Renaming The Government Option

As he prepares to introduce legislation allowing the federal government to seize banks considered "too big to fail," Barney Frank yesterday on Ed Schultz's show says that Democrats are "trying on every front to increase the role of government."

 

Bad news for Democrats:  Obama's coattails only apply when Obama is on the ballot.

 

CNN, now in last place among cable news networks, might want to consider repealing their ban on talk show hosts and instead ban their anchors from ever appearing on Jeopardy.

 

Since only 37 percent of Americans know what the "public option" is, Nancy Pelosi wants to give it a new name and call it the "consumer option" or the "competitive option."  They really do think you're that dumb.

 

An Obama economic advisor thinks that the best way to save money on the government takeover of health care is to tax "Cadillac" health insurance plans.  Every bill includes a provision to save money that would cut Medicare payments to hospitals that readmit ill seniors.  That would be rationing.

 

While there still is not a final text of the Senate bill, there are some things that we can expect to see in the bill.  Joe Lieberman says that he will filibuster any plan that has a government option.

 

Obama's Education Secretary wants "revolutionary change" in teachers' colleges.  I agree, but I tremble every time I consider any kind of revolutionary change coming from this administration.

 

The United Nations has named Tinker Bell an "Honorary Ambassador of Green" in an attempt to indoctrinate children into fearing the god of global warming.  A British climate chief wants everybody to give up meat to save the planet.  Over my dead body.

 

Now people are starting to think about what the media reaction would be if George Bush had done some of the same things that Barack Obama is doing.

 

People are leaving New York to escape high taxes, which means that tax revenues will not recover with the economy.

 

Pravda says that the United States is moving towards socialism.

 

The government-run Amtrak loses about $32 per passenger.  Don't worry; government will do a better job when they're running your health care.

 

Even Democrats are tired of Rep. Alan Grayson (Kook-FL) after he called an advisor to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke a "K Street whore."

 

Federal employees can still make charitable contributions to ACORN through the government's annual workplace charity campaign.

A new scare report is out saying that children are more than twice as likely to be killed by cars on Halloween than on any other night.  The report ignores the fact that children are also more than twice as likely to be walking the streets at night on Halloween than any other night.

 

Here's the big game changer in the race for Warner Robins Mayor.  Donald Walker's widow, Patricia, has endorsed Chuck Chalk.

 

Chalk came out swinging in the candidates' forum last night, but then the attacks faded and everybody played it safe.  It got boring.

 

The John Williams saga continues, but a judge promises a quick ruling in the case.

 

The U.S. House unanimously approved adding Billy Carter's gas station to the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.