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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
UN Troops Ordered To Kill All Americans Who Do Not Turn In Guns
Take a look at this video and then pass this blog site to all your friends!
This information is crazy because it is so well documented and backed up with interviews.
Is this why so many high ranking military leaders are being ran off by the Obama administration?
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
How Obamacare will effect Oregons health care
Rep. Richardson's Newsletter
November
15, 2013
Cover
Oregon and the Obamacare Crisis
The
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is the much debated
federal health insurance law signed by President Obama in 2010.
Obamacare has two major components—the expansion of Medicaid, which in Oregon
is known as the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), and the requirement in all states
to provide access for individual or small group health insurance plans via a
health insurance policy exchange, which Oregon calls “Cover
Oregon.”
There was wide concern about
American citizens losing their right to retain their chosen health insurance
policies and physicians when Obamacare was being debated.
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To allay such fears, President
Obama promised the American public,
"...no matter how we
reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you
like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like
your health-care plan, you'll be able to keep your health-care plan, period. No
one will take it away, no matter what." Click here
Just last year (2012)
President Obama reiterated the promise when he stated,
“If [you] already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance.” Click here
Oregon’s own Senator Jeff Merkley likewise assured Oregonians with this statement on his website:
“If [you] already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance.” Click here
Oregon’s own Senator Jeff Merkley likewise assured Oregonians with this statement on his website:
"If you like your current health
insurance, you will be able to keep it. And you will be able to continue seeing
your current doctor. Health care reform would simply give you the choice to
change insurance providers if you so choose." Click here
Even Governor John Kitzhaber
joined the chorus of promises to Oregonians who were concerned
about the consequences of the federal health care law and its implementation in Oregon. Governor Kitzhaber said,
about the consequences of the federal health care law and its implementation in Oregon. Governor Kitzhaber said,
"We all felt from the beginning
that it was important for the state to implement and operate its own exchange
rather than default to the feds. It is going to be a central contributor to the
success of our larger health care reform effort, by setting the standards for
plans that they reduce cost, that they maintain quality and that everyone has
access to the kind of coverage that they need and deserve in this state." Click here
It has now become clear: the
truth about Obamacare is substantially different from the promises our
politicians repeatedly made.
Effective January 1, 2014,
provisions of Obamacare require most private insurance policies to include a
list of medical care benefits that have never been covered in many existing
policies. As a result of being out-of-compliance with the federal
law’s mandated health coverage requirements, approximately 145,000 Oregonians
are having their present insurance policies cancelled. The vast majority
of these Oregon policies will be cancelled effective December 31, 2013. Just
today the Oregon Insurance Commissioner has reversed her position and joined
with the President in granting Oregon health insurance companies the power to
extend current policies for another year—to December 31, 2014.
Such a pronouncement is
political theater, a partisan maneuver intended to transfer
blame from the administration to health insurance companies if they do not
retract their cancellation notices and reinstate existing policies. In
reality, insurance companies have spent two years calculating policy provisions
and premiums to enact Obamacare effective January 1, 2014. The
cancellation notices have already been sent and the federal law sets the
effective date for January 1, 2014. A Presidential Executive Order or a
directive from a state’s insurance commissioner cannot change the course of
this out-of-control health care train.
Many of the policies being
cancelled can be replaced by new and more expensive policies issued by the same
health insurance company. But others, such as the 11,000 Oregonians who
previously have been covered in the Oregon Medical Insurance Pool (OMIP), are
scheduled to lose their benefits on December 31, 2013. OMIP is a special
pool of chronically ill, special risk patients whose medical costs are shared
by all the health insurance companies providing health policies in
Oregon.
Betrayed are those OMIP
patients and other Oregonians who cannot afford to pay substantial Cover Oregon
policy premium increases and who are ineligible to receive government subsidies
or do not want to accept them. The success of Obamacare and Cover Oregon
depends on citizen acceptance of government subsidies to justify the
governmental intrusion into the private health care decisions of all
Oregonians.
To avoid gaps in health care
insurance coverage, resulting from the cancellation of current policies on
December 31st, new Obamacare compliant health care insurance policies must be
issued effective January 1st. To do so, more than 100,000 Oregon applicants
for the new policies must accomplish the following four steps by the cut-off
date of December 15, 2013:
1.
Complete a complex 20 page application;
2.
Determine eligibility for government subsidies of health insurance premiums;
3.
