Written by Scot Cerullo

When considering the health care reform debate, several questions immediately come to mind.

1. If government run health care has had horrendous results in England, the UK, France, and with Canada’s doctors pleading with their government to move away from their socialized model to one more focused on the private sector, why do the liberal Democrats in the House and Senate think they know better?

2. Medicaid is broke, Medicare is broke, Social Security is going broke, and yet the government is trying to take on one-fifth of the US economy and genuinely believes it can do so effectively?

3. Even the Cash for Clunkers program, a simple rebate program that any medium-sized private company could execute properly in its sleep, is not reimbursing car dealerships, has gone broke twice in two months, and many dealerships simply cannot afford to participate in the program any longer.

4. President Obama keeps saying he welcomes bipartisanship, yet he adamently refuses to sit down with Republican leaders and discuss medical savings accounts, tort reform, inter-state portibility and a host of other good ideas that would have an immediate impact on reducing cost and increasing competition.

5. As with the Stimulus Bill, our elected representatives openly state that they have not read the various health care proposals. Those that have do not understand it.

6. Perhaps most troubling is that Obama campaigned for two years on a platform of transparency, proudly declaring that all significant legislation would be posted on the Internet for voters to read and consider for 45 days prior to a vote. Yet had he had his way, a massive health care overhaul would have taken place two weeks after he began discussing it. No transparency, in fact, Obama isn’t even clear on what’s in the bill, or which bill he is referring to.

And the list of concerns goes on and on. Voters are correct in being fearful of the kind of health care reform being discussed. It closely mimics the many failed attempts throughout the world. It gives too much power to the government, which, over time, will permeate all aspects of our lives, including what we eat, what we choose to do in our free time, et al.

We certainly need health care reform. On that almost everyone agrees. But there are a great number of inexpensive ways to reduce health care costs and increase competition without the need to write a massive bill few read, and those who do can’t understand it.

That’s not change. That isn’t transparency. That is a liberal power grab.

Finally, if Obama truly believes in the health care reform he is promoting, if it is indeed the correct and moral thing for this country, why not just pass it? He has  majorities in the House and Senate.

The answer, of course, is he doesn’t have the voters on his side. He is trying to do something that the majority of voters disagree with. That is not the way our government is supposed to work. We are a representative republic, not a Thugocracy.

Lady Libertas would like to indulge in a bit of a rant inspired by the video that I have included at the end of this post.

Shut up.

Shut up.  We may have lost an election but we have not lost our minds, our values, our pride, our work ethic, our love of country or our voices.

Shut up.  We are not an angry mob, un-American, crazies, astroturf, militant extremists, fucktards, racists, wingnuts, evil-mongererererers, domestic terrorists, white hoods, Nazis, brown shirts, deathers or any of the other labels that our own elected officials and fellow Americans have seen fit with which to denigrate our desire to make our voices heard in our country regarding monumental bills that will affect the rest of our lives.

Shut up.  Hate Speech is Hate Speech even when directed against people that you disagree with and agreeing to disagree is the very fabric of the United States and the spirit of our Founding Fathers.  Dissent IS American.  We are fighting to be heard because it is our Right to express ourselves just like those that disagree with us have the Right to express their opinions.  Shouting IS American.  Ask Europe all about loud Americans.

Shut up.  We have no lobbyist money or taxpayer money funding our outrage.  We have no buses or pre-printed signs or t-shirts or fancy flyers.  We do not have 18 million dollars to spend on websites or organizations with millions in the account.  We do not have databases with hundreds of thousands of names or employment rosters to call upon or union memberships.  We do not have paid community organizers or people who have been “trained” to organize or rule books.   We have lots of volunteers and late nights and sheer force of will.  We have commitment and intelligence and passion.  And lots of poster boards and markers.  And we have pretty good senses of humor.  (Although, as Lady Libertas has stated before, if someone would like to pay me to do this, please call…please…like now is good!)

Shut up.  with your fishy.  with your reality check.  with your email lists.  with axelrod spam.  (actually – we may keep the fishy)

Shut up.  We have watched the Democratic Congress that came to power in November 2006 serve up the same things that I found offensive and upsetting that have been attributed to Bush.  Lest we forget, Presidents only sign the bills – Congress is really where it happens and by June of 2007, this Congress had reached an all time low confidence rating.  Interestingly, Obama said that he did not want to talk to the people who had made the mess, but since he was part of that Congress (briefly albeit) and since many of those members are sitting on the Hill with him, I can only wonder who he thinks made the mess?

Shut up.  Keep your lies to yourself.  How dare you stand in front of me and speak untruth and expect me to comply or believe anything else that comes out of your mouth.

