Saturday, March 25, 2017

CONGRESS VOTED TO REPEAL OBAMACARE

Yes, it is true, Congress voted to repeal Obamacare.  In fact, they voted many times to do this when President Barack Obama was sitting in the Oval Office. This phony show vote was to convince morons (conservative republicans) like me that if they were ever given the real opportunity to repeal this abhorrent law, they would. How surprised these low-lifes in Congress must have been on that Tuesday in November last year when a Republican was elected to the Presidency. Now these low-lifes could no longer walk around screaming how bad Obamacare is. They were charged with the responsibility to actually do something about it. Effective governing is not one of the strong assets of the Republican Congress. Guess what, we are doomed. We usually lose to the liberal lefties in national elections. We always have to fight the liberal lefties in government. Now we just lost to the highfalutin' conservative Republicans in Congress, who refused to support a (less-than-perfect) bill that would have begun to dismantle Obamacare. I was looking for this new administration to erase Obama. Perhaps, the conservative members of our Congress, just managed to erase themselves. November 2018 will not be an enjoyable night as Congress seeks re-election. There must have been great parties in Washington DC last night as Democrats watched Republicans commit political suicide. 




from western journalism.com (more than two years ago!)

House Passes Obamacare Repeal And Replace Bill In Spite Of Obama’s Protests





by James Beattie February 3, 2015 at 3:51pm

On Tuesday, the House voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. This is the first time the House attached a provision requiring that Congress replace President Obama’s health care law. The House voted Tuesday 239 to 186 on H.R. 596, which would not only repeal Obamacare but force Congress to also replace the health care law. Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., sponsored the legislation. It now heads to the Senate, where its future is uncertain. 60 votes are required for cloture, and there are only 54 Republicans in the new Senate. Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., was one of the first to get on the offensive ahead of the House vote supporting the Obamacare appeal. “Instead of Obamcare’s one-size-fits-all approach, we need to pursue consumer-driven reforms that put patients, not bureaucrats, in charge of health care decisions,” Coats said in a press release ahead of the vote Tuesday. “This legislation starts that process.” One interesting note: three Republicans voted against the Obamacare repeal. The names, as flagged by Heidi Pryzblya of Bloomberg, were Reps. Robert Dold of Illinois, John Katko of New York, and Bruce Poliquin of Maine. No Democrats voted for the repeal.

It did not take any courage to vote against a law where there was an absolute guarantee that the vote would have exactly 0.0% of passing or affecting the life of a single American.  The vote that did not occur on this past Thursday and Friday, would have begun the process to dismantle Obamacare.  And since there were not enough votes to pass this new legislation. There was no vote. My level of disappointment is off the charts. I believe that President Donald Trump has many times bemoaned the stupid politicians that run this country - was he surely proved correct this past week.  Let me be among the first to welcome back House Leader Nancy Pelosi. If there is not a giant reconsideration of the damage caused this week, the Republicans will lost the House in November 2018. And if that happens.... then what? Obamacare has no chance of being repealed? Aren't we there already?

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Your Food Diary For:


BREAKFAST Calories
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Carbs
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Fat
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Egg - Poached Eggs, 4 300 2 20 25 630 1
Pre-Cooked Bacon 200 0 15 15 875 0
QuakerInstant Oatmeal Original 300 57 6 12 225 0

800 59 41 52 1,730 1
L U N C H
Corned Beef & Cabbage 400 21 18 36 936 0
Pepperidge Farm - Sourdough Bread 200 37 2 7 367 3

600 58 20 43 1,303 3
D I N N E R
Chinese - Chinese Fried Rice 150 26 4 3 425 0
Chinese - General Tsao's Chicken 350 18 23 12 636 0
Chinese - Stir Fry Bok Choy 50 2 1 7 153 2

550 46 28 22 1,214 2


Totals 1,950 163 89 117 4,247 6
Your Daily Goal 2,511 314 83 126 2,300 94
Remaining 561 151 -6 9 -1,947 88
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*You've earned 581 extra calories from exercise today         
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Your Exercise Diary for:

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55 581
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Daily Total / Goal 55 / 30 581 / 590  
Weekly Total / Goal 238 / 210 2,056 / 4,130             


IN MORE 'LOCAL NEWS' ... I was a bit more successful this past week... my weight dropped down 2 pounds.   So now, I am back to 244.9 lbs. Better down  than up, so I'll take it...












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