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By Cassandra Effect, August 21, 2009 6:34 am

The left wing loons are showing their tyrannical side again by demonstrating against Whole Foods CEO Op-Ed on health care reform that was publiched in the Wall Street Journal On August 11  (reprted on Cassandra Effect at Whole Foods offers REALISTIC solutions to health care)

They are using Alinsky Rule 12 – Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and attack it.

By focusing on John Mackey as a person and the company he works for, they don’t actually address the points he made in his article.    The apparantly is a Facebook page with 19,000 people signed up to “boycott” Whole Foods.”  We all know that it is far easier to click a button on your computer to boycott something than actually do it.

This boycott is being led by an organization called SinglePayerAction, a non-profit group dedicated to “everybody in, nobody out”.  This group is run by Russell Mokhiber, the author of the website corporatecrimereporter.com, and co-author of the book Corporate Predators.   His latest mantra is that 60 Americans die each day  for lack of health care.    Rather than argue that point, lets assume its true – that’s roughly 22,000 people a year.  Yet our Congress and President Obama are proposing completely changing the health care systems we have today and spending trillions of dollars for 22,000 people?   Hey – I’ve got an idea – if those 22,000 people (allegedly) are the problem – lets just sign them up for Medicaid and boom – problem solved at a cost of only $10 Million per year (assuming a cost of  $5000 per person).  Of course – this is not the real story – this is about POWER AND CONTROL – make no mistake – Socialism and Tyranny are looming on the horizon – stand up Americans!

So be sure to spend some money today at Whole Foods to show your support to a man and a company who dares speak the truth about health care reform!

The original, unedited op-ed can be found on the Whole Foods CEO Blog HERE with hundreds of comments.

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By Cassandra Effect, August 20, 2009 2:09 pm

President Obama has declared that we must all fight for health care because it is a “moral obligation” (see Obama goes Atlas Shrugged in health care debate)

Since our Dear Leader is so focused on moral obligations I thought we could take a brief look at another  “moral” issue and see what his views have been:

Abortion: ” If you believe that life begins at conception, then I can’t change your mind.” (NY TIMES)

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By Cassandra Effect,

Senator Edward Kennedy, dying from brain cancer, has just sent a letter to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick requesting that they amend the current law which requires Senate vacancies to be be filled through a special election.

He claims to support the law, but also doesn’t want the people of Massachussetts to be denied representation.

I have an idea – why doesn’t the Senator declare that he is stepping down so that a special election can be called!  Brain cancers have an extremely low survival rate, and he has already “served” the people for 47 years.  Maybe he should just freaking RETIRE.  That would allow a special election and by announcing his planned timing of retirement, the election could have been held the DAY he retired, thus avoiding any so called “emergency”.

This is a pure play to make sure that a Democrat is guaranteed to take his seat – nothing more and nothing less.  You are witnessing totalitarianism in action folks – this is EXACTLY what this is – make no mistake.  Just like George Orwell’s Animal Farm, you wake up one day and the laws are slightly different than when you went to bed.  Until one day the final law is :

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”

Full text of the letter is HERE

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By Cassandra Effect, August 19, 2009 8:45 pm

Today, President Obama, our Dear Leader, has declared that health care is a moral obligation.  He held a conference call with 1000 rabbis, and after telling them he’d love to hold more calls like this to talk about Israel (because he’s such a big fan don’tcha know!) he then pressed them to lead the charge in the moral obligation of health care coverage.

Read all about it in the NY Times

President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a coalition of religious leaders to help promote the plan to lower costs and expand insurance coverage for all Americans.  

“I know there’s been a lot of misinformation in this debate, and there are some folks out there who are frankly bearing false witness,” Mr. Obama told a multidenominational group of pastors, rabbis and other religious leaders who support his goal to remake the nation’s health care system.

Politico adds these quotes:

 “These are all fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation: that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper. In the wealthiest nation on earth right now, we are neglecting to live up to that call,” Obama said. 

