Obamacare’s Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan ‘Isn’t Living up to Expectations’

National Review It’s a centerpiece of President Obama’s health care remake, a lifeline available right now to vulnerable people whose medical problems have made them uninsurable. But the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan started this summer isn’t living up to expectations.

Federal Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) Premiums  "People living in states with a federally-run Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan can now find out their premium costs. What will HHS PCIP coverage cost?"

Blagojevich issue casts shadow on Emanuel

Chicago Tribune   "Much will be made of Rahm Emanuel's ties to President Barack Obama as Emanuel returns to Chicago in preparation for a mayoral run, but he also will have to deal with his connections to the state's most toxic politician — former Gov. Rod Blagojevich."

‘Saturday Night Live’ Takes On Rahm Emanuel  "Mr. Emanuel’s exit was also a topic of the “Weekend Update” segment on “SNL,” with Seth Meyers joking, “On Friday the White House released Rahm Emanuel back into the wild.” "

Pelosi's Vote to Adjourn Could Be Her Last Hurrah

Michael Barone   "It happened late Wednesday night, so it didn't get much coverage: Speaker Nancy Pelosi cast the deciding vote when the House voted, 210-209, to adjourn.
"That's significant because, by custom, the speaker ordinarily doesn't vote except on issues of special importance. And because Pelosi, who has shown impressive ability to deliver Democratic majorities on one tough roll call after another for four years, was scrambling to prevail on what is ordinarily a routine vote."

Just Swastikas

Prof. Mike Adams  "City officials in Indianapolis are investigating a bakery that refused to take an order from an IUPUI student group seeking rainbow-colored cupcakes for their National Coming Out Day. A spokesman for Mayor Greg Ballard said city officials are conducting an investigation into a bakery, Just Cookies, which declined to take the order.

"After the so-called diversity group ordered the rainbow cupcakes Just Cookies co-owner David Stockton told them theirs was a family-run business. He also explained that he has two young, impressionable daughters and, therefore, thought it was best not to make the cupcakes.

"Then the government got involved. "Whatever this gentleman's personal views are, it cannot interfere with the providing of a service or allowing someone to buy their goods," said an official of the local government."

Useful Idiots And Usual Suspects

Photo: Pat Dollard.com

 Townhall  "Though the ideologies are vastly different and even the methodologies used in propagation don’t always resemble each other, the Communist threat of the Cold War and before, as well as the current conflict with Islamism, have one clear and sad thing in common.
"Our enemies have been aided and abetted by liberal dupes.
"That’s right, the names and faces change over time, but the gullibility and culpability of the ever-present usual suspects of American liberalism continue to provide cover for our enemies, as was the case—now completely documented—from 1917 to 1989."

'Code Pink' rethinks its call for Afghanistan pullout   "In Afghanistan, the US women's activist group finds that their Afghan counterparts want US troop presence – as well as more reconstruction."  But this doesn't mean they are not still useful idiots.

Peace Doesn't Keep Itself

WSJ   "Furthermore, military spending is not a net drain on our economy. It is unrealistic to imagine a return to long-term prosperity if we face instability around the globe because of a hollowed-out U.S. military lacking the size and strength to defend American interests around the world."
By ARTHUR C. BROOKS, EDWIN J. FEULNER AND WILLIAM KRISTOL

An Orienting Principle for Foreign Policy "The principal security threat of the last several centuries — war among the major powers — is gone. The destruction that would result from nuclear war among countries with secure second-strike capability has eliminated any ambiguity about the cost of war. Poorly governed and weak states now present the greatest threat to the national security of the United States, the stability of the existing global order, and the vitality of the domestic orders of the major industrialized democracies."

No Silver Bullet for Thwarting Terrorists Aboard Small Boats    "The 9/11 attacks proved that terrorists can use virtually any vehicle to strike.
"Small boats are no exception. And experts agree they will remain a weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given their low cost, ease of deployment and success record."  More here and here

The Obama Experts vs. the Rule of Law

The Foundry  "The Founders understood that there are two fundamental ways in which government can exercise its authority. The first is a system of arbitrary rule, where the government decides how to act on an ad hoc basis, leaving decisions up to the whim of whatever official or officials happen to be in charge; the second way is to implement a system grounded in the rule of law, where legal rules are made in advance and published, binding both government and citizens and allowing the latter to know exactly what they have to do or not to do in order to avoid the coercive authority of the former."

Elizabeth Warren  My mother the czar :  "Current Position: Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ."

 President Obama picks Elizabeth Warren ... and thumbs his nose at the Senate  "Senate confirmation of the bureau's director was one of the few checks Congress built into an office that otherwise will be very powerful and independent."

Elizabeth Warren's profitable conflict of interest  "So we get one more unvetted Obama official to follow in the trail of tax cheats, shady government contractors and 9/11 truthers whom Obama has pushed into positions of public trust."

Iran is bent on avenging cyber attack, raising military tensions

DEBKAfile  "The timeline of this attack revolves around the state visit to Lebanon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has scheduled for Oct. 13-14, during which he will tour the Israeli border. Preying heavily on Iran too are the personal sanctions the United States has just imposed on its top military brass and ministers."

ANALYSIS / How Israel's war with Iran will be fought  from Haaretz "Vered argues further that only the fear the Iranian regime being toppled could bring such a war to an end. But, it seems unlikely that Israel will be able to pose a real threat to the Iranian regime, and "in the absence of a way out, acceptable to both sides, the war could continue for a very long time." "

Al Qaeda Already Gaming Out War Between Israel and Iran from The Daily Beast "Shehri expects the Iranian Shia regime to try to take advantage of an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities to seize the holy cities of Mecca and Medina by blaming Saudi Arabia for helping Israel attack. In turn, the Israelis will seize territory in the Levant to establish “the greater state of Israel.” The Sunni Arab population of the Middle East will be caught between the “Jews in the Middle East and Iran in the Peninsula.”

Mike Ramirez, World Magazine



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Old Media Does Its Best to Prop Up ‘One Nation’ Rally, Fails Miserably

Big Journalism  "Despite months of planning the event was a bust. Sponsored by dozens of unions and groups such as the Communist Party USA, various socialist organizations, Code Pink, the racist Latino group La Raza and other extremist groups, organizers hoped to energize the left just ahead of the midterm elections just one month away. But the numbers that have turned out — even with the streets full of union-sponsored buses — pale in comparison to the Glen Beck rally that many feel the lefties were trying to emulate."

Overhead Photo Shows Embarrassingly Small Turnout at One Nation Rally  



Well, here’s an overhead shot from yesterday’s astroturfed One Nation rally posted at the left-wing Huffington Post.

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And, here is a crowd shot from Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally in late August.

 

Top 5: Actors We Trust

Big Hollywood  

The "Law & Order" cast from a few years back.

"In the Age of the Hollywood Sucker Punch, betting your time and dollars on movies and TV is more perilous than ever. "As often as not, you can expect to fork over $20-$40 at the theater expecting to laugh, cry, and be entertained only to find yourself trapped in a widescreen, 3D, surround sound, stadium-seated liberal indoctrination chamber.

"With TV, you can dedicate months and years to becoming a dedicated fan of a series only to suddenly start getting lectured on what creeps you and your family are by dint of your politics/religion/gender/race/fill-in-the-blank."

Clinging to Arrogance

Victor Davis Hanson     "The president often clears his throat with "Let me be perfectly clear" and "Make no mistake about it" -- as if we, his schoolchildren, have to be warned to pay attention to the all-knowing teacher at the front of the class."