via the Wayback Machine —————————————— September 2, 2007 President John Edwards’ plans for your own good [Darleen Click] State nannism doesn’t get much better than this Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care. “It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody get preventive care,” he told a crowd sitting in
June 28, 2012
June 28, 2012
Today I engaged in a vast number of non-activities I didn’t pay for.
I feel like such a free loader.
June 28, 2012
protein wisdom says: I freakin’ told you so. [updated x2]
Over. And over. And over and over and over and over and over. And over and over and over. Intentionalism just is. But because we can’t concern ourselves with what we believe we’re doing when we claim to be interpreting, we’ve ended up institutionalizing a tyrannical form of “interpretation” that is linguistically incoherent. Thus, behold: The Federal Government does not have the power to order people to buy health insurance.
June 28, 2012
“OBAMA: MANDATE IS NOT A TAX”
Flashback to a time when words meant what they were intended to mean, not what a reasonable set of Justices decided they must mean: STEPHANOPOULOS: You were against the individual mandate… OBAMA: Yes. STEPHANOPOULOS: …during the campaign. Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don’t. How is that not a tax? OBAMA: Well, hold on a second, George. Here — here’s what’s
June 28, 2012
House Contempt vote reaction thread / open thread
1. Yay, finally a degree of justice — symbolic though it may be! 2. Wow. That was anti-climactic. Bunch of punters, those Congresspeople. 3. Fucking Boehner.
June 28, 2012
ObamaCare ruling reaction thread / open thread
1. Yay, the republic has been temporarily saved! 2. Wow. That was anti-climactic. Bunch of punters, these Justices. 3. Eat your peas, citizen. **** update: Eat your peas it is. Subject. Is the individual mandate penalty really a tax? Obama and his reps assured us it wasn’t. Until it was passed and then challenged legally. At which time it became a tax for purposes of justifying it. Guess what, folks:
June 28, 2012
Let’s all celebrate picking our neighbor’s pocket! PAHHR-ty! [Darleen Click]
Previously I covered how the food stamp program is, by happy design, expanding. It even gets fun, new names as California designates it as “CalFresh.” Via Weasel Zippers is this advice from the USDA pamphlet on how to ensnare more people into “SNAP” … Throw a Great Party. Host social events where people mix and mingle. Make it fun by having activities, games, food, and entertainment, and provide information about