Naturally, there has been a veritable avalanche of commentary on Obama’s big health care speech the other day. Under doctor’s orders, I gave it a miss, though I later glanced over a transcript. The general consensus, so far as I could tell from a random sampling, was that it was well delivered but short on detail and, finally, not the sort of speech that would convince anyone not already convinced.
There have been some excellent dissections — I think, for example, of Thomas Sowell’s astringent column contrasting Obama’s rhetoric with that most uncommon virtue, common sense. Many people noted the irony of Obama complaining about the “lies” and misrepresentations of his planned government takeover of health care while he blithely indulged in various truth-economies himself. As Sowell notes, “To tell us, with a straight face, that he can insure millions more people without adding to the already skyrocketing deficit, is world-class chutzpa and an insult to anyone’s intelligence. To do so after an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office has already showed this to be impossible reveals the depths of moral bankruptcy behind the glittering words.”
As usual, Sowell’s column is a model of clarity and perspicacity. Do read it. But the really tremendous piece on the speech is by Shikha Dalmia, an senior analyst for Reason Foundation, who took off the gloves, stepped up to the plate, and scored a touchdown (I am an equal opportunity sports referrer) with her Forbes column “Obama’s Health Care Plan: Put Up And Shut Up.”
The speech, Dalmia observed, showed the American people “the policy equivalent of the middle finger.” Exactly.
Obama came to power promising a new era of “post-partisan” governance in which comity and bi-partisanship would rule. But, as Dalmia notes, “If there was anything bipartisan about the speech it was that he embraced every bad big-government idea from both sides. If he prevails, the American public won’t get “choice and competition” as he proclaimed, but a one-size-fits-all government-prescribed health care plan that it dare not refuse and dare not challenge.”
I like this lady. She tells it as it is.
Perhaps the most striking–and disturbing–thing about the speech was the unblinking confidence Obama exuded while breaking key campaign promises he made to voters. He had raked poor Hillary Clinton over the coals for admitting that her road to universal coverage was paved with an individual mandate. “Everyone would be forced to buy coverage, even if you can’t afford it,” warned Obama in an ad. “You pay a penalty if you don’t.”
Yet, there he was last night scolding “individuals who can afford coverage but game the system by avoiding responsibility.” Never mind that the prime gamers are not the uninsured (whose unpaid bills cost “the system” less than $40 billion every year) but the underinsured covered by Medicare and Medicaid (whom private insurers cross-subsidize to the tune of over $90 billion annually because the government refuses to pay the full cost of their care). Still, he hectored: “Improving our health care system works only if everybody does their part.”
Many commentators seem obsessed with the minutiae of the various health care proposals. They do not realize that “reforming” health care, or health care insurance, is merely the pretext for an almost unimaginable increase of government interference in your life. Dalmia has a few examples.
Obama didn’t say exactly how he would make “everyone do their part”–a question he posed repeatedly to Hillary. But his buddy Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has some rather well-developed ideas on that score. Baucus has proposed a bill that would force the uninsured to pay fines on a sliding scale of income, with those making 300% of the poverty level having to cough up as much as $3,800 a year. In short, Americans would have to pay Uncle Sam for the privilege of remaining uninsured. If there were truth-in-labeling laws for Congress, it would be required to call this bill TonySopranoCare.
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1. Inrptrn:Obama Administration: “So, the people want health care do they?”
“Then we will give it to them!” “Mwuahahahaha!”
Sep 12, 2009 - 5:30 pm 2. Dred Scott:Congress has only to open the door. Soon as a bill passes saying no health care for illegal aliens, the USSC will strike down that portion. Then government executives and law enforcement will comply instead of telling the USSC, as President Jackson did, “you made your ruling, now enforce it! Heh heh!”
Sep 12, 2009 - 7:47 pm 3. Warren:I never thought I would see statism this large sneak through under such flimsy pretenses. The blatantness of the deception is startling, but nowhere near as startling as the gullibility of the people who voted Obama in in the first place or the ability of the MMS to cover up his dirt. Obama lies so often and so brazenly that, if he said, “I like ice cream,” I wouldn’t know whether or not to believe him. I wonder if we’ll be able to recognize America when Obama is done with the place.
