I’m inclined to agree. And it makes me wonder: if we were talking about a white-supremacist member of the World Church of the Creator (http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/wcotc.asp), would there be even one second of hesitation in disciplining and/or removing this person from his responsibilities? This is not a rhetorical question. I have no knowledge of how the military handles such matters but I suspect they’d come down on such a person like a ton of bricks.

“As the suicidal Democratic congressmen proceed to rubber-stamp the Obama healthcare reform despite the drubbing their party took in the ’09 elections, the president trotted out the endorsements of the AMA and the AARP to stimulate support. But these — and the other endorsements — his package has received are all bought and paid for.

Here are the deals:

* The American Medical Association (AMA) was facing a 21 percent cut in physicians’ reimbursements under the current law. Obama promised to kill the cut if they backed his bill. The cuts are the fruit of a law requiring annual 5-6 percent reductions in doctor reimbursements for treating Medicare patients. Bravely, each year Congress has rolled the cuts over, suspending them but not repealing them. So each year, the accumulated cuts threaten doctors. By now, they have risen to 21 percent. With this blackmail leverage, Obama compelled the AMA to support his bill…or else!

* The AARP got a financial windfall in return for its support of the healthcare bill. Over the past decade, the AARP has morphed from an advocacy group to an insurance company (through its subsidiary company). It is one of the main suppliers of Medi-gap insurance, a high-cost, privately purchased coverage that picks up where Medicare leaves off. But President Bush-43 passed the Medicare Advantage program, which offered a subsidized, lower-cost alternative to Medi-gap. Under Medicare Advantage, the elderly get all the extra coverage they need plus coordinated, well-managed care, usually by the same physician. So more than 10 million seniors went with Medicare Advantage, cutting into AARP Medi-gap revenues.

Presto! Obama solved their problem. He eliminates subsidies for Medicare Advantage. The elderly will have to pay more for coverage under Medigap, but the AARP — which supposedly represents them — will make more money. (If this galls you, join the American Seniors Association, the alternative group; contact sbarton@americanseniors.org. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .)

* The drug industry backed ObamaCare and, in return, got a 10-year limit of $80 billion on cuts in prescription drug costs. (A drop in the bucket of their almost $3 trillion projected cost over the next decade.) They also got administration assurances that it will continue to bar lower-cost Canadian drugs from coming into the U.S. All it had to do was put its formidable advertising budget at the disposal of the administration.

* Insurance companies got access to 40 million potential new customers. But when the Senate Finance Committee lowered the fine that would be imposed on those who don’t buy insurance from $3,500 to $1,500, the insurance companies jumped ship and now oppose the bill, albeit for the worst of motives.

The only industry that refused to knuckle under was the medical device makers. They stood for principle and wouldn’t go along with Obama’s blackmail. So the Senate Finance Committee retaliated by imposing a tax on medical devices such as automated wheelchairs, pacemakers, arterial stents, prosthetic limbs, artificial knees and hips and other necessary accoutrements of healthcare.

So these endorsements are not freely given, but bought and paid for by an administration that is intent on passing its program at any cost.”

~ “We have to kill Islam to save muslims. The sooner we do it, the better. “~

I agree completely. That is what I take from wretchard’s three conjectures. The question is whether Muslims will see this in time to save themselves.

habu – like I said, call me repulsive if you want. I’m talking about the children of 2009 and you are calling for their murder. Kiss my half-breed Irish ass. I couldn’t care less what you think of me.

The bottom line is this: “Good” Muslims must lead against “Bad” Muslims, or non-Muslims will disregard the difference.

Muslims around the world have taken the lead in killing Americans, and some eventually brought this death cult to Americas shores. The burden of proof is upon every last Muslim.

I know and am on friendly terms with Muslims. I’ve coached some of their kids. I hold no personal animosity against them. However, before I start to trust ANY Muslim, I need the “average guy” Muslims to take the lead against the “Jihadi Muslims”. There is no difference between a “good Muslim” and a “radical Muslim” when both have the same attitude towards Jews, Israel, towards America and Western Civilization in general, and in particular, towards Christians. When the lies behind their biases are institutionalized even among American Muslims, taught to their children in homes and schools, and chatted in their Mosques, I cannot trust Muslims.

I will not peacefully become part of the Islamic Diminitude.

After “hit Alpha” (9/11), America went to war against her external enemies while America’s leaders asked Americans to give domestic Muslims a pass. The war was against “terror”. It was not “Islam versus America”, even though every terrorist involved in 9/11 and in the ensuing war thought otherwise. If and probably when “hit Bravo” occurs, Americans will NOT give Muslims a “bye”. Muslims will be held responsible – front and center. It will not be pretty. It will be Manzanar all over again, and there will be no widespread sympathy among Americans for their plight.

American Muslim groups have consistently taken an aggressive posture in defending Islam, e.g. “Islam is not responsible” said Maj. Hasan’s Imam. They’ve preemptively accused Americans of intolerance of Muslims, and worse. Muslims would be better advised to focus less on defense of Islam, and more taking out the radicals and diminishing their credibility. However, I don’t think they can. You will not find 1 of 1,000 Muslims who will support a Christian’s right to proselytize and “convert” a Muslim (i.e. free speech), nor the right of a Jew to exist or prosper in Israel. Those that may repudiate Jihad in broad terms will vacillate when pressed on details.

Note: I just noticed an article that indicates that Hasan was Palestinian, got a FULL FREE RIDE to college and medical school, courtesy of the Army and taxpayer funds, and never left Walter Reed (a fairly cushy posting). This guy wasn’t in the Army because he loved or wanted to defend America; he was in the Army for the money. Geez… such piss-poor judgment by the Army.

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205. twobyfour: Interesting. Do you have a link for that?

Charles Allen, a former under-secretary for intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security, has described al-Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen, as an “al-Qaeda supporter, and former spiritual leader to three of the September 11 hijackers… who targets US Muslims with radical online lectures encouraging terrorist attacks from his new home in Yemen”.

Now investigators are trying frantically to identify Hasan’s visitor, as they seek to unravel the hours that led up to his deadly attack.