Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams makes the exact case for why Obama’s health care reform is a bad idea. Through his actions and his words, he exclaims brilliantly why copying a system like Canada’s is not in our best interest. Premier Williams recently traveled to the United States for heart surgery. You heard that right…the PREMIER didn’t rely on Canada’s amazing healthcare system…no, he went to America. Williams said, "I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when I entered politics." Sir, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Williams adds a little icing on the cake when he said, "I would've been criticized if I had stayed in Canada and had been perceived as jumping a line or a wait list. ... I accept that. That's public life…(But) this is not a unique phenomenon to me. This is something that happens with lots of families throughout this country, so I make no apologies for that." Thank you Premier Williams. You wrapped up a few quality points. 1: You can get the best care in the United States. 2: A universal healthcare system lowers the quality of care received. 3: Often, Canadians have to wait for care ...

I get the feeling that most American’s are starting to feel like I’m feeling. Disenfranchised. My distaste, disdain, disappointment, and disgust with politics on the federal and state level is reaching a fever pitch. I’m not alone and the latest polls show this.   However, both parties are too busy dismantling this great nation in an effort to squander more political power than they are in correcting the course of the nation. Republicans gave us TARP and and Democrats followed that up with Obama’s stimulus package. We look to the right for conservative values and find untrustworthy leadership. We look to the left and find hope masked in huge government growth.   Republicans are falling over themselves to jump on the anti-Obama wave much like Democrats ran on the “I’m not Bush” ticket to victory. While I can hardly point to one important thing Obama has done to make this country stronger, I’d rather have politicians in office who are pushing for legislation we can all get behind instead of playing partisan games. Note to Republicans: Democrat’s failures do not give you an instant mandate to stop serving the American people. Note to Democrats: Look ...

Do you ever wonder why you care so much about something? I’m not talking about whether your favorite team will win in the playoffs or if you’ll get that special gift you’ve been waiting for…I’m talking about caring about something so much that it almost pains you? I’m also not talking about a relationship either.   On at least a weekly basis I look around and wonder if anyone else is paying attention. After a few minutes of thinking about it, I usually come to the conclusion that I can’t be upset at other people for being more excited about basketball, or movies, or anything else than I am about our nation and politics because that’s just what they’re drawn to. However, in the back of my head, I still wonder if that’s because they’ve just given up and they’d rather spend their time on something that brings a little bit of joy. This only sends me into a whole other thought process where I wonder if it’s ok to then willfully ignore what’s going on around you. Again, these are just my thoughts…not laws of life.   Sometimes I wish that I didn’t ...

The Left has lost it. How far have they come from what our nation was founded on. If you didn't think they were in bad shape before, then it is undeniable now. In a Gallup poll, 53% of Democrats had a "positive" view of socialism. 61% of those that identified themselves as liberal also stated that they had a positive view of socialism.     When you hear this, it's no wonder things like Air America didn't work and Obama is getting slammed in the eyes of the public. This is America. Socialism doesn't resonate with us and it's time for us to start fighting back against those that are pushing this type of agenda. I’m tired of sitting back and losing my country to ideology that is contrary to what the original Founders intended. They got it right.   It’s no surprise that 62% of American’s believe we’re on the wrong track. This Administration is pushing for a more socialist agenda and American’s are tired of it.  Let’s go! Fight back already! We need to wrestle the path of this country out of the hands of the ...

In a year when there was literally almost nothing for Obama and Democrats to celebrate, the battered supporters of Obama latched on to this previous week like Obama had just put his naysayers on the ropes. I’ll give credit where credit is due, but I’m not so quick to say that because of a few “hope”ful sounding words from Obama that he has quieted all sources of criticism.   Obama is always at his best when he’s talking; talking has never been his problem. The problem comes with actions. Democrats will point to 3 items to declare this week a success for Obama (The State of the Union, Obama visiting the GOP retreat, and Obama cutting $20 billion from the budget). On the surface, I am happy for two of them, but I’d like to pick apart each item further.   Obama’s State of the Union was 70 minutes of double-talk masked with elegantly phrased rebuttal’s to anyone that disagreed with him. His first 5 minutes were a verbal bucket of George Bush blame being poured out. The final 65 minutes were numbingly full of talking points for Democrats intermixed with more blame and ...

