I predict that Obamacare will grow at an incredibly fast pace in the coming months with new sign ups far exceeding all goals set.
I predict that the GOP/Tea Party and their propaganda wing Fox News will have little to say about Obamacare but will now be referring to it as the ACA since they don't want any credit for such a successful program associated with the president
I predict the GOP/Tea Party and Fox news will be once more ramping up their lies and fact vacant accusations on Benghazi, fast and furious, and the supposed IRS scandal in their never ending attempt to demonize our president.
Why should you believe my predictions? Well at the risk of sounding like I'm bragging. I have correctly predicted the outcome of the current political situation for some time now. However I must confess, it was pretty easy to do.
If you want to be able to correctly know the future then the first thing you must do is take any information that you get from Fox news and the GOP and realize that it is made up of between 2% and 7% truth, and between 93% and 98% B.S.
The GOP and Fox news are firm believers in the theory that if you tell a lie long enough and enough times people will believe it as true.
That may be so with the ignorant and bigoted throng that make up their base of voters. But most Americans are a lot more intelligent than the GOP thinks they are. Most Americans have witnessed first hand the non-stop lies and fear mongering the conservatives have been dishing up 24/7. And most Americans aren't buying into it.
Now that the ACA has zero chance of getting repealed the insurance industry has shifted it's efforts away from defeating it and will now be pouring in money for ads that will encourage people to sign up since they want to stay in business and be profitable. That also means a lot less money to the GOP/Tea Party from the industry. And when you don't give the GOP money, the GOP doesn't give a damn about you.
See how easy that was for me to predict? I knew that most Americans actually do care about each other and want to see everyone getting equal treatment. I knew that Obamacare would be successful and the insurance industry would have to give up their fight against it.
My second prediction was just as easy. The GOP has spent the past 5 years trying to convince us all that the implementing of the ACA would be the death and destruction of us all. Now that we can all see how successful and welcomed the law is the GOP can no longer keep up their lies and propaganda against it. They can only fall back on their well worn lies about scandals involving the IRS, Benghazi, and fast and furious. All have been shown to be nothing but GOP false accusations but that is all they have to work with.
I will make one more prediction. I predict that the very unpatriotic behavior by the GOP in their relentless attempts to suppress the voting rights of millions of Americans will be a catalyst that will instead cause more democratic voter turnout than any mid term election ever.
I believe that the reasons that my predictions are true is that I have faith in the intelligence of my fellow Americans and their ability to see that the GOP/Tea Party doesn't represent them or care about their well being.
That if we want an America that is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people, then ridding our political system of the GOP/Tea Party vermin has to happen now.
Pretty easy to see if you ask me.
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If you are a Liberal/Progressive/Democrat, you will absolutely love reading this posting.
Anybody who pays even a minimum of attention to the political scene these days knows some of the things happening around them.
To those of us watching, the most apparent thing is the GOP/Tea party in hyper desperation mode.
The conservative movement has for many years now been quite comfortable representing the wants and desires of the corporations and the elite 1% in America, and quite comfortable accepting the cash they so generously supply to their political puppets.
Now I'm not implying the left doesn't have it's share of corrupt political figures, of course it does, but there are dramatic differences between the two.
First of all, the ones doing the corrupting are the ones with the most money, ie. Banks, Wall street, Big oil, etc., and the main interest they have is to keep government from regulating or overseeing them.
The elite that own those corporations seem to believe that they are above the law, that they are somehow superior to the rest of us, and they should therefore be granted special treatment.
Their behavior is nothing new, since the human species first began living together in large groups there have been those whose desire to control the lives of others drove them to incredible actions.
The same holds true today, a small group of individuals feel it is their right to dictate how things should be, that they alone should make the rules.
That being said, the two major political parties in America are the GOP, and the Democrats. The Democratic party has a platform of equality for all Americans, that we are our brothers keepers, that we are a country blessed with enough riches that nobody should live in poverty, or go hungry.
The Democrats feel that those who have been the most successful among us, have done so because of the efforts and contributions from all of us, and therefore should share more with the rest.
The GOP on the other hand aspire more to an attitude of , "I got mine, go get your own".
They believe that they alone were responsible for their success, and that sharing any of it is unfair.
