Friday, November 12, 2010
Barker's Newsbites: Friday, Nov. 12, 2010
A bit dated, perhaps... describing the travails of an earlier era... but doesn't it make you think...???
Our nation "on the eve of destruction" is still a virtual paradise for the vast majority of our citizens... and even non-citizens... compared to daily life for the vast, vast majority of the world's people.
Still... greed, selfishness, and irresponsibility are slowly dragging this nation down into the muck. There's just no denying this.
Believe me, folks... it's no picnic being Usually Right.
* Oh... about today's Newsbites theme song...
Yeah... there are better versions - clearer audio with far more jarring video - but just consider the passion this man displays while performing.
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-panel-probes-stimulus-waste----at-Ritz-Carlton-107236598.html
Members of a key panel created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as [Obama's] Stimulus Bill, have scheduled a meeting on November 22 to consider ways to prevent "fraud, waste, and abuse of Recovery Act funds."
The meeting will be held at the super-luxe Ritz Carlton Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.
(*SHOWERING...SHAVING...HEADING TO WALMART TO PICK UP MORE AMMO*)
The group is the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel, a sub-committee of the larger Recovery Accountability and Transparency board (sometimes known as the RAT board).
(*SNORT*)
"The purpose of the November 22, 2010 meeting is to allow the RIAP to have an open dialogue, with input from the public, on issues relating to fraud, waste, and abuse of Recovery Act funds," says a notice in the Federal Register.
(*LAUGHING*)
(*PAUSE*)
(*WEEPING*)
The Ritz-Carlton is located "in the midst of the picturesque Camelback Corridor, the city's premier shopping, dining and financial district," according the hotel's website. Hungry waste-and-abuse hunters can dine in the "casual elegance, relaxed atmosphere and uniquely inviting ambiance of the European-inspired bistro 24." Or they can enjoy Afternoon Tea in the "uniquely warm and inviting" Lobby Lounge. And at any time, waste-and-abuse watchdogs who also enjoy golf will be "just minutes from some of the best courses in the world," including the Tournament Players Club, the Arizona Biltmore, and several others.
* FOLKS... AS TO AVOID A VISIT FROM THE AUTHORITIES... (*SIGH*) (*PAUSE*)... I'M NOT GOING TO PUT IN WRITING WHAT COMES TO MIND AFTER READING THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703805004575606891744060162.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTophttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703805004575606891744060162.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop
ObamaCare gave the Health and Human Services Department the power to design and sell its own insurance policies.
The HHS plan has flopped despite generous benefits and taxpayer subsidies that offset at least 65% of the total cost, sometimes more.
HHS created a program that is designed to operate at a loss and still can't lure the customers it thought would come streaming its way.
But HHS won't take this for an answer, so this week it said it will cut premiums by 20% and expand benefits for this program in 2011 to encourage more people to enroll. In other words, HHS plans to make its cut-rate insurance even cheaper (and thus more expensive for taxpayers) so it can avoid having to admit that the President's claims about a nation of the indigent sick denied insurance were false.
* FOLKS. THIS IS AN ARTICLE YOU SHOULD READ IN ITS ENTIRETY. IF THE LINK PROVIDED DOESN'T GET YOU PAST THE PAY FIREWALL, JUST GOOGLE "The 8,011-Person Crisis" AND ACCESS THE ARTICLE VIA THE BACK DOOR.
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