Obamacare NOW!!!!

Nancy Pelosi stated in March 2010 “But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what’s in it....” Well, I think it’s time to take it one step further, and say “Lets fully implement ALL provisions of the Affordable Care Act NOW, so we can feel its full effects”. That means no delays, no deferments for big business, no deferment for the individual mandate to sign up for Obamacare, and full implementation of all of the fees and fines contained in the law. I subscribe to the theory that if you suspect a Federal law is bad, you need to implement and enforce all of its provisions, to include all of the painful ones. This seems to be the only way Americans take notice that the government has inflicted pain into their daily lives. The last best example of this would when President Nixon signed an Executive Order in 1973 mandating a national 55 MPH speed limit. The idea was we would all get better gas mileage and end America’s dependence on foreign oil – it was sort of a gut check response to the OPEC oil embargo. (If you don’t remember what that was, go Google it). To ‘enforce’ this Federal mandate on the states, (who regulate their state’s speed limit) the ‘painful’ provision was unless the state complied, and made their maximum speed limit 55 MPH, they would be denied any Federal money to help maintain and build highways. When President Carter came into office, in an August 1977 speech, he endorsed the ‘greater good’ of better MPG, pointing out there were fewer traffic fatalities, and on average, oil consumption had fallen. He re-emphasized the need for states to enforce the national speed limit. But as far as the American people supporting the law with all of its good intentions, it didn’t turn out that way. Seems when State Troopers starting handing out speeding tickets faster than the government prints money, the backlash came fast and furious. The average American rebelled and let their elected officials how they felt about driving at a snail’s pace. State legislatures begin accepting the pain of not receiving Federal funds for their highways, as they knew the pain they would experience at the ballot box next election day would be much greater. America rallied around Sammy Hagar’s popular song of the day “I can’t drive Fifty Five!”, and as slow as 55 MPH, the federal mandate eventually went away. Fast forward to 2013 -- If Obamacare is fully implanted now, the sooner the average American will ‘feel the pain’ of the Socialization of health care – and the backlash will begin from the “hard working” Americans liberals love to champion. And just one more thing -- where’s Sammy Hagar when you need him?

Harry The Hypocrite

Well, here the Old NCO sits in one of the newest monuments to Capitalism, the Aria hotel/casino in Las Vegas. And when I say monument to Capitalism, I mean that as a compliment. This place is phenominal -- full of affulent, and some not so much, people shopping and gambling, and most importantly, deciding where THEY want to spend THEIR money THEY earned. Many people will save for months to come to Vegas for one week of unbridled spending on fun! But, that got me to thinking, what if Las Vegas, the town that drives the economy of Senator Harry Reid's beloved Nevada, lived by the ecomonic system he and his President cherish and worship, the "Spread the wealth around" system of Socialism/Communism? Well, to implement Harry & Barack's system of choice, all workers would share in the profits equally. All hotel/casinos would become "collectives", where the barista at Starbucks would make the same as the CEO of Caesar's Palace. The tax on anyone visiting Vegas would be 70 to 80 percent, as anyone who could come to Vegas would be considered part of the "Evil Rich". It's not hard to imagine that in one year, Las Vegas would be a ghost town and the desert would reclaim the real estate. Vegas would look like it has been depicted in many post apocolyptic movies, with all the hotels crumbling and covered in sand. This is what happens when you take away ecomonic incentives from people -- if every one is guarenteed an equal slice of the pie, then why work? Problem is, after a little while, there's no pie left, and we all live in poverty, but hey, at least Harry and Barack can say we all have the same!

Zero Credibility

Mr. President, can you hear that? That’s the rest of the world snickering – snickering at you. And due to the fact you hold the office of the President of the United States, that means the world is laughing at all of us. Like Vladimir Putin of Russia – who thumbs his nose at America when our President states “he should not have to call anyone”, in regards to Russia returning Edward Snowden, the former contractor at the NSA who blew the whistle on the government’s spying on Americans. Like Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, who continues to slaughter his people, laughing off President Obama’s “Red Line” empty threats. Proof was available months ago that Assad used gas on his citizens, but the Obama administration stated they needed more facts. That sounds a lot like; don’t cross this line, (and then they do), so we say then this line, then this line, then this line – while Syrians continue to die. America has no credibility in the world anymore. We are quickly becoming a second rate power due to our President, who started out the Socialist Messiah, and is now nothing more than Bozo the Clown. Unfortunately, all Americans will suffer because of it.