Sep 12, 2009 - 9:00 pm 4. Dred Scott:So when he calls our concerns “bogus” and “lies” instead of like Joe Wilson do we say?:
1. Not so!
Sep 12, 2009 - 10:54 pm 5. Jonathan Nolan:2. Your deeds belie your words!
2. You shall not pass!
3. This is Sparta/I am Beowulf!
4. (Apart from quoting Melville’s Moby Dick, Khan has good lines like: “I’ve hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you.”)
Reinhardt of Enterprise Corruption fame nailed this long ago, and even explains in detail (albeit cryptic detail) as to why Newt Gingrich has a fatal role in “health care” “reform” and that it is, and always has been, about information, controlled demolitions of our freedom and the enslavement of a labor force to carry out the next big capital projects.
Sep 13, 2009 - 6:06 am 6. Instapundit » Blog Archive » ROGER KIMBALL: Flipping America The Bird….:[...] ROGER KIMBALL: Flipping America The Bird. [...]
Sep 13, 2009 - 11:18 am 7. Paul L. Quandt:Where is the U.S. Constitution does it allow the Federal Government to be involved in health care? Not in so far as I’ve read.
Sep 13, 2009 - 11:29 am 8. glenn:barry has been flipping us the bird every since the inauguration. I said a long time ago he’s like that smooth talker you went to school with. He got away with stuff that got the rest of us in trouble ’cause he had the teachers conned.
Sep 13, 2009 - 11:34 am 9. Mwalimu Daudi:Once again the GOP cowers in terror. Only Joe Wilson has had the guts to take on the Won, and Republicans are lining up to denounce Wilson.
Sep 13, 2009 - 11:51 am 10. Snively:Obama, the Democrats and Big Media have a well reasoned, brilliantly argued counter-argument to all you’ve just said. It goes like this: “Racist!”
Sep 13, 2009 - 11:53 am 11. Nicole Tedesco:Americans are historically used to separating “Government” and “The People”. Our country is structured on that premise. It colors our words, our metaphors and our political discourse. In the mind of a Socialist however there is no different between Government and The People (der Völker). The Government, to a Socialist, is the literal WILL of The People. Sounds democratic, eh? When a Socialist tells you that The People have a choice, keep in mind that the Government’s choice IS YOUR CHOICE by definition. Whatever the Government wants, The People want, QED. Therein lies the primary problem with Socialism and Socialist discourse, a problem which we in the United States are not sensitized to and rarely recognize.
Sep 13, 2009 - 12:13 pm 12. ic:“…call this bill TonySopranoCare”
It’s ObamaCare. TonySoprano does not have the thug, er, I mean the Fed, to do his racketeerings. If you are brave enough, you can testify against Tony Soprano and send him to jail. But if you are brave enough to oppose ObamaCare once it’s passed, you will be sent to jail.
Sep 13, 2009 - 12:25 pm 13. Mark D E:Definitely the middle finger, the country knows this by and large, but you get the democrats, the hard left and the bulk of the MSM,. all collectively saying, “no no no, you poor deluded person, he’s all sunshine and rainbows, you’re just paranoid and mean”,… while they laugh about it to themselves… positive the MSM minus FOX will cover for them and bury the truth of their actions.
but when half the nations voters get their news from FOX, it’s why they desparately want to silence the sole remaining venue on air they don’t control.
Obama and his idiot minions are our best argument, they P.O. everyone not committed to them with petty insults and derision. CNN holds up Bill Maher as a speaker of truth, because he smears all opposition as racist,… well thank you CNN for showing us, what an idiot says to bolster your claims that it’s all about his skin color.
That it may be about his mean spirited, snotty, incredibly vain way of talking down to people while leading the charge to create a hard left legacy that cannot be removed once enacted..
they say that,..
but I suspect George the third thought England would alwars rule America too.
what is done by man, can be undone. If Obama generates the kind of loathing he has so far, rescinding his works won’t be impossible, unless you let it stand for 50 years and let America become addicted to it.
