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THE MEDICARE DRUG BILL: An Impending Disaster For All Americans
The Heritage Foundation ^ | June 13, 2003 | by Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.

Posted on 06/14/2003 12:03:32 AM PDT by Uncle Bill

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To: TLBSHOW
Medicare Bilked For Billions In Bogus Claims
"Sparrow estimates Medicare fraud at $50 billion to $75 billion a year"
41 posted on 06/14/2003 12:21:38 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: TLBSHOW; nunya bidness
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons - "Medicare is "socialized medicine" at its worst," concluded Dr. Orient. "It’s time for doctors to stand up for their patients and send government out the door."
42 posted on 06/14/2003 12:32:52 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Mortimer Snavely; RLK; TLBSHOW; nunya bidness
Is this Bush or Clinton?

"President ( ) Wednesday tried to build political support for his plan to bolster Medicare and expand its coverage to include prescription drugs, saying 'this is not welfare' but a chance to fulfill obligations to the elderly."

43 posted on 06/14/2003 12:50:20 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Inspector Harry Callahan
Socialism by Prescription - The Bush Plan
44 posted on 06/14/2003 1:20:53 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Uncle Bill
Sad is what it is.
45 posted on 06/14/2003 1:25:47 PM PDT by TLBSHOW (the gift is to see the truth)
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To: TLBSHOW
Actually, we are witnessing the fall of this once great nation. You can use FR as an example. The thousands here, are, for the most part, in agreement with Bush's socialist medicare monster spending spree nightmare. Their silence is deafening. They're throwing their children and grandchildren over the side of the Titanic, hoping they can still find some room in a lifeboat somewhere in the darkness below. When they finally have to jump, they'll see their children's faces of panic.
46 posted on 06/14/2003 1:39:47 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Uncle Bill
here was a good one....


This plan stinks as bad as his cigar!!!
18 more months of this B.S.????

Hopefully, that lawsuit appeal by Congress will slow him down....maybe eveb stop him. He did start a WAR without the approval of Congress and that should be enough to get him out of office. Should land him in jail, but nothing seems to stick to Slick Willy.

7 Posted on 06/30/1999 14:55:23 PDT by feinswinesuksass
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47 posted on 06/14/2003 1:46:04 PM PDT by TLBSHOW (the gift is to see the truth)
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To: TLBSHOW
All the socialists are in agreement now:

Daschle calls Senate Medicare plan step in the right direction
"After 10 years of effort we have been able to come to a point where we can begin providing meaningful prescription drug coverage to seniors," Daschle said."


We did it! Americans bought it! Hehehehe!

48 posted on 06/14/2003 3:49:52 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Uncle Bill
Now I know why Bush and Blair get along so well. Both are socialist.
50 posted on 06/14/2003 4:05:23 PM PDT by TLBSHOW (the gift is to see the truth)
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To: Uncle Bill
Howdy Unc.

BTTT.

51 posted on 06/14/2003 4:06:16 PM PDT by Inspector Harry Callahan
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To: TLBSHOW
About Free Republic

What is our mission?

"A return to a strictly Constitutional form of federal government will automatically repeal and abolish all unconstitutional federal involvement in states issues such as: crime, health, education, welfare and the environment. The Tenth Amendment will again be in effect, which will bar all federal attempts at legislating social issues. This will also require that social programs such as Social Security, welfare and Medicare be repealed."

Repealing Medicare? Hahahahahahahaha!

George W. Bush and the GOP. Repealing Medicare by spending $400 Billion at a time. Think big. Think strategy. Don't be a malcontent. Vote Bush. The collapse depends on it.

52 posted on 06/14/2003 4:12:02 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Inspector Harry Callahan
Hey, howdy, hope all is well. Regards, UB.
53 posted on 06/14/2003 4:18:13 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: TLBSHOW
"Now I know why Bush and Blair get along so well. Both are socialist."

Storming the gates, repealing Medicare by spending $400 billion at a time. Strategy. Think strategy. LOL!

54 posted on 06/14/2003 4:21:19 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Uncle Bill
"A return to a strictly Constitutional form of federal government will automatically repeal and abolish all unconstitutional federal involvement in states issues such as: crime, health, education, welfare and the environment. The Tenth Amendment will again be in effect, which will bar all federal attempts at legislating social issues. This will also require that social programs such as Social Security, welfare and Medicare be repealed."

