This bill is Clintonian: It achieves liberal ends through market means

Krugman on Why markets can't cure healthcare

Between those two factors, health care just doesnt work as a standard market story.

There are, however, no examples of successful health care based on the principles of the free market, for one simple reason: in health care, the free market just doesnt work.

And people who say that the market is the answer are flying in the face of both theory and overwhelming evidence.

Faraj Al-Hayderi [Chair of The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC)] explained this was a point of principle, not aimed at any particular political party.

"I don't care what any of them say. I am not even worried about this. We are continuing to work with complete transparency, we are very confident in our work," al-Hayderi said.

"But my advice to them is: "Don't say anything now you will regret later".

But perhaps the most pernicious of the claims against IHEC and its role as an investigating body this week were charges by members of the Iraqiya Coalition - the leading challenger to Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister.

At a news conference in Baghdad, they claimed they had uncovered "rigging to an extent that would render the elections useless", their claims including damaged ballot papers and polling stations failing to post votes.

Unami's staff, who have been closely involved in the planning, execution, supervision and management of the vote, suggested the Iraqiya Coalition produce its evidence - and show it is acting in good faith.

Obama announced Saturday that he will make recess appointments of 15 nominees to administration posts who are awaiting confirmation by the full Senate. None has generated nearly as much outcry as Becker.

[snip]

(CNN) -- One of President Obama's Saturday recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board quickly triggered intense opposition from business groups and Republicans, who called the appointee a radical who represents a White House gift to labor unions.
The fury is aimed at Obama's appointment of Craig Becker -- a labor lawyer -- to the NLRB, the federal agency that oversees relations between unions and employers.

link

Obama also chose a second member for the labor board, pro-union lawyer Mark Pearce, so that four of its five slots will be filled.

 Obama's other appointments announced Saturday:

• Jeffrey Goldstein, undersecretary for domestic finance at the Treasury Department.

• Michael Mundaca, assistant secretary for tax policy at Treasury.

• Eric Hirschhorn, undersecretary of commerce for export administration and head of the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Commerce Department.

• Michael Punke, deputy trade representative -- Geneva, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

• Francisco Sanchez, undersecretary for international trade, Commerce Department.

• Islam Siddiqui, chief agricultural negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

• Alan Bersin, commissioner of U.S. customs and border protection, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

• Jill Long Thompson, Farm Credit Administration Board.

• Rafael Borras, undersecretary for management, DHS.

• Jacqueline Berrien, chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

• Chai Feldblum, EEOC commissioner.

• Victoria Lipnic, EEOC commissioner.

• P. David Lopez, general counsel, EEOC.

He says that calling it a mandate is wrong and we should be looking at as a tax deduction, analogous to a home mortgage. The government does not 'mandate' that you have a mortgage, but it gives you a tax break if you do, because congress has deemed that home ownership is good for society as a whole. The penalty for not buying health insurance is thus the same idea as not getting a tax deduction for a home mortgage you don't have.

Makes sense in a way, and at least I can use it to befuddle my conservative coworkers for a while. If Dems had written the bill that way to begin with, it would be a more persuasive argument. I think the ship calling it a mandate left the harbor a long time ago.

Obama Finds Legal Way Around The 2nd Amendment And Uses It.

If This Passes, There Will Be WAR
Just got this...pass it far & wide.
On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States
On Wednesday the Obama administration took its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the United States. The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations. By signing international treaties on gun control, the Obama administration can use the US State Department to bypass the normal legislative process in Congress. Once the US Government signs these international treaties, all US citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments. These are laws that have been developed and promoted by organizations such as the United Nations and individuals such as George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. The laws are designed and intended to lead to the complete ban and confiscation of all firearms.

The Obama administration is attempting to use tactics and methods of gun control that will inflict major damage to our 2nd Amendment before US citizens even understand what has happened. Obama can appear before the public and tell them that he does not intend to pursue any legislation (in the United States) that will lead to new gun control laws, while cloaked in secrecy, his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is committing the US to international treaties and foreign gun control laws. Does that mean Obama is telling the truth? What it means is that there will be no publicized gun control debates in the media or votes in Congress. We will wake up one morning and find that the United States has signed a treaty that prohibits firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public. We will wake up another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that prohibits any transfer of firearm ownership. And then, we will wake up yet another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that requires US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment.

This is not a joke nor a false warning. As sure as government health care will be forced on us by the Obama administration through whatever means necessary,  so will gun control.

Read the Article

course if you actually read the article, assuming you can read, it is obviously talking about international arms sales.