Thursday, July 23, 2009

Now for the Other Side

Last post, I blasted the Conservatives. This time I'll take our President to task.

Mr. President:

(1) You say that the health care "reform" needs to pass NOW to ensure the recovery. However, the bill won't take effect until 2013! This is worse than the "stimulus" bill that wasn't a stimulus bill--80% of the expenditures had nothing to do with stimulus, and 60% of of wasn't to be spent until three years down the road.

(2) You claimed that the health care "reform" bill wouldn't hurt a person's chances of getting private insurance, yet a clause in the bill prevents any new private insurance policies from being sold! Get your facts straight!

(3) You admit you don't know the facts of the professor's arrest in Boston, yet you blast the police for arresting him--and you did it on national TV! Pulling the race card like this is divisive and unhelpful. Maybe you just want us talking about race instead of the health care "reform" bill.

Very shrewd on your part. You are acting like Mussolini again! Makes me sick that a President would do that.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Lies, Lies, and More Lies

No, not from the Obama Administration or the Democrats this time! From conservatives!

My brother has sent me two internet rumors lately that are so patently false, they're laughable! One is about Obama not taking his wife to Dubai, Turkey, or Saudi Arabia. The other one attributes quotes to Obama that were actually made by a liberal talkshow host criticizing Obama.

The open marketplace of ideas will be destroyed if people keep lying. STOP IT! If you have a beef with someone's stand, attack the issue with truth--do not smear the person.

(Of course, if you REALLY have the goods on the person, speak the truth there, too.)

You cannot win with lies. It only discredits you.