Universal Health Care? Just Say NO!!!

The Democratic platform calls for a universal health care system to be implemented. This government run system would provide mandatory health coverage for everyone in the country. The idea is supported by the usual liberal elite. These folk fervently support a government run public school system for everyone else; but then send their children to private schools. and loudly endorse a government run health care system, but will not be be using those government facilities either. What do they know, that you may not? Read on and just say NO!

This shocking video shows a woman writhing on the floor for about an hour before dying at Kings County Hospital, while people around her, including hospital security guards, did nothing to help. Here is the rest of the story.

Esmin Green, a 49 year old hospital patient, and native of the island of Jamaica, was taken to the mental unit at Kings County Hospital in New York, for what was described as "agitation". She fell out of her chair at 5:32a.m. on June 19th. She had been sitting about 3 feet from an observation window where she would have been in view of hospital staff. Two other patients were in the waiting room with her.

Green was lying face down on the floor, her legs splayed, when a security guard walked by at 5:53 a.m. He looked at her for about 20 seconds and walked away.

She was writhing on the floor, thrashing her legs, about 6 a.m., when an entry in her medical chart states she was "awake, up and about and went to the bathroom."

She rolled on her back at 6:04a.m and stopped moving at 6:08 a.m. Two minutes later a security guard pushed his chair into camera view. He never got out of the chair, but looked at Green and scooted away. A female mental patient finally brought a hospital staffer to check the woman.

Her medical chart claims she was "sitting quietly in [the] waiting room" at 6:20 a.m., although she was already dead at that time. The cause of death has not been reported.

After about an hour, a patient finally got the attention of hospital workers. Two security guards have been fired, along with four other staffers.

Hospital staff also may have falsified medical charts to attempt to hide the lack of treatment provided the patient before she died. The hospital was already under investigation by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's civil rights unit.

"We are shocked and distressed by this situation," the Health and Hospitals Corp. said in a statement.

By the way, the patient had been waiting for almost 24 hours to be seen prior to this incident. The Kings County Hospital is government operated and funded. Anyone else for Universal Government Health Care?

Why am I not Surprised???

Obama’s Church Has Won $15M in Federal Grant Money

by FOXNews.com

Monday, June 2, 2008

Trinity United Church of Christ (FNC Photo)

By Jeff Goldblatt

Across America seven days a week, parents drop their kids at day care centers, which are supported by funding from the federal government.

But what makes one facility noteworthy in inner city Chicago is that it’s run by Trinity United Church of Christ. It’s the same church whose former head pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, drew widespread scrutiny after he cursed the U.S. government for its treatment of African-Americans.

FOX News has learned that over the last 15 years, Trinity has received at least $15 million in grants from the federal government — in other words, taxpayer money.

Records show this money supported a variety of outreach: everything from low income housing to nutritional programs for needy kids to money for HIV/AIDS education. Wright blames the government for intentionally infecting the African-American community with that deadly virus.

DePaul University journalism professor Laura Washington, who specializes in race and politics, said Wright is a hypocrite for taking money from the government.

“On the one hand, he says, ‘God damn America’ and he says America is responsible for all the ills in the black community. On the other hand, he’s taking money from the same community he’s crucifying,” Washington said.

But another scholar who specializes in religion and politics says Wright never swore off government funding like ultra-nationalist Black Muslims have.

Andrew Walsh, associate director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life with Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., said Wright’s practices fall in line with his preaching.

“Wright believes things like the government-funded programs are a necessary compensation for the legacy of white racism, part of what’s necessary to heal the wounds inflicted over four centuries on blacks. His niche is even more specialized– he does this sort of work in the context of white denominational mainline Protestantism, which, on the whole has welcomed both him and his message.”

So, how did Trinity, given Wright’s controversial criticism of the government, get millions of dollars in handouts from Washington over the years?

Democratic presidential candidate and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama says the grants didn’t come with any of his help, despite 20 years of membership at Trinity.

In fact, after the Obama campaign learned FOX News was working on this report, it released a statement saying, “Barack Obama did not work to secure grant money for Trinity United Church of Christ while serving in the Illinois state Legislature or Congress.”

But Jay Shafritz, an author and professor emeritus of public administration from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, says at some level, politics invariably influences how government grant money is awarded.

“This is very much a sophisticated operation of convincing the people in government that you are the most deserving person, because these grants are very often competitive,” he said.

“It’s very much like good old fashioned patronage. In the old days, political machines had jobs to give their constituents. Nowadays, they offer them grants,” Shafritz continued.

Shafritz examined the grant documents provided by FOX News and found no wrongdoing.

Yet, he said there’s no way to know exactly how Trinity spent its millions in taxpayer money, since grant awards usually afford some latitude for discretionary use. He stressed that it’s clear the grants have helped Wright grow his once tiny ministry into a massive empire.

