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VA the first to send a clear message... |
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Written by Butch Porter
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 06:45 |
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...NOT HERE. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President Barack Obama and Congress to implement a national health care overhaul in individual states. The Republican-ruled House of Delegates, with wide Democratic support, voted 80-17 without debate for the largely symbolic step aimed at the Democratic-backed reforms pushed by Obama and stalled in Congress. The vote sends the measure to Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell who intends to sign it. Thirty-four other state legislatures have either filed or proposed similar measures _ statutes or constitutional amendments _ rejecting health insurance mandates, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council. ...
And VA is a State that Obama carried. Isn't it clear by now that this type of reform is NOT what many were hoping for? |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 15:18 |
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Is Scott Brown the new Judas? |
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Written by Jeremy
Schwanbeck
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 04:10 |
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I don't know if anyone needs it, but Scott Brown has given us all a reminder as to why we believe that the 2 party system is destroying this country. Scott Brown was hailed as the next savior of the Republican Party. Some even went so far as to throw his name out there as a candidate for President in 2012. However, Scott showed us once again that it’s not just the Democrats that are becoming "progressive" but it is also the Republicans. Personally I am not shocked to see a Republican candidate run on a platform as an "Independent Republican" and then, once elected, start playing the games in Washington that so many before have played. The Republican Party has been trying so hard to rebrand itself lately in order to absorb the Tea Party Conservatives back into its fold but the whole time they really have not changed anything about themselves. Scott Brown actually did us all a favor. He showed us that the Republican Party really is not trying to get back to its roots nor is it trying to go back to "Reaganism". Instead, the Republicans are merely implementing a marketing strategy that seems to be working for them. Next time you here a Republican candidate start mentioning that they are an “Independent Republican” make sure you remember what Scott Brown did and put it into perspective that it is all a marketing scheme. Thus, to answer the question is Scott Brown a Judas to the Republican Party the answer is no. Scott is just playing the same old games and following the marketing strategy of today which is do what it takes to get elected and then fall in line with the rest of the Republicans. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 05:40 |
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Written by The ACP
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Monday, 22 February 2010 17:13 |
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Glenn Beck at CPAC: Republicans have lost their soul...and if it takes Barack Obama to bring them back, then is the soul of the GOP salvageable? |
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Last Updated on Monday, 22 February 2010 17:22 |
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Government Motors CEO gets a $9 Million compensation package |
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Written by The ACP
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 16:24 |
For those of you who don't already believe that they are smack dab in the middle of an Ayn Rand novel please read this on yahoo news.
If you remember that scene in Atlas Shrugged when they have John Galt in a room and are saying..."Hey, please tell us what to do! You make all the shots on economic stuff. We just take care of the political stuff."
General Motors Co. CEO Ed Whitacre will receive a salary of $1.7 million this year, plus stock awards that will bring his total pay package to $9 million at a later date, the automaker said Friday.
In a surprise announcement, GM also said former CEO Fritz Henderson has been rehired as a consultant. Henderson, who was forced out of the job in December, will work 20 hours a month and will be paid $59,090 a month, the company said.
Whitacre's total compensation is larger than Henderson's when he was CEO. Henderson received a total pay package worth nearly $5.5 million. So let me see: the Government lackey makes 60% more than his former private counterpart, but they pay the EVIL profiteering former private executive $3000/hour to help them make the real tough decisions. Yep. That's about right.
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