Personal reflections on current events.
First it was Iraq. Now it’s Afghanistan.
Obama facing hard choices on Afghanistan war plans
WASHINGTON – As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes…
Since when did public support start waning? When Obama’s handmaidens in the media said so?
I really believe the mainstream media—the A.P. and the three broadcast outlets plus their affiliates on cable—amount to a fifth column.
The warmers are at it again. Where to begin. Bark beetles killing conifers. Fires in the dead conifers. Permafrost thawing. And…and, oh the CO2 emissions. The world as we know it is ending. Woe is us.
Or is it?
There is no evidence that the beetle infestation would not have happened anyway. Nevertheless, why should we get wee weed about it? Once the firs and spruce have burned off, aspen and birch will take over.
Is that so bad?
To the warmers, it’s irrelevant because it doesn’t coincide with their world view.
And it has less to do with the environment than you might guess.
WASHINGTON — Steve Kramer spent an hour and a half swimming in the ocean this week — in Maine.
The water temperature was 72 degrees — more like Ocean City, Md., this time of year. And Ocean City's water temp hit 88 degrees, toasty even by Miami Beach standards.
This is bad news?
The U.N. gloom-and-doomers have be predicting the Arctic ice melt will cut off the Gulf current and plunge Europe into another ice age.
It didn't happen.
So, take a deep breath, ignore the doomers and enjoy the swimming.
…you can keep your healthcare plan. So says the President. For the purposes of H. R. 32oo as introduced in the House, these plans are defined as grandfathered plans (Sec. 102(a)).
So, this means the Feds are not going to take over health care in this Country. Or, does it really?
Section 102(a)(1)—LIMITATION ON NEW ENROLLMENT—has the provision in (A) that no new enrollments in such plans shall be made after the AAHC Act becomes law.
Further down, Section 102(c)—LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE—subsection (1) has the provision that individual coverage may only be issued through the Federal Health Insurance Exchange.
The effect of limitation on new enrollments will be the pool of insured under those plans will shrink because of attrition due to a variety of reasons. Eventually, those plans will become infeasible to maintain due to costs to the insured. And, because of 102(c)(1), there will be no place to go except to Federally defined plans.
So, it is true: If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.
What is not being said is your plan will eventually wither away and there will be no recourse but to go into the Federal defined plans.
Slick, huh?
