First they come for the mental defectives, then the gypsies, then for the jews

... then for YOU. More listeners than sought additional insight into the origination of hypocrisy have petitioned for an elaboration of how ObamaCare's compelled purchase of health care insurance by everyone will fundamentally and detrimentally alter the government's relationship with the American citizen.

One example of the slippery slope created by this unconstitutional power grab will have to suffice for today (there is twelve hours of football to watch after all).

Were the promotion of the general welfare be a valid Constitutional provision to take an individual's private property, (his money, assets, forcing that person to spend thousands of dollars annually for a unwanted commodity that he may not use once during that time period), then Congress, after declaring a national housing shortage, could mandate that every individual owning a weekend or vacation home had to allow homeless people to occupy that dwelling at all times the owner didn't use it.

Surely, giving up your asset (but only for some multiple weeks per year) to shelter the poor and endangered homeless of this nation will promote the general welfare. So, those of you with a spare bedroom in your primary residence beware, because it could be next. Just saying ...

The Demo's ObamaCare makes you an offer you can't refuse

Every once in awhile, a defining moment for a person, for a family, for a community and for a nation occurs. We are now approaching such a momentous event for all of the above.

Soon, everyone in America will need to stand-up and be counted, or stand down and be herded like sheep into a forced collective as docile servants of the State, under the guise of compelled individual behavior to "promote the general welfare".

For first time in our 233 year history, the STATISTS (Government is the Solution) in Congress are asserting the constitutional authority to force every American citizen to purchase a discretionary commodity to be selected by Washington bureaucrats - universal health insurance. Failure to buy mandatory health care coverage would be penalized by fines, and even the potential for imprisonment.

Should these Statists succeed in compelling the expenditure of a person's private assets in this coercive fashion, the relationship of the individual to the American government will be radically and perversely altered forever. It will not longer be by the people or for the people.

A precedent that: "for the good of everyone, an individual's otherwise perfectly legal choice on the spending of his/her own money is curtailed" surely will soon result in even more intrusive controls over our private lives for the "greater good". To stay free, your voice must be heard in Washington with the clarion call: "my life, my money, my choices". Buy gold, my friends, and not the public option.

NOT just another anti-Obama screed...(UPDATED)

Many listeners (hyperbole) have informed me that my insight into hypocrisy seems to have a vaguely familiar ring to it - so succinct, so witty, so pedantic, so, well, french intellectual.

Thus, having previously groused about the sanctity of intellectual property (See, Afghanistan, Graveyard etc.), I do acknowledge my cribbing from the Nobleman Francis de La Rochefoucauld

born, Paris, France (1613 - 1680), who published a book (still in print today) devoted exclusively to short insights into life - kind of similar to writing a blog offering nothing but random thoughts!

Anyway, this brilliant philosopher stated in 1671 (exacting 300 years prior to my matriculation at DC): "Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue". Of course, I didn't do the full translation, so he might have used the word "honor" instead of "homage", but who really cares, now that I have revealed my lack of original thinking. Just saying...

NOT just another anti-Obama screed...

I will not being receiving $250.00 senior citizen payment from the federal government, as I remain firmly ensconced in raging resistance to the fading glow of my middle age years. Eligibility still a few year off, I think, which endeavor daily becomes more troublesome. But enuff about me.

Not long ago, sufficiently recently that even us of shortening short term memory recall, the President demanded that every one of his cabinet members immediately reduce their Department's current expenditures by $100,000,000.00 annually because the nation is bankrupt, broke, penniless, the biggest debtor in the entire history of the world. Our sovereignty is in jeopardy as the Chi-coms, Saudis and other despots own more than 70% of our nation's debt.

Faced with this unprecedented crisis, the President stated that the federal government would need to fund vital programs, and delay until we could afford them, programs that while worthy, are not essential, as is deficit reduction. Now, Social Security will not get an inflation increase this year because we are experiencing deflation. So, based upon a rational formula, the government gets to save several billion dollars w/o. causing painful sacrifices by our vulnerable seniors on fixed incomes.

Not so fast, my friends. Having made the case that we must stop robbing our children and grand children's future right to economic security, the President offers to pay every senior in America $250.00, because he likes them all and he wants to be worthy of their gratitude.

Oh well, we should all be grateful that hypocrisy is the honor vice pays to virtue, when saying one thing (right) and doing another (wrong). Maybe, he thinks we forget what he says after just 48 hours, the expiration day on his commitments? Just saying...

Happy Columbus Day, and to our loyal canadian ...

contingent, Happy Thanksgiving. What no Italians living in Toronto? Seems to me our northern friends have missed an opportunity to get another national holiday here.

More quick hits - No mention will be made of the Boston Red Soxes, as Blog rules forbid same.

I will send a case of free FreezePruf to any elite member who can show that they predicted that the Denver Bron-aids would be undefeated after the second week of the NFL season, let alone after five weeks of play.

NY Football Giants are just where I predicted they would be at this stage - the best team in all of football. Of course, JINTS' Supremacy has my stance every single year since Yelberton Albert Tittle first laced up his giant cleats in 1961. (definition of a fan, after all).

Phillies of Philly are the most dissed World Champion team ever: first two games started at worst time for players and fans - midafternoon shadows at their most disruptive point, then last nite game started at 10 p.m. eastern time. Only a very few Phillie fans saw game end after 2 a.m. this morning. City of Philadelphia deserves better.

With all the important topics have been fully addressed, I turn to a suddenly Peaceable Planet. We are in day 47 of the One's re-deliberation of his March 27th Afghan. strategy. Finally, he is taking Ike's advice and not rushing into a major blunder; Oops, he already agreed to send 20,000 additional combat troops to the Graveyard of All Empires; current debate is only concerned with the next requested deployment of 40,000 more heroic warriors.

So, clearly it is time to end "Don't ask, don't tell". We need to have access to every American Patriot volunteering to serve in harm's way, inasmuch as so many more will be sacrificed soon on the alter of futile nation building. Just saying...

Quick Hits Only - due to FreezePruf spat w/. Canada

Give the devil his due, Favre's head did not explode, regrettably;

Chicago didn't get its due, as 2016 Games went south, regrettably;

President Obama is going no where, as futile war in Afghanistan goes on while strategy

debate ensues, regrettably;

New Jersey criminal trial judge permits defense lawyer to argue as a defense to murder charge that, inasmuch as defendant's boss ordered the killing, his client's action was not first degree murder, but merely manslaughter; unbelievable.