Shut up.  Medicare is broken.  Medicare is a single payer system and most Medicare recipients have to pay out of pocket for additional Medicare supplemental insurance.  Medicare has 60 billion dollars per year in fraud.  Medicare has run out of money.  Medicare has lowered their reimbursement rates and passed the burden onto providers who have in turn had to pass it along to private insurance holders.  Putting an entire country on a system that cannot support what it has now is a disaster.  Keep your Medicare for All and let’s fix Medicare for Now.

Shut up.  No more evil doctors that steal tonsils and perform amputations for $30,000.  Just Shut up.

Shut up.  There is nothing that can be said to reassure us that any healthcare plan brought to the board will be deficit neutral.  The CBO agrees with us.  Without analyzing the legislative language (how dizzying is that concept?!), the CBO predicts that HR3200 will add hundreds of billions to the deficit within a 10 year period.  The CBO Director was also told to shut up, but thankfully he did not.

Shut up.  Noone is going to Cuba to take advantage of their fabulous healthcare system.  Noone is making a run for the border to partake of Canada’s physician described “imploding” system.  The United States has some of the best healthcare outcomes in the world.  The World Health Organization life expectancy report is a ridiculous argument – it does not compare apples to apples.  Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic which are two of the top healthcare providers in the world have spoken against the proposed healthcare reform.  I choose to side with healthcare professionals rather than career politicians who are more interested in power brokering than listening to the people that they represent.

Shut up.  The AMA (American Medical Association) represents less than 29% of all physicians in the United States.  Their membership is split and many were shocked that the AMA came out in support of HR3200.  On 8/15/09, the AMA stated the following: “The AMA continues to oppose nationalized health insurance, and we continue to express opposition to elements of public plan proposals that we believe could lead us down the road to a single-payer system or ‘socialized medicine.’”  It appears that this is not the ringing endorsement that Obama has led everyone to believe.

Shut up.  AARP supports HR3200.  AARP does not support HR3200.  Obama says that AARP does support HR3200.  AARP says that they do not (today).  Since July 1, AARP has lost 60,000 members.  AARP should have shut up while they were ahead.

Shut up.  The main stream media may as well use the same teleprompter as the White House.  We are treated to more non-reporting and the liberal agenda promotion has become not just expected but blatant.  Youtube may just be the new network of the people along with Fox.  And those who do not believe that there is a strong Conservative base in the USA should perhaps refer to Fox’s ratings and market share versus other cable news outlets.

Shut up.  with your government mandated lightbulbs.  with your inconvenient truth.  with your Green agenda.  with your electricity taxes couched in an environmental language.  with your smart cars.  with your Soros companies and stocks that will blossom if Cap&Trade is passed on the backs of the American People.  Green is the new Red and you can keep it.

Shut up.  Capitalism, free market, profit and competition are not evil.  Socialism is evil.  Bailouts are evil.  Nationalization of any private industry is evil.

Shut up.  Afghanistan is your war, Obama.  Your vehement protests pre-presidency are falling a bit flat as you not only continue Bush’s Iraq policy but fully engage us in Afghanistan.  Where is Code Pink now?

Shut up.  You cannot have our guns or our bibles.  You cannot have our tacit approval to make decisions that violate the very core of what we believe.  You cannot have our minds or the minds of our children.  You cannot have the lives of our Senior Citizens or the chronically ill.  

Shut up.  You cannot have the blood, sweat and tears of America without being accountable.

The Video : Shut up.

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Through the advent of the streamlined social networking site Twitter, conservatives are venting, sharing, chatting, making friends and, in some cases, organizing into a large collective voice.

Such is the case with The Conservative Digital Resistance, a group of republicans, libertarians, conservatives and other free-thinkers who believe their voice would be more effective if joined in a chorus of other, similar voices.

Much like an old-fashioned grass-roots campaign,  Conservative Digital Resistance members receive private email updates and focus points on a regular basis, with the idea being that many members tweeting about the message of the day, or many members promoting the organization itself, will in turn have a multiplier effect that will lead to a cohesive, powerful voice focused on presenting readers and possible participants with some measure of direction and some idea of what to tweet.

Whether the CDR is successful will depend on its execution and the determination of its members. One thing is for sure. These folks are angry but optomistic and patriotic, informed and motivated, and joining these singular voices into one large chorus can only help them spread their message.

Those interested in joining the modern day version of “Red Dawn’s” Wolverines need only send an email to themagician2009@gmail.com, with the header “I’m in”. Provide a name and email and you will be added to a private list.

Join, participate, and lend your voice to the chorus of the angry and enlightened  by working as a team.

