Lee Terry did a good job today!

I do not want our Government running health care in my country. There are so many things that we can do to reduce costs and drive insurance companies to provide competitive healthcare costs.

In case you haven’t been paying attention unemployment is up to 10.2% and our current administration wants to pretend that they have saved jobs when millions of people have lost jobs. What do you think a government run healthcare program is going to do to further hurt this economy?

Government doesn’t care about your health.. our government wants to control you and your money. That is all that they care about.

I too think it was WRONG that Democrats would not allow Republicans to work on a health care bill that makes sense. Why is that? What are they afraid of?

I do not want a single payer system in this country. I do not want government ran health care. I don’t mind the government attempting to fix what currently doesn’t work but if it means running our lives and providing abortion on demand and raising taxes – I DON’T WANT IT.

Statement of Hon. Lee Terry (NE-02) on H.R. 3962,
The Affordable Health Care for America Act
November 7, 2009

Madame Speaker, we all agree that rising health insurance premiums are placing a heavy burden on many American families. Improving access to affordable health care and reducing its cost is important. But this plan to turn America’s health care over to a massive and costly government bureaucracy is just flat wrong.

It is also outrageous that no Republicans were allowed to participate in the writing of this bill, creating a liberal echo chamber bent on expanding government, raising taxes, and killing jobs.

The President and the Majority in this House have said that you can ‘keep what you have, if you like it.’ But in reality this is a simple government takeover of health care and ‘keeping what you have’ will cost Americans more for health care. I have concluded that this legislation is the pathway to a single payer, national government run health plan.

I’ve spoken with businesses in my own district who say that providing health insurance comprises 15 to 20 percent of their costs – so an 8 percent payroll tax is something they will gladly accept. They will then eliminate their current employee health plans and push employees onto the new government health exchange to bear the cost of purchasing their own health care.

Seniors will lose the most as Medicare suffers draconian cuts that are Orwellianly called “savings.” The popular Medicare Advantage program is also cut as the bill lowers payments to traditional Medicare levels, thus reducing health care benefits to seniors, and even gives federal bureaucrats the power to eliminate the program by rejecting plan bids to provide Medicare Advantage coverage.

This bill also creates a huge unfunded mandate on the states by raising the level of Medicaid coverage to individuals up to 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level ($33,075 for a family of four). Nebraska taxpayers will be asked to pay for this expanded health care for years to come.

Madame Speaker, I am deeply concerned by the bill’s $1.3 trillion cost, cuts to important services in the name of ’savings’ and the intrusion of government into the health care system. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote “no” on this disastrous piece of legislation.

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)

Yes, Fort Hood Killeen is my home town. It’s where I grew up. It’s where my father and our family were stationed for many years. It was home of the 2nd Armored Division as well as other military divisions. I’m constantly educating people when I tell them about where I am from. It’s the largest military establishment in the free world, that we know of. It’s the heart and soul of Killeen, Texas. Fort Hood, the place where I met my best friend. We lived on base housing from the ages of 12 all the way until we graduated high school. Middle School and High School years were spent there. My family is retired there. My friends live there. Acquaintances have been stationed there. My Facebook page is filled with friends of friends, classmates, and all sorts of people who consider Fort Hood, Killeen to be their home town too.

If you’re reading this post and you live in Fort Hood, Killeen, and Temple areas.. please get in your car and drive to Scott And White Hospital and donate your blood. They are in need of blood donations! As of last night 10 wounded were being housed at that hospital. Go donate your blood!

The gunman was a soldier, and two other soldiers have been detained as suspects, Lieutenant General Bob Cone said.

The slain gunman was identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, according to a law enforcement source. The source believes he is 39 or 40 years old.

Ten of the other dead also were soldiers, while the remaining one was a civilian police officer who was working as a contractor on the base, Cone said.

Thanks Jeanne-Marie for posting that on my Facebook page yesterday. My eyes were glued to Fox News. They weren’t releasing any names without first getting confirmation from the Pentagon that this indeed was the shooter of this horrific crime. It was reported that the shooter was dead. Imagine my shock when I found out later on that night that the shooter was ALIVE. How is that possible? How were those facts missed? Nobody in the news media had been reporting the shooter as having been ALIVE. What in the heck was going on down there? The facts are slowing coming out and people are being interviewed and the investigation continues.

