Lies

You remember when you were a little kid and you told a little lie?  Because you were a little kid and didn't know better, you didn't really think it through and your little lie just didn't make complete sense to adults.  So what did you do?  You told another little lie to clear up the details that the first little lie left unresolved.  Finally, after some number of repeated little lies, it became obvious that your story just didn't add up and you ran out of ways to cover the last little lie and it all fell apart.  The lesson learned (hopefully), was that you would have been better off to just tell the truth in the first place and face the consequences of the window you broke or the drink you spilled on the sofa, or the pencil marks you made on your mom's bedspread in 1977 ("Those are not pencil marks and I didn't do it"...yes, I said those very words).

Most of us grow out of it.  A few others turn to a life of crime because they simply refuse to stop telling little lies, which turn into big lies, until eventually they forget what is truth and what is fiction.  At this point the lines of morality are blurred beyond comprehension, and consequences begin to add up.  But I digress.

Our president never grew out of it.

What started as a little lie in the Rose Garden about some YouTube video and the uprising that ensued, turned into a full scale cover-up that has denied justice to the four families of the men killed on American soil abroad.  Four men died - Americans - and our president just couldn't bring himself to confess his little lies and tell us the truth.  Anyone who could have saved Ambassador Stevens and the other three men were ordered to stand down...an order to defend them would have uncovered the little lies and exposed the reality of an Al Qaeda attack on the 11 year anniversary of 9/11.  And with an important election looming on the horizon, that was just not an option.  So he simply told more lies.  And the media followed - even going so far as to shape the direction of a presidential debate by falsely substantiating this little lie.  So here we are today - over a year after those tragic deaths - and what do we have?  Nothing.  But hey, "what difference does it make?"

I guess we shouldn't be surprised that a man who would tell a little lie about his citizenship to gain admission into a prestigious college would then tell a little lie to assure that this 'September Surprise' was swept under the rug - at least until after the election.  I suppose it was an added bonus that the media has been successful in keeping those lies, and the consequences that accompany them, comfortably tucked away under the rug for over a year now.

Later this afternoon, our president will address the nation - and he will tell a lie.  He will tell you that he 'incorrectly promised' that you could keep your health insurance plan.  Following that, he will tell you another lie - he will tell you that he is a man of his word and has devised a way for him to honor that 'incorrect promise'.  He will then proceed to tell you how he has suspended the PPACA mandated benefit requirements for insurance plans for a year - and that he is legally able to do just that.  That is a lie.

Article I, Section 1: All Legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States..."

There is no gray area here - this is not up for interpretation and no amendments or subsequent law has changed this most basic of Constitutional truths.  Our president is the Chief Executive of the United States, and with that awesome job comes awesome responsibility...to execute all legislation that has been passed by Congress and adjudicated by the Courts.  When he tells you he can just 'modify' the law a little - that is a lie. When he tells you that he can legally instruct health insurance companies to sell plans that do not meet provisions of the law - that is a lie.  He knows it and the insurance companies know it - which is why they will not sell you a plan that doesn't meet the requirements of the law because doing so will subject them to a liability that they simply do not have to bear.  Besides that, why would an insurance company who cancelled plans, reinstate those plans knowing it will be for only a year?  Why would they go to that hassle and expense...just to break the law?  For you, Mr. President?  A ineffective, lame duck whose legacy mirrors the trainwreck that is the piece of garbage legislation that informally bears your name?  Obamacare is a disaster, and it's your disaster.  It's 2000 pages of lies - the worst kind of lies - deceit.  You could have easily given access to medical care to all Americans - but that's not what you wanted.  You wanted your hand in the multi-billion dollar healthcare industry honey pot and you lied to every one of us to get it.  You lied to every American when you said you wanted to reform healthcare in this country, and this law and all of the consequences - intended and otherwise that accompany it, are on your weak and pathetic shoulders.  If you wanted to reform healthcare, you should have started with healthcare.  People who can't afford to seek medical care don't need insurance any more than someone who cant afford a home needs homeowner's insurance.

Mr. President, you told this lie - you sold this lie - you got elected based on this lie...twice - and you will live with this lie.  The lies of the PPACA are about to crush you and your administration and I've got the popcorn in the microwave and a comfy blanket waiting for me on the couch.  Own it, chump!