dirty.

If you don't want to vote, if that's asking too much, if that's too tough for you, why did you run for office? I think we'll deem your seat vacant and get a Congress that will oppose this bill.

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Remember a year ago when Obama said the complete health care bill (ready for his signature) had to be passed before the Easter recess - and Reid and Pelosi were willing facilitaors? We're there again - a year later.

Obviously, that didn't happen. Then it was Memorial Day. Then Labot Day. Then Thanksgiving. Finally, the House - with a margin of only 2 votes to spare - passed the bill on Novemebr 7. This proved just how popular this bill is, passing with the narrowest of margins.

Then, on to the Senate where Senate leaders said it could not possibly be voted on until 2010. Never underestimate Harry Reid. He held 2 very rare Sunday sessions and held a nearly unprecedented vote on Christmas Eve to pass the Senate version.

What is it with this "hurry and pass it" mentality? No one has read the bills in their entirety - partly because that just isn't done in Congress and partly because the ink still isn't dry. Changes are being made constantly.

Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that they'll have to pass it to find out what's in it? Can you believe that?

Well Obama wants a vote in the House next Thursday - a week from today - on March 18 - the day before he leaves for Australia. Can't it wait? Guess not.

Congress recesses on the 26th for Easter and Passover. It is felt that if it doesn't pass now that it probably won't as lawmakers will find it had to continue to ignore public opinion going into the election season.

That is the best news I heard so far about this bill.

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It was one year ago today, that the President Obama began the push for getting his massive health care reform plan passed. In some 3-4 more weeks, a vote is possible. Looking equally as possible right now is that there will no vote and this proposal will just stall. 

Remember how it originally had to passed by last Spring and then the Christmas Eve vote and all of the other urgency?

The President has said that this is his last big push - if this doesn't get it done he move on to something else.

While I don't know what else he can propose after the bailouts, the health care, and the cap and trade, that we could possibly like, as long as health care is a dead issue, I guess we can tackle the next challenge.

I sure hope we can take him at his word on this. It will be nice to see this just die away and not be the topic of everyday conversation.

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The President is behaving like a desperate man - as if panicking that his beloved health care makeover plan won't pass.

He continues his relentless speeechmaking and now is throwing in everything he can think of to try to win converts.

Did you hear the latest? This plan will give American more control. That one is too funny to even address.

He cites Medicare losing money and on the brink of bankruptcy, yet the Senate plan robs from it. Can't have it both ways.

Aside from health care being unconstitutional, aside from it being an egregious spending plan, and aside from it being something we don't want, the begging, pleading, and pandering continue. Not too becoming to the Chief Executive.

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If Obama passes his health care plan without a single contributing vote from the Republicans, we'll see it for exactly what it is - a big spending, deficit enriching, potentially bankrupting, unconstitutional attempt to do what shouldn't be done. So don't you dare participate, Republicans. This way it also will be easiser to repeal in January.

OK, so now the President is all-of-a-sudden open to including 5 provisions that Republicans wanted. Do you really think he wants them included? Or do you think he just wants his plan passed and will do and say whatever he has to to get the votes?

I'm going with the latter. This is another great reason to steer clear of supporting this.

Next year, if the new Republican Congress wants to consider health care reform - and they may not want to do it - they can start from scratch. My suggestion - if you do write something keep it under 10 pages.

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