He won’t get that much time.
Sep 13, 2009 - 12:55 pm 14. Mike K:If, indeed, Obama gets a plan through Congress, the evolution of the health care system to a market mechanism will go on apace unless they outlaw private care. They could, like Canada did, but it would not work. Private care is returning to Canada in defiance of the law. Medicare is unsustainable and many older people are starting to realize this and make private arrangements. A wise health reform plan would incorporate these developing changes but I see no wisdom in this plan, only power politics.
Sep 13, 2009 - 1:12 pm 15. Skeptic:>>>>>>>>Naturally, there has been a veritable avalanche of commentary on Obama’s big health care speech the other day. Under doctor’s orders, I gave it a miss…
Okay, this has nothing to do with the contents of Mr. Kimball’s post itself, but I found this rather ironic…
Sep 13, 2009 - 1:25 pm 16. Michael Hankamer:I’m reminded of a poster I saw yesterday at the Washington DC 9/12 protest rally.
Dr. Obama: “Bend over; this won’t hurt a bit.”
Sep 13, 2009 - 1:56 pm 17. Pajamas Media » Obama as Tony Soprano, Or, Flipping America the Bird:[...] Read the entire piece here. [...]
Sep 13, 2009 - 2:01 pm 18. rabidfox:Most of this is possible because the SCOTUS has broadly (very broadly) interpreted the commerce clause of the Consititution so that anything that might involve interstate commerces (up to and including buying products produced in another state) comes under the control of Congress.
What we need is another Constitutional Convention, as authorized by the Constitution, called by the States. One of the Amendments would be to direct the SCOTUS to interpret the various portions of the Constitution using contemporaneous definitions and documentations. Allow impeachment for using ‘auras’ or ‘permutations’ etc.
Sep 13, 2009 - 2:04 pm 19. Delia:You don’t want no stinkin’ insurance? Pay the Vig or Tony-Two-Toes is gonna break-a-you legs and then you is gonna need a doctor!
There’s a pair of cement shoes in your future if you refuse to cooperate!
Sep 13, 2009 - 2:24 pm 20. Dave Surls:“a one-size-fits-all government-prescribed health care plan that it dare not refuse”
Well, you could refuse to buy health insurance under the Obama Plan…but, if you do that they’re going to fine you, if you won’t pay the fine, they’re going to put you in jail, and if you resist going to jail hard enough, they’ll kill you.
You will have a choice though. Same choice you always have when the government is involved in anything.
Do as the government says…or die.
Sep 13, 2009 - 2:26 pm 21. Poor Citizen:Obama as a soprano?…no I cannot agree. I just hope we get the reforms and some health care insurance, for those that dont have any, that is affordable. I also agree that we should also have a system for those that do not want to participate and can choose to opt for private insurance, as in canada and britain. If and when we can do that, then we will have accomplished something we can all be proud of. America deserves the better than what we got right now.
Sep 13, 2009 - 3:00 pm 22. Now and Then:Not sure if Obama is Tony Soprano, but I did always think of Re[publicans as Big Pussy.
Sep 13, 2009 - 3:22 pm 23. Jeffrey:Roger:
It’s quite fascinating to watch the liar in chief stand there before the congress, the senate and those brave enough (or stupid) to watch on TV and accuse the people who are telling the truth of being liars. The devil no longer has access to God because he was thrown out of heaven for good, where he routinely went to accuse Gods people before The Throne of The Most High God. Now the devil has come to accuse from the highest pulpit he can find on Earth right now. There is no denying Obama is a liar, it is a fact documented by many thousands of sources. The fact that he does it so brazenly is curious but it matters not. This is what The Heavenly Father thinks of liars:
Sep 13, 2009 - 3:23 pm 24. GammySparkles:“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” Ok now we know the source of brazen, the president is speaking his native language.
There are battle lines firming up before our eyes. The accuser of the brethren has been released from his prison for a short time (and we believers allowed it to happen despite the fact that The Lord predicted it would happen) and knows he has just a little while to wipe out what ever is not already destroyed in this nation. The devil and his minions are warring against the God fearing Christians and Jews and those who groan within themselves about the current state of our nation.
