Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Don't Tread On Me"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."~ Ronald Reagan
The past couple of weeks on Capitol Hill have been interesting to say the least. But there seems to be one voice of reason in the wilderness every time. Last week it was on spending and this week it is on something so fundamental that one would be an idiot not agree with our Senator Tom Coburn. H.R 327 or the Joshua Omvig Veterans' Suicide Prevention Act has been the center of a certain amount of scrutiny by Senator Coburn ( A Doctor might I add) because he says "it preconditions health care for veterans on mental health screening."
At first glance one would vote for this bill because it is sort of a feel good measure to help our veterans. With this bill even with the COMMON COLD a veteran would have to undergo comprehensive mental screening. I have heard that word comprehensive before and I didn't like it then and now it seems to be getting worse with the bills it is associated with.
The Citizens Committee for the Right To Keep and Bear Arms have criticized Democrats for trying to push a back door scheme and do what Democrats do best TRY AND TAKE YOUR GUN!
It is time that we stop with the feel good measures in Washington and start finding real solutions to our ever increasing problems. Senator Coburn seems to think around those terms I guess thats why the Democrats hate him so much. If you tried to impose spending limits on a group of people who don't know how not to spend, they would criticize you too. They would probably even call you a racist because being fiscally sound is racism, right?
Labels: Sen. Tom Coburn Posted at 9/19/2007 08:05:00 AM |
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