Liberals' health care sin ~ By Herman Cain

From WorldNetDaily

By Herman Cain Posted: August 24, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 When Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., was asked a question at a town hall meeting last week about runaway federal spending, he shifted the subject to the cost of the war in Iraq (that's also a blame Bush move). When a lady asked him about the Democrats' health care proposal he asked the lady, "On what planet do you spend most of your time?" In a recent interview on ABC, Sen. Arlen Specter repeated his view that the people attending town hall meetings on health care reform were not representative of most Americans. He is ignoring the truth that they are representative. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats have called the town hall meeting attendees Astroturf as opposed to real grassroots – un-American and a bunch of crazies simply because we passionately disagree with Obamacare and DemocratCare. That's what liberals do. They shift the subject, ignore the truth and call opponents names to avoid a real debate or rational discussion. These are their sin tactics. The mainstream media are equally skilled in the sin tactics. [READ ENTIRE COLUMN]

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Herman Cain to WorldNetDaily as one of the weekly columnists. I've been very impressed with his first four columns (I think I may have missed one or two!). He's going to be a great addition to WND, and it helps to make up for Doug Powers (always one of my faves!) deciding to move on. Here is Herman's bio:

Herman Cain is currently a radio talk-show host. "The Herman Cain Show," News Talk 750 WSB-Atlanta, airs Monday-Friday, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. EST (listen LIVE online). He is a former corporate executive and CEO, and still serves on the board of directors of three corporations that range in size from 4 to 16 billion dollars in annual revenue. His latest book, "They Think You're Stupid," was inspired following his 2004 run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican in Georgia. You can also hear and see "The Best of Herman Cain" anytime.

Okay, liberals, are you going to call Herman Cain one of the ignorant, astroturfing, crazies now? Yeah, I didn't think so.

Column Update ~ By Doug Powers

From THE POWERS THAT BE By Doug Powers August 20, 2009 I’ve gotten a few emails and there was a comment or two about not seeing my column at WorldNetDaily for the past couple of Mondays. Due to some other writing projects that take priority, and some different directions I’m going in as far as my column, I’ve decided to discontinue my weekly column at WorldNetDaily after more than seven years. [READ ENTIRE STORY]

Lord Obama’s Leniency on Big Pharma: Payback Time ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers ~ From THE POWERS THAT BE August 9, 2009 “Big Pharma,” as the pharmaceutical companies are often called, are greedy, evil bastards who pleasure themselves with thousand-dollar-bills while watching people who can’t afford their medicine die — at least, that’s the reputation that’s been assigned to them. This is why there have been repeated calls, mostly by Democrats, to take down Big Pharma and even put the government in charge of making and selling our medicine. But in June, President Obama announced a surprise deal with Big Pharma, and all the Big Pharma devil had to do was agree to reduce its draw of revenues by $80 billion over 10 years and cut the cost of medicine in the program by up to 50%. Wow, wasn’t that easy? Well, obviously that’s not all Big Pharma had to agree to do, because now we’re seeing the rest of the deal fulfilled:

The drug industry has authorized its lobbyists to spend as much as $150 million on television commercials supporting President Obama’s health care overhaul, beginning over the August Congressional recess, people briefed on the plans said Saturday.

It’s all part of the new “Hope and Change Through Mutual Extortion” program. If you know anyone not willing to participate in the completely voluntary mandatory program, email flag @ whitehouse.gov. [READ COMPLETE COLUMN]

Clunkers in charge of health care? ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers Posted: August 03, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 There's an old Chinese proverb that says, "Never let a man who chops down apple trees to get to the fruit perform your vasectomy." Well, maybe that's not an actual Chinese proverb, but it's certainly advice to keep in mind for anybody who's watching the government's handling of "Cash for Clunkers" while it's also attempting to seize complete control of health care. Cash for Clunkers – a program that our genius financial managers in Washington had skillfully budgeted to run, appropriately enough, until around Halloween – was suspended after just a few days because it ran out of money. The architects of Cash for Clunkers couldn't organize a two hybrid car funeral, but they continue to throw your money at their incompetence, because late last week the House approved $2 billion more so Cash for Clunkers can keep clunking along. But the item to focus on is the gross budget mismanagement from people who have as much experience running a business in the real world as my dog does at piloting F-16s. The Obama administration is attempting to use the fact that the program was popular with consumers as evidence that it was a "success," but it only serves as evidence of Obama administration and congressional incompetence. Unfortunately for Obama and company, many people are aware that sometimes "too successful" is far more expensive than "didn't work at all." If Apollo 11 had been "too successful" by the Obama administration's definition, the crew would have overshot the moon, and they'd be dead and halfway to Alpha Centauri by now. "That's one small loss of men, one giant leap for bureaucracy." In the private sector, when you create a sale or promotion of some sort, you must make sure you're covered in the event it's popular with consumers. Poor planning leads to unhappy customers, which culminates in going out of business. Fortunately for the government, they have no such consequence as "going out of business." In government, incompetence is rewarded. If it screws up, it simply takes more of your money to cover its mistakes. But people are catching on, and you're seeing that reflected in the poll numbers for government-run health care and even in Obama's falling approval ratings. [CONTINUE READING]