The Godly ones are now working on rebuilding the foundations of our fallen nation and the liar in chief and his minions are in opposition to it speaking their lies.
We must fight to survive, keep speaking the truth Roger.
The truth will win the day for it originates in Heaven.
Great article. Great take on things – Many of us felt the same way. Many of our groups went to the Capitol yesterday to say so. Was anyone listening? Will anyone in Congress take us seriously?
Sep 13, 2009 - 3:31 pm 25. Delia:Maybe by 2010???????
sparklestheclown on youtube GammySparkles on CNN ireport
Made 2 new videos : Can you Hear us now America? and Liar Liar Pants on Fire? On Cnn ireport I get the most comments, and many bashing! Must be doing something right!
Now and Then,
Why is ‘pussy’ a put-down? The birth canal from which you flopped forth from was most certainly a ‘pussy’ and your flaccid little winky dink most assuredly would shrivel in response to a powerful female’s ‘clit’ so take that back to your mental midgets and spin on it.
Sep 13, 2009 - 3:52 pm 26. Jeff Carlson:Obama has already broken his “not one dime” of new taxes on those making less than 250K. His new cigarette tax has raised the taxes on the less than 250k crowd by at least 10 billion per year and maybe as much as 15 billion.
Sep 13, 2009 - 4:20 pm 27. Matthew Masotti:I agree; let’s not place our Hope in Audacity.
Many Thanks.
Sep 13, 2009 - 5:21 pm 28. Delia:26. Jeff Carlson,
The smoker-in-chief himself could care a farthing less.
Remember him admonishing people to turn the thermostat down while people perished in ‘flyover country’?
We have the lowest denominator scum in the white house and it has NOTHING to do with the particular ’shade’ that his dna decided to provide his pansy ass with.
Sep 13, 2009 - 5:43 pm 29. A.M. Mallett:What the Democrats, drunk on power, have not yet grasped is that the pendulum always swings back with regard to who has power. When this occurs and it will, we need to be prepared to take a roaring chainsaw to anything that even resembles Democrat policy in this country. This will require a repudiation of the politics of John “ma friensch” McCain and (I know this doesn’t set well with some)Sarah Palin. Neither one brought anything of substance to the last campaign. I know Palin is the darling of those who love pretty talkers but she couldn’t get through one term in Alaska not to mention redefining the political landscape of this country. Obama will do what he can do when he can do it. We can only wait for the day when we can rip his hard socialist ideology to shreds and hand a copy of the local classified ads to the sycophant followers looking for their free government gas.
Sep 13, 2009 - 5:45 pm 30. Delia:The Stepford Congress can kiss my Lily white arse.
The ‘weenie tots’ have been exposed before the kool-aid took hold.
Sep 13, 2009 - 5:50 pm 31. Kristen Burroughs:I sure hope the policy wonks on the right are finding a path OUT of Obamacare, when/if passed, in whatever form it takes. It is easier to protest — much more difficult to restore. Who will formulate a viable plan out of statism?
The notion that Obamacare is irreversible is simply unacceptable. I, for one, refuse to capitulate. There must be some sort of peaceful resolution that restores liberty to individual citizens.
Perhaps, as a strategy, it is best we don’t announce our plans. I hope this is the case. My fear, though, is that many good people expect Obamacare to simply slide past their protests, announced and invincible. They’ll give up. Proclaim defeat. Go home. Go Galt.
Sep 13, 2009 - 6:15 pm 32. Justin:lol this blog post is funny.
Sep 13, 2009 - 7:00 pm 33. CatoRenasci:The Tony Soprano line is good.
Almost as good as the applicable Mencken throwaway:
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Sep 13, 2009 - 7:13 pm 34. alex:“What the Democrats, drunk on power, have not yet grasped is that the pendulum always swings back with regard to who has power”
Both parties know this very well, in fact they bet on this each election cycle, as well as the American Voter not understanding nuances of American political system. Republican and Democrat party divide the spoils each cycle, regardless who is elected, the party organization does not suffer loss or revenue. In fact it increases when the pendulum starts to arc back, increasing amount every year.