With that in mind, the GOP is naturally going to appeal the most to those that don't like the idea of having to share with the rest, and thus, the GOP receives a far greater share of contributions from the elite and corporate world.
Somehow the GOP/Tea party has convinced many Americans to vote against their own self interests, and that the Democrats are trying to destroy their way of living.
Like I said, the conservatives are in a desperate mode right now, every time they try indicting our President for wrongdoing, it has come 360 degrees to bite them on the ass.
They swore to make him a failed President, and for 5 years they have done every possible thing they could think of to make that happen, but they only ended up shooting themselves in the foot every single time.
After revealing to the entire world just how petty and spiteful the GOP is by shutting down the government and holding America hostage, they have now bet the house on the ACA failing .
But guess what GOP, even with all your tries at sabotaging the ACA, it is now hitting its stride, the web site is working great, people are signing up in huge numbers, the success stories are rolling in, and now you have nothing.
I normally feel sorry for the loser, at least a little bit, but after all the crap you did in your evil plan to win back voters, I have nothing but contempt for your nasty party.
I will laugh at your misery, I will toast your demise, there isn't anything bad that can happen to you that I won't enjoy observing.
Your despicable group of traitors have proven over and over that the only thing you give a damn about is money and power, well, enjoy what you have now, because in 2014 most of your ugly party will be hitting the bricks, and in 2016, the left should be controlling both houses, and the Presidency.
Even with your gerry mandered districts, your voter suppression, your ballot rigging, your fear mongering, your false accusations, you will not win, you have shown your true nature, that of a morally corrupt group of self centered bigots who don't give a damn about anybody but themselves.
So keep this in mind, the laughter and cheering you hear every time your party sinks further into oblivion, will be coming from the people who do represent the true America, the Democratic liberal progressives.
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As you, I, and most all left leaning political folks know all too well, our fellow Americans who lean to the right possess a host of serious drawbacks that we find not only reprehensible, but also boggle our senses as to how they can talk themselves into not only accepting them as true, but of staunchly being in defense of them.
It amazes me that without fail, every time I fight a battle of words and ideas with a conservative, be they GOP, Tea, or Libertarian party, it feels to me as to what it must be like to try catching a greased hog.
Just as you corner them with logic, and grab hold of them with facts and truth, they simply grab hold of another absurd talking point they've been fed, and slip away from the issue at hand.
After attempting to force reason and sanity upon the self induced ignorance they cling to, most of us on the left realize that those we are trying to expose to the truth aren't all single digit IQ lifeforms, but are just stubborn hard heads that either can't, or won't change their way of thinking.
Whether from racial bigotry, identity insecurity, or ingrained tradition, those that hold fast to the lies and propaganda they get fed from Fox and their less than honorable elected reps. do exhibit one thing the left could employ more of, Dedication.
For all their faults and weaknesses, the hard line right wingers do have dedication and commitment. Even though it is ill thought out, it still remains a positive virtue.
These virtues do posses an inherent problem to the left leaning however, just the nature of being a liberal/progressive causes us to always examine and question things we are being told. To not just take the word of others as to the validity and honesty of a particular issue or event.
We approach things pragmatically and require proof of their integrity and accuracy before assigning them our support.
These are certainly critical steps in keeping our platform free from mindless obedience, but when we do commit to a position, we need to see it through to the end.
For 6 years now the President we elected twice, Barrack Obama, has done amazing things in the recovery of America, and he has done it fighting more political opposition than any President in American history.
As our President strives to improve the lives of EVERY American, he faces unending negative forces from the right. Forces whose only intent is to somehow defeat and dishonor him and any sort of legacy he might leave.
These negative forces the GOP/Tea Party invoke are done so at the cost of whatever they deem needed. And if this country needs to self destruct to accomplish their agenda, so be it, they are more than willing to let America burn to the ground.
And although the idea of giving them all their own section of land with which to establish their own miserable third world nation is extremely appealing, we are unfortunately, stuck with them.
And so, that being the case, we on the left must insure that America remains a country that is worth living in.
To accomplish this task, we don't need to sink to the level of dirty tricks, lies, and voter suppression that the right loves to employ. After all we have the high ground by espousing equality for all, fairness for all, and acceptance of all.
But we all need to commit ourselves to the cause. The ACA has now become a proven success story. Millions of Americans now have affordable healthcare. Something the GOP/Tea Party were counting on failing.