We are God’s partners in matters of life and death,” Obama said during the call with Jewish leaders, according to a post on Twitter by Washington-area Rabbi Jack Moline. 
 

I’m not even sure what to make of that super creepy last quote – maybe Ezekiel Emanuel and his DEATH CHART can add some more clarity?

Folks -we are truly living in the world of Atlas Shrugged -as John Galt said in his radio speech:

And then there’s your ‘brother-love’ morality. Why is it moral to serve others, but not yourself? If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others, but not by you? Why is it immoral to produce something of value and keep it for yourself, when it is moral for others who haven’t earned it to accept it? If it’s virtuous to give, isn’t it then selfish to take?

I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

We must take the same oath that John Galt did – before it is too late…

Watch this video  – we are living Ayn Rand’s frightening future-world of Atlas Shrugged!  Wake your friends and neighbors before it’s too late!

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By Cassandra Effect,

The White House thinks it is necessary to debunk the so called “myth” of the Indian Health Services in their latest blog post (HERE). 

 Strangely enough, the more they try to explain how the two are different, the more they start to sound the same…..

Take a look at the mission of the IHS  from their website and then delete the words Indians and Alaskan Natives…..it sure sounds like Obama Care to me! (brackets and strikeouts mine)

The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes. This relationship, established in 1787, is based on Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, and has been given form and substance by numerous treaties, laws, Supreme Court decisions, and Executive Orders. The IHS is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for [AMERICAN] Indian people, and its goal is to raise their health status to the highest possible level. The IHS provides a comprehensive health service delivery system for approximately [ALL AMERICANS ] 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to 562 federally recognized tribes in 35 states.

 Now on the the White House “Mythbusting”

“First, the IHS system is not an insurance plan.  And comparing the two is like comparing apples to oranges.  IHS provides comprehensive health care services to approximately 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives living on or near reservations in 35 states.  Some of these health services include doctor visits and check-ups, dental and vision care, diabetes prevention and treatment, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and home health care.  IHS also helps construct hospitals and clinics and provides safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives.  Health insurance, by contrast, provides individuals a guarantee to a defined set of benefits for a price.  While the IHS accepts insurance payments for care it provides, it is not an insurance plan. 

So let me get this straight…..we’re not supposed to be freaking out over Obamacare because it is “only” an insurance plan and NOT comprehensive health care?    Indian Health Services covers its members from cradle to grave  – all services including building the medical facilities that normally private enterprise would construct.  And how exactly is that working out?  And a public option that would crowd out private competitors would result in what….the government having to step in to provide these very things!  We have seen the future and it is IHS!  Note the government spending is now considered an “investment.”  Last I checked an investment of money resulted in something that accrued a financial benefit.  Health care is an expense – not an investment.  Just like food, clothing and fuel.  I don’t invest in a tank of gas.  I buy a tank full and then enjoy the utility of that fuel enabling me to drive my car around town.  Its not an investment in my business!

Second, national health reform will not dismantle IHS.  American Indians and Alaska Natives will continue to have access to their Indian health service facilities.

We that’s a relief.

And third, while Indian health has been is historically underfunded, several tribes have developed innovative and award winning approaches to provide health care to their communities. These sites serve as successful models for other rural and public health programs.  President Obama supports IHS which is why he proposed a 13% increase in the FY 2010 budget, and invested $590 million in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.          

Again – their example proves the point of why Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to nationalized health care.  The IHS has been historically underfunded (can you say Medicare?)  And Obama has increased their budget by 13% – which means the IHS costs will double in less than 6 years!  That’s hardly the “bending” of the cost curve that he is so focused on.  So if Dear Leader is increasing the spending on the IHS at rates that are even higher than the health care rate of inflation in the rest of the country, what do we expect from his national plans. 

Which begs the question – WHO WILL PAY?

