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  Buy a Used Car from the Free Press?

  Wes Nakagiri 3:15 am on August 14, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: HR 3200 (12), illegal aliens (2), Media Analysis (4), media bias (3), Michigan (21), Obama

  The Detroit Free Press published an article that omitted some key information regarding ObamaCare. Was it just a coincidence that this omission helped to portray ObamaCare in a more favorable light? Was this omission a planned attempt to deceive or just incomplete journalism? I’ll never know for sure but I have my suspicions. I’m sure you’ll have your suspicions also.

  What I can say is that I’ve written a couple of letters to the editors of the Free Press regarding past inaccuracies. I’m not surprised that the Free Press chose not to publish my letters as they pointed out obvious misrepresentations contained within their stories. When a news organization portrays itself as an “arbiter of truth” they are unlikely to publish letters that point out their incomplete or biased reporting as that could impact their bottom line. If enough readers viewed their news articles as incomplete or biased it could reduce the number of readers willing to pay for their products. Wait a minute! This has happened already as the Free Press has had a decline in readership such that it implemented a drastic cut back in their home delivery.

  This post will elaborate on the omission I observed in the ObamaCare article. You won’t have to just take my word for it as I provide links to sources where you can verify the information yourself. The Free Press article, written August 9 by Todd Spangler, is titled, “Plenty of misinformation in health care debate”. This article tries to present the impression that the Free Press will clear up the misinformation and provide the reader with the unvarnished truth. As part of their analysis the Free Press concludes that illegal immigrants will not have access to free health care under HR3200 (ObamaCare). The Free Press wrote:

  Here’s what we found: That page of the bill prohibits discrimination in health care. And in Section 246 — on Page 143 — federal health care payments for people in the country illegally are explicitly prohibited.

  While the Free Press’ findings may be true it does not mean that illegal immigrant won’t get free health care. How can that be?! Well, the Free Press did not publish the whole story. They left out some key information. As pointed out in a previous post, Rat Out Gary Peters to flag@whitehouse.gov , the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted down an amendment to HR3200 that would have explicitly denied Medicaid health care benefits to illegal aliens. This amendment, introduced by Nathan Deal (R-Ga), was defeated in committee by a 29-28 vote. When presented with an opportunity to clarify their position on this topic, Congress chose not to.

  So, at the end of the day, will illegal immigrants have access to free health care? It certainly appears that way to me. But the Free Press concludes otherwise without presenting the full story.

  This sort of reminds me of what it’s like to buy a used car. You look at it. Kick the tires. Maybe you take a test drive. You ask the salesman about it. He says it had a minor repair to the door after a fender bender. But when you drove it there was a lot of wind noise. The paint was off-color just slightly on the entire driver’s side. And, a few other things just didn’t add up. He wasn’t being dishonest—he told you about the accident and that the door was repaired. But he didn’t tell you about all the other repairs that evidently were made or how extensive the damage really was.

  Isn’t the Free Press a lot like a used car salesman? Would you buy a car from the Free Press?

  In the interest of full disclosure the following links are provided:

  Congressman Deal’s comments on his amendment.
  See how your Congressman voted on the Deal Amendment.
  View the entire Free Press article.

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  Nationwide Townhall - Sat. Aug 22

  Wes Nakagiri 3:33 pm on August 12, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: HR 3200 (12), Michigan (21), Obama, ObamaCare (16), Protest (7), Tea Party (18)

  Congress is on recess during the month of August. Traditionally during this summer recess our elected representatives travel from DC back to their home districts to meet with their constituents. These meetings often have taken shape using the “town hall” type format where the representative meets with hundreds of constituents at a time, fielding questions from those in attendance. Due to the public uprising against ObamaCare very few Congressmen will conduct town halls – they don’t want to have to explain their support for this piece of socialist legislation. I touched upon this in an earlier post titled Rallying Against ObamaCare in Michigan.