Select a policy from multiple options, at premiums that often will be
substantially higher
than those paid for present health policies that are being replaced; and,
than those paid for present health policies that are being replaced; and,
4.
Obtain the insurance coverage from a qualified health insurance company.
It was intended that effective
October 1, 2013, all four of these steps were to be completed smoothly, quickly
and seamlessly on the www.coveroregon.com website. Unfortunately,
the goal exceeded Cover Oregon’s ability to deliver. The facts clearly show
Oregon’s insurance exchange was not ready to be implemented. Cover
Oregon’s regular Quality Assurance reports and monthly status reports repeatedly
showed major inadequacies in the project. Political pressure forced the
Cover Oregon technicians to go on-line when they knew or should have known
the system was not ready.
The Cover Oregon train wreck
was not unforeseen. I sounded an early alarm in a warning sent to the Governor and my legislative
colleagues in September 2012.
Thus, Cover Oregon’s
inadequacies were identified regularly and its catastrophic failure was fully
anticipated. With proper leadership, planning and execution Oregon’s
expensive Obamacare disaster could have been avoided.
Nevertheless, to chart a better
course for the future, Oregon citizens deserve answers to the following
questions:
Why was Cover Oregon allowed to
go on-line when it was known it was not ready?
Why were the additional staff
not added and trained before October 1, 2013, when it was known the system
would not be able to process the applications on-line?
What has been spent so far on
Cover Oregon?
How much will it cost to make
Cover Oregon’s fully functional?
Where will the money come from
to pay for system completion, corrections and manual processing of applications
in the weeks and months to come?
How will coverage be provided
for those who are uninsured as of December 31, 2013?
Today, only 19,000 written
applications have been received, and each of them must be manually
processed. In order to process all these applications—which must be
completed by December 15th to provide insurance coverage effective on January
1, 2014—between 200 and 400 new employees are frantically being hired and
trained.
Not a single Cover Oregon
applicant has completed Oregon’s Obamacare health insurance enrollment process.
Click here
There has been some confusion
in news reports and statements made by various officials about thousands of
Oregonians who used to be uninsured and are now being signed up for the
Oregon Health Plan/Medicaid. In addition to the private and small group health
policies made available through Cover Oregon, Obamacare also allows Oregon to
enroll more low-income people onto the Oregon Health Plan/Medicaid program. An
estimated 250,000 Oregonians might qualify to now get
such Medicaid health coverage.
While Cover Oregon struggles to
correct the technical glitches and to hire and train hundreds of temporary
employees who will process health care insurance applications manually for
individuals and small business groups, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has
already signed up 70,000 additional low income Oregonians onto the Oregon
Health Plan/Medicaid program.
Conclusion. As
one of the leaders on the legislature’s budget committee, for more than two
years I have been monitoring the various Quality Assurance and progress reports
for Cover Oregon. Repeatedly, questions have been raised about the QA’s
warnings, and repeatedly assurances were given by the Cover Oregon staff.
Those providing legislative oversight repeatedly pointed out the risks of
catastrophic failure, but to no avail. In government, as in life,
outcomes are what count, not well-intended promises.
We should continue to hold the
Governor and the Cover Oregon staff accountable as the Obamacare fiasco
unfolds. Oregonians were told this was going to be an effective transition to
the new health care law. The process at this point has been a disaster, and I
predict the worse is yet to come.
Sincerely,
Dennis Richardson
State Representative
P.S. In all
fairness, to help correct the flawed roll-out of Obamacare in Oregon, Cover
Oregon will host a series of “Application Fairs” in
communities across Oregon. If your health insurance coverage depends on
enrolling through Cover Oregon, I highly recommend you gather the suggested
materials and attend one of the Application Fairs.
State Representative
Monday, November 11, 2013
YES OBAMA IS A TERRORIST
Take the time to view the video and then call your congressman, Impeach Obama!
Monday, November 4, 2013
Please, use a little common sense and not just misplaced emotions.
WASHINGTON – The slaughter of horses for human consumption could legally resume in the United States as early as this week following a decision by a New Mexico judge who dismissed a push by animal rights groups to stop the practice. (It should never have stopped)
U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo in New Mexico threw out a lawsuit Friday by The Humane Society of the United States (This is a name only, they do much more harm than good but that is another story) and other animal protection groups that alleged the Department of Agriculture failed to conduct environmental studies when it issued permits to Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, N.M., and an Iowa company to slaughter horses for human consumption.