If you prefer to get your lies in video format watch the video below….. as they say…Shame on people trying to Scare you.  Did they talk to Ezekiel Emanuel yet?  If you haven’t already, see The Health Care Chart that Will Scare YOU to DEATH

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By Cassandra Effect,

In an excellent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Whole Foods CEO, John Mackey outlines eight things we can do to improve health care:

1. Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs).
2. Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits.
3. Repeal all state laws which prevent insurance companies from competing across state lines.
4. Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover.
5. Enact tort reform to end the ruinous lawsuits that force doctors to pay insurance costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
6. Make costs transparent so that consumers understand what health-care treatments cost.
7. Enact Medicare reform.
8. Finally, revise tax forms to make it easier for individuals to make a voluntary, tax-deductible donation to help the millions of people who have no insurance and aren’t covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

His closing paragraph is outstanding and focuses on liberty and personal responsibility!  Bold emphasis mine

Health-care reform is very important. Whatever reforms are enacted it is essential that they be financially responsible, and that we have the freedom to choose doctors and the health-care services that best suit our own unique set of lifestyle choices. We are all responsible for our own lives and our own health. We should take that responsibility very seriously and use our freedom to make wise lifestyle choices that will protect our health. Doing so will enrich our lives and will help create a vibrant and sustainable American society.

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By Cassandra Effect, August 16, 2009 3:39 am

Outstanding op-ed from Newt Gingrich which really hits home on the key issues on the health care debate in our country right now – that is whether will will have freedom from big brother rationing and be at the mercy of a bureaucrat for the kind  of health care we will be able to receive.  Free sounds oh so good from the politicians mouths until you wake up and can’t pay for everyone.  And then you turn to rationing without alternate choices because you have a single payer system without competition.

Read the whole op-ed HERE

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By Cassandra Effect, August 15, 2009 11:49 am

The author of The Health Care Chart that Will Scare YOU to DEATH  is an “ethicist” who goes to temple religiously but says he is a “Practicing Atheist”.  He likes his synagogues to be without a rabbi  (?) but full of “incredibly smart” people.  He claims he has no faith but lots of religion.  So being Jewish is more like a lifestyle?  Wow.  At least we have good food!

I am shocked that he can claim Judaism is not a religion of faith, but one of practice!  The most holy Jewish Prayer, the Sh’ma declares:
Hear O Isreal, the Lord is our G-D, the Lord is One

And how about Maimonides 13 Principles of Faith?

I  think I’m going to plotz!  An Atheist Ethicist advising President Obama on how to ration healthcare!

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By Cassandra Effect, August 14, 2009 3:18 pm

Two weeks after Cassanda Effect reported on The Health Care Chart that Will Scare YOU to DEATH, the main stream media has woken up to his cold calculus, and are now DEFENDING it.

Let me be clear, the issue is not about Ezekiel Emanuel as a person.  He is a respected physician, his past work clearly advocates for people dying with dignity, and he seems like a thoughtful man.

The issue we face is the notion of the GOVERNMENT developinga process on health care rationing with consequences that are deeply disturbign to anyoen who has ever dealt with a government agency.

Zeke Emanuel’s ethical approach is focused on social benefits – he is a Utilitarian, the greatest good for the greatest number.

 View a talk he gave on the ethics of stem cell research at the Aspen Institute on August 1st 2009 (two weeks ago) HERE.   Watch the video at the 45 minute mark to see his discussion on when an embryo has moral rights.

He states that you can’t understand the ethics until you understand the biology.  He acknowledges the embryo should be treated with special significance.   With respect and dignity.  But not in the same way we treat babies and adults.  

When asked if an embryo has moral rights , he tries to sidestep the issue by asking “what does my view matter”.  He is the advisor to President Obama!  That is why it matters!

He doesn’t buy the essentialist argument that the embryo in “en-souled”

“We have a gradation over time – there is not a bright line”

And there lies the issue.  Moral Relativism and Utilitarian Moral Ethics versus the Sanctity of Life.

