en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/397453 Comments by brian333 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment28830978 Free Enterprise works fine. The reason Medical costs have gone up is because so long as someone else pays the bill, there's no reason to try to save money. Medicine and medical care are not rights, they are goods and services provided by our fellow humans. Demanding they provide for us or work for us at whatever we're willing to pay is a form of slavery. When the government takes over any sector of medicine, the cost will go up and the quality of service will go down because everyone resents enforced servitude. Let people be responsible for their own health care. Instead of using Insurance for a doctor's visit, pay cash and save Insurance for catastrophic need. It's much cheaper overall, (for you _and_ the doctor!) and tightening the belts of the Insurance Companies will force them to actually compete for customers rather than having customers asigned by Government Programs. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:16:50 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment28830978 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment28513256 It doesn't help to have term limits if the only candidates come from the same old parties. What we need is a way to vote out the bums without replacing them with more bums. It's time for The Voter's Veto. With The Voter's Veto every election has a "None of the Above" choice, and should NotA win, a new election is held, with all of the previous candidates disqualified from running in it. This will allow 'good' politicians to stay in office no matter their party loyalties, while enabling the electorate to reject candidates without having to vote for someone worse. Once the parites lose the ability to hijack offices simply by eliminating the competition with big bankrolls we'll see government more responsible to We The People. It will allow community members to run for office without need of giant campaign contributors, serve a term, then go back to their farm, factory, or business. If you want Citizen Politicians instead of Career Politicians, demand The Voter's Veto! Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:48:32 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment28513256 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment28062660 My hope is to slap them in the face with a simple, cheap, and effective solution, and to advertise the solution far and wide so that they can't later claim there was no alternative. Doing nothing at all is better than what they have on the table now. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:19:56 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment28062660 http://www.the912project.com/vent-14/#IDComment27878885 Geoat, it's a fairly common 'debate' tactic among the progresive left: toss so many half-truths and inuendos and false reports cited as fact that the opponent has to get bogged down in hours of boring detail to refute them, while never being allowed to make his own point on the original topic. You see it every time a Progressive gets caught in a debate, the response is, 'You didn't object when Bush did it!" (I did,) or, "Anyone opposed to Health Care Reform is a tool of the Big Insurance/ scapegoat of the day." It's disingenuous and it's a tactic intended to hide the fact that their argument has no fundamental merit to support it. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:41:16 +0000 http://www.the912project.com/vent-14/#IDComment27878885 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment27871795 Health Care Reform? By giving the taxpayer's money to Big Insurance and Big Health Care? They are the cause of the problem, they can't fix it. There's a better way: 1) Forgive the student loan payments of medical practicioners who work in blighted areas or understaffed specialties. 2) Pay the lease for medical facilities in blighted or underserved areas. 3) Offer equipment grants or loans to buy medical diagnostic equipment in regions which can demonstrate need. Without adding a single new bureaucrat, this plan uses the resources of the already existing Student Loan Program, the Health Departments of each state, and the Small Business Administration to accomplish it's goals. The Obama plan tries to spread a single pat of butter on everybody's toast, this plan makes more butter. When you saturate a market with service providers the cost of that service drops. When you restrict access to competitors and add layers of bureaucracy the cost goes up. Health Insurance is useless if you can't find a doctor, but with this plan, even those without insurance will be able to afford Health Care. Tell your senators. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:50:32 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment27871795 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26794132 Pappy, the kids today are the result of years of public school indoctrination. They believe Government can solve all their problems because that's what they have been taught. We now have an example of the failures of big government to show them. If you want to scare the hell out of politicians, simply teach those around you. Your kids, grandkids, neighbor's kids, whoever you see. Ask them to justify Big Government's failures, then tell them of a time when the shining beacon on the hill was America, not because we served the government, but because the government served us. Tell them it can be that way again, if they stop believing the propaganda and learn the truth for themselves. Teach a kid to memorize and he can pass a test, teach him to think and he can succeed in life. Mistakes are a learning opportunity, and boy do we have a learning opportunity today! As was famously quoted: "Let no crisis go unexploited." Teach! Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:58:47 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26794132 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/07/04/74-colin-powell-finally-questions-the-obama-agenda/#IDComment26439851 I'm not Old Marine, but I too served. I was fortunate in never having to face bullets, but I saw the character of those who serve and I was impressed. Our military is the best informed and most patriotic segment of our population, and they have a high degree of civic responsibility. We who served took an oath to serve and defend the Constitution from all threats, foriegn _and domestic_ and this includes politicians who usurp powers never granted them by the Constitution. Rest assured, should BO ever order Marines, or anyone lese, to shoot civilian protestors such as happened in Iran, he would be the one in need of cover. The Democrats need to realize we who serve know our Constitution, and we know the limits of the power _we_ granted _them_. If they've forgotten, we can always remind them. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 05:24:33 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/07/04/74-colin-powell-finally-questions-the-obama-agenda/#IDComment26439851 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26313989 Reparations has nothing at all to do with justice for past crimes, and everything to do with maintaining hatred between the races. Were it not for rascism, candidates who run on ethnicity would have nothing to run on, and their greed and manipulative hypocricy would be exposed for what it is. The entire issue of Reparations has only one purpose: to fan the flames of rascism. An issue that should die with my generation is being passed along for the sole purpose of maintaining power over the victims. It's cynical, hypocritical politics at it's worst, and I am ashamed of Americans who participate in it. Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:48:36 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26313989 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26082839 On Saturday I am going to erect a flagpole in my front yard. I will then raise a brand new Old Glory, beneath which I am going to grill hamburgers and tell the story of 1776 to all of the neighbors who pass by. