Video: I have mental health issues and that’s okay.

I cut this video for a reason. Because I want to inspire other people to come out of the shadows and face their personal demons, like I finally did. This isn’t about me or self promotion or anything like that. It is about letting the world know, that it is perfectly okay to admit, that you are not perfect mentally or physically.

Enjoy the video:

P.S. the reason I am talking so low, is because it was early in the morning and I didn’t want to wake up my Mom. She’s upstairs, but still she can hear me. 😀

Answering Don Surber’s sillyness

Touting the so-called “Conservative” line, Don Surber spouts the following:

Free healthcare is killing the states

Republican Charlie Baker of Massachusetts is only the latest governor to discover that Medicaid is eating his state’s budget. Roughly one in three dollars Massachusetts state government spends goes to Medicaid. He has proposed trimming about 6% from the $13.3 billion the state will spend on Medicaid in the budget.

Medicaid spending has relentlessly risen 57% in the last dozen years in Massachusetts, causing the state to cut spending on prisons, roads and other services. That is the pattern throughout the United States, as state governments are intimidated into spending all they can on Medicaid in order to knock down federal subsidies. In West Virginia, medical lobbyists harp for every $1 the state spends it gets $3 — while our roads go to pothole hell.

via Don Surber: Free health care is killing the states. (Via Ace of Spades HQ)

As I wrote over there: That’s funny, Michigan’s expanded Medicaid is running just fine here. I have seen no reports of funding issues at all. For those who do not know, I am on Michigan’s expanded Medicaid; because I happen to have type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and as I have had for many years, ADHD. Those meds run me almost $200.00 per month and I simply do not feel that my parents, who are on a fixed income; should have to foot that bill.

At the risk of being labeled a “Liberal”, by people like Don Suber and his ilk; I feel that the underlying cause of people like Don Surber criticizing the expanded Medicaid is one reason and one reason alone: Bigotry. Which, by the way, is why Don Surber was fired from the paper that he blogged for; because of a racist rant where he called Michael Brown “an animal that needed to be put down.”

It simply boils down to bigotry, against those who are poor, like myself, and that need the medical care and cannot pay for it. Some of the people, that are in the position that I am in, are minorities. I am a white man, but, I am not in the best of shape, financially. My physical body is not in the best of shape either. So, physical labor for me, is out.

The position of people like Don Suber and those who think like him; is that I should just die and quit being a burden on the system. It is inhuman and should not be tolerated in Conservative circles.

So, if there is anyone or anything is EVIL, as Don Suber puts it; it is bigoted racist neocon jerks like Don Surber, who want to deny healthcare to anyone who is not white and wealthy. By the way, in Great Britain, Government healthcare is considered a birthright and Thatcher fought to preserve it, even at the cost of making people in her own party angry. Too bad people like Don Surber cannot follow that example.

Just my opinion.

Videos: Glenn Beck reveals disorder

The Videos:

The Story via The Blaze:

Glenn Beck on Monday revealed the true extent of his health issues, saying he can no longer keep what has happened a secret from his friends, his staff or audience, whom he considers to be his family.

If you have sensed a change in Beck — maybe you even thought he was losing interest in his program — Beck said it is because he was told he may only have several functional years left, and his health conditions were causing such excruciating pain that it was difficult to do live programming.

“Tonight’s show is not for the casual fan or, really, anyone in the press,” Beck said. “This is a one-on-one between friends. No one in the media ever does a show like this, because it is crazy. … But I believe that by not talking with you openly, it destroys everything of real meaning and value — namely, our trust.”

“I have never lied to you, but I have omitted a few really important facts because — they scared me,” Beck admitted, beginning to swallow back tears. “I didn’t have any answers, and the answers I was being given at the time meant … the end of our time together.”

Regardless of what you think of Glenn’s politics; this is a very moving story. Being this bad off and not really knowing what is going on, really stinks.

What pisses me off, and it really does; is the classless idiot crap of the left and the comments being made on the liberal blogs about this story. Want examples? Go here, here, here and here.

That right there, is the left of today. The left does not seem to care about who they leave classless comments about and how that might hurt someone. Because you have to know that, if this was a popular liberal media figure and this sort of thing was happening to them; and Conservatives made fun of it, there would be outcry that would deafening. Having said all of that; seeing the left is not too concerned about a man on the right almost died from this sickness, I am just going to say this and I will deal with the fallout, if any at all. I truly hope that President Barack Hussein Obama DIES with a bad case of ASS CANCER! I really do. Because the way I see it, turnabout is fair play.

Now, go chew out that, you freaking bunch of idiot communists! 😡

This posting about Obamacare by a liberal progressive blog is very telling

It is very telling about the mentality of the progressive left towards anyone, who has any sort of money or success.

Quote:

I see the New York Times has published yet another article about very privileged people whining about the ACA.