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By Cassandra Effect, August 13, 2009 6:48 pm

Great Video from Molotov Mitchell!  Catch more “For the Record” videos at World Net Daily  HERE

Cassandra Effect

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By Cassandra Effect,

Mouth of Sauron White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs refuses to acknowledge or answer the simple question from Fox News Reporter Major Garrettt: 

How is it that you are sending emails to people who never have signed up to receive them?

It is my view that the White House is capturing email addresses from anyone who sends them an email, including emails sent through websites like congress.org

The more engaged people get with the administration, the more power it gives Dear Leader to individually reach Americans.  Soon, Obama won’t need the media.  Once the media wakes up and begins to stir it will be too late.  The Obama administration will be able to speak DIRECTLY to the American people without the need for their words to be filtered through a questioning media. 

My friends – this is the beginning of tyranny.

hat tip Atlas Shrugs!

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By Cassandra Effect,

The White House has used the bully pulpit today, with David Axelrod sending out an email that he hopes will go viral.  Its bad enough that I get spam all day long in my email box, and that President Obama seems to be EVERYWHERE, but now I have to look forward to getting this email from dozens of people.  Way to use that bully pulpit!  The email attempts to debunk eight health care “myths” , eight reasons why we need health careinsurance reform and eight of Obama’s health care policy goals.   This is the first glimpse that Obama recognizes that a “Big Solution” will not be able to happen.  Therefore he is placing more winnable, small points on the table so he can declare victory in the Fall, and deliver on his campaign promise of Health Care Reform. Most reasonable would agree with the problems that are delineated in list of ”reasons we need health insurance reform.  The devil is in the details and the solutions.  The most publicly discussed bill, HR 3200, is a massive attempt to require government control of health care.  It is completely unacceptable to imagine such nonsense. 

No where in the email does it explain how will will pay for all of this additional  health care.  And that, my friend, should cause you great concern.

Cassandra Effect has been slowly debunking the alleged “myths” with facts of our own.  See:

Lies, Misrepresentations and Weasel Words from the White House FAQ on Health Insurance Reform, part 1

Lies, Misrepresentations and Weasel Words from the White House FAQ on Health Insurance Reform, part 2

Lies, Misrepresentations and Weasel Words from the White House FAQ on Health Insurance Reform, part 3

Dear Friend,

This is probably one of the longest emails I’ve ever sent, but it could be the most important.

Across the country we are seeing vigorous debate about health insurance reform. Unfortunately, some of the old tactics we know so well are back — even the viral emails that fly unchecked and under the radar, spreading all sorts of lies and distortions.

As President Obama said at the town hall in New Hampshire, “where we do disagree, let’s disagree over things that are real, not these wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything that’s actually been proposed.”

So let’s start a chain email of our own. At the end of my email, you’ll find a lot of information about health insurance reform, distilled into 8 ways reform provides security and stability to those with or without coverage, 8 common myths about reform and 8 reasons we need health insurance reform now.

Right now, someone you know probably has a question about reform that could be answered by what’s below. So what are you waiting for? Forward this email.

Thanks,
David

David Axelrod
Senior Adviser to the President

P.S. We launched www.WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheckthis week to knock down the rumors and lies that are floating around the internet. You can find the information below, and much more, there. For example, we’ve just added a video of Nancy-Ann DeParle from our Health Reform Office tackling a viral email head on. Check it out:

