iBear presents 'Glenn Beck's 1st Law of Logical Fallacy', as coined by Jon Stewart:

"If you subscribe to an idea, you also subscribe to that idea's ideology and to every possible negative consequence that that ideology remotely implies when you carry it to absurd extremes."

Lest anyone here made the mistake of thinking me a conservative, I remind you all that I disdain both extremes with equal enthusiasm:)

So no word yet from the federal government about the emails I sent.

And I'm shocked. Really. Look: this is my 'shocked' face...

So I've written a letter to the President, Speaker of the House, and my local Representative.

I basically said exactly what I've been saying here: Universal Health Care is a good idea, but there are too many concerns that were not addressed. Plus I kind of blasted the Democratic Party for bullying this through without any attempt at bipartisanship.

So everyone look for this status update on Facebook: 'Rob Hogue is being dragged away by the Secret Service.'

Party on, loyal reader(s)! ; )

"Americans have the right to health care."

And Americans have the right to vote, but that includes the right NOT to vote if they don't want to. What kind of tax is going to be levied on those who don't go to the polls this November?

That concludes today's random, off-the-cuff rebuttal.

Thank you for your time.

Stewart/Colbert '12!

Well, now that it's been a good...15 hours or so:

iBear is still of the same four minds. Yes, there are millions of Americans living without health insurance...believe me, I know. But I still haven't heard even the slightest suggestion of how we're going to pay for it. And my outrage at the concept of forcing everyone to buy health insurance has actually grown worse overnight. Though I understand that several states are already filing challenges to the bill, and Virginia in particular is claiming that it violates a state law that prevents any citizen from being forced to buy health insurance.

http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2010/virginia-first-state-to-pass-health-care-freedom-act.html

However my disgust at the shockingly-underhanded tactics used by the Democratic Party have simmered down to a kind of cynical disdain. I knew that 'Change We Can Believe In' was just a slogan, but I must admit I didn't expect the idea to be abandoned quite so quickly. We're right back to business as usual for Washington: the Left doesn't care about the Right anymore than the Right cared about the Left a few years ago. We were promised bipartisanship, transparency, and an end to back-room kickback incentives. You're 0-for-3 in those stats, Dems.

iBear is of two minds.

Well...more like four minds.

I like the idea of universal health care. 'Everybody gets medical care' is a great concept, and I feel it's actually overdue in our country.

But I don't know how we're going to pay for it...and it seems to me that this point was sorely overlooked during the process. Nationwide, governmental health care will be staggeringly expensive, and we have no plan in place to pay for it.

In addition, I really dislike the 'loopholing' techniques that the Democratic Party used to push this through. They have effectively announced their apathy toward public opinion, as well as their total disdain for their Republican counterparts, and I am disgusted by the direct implication that 'bipartisanship is for when you don't have enough votes from one side.'

Finally, I find it alarming that every American is now required by LAW to carry personal health insurance, and that failure to do so is punishable by extra taxes. I consider that a flagrant violation of our constitutionally-mandated personal liberties, and hope that somebody is reading this and will pass that word along.

In short, I like the idea of universal health care, but dislike the baggage coming with it...

OMFG! Jon Stewart is a GENIUS!

But I can't get the 'embed' link to work, so here:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian