IN THE ASHES OF THE HEALTH CARE BATTLE

When John McCain called Washington “The City of Satan,” he hit the nail squarely on the head.

Well, they lied, manipulated, disinformed, misinformed, bribed and threatened their way until they got what they championed as the greatest thing to hit America since sliced bread. If it was so damned good, why did they have to resort to these tactics in order to get the passage? 

Just so you know, (and no one will dispute these things):

(1) They convinced America this bill will only cost $940 billion over a ten year period, but that’s because we’ll be paying for it for four years before t kicks in. The actual cost of operation for a ten year period beginning in year four, when it’s fully operational, will be over $2 trillion. Where in God’s name are we going to get this money?

(2) Illegal immigrants will be covered after they pass the new immigration reform bill that will provide amnesty. That’s 12 million more people on the plan who are not in the CBO calculations.

(3) The “doctor fix” has already been agreed to, back in December, and will now be enacted into law and will cost another $200 billion that is not in the CBO calculations.

(4) The White House is already admitting that the Executive Order banning public funding of abortions isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. So, America’s Catholics and others who object to abortion are now forced by law into paying for them.

(5) There is absolutely no, zero, zilch provision anywhere in this legislation that will reduce or contain costs.

There’s a litany of other things fundamentally wrong with this legislation. For one thing, the manner in which it was accomplished is contrary to the Constitution. We as Americans should be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in total outrage instead of sitting here crying in our beer. I’ve said for several weeks that this changed into being a battle of the wills between American citizens and an overbearing, oppressive government. If you think I’m exaggerating, ask yourselves why the President and Congress have decided that the provisions of this bill will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service; that’s about as oppressive as you can get.

You know what? I, for one, am not going to roll over and play dead. I will fight this travesty, this treason against our Constitution, with every last dying breath in my body. I know that it was because of the uproar of the citizens in the final days of this legislation that they huddled behind closed doors and refused to stand up and voice their votes when the time came. They have looked into the eyes of citizens who are madder than hell, and they have felt fear.

This is a time for men and women of principle, Americans who believe in God and their country, to stand firmly together and to rise to the occasion that our forefathers knew we would one day face. We owe it to them and to our children to work together to remove this scourge that is infesting our country. On September 11, 2001, patriotism spread across this nation and we stood side-by-side in the face of adversity. We now need to do it again.

We cannot allow ourselves to be the ones to blame for the demise of America. As for me, I’m not giving up; I’m just getting started.