The Worst Job in the World

I always get those emails from time to time with pictures of the worst jobs in the world. Usually, they involve an elephant, a very large pile of fecal matter and some poor slob with a shovel. But, these days, with the White House under fire for numerous scandals, the worst job in the world has to be the White House Press Secretary. And the poor slob with that job is Jay Carney. You gotta feel for this guy. Obama just lets him go out there every day and get hammered by the press. At least Nixon had the decency to tell his press secretary what lies to tell. It’s really a shame that John Ehrilchman and Bob Haldeman aren't still alive, as they could provide Mr. Carney some pristine advice – and that is, when you know your boss is covering up stuff, resign and save yourself from being fired and disgraced. At a minimum, you wouldn't have to serve time in a resort prison in the panhandle of Florida. But the old NCO has to say he respects Jay Carney. Even though he works for a fool, he is loyal. I just hope he doesn't think there will be a reward when he leaves the job. Perhaps he can get a spot on Dancing with the Stars – If he’s learned anything from being Obama’s Press Sec, it’s how to dance.

Somewhere, Dick Nixon is Smiling.....

You just can’t make this stuff up. The Obama Administration is disintegrating under the weight of numerous scandals. And there seems to be a new scandal every day. In addition, it appears our country is being led by a gaggle of fools. No one person seems to be in charge. And our President's defense to these scandals is they are due to some isolated ‘rouge’ personnel, and that he knew nothing about their illegal, or immoral, or unethical activities. However, we are to trust him when he says he will investigate and get to the bottom of it -- and hold those persons accountable. --- Sure, I believe that. I can only wonder what Richard Nixon would have to say about Obama’s troubles. Probably that finally, he is off the hook, and America will, in his own words, “no longer have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.” Some people are comparing the Obama scandals to Watergate. My fear, for our country, is that Obamagate will do much more damage to America. But one thing I’m sure of, is that somewhere, Dick Nixon has a smile on his face.

Is The Liberal Party Over?

Since the election of Barack Obama in 2008, liberals have had carte blanche to say anything, no matter how ridiculous or offensive, to defend and protect their chosen one – and with little backlash or criticism from main street America. But those days just might be coming to an end. Enter ultra-liberal Lizz Winstead, writer and co-creator of “The Daily Show”. Ms. Winstead posted on her Twitter account the Tornados that hit Oklahoma yesterday were clearly targeting Conservatives. More precisely, “This tornado is in Oklahoma, so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives”. And continued her line of insensitive liberal humor with “How long has Obama known about this Tornado?” and “Tornado just bumped me from MSNBC” ‘signed Benghazi’. Like any Obama loyalist, I’m sure she believed no one would object to her sick humor which was obviously written to make light of those asking pointed questions about the IRS scandal encompassing the White House. But this time was different. Not long after the post hit her Twitter account, the backlash started rolling in – and it kept rolling in. I guess Ms. Winstead realized she just may have gone too far and started apologizing. It got so bad, conservative talk show personality Glenn Beck came to her rescue and tweeted asking folks to cut Ms. Winstead some slack – that she realized what she did was in bad taste. --- But The Old NCO sees a turning of the tide with this incident. Perhaps the Obama coronation party is over and main street America has had enough of out of control liberal propaganda. And, I hope Ms. Winstead learned something from this incident. But, you can’t really blame her for her actions, after all, she was just being, well, a Liberal.

The "Sergeant Schultz" Defense

In regards to all of the Obama Administration scandals, The Old NCO thinks there may have been a memo from the White House sent to everyone on the Obama team. The memo’s purpose would be to provide guidance for anyone faced answering questions about the gaggle of scandals surrounding the Administration. If such a memo were to exist, it probably would have went something like this: --- For anyone who receives a Congressional Subpoena --- “Should you have to appear before any Congressional investigate committees, your answer to any questions regarding Benghazi, the IRS targeting conservatives, or the Department of Justice seizing the phone records of the Associated Press, your answer will be “I Know Nothing”. You can say this in various ways, but at the end of the day, your reply had better be you just don’t know anything about anything. If you need any help in preparing for your “I know nothing” performance, just review my professionals at this art who have already appeared before congress, like Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, and Steven Miller. And if you feel you need special preparation assistance, I can set you up with some individual one on one training with the Champion of knowing absolutely nothing, Jay Carney. I want to stress there is no floor to the depths of how stupid or uninformed we appear.” While the The Old NCO can’t confirm any kind of memo was sent to the Obama faithful from the Oval Office, the repetition of “I know nothing” by Obama’s surrogates makes it very suspicious. Sergeant Schultz would be proud. The sad thing is, Sergeant Schultz said it to be funny. What’s the Obama Administration’s motive?