Politickles

Building a national database of informants is the work of an obsessive, fearful and desperate team. It reflects the strident insecurity of a leader who is not used to hard criticism. It plays to the creepy authoritarian strain of leftist politics, the stratum that considers democracy a messy and useless impediment to the realization of utopia. It is a bad idea, poorly executed. If you’d like to report us for saying so, the address is www.attackwatch.com. – Washington Times 

Let’s Turn Each Other In!

ObamaCare is not just singular legislation. It is the herald of heralds of an overreaching, over-controlling federal government. Allowed, it cannot be.

One factor and only one factor has stopped passage of ObamaCare thus far: public opposition. Not the public opposition reflected in polls, but the up close and personal and activist opposition that in its depth and intensity and duration has far surpassed anything resembling normal political protest.

One factor and only one factor will stop the ultimate passage of ObamaCare. That same opposition, doubled, tripled, quadrupled. The noise of Washington must be ignored, the noise of the people heard, because the pre-existing condition at greatest threat by ObamaCare is representative government. – CFIF

Speak out against socialized medicine now. If ObamaCare passes, you can kiss representative government goodbye.

“Secret” and “corrupt” are the two words that best describe the process by which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid produced his trillion-dollar government takeover of our health care system. – Newt Gingrich

Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier:

FLAG@WHITEHOUSE.GOV*
If your neighbor had something to dish, he
May regret what he said and now wish he
Had not spilled his gut
And had kept his mouth shut –
If the thing that he said sounded fishy.
*Feel free to report me

From the archive:

BALANCE
“This Talk Radio’s going too far
And we soon will be raising the bar:
In the interest of fairness
And cultural awareness,
Every station will air NPR.”
(2009)

THE RULES
“We can tell filthy lies about you
And there’s nothing at all you can do,
But we’ll make such a fuss
If you criticize us –
Even if what you say is quite true.”
(2007)

Last week’s limerick:

SOCIALIST JUSTICE
When in reason and faith understood,
It promotes a profound common good;
But, when used to defend a
Demonic agenda,
“Social justice” betrays brotherhood.

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.– White House blog

Okay, everybody, do your duty now. If you see anything “fishy” about health insurance reform — or anything else, for that matter — send it on to the White House! And, if you’re thinking about disseminating something fishy of your own, please clear it with Obama first.

I believe the best features of the US health care system are greatly at risk in the health care reform being considered by Congress. If you agree, go to www.freeourhealthcarenow.com and sign the petition today. – John Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis