American Politics during the Obama Presidency

[Jackson]

A concerned citizen named Heather Higgins started a twitter account named @mycancellation for people to post copies of their health insurance cancellation letters.

Within a short time she had more than 1,000 followers.

However, apparently some liberals took notice and enlisted thousands of their like-minded cohorts in a campaign to bombard Twitter with false reports claiming that they were being spammed by @mycancellation.

In response, Twitter quickly suspended the @mycancellation account.

It ceases to impress me how liberals are the first to scream "Freedom of Speech" unless you're saying something to which they do not agree, i.e. Ann Coulter, Raymond Kelly and David Petraeus all recently being shouted down while making public speeches.

Saul Alinsky would be proud.

Jax

Twitter administrators are facing fire for freezing the account Mycancellation.com, which allowed Americans negatively affected by Obamacare’s rollout to post their stories.

More than 3.5 million people across the nation reportedly have seen their health insurers drop their plans. The Twitter account gave them an outlet to display photographs of their cancellation letters or their notices of rate increases, the Daily Mail reported.

But in a single week’s time, the account was frozen three times — the latest of which occurred Tuesday, absent any email notification, one site creator said, The Daily Mail reported.

Heather Higgins, the president of the Independent Women’s Forum — the group that led the social media campaign — said politics are likely at play.

“Since we haven’t abused any of Twitter’s (seemingly quite subjective) standards, either someone at Twitter objects to the real cost of these ‘liked insurance I wanted to keep’ cancellations being given a human face, or there is an organized campaign by Obamacare-reality-deniers to spam Twitter with false claims of abuse,” Ms. Higgins wrote at Ricochet.com.

Posters on Mycancellation.com have shown letters from 80-plus insurance companies, and most claim the cancellations or rate increases are due to Obamacare, the Daily Mail reported. One poster showed a letter that indicated a rate increase of 299 percent; another, of 315 percent.

[Jackson]

...And they will pay a lower tax rate on this income than many middle class workers.

Esten, I know you don't have a clue about how business actually functions, but buying an asset is not "income".

Republicans told us over and over these tax breaks will lead to job creation by these wealthy "job creators".

What "tax breaks" are you talking about, and when did these Republicans allegedly make these claims?

Oh wait, I get it. You're talking about asset appreciation (aka "Capital Gains") being taxed at a different rate than income. I don't know how many decades ago that was first enacted, but you can't possibly be referring now to any statements made so long ago.

Imagine how many jobs could be created with $1.3 BILLION. I'm sure there will be an announcement soon.

I'm sure the government could piss that money away on "make work" government jobs in no time.

Esten, this is like shooting fish in a barrel. Please try to up your game. There are very few LIVs (Low Information Voters) on this website, and they're all liberals.

Jax.

[Esten]

The guys are going to start creating jobs soon.

Remember those ones that are getting big tax breaks to create jobs.

Maybe the Wall Street guys who made over a billion in free money on Twitter last week will create some jobs. Twitter priced 70 million shares at $26. The stock traded 145 million shares last week in the mid 40's, an automatic 70% gain for shareholders. Most of whom are wealthy investors and hedge funds who had access to the IPO. $1.3 BILLION in instant wealth creation for the wealthy. And they will pay a lower tax rate on this income than many middle class workers. Republicans told us over and over these tax breaks will lead to job creation by these wealthy "job creators". Imagine how many jobs could be created with $1.3 BILLION. I'm sure there will be an announcement soon.

[Daddy Rulz]

I'm doing fine, we're in Indonesia so not a problem for us. The main storm missed Cebu City, I talked with my GF in Cebu and with Stowe (who rode out the storm) and they said we have no damage at the condo. We were very lucky had I been in Cebu before the storm I would have left, I avoid trouble whenever I can. Thanks for asking.

BTW you ready to go back and talk about Obamacare...LOL.

Gald everybody is ok. I didn't know that perv Stowe was over there.

Obamacare isn't part of my world, I'm a lifetime VA guy. (I made it with 18 days to spare when I enlisted).

[WorldTravel69]

I was there a few years ago, me and my buddies had to get out of Mindoro.

A Typhoon was kicking the water up, big time.

Now its 175 miles to 180 mph wind, does not happen Very Often.

Must be Climate Change!!

http://news.yahoo.com/strongest-typh...1SaQQAf8bQtDMD

Do you believe in the Tea Party? Or the Right Wing Republicans? They Think There is No Climate Change. Dumb! What Test Tube are they in?

P.S. What Health Care Do You have, Punter?
My Health Care Will Cover Me, does Yours?

I'm doing fine, we're in Indonesia so not a problem for us. The main storm missed Cebu City, I talked with my GF in Cebu and with Stowe (who rode out the storm) and they said we have no damage at the condo. We were very lucky had I been in Cebu before the storm I would have left, I avoid trouble whenever I can. Thanks for asking.

BTW you ready to go back and talk about Obamacare...LOL.

[Punter 127]

I don't follow the thread or I would have been more specific. No blood no foul.

You doing ok? I'm seeing news about the typhoon.

I'm doing fine, we're in Indonesia so not a problem for us. The main storm missed Cebu City, I talked with my GF in Cebu and with Stowe (who rode out the storm) and they said we have no damage at the condo. We were very lucky had I been in Cebu before the storm I would have left, I avoid trouble whenever I can. Thanks for asking.

