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    'Healthy Michigan' Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Explained in 59 Seconds


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Jul 09, 2013 at 08:03:02 AM EST
    Tags: Rick... Michigan?, ObamaCare, Medicaid, Expansion, executive-grade arm-twisting, Progressives, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, Amnesty, Exemption Employees, Obama, Snyder, Reid, Richardville, Boehner, Bolger, GOP Leadership, Where?, One Term Nerd, poisoning the party brand, Michigan, Elections, conservatism, Republicans, Real Leadership, Home Team First, Principle, One Chance (all tags)

    Rummaging through the 'ol inbox this morning, I came across an excellent piece from Michigan Capitol Confidential on JenniRick Nerdholm's, and his twit sidekick, Lt. SmugNerd's bus tour buffoonery painting a happy face on Obamacare.

    Snyder Administration Pushing To Distance Medicaid Expansion From Obamacare

    Gov. Snyder, Lt. Gov. Calley and others now using the phrase, 'Healthy Michigan'

    Originally, Obamacare included the expansion of Medicaid to help cover some of the nation's uninsured, but the U.S. Supreme Court said that was unconstitutional.

    So, now the federal government is using money from the Obamacare bill to entice states to expand it on their own, says one health policy expert.

    With that in mind, a recent tweet from the staff of Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley raised the eyebrows of Cato Institute's Mike Tanner, who wrote a book on Obamacare. Lt. Gov. Calley said the debate on Medicaid expansion is about reforming the system and is not linked to Obamacare.

    "This is reform of our Medicaid system. Classifying it as 'Obamacare' is inaccurate," a Snyder administration staffer retweeted Lt. Gov. Calley as saying on July 2.

    But Tanner says Obamacare is picking up the tab for any Medicaid expansion.

    "The question to ask him (Lt. Gov. Calley) is: 'Would Michigan be taking these actions in the absence of Obamacare promises for future funding?' " Tanner said.

    REST

    "Healthy Michigan" explained...

    Jeez, I just cannot imagine how could've the former mASSachusetts's governor who enacted Romneycare before it was known as Obamacare lost to Obama last November...

    One Term Nerd

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    Everything That Needs to be Known About Nerdpublicrats


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Sat Jul 06, 2013 at 01:28:41 PM EST
    Tags: Rick... Michigan?, Amnesty, Exemption Employees, ObamaCare, Medicaid, Creepy Provisions, Expansion Medicaid, Mandated Healthy Lifestyles, Brothers Keeper, Welfare, Expansion, executive-grade arm-twisting, Progressives, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, Obama, Snyder, Reid, Richardville, Boehner, Bolger, GOP Leadership, Where?, One Term Nerd, poisoning the party brand, Michigan, Elections, conservatism, Republicans, Real Leadership, Home Team First, Principle, One Chance (all tags)

    Teh Stoopid Party in Michigan remains dead to me.

    If anything, Majority Leader Randy Richardville said, he saved Gov. Rick Snyder from a big defeat more than two weeks ago by not calling a vote on House legislation to expand eligibility for government-provided health insurance to 320,000 low-income adults in 2014. The Republican governor had cut short a trade trip in Israel to return home and lobby the GOP-dominated Senate.

    "I think he was convinced that the votes were there. I'm in the room where those votes get counted," Richardville, of Monroe, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday, the day he outlined his expectations for a Senate workgroup that will study Medicaid expansion this summer.

    "This debate, this issue, is alive because I provided leadership on this issue based on the feedback from the Senate Republican caucus. This thing was dead if we had taken a vote when it was being demanded that we take a vote. It wasn't a gentle request. There was a demand and then after the demand there was a - they called it a press conference. I've got other words to describe it, but I'm not going to use them."

    Give him credit - he came through, we read.  A special thank you, we read.

    GMAFB. There isn't enough paint on the planet for trying the "happy face" schtick with loser Snyder and Schostak at the helm.

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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Governor offers wishes...


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jul 04, 2013 at 12:50:32 PM EST
    Tags: Rick... Michigan?, Amnesty, Exemption Employees, ObamaCare, Medicaid, Expansion, executive-grade arm-twisting, Progressives, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, Obama, Snyder, Reid, Richardville, Boehner, Bolger, GOP Leadership, Where?, One Term Nerd, poisoning the party brand, Michigan, Elections, conservatism, Republicans, Real Leadership, Home Team First, Principle, One Chance (all tags)

    From Wednesday:

    LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder today offered the following statement as the July 4 holiday weekend gets under way:

    "... That's why I applaud the U.S. Senate for its passage of bipartisan immigration reform legislation, and urge the U.S. House to do the same. [snip]"

    Rick Snyder just placed ObamaCare exemptions (amnesty) to the front of the line over hiring already unemployed American citizens!

    This corporate limousine liberal has to go.  The sooner it is admitted that voting Snyder in 2010 because "he's a Republican" was a mistake, the faster Party principle will be restored and upheld.  

    The choice is yours, but in this state with Snyder and Schostak at the helm - the Republican Party remains dead to me.  Lon's MDP team is on equal footing.

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    Like Obama, Listen to the Only 'Smartest Evah' Person in the Room...


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jun 27, 2013 at 06:20:14 PM EST
    Tags: One Term Nerd, executive-grade arm-twisting, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, creeping progressivism, poisoning the party brand, Obamacare, Michigan, Creepy Provisions, Expansion Medicaid, Mandated Healthy Lifestyles, Brothers Keeper, Welfare, Rules, Government, MIaGOP (all tags)

    It just makes my blood boil that my taxes are paying for this.

