Turns out "universal healthcare" is not as universal as we had thought.

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Editor's notes:  Of the 6 million folks claimed as ObamaCare enrollees, no more than 2 million did not have insurance coverage before the sign-ups.  The enrollee goal was "6 to 7 million first time insured."   How many will continue to pay for their policies throughout the year?  How many of the 6 million are really Medicaid recipients?  How many of the enrollees have actually made a premium payment,  a critical question in view of the fact that the "back half"  of the ObamaCare has not been completed  -- the part that sends billing information to the various insurance carriers.  These questions and more,  will remain unanswered for as long as the Administration can keep its secrets  . . . . .   a sure sign of subterfuge and outright lying.  

Apparently,  the folks in charge of the website,  are,  also,  in charge of our foreign policy.  What a bunch of morons  . . . . . . . . . . .   at every level.   

3/31/2014 @ 12:28PM 

RAND: Only One-Third Of Obamacare Exchange Sign-Ups Were From The Previously Uninsured

Avik Roy, Forbes Staff

Today is March 31, 2014: in theory, the last day you can sign up for coverage under the subsidized Obamacare insurance exchanges. If you’ve been a regular reader of this space, you know that the numbers routinely paraded by the Obama administration regarding Obamacare website sign-ups don’t tell us much about the actual number of uninsured individuals who have gained coverage. A new study from the RAND Corporation indicates that only one-third of exchange sign-ups were previously uninsured.

The RAND study hasn’t yet been published, but its contents were made available to Noam Levey of theLos Angeles Times. RAND also estimates that 9 million individuals have purchased health plans directly from insurers, outside of the exchanges, but that “the vast majority of these people were previously insured.”

The RAND report appears to corroborate the work of other surveys. Earlier this month, McKinsey reported that 27 percent of those signing up for coverage on the individual market were previously uninsured . . . . .  go to Forbes, here,  for the rest of the story.  

Seriously, is it 7 million or 2 million ? By the end of this week, we [still] will not have an confirmed accounting of what is happening. Make no mistake, The talk of this day is all about saving the Dems in November.

Our lede story:  

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Record volume for O-Care exchanges  —  The federal health insurance marketplace saw record volume for a Saturday, and operators at the federal call centers struggled to keep up with the volume of calls as consumers flooded the ObamaCare exchanges ahead of Monday's enrollment deadline.

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Discussion: CNN, Politico and Taylor Marsh

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Editorial notes:   For the next few days,  ObamaCare bloviating will be extreme,  and by that I mean,  expect to see one misleading "fact" after “fact,”   some coming directly from the Administration of Lies,  and some coming from the Marxist/Compliant Media.  

You will hear the allies of The World Without Borders Cabal,  cheer for the high volume of attendees to the ObamaCare site.  "They" will argue that this influx,  at "record" volume, reveals the excitement and interest of a population previously obsessed with not knowing how to meet its medical costs.  The truth,  of course,  is found in the fact that if qualified enrollees do not enroll by midnight,  tonight,  they will have to pay a fine AND, still,  enroll,  if they want coverage  . . . .  that is a fine AND premiums  --  motivation enough explaining the high volume of the day.  

This is much the same explanation for the April 15 high volume mailing – April 15 being the deadline for filing our income tax for the previous year, of course.    It is not excitement or a high rate of interest,  that drives the April 15 volume.  No.  Rather,  what you see is the a response to the Federal threat of fines and mounting costs.  

Diddo for ObamaCare and the current deadline.

Additioanlly, part of the "mis-information" being shoveled out during the coming days,  will be a stark silence as to the horror stories being experienced via ObamaCare.  On a personal level,  I am giving a friend money to buy her prescription drugs beginning last month.  Two months ago,  she was paying $95 a month for 30 pills.  Beginning last month and because of ObamaCare,  that cost rose (overnight) to $300.  How many thousands of similar stories are out there,  waiting for someone to tell the world?  

But this Administration has little concern for those who are injured,  standing in the path of the Obama Rigime’s multi-faceted transformation of these United States.

Neither will this Administration of Lies parse the numbers of the day,  as they continue to frame the first sign-up period for this felonious bill   We will not know how many young and healthy have enrolled.  "They"  need 40% of healthy adults paying premiums without subsidies to make this bill balance out.  That did not happen. 

