Not only are school children singing songs of praise to Barack Obama across the United States (see our last post for examples), but now singing school children have been exploited on national television to promote specific points on Barack Obama's socialist agenda. In a graphic exhibition of CNN's pro-Obama bias, they recently had a group of singing and dancing children on their network who performed a lively song which exalted the benefits of Obamacare and which dumped on Republican Joe Wilson.

The children are cute and the performance of the song is actually quite delightful, but those are not the issues.

The issue here is that these school children are being used as pawns to promote Barack Obama's socialist health care agenda on national television.

Perhaps CNN was afraid that their pro-Obama bias was falling behind other networks and that they needed to take things to ridiculous new extremes.

To illustrate how ridiculous this is, just try to imagine CNN having a conservative group of school children on who are singing a song about how incredibly bad Obamacare is.

Would that ever happen?

Not in a million years.

We will gladly retract those words if CNN ever proves us wrong.

But they never will.

CNN has lost all remaining shreds of objectivity by putting stuff like this on the air.

Watch this video for yourself and let us know what you think.....

Before Congress runs off and adopts Barack Obama's bizarre health care reform plan, perhaps they should ask doctors what they think.  A stunning new poll has revealed that approximately 2 out of every 3 American doctors oppose Barack Obama's health care reform plan, and 45 percent of them would consider shutting down their practices or retiring if Obama's plan is ultimately adopted.

Just exactly HOW is Obamacare supposed to work without any doctors?

A new IBD/TIPP poll of American doctors is putting an entirely new spin on the health care debate.  Most people realize that there are way too few doctors to begin with, and if hundreds of thousands of them suddenly left the profession, what would that do to the state of health care in the United States?

This data flies in the face of bizarre claims by the White House that the majority of the medical profession is behind Obama's plan.

The reality is that the medical profession is disgusted by the prospect of Obamacare.

The scientific IBD/TIPP poll sampled 1,376 practicing physicians chosen at random throughout the United States.  If the poll numbers are accurate, then the implications are staggering.

Currently, there are about 800,000 doctors practicing medicine in the United States.  If 45 percent of them DID retire or quit when Obamacare is implemented, that would mean that 360,000 doctors would suddenly leave the health care system.

That would be a medical disaster of unprecedented magnitude.

So why are the doctors so upset?

Well, according to the poll, increased mandates, lower pay and less freedom to practice are some of the greatest concerns.

Doctors don't want the government to tell them how to practice medicine.

Doctors don't want the government to limit them and their patients to treatment options that are "efficient" and "cost effective".

Doctors don't want to work more hours seeing more patients for lower pay.

Doctors don't want the government to tell them who they are going to see and how much they are going to get paid for seeing them.

Doctors don't want computerized systems that tell them what drugs and treatments the government thinks are "appropriate" for their patients.

Doctors don't want layer after bureaucratic layer of government officials enforcing new rules, watching everything that they do, and burdening them with mountains of paperwork.

If Obama is under some delusion that America's doctors are going to put up with all of this nonsense, then he is in for a rude awakening. 

The truth is that Obamacare would be an absolute disaster that the American medical system may never recover from.  Perhaps all of us should listen to what the doctors are saying before a mistake is made that all of us will regret.

Over the past few days, two prominent Republicans have been absolutely reviled in the liberal media for telling the truth about Obamacare.  The first, Sarah Palin, has been ripped for writing an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that explains how Obamacare would give unelected officials life-and-death health care rationing powers.  The second, Joe Wilson, is being treated as if he was Osama Bin Laden for shouting "You Lie" during Barack Obama's major health care speech to Congress.  But you know what?  They are both right.

First of all let's consider Sarah Palin's claim that Obamacare would create "death panels" that would make life and death decisions for the chronically ill. The following is a brief excerpt from Palin's Wall Street Journal article.....

Now look at one way Mr. Obama wants to eliminate inefficiency and waste: He's asked Congress to create an Independent Medicare Advisory Council—an unelected, largely unaccountable group of experts charged with containing Medicare costs. In an interview with the New York Times in April, the president suggested that such a group, working outside of "normal political channels," should guide decisions regarding that "huge driver of cost . . . the chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives . . . ."

Sarah Palin is absolutely correct about this.  Barack Obama's health care reform package would not only allow unelected government bureaucrats to decide what treatments are the most "cost efficient", but it would also give them the power to decide whether it is "cost effective" to treat someone at the end of their life at all.

This is what happens in other nations (such as the U.K.) where health care decisions are placed in the hands of unaccountable government bureaucrats.  In the name of "cutting costs", Americans simply will not have the option of getting whatever health care they want whenever they want it any longer.  They will have to settle for whatever is "cost efficient".

