The Democrats want this health care bill, even if the people don't. What a disaster.
Pelosi: 'I Have No Intention Of Not Passing This Bill'
At a roundtable meeting with several health care reporters and bloggers this morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi once again predicted final passage of a far-reaching heath care bill by week's end--but she insisted that success will only be possible if she acts quickly, even if that means members and reformers will have to abandon some of their key priorities, and trust the Senate to pass an amending bill through the reconciliation process.
"I have no intention of not passing this bill," Pelosi said in response to a question from TPMDC. "Let me say it in a positive way: I have faith in my members that we will be passing this legislation."
Pelosi explained away a statement by her Whip, James Clyburn, that the votes aren't there "yet," by noting that the bill is still not yet complete. But getting a majority won't be easy. No vote is easy, Pelosi said, and she'll need members to focus on the big picture--insurance for 31 million people--without getting distracted by the demise of the public option, or the fact that the Senate may not be able to deliver what they say they can in reconciliation, in order to get it done.
Robert Gibbs: Even if I have to personally break into the Smithsonian with a blowtorch and burn the Constitution, we will pass health care this week
I never, in my wildest imagination, thought that the Democrat Party would take it this far. That they would move so far to the left that even Hugo Chavez is stunned.
If you have any way to get to the Capitol Building, join the march on Tuesday to stop the slaughter of the U.S. Constitution.
No Taxation with Misrepresentation?
If Congress passes a takeover of health care via dubious means, flouting the consent of the governed, the consequences may be far more profound than dreamed by Reid, Pelosi, and Obama. In addition to violating the spirit and perhaps the letter of the Constitution by changing the House rules to deem that the Senate Health Care Bill has passed, Speaker Pelosi is now thinking about folding the federal government's takeover of students loans into the process. I'll leave the discussion of the finer points of constitutionality of this power-grab to those with more expertise in the matter. My own thinking is that with this latest outrage, better political guidance may be found in the Declaration of Independence.
But when a long Train of abuses and Usurpations pursing invariably the same Object evinces a Design to reduce then under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security.
If the Congressmen who found their town hall meetings last summer contentious actually vote to pass this abomination, it's a sure bet that they ain't seen nothing yet when it comes to constituents with their dander up. Nor do I think that some citizens will be willing to wait for November's election to let the full extent of their displeasure be known.
I am sure that I am not alone in wondering whether I have any civil obligation to obey the laws that this Congress would pass in the manner being contemplated. If they continue to express their contempt for the Constitution as they attempt to amass power, how can I adequately express my contempt with them?
In their quest to force an unsustainable European-style health care system on America, Obama, Pelosi, and Reid may end up creating something entirely unexpected: American ingenuity and can-do attitude wedded to an Italian sensibility towards tax evasion. Should that attitude take hold as more than a short-term reaction to an injustice that can be corrected with the next election, this nation may well become ungovernable.
open letters to our chickenshits in congress ... the "slaughter solution" ...
friends, buy guns and buy ammo, and lay in a proper store of potables, canned veggies, canned meats, and other fat laden edibles. and, i would also suggest all the rice, flour, pastas and canned butter substitutes you can lay your hands on: butter flavored crisco will do. buy gallons and gallons of olive & soy oil, and more peanut butter than you could ever conceive of eating, in two lifetimes. and, do not forget dehydrated potatoes, … , mashed, au gratin or scalloped. ummers.
it is going to come to that.
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dear speaker pelosi:
if the house of representative "passes" health care "reform" on the "slaughter solution," please be advised that such will be in derogation of your obligations as a member of congress to entered a recorded vote on the merits of such a "bill."
i believe the process patently unconstitutional.
i also believe it to be a usurpation of dictatorial power by the democratic party.
it will not stand. and, you incite civil war.