In this case, said article features a couple making $100,000 a year who, under the ACA, will be paying $1,000 a month for health care covering themselves and their two sons. Take it away, Dean Baker:

Here they are with a front page story telling us about the tragic situation of the Chapmans, a New Hampshire couple making $100,000 a year who will have to spend $1,000 a month for insurance with Obamacare. This would come to 12 percent of their income. The piece tells readers:

“Experts consider health insurance unaffordable once it exceeds 10 percent of annual income.”

That’s interesting. If we go to the Kaiser Family Foundation website we find that the average employee contribution for an employer provided family plan is $4,240. The average employer contribution is $11,240. That gives us a total of $15,470. Most economists would say that we should treat the employers payment as a cost to the worker since in general employers are no more happy to pay money to health insurance companies than to their workers. If they didn’t pay this money as health insurance then they would be paying it to their workers in wages.

A couple of years ago, when my ex-husband and I were paying for health insurance under COBRA, we were shelling out something like $1,200 a month for just the two of us — and we were making far less than 100K a year. In fact, we were earning more like half that.

Enough already. In the real world we live in, $1,000 a month for good health insurance for a family of four in the top quintile of U.S. household income is pretty damn good. Upper middle class people, quitcher whining already — and New York Times, please stop enabling this nonsense.

via The New York Times and the ACA: the yuppie whine-athon continues by Kathleen Geier | Political Animal | The Washington Monthly.

I say it is telling, because it is the flawed mentality of the progressive left. Anyone who does not accept the idea that Obamacare is the perfect solution the problems of our Nation’s healthcare system are derided as whiners. Which is, in my opinion, a bunch of bullcrap.

This healthcare fix, was nothing short of a disaster. But, to this Obama apologist, the “yuppies” or those who actually work for living; ought to just shut and take what they’ve gotten. It is a flawed mentality and it will cost the Democrats votes in 2014 and 2016; I can assure you of that one.

I think it goes without saying; but this Democratic Party of my grandparents, and even of my parents era — is not the Democratic Party of today. Heck, this modern post-2008 Democratic Party is not even the same party that I voted for in 2000 and in 2004. Needless to say, I will not voting for that party any longer. Because the Democratic Party and the progressive movement as a whole, have proven to me, that they really do not give a darn about those of us, who usually want to work and those of us, who would like our own personal freedoms. It is a sad thing to say about a party, that Ronald Reagan once called the honorable party.

Needless to say, that honor left that party long ago.

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Video: NBC’s Chuck Todd says, Democrats are in “Full on panic mode over Obamacare”

One thing that I like about Chuck Todd is that he is an honest broker. He doesn’t do the party line dance thing at all and he is a very honest man. Here Todd reports the “PANIC!” among the Democrats over Obamacare.

The Video: (H/T HotAir.com)

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The Story:

Tension and frustration towards the White House is mounting, according to NBC’s Chuck Todd.

“Right now, you have Democrats on Capitol Hill in a full panic,” he said. “They’ve been nervous about the rollout, they’ve been upset about the website, but now it’s a full-out panic.”

Todd reported that congressional Democrats have vented to the White House about their frustrations over the health-care law, and told the president that his apology did not go far enough.

via NBC’s Todd: Democrats in ‘Full-Out Panic’ over Obamacare | National Review Online.

Democrats might be many things; but they’re not stupid. This Obamacare fiasco could end up costing some of those Democrats their jobs. So, they are trying to fix things. Of course, we all knew this was coming. Anytime the Government tries to do anything like this; it ends up failing and the people that do it; look like idiots.

As the host of the Today Show did say, you can bet your sweet hiney that the Republicans are going to play the failure of the Obamacare website, the failure of the President to keep his promise on one being able to keep his or her healthcare plan for all it is worth. So, now, they are trying to save face. Which really does not work; the Democrats overreached on this healthcare bill and it is going to cost them dearly. As I have written before, the 2014 elections will tell the story. I might be wrong; but, I have a feeling that the Democrats are going to pay a horrible price for this entire debacle.

Basically, it is Jimmy Carter redux. But, it is much, much worse.

Sarah Palin has been vindicated

Remember the whole controversy about Sarah Palin and her quip about “death panels” that had the left all pouncing on her and calling her stupid?

She has just been vindicated. Here’s a telling commentary from the WSJ:

You would think it would be simple to find a health-exchange plan that allows me, living in San Diego, to continue to see my primary oncologist at Stanford University and my primary care doctors at the University of California, San Diego. Not so. UCSD has agreed to accept only one Covered California plan—a very restrictive Anthem EPO Plan. EPO stands for exclusive provider organization, which means the plan has a small network of doctors and facilities and no out-of-network coverage (as in a preferred-provider organization plan) except for emergencies. Stanford accepts an Anthem PPO plan but it is not available for purchase in San Diego (only Anthem HMO and EPO plans are available in San Diego).

