The Magic Mushroom Health Bill
67What Else Could It Be?
Denial of reality appears to be running rampant among Democrats (with President Obama playing the role of Denial Chieftain) when it comes to ramming the health care reform bill. Notice I didn't say where they're attempting to ram it; I personally feel the overused "down our throats" terminology to be pretty euphemistic for where they really intend to place the final product if it does indeed become law. For a while, it seemed a puzzlement: Especially after the Scott Brown victory in Massachusetts, how could the Terrible Trio--Obama, Pelosi, and Reid--possibly think contininuing on their failed trajectory could be a good thing?
In between bouts of writing pro-Sarah Palin articles and working on the house I'm building, that question just plain nagged at me. It didn't make sense.
Then one of the radio talk show hosts (sorry, don't remember which dude) happened to mention his belief regarding this issue. He feels quite certain that Obama's pitch to his teammates is simply that they'll be less damaged in the coming midterm elections by passing the health bill than they will by failing to pass it.
Really? Are they ingesting magic mushrooms? Or...wait a minute. Do those folks on the left really think We the People are truly that mindless? That we're going to reward them for doing what we warned them not to do?
If true, that idea is scarier than the bill itself.
It would be like...let's say...me going right ahead and slapping down flooring over the damp soil I've been watching along one wall inside our house-in-progress before determining absolutely whether said moisture derives from previous heavy rains or a leaky underground water pipe. Let's say my wife told me (she being at least as much the boss of me as Obama is of the House and Senate):
"Oh, just go ahead and do it, honey. The pipe will seal itself up and dry out nicely once you've put the floor down, because then it'll know you mean business."
Yeah. Right.
Stranger Than Fiction
That Obama would attempt to convince his co-conspirators to scuttle their own careers...sure. He'd do that. He's already stated publicly that he'd rather be a one term President who got things done than a two term President who didn't, and by every indication he means that exactly. Even so, other people wouldn't believe such a specious statement...would they? It was food for thought. They might; after all, about a gazillion voters did something similar when the man was voted into office in 2008. But now...?
It did make a twisted sort of sense. Frankly, Obama doesn't care one whit if politicians in the legislative branch lose their seats by following his lead. He's made that more than clear. But that logic would have to add the "magic mushroom factor". Were people truly being mushroomed? I pondered this for a day or so.
And then it happened. A health care reform bill enthusiast, posting in an online forum, stated,
"...Once this health care bill passes; all Democrats and most Independents will jump right back on the Obama bandwagon. He'll have reestablished himself and will easily pass the rest of his agenda. And I'm sure we (Democrats) will do extremely well in the November elections...."
Holy snow job, Batman! They're actually buying it!
True, this was a post by an "ordinary" member of We the People, a citizen completely within his rights to support both the health bill and Obama but definitely not a Congressman facing the voters a bit later this year. Maybe that makes a difference. One can hope it makes a difference. If not, though, if the Democrat legislators make the ultimate sacrifice and do actually pass this bill, I know what I need to do.
I need to find some of those magic mushrooms.
No, not to ingest personally. I happen to be rather attached to reality. But I have heard of a friend of a friend of a friend who'd be more than happy to sell them to folks who believe reality bites. If this bill passes, we may not be able to get it repealed for a while. Even with newfound Republican majorities in both House and Senate after the midterm elections, we'll still need to wait until 2013 when President Sarah Palin is inaugurated. Then we'll repeal it.
In the meantime, maybe, just maybe, my cut of the take from those magic mushroom sales might be enough to pay for all those fines I'll be facing for refusing to buy unneeded health insurance.
It's a thought, anyway....
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Ghost...Looks like whether we like it or not, congress is going to shove govt healthcare down our throats...like the mud on your boot, congress keeps throwing crap against the wall and watches how much will stick...I wonder how long it would take them to table this abortion of a healthcare bill if they were subject to the same coverage they are shoving on us...Cancer centers will be required to provide services based on age, doctors would be paid salaries based on RVU's ( relative value units )which is an extremely complicated formula that grades doctors performance, abortions would be taxpayer funded, SEIU would be asked to bargain for contractual control of all workers ( 150,000 new govt employees )...on and on, with layer after layer of legalese obstrufication that defies a consensus interpretation...
We are being handed a load of crap and there isn't a damn thing we can do about it...The dems will fall on their swords and be well rewarded by the Chicago gang we have occupying our White House...
Thanks for another well written and timely Hub...Larry
I think their strategy is to sacrifice a number of congressmen to get it through - to make it law - and then pick those seats back up later in the game. After all, this bill will destroy our way of life here in America, which, IMHO, is exactly what these treasonous rats want. So yeah, they Don't care if they lose a few - those are the casualties of war.
Pass me the mushrooms Ghost, I think I'm gonna need 'em :(
Sheila, I'm grinning ear to ear at the idea of the mail-in tea party protest...but have to admit a few possible problems pop to mind. For one thing, besides the general Post Office "clog" that would produce, they'd have to check each and every tea-stuffed envelope for (a) drugs and/or (b) bombs (remember the Unabomber, back before the feds dragged him out of the Montana woods like Oscar the Grouch out of his garbage can?).
For another thing, it's at least remotely possible some extreme ill-wisher might use the confusion to slip through a REAL bomb.
Lipton ought to love the idea, though. Increased sales and all that.
Larry, I totally agree that it doesn't look good on the health care reform front. And when you say there's nothing we can do about it, I'm presuming you mean "FOR NOW"! Which may well be true enough...or not; I'm not one to give up the Ghost (pun intended) till the fat lady flatulates, or whatever it is she does.
But Obama and crew are forgetting the "rubber band principle". They're stretching that thing beyond belief right now; no way do they have even a CLUE as to how dramatic the snap-back is going to be.
I do agree with you, Madame X, regarding the rather obvious "strategy" the Dems are employing, i.e. deliberately sacrificing "a number" of their members to get this thing accomplished. There can't be any real doubt of that.
But what if they don't just lose "a few"? If We the People declare political genocide jihad on the Democrats who vote for this thing, would that be "Democide"?
I have a dream...okay, a daydream, that the country goes to the polls, and the next morning...There Are No Democrats In Congress! Obviously that's thinking wa-ay outside the box, but that's what daydreams are for. Like (for example) blowing Pelosi out of the water in her supposedly impregnable Marin County.
See? These mushrooms are GREAT! Here y' go, Madame, have a whole bowl....:)
sheila b. Level 4 Commenter 2 years ago
I'm suggesting everywhere that we all mail loose tea in an envelope to the White House on a specific date. We'll overwhelm the post office with millions of Tea protests. Do you like the idea? Some of us can't make it to a Tea Party protest, but we can all mail an envelope.