It was a last-ditch effort that failed for animal rights groups. Instead, the court’s ruling ends – for now at least - a two-year battle by Valley Meat to open its slaughterhouse.
The practice of slaughtering horses for human consumption was legal and fairly common in the United States for many years.(yes, and fed to our military also!)
In 2005, Congress voted to withhold funding for USDA inspections of horsemeat. It was a way to stop the slaughters because meat for human consumption at the time had to be inspected. (This was a vote based on emotion and not what was good for the horses, or for the horse industry as a whole. It was a vote to appease city folks that have no idea about the reality of owning and caring for animals.)
However, the USDA gave the OK for slaughterhouses to pay for their own inspections. Congress voted to end the practice in 2007. (While all other inspections are subsidized)
The measure to stop the slaughters lapsed in 2011 and now U.S. companies are clamoring to get back into the game. (Because of the outcry from horse owners that want a fair and humane means to dispose of unwanted animals. This is a reality, not something that you wish on old trigger but a reality born from the day of birth.)
Across the country, businesses have been applying for permits with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They want to ship horsemeat to countries where it is eaten by humans or used as animal feed. (This should never have been stopped. I have eaten horse meat in Italy and it is very tasty besides being very healthy! I would buy it here in America if it was offered)
Retail purchase of horsemeat for human consumption in the U.S. is not yet approved but the possibility could be coming.
In a statement following Friday’s dismissal, The Humane Society pledged that it would “not only appeal the decision, but also work with the states to block the plants from opening in Iowa, Missouri and New Mexico and step up its efforts in Congress to stop the slaughter of American horses.” (I know this is their right, but their disinformation and out right lies are a form of environmental terrorism)
"With today's court ruling and the very real prospect of plants resuming barbaric killing of horses for their meat in the states, we expect the American public to recognize the urgency of the situation and to demand that Congress take action," Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle said in a statement. (His statement proves his ignorance. Horses right now are being shipped unnecessary miles across USA borders to be killed in plants in other country's. Horses have been turned lose to die of starvation on our forest and BLM grounds. Indian reservations are flooded with these horses and they die a horrible death at the hands of the wild stallion) "Court fights and state legislative battles have been important, but this is an issue of national importance and scale, and Congress should have an up-or-down vote on the subject." (Yes, and they should uphold the right of animal owners)
The idea of killing horses for food has triggered strong reaction among people on both sides of the issue.
Several animal rights organizations have linked legalizing the practice to horrific abuses and animal cruelty that they claim could lead to unsafe meat. (Yep, they try to scare those who have no idea of the truth) They call the slaughters themselves a “brutal and terrifying end for horses.” (Sorry but in 99% of all cases, this is the best and most humane way to end their life. Old horses need to be used for dog food and younger ones that are dangerous should be fattened and use for human consumption. That is the truth, no spin)
“Horses are shipped for more than 24 hours at a time without food, water or rest in crowded trucks,” the Humane Society says. “They are often seriously injured or killed in transit.” (Yes it happens and the longer they have to travel to a plant, the higher the risk! Each owner should have a plant that is within a short drive)
Once at the slaughterhouse, the horses are stunned, the Humane Society claims, adding that because they are skittish animals by nature, the horses often “endure repeated blows and sometimes remain conscious during dismemberment.” (In Mexico we have no idea and no control over their kill methods. This is why we need plants here in the USA where we can control and ensure that horse are put down in the quickest and surest method available.)
Supporters, though, say that claims of cruelty are overblown and that while there is some risk in transporting any animal to slaughter, it is not a common occurrence. (True, its simple, to the hauler and plant it is business and losing animals means losing profit.)
Supporters also say that horse slaughtering facilities in the U.S. will provide a humane alternative for aging, starving or abandoned horses by owners who can no longer afford to take care of them. (This is just a fact. Does not matter if it offends you or not, this is a FACT!)
