The Democratic Leadership pleaded with me at length to agree to support the idea that the Clinton Health Care Bill should be included in that year’s reconciliation package.

They came to my office on the floor below. President Clinton got on the phone and called me also and pressed me to allow his massive health care bill to be insulated by reconciliations protection. He called me on the telephone.

I felt that changes as dramatic as the Clinton health care package which would affect every man, woman, and child in the United States should be subject to scrutiny. I said Mr. President I can not in good conscience turn my face the other way. That’s why we have a Senate, to amend and debate freely. That health bill, as important as it is, is so complex, so far reaching that the people of the country need to know what’s in it. And moreover Mr. President, we Senator’s need to know what’s in it before we vote.

And he accepted that. He accepted that and thanked me and we said goodbye.

I could not, I would not, and I did not allow that package to be handled in such a cavalier manner. It was the threat of the use of the Byrd rule. Reconciliation was never, never, never intended to be shield, to be used as a shield, for controversial legislation.

Even ignoring the un-Constitutionality of the bill – which the Senators have sworn to protect and defend  - the Democrat Senate should be ashamed of their mob-like, thugish behavior.  They are an utter disgrace to the Senate.

“On the other hand, there is the issue of the setting, the circumstances and the decorum. The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court — according the requirements of protocol — has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling.” – Chief Justice John Roberts, March 9, 2010

“ Prevention, prevention, prevention—its about diet, not diabetes. Its going to be very, very exciting. But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the Presidents economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation—innovation. ” Nancy Pelosi, March 9, 2010

Senator, most people prefer to know what is in a bill before their representatives vote on it.  What happened to transparency?

The health insurance socialization bill is like one of the packages you see in horror movies that you just know you do not want to open!  Kind of like Pandora’s box since we knew of the evil in there!

Florida, how about being “family friendly” by lowering taxes for everyone?  Come on, this is as stupid as judging someone by the color of their skin or the color of their eyes.

Lisa Wade is an assistant sociology professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles and the founder of the blog Sociological Images.

For more on the illegal immigration topic from last year.

President Obama has proposed a 1.4 % pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is the LOWEST since 1973. Nice to know that during a time of rampant inflation, while a war is fought in 2 theatres, our men and women in uniform get a LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN WELFARE RECIPIENTS.      – from K.P.L.

When the parasites can vote themselves a bigger bite from the host, they will do so.  The law is supposed to protect you and your life from being voted into subservience, but when the law is used instead to steal from a disarmed population, the law has been perverted.  Today many people believe the concept of personal responsibility means expecting someone else to pay for you and what you believe you “need.”

Today, the parasites are in control and the parasites have realized they can vote themselves a bigger bite from the host.  And the chief parasites in Washington want to maintain control by directing where the rest of the parasites can take their bite based on how you are favored – from the filet portion or  the keister.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBaSP31Be8

“Anyone who stand in the ways of the health care bill is going to be smeared” – Democrat Rep. Eric Massa, March 7, 2010

“When I voted against the cap and trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff to the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn’t heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983.  And I gave it right back to him, in terms and words that I know are physically impossible.” Democrat Rep. Eric Massa, March 7, 2010

“Hoyer lied.” – Democrat Rep. Eric Massa, March 7, 2010

“Mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill. And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they’ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.” Democrat Rep. Eric Massa, March 7, 2010

“Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil’s spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.” Democrat Rep. Eric Massa, March 7, 2010

“He’ll get rid of me. And this bill will pass and that’ll end…and I, I, don’t know what we’re gonna do in this country.” Democrat Rep. Eric Massa, March 7, 2010

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34051.html#ixzz0hbCsBZXY

Democrat Representative Massa says Democrat Leaders set him up.  The Washington leadership will indeed “stop at nothing” to get the health care bill because it will make dependents of everyone, leaving Washington with power over everyone and everything in the United States. Instead of a nation of free people, we will have become a nation of parasites and hosts except that everyone will be both to one degree. Washington will be our masters and the country as their slaves.

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Massa Hints he could Rescind Resignation.