The Gates of babble-on ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers Posted: July 27, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Years ago, I worked at a grocery store, and at the end of each day part of my job was to go into the office, balance the tills and prepare the evening's bank deposit. One particularly slow evening, I decided to flip through the job applications that were filed in a cabinet below the desk. One in particular has stuck in my head all these years. On one of the completed applications, someone – I assume it was the store manager – had written in marker, "No! Black." This was back in '90. No, not 1890 – but 1990. That personal brush with racism has always served as a reminder for me that real obstacles still exist for a whole lot of people, and why such skepticism still exists. This is why "race pimps" in America need to be confronted and exposed as frauds and counter to the cause for which they claim to be fighting. My optimism for the future of race relations in the United States took a hit last week when even the president of the United States got in on the act by assuming that the officer who arrested Harvard professor Henry Gates "acted stupidly." Obama then went into a diatribe about race relations in America, implying that the arrest was racially motivated and an exercise in profiling – because hey, all white people profile. All indications are that the officer wanted to make sure the home belonged to Gates for his own safety after a neighbor called the police to report a burglary, and Gates, who apparently has a bigger chip on his shoulder than an ant carrying a Dorito, wasn't playing along. According to the police report, Gates was also upset that the officers didn't recognize him. Since when did university professors start thinking they're Madonna? In any case, President Obama has invited Henry Gates and officer Crowley over for a beer, because everybody knows that any racial dispute can be defused by adding alcohol to the situation – it's just common sense. Crowley, to my knowledge, has yet to accept the invitation. In the name of helping end all racial bias, I hope officer Crowley does not accept the invitation, because to do so would be tantamount to an admission of guilt to a charge of racism. This much is certain: Crowley isn't being invited over to be the recipient of an apology or even to engage in meaningful dialog – but for an intervention, community organizer-style. [CONTINUE READING]

Mandatory rights and other gov't oxymorons ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers Posted: July 20, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 A $1.5 trillion bill currently squirming its pork-laden way around in the House of Representatives would make health care a "right" of all Americans. Good news? Sure, if you're also envious of the "right" of the Cuban people to be forced to listen to Castro's speeches. In addition to the goings-on in the House, a Senate committee has approved a preliminary health care bill. The Senate bill is named "Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans," and the pitch is that it would create a government-sponsored health program that would compete with the private sector. For starters, the government "competing" with the private sector is like a monster that challenges you to a "fair fight" knowing full well that it can rip your arms off and beat you to death with your own limbs. In Washington, D.C., every attempt is being made to convince Americans they can have two countries in one – a free-market nation and a socialist nation – and that consumers (you and me) can just pick which one we prefer to live in. Anyone who buys this can put the purchase right up there with the deed to their Colorado swampland and stock certificate for a majority share of the Brooklyn bridge. Besides, the government, though slow, crooked, stupid and misguided, isn't dumb – just in case the private sector could compete with their national health care plan, "Obamacare" will give Americans the choice between government health care and private insurance, and then simply outlaw private insurance. The "Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All Americans" (it started out on a local level as "Quality, Affordable Coverage in Kansas" but QUACK, though an appropriate acronym for this particular bill, didn't quite make the cut) bill requires every American to carry health insurance. So there it is – health care is a right, and it will be mandatory. My question, simply put, is this: What kind of a "right" is mandatory, and if you don't exercise that right you can be punished with fines and/or jail? Some "right"! [CONTINUE READING]