A 2011 report from the federal Government Accountability Office that shows horse abuse and abandonment have been increasing since Congress effectively banned horse slaughter by cutting funding for federal inspection programs in 2007. They say the ban on domestic slaughter has led to tens of thousands of horses being shipped to inhumane slaughterhouses in Mexico. (Again, a fact that backs up my view. I do not wish to seem callous in anyway but meat plants in the USA are the very best way we have to take care of our older or unwanted horses. Keeping them alive in a government support pen until they get injured and die is not a humane living for an animal I love. Put them down quickly)
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 166,000 horses were sent to Canada and Mexico last year for slaughter. (Fact, so what has the Humane Society done with its efforts? They have hurt our horses by causing them to travel farther and suffer because of no USA oversight)
Supporters also take issue with the taboo of eating horsemeat and say the animal is consumed in countries all over the world and could be extremely profitable to American companies interested in the industry. They also argue that horses should be treated no differently than pigs, chickens and cows. (Sorry but this is true and a fact also. Ask any 4 H or FFA person, they grow, raise, care for and at times, love the animal that they raise for your dinner plate. Why would a horse be different from a pet rabbit or lamb?)
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), China is one of the largest consumers of horsemeat. In France, the meat is considered to be a delicacy, sold in the same vein as veal in the U.S. (What they don't tell you is that none are raised for that purpose, not like cattle, sheep, chicken or pigs. They, just as we should...use animals that no longer have a use for anything else.)
About eight miles outside of Roswell, N.M., Valley Meat, a shuttered cattle farm is almost ready to reopen its doors.
Plant owner Rick De Los Santos and his attorney, Blair Dunn, told USA Today they were surprised when they ruling came down, hours after a temporary restraining order that barred the companies from opening in August had expired.
"If I were a betting man, I probably would have lost a lot of money on this," Dunn said. "I thought the court was headed in a different direction on this since she had issued the TRO. ... I am very, very happy to be wrong."
De Los Santos estimated it would be seven to 10 days before he was up and running.
Over in Gallatin, Mo., Rains Natural Meats could open as early as today.
Lets hope that we will again, have plants that we can control here in the USA.
I will add one more point and that is my freedom to eat what I wish. The USDA made it illegal to eat horse meat. I can eat snails, worms, bunny's baby lambs, snakes, alligators and unborn chickens but not a horse? Come on, there is no common sense in this. If you don't want to eat horse meat then just don't buy it.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Wow. 4 and a 1/2 minutes you need to watch!
Enough said!
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Saturday, November 2, 2013
Did Obama abandon the US Ambassador in Benghazi, causing his death?
Last week there was a very telling CBS 60 Minutes segment by Lara Logan on Benghazi. Anyone believing this is a ‘phony scandal’ is part of the incredible cover-up being promoted.
It has been over a year and we still have no idea about the truth behind what occurred at the US Libyan consulate. Matter of fact, we do not even know of the whereabouts of President Obama that evening. His last directive, as he has stated, was to ensure those at the embassy got all the resources they needed, but for some reason that never happened.
Now, House Committee Chairmen Issa and Royce are seeking new hearings for questions that still remain. My recommendation would be to support Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf’s H.Res 36 to appoint a select committee to investigate Benghazi. The measure has over 175 signatures. I would humbly ask that you contact your Representatives and ask if they have signed onto this resolution. The victims and the American people deserve the truth.
How can we idly sit by and believe that the new normal is to allow a US Ambassador and other Americans to be abandoned during a terrorist attack? Libya, especially eastern Libya, has become a sanctuary for Islamic terrorists aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda. Ansar al-Sharia, who claimed responsibility for the attack, has a GITMO-released individual as one of its primary leaders.
We’ve witnessed plenty of discussion this week about the credibility of President Obama regarding the issue of Americans keeping their healthcare coverage. Clearly, this lack of credibility is a chronic issue for him.Two weeks after the Benghazi terrorist attack, President Obama was still promoting a lie about a crude video being the impetus behind the attack. From the recent 60 Minutes interview, we certainly know that not to be the case, nor was this spontaneous. Simple Obama is lying to us to cover up somethingm something very bad!
I fully support Senator Lindsay Graham’s filibuster of the Federal Reserve (an entity for which there should also be a select committee by the way) and Homeland Security nominees, Yanet Yellin and Jeh Johnson in order to get the administration to tell the truth.
Why was Ambassador Chris Stevens in eastern Libya on 9-11? What are the questions you’d if you sat on a House Select Committee on Benghazi. Mind you, Harry Reid does not care for you to know the truth.
The Constitution provides that the President shall be removed from office only upon “Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
What do you think? Does Benghazi bring President Obama — as Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn intoned – “dangerously close?