  Fear not, even without a town hall meeting you can still make your voice be heard and help prevent a government bureaucrat from dictating what you can and cannot do regarding your healthcare and that of your family! (Government dictating your health care is analogous to your neighbor, whom you may not personally know, telling you which treatments are allowed for your child. Nothing against my neighbors, but it is my right to make these decisions.) Simultaneous protest rallies against ObamaCare are being conducted in every Congressional District. Most rallies are being held outside of the Congressman’s office; however, there are many that are being held at alternate locations. These rallies are being held Saturday August 22, 2009. From what I’ve observed the rallies start at noon – go to recessrally.com to find details for your specific location.
  Your attendance at a rally will make a difference in shaping public opinion. If you are reading this post you are probably quite aware of the dangers of socialized medicine. Not all Americans are as aware of these dangers as you. A larger turnout makes a larger impact upon public opinion – it makes it harder for our leaders and the media to ignore our concerns.

  A couple of final thoughts: 1) Bring a sign with you. It doesn’t have to be large or fancy. It could just be an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper written in crayon. 2) If you are geographically close to two rally locations then I’d recommend you select the rally that has a Democrat Representative, especially a freshman Democrat. Click here for a listing of freshmen in the 111th Congress.

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  Tell Gary That Gov't Care is an Obamanation!

  Wes Nakagiri 1:52 am on August 10, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Gary Peters (4), HR 3200 (12), Michigan (21), Obama

  Let Congressman Peters know your opinion of HR 3200 (ObamaCare). Click here to obtain a .PDF file with Mr. Peters’ own survey. Then fax, mail, or email to his office.

   
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  Rat Out Gary Peters to flag@whitehouse.gov

  Wes Nakagiri 7:12 pm on August 9, 2009 | 1 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Gary Peters (4), HR 3200 (12), illegal aliens (2), Obama, ObamaCare (16), Protest (7), Tea Party (18)

  As indicated in an my earlier post titled Rallying Against ObamaCare in Michigan, I attended a rally outside of the Troy, Michigan office of Congressman Gary Peters (D) Michigan. Prior to the start of this rally I had an opportunity to speak one of his staff. I’d like to elaborate a little on this cordial conversation. First off let me point out that the hundreds of citizens attending this rally were voicing their opposition to the government takeover of the American health care system. Congressman Peters was not available for the rally. I will give Mr. Peters the benefit of the doubt and not conclude that he was out of the office just to avoid the scrutiny of the rally. I should point out however that the staffer stated that Mr. Peters would not being holding any town hall meetings to discuss ObamaCare.

  The conversation with the staffer was conducted in the shelter of Mr. Peters’ office which was physically located well away from the rally forming along the street outside. Along with the staffer and myself were about a half-dozen other concerned citizens. From the questions being asked I sensed that none in this group were happy about the thought of ceding control of their health care to nameless, faceless, and unaccountable government bureaucrats.

  The staffer’s answers to two questions raised during this short question and answer session made a strong impression upon me. Actually let me restate this – the staffer’s non-answers to two questions were quite interesting. He would not say that Mr. Peters and his family would give up their current health insurance and be subject to the rules and regulations of ObamaCare. I interpreted his evasion as confirmation that the ruling class of our nation would not accept socialized medicine for their loved ones. I wonder which political allies of the ruling class will also be exempted. Where do I sign up to get an exemption?

  The second question that generated a non-answer was why the federal government was requiring each citizen to provide access to their bank account information. Talk about big brother – this is big brother on steroids! Whatever happened to the right to privacy that was contained in the penumbras of our Constitution as indicated in the Roe v. Wade decision? Rather than provide an answer the staffer provided each citizen of a copy of “talking points” addressing so-called myths about HR 3200. I read the talking points and it unclear to me the extent to which big brother will have access to my financial information. However, something else caught my attention.

