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Home Front: Politix
Obama Hails Health Care 'Victory'
2012-06-29
[An Nahar] U.S. President Barack Obama
We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us...
hailed Thursday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold his health care reforms as a "victory" for people across America and urged opponents to swing behind the law.

"Whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives are more secure because of this law and the Supreme Court's decision to uphold it," Obama said.

Obama spoke after the Supreme Court handed down a decision upholding Obama's landmark health care reform which seeks to expand insurance coverage to another 32 million people.

"The highest court in the land has now spoken. We will continue to implement this law. We will work together to improve on it where we can," Obama said.

"But what we won't do, what the country cannot afford to do is to refight the political battles of two years ago or back the way they were," he said.

Republicans, however, vowed to fight on to repeal the "Affordable Health Care Act," with the House of Representatives scheduling a vote on it July 11.
Posted by:Fred

#22  If you do not have something the government thins you should have (health insurance in this case), you must pay a tax. Never has the US government taxed any one for what they do NOT have.

Crazy. That is why the Obama Admin will try to rename this as a "penalty", not a tax, which is what it is, an IRS enforced TAX.

They thought they slipped that by, but the Supremes shined the spot light on it.
Posted by: Wholuter Flinenter2181   2012-06-29 19:55  

#21  All part of the Cloward–Piven's strategy for crashing the system and having it replaced with a statist system based on social justice and redistribution of the wealth.

I am concerned about the next bunch of $hit coming down the pike: The UN administered Law of the Sea Treaty (Lost) which cedes considerable sovereignty to the UN. Hillary is pushing this. It basically has the potential to collect and redistribute part of our wealth to less developed countries. Surporisingly, there are quite a few pushing this such as the US Chamber of Commerce, Verizon, Hillary Clinton, John Fn Kerry and others. The Senate needs 34 votes to oppose this. Some 27 Senators have expressed their opposition to this treaty. I look for a push in the lame-duck session.

The UN Small Arms Treaty is being also being pushed by Hillary which neuters our 2nd Amendment.

Both of these treaties have been lying around for some years and are part of the collective fantasy of Progressives.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-06-29 17:57  

#20  Roberts just used the Constitution to wipe Obama's ass. Game over, the American Experiment is over.
Posted by: Airandee   2012-06-29 17:09  

#19  The best comment I've seen all day.
Does the Tree of Liberty look a little thirsty to you?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-06-29 16:53  

#18  While at the hospital today for cadio workout I asked the Nurses what had been discussed about this Health care action. They are very concerned. Nobody knows. They had a meeting on this last week.
Posted by: Dale   2012-06-29 15:07  

#17  Update from PJ Media: the Romney campaign says they've received $4.6 million in twenty four hours from 47,000 donors, up from $3.2mil overnight.

I find this immensely comforting.
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-06-29 14:55  

#16  The battles will start in California, the day after the state runs out of money to pay our police departments.
Posted by rob06 2012-06-29 12:29

Armed 'Neighborhood Watch' programmes will then be mobilized. Oh....wait!!!
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-29 13:13  

#15  Silent Brick -
"I ran out of mercy a long time ago for them. Everytime I look at my tax return or W2 or even think about what this country is like now vs when I was growing up, I find myself thinking that certain parties could use a good kick in the forks, followed by a muzzle to forehead insurance policy."

That effectively describes my point of view also. In the upcoming producer v parasite battles, I expect brutality. The battles will start in California, the day after the state runs out of money to pay our police departments.
Posted by: rob06   2012-06-29 12:29  

#14  Just remember, when the civil war does come, it's the Zombie Apocalypse, and the demonrats are the zombies.

I ran out of mercy a long time ago for them. Everytime I look at my tax return or W2 or even think about what this country is like now vs when I was growing up, I find myself thinking that certain parties could use a good kick in the forks, followed by a muzzle to forehead insurance policy.


The very fact I feel this way bothers me the most. So FUCK YOU very much demonrats.
Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division   2012-06-29 11:15  

#13  Roberts' is a clown. I just listened to that P.O.S. Geraldo Rivera deify him on Fox news for his supposed brilliant legal move. Pathetic. SCOTUS's role is to uphold the U.S. Constitution and interpret laws within that framework. Period. The Chief Justice is not supposed to parse or publish half-measure jibberish in order to kowtow to the politicial whimsies of the day. Disgraceful. Kagan is an absolute piece of crap as well.

Penalty = Tax? Really? So w/that logic, I guess a Tax should be seen as a Fine? And now the U.S. Congress has fining powers on individuals merely because they exist? I'm sure James Madison and the rest of the men who put this thing together in the summer of 1787 would have liked to hear that one...and doesn't the house have some say on tax bills and how they originate?

Also, I don't look to the avg congressional repub to be worth a shit either - bunch of wimps. Repeal and Replace? How about just repeal and let the free market reign for a change? As someone else already mentioned, and I say this with sadness in my heart - buy ammo and be vigilant. I despairingly and unfortunately feel that in the future (maybe near) that there will only be one way to right the ship. Never thought I'd ever feel that way.



"SCOTUS - we make up Constitutional interpretations as we go along, and, if it's not in there, we'll find it!"

Posted by: Broadhead6   2012-06-29 09:50  

#12  Well the pressure will certainly be on Mitt now if he's elected he damned well better follow up on that day one promise with everything he has or he's gonna be the last Republican President ever.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-06-29 09:48  

#11  
Posted by: Sempre Forte   2012-06-29 09:41  

#10  http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/06/29/wall-street-insider-liberte-egalite-fraternite/
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2012-06-29 09:21  

#9  Dale, those pics are from a time that will never return.

Within a generation they will be expunged the same way the early Christians destroyed what came before.

It will be as though they, and we, never existed.

A boot stamping into a face, forever. The left uses 1984 as a how-to manual, not a warning.

Those are the times we are facing. Get ready. Buy ammo.
Posted by: no mo uro   2012-06-29 09:00  

#8  The Warwickshires lost 17 good men but Prince Dabulamanzi kaMapande finally withdrew from the Drift. We'll defeant the swart bastids as well.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-29 07:53  

#7  Here let me prescribe this little tonic for you no mo uro. I have found it to be a comfort to myself;

Posted by: Dale   2012-06-29 07:46  

#6  Dale, while I admire your ability to be optimistic at this late date, I fear that all of us here at the 'burg and other places who espouse center/right, Western thought just had our chances of dying in a civil war or a Dem reeducation camp brought to the "virtual certainty" level.
Posted by: no mo uro   2012-06-29 07:37  

#5  no mo uro, No, no too soon. Obama and the Dem's own this. Come November we will remember. I call this Obama's Hell Health care. Forget the care.
Posted by: Dale   2012-06-29 07:17  

#4  Mitt Romney raised $3.2 million overnight from over 30,000 donors, according to Atlantic magazine, and yesterday pledged to make appealing Obamacare a Day One priority.

The Weekly Standard mentions that the twenty three lawsuits against the contraception/abortion mandates are unaffected by yesterday's ruling, and are continuing to send their way through the courts.

So the individual mandate/tax is not the only arrow in the anti-Obamacare quiver, and President Obama may well discover that he was victorious in this first battle, only to lose the war.
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-06-29 07:16  

#3  ....and urged opponents to swing behind the law.

An interesting turn of phrase.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-29 06:27  

#2  Sorry Steve, the fight is over, we lost.

Dark Ages, here we come.
Posted by: no mo uro   2012-06-29 05:45  

#1  Surrender? We have not yet begun to fight.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-06-29 01:15  

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