The Competent Conservative

McClatchy News Service reports: WASHINGTON — In a strongly worded message to Congress outlining its priorities for a military spending bill, the Obama administration today said it disapproved of including money for pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard. The Guardsmen are among those assigned to protect Alaska from [...]

Congressional Democrats want to pass a Healthcare plan that they not only haven’t read but haven’t even written yet.

Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors warn today. By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent Published: 10:00PM BST 02 Sep 2009 In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients [...]

I just came across an article from the American Thinker that I just had to pass on.  It’s too long to post here so here is the link: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/this_will_never_be_a_eurosocia.html Europe was a breeding ground for Socialism and Communism because they have a long, long history of the people being subject to the government.  They were/are [...]

Finally, Governor Romney is able to defend the MA health care bill that got nearly every citizen in MA insured.  He was able to clear the record on CBS, as well as on CNN, and is well positioned to be the alternative in 2012.  I can see it now -Romney Vs Obama on health care [...]

A good friend of mine posted this article on his Turning Point Financial blog today and I thought it was applicable to what we have been speaking about here.  I would caution folks that, although this administration is rethinking how to sell health care, it will most likely be the same program but with a [...]

Here’s a  thought: For years the Left has told us regarding abortion that women have the unassailable right to do with their body as they please.  “Our bodies, Our Choice,” right?  Now that the Left is demanding that the government be given control of our healthcare, does this mean that they no longer believe in [...]

The Massachusetts Model Editorial Massachusetts’s experiment in near universal health care coverage has become a favorite whipping boy for opponents of health care reform. They claim the program is a fiscal disaster and that the whole country will be plunged into a similar disaster if President Obama and Congress’s Democratic leaders have their way. That [...]

As we draw nearer and nearer to the 2010 Republican primaries, it is shaping up to be a ‘Romney Vs. Obama‘ match up.  There are already 2 unquestionable issues that Romney will be able to hit Obama on, that no other candidate can. Health Care The bailout of Ford, GM, and Chrysler Romney called upon [...]

From Mitt’s interview with CBS news- Mitt Romney has some advice for President Obama: Don’t get into the insurance business. The former Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor offered his insight on the president’s health care reform plan in an exclusive interview with The Early Show Wednesday. As governor, Romney helped the state achieve [...]