Capitol under seige by the flu

Looks like the flu has hit DC in a big way, and it's emanating from the White House.

At one time, Max(imumspend) Baucus (D-Montana) gave every indication of being a reasonable person. One afternoon at the White House, however, and while his motor functions appear unimpaired, his integrity has deteriorated in an alarming way. Baucus seems to have picked up this condition from Comrade Osama. The symptoms:

• Keep talking about a non-existent bill
• Debate and vote on amendments to the non-existent bill
• Require that your senate committeemen go along with the charade (like when Baucus points at an imaginary sheaf of papers, go, "Yeah, I see it. The socialized medicine bill.")
• Insult and ignore anyone who asks you any questions about "the bill."
• Threaten to pass "the bill" on a simple majority if you can't get enough votes for any kind of reasonable support.
• Refuse to write any kind of legislation that the CBO can score.
• Refuse to subject the bill to public review, or even the review of the Senate, before the vote.
• In sum, toss out the Constitution and betray the nation in hopes that Comrade Osama will invite you over for hot dogs and beer, and maybe another dose of this rather bizarre type of contagious sociopathy.

Katherine Sibelius, Secretary of Something, or Assistant Deputy of Such-and-Such, or The-Only-American-Politician-Who-Paid-Her-Taxes, also has been infected. Humana recently sent their Medicare policy-holiders a letter giving them a heads-up that they will probably be losing many of their benefits under socialized medicine, so they probably should make some other plans. Sibelius issued a gag order to Humana and other insurers in the Medicare market, warning them not to say things like that to the insured.

This is an outright violation of Free Speech, not to mention, what the hell is Sibelius going to do? Send SEIU over to Humana to wave signs and shake their fists? Perhaps Humana should tell her to roll it up real tight and stick it where the sun don't shine. I would.

But see, Sibelius apparently was bitten by the same bug as Baucus. The way Baucus explains it, when his bill cuts $500 billion out of Medicare, that money won't be coming out of Medicare. I mean, hah!, would he do something like that to senior citizens? No-o-o-o it's going to be coming out of the profits that Humana and others make on Medicare.

Apparently one of the most notable symptoms of this flu is dementia.

So the Senate plan is just another sneaky, deceptive, LYING and really remarkably cowardly way to destroy private insurance in the USA and usher in socialized medicine. How stupid do they think we are? It's actually insulting. But perhaps this what they mean by "transparency."

Like, my cat used to jump up on the edge of the bathtub and hide behind the shower curtain to jump out and surprise me. Only his butt was always visible beyond the end of the shower curtain. He couldn't see me, so he assumed I couldn't see him. Kinda like the Senate, huh?

Exactly what the hell is wrong with these people? No one wants this crap. Why do they continue to promote it? On the other hand, if they keep themselves tied up with this, they can't be robbing us in other ways.

To change subject a bit, Hugo Chavez insulted the Fox correspondent at the U.N. when the reporter was trying to do an interview. Chavez is such a blockheaded brute. He puts on a suit and everyone pretends he's civilized. The one consolation is that he probably won't be around for too long. He hangs with the wrong kinds of people.

He who lives by the sword, loud mouth, head-bashing and all that.....