Random Nuclear Strikes

To The Mom

The big Six-Oh has arrived and I’m off to get stuff for her big day.

While I’m doing that, you can take a looksee at what Senator Joe Lieberman has on his plate in the Senate Homeland Security Committee

Why, its Senate Bill 1959 (aka HB 1955)

The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism and Prevention Act

Sounds just like a big, tough piece of legislation should, doesn’t it?

Yeah, well, its a “Piece” of something all right. Why don’t you take the day (or the weekend) and read through this sumbitch. Then imagine, scary a thought as it may be, that HRC or Edwards (or Giuliani) gets elected.

Try this snippet out….

899A. DEFINITIONS.

“For purposes of this subtitle:

“(1) Commission.—The term ‘Commission’ means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C.

“(2) Violent radicalization.—

“The term ‘violent radicalization’ means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.

“(3) Homegrown terrorism.—

“The term ‘homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

“(4) Ideologically based violence.—

“The term ‘ideologically based violence’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual’s political, religious, or social beliefs.

Sounds like an excuse to round up GOA members to me. I know my words of distrust of the government constitute an “extremist social belief” to folks on the other side of the aisle and that this blog is the tool of my dissemination of those beliefs to you all.

I even seriously doubt that that any threat would have to be issued. All it would take is a skilled DA with an agenda to say that the threats they “perceived” were “implied”, but that they still constituted “threats”. Especially when you get to this

899B. FINDINGS.

(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.

And

(9) Certain governments, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have significant experience with homegrown terrorism and the United States can benefit from lessons learned by those nations.

We’re living in the last, best place on the planet. I don’t want to lose it.

This has to be stopped.

That if John Edwards gets elected and his socialized medicine program becomes law, verily, you WILL pay.

Or you will be smote by the IRS and their Customer Service Shotguns.

Under the Edwards plan, when Americans file their income taxes, they would be required to submit a letter from an insurance provider confirming coverage for themselves and their dependents.

If someone did not submit proof of coverage, the Internal Revenue Service would notify a newly established regional or state-based health-care agency (which Edwards has dubbed a Health Care Market).

Those regional agencies would then evaluate whether the uninsured individual was eligible for Medicare (which covers those over 65), Medicaid (which covers the indigent), or S-CHIP (the State Children’s Health Insurance Program which targets the working poor).

If the individual was not eligible for either of those existing public programs, the regional-health care agency would enroll the individual into the lowest cost health-care plan available in that area. The lowest-cost option could be a new Medicare-like public option or a private insurance plan.

The newly covered individual would not only have access to health benefits but would also be responsible for making monthly payments with the help of a tax credit.

The exact size of the financial obligation would vary according to a person’s income (lower-income Americans would receive larger tax credits).

If a person did not meet his or her monthly financial obligation for a set period of time (perhaps a year, perhaps longer) the Edwards plan would empower the federal government to garnish an individual’s wages for purposes of collecting “back premiums with interest and collection costs.”

The process, according to the Edwards campaign, would resemble the process used to collect money from Americans who are delinquent on federal student loans or child support payments.

A new class of American: The Deadbeat Healthy Person

Now you know and I know that there are people just creaming in their jeans for this. I’m not the most adept political analyst, but I expect Edwards’ numbers to go up a significant amount in the coming weeks as his very specific plan is revealed.