1999

Jim Robinson wrote a great FreeRepublic Mission there.

WOW

Now on to stopping socialism and bringing the mission of FR to fruitation.
55 posted on 06/14/2003 4:25:34 PM PDT by TLBSHOW (the gift is to see the truth)
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To: TLBSHOW; RLK; Mortimer Snavely
"Jim Robinson wrote a great FreeRepublic Mission there."

Yeah, it's a great mission statement. Now all we need is a new president who really believes it, a new Congress who really believes it, a new Supreme Court who really believes it, and Americans checking in somewhere for a socialist lobotomy so we could really pursue the mission to restore the Republic. As it stands now, it's all meaningless. I mean, check out post #49. Good grief.

We're All Marxists Now

Bush OKs Medicaid money for condoms

The following should ring loud and clear now, even for the deaf, dumb, and blind:

REPUBLICAN CRYPTO-SOCIALISM - Alan Keyes - February 26, 1999
"What do I mean by "crypto-socialist"? It's actually quite simple. I mean hidden socialism. The basic principle of socialism is government control and domination of society. Things which tend in that direction are socialist by nature. Things which tend to return power, responsibility and control to people themselves -- as individuals, in their businesses, and in their families and communities -- are what oppose socialism and promote the agenda of self-government.

Many so-called conservatives today put forth policies which, when examined, turn out to contribute to the consolidation of government control and domination of the society. Whether it be targeted tax cuts, educational approaches that emphasize government dictation of standards, or other encroachments on our liberty, these policies are socialist in principle even when "conservatives" or "Republicans" propose them.

...The Republican crypto-socialists are more devious. They pretend that they actually want to give us something. Who wouldn't want a tax cut? But then when we examine the real body of the policy, it turns out to be socialist in nature because it serves the socialist objective, which is government control. And to that extent, "conservative" proponents of such policies are misleading us. They are hiding a socialist agenda in what they hope will be the appealing guise of tax cut language that will fool us into giving it our support.

One of the questions that I fear faces us in American politics these days is the possibility that both parties, or at least the leadership in both parties, serves the agenda of government control and domination. It appears that to the extent the Republicans professed for a long time not to serve that agenda, it was because they did not feel they had sufficient control of the key elements of the apparatus of power. When they got control of the Congress, they started to identify more with the interests of government itself. And now, for instance, they are doing things like proposing big boosts in federal education spending over the next five years, thereby consolidating the role of the federal establishment in education. Such moves totally repudiate the agenda that they professed to stand for as they courted our votes and we moved them into majority status in the Congress.

The true opposition in American politics appears to be between the socialists and the crypto-socialists. And this isn't much of a choice, is it? It is between the socialists who are open about their espousal of government control and power, and the socialists who are hidden in their allegiance to that principle, and try to put some other face on it. They are serving the socialist principle, but they are putting conservative clothes on the grotesque body of socialism to try to hide from us what is really going on."

56 posted on 06/14/2003 5:14:25 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: Uncle Bill
Bushbot #1: "Looks like the DUmmies have come out to play."

Bushbot #2: "Hey Uncle Bill, are you actually Bill Clinton's uncle?"

Bushbot #3: "You stupid neocons just don't get it. This is all part of Bush's 'strategery.' You know how Republicans are with the media. Bush is just appeasing the media and THEN when he's safely reelected he'll roll back the New Deal and Great Society."

Bushbot #2: "Yeah, some people just don't have faith in Bush."

57 posted on 06/14/2003 5:33:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Hang in there. It's all a secret well thought out plan that no one can understand but them. Shake pom poms, shake pom poms, shake pom poms......

bushbot
A fractal droid, a flexible robot structure, where each manipulator branches off into smaller copies of itself, forming a fractal tree over many scales (usually down to the nanoscale). Each branch contains a distributed system to calculate movement and minimize central processing. Many S1 entities use a mobile bushbot to interface with in ril.

George W. Bush and the GOP. Repealing Medicare by spending $400 Billion at a time. Think big. Think strategy. Don't be a malcontent. Vote Bush. The collapse depends on it.

