Scoundrels vs. ObamaCare

Scoundrels Inc. vs. ObamaCare

March 26, 2012

Today marks a historic day in the life of these United States of America.  A land-mark case such as Dread Scot (1857) is before the U.S. Supreme Court. This time however, race is not the issue, although, there are underlings in the greater scope of the political contention, but a case of major proportions which questions federal jurisdiction over states rights and the power of the Federal government over individual rights. 

Twenty six dissident GOP-led states in a united front, filed for review before the United States Supreme Court in objection to President Barack Obama Administration’s “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” signed into law in March 2010, and today, the Court began hearing arguments.  The complainant opposition is a GOP-TeaParty and allied with BigBusinessUnited effort, in hopes of undermining the Democratic aim of providing affordable health care to all Americans.    

After a successful opposition by the Republicans in Congress to the #SinglePayer health Care legislation, as initially proposed by Democrats, efforts to bring affordable health care to the American people failed, thus resulting in a watered-downed health care law which is now being challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court.  Under the scurrilous name of “ObamaCare” as tagged by the Republican/Tea-Party opposition, the law called for penalizing those individual citizens who would opt out of not purchasing health care insurance. Thus, herein lays the trap laid by the Republican-led opposition; after Republicans realized they could not entirely prevent Democrats from passing a form of health care legislation, Republicans in Congress pushed Democrats into providing a mechanism by which the new legislation would be paid for. Hence, Democrats placed a requirement for every citizen to be enrolled, and if healthcare was not provided by their employer or already not enrolled in a government program, individuals were required under this law to purchase individual insurance – with no option to opt out.  Accordingly, opposition to #ObamaCare argues before the Court; whether Congress can compel citizens to purchase health insurance?

 Conveniently, present-day US Supreme Court is heavily influenced and packed with adulterated Justices who are often seen cuddling with special business interest and who also hold extreme religious convictions. In fact, Chief Justice and Associate Justices in the Court with Conservative/extreme-religious credentials make up the majority of the Court and therefore, often tip the balance on the side of conservative/religious causes. So far however, the most adulterated Justice (Thomas) has remained mum in this Court’s session and on this particular case. This silence notwithstanding, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy comprise the known pack of conservative/religious scoundrels in the Court who will ultimately decide Scoundrels vs. ObamaCare.

Joseph Chez ///

JOHN McCAIN PANDERING XENOPHOBIC FIRE IN AZ

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June 21, 2011:

Joseph Chez

John McCain, the once moderate Republican senator from the State of Arizona is now in the dog house because of his unexplained tilt to the loony and extreme-right of the political spectrum.   Ever since he started paling around with the gal from Alaska, he has since felt it necessary to pander to the extreme right.  Although, not surprised, xenophobic sentiment is much in demand and being fanned by the Joe Arpio, Russell Pearce, and other neo-fascist Minute-Men militia types in the state of Arizona.

Two days ago, Sen. McCain was in Arizona to review the fire situation in his state, a situation deemed in a state of emergency, due to the extreme fire conditions.  What is noteworthy however is that before the media cameras, Sen. McCain blatantly blamed undocumented immigrants who cross the border from Mexico into the United States, as being the culprits for setting these fires.  And yet, according to the National Interagency Coordinating Center, there are approximately 210 forest and range fires through out the nation, with numerous other fires springing up daily.

Regional office for Region 3, of the U.S. Forest Service, which oversees forest and rangelands, including the State of Arizona, has publicly not ascertained the cause of the fire(s) for which Sen. McCain was alluding to.  So which one of the hundreds of fires is Mr. McCain talking about?

In his statements before the media, he stated that “illegals” from Mexico set fires to send signals to others or set them to confuse the authorities, he said.  Mmm? Of course, the media asked the experts, Forest Service personnel, but they denied it was set by immigrants, as there are literally hundreds of possibilities which may initiate a fire, including an act of God.  But, Mr. McCain is not so convinced.

