CBO Warns Obama's Plan will increase costs not reduce them

I wasn’t going to discuss Health Care today but in watching the House Energy & Commerce committee and heard that the 75 page amendment that is being discussed is also being discussed by the Ways & Means and the Judiciary committees at the same time. Many of the provisions in the amendment not specifically funded while other elements are funded only for 2010 with a blank check for 2011 and so forth. The amendment being discussed as well has not been scored by the CBO.

CBO director Douglas Elmendorf said before the Senate Budget Committee that “sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount” in regards to reducing public spending on health care. CBO director Elmendorf went on to say that the bills floating through Congress “significantly expands the federal responsibility for health-care costs.” President Obama and Democrats are trying shove Health Care reform upon Congress as a means to reign in Medicaid and Medicare costs but Elmendorf retorts, “the cure is being raised” by the legislation being pushed in both houses of Congress.

The concerns by Elmendorf are echoed by Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), as reported in the Washington post today, chair of the House Blue Dog Coalition’s health care task force, “There’s no way they can pass this bill on the House floor. Not even close.” Why, again I ask, is the President trying ram through health care reform and not allow Congress to read all the legislation prior to voting on it. An amendment by Rep. Sullivan is being discussed by the House Energy & Commerce committee even though it has not been fully read by all members of committee; which is the second amendment discussed this morning not been read prior. WHAT!!!!!

We all saw and heard the haste given to passing the Stimulus Bill earlier in the year when not one member of Congress read the bill prior to passage. The issue of Health Care is a large complex issue and the President wants to ram it through. Once again I ask why? What is he afraid of? Is he afraid the CBO numbers will just get worse or is he hoping for swift passage so the CBO cannot properly score the reform?

With that said, I’d like to update my readers on the topic of Maj. Cook and his lawsuit. Judge Clay Land dismissed the case after defense argued that Maj. Cook’s suit is “moot” because orders of deployment were previously revoked. While the logic applied by Judge Land is sound, it does not put to rest the central issue of the lawsuit; Obama’s eligibility to become President of the United States. A point was raised after I posted the discussion on the lawsuit as to how the Army acted so quickly to revoke deployment, I pose this question: What hand did the White House have to play in the quick revoking of deployment of Maj. Cook?

Army revoked deployment orders over the legitmacy of Obama as President.

During the Presidential race some noise was made about the naturalization of both McCain and Obama. While McCain produced the proper paperwork to prove his naturalization, Obama only produced a “certificate of live birth” short form that only one can get; citizen or not. Chelsea Schilling and Joe Kovacs report, Bombshell: Orders revoked for a soldier challenging prez, on the Worldnetdaily website that “A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.”

In Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution it states, “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.” Prior to the revoking of U.S. Army Reserve Major Frederick Cook’s deployment several attempts have been made and thrown out of court to challenge the validity of the election results on the basis that Obama is not a natural-born citizen. According to the article no explanation or reason was given for the order being revoked.

Major Cook is arguing that “without a legitimate president as commander-in-chief, members of the U.S. military in overseas actions could be determined to be “war criminals and subject to prosecution.” A hearing to discuss the case will take place this Thursday in federal court. Why is this not getting more play in the Obama media?

In the past many of the attempts to obtain Obama’s birth certificate in long form, which is a requirement of those running for office to disclose, have been rebuffed , the fact that the Army revoked the order to send Major Cook to Afghanistan is a small victory while putting an end to the question of Obama’s birth. Many in the mass media have denoted this as a footnote in history and hysteria of the extreme right wing.

If that were the case, why than did the Army revoke the deployment order when challenged on the basis of the legitimacy of Obama to act as commander-in-chief? To put this issue to rest all Obama needs to do is produce the long form of the birth certificate otherwise we could see more servicemen or women requesting their orders revoked on the basis of their legitimacy.

Here is the link to the article that the Drudge Report posted on their site. It is time that Americans know the truth about their President. Is he a natural-born citizen?

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104009