During the big tobacco Senate subcomitte hearings of the 1990’s, liberal Congressmen were as giddy as school children. Having rounded up these tobacco profiteers in one room, they pounced like righteous ferrets upon each in turn.

Henry Waxman excoriated one CEO after another, using his time to showcase his intense distain for such products, and as the proceedings unfolded, others took their turn, quoting facts and statistics about the results of smoking.

Interestingly, no effort was made to make these products illegal. The natural, indeed organic result of all this anger and research, should have led to remove such a destructive product line from the shelves of America, but they did not.

Why? Why would such a righteous body of elected officials use such precious time to insult, impune and interrogate, yet oddly fall short of outlawing a product line which kills more Americans each year than all illegal drugs combined?

The answer is taxes. They want the taxes. But they also know that they have to put on a show for their constituencies. to be seen berating and scolding these horrendous CEO’s who produce a legal product…..legally.

And so goes the arrogance and hypocrisy of the left.

Just recently, Senator Barbara Boxer found herself in a subcommittee meeting before the Chairman of the black Chamber of Commerce. It was a discussion of Cap and Trade and she chose to counter this gentleman with a document from “another black group”, which rightfully enraged the Chairman, who saw it for what it was, a racially motivated move away from the issue at hand and one of “I have black people who disagree with your black people.”

Boxer has since been upbraided like a suburban school girl for her comments and her reelection bid now seems less certain.

While republicans are clearly not without their faults, hypocrisy and arrogance are owned and operated by the left.

Righteous indignation trumps constitutional enumerated powers, political correctness suffocates honest discussion, affirmative action provides  a career arch for unqualified people to be placed in positions that directly impact your life on a daily basis.

Most recently the incident in Cambridge Massachusetts taught us many lessons. It taught us that Obama’s rush to judgement led to poor judgement, (just as his rush to pass expensive and lasting legislation without full transparency will indeed lead to many years of withdrawal). It taught us that the original woman who called 911 never mentioned the color of the man who appeared to be breaking into a home. It taught us that emotion that fuels perception can never lead to anything good.

And in a rookie move, Obama felt compelled to show his true colors by stating that the Boston police had acted “stupidly”. This was declared alongside the sober statement that he did not have all the facts.

Whether the issue is denigrating capitalists for producing a legal product that is politically incorrect, or pretending to be enlightened to racial issues when in fact the method employed shows, by it’s own purpose, racism, or a president who rushed to judgement, picks sides and involves himself in regional matters, these are just a small sampling of examples of how the left operates, which is poorly.

The arrogance of liberalism is a subtext that runs through all their policies, namely that the government knows better than the unwashed masses, that the government can and should take care of its citizens, and that in the name of fairness and equality, tectonic shifts away from what is written in the Constitution must take place so that we, as a country, can move to a softer, more understanding place.

But when one looks at the results of liberalism, one sees failure. Whether it is the war on poverty, the public school system, hell the US Post Office, we see a governing body unable to be effective and too scared to say no.

The arrogance has peaked, and the public has taken notice. The “mobs” of angry senior citizens filling town hall meetings is evidence of such. The lack of readership of established liberal newspapers and the lack of viewers for long-standing network and cable television stations is evidence of such.

Despite the liberal’s best efforts, the truth is getting out. And the truth is simple: Most Americans want the government to stay out of their way and stop finding new reasons for increasing control.

Keep it up. Say it on Twitter! Speak your mind at a town hall meeting. Write your elected official. Don’t stop.

Don’t stop. Because it drives the Liberals crazy.

Revolution is in the blood of Americans.  We have stood as a beacon of freedom for the entire world for over 200 years.  We have wielded our Big Stick all over the globe in defense of Liberty and the underdogs.  Our melting pot includes refugees of tyranny from countries everywhere.  So, it should come as no surprise that Obama the Anti-Unifier has easily thrown matchsticks onto the conflagration of American passion.

Obama has called on the Unions to come out and confront us – we are labeled as radical right wing extremists and the language of the notices to the Left is purposely inflammatory – confront, fight against – indeed – our own White House is condoning violence by saying that “for as hard as we are hit, we will punch back twice as hard.”  The White House has set up a Snitch line for Americans to report other Americans – are stars next?

Where has our First Amendment gone while we were going about our daily lives?  How has disagreement with government takeover of healthcare turned into a bitter and now violent dispute that has neighbors screaming racial epithets at each other in front of town hall meetings everywhere?  When did it escalate to a man who was selling flags being knocked to the ground & kicked repeatedly by SEIU Goons?