Conservatives require socialist, communist, bleeding heart liberals to enrage their core and leverage this rage into a cash cow
Liberals require fascist, militant, heartless conservatives to do the same.
The two sides require each other to fund their political industry, an Industry just like cars or airplanes. Except you actually receive value when you buy a car, when you buy a politician you get a marketing campaign, good for a few years.
Until the voter gets smart and ignores / overcomes systemic problems, it doesn’t matter who gets elected, we only feed a ravenous hunger for money.
Sep 13, 2009 - 7:24 pm 35. Carol:There’s no compromise or middle ground here. We must be insisting, chanting, tweeting, emailing, screaming:
Kill This Bill!–Kill This Bill!–Kill This Bill!
I’d love to use the verb “Abort!” but can’t quite make a phrase sing (”Abort hr3200″ is a gagger).
Perhaps better minds can coin the perfect Killer Mantra?
In the meantime, KILL THIS BILL!
Sep 13, 2009 - 7:31 pm 36. kentuckyliz:In the Wilson debate, one point is overlooked.
The Democrats in a straight line party vote shot down Republican amendments to enforce that illegal aliens can’t participate.
So the law says illegal aliens can’t participate. Then the Dems see to it that they do.
What happens as a result?
Those illegals will NEVER be eligible for American citizenship.
Why?
Question 11 on Form N-400 the application for naturalization.
11. Have you ever claimed in writing, or in any way, to be a United States citizen?
By signing up for Obamacare, yes they did.
Bingo, no amnesty.
Muahahahahaaaaa
Sep 13, 2009 - 7:39 pm 37. FlaMa:I agree that Shikha Dalmia’s full article is a must read. Summed it all up for me.
Sep 13, 2009 - 8:46 pm 38. Steve Sampson:If a sole proprietership business owner has a bad year, similar to this one, and is barely staying in business and has to drop his health care to survive (yes, it is an unintentional pun). He will be fined and can go broke anyway, Socialism is making sense now, we are all supposed to work for the government so that there are never any worries. Brilliant!
Where do you sign?
Sep 13, 2009 - 10:31 pm 39. HawkWatcher:The gutless proprietors of the overblown health care bill have designed it to go into full effect in 2013, from what I understand. Why the “urgency” to pass? Why postpone addressing the “crisis” they incessantly clamor about? There’s plenty of time to step off and slow down, and debate massive government like it should be crushed, I mean debated.
There are many examples of imperial Washingtonites flipping the bird to the people. One I can’t forget is when Obama held up a tea bag in ridicule while making snide remarks about regular American protesters. For me, this was a motivational moment, and I am now a very active activist, if you will.
His ability to now lie to my face is quite unnerving, to say the least. Fact-checking his latest speech confirms he is lying. FIGHT!
Sep 13, 2009 - 10:48 pm 40. Now and Then:25. Delia:
Sep 13, 2009 - 11:08 pm 41. Donkasaurus » Blog Archive » “But in Fairness” on Health Care:Who said it was a put down?
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Sep 14, 2009 - 2:20 am 42. Delia:N&T, don’t be coy with me, Frou Frou Berry.
Sep 14, 2009 - 5:22 am 43. Rick:Delia!! Wow!! I wish I was single!
Sep 14, 2009 - 12:16 pm 44. Cindy Sue Causey:The speech, Dalmia observed, showed the American people “the policy equivalent of the middle finger.”
Why not do it verbally.. There already exist various videos taken of him pre-Election 2008 that undeniably depict him doing the same physically.. The crowd’s reaction removes any doubt it was an accident.
Yuppers, real presidential materials we gots there, we do.
Sep 14, 2009 - 2:31 pm 45. vivo:Most doctors favor public option:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112818960
Sep 15, 2009 - 5:40 am 46. Reactions to Obama Flipping Us The Finger - Cargosquid’s blog - RedState:[...] Roger Kimball at Roger’s Rules talks about Obama as Tony Soprano. [...]