The unemployment rate is under 6%.
President Obama has proven over and over to be a man of integrity, honor, and wisdom. Which is why the fear mongering haters of the right have not been able to make even one of their continuing barrage of false accusations stick, because they are all lies and distorted half truths. Just like most of the things the GOP/Tea Party says.
If we all vote in the 2014 elections then we will keep the senate and maybe take back the house.
So stand tall, don't fall victim to the ever increasing desperate lies the right spews out. Have faith that our President has our backs and that in the end we will be the victors, and the America we love will be purged of those that wish it ill.
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OK, I'll probably take a lot of heat for this one, but W.T.F., that never stopped me before,
I have been criticized more than usual lately by mostly Libertarians, they say things like,"Obama is forcing healthcare on this country", and, "Obama wants to financially ruin America", and, "Both party's are only a smokescreen to hide what's really going on".
These are but a few of the responses I receive (unrequested) when I present any positive news of our Presidents actions, or negative news of the GOP/Tea party,
The Libertarian ideal is indeed a very enticing scenario, minimal government intrusion, freedom from societal limitations, a true Utopia, but just like Utopia, it is unrealistic, and no matter how hard we close our eyes, or how many times we click our heels together, it just would not work.
It is true that we have had a few Libertarians as President in the past, but that was over 150 years ago, in an era that was totally different from today.
The complexity and massive intricacies of modern society make the idea of the "every man for himself" philosophy, and the "you do your thing and I'll do mine" mantra an absurd pipedream.
Yes the idea of pure freedom is appealing,and yes the thought of everybody seeing to each others needs is a pleasant thing, but we live in a world of fellow human beings, and one thing about human beings is, we are a selfish species, we will look out for numero uno , and we will reach out to help others in varying degrees, but 99 times out of 100, that will happen only after our own needs and wants are satisfied.
I am not condemning humanity for that, far from it, it's survival of the fittest and all that stuff, and I know there are people who do truly care about the well being of their fellow humans, but to count on every person in this nation to "do the right thing", is about as far fetched as you can get.
And no matter how pleasant a place America would be in the Libertarian world, it just isn't going to happen, and that forces us to deal with the realities of today, and to accept them as they are, or to change them in a way that has some chance of being successful, not by pretending that somehow we can turn the clock back and return to an era long since past.
If it were a matter of the balance of power remaining static, then fine, chase your pipedream, I hope you catch it, but unfortunately, that is far from what's happening today.
There exists a party that is under the control of the elite 1% of this nation, and in that party lies a sub party that acts as a force bent on bringing our nation to its knees.
Those would be respectively, the GOP, and the Tea party. The GOP partnered up with the Tea party for two reasons, they needed to expand their ever shrinking base of supporters, but mostly, they are both funded by the elite people and corps. in America, and have a similar agenda.
As recently witnessed, the Tea party is an out of control group of misguided bigots, who are now running roughshod over the GOP pussies that are too scared to oppose them, they value their job a lot more than they value America.
Now these GOP pussies and the terrorist acting Tea party puppets all took an oath, an oath that they are now breaking, making them dishonorable traitors, and they wear the title proudly.
So while the Libertarian party would just sit back and watch the show, there is a drastic need for those who recognize what the GOP/Tea party is doing to step up to the plate and defeat these treacherous bastards, and to stifle them permanently.
So while I understand that the Democratic party is flawed, and it too has its own corruption to deal with, it is at least fighting "FOR" the average American, not "AGAINST" them, and President Obama has proven over and over that he is trying to better our lives, not enslave us.
Every progressive thing suggested is shot down by the GOP/Tea party, they would rather see America burn to the ground than to see our President succeed, and if you can't see past your face enough to realize that, then I have no use for your views or critiques, please keep them to yourself.
Some of us are trying to get something accomplished.
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Well, it has been an exciting competition, with a very impressive group of contenders, but it has now come down to the 5 finalists for the most hated.
All of these finalists have garnered enormous amounts of hatred from all corners of America, but only one can hold the title of "Most hated".
Michele Bachmann is a longshot to win overall, but her recent support of Ted Cruz has bolstered her hatred ratings across America, and in D.C.
