Obama-Pelosi to Health Insurers: Shut Up or We'll Shut You Down

The American Thinker ^ | November 05, 2009 | Brad O'Leary

[Scanian]

President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and their Democratic followers in Congress have a rather draconian message for the private sector: Speak now, and we'll make you forever hold your peace.

Up until a few weeks ago, America's health insurers were sheepishly on board with the Obama-Pelosi health care reform plan. Perhaps the industry feared that voicing any concern about the plan would unleash the ire of an increasingly rabid Democratic majority on Capitol Hill. As it turns out, the health insurers were right.

[bikerman]

The Gall of these people. Hey pelosi you ignorant slut. We will shut you down.

[Principled]

It’s long past time that these bullies gets their collective “nose bloodied” by someone defending themselves.

This is tyrannical dammit.

[ought-six]

“The Gall of these people. Hey pelosi you ignorant slut. We will shut you down.”

That’s a fact.

[GnuHere]

Evil bastards.

[livius]

To listen to the rhetoric of Obama, Pelosi, and their far-left followers, the First Amendment right to free speech is a sacred cow among sacred cows -- so much so that even dunking a crucifix in urine or smearing animal dung on the Virgin Mary is to be protected, lest we end up on a slippery slope toward Marxist-style censorship... But when the subject turns from fecal art to a private sector industry conducting an analytical study on the costs of the Democrats' government-run health care plan -- well, that's like yelling "boondoggle!" in a crowded Capitol. That sort of free speech simply can't be tolerated, and certainly can't be protected.

Ironic, when you consider that political speech was precisely what the Founders wanted protected. The other would have been considered indecent and would have been subject to obscenity laws. But that's the left, always getting it backwards.

In any case, the only thing that amazes me is how tamely companies and in fact entire industries are just sitting down and shutting up. He wouldn't have any power against them if they'd stand up and fight back; yesterday's elections proved that less than a year later, any influence Bambi may have had has evaporated, and there is an increasing popular movement against him. The companies and industries should speak out, come hell or high water.

But maybe they're actually just waiting for their shot at fascist crony capitalism.

[This_far]

If I recall, doesn’t her husband own hotels? How will this affect them/their employees?

[Joe Boucher]

Nose bloodied?
How about we storm the Capitol,
Grab Pelosi and a few others and hang them from a statue in front of the building.

[rockinqsranch]

“....and hang them from a statue in front of the building.”

That thought has flashed across my mind numerous occasions recently.

[cbkaty]

......tar, feather, and put em in the stocks....

chant....

Stocks...stocks
Put em in the stocks
Stocks...stocks
Put em in the stocks
Stocks...stocks
Put em in the stocks

[cbkaty]

....and be proud of how we are beginning to handle our own....

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Tyranny.

[Waco]

The RAT party once again reveals it’s communist leanings.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I’d rather do what they used to do in the Old West.

Build a gallos, hang the bastards, and when their legs stop kicking, cut them down and hang some more.

[1776 Reborn]

Where are the legal challenges to all of these illegal executive branch initiatives??? You don’t have to be in
the majority to bring these issues before the courts! 80+% of the Republican officials are attorneys and not one
of these fearless leaders is pursuing this???

[raybbr]

Is there any doubt??????????

[Real Cynic No More]

The state of Maine recently indicted Intel for these tactics.

[Plumberman27]

Pelosi needs a complete mental evaluation and afterward when she proves to be a complete sociopath removed from office The woman has some deeply rooted mental disturbances and should removed.

[Plumberman27]

Pelosi needs a complete mental evaluation and afterward when she proves to be a complete sociopath removed from office The woman has some deeply rooted mental disturbances and should removed.

[Joe Boucher]

I’ve thought how wonderful it would be to plant a rotten tomato on Pelosi’s ugly mug while she is in stocks.
Also thought of honey and red ants on Reid while in stocks.
As for Obamma lamma ding dong?
Can’t say what I’d like or I’ll get a visit from some govt. goon.

[Jmouse007]

The health insurers had better speak up because the dirty little secret is this:

Nurse Nancy Ratchet HAS EVERY INTENTION OF SHUTTING YOU DOWN ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So you had better speak up while you still have the freedom to do so because if Nurse Nancy Ratchet gets her way and this "Deathcare" bill passes, you are all going to be OUT OF BUSINESS!

[stevem]

Doesn't this put the insurance industry in a 'lose-lose' quandary? Wouldn't that be a non-quandary?

Since these people have already lost anything they have to lose, how should they behave?

After watching what these fascists have done to the other industries they have started to consume, if I ran an insurance company, I think I might at least go down with my dignity intact.

[Eroteme]

I could be wrong, but I think that MAY be Photoshopped. The Vistors’ human exteriors are uniformly attractive.

[PubliusMM]

Arrogant, communist SOB’s...all of ‘em. I’m sick to death of these gasbags and their elitist snobbery. It’s time to remind them that they work for us, not the other way around.

[Scanian]

If they ever did get “bloodied,” they’d immediately start playing the “victim card.”

Since they are protected by the SRM, these people know they can be as ridiculous they want with no repercussions.

[Scanian]

You have to keep reminding yourself: the libs are the moral people and they exist in order to combat E-vil Republicans, conservatives, and capitalists.

[Scanian]

Perhaps, but is she really much different from the majority of inhabitants of the district she represents?

What I find amazing is that the majority of House Democrats prefer having her as Speaker and not somebody more stable, not to mention effective.

[raybbr]

I could be wrong, but I think that MAY be Photoshopped. The Vistors’ human exteriors are uniformly attractive.

Just more advanced trickery to fool us.

[cbkaty]

[cbkaty]

[Overtaxed Patriot]

Nose bloodied?

How about we storm the Capitol,
Grab Pelosi and a few others and hang them from a statue in front of the building.

I'm in!

[Overtaxed Patriot]

I’d rather do what they used to do in the Old West.

Build a gallos, hang the bastards, and when their legs stop kicking, cut them down and hang some more.

This is the problem with our government. Until they are fearing for their lives, they won't straighten up. They'll laugh at tea parties, and protests. Start stringing them up and they'll begin to do whats best for the country.

[Overtaxed Patriot]

Since they are protected by the SRM, these people know they can be as ridiculous they want with no repercussions

Not for much longer.

[Scanian]

From your lips to God’s ears!

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping.

[Joe Boucher]

Love your sign on your about page.
I know of a place in Western N.Carolina that is a pawn shop, bail bonds, liquor store and produce stand all rolled up in to one.
AND not sure about now but you use to be able to drive up to a window and order a to go drink.

[Joe Boucher]

I bet we could get quite a few followers for the hanging.

[TalBlack]

“In any case, the only thing that amazes me is how tamely companies and in fact entire industries are just sitting down and shutting up.”

It doesn’t amaze me at all. For 40 some-odd years Americans have been knuckling under to PC. The resultant culture is far more likely tp produce moral cowards than the culture it replaced. The general point of PC is not what ever individual item it is addressing in any given case, rather it is to create a sense of fear in the herd.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

a union to protect him

Sounds like a plan

[cbkaty]

AND not sure about now but you use to be able to drive up to a window and order a to go drink.

We still have drive-thru liquor and beer stores.....yep...ya actually drive thru the business.

[Achilles Heel]

Hard to believe the insurancr firms are ok with their death.
Wonder what they are really doing behind the scene?

[webschooner]

TYRANNY!

[Joe Boucher]

Yeah, we still have these in Florida But you can not get a mixed drink at one.
I remember I use to be able to drive with a drink in my hand as long as I was not drunk.

[socialismisinsidious]

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