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This is a blog post from DailyKos.com which is a VERY leftist blog. They call themselves Kossacks and if you review their logo it appears to mimic the old Soviet Union communist propaganda art. Remember communism seeks to create an egalitarian society by taking wealth from others to give it to people who didn’t work or earn it and basically turning the entire country into slave labor with no opportunity.

Please follow the thread to see the “rock and the hard place” that President Obama is experiencing with several different factions in the democratic party, labor and left wing organizations that are for and against health care reform. President Obama has pandered to the left, unions and has helped to pay them back in the stimulus bill and even bailing out their pension plans in HR3200.

AFL-CIO: No Public Option, No Support

By BarbinMD

Tue Sep 01, 2009 at 03:00:04 PM PDT

This is what it sounds like when someone representing the Democratic wing of the Party speaks:

Democratic lawmakers will not be able to count on the AFL-CIO’s support if they drop the public insurance option from the health care reform legislation, union officials said Tuesday.

The AFL-CIO’s incoming president, Richard Trumka, outlined “three absolute musts” in any overhaul package: a public option, an employer mandate and no tax on employer-provided health benefits.

Asked if the union would work against any bill that did not hit those targets, Trumka told reporters during a *briefing: “That means we won’t support the bill if it doesn’t have the public option.”

Please note I cannot find independent verification of *a briefing: Ric

And as Trumka declared last month during a speech to the Sheet Metal Workers International Association:

We need to send them a special message: it’s that you may have forgotten what the labor movement did to get you elected; but, by God, we never will! And if you stab us in the back on health care this year don’t you dare ask us for our support next year!

And the Max Baucus/Blue Dog wing of the Party needs to remember that — and that 2010 is just around the corner.

Overview of what the “left” believes is the next move for Obama.

Report: President to reveal health care deal-breakers

By Jed Lewison

Tue Sep 01, 2009 at 04:30:04 PM PDT

Marc Ambinder delivers a report that has the feel of a trial balloon:

This time, the President is going to be specific. Next week, President Obama is going to give Democrats a health care plan they can begin to sell.

He plans to list specific goals that any health insurance reform plan that arrives at his desk must achieve, according to Democratic strategists familiar with the plan.

Strikingly, despite the tough “deal-breaker” language, there still seems to be a ton of wiggle room on the public option:

He will insist upon a mechanism to cut costs and increase competition among insurance companies — and perhaps will even specify a percentage rate — and he will say that his preferred mechanism remains a government-subsidized public health insurance option, but he will remain agnostic about whether the plan must include a robust public option. Officials won’t say whether the president intends to endorse a specific “trigger” mechanism if the competition mechanism fails, but they say he will make it clear that the final bill must contain language that increases competition.

Purely in political terms, if the White House’s goal is to generate enthusiasm in the Democratic base, that sort of approach won’t cut it. If they want to excite the base — and as Kos showed earlier, they need to — then they will need to come out more strongly for a public option, because it is the only mechanism that anybody has proposed that will meet his stated objectives.

Update (4:50, by Jed) — Remember that this sounds like a trial balloon, and it’s not coming from named sources. Nothing is written in stone. President Obama hasn’t said anything yet. If you don’t like what you’re hearing, the best thing to do is to let your voice be heard, whether at public events, phone calls to your senators and representatives, or whatever works best for you. Without your active involvement, AHIP could still win this thing.

Make a difference on Friday 9-11 and make the call. Your Representatives need to hear from you. They will be hearing from those who wish to take our freedom of choice, jobs and livelihood.

By Ric Joyner

I listen to the Bush haters rant, and rave about how George Bush is cashing in on the high gas prices. I sit back and wonder what happened to their common sense, and lack of understanding of basic economics. So what is causing the high oil prices? Simple: Demand. When demand goes up, and supply is down, prices go up for any good or service. There is an old saying, “I believe in the golden rule…he who has the gold rules”. Who has the gold…in this case the black gold of oil? Several countries that are keeping the output down to increase prices.

But could these large price increases be prevented? Yes, by drilling in our own back yard. Have we? No for several reasons. Environmental groups, and the liberal democratic congress who won’t let us drill in our own oil reserves.

The facts are as follows:

Environmental groups:

“Environmental concerns militate against drilling, but improvements in technology have greatly reduced both the above-ground footprint and the risk of offshore spills. Any new drilling would be subject to the world’s strictest standards.”  —Ben Lieberman is Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

To understand why enviromental groups create crisis, follow the money. They artificially create “environmental causes” to get donations, and “feed the monster”. EGs are like any business. They need money to survive. For example, EGs were successful in CA by filing lawsuits to stop new refineries, off shore drilling, and nuclear power plants. They advocated for renewable energies. Last year I was watching CNN, and the Sierra Club was protesting more wind farms due to the hazard to birds! I did an OMG! They got what they wanted… renewable energy, and now they are protesting the very thing they were advocating? But why? If you follow the protest, the young media respresentative of the Sierra Club was seeking money donations! This is what feeds their monster…creating crisis to collect more donations! For more information and reading on wind energy: http://www.wind-works.org/articles/SCSCRCWind.html

Democratic Congress:

Passed a bill that would tax the companies producing energy which the companies will pass on to consumers! That bill was passed in 2007 vetoed by Bush. Look at the gas prices now! For more reading on this bill: http://www.conservative.org/pressroom/2007/070808pr.htm

The Dems in the Senate stopped any potential drilling in a wasteland called ANWR. (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) The problem with ANWR is that there is little “life” in the tundra, but it holds untold billions of gallons of oil! Why won’t the democrats allow us to be energy independent? Gas is .12  in Venezuela and Mexico who produce their own energy! http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/

Here is a terrific conclusion in an article from the Heritage Foundation:

“Conclusion. It is no coincidence that, despite the massive 2005 and 2007 energy bills, the price at the pump continues upward. Both measures did little to create new oil and gasoline supplies or to untangle the red tape afflicting existing supplies. America needs fewer laws, regulations, taxes, and other government-created impediments to a more affordable gasoline supply. Most of the provisions in the American Energy Production Act are intended to liberate Americans from that morass. In contrast, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 contains just about everything we don’t want or need.”
—Ben Lieberman is Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.\

George Bush doesn’t have his hand in the pocket of oil companies, the democratic congress has its hands in the pockets of environmentalists, and special interest groups that are opposed to energy freedom!

But the Democrats answer is to tax the people who produce the energy because of profits! This actually drives up the prices for everyone. Why? The example is my wife’s coffee shop. The CAM (a form of moveable rent cost) increased 22% in one year! She has to decide where to make up this cost increase. The only recourse is to pass on to the consumer. But can she raise prices on a cup of coffee to almost $2.00 per cup and expect people to continue to buy? No. So she has to raise prices by 10%, but must cut expenses in other areas. One option is to cut worker pay or lay off employees. I just don’t think the Democrats understand basic economics. They use slogans like “tax the rich” and “windfall profits tax on oil companies” to get people’s blood boiling to pass this economic terrorism by enacting taxes (they love taxes). But is it the right answer? No, for the reasons stated above.

Another famous democrat who wrecked havoc on our economy was Jimmy (the I negotiate with terrorists) Carter in the 70s. Jimmy imposed a windfall tax on oil company profits to help the poor afford gas. What happened? National oil rationing and higher prices! The producers of gas lowered their output, and the result is we all paid for this dumb approach to energy.

Write your congressional representative today, and tell them you want energy freedom which will increase supply, and for the US to become self sustaining in energy. And another approach is to ignore the enviromental groups.

Tell your respresentative to stop the economic terrorists (enviromental groups and liberal democrats)!