12 Replies to “"Number of healthcare reform law waivers climbs above 1,000"”

1. cranky-d says:

   March 7, 2011 at 10:51 am

   This is also good for when people talk about Republicans being in favor of taking care of big business, and Democrats being in favor of “the little guy.”

2. Bob Reed says:

   March 7, 2011 at 11:00 am

   It’s the same old story; some are just more equal than others. The winners and losers will be selected, Solomon-like, by Barack “L’etat c’est moi” Obama.

3. LBascom says:

   March 7, 2011 at 11:07 am

   “The winners and losers will be selected, Solomon-like, by Barack “L’etat c’est moi” Obama.”

   To be fair, they will be selected by a faceless czar or two. Obama has a 10:30am tee time.

4. LBascom says:

   March 7, 2011 at 11:16 am

   OT, I think this is a big deal lacking ink.

   The Real Reason the ATF Smuggled Guns Into Mexico

   1. […]The ATF responded to the report by launching Operation Fast and Furious. As the title suggests, the ATF opened the floor gates, releasing (if not farming) smaller fry to catch bigger fish. Less metaphorically, they “let” guns flow South so they could follow the weapons into Mexico and catch the “real” bad guys.

   This is the explanation offered by the whistle-blowing ATF agent featured on CBS News’ recent Gunwalker report.

   2. Empire building

   Another possible explanation for ATF-enabled weapons heading south: the Agency wanted to inflate the numbers of guns smuggled into Mexico so they could continue to milk Uncle Sam for more of the “special funding” that created four new Gunrunner regional offices—the first increase in ATF personnel in decades.

   3. ATF Agents enabled smuggled guns to line their own pockets

   The amount of money—cash money—flowing in the drug trade is beyond your wildest imagination. Tens of billions of dollars. The Mexican drug lords have corrupted officials on both sides of the border, at the highest possible levels. Why not the ATF? Money talks, guns walk. Makes perfect sense. […]

   Occam’s Razor says that if you’re forced to choose between competing theories explaining a given event, the simplest explanation is the most likely to be true. I vote for door number three.

5. LBascom says:

   March 7, 2011 at 11:19 am

   Should be […]’s, proceeding #’s 1. & 2.

6. LBascom says:

   March 7, 2011 at 11:19 am

   2. & 3. Agh!

7. Blake says:

   March 7, 2011 at 11:41 am

   Hope and let me keep some of my change, please.

8. LTC John says:

   March 7, 2011 at 2:20 pm

   A law so dang good, that many of those agitating for it don’t want to live under its precepts. Magnificent law, that we had to pass to see what was in it, eh?

   I’d hammer this home in any debate w/O! – “how come your signal achievement has so many that want out?”

9. charlesaustin says:

   March 7, 2011 at 4:48 pm

   There are two Americas: one where those with political connections can get waivers from what Obamacare offers, and one that must accept whatever Obamacare offers.

10. SteveG says:

    March 7, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    How much cash needs to get stuffed into an envelope to gain this exemption?
    Because it is tempting to just pay the mother****** off every year… even though it’ll never end.
    Thugs
    Gangsters
    Whatever
    Go Bears!

11. Mueller says:

    March 8, 2011 at 6:14 am

    #9
    Because that’s how things are done in Chicago.

12. Those 1,000 ObamaCare waivers … [Darleen Click] says:

    March 8, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    […] to businesses? Small taters […]

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