Daily Commentary – Thursday, August 20th, 2009 – Prescription Drug Abuse … Doctor Shopping

• Michael Jackson’s doctor may be indicted soon, and Dana asks: will this lead to some change in the way we deal with prescription drug abuse and its enablers?

Christine Sheddy Case: Murder in Maryland Chapter 4

“I suppose one night hundreds of thousands of years ago in a cave by a night fire when one of those shaggy men wakened to gaze over the banked coals at his woman, his children, and thought of their being cold, dead, gone forever. Then he must have wept. And he put out his hand in the night to the woman who must die some day and to the children who must follow her. And for a little bit next morning, he treated them somewhat better, for he saw that they, like himself, had the seed of night in them.” – Something Wicked this Way Comes, Ray Bradbury

Simmering Perdition

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Harry Reid Call Obamacare Town Hall Protesters ‘Evil’ … Gee Why are Americans Turning Against Democrats?

From the Dems, Axis of Evil not Evil, but American Obamacare protesters are EVIL?

When former President George W. Bush used the term, “the Axis of Evil” to characterize the alliance of North Korea, Iran and Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein in 2002, Democrats went mental and warned that such comments were counterproductive and dangerous. Democrats actually came out against calling the trio “evil.” You mean that terrorists are provided greater deference that “We the People”?

Flash forward seven years and my how things have changed. Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now calls town hall protesters exercising their Constitutional Rights of Free Speech against Obamacare as EVIL. What is evil is any politician trying to defraud the American people and not represent them as they were duly elected.

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Melissa Scott Jenkins and Daniel Edward Ehrlic, Mother & Boyfriend, Arrested in the Death of Robert Manwill

The mother of Robert Manwill and her boyfriend have been charged in the murder of the 8 year old Boise boy. 30 year old Melissa Jenkins and her boyfriend, Daniel Ehrlick, were arrested by Boise police and indicted for the death of Robert Manwill. Jenkins was also charged as as an accessory for failing to report her son’s death to law enforcement.

“The arrests are a major step in the investigation,” said Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy chief. “But the investigation of Robert Manwill’s death is still very much ongoing.”

Police did not elaborate as to why they arrested the two.

8 year old Robert Manwill had been supposedly missing since July 24, 2009 and his body was found on August 3 in a canal about 14 miles from his home. The date of Robert’s death may now be in question. At the time of the gruesome discovery, police had stated that what happened to the 8 year old boy was no accident.

Daniel Ehrlick and Melissa Jenkins will be arraigned Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Deborah Bail. They are being held on a $2 million bond.

Democrats Ready to Go It Alone on Obamacare and Ram it Through … “Will of the People?”

Democratic Threat or bluff? Would Democrats really be willing to thumb their nose to “We the People?”

From The Drudge Report … NYT: DEMS PLAN TO GO IT ALONE ON HEATHCARE… DEVELOPING

After trying to pull a fast one on the American people and attempting unsuccessfully to push Obamacare through before the August recess, Democrats now look to ram government controlled Obamacare through alone, according to the NY Times.

Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority’s cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks.

All this while in Town Hall meetings across the country Americans voice their disapproval with government run health care. Even the NBC New Poll has 47% opposed to Obamacare while 43% are in favor.

However, it is hard to imagine that this is not a bluff on the part of Democrats. In order to pull off a bluff, some times you have to be holding the cards. In this case, on face value they may have the votes in numbers of Democrats in the House and Senate, but they hardly do in reality. A one sided Democratic vote for socialized medicine and Obamacare is a sure fire one way ticket out of DC for Democrats in 2010 and 2012. The people have made their feelings known just how they feel about Obamacare and it would be political suicide. They would lose the Independent vote forever.

Daily Commentary – Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 – Hearsay and Drew Peterson

• Whether or not you think it’s fair, the Illinois hearsay law is bound to have a huge impact on the Peterson trial.

Gallup Obama Job Approval Rating Hits All Time Low … Maybe Voters Should Have Listened to Those that Questioned Obama’s Experience

The Obama Presidency … a case study in why one is not hired as  a CEO of a Fortune 100 company with one year of work experience. It takes more than a cute sound bite promise of “hope and change” to be President.

It was not just Republicans that saw that Obama lacked the experience to be President.

Obama’s health care pitch has been as lame as his pitch during the MLB All-Star Game. However, with Obamacare he has no place to hide, no camera angles to blur the view, no bias media to BS a fed up American people and no excuses as “We the People” demand answers.

Six months into his Presidency and the gig is up for President Barack Obama. It was said during the campaign by Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and former Democrat President Bill Clinton that Barack Obama was not ready to be President. He lacked the obvious and necessary experience to be President. That fact has become so obvious as his message is lost as well as his leadership on issues. The Administration was more concerned with skeptical blogs and anti-Obamacare emails than they were with presenting an on point message. It is obvious that without his teleprompter, Obama has been found wanting.

Obama is in over his head and at this point it is like quicksand. The more he struggles, the more he talks, the more he blames, the more he acts like a typical politician the more he appears in front of the people to explain his socialist policies, the more he fails and his poll numbers fall.

Remember when Bill Clinton said, “when was the last time we elected a President based on one year of service in the Senate?”

