Obamacare represents the government annexation of “one-sixth of the U.S. economy” – i.e., the equivalent of the entire British or French economy, or the entire Indian economy twice over. Nobody has ever attempted this level of centralized planning for an advanced society of 300 million people. Even the control-freaks of the European Union have never tried to impose a unitary “comprehensive” health care system from Galway to Greece. The Soviet Union did, of course, and we know how that worked out.

At this point it has nothing to do with helping those without health insurance, driving down costs, or improving the quality of care.  It’s all about making history and taking control – the Castor and Pollux of statism.  Doing one in the name of the other, supported by nothing but sobby anecdotes and panicked gardyloo about hundreds of thousands who will suffer more if nothing’s done, is despotic.  And it will be only a matter of when another segment of the economy will fall under statism’s squinty gaze.

(h/t:  @adamsbaldwin)

UPDATE:  The real reason behind the off-the-cliff push for ObamaCare?  A payoff.

(h/t:  @FILM_TV_WRITERS)

My guess is that they’re trying for a sound like The Black Keys:  stripped down, rugged and as raw as a skinned knee.  I wish the guys across the street would strip down to silence.

I’ve been a music critic for nearly 14 years (an unintentional career path – I was in band in high school, a DJ in college, plus I’ve got is misapprehension that I can write a meaningful sentence or two), and I’ve mostly kept a civil tongue about the extraordinarily bad music I’ve experienced in that time.

They’ve had the cops called on them more than once.  At about 3:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, the police answering to a noise complaint actually had to pound on the side of the building to get their attention.  It was sucky and loud.  Two strikes against them.

So how about it?  How many ways can you say:  “This Band Sucks.”

Here are mine:

1.  They’ve got the suck knob on their amps turned up to 11.

2.  They suck so bad that Dan Oreck is filing a patent infringement suit against them

3.  Why do they keep playing their sucky music?  Because it sounds so good when they stop.

Please feel free to add your own in the comments box.

(h/t:  American Digest)