LEST WE FORGET

QUESTION: Did Barack Obama say, “If somebody has insurance they  like, they should be able to keep that insurance. If they have a doctor that they like, they should be able to keep their doctor. They should just pay less for the care that they receive. ”?

QUESTION: Did Barack Obama say, “If you like your health care plan,  you’ll be able to keep your health care plan. So, don’t let people scare you. If you like what you've got, we’re not gonna make you change.

QUESTION: Did Barack Obama say, “And no matter how we reform health care, I intend to keep this promise. If you like your doctor, you’ll be able to keep your doctor. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan. So don’t let people scare you. If you like what you've got, We’re not gonn make you change. “?

QUESTION:  Did Barack Obama say, “ Reform will keep the government out of your health care decisions, giving you the option to keep your coverage if you’re happy with it.”?

QUESTION: Did Barack Obama say, “For the hundreds of millions of Americans who have health insurance, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have. Nothing will change for you if you have insurance. Nothing in the plan will require any changes.”?

QUESTION: Did Barack Obama say, “If you are happy with the insurance plan that you have right now, if the cost you’re paying and the benefits you’re getting are what you want, them to be, then you can keep offering that same plan. Nobody will make you change it.”?

QUESTION: Did Barack Obama say, “If Americans like their doctor, they’ll be keeping their doctor. If you like your plan, you’ll be keeping your plan. No one’s taking that away from you.”?

Click the play button to find out:



If it were just once, it would be easy to claim that the clip was taken "out of context." As you will note from the changing audio quality, He said these things over and over again.

QUESTION: Was he telling the truth or not?

SURE ARE THEY ALL, ALL HONORABLE MEN (AND WOMEN)

IT COULDN'T BE SAID BETTER

ADDENDUM:

For those of you who have listened to too much loud music and can no longer hear clearly, I now provide this transcript of this video.

( Aside) “I can never think in advance what to say. Correct.

“And I listen to what other people say, and I think I want to address what Ms Weinberg said about this being personal. This is personal. This is personal to me. And I take it personally because I took an oath when I joined the military in 1970 to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. 

“Another thing people say all the time is, 'Let’s respect the other guy’s opinion.' 

“I cannot respect oath-breakers. Anybody who’s holding a public office has taken the oath to defend the Constitution of the United States. That does not mean you put how you feel first…how you emotionally react to a tragedy first. Because you think it’s better…that I would be safer, you abrogate my Constitutional rights. That’s breaking you oath and I have no respect for that. 

(Applause). 

“I am a mom, and there’s only one thing that I’m afraid of: and that’s the people in elected office taking away my rights. I’m not afraid of the crook who’s going to come to my door because if my dogs don’t get him I will. That’s my job...to defend myself. It’s not your job to protect me, it’s not your job to defend me. It’s your job to protect the Constitution and protect my rights to defend myself. 

“We've all gone through tragedies, particularly people like me who’s family goes back generations in the military. We've got a lot of caskets in the ground, dead by gun bullets. 

“But…the whole thing about gun laws is synonymous with drunken drivers in cars. Drunken drivers misuse cars and kill people. They've killed thousands of children, a lot of our teenagers. Do we ban cars?  No, we don’t. We’re not trying to get rid of cars with a bigger engine, alright, or car that can go faster than the other one. This is utterly and completely ridiculous. Thank you.”

MEMORIAL DAY

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ENGLAND IN POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL DISARRAY

Here are some of their latest issues.

'Soldier beheadedin Woolwich machete attack

Police deal with what is believed to be two shootings and a machete attack in Woolwich, south east London.

Woolwich terror suspect revealed as Muslim convert 

The Ministry of Defense said: “As a result of the incident in Woolwich, a number of additional security measures have been put in place. As you would expect, we would not talk about the details of these measures.”

Troops in London were advised in the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s attack not to wear their uniforms outside their bases.

But at Cobra this morning, it was agreed that issuing orders against wearing military uniforms in public would not be the right response to the outrage.

MI5 admit they KNEW about fanatics who 'slaughtered soldier':

Two men who allegedly slaughtered a soldier in a Woolwich street were known to security services, it emerged today.

David Cameron revealed that authorities were looking into what was already known about  Drummer Lee Rigby's alleged killers,  but it is not thought they were considered to be an immediate threat.


Remember: There is no death penalty in England.

They shouted 'Allah Akbar' attack and told witnesses to film them.

Clutching a bloodied meat cleaver, the man suspected of executing a soldier on a crowded street declared: 'you and your kids will be next'.

Man talks brazenly with a London accent to the shocked onlooker who filmed the knifeman making a series of twisted rants after the terrorist attack.

Mum talked down Woolwich terrorists who told her: 'We want to start a war in London tonight'

A cub scout leader confronted terrorists just seconds after they had beheaded a soldier asking them to hand over their weapons.

Radical Preacher Anjem Choudary Blames 'Murdering' British Troops

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has blamed the terrorist murder in Woolwich on David Cameron and Britain's actions in Afghanistan.

Ah, the 5th Amendment!

 The one that protects against SELF INCRIMINATION. It reads:

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

Lois Lerner likes the part about: “…nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,…”

One might be tempted to think she had been involved in something criminal.

When testifying before Congress on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2913, Lois invoked her "5th amendment rights." (These rights are much more "rights" than the right to bear arms, of course.)

She told Congress that accusations that she had misled Congress in previous testimony were false.

“I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws,” said Ms. Lerner, who leads the IRS’s division on tax-exempt organizations. Then she invoked the 5th.

The IRS’s division on tax-exempt organizations office formerly held by Sarah Hall Ingram, commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations from 2009 to 2012. The division included the group that targeted Tea Partiers and other conservative individuals and organizations. Ingram has since left to serve as director of the IRS' Affordable Care Act division. You know, the unit responsible for enforcing parts of the health care law, including the fines associated with the so-called individual mandate. Really?

Among other things, we can see what an administrative mess the IRS is by how it organizes to get its work done.

“I have not violated any I.R.S. rules and regulations, and I have not provided false information to this or any other Congressional committee,” proclaimed Lerner.

If she had done nothing wrong, how could she possibly witness against herself?

Nevertheless, she must feel as though there is enough in her closet to hide that she didn't want Congress to know about it.

I remember during the Watergate hearings, when I was in college and watched them every day, how many witnesses invoked the 5th. I remember how they were castigated for doing so. “They must be guilty if they have something to hide,” was the press’ mantra.

What is their mantra about this invocation?

They don’t have one. They tried to ignore it, then tried to push it under the rug, but the truth came out and they were forced to cover it.

In the mean time, Ms. Lerner has sent the following in an email to her employees in the exempt-organizations division she oversees stating, “Due to the events of recent days, I am on administrative leave starting today. An announcement will be made shortly informing you who will be acting while I am on administrative leave.”

(Actually, she was placed on administrative leave.)

So, the woman who headed one of the most ruthless departments in the country, who is innocent of any wrong-doing and who apparently thinks Congress is a bunch of bullies, has been pushed out of the way

to avoid the pressures of the fray?

That’s an interesting tactic, don’t you think?