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“May I suggest a good book today – and a GREAT Obamacare healthcare insurance plan??”

When I heard of the news that the American Library Association had pledged to support Obamacare registration efforts in public libraries, it occurred to me that this trade group, in collusion with the Obama Administration, had unilaterally decided to dragoon local government employees into a politicized Federal Government (and without paying for such time and effort, too).  A tad incensed that my local library was going to expend time and efforts (and therefore, MONEY)  into something no one had approved of during the Budget Season in my wee hamlet, I asked my three Town Selectmen (who run the town – there is no mayor.  They would be City Councilors if in larger cities):

…I am rather skeptical that the Town of Gilford has allocated any funds for a line item such as “Librarian Obamacare Outreach” or I’m not thinking that any funds alloted for professional development would cover training in the 2,700 pages of the Obamacare bill nor the 20,000 pages (+) of resulting regulations in order to be such a resource to the general public:

…Libraries equipped with public computers and Internet access already serve as a bridge across the digital divide, so it made sense to get them involved, said Julie Bataille, spokeswoman for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Is it the case that Gilford Library staff will have their time taken up with this activity?

And of the three, I did get responses:

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You know, the one where the targeting ‘of only a few” TEA Party groups by ‘ couple of rogue agents’ quickly became more than a handful of offices and included some of the real higher ups who thought they were safely ensconced deep within the D.C. HQ.  Turned out to be almost 300 TEA Party groups were harassed by our Civil Masters civil servant for simply requesting 501(C3) tax status but being of the “wrong” political persuasion (the absolute NERVE of those TEA Partiers, telling us who derive our salaries from their tax monies that they want a smaller and less intrusive government, one that obeys the Constitution and costs them less!).

Incompetent and too big was the plea by the Obama apologists…

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A loyal reader sent me this tip and asked if I could post it – we have another “Anybody recognize this guy?“?  If you know, let us know in the comments or email me Skip@GraniteGrok.com

I think most people who would venture here know about the Robin Hood operation out in Keene – the folks that have been staying a couple of steps ahead of the parking / meter maids and saving the car owners from tickets from overstaying their parking.  Heck, it not only went viral, it hit the major news networks!  I’ve heard of people doing this from time to time – mostly during prime shopping seasons and the shopkeeps and Chamber of Commerce folks have had “drop a dime” campaigns in the meters so as to draw in more shoppers to keep their tills tinkling.

Sidenote: with the newer centralized kiosks that spit out paper stubs to put under your windshield, this kind of “showing kindness to strangers” may get much harder.

However, not everyone is thrilled to their core about this (probably due to the way that the attendants have been swarmed by the “Merry Banders” with cameras.  I “get” the political street theater stuff and yes, sometimes it can be overdone.  But this “Angry Man” (not to be confused with Islamic Rage Boy……maybe) had NO reason to be angry.  First off, Derrick is just standing there with his camera focused on a car and a card that had been left behind when Angry Man drives up (starting at 2:07) and for no reason, unloads on Derrick and then steals his camera (is this typical behavior of Democrats, Annie, the taking of other peoples’ property by simply grabbing it?).

The worst? I think this guy has to reside on the Left side of the aisle- I really can’t believe that “Angry Man” actually said

“You have to respect other peoples’ Rights in this town.  Because we have to lose some of our Rights for you to GAIN your rights. You’re being rude!”

Spoken like a true “life is absolutely a zero-sum game” Statist.

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From President Calvin Coolidge’s July 4th speech of 1926 – on the Progressive movement then gaining momentum (emphasis mine):

About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning cannot be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.

“No progress“…”more ancient“.  “Silent Cal” was right – every move that Progressives make politically is to remove inalienable rights.  We see that We The People, more and more, believe that our Government (having been pulled downward by Progressives) has less and less of the sense of being led by our Consent.

And with this President, we see the demolishing  and disdain of the Founders insistence upon The Rule of Law (and thereby, no “ rule of the people“.

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As I reported yesterday:   “May I suggest a good book today – and a GREAT Obamacare healthcare insurance plan??”

Remember when the Patriot Act first came out and the hysteria that ensued from the Nation’s Librarians when they found out that the Feds could come in and demand what books had been taken out by their patrons?  My GOSH, you’d think that the antagonists from Red Dawn movie had come in with guns blazing:  ” SHHHHHH, be quiet!  And we’re gonna burn all the registration cards!  NO – I will NOT turn over my card catalog!  But for Obamacare??

Well as a former budget committee member in town, I know that lots of time is spent in crafting a budget and lots of time is spent examining each line item.  Why?  While monies can be moved around from line item to line item in a NH municipal budget, monies canNOT be expended for a purpose not covered by a line item.  So, if there is no “Obamacare outreach” or some such thing similar, those monies cannot be expended.  So what, you ask?  Like I believed yesterday, local property taxes would have to be used for local public libraries to support the socialized healthcare known as Obamacare.  And no, there is no “free money from the Feds to offset time taken away from their real duties (emphasis mine):

As if the corruption of the library’s time-honored purpose is not enough, the institution won’t even receive a reward for its self-betrayal. Susan Hildreth, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services [a Federal entity -Skip], has stated that “there are no federal funds to support this program.” As libraries already face devastating budget cuts and declines in funding, the initiative to serve as Obamacare’s cheerleader in communities could spell disaster. In addition to spending money to train librarians in their new capacity as healthcare experts, the alliance could alienate patrons who disapprove of the healthcare legislation and cause them to reconsider much-needed donations to their local library as it converts into something like “Obamacare Enrollment Station #1234.”

Finally, we start to see a bankrupt nation running out of money “for all” things. Here in NH, we hear a lot of complaining and wailing about “downshifting of costs” from one level of government down to lower levels – isn’t this the same thing only from a higher level? So if you DO ask your local authorities if your library is going to be a shill salesdudes information providers for Obamacare  and they say “don’t worry, we’ll get reimbursed”?  Let that gleam begin to shine in your eye and ask “Really?”

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