Taxing to the last breath ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers Posted: July 13, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 The year 2009 may well be the most expensive year in history, both in a financial and constitutional sense, and it might get even worse. The cap-and-trade bill will be debated in the Senate soon, talk of another stimulus is flying around, and Barbara Boxer and others are ratcheting up the rhetoric so as to make us believe that if we don't commit to giving all remaining money and freedom to Washington now, we'll be dead before dinner. Some are trying to make the case that only another stimulus will save the economy, which is a little asking the captain of the Titanic to hit another iceberg in the hopes it will plug up the holes made by the first one. The very idea of a second Obama stimulus is sheer madness, which is exactly what makes it a very real possibility. And to top it off an administration that has been called "Gilligan's Island without the professor" is in control of General Motors – but you can read all about that in next month's issue of Czar & Driver magazine. There should be nothing more disconcerting to Americans than seeing a bunch of politicians in a hurry. The president, Senate Democrats and a few falsely labeled "Republicans" rushed through the stimulus package like Trent Lott scurrying through South Central at dusk. Now, to cover the enormous "stimulus" outlay that, by design, does nothing but increase the size and reach of the government, they must reload the coffers by trying to tax you for each time you toast bread or exhale ("pay as you blow"?) via carbon and energy taxes. The quest of carbon-based life to spend every last penny on earth to get rid of carbon will turn out to be either the most costly suicide ever, or the most expensive scam of all time. Frankly, I'm not thrilled with either option, but I have a pretty good idea which it is. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, because cap and trade is going global. President Obama met with other G8 leaders in Rome to figure out ways to control Earth's temperature using nothing but the remaining contents of your paycheck. Impressive. I'll bet even MacGyver couldn't do that! I have to admit, creating a fear of naturally occurring phenomena like the weather and temperature to achieve power while providing a justification to steal both money and freedom is medieval, but conceptually brilliant and a time-honored tradition among people seeking a way to take advantage of the ignorant. [CONTINUE READING]

Hunting donkeys ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers Posted: July 06, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Sarah Palin added to the weekend fireworks by announcing on July 3 that she'd be resigning as Alaska governor effective in about three weeks. I know what you're thinking: "South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is busted with a Venezuelan mistress, and Sarah Palin resigns?" Those looking to Palin's resignation as a signal of some sort of as yet to be exposed "wrongdoing" on her part don't know politics. In politics, the guilty are the ones who stick around – that's why we're in so much trouble. After Palin's announcement on Friday, the rumor mill began buzzing even louder than usual. Theories ranging from claims that Palin is about to be charged with embezzlement, to she's pregnant again, to she's running for president, to my own theory that Palin quit to become the host of her own game show called "You Bet'cha Life!" There were also the expected tasteless jokes about her kids under the guise of "satire." One of these sensitive, caring liberals wrote that Palin is "the first politician to actually try to increase the population of retarded people." And all along I thought that was ACORN's job. Predictably, those who seem to have devoted their lives to being Sarah Palin's sworn enemies were, in exceedingly generous gestures, the first out of the gate to offer Palin post-resignation career advice. [CONTINUE READING]

Crime(s) of the Century ~ By DOUG POWERS

By Doug Powers Posted: June 29, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009

Now they're planning the crime of the century Well what will it be? Read all about their schemes and adventuring It's well worth a fee So roll up and see How they rape the universe How they've gone from bad to worse Who are these men of lust, greed, and glory? Rip off the masks and let's see. Supertramp – Crime of the Century

The above song needs a plural sequel called "Crimes of the Century," because I'd be thrilled if Congress were only planning one crime at any given time these days, but now there are so many that it's hard to keep up with. One of those crimes of the century that is still in the planning stages, but is close to unfortunate reality, is cap and trade – otherwise known as the Waxman-Markey bill. "Cap and trade" passed through the House of Representatives Friday afternoon by a close 219-212 vote. Many of the same politicians who bashed Bernard Madoff over the head for his Ponzi scheme voted to do something similar multiplied many times over – but in order to "save the planet" from evil carbon-based pollutants like … you and me. Ohio Rep. John Boehner referred to Waxman-Markey as a "pile of excrement" (though Boehner used a different word). Frankly, I think this is an insult … to piles of excrement. The U.S. government and its collection of worms, weasels and vermin are wonderfully adept at exploiting people who haven't even been born yet, and they're at it again and they won't stop until they're made to stop. [YOU MUST READ THE REST OF THIS COLUMN!]

Note: Doug has taken the Twitter plunge! You can follow his ramblings at ThePowersThatBe. Here are a couple extra little treats for you, featuring the song mentioned above by my favorite group, Supertramp:

Chris Dodd's chutzpa: Priceless ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers Posted: June 01, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Having devoted a good deal of space in my column over the years to pointing out and mocking various government absurdities, I have often expected there would be a time when I would reach the end of the line of idiocy, double-speak, hypocrisy and deviousness – then reality strikes yet again. Mind-boggling government lunacy is bottomless, infinite and immune from common sense and even meteor strikes. I suppose as an opinion columnist I should be thankful for that, but it's more difficult to handle by the day, because though the political madness is endless, the well of adjectives, ad hominem slurs and pointed metaphors for politicians can occasionally run dry due to over-pumping. Fortunately, today is not that day. Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, who is perhaps best known to veteran political observers as the top slice of doughy, crusty white bread in the legendary waitress sandwich, is facing an uphill re-election bid next year. Dodd, in addition to being Phil Donahue's liberal stunt-double, is the mortgage opportunist who allowed AIG bonuses to stay in the stimulus bill that nobody had time to read before voting to pass, and then later jumped on the bandwagon of bashing the people who got the bonuses (but earlier had no problem accepting AIG's campaign donations). Normally these issues would be insurmountable for even a veteran politician to overcome, but since Dodd is from a collection of liberal East Coast states that pride themselves on the motto "Live free or at least fool yourself," I fully expect Dodd to win re-election to a sixth term. Part of Dodd's challenge in a campaign that is now underway is to demonstrate to any voters who care about such things that he's not a boneheaded weasel with confusing double standards. To do this, Dodd's campaign has created an ad (or see below) that demonstrates that he's … a boneheaded weasel with confusing double-standards.[CONTINUE READING]