Read more at http://allenbwest.com/2013/11/word-obama-dangerously-close/#i4IRqwS0rykALLLB.99
RED DAWN ALERT
RED DAWN ALERT: General Amos Warns His Marines: ‘Save Every Round, Every Gallon of Gas’
By Clash Daily / / 267 Comments
In his YouTube video, General Amos warns about a “different landscape” and encourages people to think smarter. The General also encourages Marines to, “Save every round, every gallon of gas.”
This comes during a time when the DHS has stockpiled over 2 billion rounds of ammunition, purchased nearly 3000 tanks and refuses to answer questions about why they are doing it.
This comes on the heels after Captain Terry M. Hostile United States Army, Retired, urged citizens to write to Senators demanding action against the DHS.
In a recent interview with Rep. Huelskamp at CPAC, he had expressed concerns to DHS over the purchase but received no response.
“They have no answer for that question. They refuse to answer to answer that,” Huelskamp said on the video of the purchases. His office told Whispers that he had sent a letter to DHS with his concerns but had not heard back.
Read more at http://clashdaily.com/2013/03/red-dawn-alert-general-amos-warns-his-marines-save-every-round-every-gallon-of-gas/#hBy3vv55xKxCoHkB.99
Friday, November 1, 2013
OBAMA DOJ CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES TRUMP THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
OBAMA DOJ CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
TRUMP THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Posted 10.31.13 by Greg Campbell, TPNN Political Analyst
As Americans argue over Obamacare, illegal immigration and a variety of other important issues, the very real threat of Second Amendment infringements continues to creep as anti-gun rights advocates seek to approve the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
The United Nations General Assembly approved the ATT earlier this year, which has been designed to regulate the traffic and possession of weapons between countries. The treaty has been signed by Secretary of State John Kerry, however the international treaty must be approved by the Senate in order to be recognized.
While Kerry and others try to gain support for the treaty, Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz warns that the Obama Administration is already making the argument that an international treaty supersedes the rights outlined in the Constitution.
Justice Department attorneys are arguing before the Supreme Court a position that undermines American sovereignty. Obama’s Department of Justice is arguing that a law that abides by an international treaty adopted by the U.S. would allow the federal government to prosecute a case that would otherwise be handled by state or local authorities.
The case in question is Bond v. United States, where a woman allegedly used chemical agents for revenge against a woman with whom her husband had an affair. While the use of a weapon would normally fall under the state’s jurisdiction to prosecute, the federal government has gotten involved and seeks to undermine state sovereignty by claiming that the woman is in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, the international agreement that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has been accused of violating.
While the woman’s actions may be heinous, the DOJ’s position, if affirmed, would place the federal government in a position to use international treaties to prosecute American citizens.
“The Constitution created a limited federal government with only specific enumerated powers,” Cruz told said in an interview. “The Supreme Court should not interpret the treaty power in a manner that undermines this bedrock protection of individual liberty.”
Bond’s lawyer similarly agrees, stating,
“The problem here is precisely that Congress, rather than implementing the treaty consistent with our constitutional system of federalism, enacted a statute that, if construed to apply to petitioner’s conduct, would violate basic structural guarantees and exceed Congress’s enumerated powers.”
The issue is much larger than who gets to prosecute the defendant. If this position is allowed to stand, then the federal government is in a position to invoke treaties that run contrary to our constitiuional protections.
If anti-gun rights supporters can garner the necessary votes in the Senate to pass the ATT, then the ATT can be used to restrict American Second Amendment liberties under the authority of the international treaty.
The treaty calls for regulation of firearms and while it’s supporters have claimed that the treaty does not violate our Constitutional rights, the very nature of the treaty’s enforcement suggests otherwise as a registry would be necessary to enforce the provisions of the treaty to crack down on gun trafficking. As the U.N. is largely concerned with where the firearms ultimately end up, it would be impossible to track firearm usage without noting who bought each firearm and when.
Further, the treaty would afford the international community greater powers to regulate arms imports and exports, conceivably allowing for the barring of import or export of certain classes of firearms to and from the U.S. that “endanger women and children.”
With such broad, overreaching outlines as to what the treaty does and does not do, it quite naturally has gun rights advocates worried. The international community is largely unfriendly to the uniquely American concept that firearm ownership is a right and that government is not only allowed to permit such a right, it is duty-bound to uphold and protect that right.
“The Obama administration is once again demonstrating its contempt for our fundamental, individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action. “This treaty threatens individual firearm ownership with an invasive registration scheme. The NRA will continue working with the United States Senate to oppose ratification of the ATT.”
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