  Page one of the talking points indicate that health care benefits will not be provided to illegal aliens. This is not the case. An amendment to HR 3200 which would have explicitly denied benefits to illegal aliens was voted down in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Politicians are a crafty bunch. They include some convoluted legal language that appears to indicate that illegals are not covered and then they vote down a specific amendment that seeks to clarify this. If ObamaCare does pass it will be up to the courts to interpret the meaning of this ambiguous legislation – you know what will happen then. The American Taxpayer will be stuck holding the bag. In light of this blatant misinformation I think I may send an email to the “Brown Shirts” at flag@whitehouse.gov. I do recall that the President requested American citizens use his website to report back to him anytime they hear of “fishy” information regarding his health plan. Hmm, is it also my duty to report my neighbor and his whacked out ideas about health care? Where do I turn in my neighbor regarding his whacked out ideas regarding Cap and Trade? Anyway, I’m sure the administration will take quick action to correct Mr. Peters’ mistake… LOL.

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  Rallying Against ObamaCare in Michigan

  Wes Nakagiri 12:48 am on August 9, 2009 | 4 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Gary Peters (4), HR 3200 (12), Michigan (21), Obama, ObamaCare (16), Protest (7), Tea Party (18)

  I attended a rally outside of the office of Congressman Gary Peters (D) Michigan on August 6.  The intent of the rally was to voice opposition to HR 3200, also known as ObamaCare.  It was a good day for the rally, perhaps a little on the warm side.  In hind sight I would have been more comfortable wearing shorts rather than jeans.  The crowd was well behaved with their only transgression being that the Troy police officers occasionally reminded people to stay on the sidewalk and off the grass.  My neighbor and I estimated the size of the crowd to be 500 to 700 people, it was a large turnout.  Additionally, there were counter-protesters numbering in the range of only 2 or 3 dozen people.   They were vastly outnumbered by those of us who were against ObamaCare.

   For the most part the two groups of protester stayed to themselves.  Inevitably though there was bantering back and forth along the frontlines that separated the two groups.  I would say that while few in numbers, the counter-protestors were better organized.  They appeared to have a formal leader who would use his bullhorn in an attempt to rev up his troops with the mindless chant of “WHAT DO WE WANT”, “HEALTHCARE”, “WHEN DO WE WANT IT”, “NOW”.  His bullhorn was only marginally effective as those against ObamaCare would yell “FREEDOM” in place of “HEALTHCARE” and we vastly outnumbered them.  I also heard people insert the words “NEW PRESIDENT” in place of “HEALTHCARE”.  Hmm, I think I’ll try and find a bullhorn for the next rally.

  I’m really not 100% certain who organized the rally.  I’m guessing it might have been a Tea Party group from the local area.  I found out about it from the internet.  Anyway, it was my sense that this protest group was formed on an ad hoc basis, a far cry from the “organized” protest groups being derided by mainstream media organizations.  But, what if this group of people were formally organized to conduct this protest against socialized medicine?  Does it matter if this was a grass roots protest or an “Astroturf” protest?  (I have heard Senator Harry Reid (D) use the term “Astroturf protester” in a derogatory manner in an attempt to impugn their character, implying that their concerns with a government takeover of 1/6 of our economy was somehow fake or phony.)  Although, if in fact this was an organized protest, then President Obama should have been beaming with pride.  After all he was formerly a community organizer.

  It was both exciting and informative to be part of the protest.  It was exciting because I thought that perhaps our nation has a chance to hold back the wave of big government activism being foisted upon us.  It was informative to have the opportunity to chat with many like-minded individuals whom I’d never met before.  All of these individuals had the same concerns that I had.  They were concerned about letting politicians and government bureaucrats dictate and ration their health care.  They know how poor of a job that our leaders have done managing the finances of Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security and they are not willing to cede more control to them.  In the war against creeping socialism, this battle was won by the good guys.  It is a small victory but a victory none the less.  Many more victories are needed; many more volunteers are vital.  Contact me at admin@limitgovnow.com if you want to help—or post a comment on this blog.

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