“Before he embarrassed himself on national television with his rantings, he was a very, very sophisticated guy in terms of growing organizations. He knew how the game was played and he played it very well. But he’s not unique,” he said.

Nationwide, African-American churches have used this kind of funding to pump investment into inner-city neighborhoods as a means of growing support — religious scholars say largely so under the Bush administration, when faith based grants increased significantly.

“For these organizations, federal funding for things like senior centers or drug treatment programs or affordable housing helps them get where they want to go,” Walsh said.

Trinity United refused comment on this story. But Wright, who officially retired on Monday, has long defended the legacy of community outreach provided by Trinity, which he founded 36 years ago.

But Washington says if Wright felt it was OK to get resources from the government, the church shouldn’t preach against it.

“It’s a dangerous thing to do because there’s a reason that the government gives that kind of support to the church. If the church bites the hand that feeds them, maybe that support is going to end.”

Once again the pandering Pastor proves that he is pimping race. Obama has been molded, his words by his 20+ year association with rRev. Wright. This guy shouldn't even have a job, much less be seeking to be POTUS.

Living 'Wright' is it's Own Reward

An investigation revealed where Barack Obama's Pastor and mentor, Jeremiah Wright will be spending his time in retirement. It is a far cry from the impoverished Chicago streets where this shepherd led his flock.

FOX News found documents that show that Wright will move to a 10,340-square-foot, four-bedroom home in suburban Chicago, currently under construction in a gated community.

Rev. Wright has done well, well, well in this bad, bad, bad Amerikkka that he so roundly damns. It seems that convincing poor people that you understand their poverty and have a scapegoat pays well. Barack Obama and his wife have also done well materially, although I'm sure that his wife is not proud of it.

Funny, I thought that the verse said "Feed my Sheep" not "Fleece Them."

Don't I Know You From Somewhere..?

The Clinton campaign has been ever so circumspect on the guilt by association issue tormenting Barack Hussein Obama in recent weeks. Here is a link to what may be one reason that Hillary Rodham Clinton has been so quiet. At a prayer breakfast in 1998, with more than 100 invited religious leaders in attendance, Bill Clinton confessed his sins relative to Monica Lewinsky. Just hours later, the scandal would explode with the introduction of the infamous 'Stained Blue Dress.' Obama's controversial Pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright shown here with Clinton, was one of the invited guests.

The story suggests that both factions of the party may have no qualms about associating with the race-baiting Wright when it suits their needs. Hillary's newly released schedules show that she also attended this breakfast.

This might lead one to suspect that Hillary Clinton's caution was born of her own knowledge of past associations, rather than any desire to keep the Democrat primary campaign above mud-slinging.

Let me see if I've got the facts correct about both situations:
William Jefferson Clinton: Invites hundreds of ministers, among them Jeremiah Wright, to the White House for a prayer breakfast, followed by a contrite confession, poses for pictures with the ministers then sends them home.

Barack Hussein Obama: Sits in the pews at Trinity Church for more than two decades, was married by Jeremiah Wright, makes financial donations to the church, makes Pastor Wright his mentor and confidante, claims that he never heard any racist comments by his Pastor, retracts that statement in a speech, says he had heard such comments but disagrees with them (although, he continued to come and listen), compares his White grandmother to Jeremiah Wright, then belatedly defends her honor by saying his grandmother was just a 'typical White person'.

Equivalent? I think not!

The story behind the story: This photo was obtained from a Blog belonging to a member of the Trinity church and was released to the news media by the Obama campaign. The Obama campaign is trying to divert attention from what is seen by many as a flaw in either his character or his judgement. So, Wright's church called Obama's campaign and offered them material to use in Obama's defense; Obama's campaign thought that the two cases were similar (or wants you to think that they are); Obama's campaign released this to CNN and CNN published it. Yep, now you've got it! Wright's church was the 'deep throat' for this story on Clinton! Wow, I actually used 'deep throat' and Clinton in the same sentence. That was troubling!

Meanwhile, Obama's campaign fired a woman who stated that Hillary was a 'lying Monster' but today Obama said that Hillary had character flaws and she was a persistent liar. I guess that part about her being a 'monster' was too much, casting an unwarranted aspersion on real monsters...

And thus the Obama campaign for 'change' differs from the 'same, old, tired politics'.

How???

Our Flag is not a Virgin Pin

I watched Barack Obama's speech about race and thought he did a fine job until he opened his mouth. Things then began to slide down hill as with all of the eloquence at his command, Barack tried to make the ship of state look like a sinking canoe, the progress in this country look like regression and a sinner look like a saint. In short he tried to make gilded plates look like cow chips and the reverse also.