Ted Cruz is a front runner to be the most hated, his ability to deceive all the people all the time seems to continue working on his weak minded supporters, but to the non-tea party public, he is just a vile and evil self serving narcissist, who will gladly allow this nation to melt down.
John Boehner has not only amassed large amounts of hatred from Democrats, but has also managed to garner a tremendous amount from his own party, And along with most of America's ire, he would appear to be the one to take the title.
The Tea party have a very special type of hatred most Americans hold for them,the same type they hold for any terrorist organization, they are bigots, racists, and un-American fools who are like sheep that let themselves be led to slaughter.
And finally we have the Koch brothers, Though usually found hiding under a rock, these two self appointed rulers of the United States have been ultra busy in employing their destructive and sinister agenda all across America, and especially in Washington D.C. They are perhaps the most evil, despicaple, and vile creatures to ever shame the name "American". They are the odds on favorites to win the title of "The most hated".
There you have it, the top 5 degenerates money and power can corrupt, together they represent a large portion of what is wrong in America, and each of them are very deserving of being named most hated, but only one can win, who might that be? I will let you know when and if this ever ends.
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OK, time to put on the tin foil hat and go out on a limb now, please bear with me.
I recently wrote a blog titled "nearing the tipping point" in which I warned that the increasingly wide disparity between the rich and the poor was just a powder keg waiting to explode.
I pointed out that the American middle class has been steadily shrinking for the last 3 decades, with the latest decade witnessing an exponential burst of the previously middle class now labeled as poor.
The warning I issued emphasized that as the once inhabitants of the middle class were being forced into the ever enlarging ranks of Americas poor, that they would find they had less and less to lose, and that people with nothing left to lose are capable of some very violent and destructive behavior.
As almost a footnote at the end of that blog, I said that the elite need to cease their immensely greedy behavior, unless it was insurrection and mass revolt
that they were looking to attain.
I'm aware of a variety of conspiracy theories that delve into that scenario, but I hadn't given them any particular credence to this point.
Scenarios of the worlds elite reducing the Earths population by 90% so that they can more easily control and enslave the remaining inhabitants and place themselves as masters over them.
These scenarios being brought forth by an elite group in the formation of a "new world order", a world in which a very few would have complete and total rule over the rest.
That being said, let me now state that I am a very pragmatic person, when I investigate an issue my only agenda is to find the truth, not the opinions or conjectures of people, only the actual true facts.
As a pragmatist, I have found that the simplest and most obvious explanations are more times than not the correct conclusions.
If that remains true, then my observations of the current atmosphere and events taking place in our country paint a very bleak and foreboding picture of things to come.
Short of some miraculous and newly discovered industry that relies solely on American manpower, the good paying jobs that built up the middle class are not going to return.
Without those good paying jobs, and the buying power that they afforded those that had them, the American economy will sink like a rock.
So with the full knowledge of that potentially catastrophic outcome,why would the GOP be so adamant in blocking any and all proposed jobs legislation, or infrastructure rebuilding programs?
Why aren't the C.E.O.'s of Americas corporate giants forcing the GOP to forget the partisanship game they've been relentlessly playing, and get the economic ball rolling again?
Why were Wall street and the big banks allowed to pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history on the entire world?
Why has our government been tripping over itself in a rush to implement systems that can track every individuals movements and conversations?
Why has our President enacted special decrees that give the government legal standing to deny us our constitutional rights?
These questions and many others like them are not being addressed, let alone answered.
In my quest for understanding just what exactly was happening around us, I decided to do some mental reverse engineering.
I thought, ok, if I were a small group of super rich members of the worlds most exclusively elite club, and for some reason decided that this planet needed to reduce its population by 90%, and be completely restructured to have only myself, and the members of my club calling all the shots, how would I do it?
Amazingly, I would do the exact same things that we see are being done right now.
I would amass all the wealth, and plunge the nation and its people in overwhelming debt.
I would create distractions and crisis that would keep eyes off me.
I would cause fear and distrust between groups to keep them from uniting.
I would control the media and feed them only the propaganda I chose to deliver.
I would monitor all conversations in order to stop any dissent or opposition.
I would have installations at the ready to remove all those who spoke against me.
Whoa!!! Stop the bus!!! This is getting scary!!!
Are we in the final stages of the elite's master plan?
Do we believe our lying eyes and common sense, or do we believe what we're being told?
You decide.
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