    What a lying Progressive slovenly attired Hillary pantsuit-esque uniform wearing Corporatist slime-ball.  There is no such thing as "free" monies.  Rewarding bad governmental behavior will only decimate every state dumb enough not to see the Feds are offloading their debt onto them.

    One provision of the law [ObamaCare], the bulk of which goes into effect next year, expands state Medicaid coverage to individuals earning less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level. In exchange, the federal government will provide 100 percent reimbursement for the expandedcoverage for three years, phasing down to 90 percent in 2020.

    "The fastest thing that's going to go when we're cutting spending in Washington is a 100 or 90 percent match rate for Medicaid. There's no way. It doesn't matter if Republicans are running Congress or Democrats are running Congress. There's no way we're going to keep those match rates like that," said Ryan, who added that he has spread the warning to Republican governors and the National Conference of State Legislatures.

    Word from chair ShowStak on any of this Nerd treachery?  Crickets chirping.  Willard, and his V.P. selection were your chosen boys, Bobby.  Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land?  Nothing but tumbleweeds blowing through Deadwooden shoeville.

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    That's Unfortunate . . . Now We Play Hardball


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Sun Jun 23, 2013 at 07:53:39 AM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), Michigan Banana Republican Party, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, poisoning the party brand, illusion of state control, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, creeping progressivism, executive-grade arm-twisting, Supremacy Clause abuse, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, integrity argument, causa provocare, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, politician paper training, corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", Rick Snyder, GoverNerd, #OneRoughTurd, Nerd King, Slick Rick, 30th Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference (all tags)

    I grew up as the second of six siblings.  My parents were absolute geniuses at molding natural sibling rivalry into six sets of well-honed competitive instincts.  We were taught that if someone's keeping score, then winning's important, and you either play to win (within the rules of the game) or don't bother playing; full-contact euchre is a regular event at family get-togethers.  We also were taught how to be both considerate winners and gracious losers, and that once the final score is on the board, you shake hands, go have a beer, and get over it.  My three now-adult children were taught the same concepts, as were most of my two-and-a-half-dozen-or-so nieces and nephews (including the in-laws).

    It would appear, however, that the GoverNerd never learned the same lessons.  If you can tolerate listening to all of the logical fallacies and factual misrepresentations, the money quotes start at about 5:01, 11:17, 21:47, 22:24, and 23:19.


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    Richardville's Charge


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Thu Jun 20, 2013 at 12:29:14 PM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4714, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, empowered grassroots operation, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, creeping progressivism, Michigan Banana Republican Party, integrity argument, causa provocare, naming names and identifying targets, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle" (all tags)

    We're a shade under two weeks from the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1st thru 3rd).  And as I was mulling over what I've learned about the Michigan Senate Republican Caucus this week, one track of my mind started comparing what's expected to happen on the senate floor today to the final Confederate assault of the battle, popularly referred to as "Pickett's Charge."  Without overly belaboring the analogy, I think it appropriate.


    (2 comments, 662 words in story) Full Story

    Ballparking The Whip Count


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jun 17, 2013 at 11:14:14 PM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, causa provocare, Michigan Banana Republican Party, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, creeping progressivism (all tags)

    According to the Michigan Campaign For Liberty:

    "Urgent: getting this information to activists depends on folks sharing this. Please help.

    Currently (1:37 a.m.) all of the websites for Republican State Senators are down.  This is very curious considering the democrat sites are all working and the fact that not having email or a contact form will disenfranchise a lot of people, greatly reducing the number of grassroots activists who contact their legislators.

    Today, massive numbers of limited government activists will be trying to contact their senators to tell them to vote no on ObamaCare.

    To help activists, we provided all contact info on our website."

    And I've provided it below, along with some additional intel.


    (7 comments, 3197 words in story) Full Story

    Benchmarks and Targets


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Sat Jun 15, 2013 at 10:04:14 PM EST
    Tags: 2013-HB-4714, House Roll Call 241 (2013), 2013-HB-4111, House Roll Call 11 (2013), 2011 Senate Bill 693, Senate Roll Call 663 (2012), integrity argument, patronage system, equality of merit, cleaning out closets, causa provocare, Michigan Banana Republican Party, NFIB v Sebelius, U. S. Constitution Amendment X, State Sovereignty, constitutionally-restrained government, Supremacy Clause abuse, illusion of state control, bogus opt-out clause, "bait-and-switch" federal pitch, nullification vs. enabling, legislative malfeasance, liberty-minded network, acta non verba, empowered grassroots operation, sending a message, naming names and identifying targets, heavy-handed bifarceisanship, politician paper training, Rick Snyder, GoverNerd, #OneRoughTurd, Nerd King, Slick Rick, lower house losers, selective focus, 30th Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, "Mastermind" vs. "Oracle", corinthian scales vs. absolute standard, Reagan's Eleventh Commandment, creeping progressivism (all tags)

    As House Bill 4714 (2013) was rapidly transitioning from "read a second time" to "substitute H-3 adopted and amended" to "placed on third reading" to "read a third time" to "placed on immediate passage" to "passed; given immediate effect" . . . yes, transitioning just that quickly (the proof starts on page 24 of House Journal # 59) . . . I was in conversation with, among others, Dara Bailey (Vice President & National Vetting Director of iCaucus National).  She offered to commit national resources to help the liberty-minded network in Michigan do what needs to be done to visit political punishment on every single legislative turncoat next summer.  All that we need to do as a statewide movement is to use Joanie's screencap of 2013 House Roll Call # 241 as a motivator to set aside our nationally infamous internecine squabbling, and work as a cohesive machine toward a larger goal.


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