8 ways reform provides security and stability to those with or without coverage

Ends Discrimination for Pre-Existing Conditions: Insurance companies will be prohibited from refusing you coverage because of your medical history.
Ends Exorbitant Out-of-Pocket Expenses, Deductibles or Co-Pays: Insurance companies will have to abide by yearly caps on how much they can charge for out-of-pocket expenses.
Ends Cost-Sharing for Preventive Care: Insurance companies must fully cover, without charge, regular checkups and tests that help you prevent illness, such as mammograms or eye and foot exams for diabetics.
Ends Dropping of Coverage for Seriously Ill: Insurance companies will be prohibited from dropping or watering down insurance coverage for those who become seriously ill.
Ends Gender Discrimination: Insurance companies will be prohibited from charging you more because of your gender.
Ends Annual or Lifetime Caps on Coverage: Insurance companies will be prevented from placing annual or lifetime caps on the coverage you receive.
Extends Coverage for Young Adults: Children would continue to be eligible for family coverage through the age of 26.
Guarantees Insurance Renewal: Insurance companies will be required to renew any policy as long as the policyholder pays their premium in full. Insurance companies won’t be allowed to refuse renewal because someone became sick.
Learn more and get details: http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/health-insurance-consumer-protections/

8 common myths about health insurance reform
Reform will stop “rationing” – not increase it: It’s a myth that reform will mean a “government takeover” of health care or lead to “rationing.” To the contrary, reform will forbid many forms of rationing that are currently being used by insurance companies.
We can’t afford reform: It’s the status quo we can’t afford. It’s a myth that reform will bust the budget. To the contrary, the President has identified ways to pay for the vast majority of the up-front costs by cutting waste, fraud, and abuse within existing government health programs; ending big subsidies to insurance companies; and increasing efficiency with such steps as coordinating care and streamlining paperwork. In the long term, reform can help bring down costs that will otherwise lead to a fiscal crisis.
Reform would encourage “euthanasia”: It does not. It’s a malicious myth that reform would encourage or even require euthanasia for seniors. For seniors who want to consult with their family and physicians about end-of life decisions, reform will help to cover these voluntary, private consultations for those who want help with these personal and difficult family decisions.
Vets’ health care is safe and sound: It’s a myth that health insurance reform will affect veterans’ access to the care they get now. To the contrary, the President’s budget significantly expands coverage under the VA, extending care to 500,000 more veterans who were previously excluded. The VA Healthcare system will continue to be available for all eligible veterans.
Reform will benefit small business – not burden it: It’s a myth that health insurance reform will hurt small businesses. To the contrary, reform will ease the burdens on small businesses, provide tax credits to help them pay for employee coverage and help level the playing field with big firms who pay much less to cover their employees on average.
Your Medicare is safe, and stronger with reform: It’s myth that Health Insurance Reform would be financed by cutting Medicare benefits. To the contrary, reform will improve the long-term financial health of Medicare, ensure better coordination, eliminate waste and unnecessary subsidies to insurance companies, and help to close the Medicare “doughnut” hole to make prescription drugs more affordable for seniors.
You can keep your own insurance: It’s myth that reform will force you out of your current insurance plan or force you to change doctors. To the contrary, reform will expand your choices, not eliminate them.
No, government will not do anything with your bank account: It is an absurd myth that government will be in charge of your bank accounts.  Health insurance reform will simplify administration, making it easier and more convenient for you to pay bills in a method that you choose.  Just like paying a phone bill or a utility bill, you can pay by traditional check, or by a direct electronic payment. And forms will be standardized so they will be easier to understand. The choice is up to you – and the same rules of privacy will apply as they do for all other electronic payments that people make.
Learn more and get details:
http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck
http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck/faq