We will not know how many are enrollees are buying replacement insurance.  There will be no separation in the reporting,  indicating the numbers of those being enrolled or forced into Midicaid versus those who are actually buying ObamaCare Market Place insurance.  There is a big difference.  Medicare enrollees do not pay for the coverage. 

You will not hear of the newly announced increases to premiums,  announced over the weekend;  increase premiums precisely because of the failure that is the “ObamaCare balance sheet.” 

You will not hear of the insurance industry’s estimate that 3 out 4 enrollees will pay more for their insurance,  under ObamaCare,  than they were paying for their pr-ObfamaCare and existing insurance. 

So,  the week will be filled with lies.  And that may be all I have to say until hard numbers come out,  and the Obama Spin Machine is forced to deal with another disastrous report. 

Putin is the strong man: Kerry and Obama are only bi-standers - and have been for years; THAT's the problem

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Jack Moore / International Business Times:

Vladimir Putin ‘Wants to Regain Finland’ Says Close Adviser  —  One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ex-advisers has claimed that the ex-KGB agent ultimately wants to reclaim Finland for Russia.  —  Andrej Illiaronov, Putin's economic adviser between 2000 and 2005 and now senior member …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, National Review and ParaPundit

Versus this story and the fantasy “progressive” of our Sec of State/Viet Nam traitor, John Kerry:

 CNN:

Kerry: Russia supports finding a diplomatic solution to crisis in Ukraine  —  (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday after four hours of talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Russia had reaffirmed its commitment to finding a diplomatic solution in Ukraine …

Discussion: Liberaland

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Editor's notes:  The two headlines tell the story:  Kerry's wishful thinking, political pandering at its worst,  versus the truth of the matter:  The Obama Administration is dealing with a powerful opponent who knows he will not have to pay a price for what he is already done (the annexation of Crimea) or what he is about to do in Ukraine and/or Georgia.  He knows that now is the time for action,  during the last two three years of Obama.  "Peace," for Putin,  is only the quiet time between reloading.  But, yeah,  that is soooooo 19th century,  and Putin is only a regional leader (versus our leading from behind,  whatever in the h.e. double L that means).  

Understand that Putin has nearly 100,000 troops along the borders of the two countries,  mentioned above,  and Kerry wants us all to believe that he has crafted some sort of diplomatic breakthrough.  Well,  this Administration has played games,  partied 'til dawn,  and talked its butt off,  for five years.  It is too late to stop Putin,  all the bloviating not withstanding.  

Socialism just got its collective "proverbialsl" kicked out of office. Sign of the times???

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<<<  The new face of the French "Revolution" is a blond with a brain !!

PARIS (AP) — French voters dealt a severe blow to the Socialist government in Sunday's municipal elections, but the party saved face by retaining the crown jewel, Paris, which got its first female mayor.

French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen. Source: AP

The anti-immigration far right, which claims that France's large Muslim population is "Islamicizing" the nation, made solid advances, fulfilling National Front promises to begin building a grassroots base.

Socialist leaders conceded defeat in the final round of the voting seen as a referendum on unpopular President Francois Hollande, who was expected to reshuffle the Cabinet in an effort to give the government a boost. Hollande has earned record-low poll ratings for his failure to cure France's flagging economy or cut into the jobless rate, which hovers around 10 percent.

Interior Minister Manuel Valls announced deep losses for his Socialist Party, saying it lost to the mainstream right some 50 cities of more than 30,000 it had held previously, and about 155 towns and cities of all sizes. Toulouse, France's fourth-largest city, moved to the right.

The far right may win up to 15 towns in the voting, Valls said before results were complete. Party leader Marine Le Pen said the performance amounted to "an incontestably great success" that will give her National Front more than 1,200 local councilors — surpassing her goal. . . . .  read the full story at Breitbart.com, here.

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Update:  FRANCE’S far-right National Front party dealt a major blow to the ruling Socialists after several of its candidates took prime position in the first round of local elections.

The main centre-right opposition UMP party also hailed a “big victory” as initial estimates showed it came out trumps in the elections, amid severe disillusion with President Francois Hollande's government against a backdrop of near-zero growth and high unemployment.