After an entire campaign of saying that we shouldn't talk about race, Obama now says that we must. Funny, I thought that awkward and painful dialogue was going on all of the time, even though frequently carried on by race pimps, charlatans and hucksters. His Pastor for instance, seems to have only one conversation and that is about racial insults and injury. But of course Barack would not hear the conversation going on in the country, after all he says he sat in his church for more than two decades and didn't hear anything. Despite their great good fortune and achievement, Obama and Wright exaggerate racial issues and minimize racial progress, I am not surprised that Obama's wife is not proud of such a country. This portrayal does no good for either the country or those that they profess to serve. Obama himself is a result of racial transformation in this country, otherwise his father would have been jailed and his mother cast aside for their interracial marriage.

I was also somewhat astounded at the way that Obama treated his Grandmother. This was the white woman who raised him after his Black fathers, (yes, both of them) abandoned him and his white mother. In the Black community and in the Black value system, both professed to be held in such high regard by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, we don't disrespect our mothers and grandmothers! Barack betrayed his Grandmother by revealing then comparing the confidential conversations between this loving woman and himself with the ravings of a misguided racist. Barack and Wright do not seem to be bitter, frustrated or powerless, so possibly they are trying to gain authenticity as being Black. They both may need to actually look at the Black community, rather than continue to portray a stereotype of that community.



There was one other thing that I noted and I have not seen any commentary on the point. Barack Obama made his entry and stood on a stage surrounded by American flags. There were at least six flags on the podium.


Hmmmm.

This is the patriot Obama that will not wear a lapel pin because he doesn't want to display the flag, that phony symbol of patriotism.

This is the Christian Obama who believes that neither he nor anyone else is going to heaven or hell and that every faith is the same (Falsani interview, Sun Times, 4/5/2004).

This is the post-race or no-race Obama who nevertheless appeals to some people and panders to others based upon race and whose mentor has made a living at this for more than forty years.

Senator Obama, your wife is ashamed of this country and our flag; your pastor damns the country and our flag; you agree with both of them as shown by your willingness to maintain your union and your silence. You are a remarkably malleable fellow as regards your beliefs, you seem to be quite adept at adopting the view and belief that you need for the moment without the inconvenience of principle. You specialized in either voting present or claiming that your votes were unintentional in the Illinois legislature. This was a fine legislative trick, enabling you to vote yes, yet have the record reflect that you intended to vote no on the issue. You have been able to avoid staking any claim on a matter of principle. Your vaunted and eloquent calls for change lacks specifics. You seemed to respond to this issue only when the polls showed your ratings dropping after the publicity over the 'appalling sermons'. Yet you will not disavow your so-called mentor for what he has said and still is saying.

I do have one question, and I don't expect an answer. Why did you drape yourself in the very flag that you have previously, proudly besmirched through your silence. A flag on your stage is like a virgin pin on a prostitute; it may look good, but it means nothing. If you really don't like our country, say so and run on that premise, you might even win. Unlike any country that you could pick to emulate, you can actually say that here.

Pictures Don't Lie!

Ray Nagin (left), the Mayor who fiddled and fumed while New Orleans floated, 'playfully' points an assault weapon at the New Orleans Chief of Police in this recent photo.

Nagin, you may remember was the Mayor that cried and cursed that the federal government was not doing enough to aid New Orleans during and after hurricane Katrina, while 400+ buses, that his own plan called for use to evacuate the city, went unused and were eventually flooded in the cities parking lots.

• Not a single New Orleans resident was evacuated from the city by the city government, in spite of an evacuation plan that the Mayor signed a year prior to the hurricane.
• Claiming "God told me that New Orleans should be a Chocolate City", Ray Nagin was re-elected Mayor of New Orleans after the flood. The people that were most directly harmed by his mis-management were the ones that were also fooled into supporting him by a blatant appeal to race.
• The murder rate in New Orleans after the hurricane evacuees returned was so bad that Ray Nagin called for the National Guard to assist the police. This photo in which he points a gun at the Chief of police is troubling in that it portrays Nagin's disrespect for authority, already evident in the population of the Big Easy and also demonstrates a complete disregard for safe gun-handling.
• Ray Nagin's best qualification as a Mayor is he talks a good game and in fact was a prominent radio personality. His management and organizational skills are non-existent.

Meanwhile, in another revealing photo, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama is shown dressed in the garb of a Somali Warlord or Elder. The picture was taken two years ago during a pilgrimage to Somalia by Obama.

The nation of Somalia was made famous, or infamous to most Americans, by the movie Blackhawk Down. That movie portrayed the events of an incident during the Battle of Mogadishu in October of 1993, in which Somali warlords shot down two American helicopters, mutilated and killed the crews then dragged their bodies through the streets of Somalia. Eighteen Americans died.

