Obama's goal for the Afghanistan war: Quick recap of the address

 
As we saw in the President's address last night, Obama will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Here are some key points that he made during his speech.

Three goals for the war:

1. Deny Al Qaeda a safe haven in Afghanistan
2. Reverse the Taliban's Momentum and deny their ability to overthrow the government
3. Strengthen the Afghan security forces so they can take lead responsibility
   

Three Keys to be successful in the war:

1. U.S. Military forces will break Taliban momentum
2. They will work the United Nations on a civilian strategy, for improved security
3. Success in Afghanistan will be directly linked to Pakistan relations

Also note that this needs to happen by 2011.  He also will be removing all troops from Iraq.

Watch President Obama's Speech on the Afghanistan War

Whether you Agree or support him or not.  I think its our duty to listen to what he has to say.

Florida Senator George LeMieux Discusses Drastic Medicare Cuts in the Health Care Bill

Im not sure what to make of this speech. If this is true, you gotta feel for the seniors, but on the other hand in order for this bill to work the cuts have to come from somewhere.

So, do the seniors need to make the sacrifice even though they have paid into taxes all those years or should Congress find other ways to cut the spending?

Remember, if you agree/disagree with this, let your congressman know. Click the links provided on the right hand column to let your voice be heard. It only takes a few minutes.

First Impression of the Health Care Bill.

Let me say one thing first. This bill is actually easy to navigate if you have a little computer knowledge and can search through the document. It’s in pdf format, which makes searching very easy. Click here for instructions.

On the flip side, the bill is not easy to read. It references other bills and subsections of other bills,acts and U.S. code. So deciphering the content is quite difficult.

Let’s move back to the goods. Ok, so this was the first thing that jumped out at me when I started through the table of contents of this bill. Section 103: Rescission Abuse, which I think rescission, means to make something void. So if we add the following exert of section 103, seen below.

Sec. 103. Ending health insurance rescission abuse.
RESCISSION.—A health insurance issuer may rescind individual health insurance coverage only upon clear and convincing evidence of fraud described in subsection (b)(2)

We can come to a conclusion that it may protect the consumer (The American People) from their insurance being dropped. The only way they can drop the consumer is if he/she commits some sort of fraud described in section (b) (2). So here is where things get screwy. Section (b) (2) is this:

Section 2742 of such Act (Section
16 2742 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–42)) Guaranteed renewability of individual health insurance coverage.

This is some type of U.S. code, which is way beyond my understanding of law.

In short it looks as if this section of the Bill is going to protect the American people from being dropped just because they have become a risk for the insurance issuer. More to come, stay tuned!

Read the Healthcare Bill.

My knowledge on this bill is not very extensive, but here it is.

This is the primary purpose of the bill as stated on page 1.
"A BILL
To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans
and reduce the growth in health care spending, and
for other purposes."

What scares me is the last part...."for other purposes."

I will try to go through and highlight some points I think you may be interested in. Stay tuned!

Click below if you would like to read it yourself.
http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_a…