Or when Joe Biden said, “I think he can be ready, but right now I don’t believe he is. The Presidency is not something that lends itself to on the job training”.

According to the most recent Gallup Daily Poll, Barack Obama’s Job Approval ratings has hit an all time low,52%-42%. Even the Gallup poll has him almost under 50%, a far cry from his poll numbers in February 09. More people still disapprove of his health care policy.

Americans are resoundly against Obamacare. The people have spoke and want government control no where near their health care. The downward spiral of Obama’s numbers will make it harder and harder for any politician to go out on a limb for “The One”.

The LA Times has an Oped entitled, Why is Obama-care failing? The answer has nothing to do with the so-called angry mobs, racists, Nazis, crazies and right-wing organized zombies that the LEFT is so found of saying. As Jonah Goldberg states, if Obama and his nutroot supporters wants to know why Obama-care is failing, they need just look in the mirror. End of discussion.

Howard Dean … Same Nut, Different Place …Republicans,”Let’s Kill the Bill and Kill the President…… or, Kill the President’s Term”

Some times you feel like a nut and some times you are in fact a nut.

Hey Howie … You’ve come a long way baby. Howard Dean most recent, whisper to a scream. This man was the head of the DNC with word choice like this?

From insane screamer to just insane. Democratic leader Howard Dean stated on the Stephanie Miller Show that Republicans wanted to kill the President. What is wrong with these people? What makes these people so angry? Wow, and Howard Dean thinks this type of behavior is helping the cause? Keep it up Libs, you are making it easy to gather campaign material for 2010.

The Republicans, they have no interest in this Bill. They’re using the 1994 playbook. Let’s kill the bill and kill the president…… or, kill the president’s term. Although there are sort of angry people out there I get very nervous about this stuff.

Even after he made the stupid comment, he tried to correct himself by saying, “or, kill the president’s term” then could not resist his moonbat roots and had to say, “Although there are sort of angry people out there I get very nervous about this stuff”.

From Radio Equalizer:

 Dean says he is an optimist, many say he is just crazy

Transcript of Dean’s rantings: [editors notes in blue]

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Obamacare … Obamanomics … A Catastrophe and Obamanation for America … USA/Gallup Poll Bad News for Stimulus

Obama socialist government spending not working … Public losing confidence in Obama.

It’s not just about Obamacare when it comes to Barack’s falling poll numbers. Add the out of control spending and the Stimulus bill to the list of things why many are abandoning the SS Obama. The $787 billion stimulus plan is looked upon by most as a failure.

In a USA Today/Gallup poll, 57% of adults said that the stimulus had no impact in the economy or made it worse.  Only 18 percent say they see an improvement

The Gallup poll mirrors a FOX News/Opinion Dynamics poll taken last week that showed 72 percent of say returning the unused portion of the $787 billion dollar stimulus to taxpayers would do more to boost the economy than having the government spend it. Nineteen percent supported continued government spending.

Make matters worse … 60% doubt that the stimulus plan will help the economy in the years ahead. Polling questions asked.

As stated at The LA Times, the public has lost hope in the stimulus plan. That coupled with the fact that the public also does not trust Obama on health care or federal deficits, The One’s approval ratings have taken a hit. The public’s confidence in Obama is gone as people have finally figured out it takes a lot more than a smile and a promise of hope and change to properly run a country.

Far more distressing is how poll respondents see the economy faring one year from now. Just 30% believe the recession will have ended by then, while 54% expect the U.S. still to be in recession (or, perhaps, back in recession), and 14% expect the country to be in a depression.

Think this won’t effect the midterm election?

Obama White House Pulls Plug on Nark tip site flag@whitehouse.gov & Throws 3rd Party Groups Under the Bus in Email-gate

Can anyone imagine if this type of behavior was done by the Bush Administration and Dick Cheney? The MSM would be salivating on this story like Watergate. Remember when the LEFT went mental about library books after 911 and the Patriot Act?

However, when this Administration is found wanting, they Blame it on Rio.

Who knew private citizens had to put the White House on a “do not email” list? Oh wait. it gets even better, now the Obama White House has disabled the nark email snitch e-tip box. Why would they close such a program if there was nothing wrong with it as they have stated?

In this case the Obama White House blames it on third party groups and their on-line petitions. However, is that really the only methods as to how private citizens received unsolicited emails from the White House with health care spam? SPAM? The highly technological, blackberry using President has resorted to SPAM? There’s change you can believe in.

The White House told FOX News that third-party groups sending online petitions to the official administration Web site could be to blame for a rash of e-mails that have gone out to people who never requested them. The theory is that these groups are including the names and e-mails of members and petition-signers along with the petitions themselves, in turn embedding those e-mails into the White House distribution list.

Are there other data mining methods that the White House used to attain individuals emails? Many people who have received the unwanted WH emails have stated that they they’re not members of any organization and have not been advocating for any cause.

“I find it very disturbing and a little scary to say the least,” said Sarah Griffith, who got a widely circulated e-mail on health care reform from senior adviser David Axelrod last week. “I have no idea how they got my e-mail address, and they have it.”

As stated at the Jawa Report … this White House “has some ’splainin’ to do”.

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