According to a BVA poll, the UMP and allies took 48 per cent of the vote nationwide while the Socialist party and allies took 43 per cent, and the FN seven per cent — far higher than its 0.9 per cent result in the first round of 2008 municipal poll . . . . .  taken from The Australian.com, here.

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Related lede's:

1. France local elections: Socialists lose heavily

   BBC News ‎- 49 minutes ago

   France's governing Socialists have suffered big losses in municipal ... The Socialists have been hit by growing discontent over the economy.

The French are not the only ones contemplating a change from Socialism:  

Socialist party | euronews

www.euronews.com › A - Z Site Index - Danish socialist 







Far-Right Party Stirs Municipal Elections in France - NYTimes.com

www.nytimes.com/.../far-right-party-stirs-municipa...‎

Remember, most of the indigent poor will be placed in Medicaid. Of those actually buying insurance on the government controlled "private" insurance "market," 3 out of 4 will see their premiums increase over and against what they were paying for the insurance they were told they could keep "period."

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<<< The downward trend in the rate of increase,  is coming to a screeching halt,  thanks to ObamaCare.  

The current downward trend in the rate of insurance cost increases,  over the past two years  --  well before ObamaCare kicked in  -- is due to the efforts of the private market.  The Lying Administration (I can now say that,  right?) wants you to believe that the "threat" of coming insurance reforms,  is the reason for the trend.  Nonsense,  but,  for the sake of argument,  let the Administration have its claim.  The fact of the matter is this:  that downward trend is coming to a screeching halt, and,  without question,  the reversal is or will be due to the existence of ObamaCare,  since there is nothing else to blame.

Let's not forget that the promise was for cheaper insurance,  $2,500 cheaper, per year,  for a family of four.  That ain't the talk today.  "They" want you to forget that promise and concentrate on the argued "fact" that the rate of increase was the promise,  all along.  Not true,  and now,  you have no choice but to pay for insurance whether you can afford it or not.  Stop paying for three months out of 12,  and you get fined PLUS, you have to make up those payments or be transferred into a more expensive policy.  THAT is your future.  

What we do not know about the ObamaCare enrollment. On thing for certain: the Dems believe if they can lie their way to 6.5 to 7 million "enrollees," they come out as winners.

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Why is "7 million" so important that the Dems will lie their way to that number?  Listen to what Joe Biden has to say:  

<<<<   But let me tell you why the deadline tomorrow is among the most important: If we wake up on Tuesday and find out we came up short, we're in bad shape for November -- that is not hyperbole.

What is the truth about the ObamaCare sign-ups?  Here are the facts as we know them to be.

1.  Eight days ago, the Administration,  experts in the bait and switch,  were telling us that they had reached the 4.5 million applicant mark for ObamaCare.

2.  Within two days,  that number was rounded up to "five million."

3.  By Wednesday evening,  just five days later,  the Administration was touting "six million" signees.  And why was this information released on Thursday morning?  To give them Friday,  Saturday and Sunday to pretend that they have added another half million or more and claim that they have reached their goal,  "against all odds."

4.  From reports in Left Leaning news sources,  we know that only 1 out 10 of the previously uninsured have signed up for "ObamaCare," or, intend to sign-up.   I put ObamaCare in quotes,  because the Feds are counting Medicaid enrollments and folks who tried but failed as "signees."

5.  We know that there is a box folks can check,  to avoid penalties,  confirming the "fact" they would have completed sign-up requirements,  if it was not for the problems of the website's malfeasance. Understand,  this is a "box" printed on the application.  It can be counted !!  But no one in the Administration knows how many folks have checked this box.  No one knows, therefore,  how many of the 6 to 6.5 million Americans are not actually enrolled.

6.  What is the number of Medicaid enrollees versus ObamaCare enrollees?   You should know that "ObamaCare" is NOT  Medicaid.  They are two very different entities.  Medicaid was already here,  already part of the national healthcare scene.  Some are estimating that 2/3 of those who have "enrolled,"  whatever that number is,  are Medicaid recipients.

7.  Medicaid has over spent its current revenues,  by a total of 42 trillion dollars.  Our national/annual budget,  borrowed money and all,  is 3.8 trillion.  And now,  ObamaCare is going to funnel millions of folks, more,  into this broken system.