    In case you missed the speech, I have the first year of Obama summarized here.  

By now, you have most likely heard about the Super Bowl ad with Tim Tebow. I can’t begin to tell you how incredibly disgusted by the left’s reaction I am. It’s seriously sickening. In case you haven’t heard, Tim Tebow is a Heisman quarterback for the Florida Gators who will be entering the NFL this next year. Tim’s mother was pregnant with him during a mission trip when she became sick to the point that the doctors suggested she abort the baby. Tim’s mother did not have the abortion and she ended up recovering and giving birth to Tim. The Tebow’s filmed a commercial to air during the Super Bowl that celebrates this.   Now, the anti-Christian, anti-life, and pretty much any type of anti-morality based groups are coming out to decry this commercial. Stop for a minute and think about what you are railing against…life. Your bitter angry hateful heart is so full of misguided hate that you’re angry over a mother choosing to have her baby. What a sick and twisted crowd. How sick…allow me to show you. Below are some of the comments on the Internet and more can be found at Hot Air. ...

Are we at the point of no return? There comes a point that we just can’t handle debt anymore. Our country rating can decrease, it will be tougher for us to borrow abroad, our markets will lose money in interest rate swaps, our money will be worth less when we try to print more money…it’s just a bad scenario. Today, the federal deficit is at $12,245,872,000,000. In case you missed it, that’s $12.2 trillion. Our GDP is $14.4 trillion…hence our government has a deficit that almost exceeds our entire nations economic output. Under Obama, the government spent $3.52 trillion this year, which is almost 20% more than was spent in 2008.   The government doesn’t pay for all of its programs through taxes, but tax revenue does account for a large share of the total revenue. In 2008, the federal government collected $2.5 trillion through taxes…this number dropped to $2.1 trillion in 2009, which is $1.42 trillion less than the government spent. Below you can see that 81% of tax revenue comes directly from the citizens in either income taxes or payroll taxes but don’t think that corporate taxes and excise taxes don’t have an impact on you, ...

Obama is so full of hot air. Fake promises and double-talk abound. Throughout Obama’s campaign, he decried no-bid contracts and promised to end them. The media crucified Bush over Halliburton, but here comes news of Obama being nothing more than talk, yet again, and nobody seems to be picking it up. Here’s a video of numerous speeches by Obama promising to end no-bid contracts. Even after becoming President, while signing a memorandum to end no-bid contracts, Obama promised to "end unnecessary no-bid and cost-plus contracts…In some cases, contracts are awarded without competition....And that's completely unacceptable.” Now all that sounds nice, but we’re learning that Obama is just talk with no sustenance.   Vincent Checchi, an Obama supporter who is cited as giving at least $4,400 to Obama, mysteriously just won a $25 million no-bid contract for “rule of law stabilizations services” in Afghanistan. Hmmm?   People seem to conveniently overlook that the Halliburton contract was renewed without a bid because they possessed the capabilities to complete the work other companies couldn’t provide. Checchi’s service is a service many companies could provide. Another company that has done similar work ...

I thought this image was hilarious. Here is Obama addressing a classroom of about 20 grade school students in Virginia…teleprompters in tow.   I remember loving rehearsed speeches when I was in grade school. They really grabbed my attention. Yes, please talk above me with a delivered message instead of to me. Seriously Obama…could you maybe try going without notes one time? This will definitely be a forgettable speech for these kids.   We’re talking about kids that are all of maybe 12 years old. Don’t worry BO, they won’t be able to vote for you so you can risk of maybe answering some of their hard-ball questions. Ms. Murphy, the kids teacher, gave Obama a C for lack of eye-contact and for not addressing Billy’s question about Obama’s plan for our economy.