So The Wicked Witch of the House Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi wants the  House to  vote on a more popular package of fixes to the Senate “Health Care Reform bill“; under the House rule for that vote, passage would signify that lawmakers “deem” the health-care bill to be passed. This sounds like “Let’s Pretend” to me.

It is one of three options that Pelosi said she is considering for a late-week House vote, but she added that she prefers it because it would politically protect lawmakers who are reluctant to publicly support the measure.

God Forbid that we should have and accountability or transparency in government! God Forbid that any of our elected representatives should have to admit that they voted to pass a bill that slightly over half of the American public doesn’t want.

We don’t want this bill

No, Sir we don’t

We want it not,

We don’t , We don’t

Can’t you hear,

it’s not for us.

How many ways can we say NO

I’ve said my piece, I  think I’ll go

By the way MY ANSWER IS (STILL) NO.

What part of “No” don’t they understand?????

Our illustrious Congress Critters and Present OB seem to have found this out the hard way. And, no, it doesn’t have to do with the Healthcare  Reform Fiasco.

Present OB  signed a bill into law Wednesday that would require passengers who carry firearms aboard AMTRAK be locked in boxes for their journey. It seems there was a **ahem** typo (or something) between the version of the bill that was passed and the bill that made it’s way to the Present’s desk.

Earlier this week, Congress sent the president a massive spending bill that funded dozens of federal departments. In the transportation section of the legislation are safety requirements for AMTRAK customers who carry firearms on board, basically bringing the rules in line with the airline industry.  The bill Congress passed, mandates that passengers with firearms declare they have weapons with them in advance and stow them in locked boxes while on the train.

The language that referred to putting the guns in locked boxes morphed into requiring the passenger as well as the gun to be placed  into locked boxes.

So, maybe, BO should read what he signs….Naah, that would be to easy.

The “Health Care Reform Bill” (and boy, will it ever reform us) has even more little goodies that they hope the common serfs will never see until it’s to late.

“After spending almost $80 million during the last election cycle, unions are on the brink of reaping a significant return on their investment. Despite representing only about 7.6% of private sector employees, unions are poised to gain significant privileges, authority and financial windfalls from health care reform. Coming at the expense of tax-paying patients and businesses, these specific benefits would do little or nothing to improve our health care system.”  The Houston Chronicle reports that pro-union legislators have quietly slipped many provisions into the bill that will directly benefit unions, and guess who gets to pay for it?? BINGO – WE DO!!

Check this out:

• $10 billion in taxpayer-funded bailout money, innocuously referred to as a “reinsurance program.”
• Unions would have guaranteed seats on various Federal Panels, which would take the lead in recommending health care policy.
• Exemptions for union-negotiated health care plans from taxes on “Cadillac” health plans.
• Senate proposals include language that could force home health workers into unions.
• Exclude non-union employers from eligibility to work on program-funded contracts.
• Lucrative state training partnerships that contain little or no opportunities for non-union employee organizations.

With all of the special interest groups that have their heads up BO’s ass, it must be getting crowded up there.