If paying taxes is patriotic, then people who pay nothing but get money back are...?

The Wall St Journal on the high cost of liberalism.

If paying taxes is patriotic, as Joe Biden told us, then we are about to enter one of the most patriotic times in our history.

Mostly, it's just made everyone sick so far

Here's a good article by the Wall St Journal about how Obamacare will affect the elderly.

Darn! Another grand liberal plan spoiled by logic!

The Wall St Journal has the “truth about health insurance” that explains if you force insurers to cover anybody at any time, then people will only get coverage after they get sick, and costs will skyrocket.

Let me explain this in case you don’t get it.

Let’s say you are an insurance company. You charge people for policies that will pay out if they get sick. You need a lot of people who are not sick paying those small premiums to cover the large costs of the few who are sick. If the government says you have to cover someone, at any time, then there is no incentive to carry the insurance until they get sick. That leaves you with only sick people carrying insurance and you are paying out ten times what you are charging (or more). You will be bankrupt very shortly.

Let’s take this grand idea of Obama’s to other industries. Let’s apply that to car insurance. From now on, companies cannot refuse to cover your car for any reason. So, you don’t have to carry car insurance…until after you’ve had a wreck. Then you call Geico, get a policy for $100, and immediately put in a claim for $5000. As soon as it’s paid, you cancel the policy.

How about extended warranties on your appliances? You don’t have to purchase them until after the washing machine is broke. Then, for $20, you get your machine fixed for $500, and cancel the policy.

Life insurance? Don’t have to sign up until after someone dies, then the next of kin calls State Farm, and Blammo! A payoff of $250,000 for a fee of $25.

How long do you truly think these companies will be able to stay in business?

Remember The No Tax Promise?

The Wall Street Journal says the cap and trade bill is “likely to be the biggest tax in American history.”

The Goobers Are Stepping Up The Global Warming Hysteria

Some wacko global warming group with a huge agenda is now trying to convince everyone that deaths related to hunger or sickness are a direct result of global warming. Let me translate for you. “We are coming for your money.” This group is headed by the former UN Head, Kofi Annan, who always hated America anyway.

Now, a leading climate expert has called the report, “worse than fiction, it is a lie.”

My favorite part of the rebuttal story is when the Wall Street Journal points out that according to their own numbers, the wacko group is admitting that malaria kills three times as many people each year as their assumed global warming deaths. Given that fact, why are we not spending three times as much money fighting malaria as global warming?

Don’t you just hate when logic gets in the way of a good emotional diatribe?

It’s All In How You Spin It

Compare these three headlines from three different newspapers, all covering the exact same report.

"Immigrant Homeownership Proves Resilient in the Face of Slowdown; Boosted by Boom, Rate Virtually Unchanged During Bust"
Washington Post

"Housing Boom Aided Minorities; Homeownership Reached Record Levels, Narrowing the Gap With Whites"
Wall Street Journal

"Homeownership Losses Are Greatest Among Minorities, Report Finds"
New York Times

Today's Mainstream Media Bias Lesson

In one of his last press conferences, President Bush preselected which journalists would be allowed to ask questions. Naturally, the mainstream media went ballistic, screaming to high heaven about the decision, calling the President all sorts of names. Keith Olbermann called for an immediate war crimes tribunal, while Chris Matthews came unglued and suffered an on-air aneurysm while ranting about Bush.

Oops, my bad. It was Obama that preselected the names of who would be allowed to ask questions, and the uproar came from…

Hmm, it seems nobody really cared to comment on the affair, other than the Wall St Journal and assorted bloggers. Where are you, MSM?