8 Reasons We Need Health Insurance Reform Now

Coverage Denied to Millions: A recent national survey estimated that 12.6 million non-elderly adults – 36 percent of those who tried to purchase health insurance directly from an insurance company in the individual insurance market – were in fact discriminated against because of a pre-existing condition in the previous three years or dropped from coverage when they became seriously ill. Learn more: http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/denied_coverage/index.html
Less Care for More Costs: With each passing year, Americans are paying more for health care coverage. Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums have nearly doubled since 2000, a rate three times faster than wages. In 2008, the average premium for a family plan purchased through an employer was $12,680, nearly the annual earnings of a full-time minimum wage job.  Americans pay more than ever for health insurance, but get less coverage. Learn more: http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/hiddencosts/index.html
Roadblocks to Care for Women: Women’s reproductive health requires more regular contact with health care providers, including yearly pap smears, mammograms, and obstetric care. Women are also more likely to report fair or poor health than men (9.5% versus 9.0%). While rates of chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure are similar to men, women are twice as likely to suffer from headaches and are more likely to experience joint, back or neck pain. These chronic conditions often require regular and frequent treatment and follow-up care. Learn more: http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/women/index.html
Hard Times in the Heartland: Throughout rural America, there are nearly 50 million people who face challenges in accessing health care. The past several decades have consistently shown higher rates of poverty, mortality, uninsurance, and limited access to a primary health care provider in rural areas. With the recent economic downturn, there is potential for an increase in many of the health disparities and access concerns that are already elevated in rural communities. Learn more: http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/hardtimes
Small Businesses Struggle to Provide Health Coverage: Nearly one-third of the uninsured – 13 million people – are employees of firms with less than 100 workers. From 2000 to 2007, the proportion of non-elderly Americans covered by employer-based health insurance fell from 66% to 61%. Much of this decline stems from small business. The percentage of small businesses offering coverage dropped from 68% to 59%, while large firms held stable at 99%. About a third of such workers in firms with fewer than 50 employees obtain insurance through a spouse. Learn more: http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/helpbottomline
The Tragedies are Personal: Half of all personal bankruptcies are at least partly the result of medical expenses. The typical elderly couple may have to save nearly $300,000 to pay for health costs not covered by Medicare alone. Learn more: http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/inaction
Diminishing Access to Care: From 2000 to 2007, the proportion of non-elderly Americans covered by employer-based health insurance fell from 66% to 61%. An estimated 87 million people – one in every three Americans under the age of 65 – were uninsured at some point in 2007 and 2008. More than 80% of the uninsured are in working families. Learn more: http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/inaction/diminishing/index.html
The Trends are Troubling: Without reform, health care costs will continue to skyrocket unabated, putting unbearable strain on families, businesses, and state and federal government budgets. Perhaps the most visible sign of the need for health care reform is the 46 million Americans currently without health insurance – projections suggest that this number will rise to about 72 million in 2040 in the absence of reform. Learn more: http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/assets/documents/CEA_Health_Care_Report.pdf

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By Cassandra Effect,

Sarah Palin strikes back (with footnotes!) after Obama dismissed Palin’s statement that his health plan would lead to rationing of care.  

Want to know what started this firestorm?  Cassandra Effect readers knew about Ezekiel Emanuel’s rationing program, the Complete Lives System last month when I reported on The Health Care Chart that Will Scare YOU to DEATH

Full text of Palin’s post below (bold emphasis mine) Source: Official Sarah Palin  facebook page.

Concerning “Death Panels”

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By Cassandra Effect,

The Mouth of SauronRobert Gibbs does what he does best,  lies, in yesterday’s press briefing.  

This administration has studied Joseph Goebbels well:

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

And reporter Jake Tapper nails the whole health care issue in his question:

Jake Tapper:

Q A couple questions. I don’t know if you think it’s unfair to say, but it occurs to me that if the President finds himself at a town hall meeting telling the American people that he does not want to set up a panel to kill their grandparents, that perhaps there, at some point, the President has lost control of the message. And I’m wondering if you — if what you’ve seen in the last few weeks is one of the reasons why it was so important to the President earlier this year to pass health care reform in the House and Senate before the August recess. Is everything that’s going on right now what you feared would happen?

The Lies from Robert Gibbs

Q Who decides which of the many applicants for tickets to the town halls is actually chosen?

MR. GIBBS: Randomly by computer.

Q Totally random?

MR. GIBBS: Yes.

Q What about who gets a question?

MR. GIBBS: The President asks people to raise their hands and picks on them.