8.  We know that 6.2 million folks lost their existing insurance policies.  We do not know how many enrolled in ObamaCare or were transferred to the inferior,  single-payer system we call Medicaid.

9.  We know that if the "6.5 to 7  million" number,  soon to reported as a fact,  was a true counting of those who signed up for ObamaCare exclusive of Medicaid,   we would be back to a total of "zero" on the over-all number of insured,  in this country.

10. And,  no one is talking about the rescission rate.   Insurance companies often report a rescission rate (customer's deciding to not continue their payments) of 30%.  In fact,  this fairly high rate actually adds to the bottom line,  for insurance carriers,  giving them income without any serious expenditures  . . . .   free money.

11. What we don't know is this: how will the fact that this law governs required monthly payments from now to eternity effect the national politic and the financial health of the nation.  And,  how will this bill's requirement to buy insurance and keep the policies current,  be policed?   The mechanics of enforcement,  is another unknown.

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Related articles you should take the time to read:

Ten Obamacare Predictions for 2014 | National Review Online
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Jan 6, 2014 - Others will stop paying: Even if people do pay their premiums for the first few ... people to pay premiums for health insurance every month, year after year, ... Many enrollees will be the newly-uninsured: Obama-administration ...

The two elections cycles and what the near future holds for divided governance (a good thing).

The two charts (below) are based on actual reported and vetted numbers.  2012 has not yet been vetted in terms of accurate and/or official numbers.  In the two charts,  you are looking at two different election cycles  (emphasis on "election cycles"), the midterm and the presidential election cycles.  The spite in the 1996 presidential cycle was the youth vote for Bill Clinton.  The 2008 spite for 18-29 years was,  of course,  for Obama. When combined with the other three age groups,  the Democrats has a nominal, modern day,  edge in the presidential elections of 3 to 5 points.  But that edge is lost when the midterm elections roll around.  In 2010,  the conservative and GOP vote saw nearly 800 local and state positions flip to the GOP side of the aisle,  with the GOP capturing or continuing 30 of the 50 state governorships.

It may prove true,  in the near future,  that we see a divided governance based on the two very different election cycles.  ~ all comments above are of the blog editor's.

Charts from Sabato's Crystal Ball.

"Early voting," mail-in ballots, "get out the vote" campaigns, and voter registration via ObamaCare - all are ploys of the Socialist Democrats to cheat out a campaign victory, when possible. Here is a perfect example.

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From ABC 10 News 

A local couple called 10News concerned after they received an envelope from the state’s Obamacare website, Covered California. Inside was a letter discussing voter registration and a registration card pre-marked with an “x” in the box next to Democratic Party.

The couple – who did not want their identity revealed – received the letter and voter registration card from their health insurance provider Covered California, the state-run agency that implements President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

They have lived in La Mesa for years and they have always been registered to vote Republican. Now, they are perplexed as to how the voter registration card pre-marked Democrat ended up in their mailbox.

“I’m an old guy and I never would have noticed it, except I have an accountant that notices every dot and dash on a piece of paper as a wife,” said the man who received the mailer.

Covered California began mailing out voter signup cards to nearly 4 million enrollees last week after being threatened with a lawsuit by voting rights groups. But that does not explain the pre-filled out voter registration card.

Niger Innis is trying to change attitudes at the recent White Privilege Conference, a hate group disguising itself as a taxpayer funded, high class and educated society of disenfranchised black leaders.

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Niger Innis,  an objective voice at a very biased,  black conference,  agrees with Booker T and is desperately trying to change the attitudes of those who believe that "only authentic blacks can talk to the black educated class."