Sarah Palin did not mince words in her article as she described the implications of Obamacare.....

Given such statements, is it any wonder that many of the sick and elderly are concerned that the Democrats' proposals will ultimately lead to rationing of their health care by—dare I say it—death panels? Establishment voices dismissed that phrase, but it rang true for many Americans.

When Obama uses terms like "controlling costs" and "improving efficiency" what he really is talking about is health care rationing and the loss of health care freedom.  Health care choices are to be curtailed for the good of American society in Obama's twisted vision of the future.

In fact, what most Americans do not realize is that a big step towards this kind of rationing was already passed in the economic stimulus bill.  That bill established "The Federal Coordinating Council For Comparative Effectiveness Research", and Obama has already appointed the 15 members of that council (including Rahm Emanuel's brother).  We reported on this very troubling development here:

http://thetruthwins.com/archives/health-care-rationing-and-death-panels

The New York Times described the purpose of this council this way.....

Under the legislation, researchers will receive $1.1 billion to compare drugs, medical devices, surgery and other ways of treating specific conditions.

Compare them for what purpose?

For the purpose of choosing what is most "cost effective" and "efficient" of course.  Ultimately the goal is to impose those "choices" on American citizens so that the entire health care system can "control costs".

Shifting gears, let's talk a look at U.S. Representative Joe Wilson's outburst.  He is being absolutely vilified in the mainstream media for yelling "You Lie" during Barack Obama's health care address to Congress.  Video of this incident is posted below..... 

First of all, it needs to be recognized that George W. Bush was treated in a similar manner by the Democrats and there was never any outrage in the liberal media.  So this is clearly blatant hypocrisy by the liberal media.

But setting that aside, was Joe Wilson right?

Was Barack Obama telling a lie?

Well, the truth is that last month, by a vote of 23 to 18, the House Ways and Means Committee defeated an amendment which would have explicitly excluded illegal aliens from the health care reform bill.

But why would such an amendment be necessary?

Last month the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan policy research arm of Congress, issued a report that indicated that without a citizenship verification system, illegal aliens would receive health care subsidies.

The executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian, told CNN that the CRS report "undermines the claims of the president and others that illegal immigrants would not be covered under the House version of the bill."

In addition, the reality is that illegal immigrants already receive free health care in emergency rooms throughout the United States.  As Newsweek explains..... 

Hospitals simply aren't allowed to refuse treatment in emergency situations, regardless of the patient's immigration status.

Due to the failed immigration policies of Clinton, Bush and now Obama we now have approximately 30 to 40 million illegal aliens absolutely swamping the health care system and driving many hospitals to the brink of bankruptcy.

Nothing in Barack Obama's health care plan does anything to fix this.

The truth is that it has now become clear that Barack Obama is a habitual liar.  Very, very few statements that he makes are 100 percent pure truth.  Instead of listening to his rhetoric, Americans need to read the health care bills for themselves as they are developed.

The reality is that the American health care system is about to be fundamentally changed, and if the American people do not want to wake up someday to an absolute health care nightmare they better urge their representatives to do something about it while they still can.

Barack Obama's own website recently had an article that referred to opponents of Obamacare as "right-wing domestic terrorists". Fortunately the article was quickly taken down once an uproar over it erupted, but the reality that such demonization of millions of peaceful Americans would occur on Obama's own website is more than a little troubling.

The website, "Organizing For America", is regularly used by Obama and his staff to rally his supporters to take action in support of the administration's agenda. For anyone in Obama's organization to equate conservatives, Republicans and opponents of Obamacare with al-Qaeda and other murderous terrorists is something to be taken very, very seriously.

After all, what happens to terrorists? Well, they are rounded up off the streets, detained in secret locations with no rights and they are tortured and abused for months or even years in an effort to extract information from them.

Is that what should happen to you for objecting to Obamacare?

The reality is that the inflammatory rhetoric by the left has gotten way, way, way out of control.

The same article below asks supporters to help "defeat anti-democratic forces of hate".

Anti-democratic forces of hate?

Are they serious?

Some may be tempted to ignore such hateful language, but as we saw all too often in the last century, very hateful political language by ruling government authorities often leads to violent and repressive actions by that same government.

So if you are against Obamacare, perhaps you should take a few minutes to consider what Barack Obama's organization is saying about you.....

When opponents of Obamacare are called "terrorists" by Obama's own organization, the reality is that the First Amendment is in jeopardy. 