Is it just me or is there anyone else that wonders why Obama is visiting and honoring Somalia. Of course, his refusal to honor the Pledge of Allegiance or wear the American Flag and his wife's statement of never being proud of the United States may be explained by examining just what Obama is proud of.

Ray Nagin and Barack Obama have many similarities beyond the obvious. They are both Democrats; they are both charismatic; they are both very popular within their communities; they are both newly elected, inexperienced officials; they both lack judgment; they both talk a better game than they play and here is one more. Ray and Obama, I know your mothers tried to raise you better!

Comments from the Country

A friend sent this picture of a sign hanging on the Bates, MS Muffler Shop. You must admit, it is refreshingly blunt!

Bill the Rea... whoops ... Dreamer!

While on the campaign trail for his wife, former president Bill Clinton attended a church service honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As Reverend Martin Luther King III, the son of the slain leader spoke, the former president fell asleep. Click to view video.

Now to be fair to Bill, I do believe that the Rev. MLK III is not only an uninspiring speaker, but indeed one whose girth causes the vigor of his efforts to be questioned. Yet this clip seems to confirm that the Clintons have more capacity for feigning interest in Blacks than in actually being interested. I would call that pandering.

I am ready to be corrected on this, but that's what I think!

It is Time For a Change!

A picture is worth a thousand words. Here is the picture, without comment.

"For the First Time In My Life I'm Proud"

Well, there is more from the Candidate of Hype!

Barack Hussein Obama has made much of his achievements. Remember he used to say only in America could the son of an African and an American become whatever he has become. Now his wife, in Wisconsin campaigning for him said "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of America." Oh, really!

So Michelle, the America that allowed you to meet your husband Barack, while both working at one of the largest law firms in Chicago, where you represented slum land-lords; was nothing to be proud of?

So the America that allowed your husband to move from a coke-snorting, weed-toking, alcohol-confused, young-adult 'rock' star; to a semi-responsible, populist, "rock-star" politician was nothing to be proud of?

So the America that allowed you to become Vice-President of University of Chicago Hospitals and then triple your salary when your husband became a Senator was nothing to be proud of?

So the America that allowed you and Hussein to accept a gift from a person then under investigation and now under indictment, to purchase your 1.6 million dollar home at a bargain price was nothing to be proud of?

So the America that has allowed your husband, with nothing other than the 'gift of gab' to run for President was nothing to be proud of?

Every person in this country is living better than any place else in the world. Even if you wake up homeless in the United States, you have already won a lottery that most of the other 6 billion people in the world would die to gain. Even the poor here, live better than most people in other countries. The poor here have TVs, cell phones and refrigerators. When people like Obama and Hillary say that this country is a failure it reveals either a painful naivete or a wilful attempt to mislead. They join a long parade of racial pimps and class panderers who attempt to convince you that you are unable to make it in this country, without their help. They ignore the fact that people come here from all over the world, without even English skills and make it. So can you. But not if you allow someone to say, you are helpless without me.

'My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!' Obama, what have you made? Michelle; if our country is a place that you are ashamed of, why not just leave? Your husband has roots of failure in Indonesia, Africa and the United States. Pick a place where would you would feel proud to live, and where your children could do better. There is just one small problem, such a place does not exist.

I'm proud of America! We must demand no less of those who would lead.

Obama Promises Yearly Minimum Wage Increase

Once again the Jr. Senator from Illinois demonstrates why he is called "Junior". Now it's not that I'm stingy or mean-spirited, but the fact is the idea of raising the minimum wage just plain sucks. Having said that, AND THIS MIGHT HURT YOUR FEELINGS; If you are older than 18, not physically or mentally handicapped and you are still making minimum wage; then YOU have really screwed the pooch somewhere! Minimum wage jobs are not created to take advantage of individuals; they are jobs that exist because there are people that have few or no marketable skills or abilities. If you are in that group pay attention, because if Junior has his way, you may soon be making a great deal less than minimum wage! Historically whenever the minimum wage is raised the number of minimum wage earners employed is lowered. That is because when the labor costs more than the job is worth, an alternative involving automation or machinery will be purchased, and laborers will be let go. You may have noticed that there are very few minimum wage street-sweepers now, yet years ago those jobs were an entry-point for anyone who could lean on a broom. Those street sweeper positions are now filled by unionized machinery operators. They are not the same people that were formerly pushing the broom. Change always happens, but it's not always good! A candidate that promises 'change' without defining what it is should be closely scrutinized. I for one, can't wait to see what other brilliant 'change' ideas Obama has for squandering my change, while pandering to the do-nothings and the know-nothings. I'd like to see a box on the Democratic Primary ballot that says "NONE OF THE ABOVE!"