Over the past few months the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation has been trying to pull at our heart strings with two issues, immigration and Obummercare. One day there would be an article on immigration about how the undocumented workers illegal aliens were scared of being deported. The next day there would be an article about how someone’s mother/father, wife/husband, or son/daughter had been saved by the wonderful Obummercare program. Mixed in with that would be other anti-Trump articles. Well, on Sunday, the AJC hit the trifecta. Immigration, Obummercare, and an anti-Trump article.
First off Obummercare. The new Republican plan, which I oppose, will hurt the old and the poor. Boo freaking hoo. Nothing about how Obummercare already stole $500 billion from Medicare. And, as my sister pointed out, there is nothing about all of the jobs that Obummercare killed. How full time jobs turned into part time jobs and how part time jobs turned into no jobs. Economists like Paul Krugman deny this, but the nice thing about Krugman is you can always get the truth by noting that it is the opposite of what he sez. If he sez Obummercare creates jobs, you know that the truth is it kills jobs. I cannot think of any economist who has been consistently wrong on just about anything more often than Krugman. One thing to remember about Krugman. He was an economist for ENRON. That should tell you all you need to know. Obummercare also allowed companies to dump their healthcare plans.
Opponents of the new plan claim it will cut healthcare for rural areas. Obummercare has already done that. Another thing they say is it will raise premiums. You mean more than Obummercare has? It was supposed to cut premiums by $2500 per family. How did that work out? And another thing Obummercare has done is reduce choice since so many insurance companies have left the exchanges. So many people would lose insurance. Yeah a lot of those would be the people who didn’t want insurance in the first place and were forced to buy it and then pay large premiums for policies with high deductibles which are useless for most medical problems. The fact of the matter is that just about anything would be better than Obummercare. Even Ryancare. The best solution is to totally repeal Obummercare and start over from scratch. What Ryancare is Obummercare 2.0 or Obummercare Lite. Pick your poison. Trash it! Allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines would be a good starting point for a new bill.
Now, onto immigration. There was a sob story about an “unauthorized immigrant” illegal alien named Jeovanni Islas who is afraid to go to work. The AJC was even nice enough to print a picture of him. Hey ICE, here’s someone you can pickup and ship back to Mexico. He’s worried about what will happen to his children if he’s sent to Mexico since his common law wife is also an illegal and has been picked up and awaiting deportation. Boo freaking hoo. Here’s a solution. Take your children with you. Problem solved.
The article goes on to say that 911 calls have gone down in areas composed of illegals for fear of deportation. And this is a problem how? Now, let’s station ICE agents in emergency rooms and watch usage by illegals go down. Yeah, I’m an heartless SOB.
What’s funny for the AJC is that they actually interviewed a legal immigrant from Venezuela, Nancy Gallegos, who supports Trump. She came from Venezuela and spent 14 years working to become a naturalized citizen. In other words, she did it the right way. She stood in line. She didn’t butt in line like the illegals did.
Immigrants are scared. One illegal said the following:
“Ever since my sister was detained, her children have suffered a lot,”She said. “They cry and ask about her. I hope that the government can provide her with an opportunity to be with her children again.”
Sure. The gummint can provide the kids transportation to Mexico to be with their mother.
Then, of course, there was the requisite anti-Trump article (more than one, actually). There was an article about Trump having to fire US Attorney Preet Bharara as if this was actually newsworthy. It’s funny that when Dimocrats like BJ Clinton and Obungler fired all of the US Attorneys, which both did it’s a ho hum story, but when Bush 43 fired 8 (8!) when he took office it was the end of the Republic. I remember Dan S. going bonkers about that when Bush did it. I pointed out that BJ fired all 93 of them and it didn’t assuage him. In BJ’s case some of those 93 were prolly investigating him and Thunder Rodent Thighs so he had to fire a few of them. Obungler fired all of them when he took office. It’s no big deal, unless the president is a Republican.
So, you might ask, why do I continue to subscribe to the AJC? I like reading newspapers, and I mean real newspapers and not off a computer screen. I know the AJC is fake news. Their publisher wrote a column saying the AJC would never print fake news. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! They print articles from the New York Slimes (Motto: All the news that’s fit to fake) and the AP. You can’t get any more fake than that. I’m able to filter out the BS and it is nice to see what the enemy is thinking. And the enemy projects. As Rush Limbaugh once said, “If you want to see what the Dimocrats are doing, listen to what they accuse the Republicans of doing.” I also like to read the sports page and the comics. The AJC used to have two really good columnists but Lewis Grizzard and Celestine Sibley have both passed away.
ICE in the emergency rooms? Maternity wards.
“Undocumented workers”? “Illegal aliens”? Screw that!
“Foreign invaders”!
Hey Denny. Completely agree with your love of reading papers, even tho they publish a whole lot of crap. I get the Chicago Tribune, and they have turned from a conservative paper into a typical “sky is falling” paper all due to Trump. I still subscribe as my wife likes the coupons they toss in on Sundays. I’m not a Trump lover, but have to give his administration for a lot of the accomplishments. The media always shows a poor illegal family, trying to tug at our heart. Boo hoo. Immigrate legally and I welcome you. Illegal? I have zero sympathy. Thanks for writing each day.
I find reading an actual newspapers is relaxing or something.Our paper is a merge of the morning libtard rag and the evening sorta right leaning rag.I get a kick out of the loonies unfounded anti-Trump rantings.
And it makes great litter box liners.
I’m here is Chicago as well, although I moved from Illinois to the Indiana side of the border back in 2009. Watching ABC 7 news as I type. The TV news here is just as communist as the print media.
I keep reading regressives complaining how the new health care bill will disproportionately hurt the poor because it cuts funding to Planned Parenthood. My answer is that if you want to fund Planned Parenthood so badly, then open up your wallet and write them a check. Just don’t expect me to fund your pet cause. I’m not demanding that the government take money from the regressives and give it to the NRA. It works both ways.
When I was growing up in Georgia, the politicians usually referred to it as “the lying Atlanta newspaper.”
I now how you feel, sir. I check out the web sites for a couple of papers (within 40 miles or so) and all their news feed are AP. Man, talk about a bias, that’s AssPress right from the get-go. For those who just skim a synopsis of each story, there ain’t a chance of ’em even havin’ a clue as to what actually happened.
You really have to go across the border and “live” in Mexico for awhile to really understand their medical system.
Their “system” consists of 2 parts.
The “free” part, and the “pay for” part.
Their hallway in the FREE emergency will be 50 persons long by 6 AM!
All Mexicans have their own Medical/Hospital Card from birth!!
This gives them FREE everything only at the GOVT Hospital.
You wait, even sleep in the hallway.
The Private Hospital costs money, and Doctors are immediately available.
This is where all tourists, visitor’s go.
Their knowledge and service is just like our USA ones.
Monday, March 20 will be the twenty-second anniversary of Lewis’ death. I miss that great American. I’ve stood at his grave with a tear in my eye.
Deacon
22 years! That long! Wow! Time flies.