So if I go with a health-exchange plan, I must choose between Stanford and UCSD. Stanford has kept me alive—but UCSD has provided emergency and local treatment support during wretched periods of this disease, and it is where my primary-care doctors are.

Before the Affordable Care Act, health-insurance policies could not be sold across state lines; now policies sold on the Affordable Care Act exchanges may not be offered across county lines.

What happened to the president’s promise, “You can keep your health plan”? Or to the promise that “You can keep your doctor”? Thanks to the law, I have been forced to give up a world-class health plan. The exchange would force me to give up a world-class physician.

For a cancer patient, medical coverage is a matter of life and death. Take away people’s ability to control their medical-coverage choices and they may die. I guess that’s a highly effective way to control medical costs. Perhaps that’s the point.

via A Stage-4 Gallblader Cancer Survivor Says: I Am One of ObamaCare’s Losers – WSJ.com.

You cannot say the people were not warned. I spent a good deal of time on my last blog and on this one here; arguing the fact that Obamacare was going to be a utter disaster and you know what? I and every other Conservative blogger were right about it and now; you can see it here, up close and in color.

I hope the Democrats enjoy the crap sandwich that they have made. Because it is going to be a long time before they ever recover for this little overreach.

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Status update from Jim Hoft over at Gateway Pundit

Like I wrote on here before, I have not always agreed with Jim Hoft over at Gateway Pundit; But, this ordeal here is harrowing to read.

Quote:

My trip to Los Angeles the weekend of August 16th was wonderful. I saw several friends. I spoke at a rally for media fairness. I played the part of an Obama rodeo clown chasing a cow across the stage. It was great fun.

It wasn’t until late Saturday night that I started feeling ill. And I brought what I thought was a cold virus back home with me to St. Louis.

The next week I felt horrible and took cold medicine to try to shake this late summer “virus.” It wasn’t until Thursday when I woke up with no sight in my left eye that I knew something was terribly wrong.

That is when I checked into the hospital and my life changed forever.

via Facing the Horror: How Disease Nearly Took My Life But Grace Saved Me | The Gateway Pundit.

I also believe that good Doctors and having the insurance or money to afford those doctors might have helped too. But, I digress. 😀

Either way, go read the rest of that. Looks like ol’ Hoft got really close to death’s door. Maybe it will lighten him up a bit. But, somehow I doubt that one. 😉

 

 

Unions are not happy with Obamacare

I knew this was coming, this is why I was against the idea of Government-run healthcare insurance in this first place. AFL-CIO boss is supposedly working on it, but I don’t expect much.

Here’s the quote of the day from The Hill:

“We are disappointed that the non-profit health plans offered by unions have not been given the same consideration as the Catholic Church, big business and Capitol Hill staffers,” Unite Here President D. Taylor told The Hill. …

“The Democrats have completely given the store away to the for-profit industry,” Taylor said. “Without any question, we have a scenario set up that ObamaCare has turned all the money over to the for-profit plans and the non-profit plans will fade away.”

“With open enrollment set to begin on October 1, time is of the essence, so we are working hard every day to find a solution to protect our members’ healthcare,” said Tim Schlittner, a spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). …

“The administration has found resolutions for a whole variety of issues and the fact that their biggest supporters will be put at the mercy of the for-profit insurance industry will leave a very bad, bad taste,” Taylor said. “You can’t blame the Republicans on this one. This is a Democratic bill through and through.”

You see now why I was so against Obamacare? Makes sense doesn’t it?

Ouch indeed. But, that’s what they get for supporting and endorsing a President based solely upon skin color. This ought to also be an eye-opener for the organized labor movement as well; that the Democratic Party is really no longer their friend and that the Democratic Party is not looking out for their best interests anymore. It has been this way since the Clinton era and it is still that way. The old American worker first Democratic Party has given away to the internationalist Democrats who see the United States the lens of the world and could honestly care less about the American worker.

Case in point: You don’t see President Obama at these fast food strike rallies do you? No. and you won’t either. President Obama could honestly care less about those people. They were there for him to vote for him and now that Obama is in his second term. He could honestly care less about them at all. I mean, in all honesty the strikes are quite dumb and the unions are only targeting the corporate stores in the mostly minority neighborhoods.

None of the McDonald’s stores in my neighborhood here in Lincoln Park have been targeted at all. Want to know why? Because they are franchise stores and if McDonald’s corporate decided to start paying corporate store employees $15.00 an hour; the franchise stores would NOT have to follow suit. Why? Because they are iindependently owned. McDonald’s corporate does not set wages, the Independent owners do. Unless it is a corporate owned store and there are not too many of them in this area.

So, unless the Government raises the minimum wage in this country, which I happen to feel should be abolished; these protestors, who are being supported by the labor unions —– are pissing in the wind.

(H/T Hotair.com who says, “Ouch.”)