Niger Innis: Break Up Teacher’s Unions, “Educate a Black Kid – Innis Response to White Privilege Conference by Maggie at Maggie's Notebook, here. Do you assume your failures will not be attributed to your race or your gender? If so, you need to be fixed. Do you routinely forget to think about your ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation? If your answer is 'yes,' you definitely need to be fixed, and if you are not attending the four-day, White Privilege Conference (dubbed the 'White Money Conference') in Madison, Wisconsin, or if your eyebrows are raised at this moment, you are likely a problem 'they' need to be rid of, but at least $20,000 of taxpayer dollars will go [to] fund this project.  A bright spot in this story is Niger Innis, the son of Roy Innis, the founder of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), and a Republican candidate for a U.S. House seat Nevada's 4th District. I'm not that familiar with Innis, his past or his politics, but he got this one right.     Niger Innis  Invitees, 2500 expected to attend, include "thousands of teachers, university faculty, activists, government employees and students..."  The director of the Madison Area Technical College said the "convention will help local leaders create a community in which diversity is celebrated." According to the afore-mentioned director, the "potential impact" of the conference "will pay dividends over time." Translation: 'eventually we will have white people in the back of the bus where they belong' --  payback for their "Western evils."  The founder of the 15-year-old conference believes whites are out to "kill" those who aren't (white): Eddie Moore Jr., who founded the conference 15 years ago, told Minnesota’s MSR Online in 2011 he hopes the event will help people understand that “white supremacy, white privilege, racism and other forms of oppression are designed for your destruction — designed to kill you.” Niger Innis, the son of the founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), doesn't have a problem with the agenda, but he does not believe taxpayers should foot the bill and most importantly, he 'gets' the real problem (so it seems to me he really does have a problem with the agenda):  Innis believes more focus should go toward breaking up the power that teachers’ unions have over school reform. “You want to really do something? Educate a black kid,” said Innis, who is running as a Republican for a U.S. House seat in Nevada. “Give parents and students an opportunity to go to a private, parochial or a good public school.” What governments shouldn’t do, Innis said, is continue to throw away tax dollars on an event built on the premise that the United States was started by white people for white people — especially when the conference isn’t struggling financially. Innis points out that the White Privilege Conference isn't lacking funds.   Maggie | March 28, 2014 at 5:42 pm | URL: http://wp.me/p1cuXL-etH

Before the 2012 elections, Obama promised flexibility to the Russians. Now we know why.

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<<< At the time Obama made this commitment,  just before the 2012 elections,  we had no idea as to his almost traitorous intent.   

Obama shares high-tech training equipment with the enemy.

Behind closed doors the U.S. government is giving Russia free military equipment—also used to train American troops—even after President Obama announced punitive sanctions against Moscow and, more importantly, a suspension in military engagement over the invasion and occupation of Ukraine.

Our Secret Military Technology Described 

The secret operation was exposed this week by members of Congress that discovered it in the process of reviewing the Fiscal Year 2014 budget and the proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget request. It turns out that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has been providing the Russian Federation with the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES), the federal legislators say. The U.S. military uses MILES for tactical force-on-force training because it has a system of lasers and dummy ammunition to simulate ground combat.

Apparently, Obama thinks it unfair that Russia has a trianing deficit

It’s a crucial, military-grade technology that’s similar to a “laser tag” available in some commercial markets, according to one of the outraged lawmakers (Oklahoma Republican Jim Bridenstine) that helped uncover the scandal. Bridenstine, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has joined forces with Ohio Republican Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, to demand an end to the program. Along with about a dozen other House colleagues they penned a letter to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, who oversees the agency carrying out the “irresponsible military equipment transfers” to Russia.

This military technology is being supplied to Russia without charge.  

The Obama administration’s planned supply to the Russian Federation is a grave mistake given the recent invasion of Ukraine launched by Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, the legislators point out. “It is difficult to imagine a worse time to provide military-grade technology employed by the U.S. Marine Corps, Army, and Special Operations Forces to Russia than when it has illegally invaded Ukraine and is violating the intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty,” the letter to Moniz says. “To make matters worse, it is our understanding from the budget documents that the Department has been, and continues to propose, providing this technology to Russia free-of-charge.”

Obama, a terrible president setting terrible precedent, all because he, now,  has "more flexibility,"  since the 2012 elections.  

This is preposterous and borders on criminal if you really think about it. As if we need reminding, Congressman Turner recants Putin’s “brazen disregard for the sovereignty and stability of Eastern Europe” as well as his disregard for international law. “Despite this overwhelming evidence that Putin is not our ally, it is astonishing that the Obama Administration would still provide superior, U.S. military technology to an aggressive and advancing Russia,” Turner said. “The United States must seriously redirect its approach and immediately terminate all military aid to Russia.”

When you have an idealistic fool for a Commander In Chief,  the World of Evil is the benefactor.  

