The more the global warming alarmists speak, the more irrelevant they become. By attributing every catastrophe under the sun to global warming they have marginalized their effectiveness. So much so that I haven’t even bothered to write about some of their more ludicrous, asinine, and outrageous claims. But along came this story, it is so asinine that I just can’t help but write about it.
According to the story, global warming is going to turn women into prostitutes. Women of the Philippines and other poor countries will be forced into prostitution because the rising seas will destroy the farmland, so women will have to find work elsewhere, many will turn to prostitution.
In an effort to convince the world that the effects of global warming are far reaching and that the very existence of mankind is in jeopardy the global warming alarmists have over-played their hand. They are now bordering on insane.
There were many people out there who were still undecided about the effects of global warming, but with the claims of the alarmists getting more and more outrageous they are actually driving undecided people away from the movement. The alarmists just don’t know when to shut up.
The global warming alarmists feel that the more disasters and calamities that they pin on global warming the more people they will win over to their movement, but recent polls how us just the opposite. Global warming skepticism is growing and the alarmists have nobody to blame but themselves.
The alarmists have pushed the envelope too far and have driven people away from their movement. More and more people are beginning to realize that the alarmists are nothing more than a bunch of fear mongers.
I started writing this post before it was known that Mary Landrieu had accepted a $100 million bribe for her vote on healthcare reform. While it now seems pointless to fight this legislation anymore because the end result will be passage no matter how much bribe money Harry Reid has to offer I have decided to post in anyway.
The one and only victory that conservatives can claim in the battle over the healthcare reform bill that came out of the House of non-Representatives was on the issue of federal funds being used for abortions. Other than that victory the battle was a complete failure and now Harry Reid is attempting to take that one victory away from conservatives.
The senate version of the bill has language in it that will provide federal money for abortions. So much for trying to work in a bipartisan manner. The senate version of the bill states that at least one public option must contain federal subsidies for abortions.
The relevant language says: “The Secretary shall assure that with respect to qualified health plans offered in any Exchange established pursuant to this title—(I) there is at least one such plan that provides coverage of services described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B); and (II) there is at least one such plan that does not provide coverage of services described in subparagraph (B)(i).”
The clause “(i)” of “subparagraph (B)” referred to in this passage defines those types of abortions currently banned from receiving federal funding under the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment bans federal funding for all abortions except those done in cases of rape, incest and a threat to the life of the mother. So, the language of Sen. Reid’s health care bill mandates that at least one health insurance plan available to people buying health insurance with federal subsidies cover those abortions that are currently prohibited from receiving federal funding under the Hyde Amendment.
But the news doesn’t get any better when you read that under the senate version of the bill anybody who enrolls in a government run plan– which will be the only option once the government completes the total takeover of the healthcare industry– will be required to pay a monthly abortion fee to subsidize abortions.
This means that people who are opposed to abortion will be forced to pay for the abortions of others. For some reason the senate and the House find it meaningful that all Americans have to fund abortions, I am not sure why the healthcare reform bill took on this issue in the first place but it seems evident that they are adamant that abortions should be federally funded.
While, under the senate version of this bill, elective surgery such as Botox will be taxable it seems to me that elective surgery such as abortions should also be taxed. Let the people who get abortions pay a tax on the abortions. But instead, the people who want the abortions will get them for free while many people who oppose abortion will have to pay for them.
If you are opposed to the healthcare reform bill the prospects look bleak. It is hard to imagine any plausible scenario in which the bill will be defeated when you read a story like this one.
One wavering Democrat, Mary Landrieu, basically accepted a $100 million bribe for her vote. In order to gain Senator Landrieu’s vote Harry Reid wrote into the legislation $100 million in government subsidies to any state that suffered from a natural disaster in the last seven fiscal years. It just so happens that Mary Landrieu’s state of Louisiana is the only state that qualifies for these subsidies thanks to hurricane Katrina.
This is nothing more than a bribe and it is blatantly obvious that the intent was to win over Landrieu’s vote on healthcare reform and it has worked as she has now stated that she will vote for the healthcare reform bill.
As debate on this bill continues tomorrow we can rest assured that if the senate needs more votes in order to pass this bill that more bribes will be offered. There is no way that we can stop this bill under such circumstances. In a way we would be better off just to give in and accept the outcome before Harry Reid adds more incentives to wavering politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Harry Reid has shown that he will stop at nothing in order to gain the votes that he needs to pass this bill regardless of what the people want. This bill os going to pass whether we like it or not, there is no use fighting it any more.
