Dream Wedding and Children -- All on the Taxpayer's Dime

Rachelle Friedman was paralyzed from the chest down as the result of a prank shove into a swimming pool. She was engaged to be married the following month. She has my heartfelt sympathy -- I can't imagine how confined she must feel.

She is now on Medicaid. She says if she marries, she will lose the Medicaid benefits because their combined incomes will be too much, so she and her fiance are just living together. In other words, they are defrauding the taxpayers.

She says as soon as they figure out their insurance issues, they're going to have the dream wedding they had planned for last June -- while they are defrauding the taxpayers. She says they even plan to start a family -- while they are defrauding the taxpayers. I suspect the babies will be on Medicaid, too.

"Health insurance concerns postpone wedding." The Dallas Morning News; November 24, 2010; p. 11A.

Well, except for . . .

Obama's commission on the economy has come up with a plan.

Obama has repeatedly promised that no one making under $250,000 would see an increase in taxes . . . well, except for 15 cents a gallon on gasoline.

Obama has repeatedly promised that no one making under $250,000 would see an increase in taxes . . . well, except for eliminating the deduction for mortgage loan interest.

Obama has repeatedly promised that no one making under $250,000 would see an increase in taxes . . .well, except for taxing you on what your employer pays for your health insurance.

Obama has repeatedly promised that no one making under $250,000 would see an increase in taxes . . .well, except for those who make over $106,800 who will now have to pay social security tax on 90% of their income without realizing any additional retirement benefit.

Obama has repeatedly promised that no one making under $250,000 would see an increase in taxes . . . maybe he thinks we're all blind.

"All pay in plan to cut debt." The Dallas Morning News; December 2, 2010; p. 1A.

If you don't like that pesky truth, just change it!

Some of the scientists who studied the gulf oil spill are a tad put out with the White House. It seems Obama's folks didn't think the scientists' report reflected exactly what they wanted it to say, so they just edited it.

A report by the Interior Department's inspector general concluded that the White House edited a drilling safety report in a way that made it falsely appear that scientists and experts supported the administration's six-month ban on new deepwater drilling. Seven experts reviewed the reports, and all seven expressed concern about the change made by the White House, saying that it differed in important ways from the draft they had approved.

I'm just completely shocked! I would have never thought Barack Obama would do something dishonest to further his own agenda! I also believe that the moon is made of green cheese and piggies can fly.

"White House report upsets science advisers." The Dallas Morning News; Novemer 11, 2010; p. 5A.

Page 18 News

Buried way back on page 18 of the newspaper is a small item about Muslims burning ten homes belonging to Coptic Christians in Egypt because there was a rumor that one of the Christians had an affair with a Muslim girl.

Do you suppose that if the Christians had burned the homes of the Muslims, this would have rated several columns on the front page?

"Muslims burn homes of Christian Egyptians." The Dallas Morning News; November 17, 2010; p. 18A.

What were they thinking?

Kelsee Williams was 13 years old and in the eighth grade. She was killed in an automobile accident in October. The driver of the car was 16. There were other teenagers in the car, but no adults. Kelsee was "on a date."

What were her parents thinking???? Who lets a 13-year-old child go out with a bunch of teenagers? I just don't get it.

"Teen killed in SUV rollover." The Dallas Morning News; October 17, 2010; p. 1B.

And this is relevant how?

Andrew Vracin takes issue with Sarah Palin's recent speech in Dallas. She said, "Thank you, Dallas, for clinging to your God and your guns and your Constitution." He thinks that was incredibly insensitive since a U.S. President was assassinated in Dallas.

I guess I may be a little dense, but I can't see that our desire to honor God, protect our 2nd Amendment rights, and abide by the laws set forth in our country's Constitution have anything to do with a nutcase who murdered the President 47 years ago.

"Choose a different venue." The Dallas Morning News; November 13, 2010; p. 24A.

And Obama wants to run the whole shooting match!

Today, doctors will take a 23% reduction in Medicare reimbursements unless Congress does something. "Well, they're all rich enough anyway," the class envious person responds. But what does that mean to the Medicare patient? It means that doctors will refuse new Medicare patients which will result in a shortage of quality medical care. Medical groups estimate that as many as two-thirds of doctors will stop taking new Medicare patients affecting 46 million older and disabled patients.

The cost of not enacting the reduction will be about $1 billion per month. Looks like Medicare is an abysmal failure, and Obama wants us to let him run the whole shooting match!

"Doctors brace for possible Medicare pay cuts." The Dallas Morning News; November 13, 2010; p. 10A.