BTW you ready to go back and talk about Obamacare...LOL.

[Daddy Rulz]

Ok Daddy maybe I'm the one reading between the lines now, but the relentless efforts by Democrats to shift their racist past to the Republicans, buy saying: "the parties switched sides", is the reason I responded the way I did. I'm just tired of being labeled a racist buy members of a racist party. Sorry if I misinterpreted you.

I don't follow the thread or I would have been more specific. No blood no foul.

You doing ok? I'm seeing news about the typhoon.

[WorldTravel69]

Maybe he should be more left, the stock market went UP, UP, UP.

All time HIGH!!

Well maybe if you got the federal alphabet soup of agencies off everyone's back that might happen. As long as Obama keeps pushing the country left there is no incentive for business to expand.

I guarantee you paying people NOT TO WORK is not the answer.

[Punter 127]

Honestly no, I only meant that remark in terms of progressive / conservative not specific platform issues or any idea of transferred racism. You know me hoss, I think they all fucking suck. I wasn't meaning to draw this into a debate, I really couldn't possibly care less. At the start I was just asking a question about that guy because I was curious. Apologies for any ruffled feathers bubba.

Ok Daddy maybe I'm the one reading between the lines now, but the relentless efforts by Democrats to shift their racist past to the Republicans, buy saying: "the parties switched sides", is the reason I responded the way I did. I'm just tired of being labeled a racist buy members of a racist party. Sorry if I misinterpreted you.

[Rev BS]

Honestly no, I only meant that remark in terms of progressive / conservative not specific platform issues or any idea of transferred racism. You know me hoss, I think they all fucking suck. I wasn't meaning to draw this into a debate, I really couldn't possibly care less. At the start I was just asking a question about that guy because I was curious. Apologies for any ruffled feathers bubba.

You better know your stuff, and make sure you comb your hair.(smile)

[Daddy Rulz]

There has been no switch of racism from one party to the other, that just BS!

Daddy do you want me to go on, do you really want to have this discussion?

Honestly no, I only meant that remark in terms of progressive / conservative not specific platform issues or any idea of transferred racism. You know me hoss, I think they all fucking suck. I wasn't meaning to draw this into a debate, I really couldn't possibly care less. At the start I was just asking a question about that guy because I was curious. Apologies for any ruffled feathers bubba.

[Jackson]

CNN's Benghazi report was wrong in part.

The solider that said he climbed the wall, killed a terrorist, etc. Lied. He was his beach house and could not get into city.

I bet it was part of the Republican's "War on Women"!

[WorldTravel69]

CNN's Benghazi report was wrong in part.

The solider that said he climbed the wall, killed a terrorist, etc. Lied. He was his beach house and could not get into city.

[Punter 127]

I wasn't trying to read between the lines Hoss, I was just asking a question. I must have misunderstood you. I thought you were putting this guy forward as somebody you liked yourself.

I do like the guy, I like the fact that he's from outside the main stream. I don't agree with everything he says and I don't know that I would vote for him.

Yeah I know that 200 years ago essentially the Democrats were the Republicans and vise versa.

Did they teach you that in government school?

Look I'm not affiliated with either party, I think they both suck, and I certainly don't like defending the Republican party, but the "Democratic Party, which was formally organized in 1831, became the pro-slavery party.

Would you have us believe that at some point all racist Democrats suddenly rushed into the Republican Party?

After all the Democratic Party was behind slavery, the KKK, and Jim Crow laws. It was also the party of George Wallace, Bull Connor, and how about Sen Robert Byrd, a former recruiter for the KKK. It has ALWAYS been a racist party. What did the Republican party ever do that can compare to that? You can run but you can't hide from history.

The Democratic Party is the party of the four S’s: slavery, secession, segregation and now socialism. Democrats have been running black communities for the past 50+ years, and the socialist policies of the Democrats have turned those communities into economic and social wastelands.

Democrats first used brutality and discriminatory laws to stop blacks from voting for Republicans. Democrats now use deception and government handouts to keep blacks from voting for Republicans. In his book, “Dreams From My Father,” President Barack Obama described what he and other Democrats do to poor blacks as “plantation politics.”

There has been no switch of racism from one party to the other, that just BS!

Daddy do you want me to go on, do you really want to have this discussion?

[Daddy Rulz]

I wasn't trying to read between the lines Hoss, I was just asking a question. I must have misunderstood you. I thought you were putting this guy forward as somebody you liked yourself. Yeah I know that 200 years ago essentially the Democrats were the Republicans and vise versa.

Stop trying to read between the lines, and ignoring question marks.

I wasn't trying to make a point per se, I was pointing out his stance on some issues and asking if he could win and who would support him. I was also exposing the fact that there is a movement to draft him as the Republican nominee. The Republicans would have no choice but to let him run if he wins the nomination.

I didn't say anything about anybody keeping him from running, nor did I say I supported him or agreed with him, Bubba!

Furthermore not all conservatives are Republicans, as matter of fact I believe there was once a creature called a conservative Democrat. (perhaps extinct now?) But if there are any conservatives left in the democrat party would racism stop them from supporting Dr. Carson? I assume you do know of the racist roots of the Democrat Party?