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:17:13 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26082839 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26081925 Were I a Californian, I'd demand everyone I vote for accept no more than $1 a year until they get the mess they created straightened out. If they aren't willing to take the hit, then they are not ready to do the hard work of reform anyway. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:04:39 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26081925 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26044130 Voter's Veto is my grandfather's idea, and I have been a strong proponent of it ever since I was forced to choose between David Duke and Edwin Edwards. Naturally, none of my elected representatives has taken up the cause. This website is my first real effort to broadcast the idea, and I'm hoping someone who knows how can make this into a cause to fight for. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:40:30 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26044130 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26033040 Term Limits seem like a good idea, but they do not actually impact the political class, who simply rotate their members in and out of 'think tanks' until another office can be found for them. To remove the professional political class from our society will require a more powerful tool: The Voter's Veto. With this simple rule we could vote none-of-the-above in any election, and should NotA win a new election with all new candidates would be held. The massive campaign coffers of the established parties will disappear as we reject party aparatchatniks one by one. Under this simple principle businessmen, doctors, construction workers, and teachers will be able to make a fair run for office, serve a term, then go home, and the lifestyle of the professional political class will become a thing of the past. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:26:35 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment26033040 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25512037 Cap and Trade is a bad idea. The only beneficiaries of it will be the brokers who get to buy and sell an imaginary product, (Carbon Credits,) for which we will have to pay in increased utility bills. All you have to do is look at it's effect on economies where this is already implemented, such as in Europe, (where there are former manufacturing companies who's only product today is their annual allotment of Carbon Credits! Lots of jobs there, hey?) Implementing Cap and Trade in a recession will result in permanent recesion, such as exists in Europe now. There's a better way. Instead of taxpayers, (the poor,) paying for this, why not let the investors of for-profit enterprises, (the rich,) pay for it? Private enterprize will bring green energy to us at NO ADDITIONAL COST. We have historical examples of this. How many Whale Oil Companies survived competition with the Fossil Fuel Companies? Fossil Fuels will eventually fail too and for the exact same reason, and the government doesn't have to do a damned thing to bring this about. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:28:11 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25512037 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25509708 Independant is also a party. I registered Non-Affiliated and let my elected office-holders know they have to earn my vote. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:50:08 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25509708 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/06/25/625-iran-update-70-educators-detained-after-meeting-with-mousavi/#IDComment25508880 The best thing we can do for Iran is nothing. That's right, I said it. If you have a moment, I'll explain why. It is a simple truth that you cannot free a slave, nor can you enslave a free man, without his consent. Iran has allowed itself to be enslaved. Until they decide as a people to no longer tolerate their enslavement all we can do is make things worse there, get our own people killed in the process, and further reduce our international influence. When Iran finally throws off their chains we can come to their aid, but if we try to force their chains off they will cling more tightly to them. For now our job is to watch, record, and expose the injustice there to the world. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:38:00 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/06/25/625-iran-update-70-educators-detained-after-meeting-with-mousavi/#IDComment25508880 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2131#IDComment25507947 The bible says a lot of things, but it also says that no man will know the day or time of the second comming. If you look back in history you see many examples of anti-christs, (Napoleon and Hitler, for example,) yet the world goes on. Instead of labelling Obama, why not work to expose the frauds he's trying to perpetrate on us? Why not expose the class warfare he's using to drive wedges between us? We're all Americans. religious or not, Democrat or Republican, rich or poor, and we should all link arms and walk into the future together. Attack the ideals, not the person. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:23:34 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2131#IDComment25507947 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2131#IDComment25505984 Yes, progressives are on the upswing, but why? Because they promise free stuff to people who could, if they wanted it, have it anyway with a bit of work. But who pays for their free stuff? I could be popular for a short time by giving other people your stuff too, TG, but would you appreciate it? I'd think you'd either get rid of or hide your stuff, and as soon as I have no more free stuff to give away, there goes my popularity. Unfortunately, the Progressives are giving away the future I've worked for to implement something which will create a universal dependancy upon a government which has displayed no ability to manage the things for which they are currenly responsible. What happens when that government inevitably fails? Creating dependancies on government is morally wrong. Creating intrusive government bureaucracies is Constitutionally wrong. And creating a massive government that not only spends our money, but money our grandchildren have not yet earned is logically wrong. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:07:38 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=2131#IDComment25505984 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25499996 But it does not produce a single additional doctor, nurse, or medical technician. Insurance companies with their so-called HMO's, created the problem, they are not the solution. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:47:10 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25499996 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25483937 It's been a long time since schools taught this very important concept. Patriotism has been equated with beer-guzzling rascist rednecks, and it's implied that anyone who loves America unconditionally is mentally deranged. You can't count on your kids learning patriotism from society any longer: you must teach it yourself. Here's a start: On the Fourth of July, take your kids out in your yard and erect a flagpole, then allow them to raise the flag. While you are doing so, tell them the story of 1776, and how the signers of the Declaration were in the very same boat that Iran is now. The penalty for signing was death. They knew it and did it anyway, not for themselves, but for us. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:08:25 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25483937 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25481466 Ever notice how infidelity is only an issue for Republicans? Democrats cheat, lie about it, and become celebrities. Hypocrisy is the issue here. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:31:46 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/stand-up-and-lead-2/#IDComment25481466