Well, Lady Libertas has a theory.  You see, fellow Patriots, this is not about government takeover of healthcare.

THIS IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES.

How interesting the the Right is called Nazis and Brown Shirts when the reality is the Nazi Party held in contempt all things that our country stands for – Democracy, Capitalism, and Liberalism (in the defined sense of the word) – they also were virulently anti-Communism.

The Left is using Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals and if they can attack us by embarrassment, they will do so.  Call someone a racist and they will be so horrified that they will leave off their debate and attempt to defend themselves – call someone a Nazi and they will do the same.  So, Lady Libertas says – GROW A THICKER SKIN.  Who cares if the Lunatic Left calls you names?  Keep moving and framing the debate the way YOU WANT versus constant defense of ridiculous labels that are only meant to distract you.

Obama and other Socialist/Marxist/Communist wannabe’s have been planting seeds in the fertile ground of American soil for years – look at our college campuses – it is hip to be a disenfranchised Marxist.  Obama even admits that this is where he found others of like mind.  This attack on the foundation of our American beliefs has been pervasive and insidious.  If this had been a goose stepping SS coming to force these beliefs on us, the American people would have united against that invasion.  Instead, the Left has erected Obamanation.  Disagree and since he is black, you are a racist.  Have another opinion and you are not American.  Speak out and you are a radical extremist.  These are THEIR LABELS.  Dismiss them – embrace it – Remind them that this “Angry Mob” has faces of hardworking Americans who will fight for our Constitutional Rights.

We need a new game plan.  Most of us had no idea that the Left or the White House would come crashing down on the First Amendment and attempt to shut down our rights of Free Speech and indeed, assembly.  The mainstream media is pointedly biased – in St. Louis, a man selling flags was thrown to the ground and beaten.  Media reports came out as 6 people were arrested.  What they did not say is that the 6 people arrested were SEIU goons who were wearing SEIU tshirts and being video taped as they kicked the man on the ground.  The video is being shown on the internet and FOX but not in other outlets.

The troll attacks on social media sites like Twitter have stepped up – Last night, I received a tweet saying that the only good Republican was a dead Republican.  I answered that they should then call out the Gravedigger Union. The Lunatic Left is empowered by the tacit support of the White House in their escalation of force.  We must be prepared.

So, Lady Libertas has some suggestions and thoughts.  We shall call these the Rules for Revolutionaries.

RULES FOR REVOLUTIONARIES

1.  Define and Deny the Principle. – The Principle is Socialism and the definitions are these:

• a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
• an economic system based on state ownership of capital
• As well, Socialism advocates through state ownership of industry and capital, redistribution of wealth for the common good (the common good as the government sees it) – Those that choose not to work are classified equally to those who do all the work.  Success becomes evil and profit is subversive unless that profit is going to support the State.  Freedom is moot because the State owns you and the work that you do.  Through exorbitant taxes, the American Dream becomes a myth.
• “It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much to forget it.” James Madison

2.  Keep your debate short & to the point & factual

• In getting our message out, we must be able to bullet point the message and also undermine the opposition
• In your group, divide up the topics and become an expert in that topic – spread the load – noone can know it all
• It is also important to frame your message in a way that will reach out to those who have not made a decision
• Example – the Left has been touting a Medicare for All campaign.  Answer:  Medicare has $60 billion in fraud per year.  Obama said Medicare will go broke in 10 years.  Medicare cuts are actually how they will pay for healthcare for all.  These are the government statistics – so how can a system that is not working, sustain a nation on that same program?
• 91% of men survive prostate Cancer in the USA – 51% survive in UK and 57% survive in Europe – 82% in Canada
• For Breast Cancer survival rates: the USA has a 90% survival rate and UK has 79% survival rate – Canada when compared to US and UK at same progression of the disease is at 87% but then they drop off sharply in the follow up stages, experiencing a mortality rate 25% higher than the US.

3.  Find the weakest point of the Opposition and stay on Message – force them to defend their ideas

• Why is Congress exempting themselves from this plan?
• Why have members of Congress not read the Bill?
• Why had Bipartisanship participation been refused?
• How will you pay for this plan?
• If 83% of Americans are happy with their insurance plans, why not just insure the uninsured?
• The USA has the best quality of healthcare in the world – all nationalized plans have issues of lower successful outcomes and rationing of care
• How is Congress qualified to make decisions about healthcare?  Why aren’t doctors and nurses and other healthcare professionals included in this decision making?