Sep 15, 2009 - 9:01 am 47. Barry Soetoro (D):*BIRD*
OsamaHusseinIslamObama 2012′
Sep 15, 2009 - 9:08 am 48. Brittancus:(the terrorist-Uighur-media choice)
-It’s never too early to campaign-
With unemployment at a 26 year high, the New York Times has revealed that immigration authorities at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have undertaken preparations for issuing visas to 11-18 millions (?) My guess over 20 million + illegal aliens who would be granted–BLANKET AMNESTY–if Congress is–able–to pass immigration reform legislation. Now is the time to remind your Senators and Representatives at 202-224-3121, that we demand they do NOT enroll on to this ill conceived abomination. Into our country at least a million law abiding newcomers come annually, clutching their entry visas; many waiting for years for a chance at the American dream. But the thrall of lobotomized Democrats are in for a hard lesson, including some Republican business enthusiasts, who think it’s–going to be a simple solution approving this financial calamity.
This illegal alien mess has been methodically created by both parties for decades. But monumental amounts of the US population do not agree with this outcome. LaRaza, a radical anti-Sovereignty organization, will transform the US into a third world dumping ground yet?
All we need is mandatory E-Verify to remove from every honest business, workers who came here illegally; those who don’t will suffer severe penalties. This is a murky back-door way for hard-line Liberal Democrats to sneak past all verification measures, which would approve a path to citizenship for lawbreakers thus giving them access to–YOUR–health care? All Americans GOOGLE–NUMBERSUSA, to uncover the deceitful way they plan to cheat all legal workers and citizens? America is already on the road to irreversible OVERPOPULATION. Do all the people out their who are suffering from a compassion syndrome, believe–ALL–Americans want to pay even higher taxes to support corporate welfare, for the millions they have already hired? I don’t think so?
This is one of the cloaked agendas of The Council of Foreign Relations to intensify the unfettered inflow of destitute peoples into North America. We already spend more money across the globe, than anyone else? Yet the United Nations is never satisfied. We already have a negative-dollar free trade treaty, which has seen the disappearance of our manufacturing industries. To me Globalism and internationalism are dirty words, and when Americans open their eyes it might be too late? Our country is being emasculated by the illegal immigration and the financial support poured out by unaware taxpayers. America is like the Greek god “Atlas” supporting the world and its issues? That is exactly what we are doing–SUPPORTING THE WORLD? For the record 15 Democrats are already discussing your fate, as they strife to undermine immigration enforcement amendment.
1. To permanently reauthorize E-Verify? 2. To complete the 700 miles of border fencing? 3. To continue and not rescind the No-match-letter program, that HS Napolitano has closed down. 4. Grassley’s amendment to allow all businesses that use E-Verify to run all of their current employees through the E-Verify system. Go see who the traitors are to our protection of the border at NUMBERSUSA.
Do you know what the state of our highways or underground utilities? Each state has 30 year underground causeways of irreparable water and sewage pipes that our government has ignored. Again I say watch “The Crumbling of America” on the History channel. Each year our bridges and dams are deteriorating, so they do hasty repairs, but many are seeing deployable erosion that cannot be fixed, because the state has not enough money? Yet the Democrats want to cause an avalanche of impoverished people, who will want to bring in even more family members. Who’s going to recompense for them? Then even more will break through the fence, enter as a tourist or slip into America via the Caribbean? The onslaught will never end and our reservoir of cash is finally exhausted.
I have a hard time paying my taxes, without paying more for the impecunious, uneducated who slip into our sovereign country bring the criminals, the handicapped and elderly immigrants. Who pays for my family and kids, the house payment, health care and car? NOT THE BLOODY TRAITORS IN WASHINGTON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WHO KEEP PILING ON HIDDEN TAXES TO SUBSIDIZE ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS AND FAMILIES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. I’LL EVEN GO FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKILLED JOBS AND SOMETHING TO OFFER, BUT NOT FOR JUST ANYBODY WHO TAXPAYERS HAVE TO SUPPORT? Learn more about corruption at JUDICIAL WATCH. Learn about POPULATION GROWTH at CAPSWEB.
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