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Waterboarding for fun and profit ~ By Doug Powers

How bad is waterboarding? So bad that some people have actually volunteered to have it performed on them? (However, these stunt waterboardings are often performed improperly and in an unsafe manner, clouding the whole debate and even endangering the volunteer.) Make sure that you watch the Mancow waterboarding video (also below) before you decide if waterboarding is real torture. read more | digg story

Miss USA 2010 ~ By Doug Powers

By Doug Powers © 2009 Does anybody know who won the Miss USA competition a few weeks ago? A lot of people think that Miss California, Carrie Prejean, won. She didn't. Carrie was the first runner-up. Prejean's refusal to cave to pressure and apologize for her opinion on same-sex marriage may have set a dangerous precedent, and made the Left regret the question was ever asked. Because of all the exposure, Prejean's going to make more money than she ever would have otherwise, especially now that she's got a gig at Fox News. Due to this example of how ticking off the PC bunch can translate to big exposure and bigger dollars, here are some responses I predict we might hear at next year's Miss USA pageant: Q: Miss Texas, if you were Miss USA and an attack on our nation occurred, what would you consider your role to be? A: Well, first I'd consult my personal hero, George W. Bush. [Continue reading]

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The joke's not on Obama ~ By Doug Powers

Since Obama has been president, there's been a distinct lack of any comedian brave enough to directly mock The One. Wanda Sykes was no exception at the White House correspondents' dinner as the headliner comedian. Well, Doug came up with his own quips that he would like to hear. I dare the White House to invite Doug Powers to be the MC next year! read more | digg story

Too pig to fail ~ By Doug Powers

If the pork industry continues to be harmed by the name "swine flu," are you thinking what I'm thinking? "Pork bailout!" Soon we may be told that the industry is "too pig to fail." If the name of the flu makes people have an aversion to whatever said flu is named after, why doesn't the Obama administration just call it "tobacco flu"? (Or, you could ask, "Why whine about swine when the name works fine?") read more | digg story

Fight for your right to tea party ~ By Doug Powers

"What was at first plunder assumed the softer name of revenue." ~ Thomas Paine. Many people are going to the non-partisan TEA parties across America on April 15, and for many different reasons: Excessive and confusing tax laws, concern for their children and grandchildren who are born in debt, or out-of-control government waste, to name a few. read more | digg story

Tea time in the U.S. - By Doug Powers

In 1773, the Boston Tea Party consisted of colonists protesting Britain's "Tea Act" by throwing tea into the harbor. Why tea? Because the colonists were too far away from British parliament to throw them in. What do protesters hope to accomplish with these new tea parties? If just one polititian finds a need to take swimming lessons, it's worth it. PS: Watch out for those earmarks for Congressional Swimming Lessons..... DOUGH!!!!! read more | digg story

Death by 1,000 porker cuts - By Doug Powers

We've been told that we face threats of a depression, soup lines, pestilence, famine, upheaval, and locust swarms if we don't shovel $1 trillion toward more government, union goodies and global warming mythology. But don't worry, 3 Republicrats made sure the knife was only plunged 12 inches into taxpayers instead of the originally planned one foot.

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Is it cold, or is Gore crazy? - By Doug Powers

"Global warming" is an excuse to steal from you under the guise of it being for your own good. Maybe the thinking of pushing global warming legislation when a good portion of the country is being treated for hypothermia is this: Americans won't feel their back pockets being picked when their rear ends are numb.

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Oprah's 'hope-a-dope' - By Doug Powers

Oprah Winfrey, talk show giant and Obama uber-groupie, has been duped again, along with a book publisher and agent, this time by the Rosenblats. Again, it was another book about hope. It wouldn't matter one bit if Oprah didn't have so many people aboard the gullible train, wrongly dubbed "The Hope Express" – but, unfortunately, she does.

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johnny2k Is Home: A Happy New Year for my friends at WND.com

There are many people I want to thank for helping 2008 be a good year, and to thank in advance for a wonderful year to come in 2009. Many people have faced hardships and sorrows in 2008, but it was the friends I have that kept me encouraged to get through the storms I faced. I believe that without a doubt.

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