4.  Choose a Leader for each event & debate what you know

• Someone has to be in charge and the rest of the group will take their cues from that person – this MUST be done in advance so that everyone is in step – We are facing groups that Organize for a living.
• Choose a person in your group that is knowledgeable about the topic – if someone is a healthcare professional, let them take the lead on speaking – this also gives credibility to what you are saying
• Do NOT discuss the birth certitificate issue at the healthcare town halls – this is a huge distraction from the immediate topics of healthcare and Cap&Trade

5.  Do not underestimate the Opposition

• The Left have written the books on Community Organization – most people are not even aware that they have been manipulated – read their information so that you are prepared for their tactics
• By calling in the Unions, the Left has shown that they are willing to escalate confrontations – DO NOT LET YOUR EMOTIONS RULE YOUR REACTION – that is precisely what they are looking for
• There should be several people taking video of the event so that our side is recorded and then that video needs to be forwarded to ALL MEDIA OUTLETS and posted on the internet

6.  Laughter is a great weapon

• “the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule“
• the idea of Union Thugs conjures up all kinds of cartoon like images in my brain – perhaps I am too young or grew up in the wrong area of the country to remember that I should be afraid of the Union goons
  

7.  Do not rise to the bait of distraction – Stay focused

• You have a message and a mission to get it out there – do not be distracted by meaningless argument
• Meaningless arguments include defense of racism, hatred of poor people and even personal slurs
• GROW A THICK SKIN AND BLANK THEM – do you really care what they think of you?  or even better – know it for the tactic that it is!

8.  Find non-violent ways to counteract their tactics

• Conservatives are being slaughtered in the public opinion – the Leftist media has been delightedly showing the clips that portray US as shrieking nutters and have labeled us as RADICAL and EXTREMIST
• Wear normal street clothes and leave the paraphernalia in the car – we have to be admitted into the town halls to get our views equal air time – if they see you coming, we will not get in
• Wheelchair brigades – One of the ladies down here (thanks Miss M!) came up with the idea of wheelchair brigades – that gets two people into the meeting and chances are not even Union goons will start toppling people in wheelchairs ir with walkers or crutches – THIS WILL DISARM THEM
• Turn in Silence – If you disagree with what is being said by the officials running the meeting, Stand and turn the other way – this would make a great statement if you have a large group that does it all at the same time:  This idea is from our Twitter Troll Patrol, rdickerhoof:  “A well known conservative activist, Martin Luther King Jr used civil disobedience. Speak your mind at town halls and rallies but, when leftist thugs attack, turn in silence.”

9.  Network and Organize and Be Active

• Again, we are coming up against Organizers that do this for a living and have huge bankrolls behind them – join the Tea Party Groups, the 912 Groups, Freedomworks, and get out there on the social networks – meet people in your area and GET ACTIVE!
• Ignore the astroturf accusations – why shouldn’t we take advantage of Conservative groups that have money behind them?  Just make sure that you research the group and know what they stand for and who is behind it – Moral Debate OVER.
• Talk to friends and families and co-workers – invite them to rallies or tea parties
• Donate Time or Money – in these economic times, many cannot donate money but time and effort is worth its weight in gold as well

10.  Keep up the pressure

• It is nothing than our way of life and foundational beliefs that are under attack.  Just because the enemy is not Russian speaking Communists does not mean that they are not as determined to undermine our Constitution and our Country.
• The next few months are vital.  Give as much as you can in time and attendance at meetings, rallies, & tea parties
• Call your elected officials DAILY – Email, Letters and Phone calls to your Elected Officials are so important – stay on them – call the ones for your district and then start calling the Reps that are on the fence – our opposition uses PHONE BANKS – we need to create our own.

11.  Make the Opposition live up to it’s own book of rules – straight from Alinsky

• A perfect example of this is pointing out that Congress has exempted themselves from this healthcare plan – WHY?
• Why will Obama’s children receive different healthcare than taxpayer’s children?
• The St. Louis attack by SEIU Goons was against a black man?  is that Racism too?
• Bush was absolutely villified by leftist groups and anti-war groups – why are we radical and extreme?
• Bush’s Iraq War versus Obama’s Afghanistan War
• Patriot Act versus the Snitch on your Fishy Neighbor
• Bias of the mainstream media – why no videos of Kenneth Gladney in St. Louis showing SEIU Thugs in their tshirts kicking him on the ground?
• “Liberal Hypocrisy is a treasure trove” (rdickerhoof)

12.  Take comfort and inspiration from the Revolutionaries before us

• Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.  Patrick Henry 1775
• In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. Alexander Hamilton
• Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor safety.  Benjamin Franklin
• People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity.  John Adams
• The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards.  Samuel Adams
  
• As long as the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader. If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.  Samuel Adams

Get the message out Patriots and Lady Libertas will see you on the front lines.