58 posted on 06/14/2003 5:57:04 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: TLBSHOW
Homeland spending bill approved in closed session - June 13, 2003
The House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Thursday approved a $29.4 billion fiscal 2004 appropriations bill during a closed session,...

"After a 9-7 party-line vote to close the meeting, the panel approved the spending bill by voice vote, according to a committee spokesman who declined to provide any other information about what occurred during the closed session."



Globalization Is Here- Why Fight It? - By April Shenandoah - June 9, 2003
"We are basically living under Communism unawares! Though we are still flying the American flag the One World Government and the globalization of Socialism/Communism is upon us."

59 posted on 06/14/2003 5:58:10 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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To: TLBSHOW
Trading A Constitutional Republic For Big Brother
"Conservatives would have us believe that President Bush and the Republican Party are working to reverse the rush toward bigger and bigger government. They aren't. In fact, Bush and Company are putting the pedal to the metal when it comes to promoting a bigger-than-ever federal system."


Both Parties Are Weighed In Balance And Found Lying

By Chuck Baldwin

Food For Thought From The Chuck Wagon

June 13, 2003
Source

When it comes to deceiving the public, it is obvious that neither political party has a monopoly: both are equally duplicitous.

For example, Democrats shamelessly lied and covered up for President Bill Clinton when reports of unethical behavior surfaced. They even attempted to sabotage and disrupt investigations into Clinton's unlawful conduct. With the help of a complicit attorney general and a cowardly Republican Senate, Democrats put Clinton above the law, above the U.S. Constitution, and even above the laws of decency. Of course, to date there has been no lawful satisfaction for the criminal activities of the Clinton presidency.

However, now that Republicans are in charge of the entire federal government, they are in essence doing the very things that were done by their Democratic counterparts. Cover-up and deception have become the norm for Republicans.

Consider America's attack against Iraq. President Bush's entire case against Iraq was its purported stockpiles of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). We were repeatedly told that the United States must attack Iraq before it attacked us. Therefore, on Bush's word, America launched its first-ever preemptive and unprovoked attack against a sovereign nation.

Now, everyone knows Bush either exaggerated the facts or lied about them altogether. There have been no WMD's found, and searchers are doubtful they even exist.

At the same time, President Bush blasted Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for attacking high ranking Palestinian leaders who have masterminded terrorist attacks against Israel. Talk about hypocrisy! How can Bush condemn Israel for protecting itself against enemies next door when he sends the American army half way around the world to kill Saddam Hussein and drive his government from power, even though Iraq posed virtually no threat to the U.S.?

Beyond that, the Republican Party is currently working feverishly to squash any investigation into the intelligence work that caused Bush to launch his unilateral attack against Iraq. Does anyone not understand that no investigation amounts to a cover-up?

If the evidence is as legitimate as President Bush has consistently maintained, it would seem that he and his fellow Republicans would relish the opportunity for an investigation to substantiate their claims. As it is, the credibility and honesty of this White House and Congress is seriously suspect.

The American people have no choice when they are forced to choose between Republican liars and deceivers and Democratic liars and deceivers. It is for this very reason that the American people must hold their elected officials to the restraints of the U.S. Constitution.

If Congress had been faithful to their oath of office, they would never have allowed the President to unilaterally wage war. Only Congress can legally wage war. By Congress refusing to do its duty to investigate the facts and to declare war on the basis of those facts, the war against Iraq became George W. Bush's war, not America's war.

And now, the same cowardly Congress that refused to do its duty under the Constitution, is deliberately covering up any investigation into the facts of the matter. Perhaps they know that the facts did not then and do not now justify what Bush did. Not only is this not good government, it is dishonest government!

Maybe one day the American people will grow out of their robotic loyalty to the two major parties and begin to demand that whoever is in office abides by the laws that govern his or her conduct, namely, the Constitution of the United States. Only faithful adherence to the Constitution can keep government honest.

As it is now, neither political party nor the American people seem remotely interested in promoting honest government. It seems they would rather be led by clever liars than governed by the Constitution. As a result, we are only a step away from constitutional government being replaced with the rule of brute force.

60 posted on 06/14/2003 6:08:49 PM PDT by Uncle Bill
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