President Obama has already proven to be an international joke for his response to the worsening crisis in Ukraine. Even the mainstream media in this country has blasted the commander-in-chief’s foreign policy as based on fantasy. One famously liberal magazine published a satirical article saying that the Obama administration froze Putin’s Netflix account as a “major ramping up of sanctions.” In a piece published a few days ago, a former veteran congressman wrote this: “The embarrassment of U.S. impotence in dealing with Russian aggression in the Ukraine is only the beginning of what will likely be a series of foreign policy disasters.”  

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Source for the above text:  Judicial Watch.  The reader should know that the italics,  highlighted wording and subtitles are all the creation of this blog's editor.  The text,  proper,  is from Judicial Watch,  without amendment.  

I am happy to report that no news is, really, very good news. Or, in other words, Obama has been a Lame Duck four out of his first six years.

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<<<  After you read the comments of this post (below),  you will see how the "picture of the day" could be amended to fit the subject  of  the morning.

Editor's notes:  Every month to six weeks,  for the past year,  I have taken to cutting and pasting a copy of the current Drudge Report.  The point I make on each occasion is rather straightforward:  Midknight Review is a political blog dedicated to the review of lede stories from any number of sources,  some from the Right and some from the Left.   The point of the morning's cut and paste,  is to demonstrate the fact that there really is very little going in the world of national politics.  A casual view of Drudge makes my point.

There is a sense in which I believe that no news,  literally,  is good "news" for America.

The more comprehensive conclusion is this:  Obama has been defeated in his effort to transform this nation.  Nothing he can do with executive orders is permanent.  Are you aware of that fact?  There is no permanence to much of anything he has done,  except for the dire effects of ObamaCare  -  and that was a legislative effort, not a product of Obama's executive powers.

After March 23 of 2010 and the signing of ObamaCare,  B Hussein Obama,  became a Lame Duck President, a tribute to the expressed will of the people and the power,  the absolute power,  of the conservative nature of American politics.

In 2009 (especially) and 2010,  there was some sort of monster news story every other day,  and I am talking about "major" ledes.  The fact that the GOP had been eliminated from the legislative process,  altogether,  because of McCain's compromised and feckless campaign and his refusal to attack the amateur Senator from Illinois,  was a major story,  in and of itself.  Obama's evolution as a sympathetic national influence for (his fantasy of) Islam was a rather startling story line.  The fact that he gave his first personal interview to an Al Jazeera associate news agency from outside our country  (and not the American media),  was more than noteworthy.  His 2009 Stimulus bill,  passed into law on Feb 17th,  a 1 billion dollar payback bill (including interest) just 28 days after taking the oath as America's from black/white president,  was another monumental event.  And,  after the Stimulus,  there was the year long drama of one party rule and its failure to get anything done, of consequence during that first year.

ObamaCare was signed into law in March of 2010.  Leave off the Stimulus of 2009,  and, America was forced to watch how Democrats function when they are the only party in town.

It really is humorous,  when you stop to think about it.

I was writing,  at a fever pitch during that first year, stories dealing with what was "in the works," coming from the World Without Borders Cabal that was the New Democrat Party.  As I look back on that time,  it turns out,  these were stories that only documented what was NOT getting done.  We were all sacred out of minds. Remember?   Now,  years later and looking back,  we see that nothing was done except to make a mess for more responsible leadership to clean up.

"They" owned the House and the Senate and did not get immigration done,  nor cap and trade,  nor card check, nor the Fairness Doctrine and its sequester of political free speech, nor the demise and finale eulogy of the Grand Old Party.  In fact,  they did not finalize either healthcare reform nor their version of "too big to fail" banking reform during that first year.  When I say, "They got nothing done,"  I am being quite literal.  

And now,  five years later,  the Dodd/Frank finance bill is never mentioned and is not fully written, and ObamaCare is the absolute mess that it is.  And,  I,  as a political news commentator,  am left swimming around in a pool of still water,  with nothing to do,  but wait for this moronic American episode to reach its conclusion.

When you review the Drudge headlines,  make note of the number of headlines having to do with national politics and the Obama Regime's legislative corrections and transformative proposals  . . .  there are none.

And that is the point of this post.

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