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| When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance, Pelosi Says: 'Are You Serious?' |
| 2009-10-24 |
| (CNSNews.com) -- When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance--a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill--Pelosi dismissed the question by saying: "Are you serious? Are you serious?" Pelosi's press secretary later responded to written follow-up questions from CNSNews.com by emailing CNSNews.com a press release on the "Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform," that argues that Congress derives the authority to mandate that people purchase health insurance from its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce. The exchange with Speaker Pelosi on Thursday occurred as follows: CNSNews.com: "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" Pelosi: "Are you serious? Are you serious?" CNSNews.com: "Yes, yes I am." Pelosi then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a "serious question." "You can put this on the record," said Elshami. "That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Is that the educated opinion from Kuala Lumpur these days, Dino Jaique7142? There is no reason to think the Supreme Court will rubber stamp the president's desires. All but one precede him in office by a good many years, and likely all but one will still be there when he retires to Chicago... or Hawaii. They have their own reputations to think about, my dear, an whether they will be known as the Court of Plessy v. Ferguson or the Court of Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-24 23:59 |
| #11 I still maintain that Obama will eventually kick himself In the balls. |
| Posted by: GirlThursday 2009-10-24 23:58 |
| #10 Nicely done Dino. Is ass on the bubbler a maternal instinct, or are you simply confused by modern plumbling? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-10-24 22:17 |
| #9 Absolutely ridiculous Broadhead. Indomitable majority and a nuclear option, and the Court will stamp anything signed by Emir Obama. There's absolutely nothing that will stop this and you'll suck it up and pay out like the rest of the idiotic Bushies. You've got nobody to blame for this but yourselves, so just f9cking bend over right now. |
| Posted by: Dino Jaique7142 2009-10-24 22:06 |
| #8 Sent to me by a friend in the financial community: The BRIC's (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and the rest of the G20 are very unhappy with the profligate spending and QE (i.e., printing money) the US has used to combat the financial mess that began in 2007. They have privately and very bluntly told Ben B & Timmy G they will NOT accept a 30-40% debasement of the USD and unbridled US Treasury issuance. Our creditors have given the US a deadline of early-mid November to show we have ceased QE backed up by the threat that they will cease ALL foreign purchases of UST (not just slowing them as they have done so far) as the stick. (Note: To show they are serious witness the current weakness in UST purchases and jawboning by everyone from China to Japan to France.) Banks are terrified about credit seizing up again as their BS are still stuffed full of crap that they can not heal or sell but refuse to sell in the hopes that "pretend & extend" (ala Japan) might miraculously work out--this time. As a result of the very credible creditor threats to halt UST purchases (resulting in a huge FAIL in the bond markets and interest rates spiking 5% higher) and the Banksters mounting credit & consumer loan losses which are just now also seeing a huge wave of Comm Real Estate defaults, the banks have begun to hoard cash as evidenced by the huge reserves held at the Fed and the reluctance to lend and/or prefer all cash RE transactions. This lock down will cause another credit freeze up, a retest of market lows from earlier this year (or worse?) and the USD to strengthen (at least temporarily). I suspect the day of reckoning is fast approaching.....probably a good idea to stand by for another hurricane. Randy |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-10-24 20:32 |
| #7 "argues that Congress derives the authority to mandate that people purchase health insurance from its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce." -they are out of their f*cking mind...keep it up assholes and you will not like the consequences of your actions, a giant is about to wake up. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-10-24 18:48 |
| #6 Sorry 'bout dat'. I forgot to write Pelosi's name after liberal politicians. Mea culpa. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-10-24 12:40 |
| #5 Like most ultra liberal politicians has an infantile view of the world. Nothing matters except her. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-10-24 12:38 |
| #4 YES! We out here in fly-over land are very serious. How about an answer? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-10-24 10:24 |
| #3 "You want ME, yes ME to be held back by some unimportant piece of paper" Which is what Caesar will say to her as she is lead out from his presence. Remember in those last moments, that if it doesn't withhold power from you, it won't withhold power from others. Four thousand years of human history tells us all how it ends. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-24 10:05 |
| #2 I think what she means is this... "You want ME, yes ME to be held back by some unimportant piece of paper" |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-10-24 09:27 |
| #1 Pelosi Says: 'Are You Serious?' Answer, please? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-10-24 03:09 |