Q Robert, what do you think accounts for the stark difference in the scenes, though? I mean, we saw — people were very polite with the President yesterday. They are, shall we say, less than polite with some lawmakers you saw –

Maybe Mr. Gibbs never saw THIS VIDEO FROM THE LOCAL TV NEWS CHANNEL.   Watch it and look at all the buses in the video and Organzing Health Care signs.   as the report said about the people in the buses – Surely they will go through strict security – maybe to make sure they were agreeable and properly medicated?!!!!  And there certainly were no plants in the audience this time (unlike the plants in the Annadale town hall, right?

More lies misspoken words from Obama.  Its amazing how hard it is to get the truth out of your mouth every day, isn’t it!

Q I want to go back to the earlier question about the AARP. What he actually said was “AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare.” What exactly — how did he — can you explain to me how he misspoke and what he meant to say?

MR. GIBBS: I think, again, what he’s conflating is, one — and I think if you ask AARP this — they have been supportive of comprehensive health care reform for a long time. They have not, as they said, endorsed a specific piece of legislation. They are supportive of health care reform and they are supportive of an agreement that the Finance Committee and pharmaceutical manufacturers have entered into that the White House agrees with that would use $80 billion to partially fill with reduced-price prescription drugs 50 percent of the doughnut hole that seniors fall into at a certain level as part of Medicare Part D, as well as some of that additional money for savings in comprehensive health care reform.

Q But he left the impression, twice, to anyone, at least to me, sitting in the town hall meeting that Medicare — that AARP supported this and he needed it to rebut the questions about Medicare benefits would be cut. So is he going to not do that in future town halls?

MR. GIBBS: Well, the President is going to continue to say the bill doesn’t cut Medicare benefits. I think, again, the President was talking about the agreement structured with the Finance Committee and the pharmaceutical manufacturers.

More lies about the nature of the People Protesting for their FREEDOM. 

MR. GIBBS: Some lawmakers.

Q Some lawmakers, but –

MR. GIBBS: I don’t know that — I’ll be honest with you, Sheryl, I don’t know how many town hall meetings you’ve been to over the summer –

Q I haven’t been to that many, but I’ve watched the clips of a fair number of them.

MR. GIBBS: Right. But let’s just address that for a second. You’ve watched clips put up about certain segments of certain town halls in order to demonstrate the consternation –

Q I’ve watched enough clips to know that President didn’t get that kind of treatment that some lawmakers got –

MR. GIBBS: No, no, I understand.

Q — and I’m just wondering do you think –

MR. GIBBS: I’m just asking you to compare that to all the town halls that you’ve been to over the summer.

Q But aside from that, the President didn’t get that kind of treatment. And I’m wondering, do you think is it just that people are more polite when it comes to talking to the President? Is it something in your — in the way folks are allowed into your meetings, or what’s the difference?

MR. GIBBS: Again, I think, again, I’m sensing your disappointment that he didn’t get yelled at.

Q No, I’m not disappointed, I’m just wondering what the explanation is for it.

MR. GIBBS: I think people wanted to — I think what the — I can’t speak to what — again, I don’t want to speak to what other town hall meetings because I only go to the President’s. It’s hard for me to — I doubt we’re seeing a representative sample of any series of town hall meetings, despite the food fight on cable every day.

But my sense is that people wanted to take the opportunity to find out from the President — to have him answer their questions about why he’s doing what he’s doing, and the concerns they may have on the legislation. That’s why when he asked, let’s take some questions from those directly that have some concerns, at that point I think — do you want to take that opportunity to have a discussion with the President of the United States about what he wants to see on health care reform? I think most people took that opportunity as something that was positive. I think it was a good conversation. I think the President thought it was a very productive conversation about the issues that we were dealing with.

And as Jake said, we — the President went out of his way to bring up, in fact, some of the misinformation that churns out there in order to address it, because I think obviously he understands he has a pulpit that is large enough to deal with some of the misinformation that some people might not ordinarily ask or inquire about because they’ve read it somewhere and they just assume that it’s true, even if it’s not.

Well – we can at least agree the President brought up some misinformation.  That’s for sure.

Cassandra Effect