There is but one great hope for mankind; a genius so rare and penetrating that it transcends logic, defies sense, and must bask in its own glory (as others are too ignorant to comprehend its gravity). I speak of the ROCKET SURGEON. Half Rocket Scientist, half Brain Surgeon… All Politician.
In case you haven’t noticed, Washington has a pretty healthy ego when it comes to solving the problems of the little people. It seems there is no industry they cannot understand better than the seasoned professionals who have spent entire lifetimes engaged in its study and practice.
They possess genius in each of the five food groups: Finance, Manufacturing, Medicine, Energy, and Restaurant Management. Errr, strike that last one. How about Major League Baseball, instead.
You see, although we must readily accept that our honorable representatives will skillfully and efficiently revamp, without err, something as significant as our health care system (1/6 of our economy) — if we glance a little farther down on their resume (say, way back to June 2008) we will see these SOB’s can’t even run a restaurant in their own Capitol Building!
For far too long we have wasted time debating the components of their health care bill, of the financial costs of their health care bill, of this amendment and that one — when all along we should ONLY have discussed their collective incompetence in even suggesting they could handle such a task.
My friends, let me put it to you simply:
Hang The Albatross Around Their Necks!
When Congress (both the House and the Senate) cannot even run restaurants 
in the Capitol without incurring debt as high as $18 Million… how could we ever consider they have a clue as to how to manage health care for 300 million people? Pleeeez… the restaurants were in such financial trouble they had to privatize them. That’s right! They couldn’t even handle nationalized cheese steaks!
There should be no other argument besides this. This is the albatross that prevents all further discussion. Until a proponent of Gov’t Run ANYthing can sufficiently justify this incompetence, don’t waste your breath on details.
Albatross ‘Round His Neck
Meaning: A burden which some unfortunate person has to carry.
Let me demonstrate how this strategy works with two examples:
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Example One:
Leftist-Socialist: We’ve decided to appoint Harold Molester as Principal of Westside Elementary.
You: No, I don’t think so. He’s a child molester.
Leftist-Socialist: Mr. Molester graduated Summa cum laude from Princeton…
You: He’s a molester!
Leftist-Socialist: Of all the applicants, I assure you, he’s by far the most qualified–
You: Did you HEAR ME? He’s a child molester!
Leftist-Socialist: One should separate his personal and professional life…
You: Never. A child molester will not run an elementary school!
Leftist-Socialist: That is very unChristian of you to judge. Morality is too subjective to discriminate against this man’s sex life.
You: END OF DISCUSSION!
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Now a more timely scenario:
Example Two:
Leftist-Socialist: There are far too many people uninsured in this country.
You: I agree, but since congress is too incompetent to run it’s own restaurant, there’s no way it can solve health care.
Leftist-Socialist: The United States Government already oversees and manages the health care of our armed services as well as Medicaid and Medicare!
You: And look what failures they are. They couldn’t run a few restaurants inside the very same building in which they work! Do you understand? They had to privatize cafes and dining rooms because they were too incompetent to keep them solvent.
Leftist-Socialist: Health care shouldn’t be about profit, it should be about—
You: Once they learn to run a restaurant, we’ll then give them a strip mall. Let them work their way up to running 1/6th of our economy.
Leftist-Socialist: You obviously must work for the insurance industry, or Big Pharma…
You: THEY — COULD — NOT — RUN — THEIR — OWN — REST-AU-RANT! I will not trust them with the health of 300 million people.
Leftist-Socialist: But in Europe–
You: END OF DISCUSSION!
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If this argument was repeated over and over, eventually the supporters of health care would realize how futile it is to try and convince us. The issue would be scaled to a simple Yes or No and not one of “This plan has A, B, & C” or “Remove those provisions and I might be able to live with it.” Unt-Uh! They can’t even run a restaurant.
It is nearly impossible to hit a moving target. If you allow proponents of Nationalized (Socialized) Health Care to keep shifting the debate, the game is over. You must pin them down to one single sticking point — INCOMPETENCE– and never proceed until that is resolved. And we all know, when it comes to government bureaucracy, that will never be resolved.
Hang The Albatross Around Their Necks!
Excellent Point!
Incompetence is the “name of the game” if you judge competence like normal people. Imagine if you ran a deficit in your company (any industry) for 29 straight years. Will you still have a job managing the company. Well US House Democrats are 0 surpluses for their last 29 budgets. The last time a budget finished with a surplus when Democrats controlled the House was 1969! They are responsible for 29 deficits since then. 1970 – 1995 & 2008 – 2010 (unless a miracle happens in the last 9 months of this fiscal year!). If this were widely known, they might even lose in safe districts like Marcy Kaptur’s OH – 9th. Its worse than it sounds. The 17 top leaders in the House (as chosen by me) on an average have been in the House since 1974 and were elected when the National Debt was $687 billion. They have watched while $13.7 trillion has been added all the time pushing new programs and telling us we aren’t spending enough! 0 for 29! Enough is enough!
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I\’ve been Obama-niezed times three.
1. NO COST OF LIVING INCREASE ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
2. NO COST OF LIVING INCREASER ON VA DISABILITY.
3. VETERANS PHARMACY CO-PAY WAS INCREASED TO $9 FOR EACH THIRTY DAYS OF MEDS. Unlike the Walmart Pharmacy charging $10 for 90 days of meds, Veterans wilL pay $27 for those same medications.
We need our control back. I can\’t wait till November.
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