Dakota Voice Week in Review, Ending Aug. 15, 2009

These are the best of the best from Dakota Voice last week. If you missed one, or just want to read it over again, now is your chance!

Mysterious woman mouths the words as 11 year old asks question at Obama ‘town hall – You may have heard about the little girl who asked a softball question at President Obama’s health care town hall yesterday, and how her mother is a big Obama donor. But a rare video clip seems to show a blonde woman just below and to the left of the girl who seems to be mouthing the words little Julia is speaking. Is this more smoke and mirrors from Obama’s “unscripted” health care drama?

Rep David Scott Corrects Unruly Serf on Health Care – Rep. David Scott (D-GA) has a new approach for dealing with ungrateful serfs who won’t quietly acquiesce to government health care: insult and misrepresent them. Only the media did it’s job and confirmed that Scott was wrong on all counts about his constituent.

Kenneth Gladney Launches Project Liberty Tour – Kenneth Gladney, the man injured by union thugs at a recent health care town hall meeting, is launching a tour promoting a new educational tour on individual rights called “Project Liberty.”

A Look at Government Health Care: Go to the Reservation - South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds points to another example of why we don’t want to force government health care on America: Indian Health Service. One look at the government’s track record for running health care should scare any sane American away from expanding this abomination to all Americans.

Concerns over Govt Health Care are Totally Warranted – In addition to huge costs and loss of freedom, there are plenty of other reasons to fear the proposed government takeover of health care. The groundwork for government-promoted euthanasia is laid in HR 3200, and the previous comments and policy positions of those pushing this bill leave no reasonable doubt that they measure human life in terms of utility and maintenance cost.

Senate Cmte Drops ‘End of Life’ Provision from Senate Health Care Bill – Even though proponents of the government health care bill claimed there was nothing wrong with the “end of life” counseling section of the measure, the Senate Finance Committee voted yesterday to remove this provision from the Senate version. It remains in the House version, and could be reinserted in a reconciliation committee if the measure passes the House and Senate.

Rasmussen Poll: Large Majority of Americans Oppose Govt Health Care – A recent Rasmussen Reports poll finds that, despite the bull being peddled by President Obama and his liberal minions on television and at town halls across America, the American people get it: 57% oppose single-payer health care and only 32% support it. Fifty-two percent also believe such a system will diminish quality.

Sen. Ben Cardin Gets No Love at Town Hall - Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) held one of the first town hall meetings on health care a few weeks ago, and it was met with outrage against the proposed socialist takeover of American health care. Cardin held another meeting in Towson, Maryland yesterday, and the results were even more boisterous. The American people are livid at this unconstitutional assault on their freedoms and the free market.

Obama’s Mother of All Lies on Health Care – Candidate Obama promised openness and transparency in his administration. Candidate Obama promised to have the American people involved and enlisted in any changes to our health care system. So why has President Obama been making closed-door deals with lobbyists and other groups, tried to shove socialized health care down the American people’s throats, rejected our objections by “punching back twice as hard,” and called out the union thugs on free Americans?

Rep. Herseth Sandlin Holds Stealth Health Care Meeting – Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin spoke at the Midwest Rural Assembly in Sioux Falls yesterday, but this event didn’t seem to be on anyone’s radar. Herseth essentially said she doesn’t support current efforts to socialize health care in America. She should publicize her speaking engagements since she apparently seems to be on the side of the American people in this one. She could be a rare congress-person to be greeted with cheers instead of jeers.

Thank you, Faithful Readers, for making these the best of the best!

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