 
And yet, the American public should understand that currently, this is fire season for the entire part of North America, comprising from the Yucatan Peninsula to the window sill of Sara Palin’s house in Wasilla Alaska.  Not to mention, that the South West has had little rain since last November and the fire weather in Arizona, New Mexico and part of Texas, is providing just the right conditions for fire.  

So what’s up with McCain?  Well, Sen. McCain, the once well-liked senator by conservative as well as moderate-liberals, is now becoming a xenophobic pariah of sorts. Perhaps, he just may feel the need to return to his original roots of being the grumpy ol’ fart that he truly is.  In fact, he originally came to Arizona as a carpetbagger, but he may just leave the Senate as the accomplished TEA BAGGER.

ANTI-TAX TEA PARTY - UNDER COVER

It is totally American to exercise the right of freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and the right to object with our government - especially over the issue of high taxes. It is another another thing to cover up hidden agendas under the guise of populist issues such as high taxes or excessive government spending.

Today, April 15, 2009 thousands of Americans through out the nation attended anti-tax rallies, described by the Fox News network, as a grass-roots "Tea Party" protest rallies, that have no specific political leaning. Oh yeah? Well, I know of no friends of mine who are Democrats or Liberal, who attended such anti-tax party rallies. On the other hand, some of my ultra conservative personal friends invited me out to dinner last week and pitched an invitation for me to join them in an anti-tax tea party. For a week, I was deluged by e-mails from them urging me to commit. An although my friends on the right mean well and have sincere hopes for our country, I am afraid that their patriotism is being high-jacked by underlying forces to the extreme right, such as the abolish the IRS crowd, the anti-immigration Minute Men, the anti-gay-anti-abortion religious righteous, the pitch fork revolutionist who follow Glen Beck, the narrow-minded Hannity zombies, the malitia-KKK types, and last but not least, the entire Fox News Network staff. Yes, thousands of well-intentioned Americans whose hopes and aspirations for a better America, took it to the streets, to protest high taxes and high government spending. My question however, is who is leading this "Tea Party" agenda?

Why rally at the Alamo? Why posters of President Obama, depicting racist caricatures? Why, if legitimate anti-tax or anti- high government spending, why such emphasis against President Obama? Why the code words of socialism? And why did these patriot Americans not protest these very same issues during the Bush administration? After all, for the past eight years, government spending took a quantum leap, taxes were lowered for the ultra-rich and business corporations ransacked our nation. Why did these sincere Americans not protest the no-bid contract mentality, the absent oversight of the investment banking industry, or the the Bush Administration's blind eye to the oil industry gouging the American public? So why now?

Coincidentally, these anti-tax patriots seemingly just now realized that our country is in deep doo-doo. Conveniently however, out of nowhere, a grass-root revolution against high taxes and high government spending is happening in the fourth month of President Obama's presidency. So is this a coincidence or some GOP malcontent's plot to broaden its political base for 2012? Or, is it that the extreme-right still, can not stomach the thought of having lost the election?

Certainly, high taxes and high government spending is hurting the broad base of the American fabric, but why the red-meat rhetoric of hate and revolution? So like I reminded my conservative friends; beware of who is leading your protest. Remember that Newt Gingrich is using you for his own agenda, a contract ON America, again in 2012. Remember, that Dick Armey is also behind the curtain, with fists-full of money from the extreme-right and corporate America. But not limited to; remember that while you may believe that protesting a populist issue, Fox News Corp. is profiteering from your love of country.

In sum, I uphold and support your right to protest, but I reject any intolerance and yelling fire in this crowded nation. Fox News, it is also not for you to profit and further your extreme-right agenda at the expense of our nation. Finally, yes, it would be nice if we all paid a per-capita and an equal pro-rata share of taxes - without deductions or considerations for special groups.

You want to be a real patriot? Don't be used by those who see an opportunity that is self serving, or those who mean ill to our country by spouting intolerant garbage.

Joseph Chez