If you do not think that government power cannot be used to repress political opposition in America than you have not been paying attention.  Already, the Pentagon has asked Congress to give the Secretary of Defense the authority to post nearly 400,000 U.S. military personnel throughout the United States in the event of an emergency or a major disaster.

And who defines what an "emergency" or a "major disaster" is?

Barack Obama.

Not only that, but throughout the presidential campaign Barack Obama spoke of the need for a civilian national security force that is just as strong and just as well funded as the U.S. military.

Does not such a scenario sound like a police state to you?

Are you ready for secret police and national security forces to patrol the streets outside of your home?

Are you ready to be labeled a "terrorist" for opposing the policies of the ruling administration?

The truth is that the America that we all knew if dying, and whether or not America can still be referred to as "the land of the free" is very much in question.

What would a U.S. government run health care system look like? Well, one big indication is to examine what is going on at places where the United States government is already running health care. One of those place is at VA hospitals, and the reality is that the level of care that our veterans receive can only be described as horrific.

Some time ago, ABC News did an investigation of VA hospital conditions that uncovered the reality of "disastrous management and deficient care" at the 162 VA facilities throughout the United States.

The following are just some of the things that ABC News found during the course of their investigation.....

*Bathrooms filthy with what appeared to be human excrement

*Dirty linens from some patients mixed in with clean supplies

*Examining tables that had dried blood and medications still on them

*Equipment used to sterilize surgical instruments that had broken down

*Some patients were forced to beg for food and water

*Vets neglected so badly that they developed horrific bedsores and dangerous infections

Is this any way to treat our veterans?

Is this what we can expect under Obamacare?

So will there be long waits and rationing under Obamacare?  If it is anything like the vets are experiencing right now there will be.  Just consider what ABC News found about vet waits for health care.....

Veterans who responded to a survey by the American Legion in 2003 said it took an average of seven months to get a first appointment at a VA hospital. In some hospitals, patients have waited as long as two years.

Is that the kind of health care system that you want?

Do you think that you will be treated better or worse then military vets under Obamacare?

Not only do we find rationing in VA hospitals, but we also find the kind of "death counseling" that the Democrats have worked so hard to deny will happen under Obamacare.

Jim Towey, the president of Saint Vincent College, former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and the founder of the nonprofit organization Aging with Dignity just wrote an extraordinary piece about this in the Wall Street Journal.  The following is an excerpt from that excellent article where he describes that death counseling that takes place at VA hospitals......

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Last year, bureaucrats at the VA's National Center for Ethics in Health Care advocated a 52-page end-of-life planning document, "Your Life, Your Choices." It was first published in 1997 and later promoted as the VA's preferred living will throughout its vast network of hospitals and nursing homes. After the Bush White House took a look at how this document was treating complex health and moral issues, the VA suspended its use. Unfortunately, under President Obama, the VA has now resuscitated "Your Life, Your Choices."

Who is the primary author of this workbook? Dr. Robert Pearlman, chief of ethics evaluation for the center, a man who in 1996 advocated for physician-assisted suicide in Vacco v. Quill before the U.S. Supreme Court and is known for his support of health-care rationing.

"Your Life, Your Choices" presents end-of-life choices in a way aimed at steering users toward predetermined conclusions, much like a political "push poll." For example, a worksheet on page 21 lists various scenarios and asks users to then decide whether their own life would be "not worth living."

The circumstances listed include ones common among the elderly and disabled: living in a nursing home, being in a wheelchair and not being able to "shake the blues." There is a section which provocatively asks, "Have you ever heard anyone say, 'If I'm a vegetable, pull the plug'?" There also are guilt-inducing scenarios such as "I can no longer contribute to my family's well being," "I am a severe financial burden on my family" and that the vet's situation "causes severe emotional burden for my family."

When the government can steer vulnerable individuals to conclude for themselves that life is not worth living, who needs a death panel?

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But Democrats assure us that this type of thing will NOT happen to seniors under Obamacare.

Do you believe them?

Perhaps if they had not already lied over and over and over to the American people they might have a shred of credibility left.

The reality is that if we let the U.S. government take control of health care then our elderly will become very vulnerable.

The truth is that the U.S. government will abuse all of our seniors under Obamacare the way they are abusing our veterans right now if this "health care reform" package gets pushed through.

The two videos posted below show more examples of the incredibly poor conditions at VA hospitals around the U.S. 

This first video is of a news report which explains how cardiac alarm monitors were actually turned off at one VA hospital.....

This second video is another news report that examines that very unsanitary conditions at 3 other VA hospitals.....

If the U.S. government cannot even provide decent health care for military veterans, what in the world makes you think that they can do it for the entire population?