Reform Over Our Dead Bodies

Despite overwhelming polling showing that Americans do not want health care "reform" as delivered in the current bill being debated in Washington, it appears that President Obama and Democrat Congressional leaders are determined to cram it down our throats.

Frankly, Obama and company have taken their statist, paternalistic views on government to their logical extreme. They "know" better than we do what is "good" for us, and, by God, they are going to give it to us whether we want it or not. I only hope that Republicans, Conservatives, and Independents pay attention to what is going on and call these arrogant "aristocrats" to task in November.

This is a very real problem that transcends the health care reform bill. Its an issue regarding the consent of the governed. There was a recent poll which indicated that less than 30% of Americans believe that our current government has the consent of the people. Meanwhile, the same poll found that approximately two-thirds of the members of Congress believe that it does have the people's consent. There is an obvious disconnect between our views and the views of those in power (plus, what does this say about the one-third in Congress who believe that the government they are part of does not have the consent of the governed; as one pundit put it "they apparently are not bothered by being tyrants").  Here's a video which discusses the poll and the book by Scott Rasmussen about the consent of the governed.

Seriously, we the people have the ultimate power; the power of the ballot box. The question is whether or not we will exercise it. If we don't do it soon, it may never happen. The changes being sought by Pres. Obama and the Democrats in Congress are intended to dramatically (and possibly, irrevocably) increase the power of government over our lives. The Tea Party movement appears to be a reaction to this arrogant power grab by the statists in Washington (as well as those in Albany, Sacramento and some other state capitols).

Are enough people involved? Can the movement be maintained?  Let's pray that the answer is yes.

UPDATE: Sen. Brown gets it. See and hear his address on health care "reform". Here's an excerpt:

“Maybe you remember what President Obama promised in his State of the Union address. He said he was going to finally focus on jobs and the economy for the remainder of this year. I applauded him for that. Well, here it is, it’s almost spring. And what is he out there talking about again? That same 2,700-page, multi-trillion dollar health care legislation.

So, an entire year has gone to waste. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, and many more jobs are in danger. Even now, the President still hasn't gotten the message.

Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst – the presumption that they know best, and they’re going to get their way whether the American people like it or not.

And, when politicians start thinking like that, they don’t let anything get in their way – not public opinion, not the rules of fair play, not even their own promises. "

Look at the whole address, its pretty much on point.