Searching the Media on Memorial Day

5/30/2011

In an article published by Townhall.com, The Washington Examiner's Byron York notes that
"the last time the Senate passed a budget was April 29th, 2009, which was, is- more than 760 days ago."
The reason for this abdication of a basic responsibility is a cynical attempt by Democratic leaders to conceal from the public the true state of the fiscal mess in Washington. The last "continuing resolution" - the Democrats' substitute for an actual budget- had an annual expenditure of $3.8 trillion and $1.6 of that was deficit spending - or 43%. Harry Reed, Chuck Shumer, etc; would prefer to snipe at the Paul Ryan plan rather than provide a coherent response to Mr. Ryan, or a budget, or anything resembling leadership- unless you count that grandma-in-the-wheelchair-over-the-cliff video. And our lamestream media say nothing... On the health-care front, Michelle Malkin on National Review Online reports that "To date, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted federal-health-care-law [Obamacare] exemptions to more than 3 million Americans covered by more than 1,300 unions, companies, and insurers who had volutarily offered low cost health plans with annual benefits limits. "... These unions and businesses campaigned hard for Obama in 2008 and lobbied just as hard for Obamacare, yet they would rather be excluded from Obama's signature domestic accomplishment. Ms. Malkin's list of those seeking waivers reads like a who's who of a labor movement that clearly has become a conspiracy against limited, constitutional government: Teamsters Local 485 Brooklyn,NY, Communications Workers of America, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO(Welfare Fund of Operating Engineers), Teamsters Local 734, Teamsters Local 617, United Steelworkers Local1-0318... Well, you get the idea. Obama care, with its rationing, higher costs, suppression of innovation, and arbitrary rules, well that's something that the progressive advance guard would rather see you and I contend with, rather than themselves. And isn't that the essence of progressivism? ...And have you seen any of these waivers noted, much less analyzed with any rigor on CNN or other stalwarts of the lamestream media? ... Offering more analysis on the labor/Obamacare front, Michael Barone reports that "Unions contributed $400 million to Democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle."
Speaking of the Obama administration's blatant attempt to tilt the playing field in favor of labor unions, Barone says: "One example is the National Labor Relations Board general cousel's action to prevent Boeing from building a $2 billion assembly plant for the 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina, which has a right-to-work law barring compulsory union membership. The NLRB says Boeing has to assemble the planes in non-right -to-work Washington state."... Mr. Barone closes his column by noting: "Punishing enemies and rewarding friends- politics Chicago style- seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers, the NLRB action against Boeing and I.RS.'s gift tax assault on 501(c)(4) donors[to Republicans]. They look like examples of crony capitalism, bailout favortism and gangster government. One thing they don't look like is the rule of law."
Wolf Blitzer is currently producing an expose` of these abuses... If you believe that, you've had too much bbq today... Happy Memorial Day - bill milan