Former US Senator from NH, Gordon Humphrey, has come up SWINGING!
I received a tip about this new site, Hands off Healthcare (together we can make them listen!) where Gordon Humphrey seems to have come out of his semi-retirement. I'm guessing that someone has emphasized that phrase "now is the time for all good men" - it seems he is now standing up. While it may seem to be a bit late, given the Scott Brown election and the talk about Obamacare falling into dust, I'm not sure that the Dems will not try yet another end run - so pay attention folks!
Here is the YouTube in which Senator Humphrey calls the current political scene in DC for what it is: Tyranny by Progressives that refuse to accept that the highest calling of Government is NOT to give things to people:
From the site is this:
Hands Off Healthcare is here, because Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are trying to ram socialized medicine down our throats. They are determined to pass the worst piece of legislation in the last century, a bill so bad that it will inevitably result in the loss of your right to choose your own doctor and the loss of that doctor’s right to practice medicine as he or she thinks best. Reid and Pelosi are determined to force these changes through Congress, even though a majority of citizens are opposed.
What can we call this arrogance? We can call it what it is: Tyranny! This is tyranny, they are tyrants!
Join us in demanding that Reid and Pelosi and those marching with them lock-step get their hands off our healthcare! Find out how you can become involved.
The highest calling of Government IS to protect individual liberty and freedom - and those above all else. Government is not supposed to be a treasury that doles out benefits and charity just on the whims of politicians at the behest of special interests (e.g., corporations, non-profits, or unions).
Helping those who need healthcare is a noble cause - but not at the expense of Government abrogating its duty in abridging those same rights. After all, unlike the socialist Progressives, I do NOT accept the premise that Government is the only entity that can and has to have to provide everything that "is a nice idea".
With the freedoms we have, we also have the individual responsibility to assist others as a voluntary act of charity - and not be forced by Government to act. Progressives, on the other hand, believe that individuals can't be trusted to do the right thing - and thus will ALWAYS be on the hunt to use Government to force you to do such.
Tyranny indeed.