Major Hasan was a “shrink” at Darnell Army Hospital. He was (at this time) the only shooter. He went to the Soldiers readiness building (which used to be called the sports dome) with two hand guns (one was automatic or semi automatic) He began shooting into a crowd of soldiers that were getting their blood work and paperwork ready for them to deploy to Afghanistan in Jan. He (Hasan) was shot several times by “police” (civilian security) A female officer took him down. She herself was shot several times by him. Both of them survived and are in stable condition. (yes the shooter lived, he was reported killed) This was as of 9pm in a press conference by Lt Gen Cone of Fort Hood. Killeen Police were waiting for a warrant to be issued last night to search his apartment in Killeen. I’ll keep you informed as we know.

Thank you Kris for sharing that on my Facebook page. At the time I was unable to log on so your update came straight to my phone. It’s nice to be able to go mobile with Facebook because sometimes texting and receiving texts is our only access to what is going on when we can’t be tuned in to local and national news. I am still dumbfounded that this guy is alive. I feel horrible for my friends and family that are affected by this massacre. I do not have a problem using that word because that is what it was… a massacre.

It’s a whole new ballgame people! Maj Malik Nidal Hasan (the Fort Hood shooter) is NOT dead after all. He is wounded and alive.

That was one of my Facebook updates. I had chills shoot right through my body as I was listening to these developments on the news. The first place I had heard of it was actually on Twitter. Then the comments continued after my update through to this morning.

Looks like I was not the only one that was shocked about this new developments surrounding Malik Nadal Hasan. Who puts on the Uniform of our brave men and women and then turns around and shoots as many as they can with two semi automatic weapons in the name of “allah” ?? This evil human being is a radical Muslim who needs to be treated like a terrorist. He shot, killed and wounded many!! Anyone (uniform or not) that would take a semi automatic weapon and start shooting PEOPLE in the name of “allah” is not only RADICAL but PURE EVIL.

Terrorism is defined by the US Department of Defense as “the unlawful use of — or threatened use of — force or violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives.”

Go look it up and read for yourself!

It really irritates me when people that think and believe a certain way will speak before they stop to consider the facts surrounding a situation. The facts stand alone. If you don’t have the facts then shut your mouth. Yes, I’m a little ticked off when people want to act like this domestic terrorist didn’t have a religion or post signs to allah on the door of his apartment. Um, there is an entire history of events that are currently being investigated and revealed. This horrific massacre didn’t just happen without these facts leading up to the slaughter. The guy was a Radical Muslim in our armed forces. It’s interesting what people will do and say to stretch the story because heaven forbid you call somebody out as to what they really are. So don’t sit there and tell me that this man’s religion has not even been reported on. It’s clear that YOU are not PAYING attention! Do not let your personal religious thoughts, beliefs, spirituality OR lack thereof keep you from digesting the facts surrounding this information. Get over yourself! Keep your uneducated comments to yourself. Don’t speak on things you know nothing about. Don’t you dare tell me about my home town in my country. Keep your mouth shut!

Unfortunately there is a political side to this situation. Not because of the tragedy itself but because naive people, again do not want to see the facts as they are and as they unfold. I’m getting a bit exhausted hearing from people that #1) Do not believe in God (God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Son Jesus Christ) you know… the one true Lord of Lords and King of Kings. #2) Christians that call themselves “liberal” but do not really understand what it means to be a true liberal and what that says about their faith. #3) People that live in countries where socialism is alive, thriving, and working towards the demise of their own people… and have an opinion about how they think it should be in My country and in My home town. Shut your mouth. You don’t know what you are talking about. #4) People that want to tip toe and pretend that there is no room in our military OR our nation for Radical Muslim anything. It is Not a religion of peace that they want you to believe it is because they will do and say anything in the name of “allah” a false god, a false idol, and a FALSE religion. #5) People and news organizations that are IN THE TANK for BARACK OBAMA. Yes people! This has turned political. Everything that happens in this country is political because we have a President that has NO TACT and NO CLASS as to how he should even comment on these horrific events.

All the Obama lovers are scrambling to say that this YouTube clip has been manipulated. That it’s not real. That Barack Obama didn’t say what he said in the order in which he said it. The video has not been manipulated in any way, shape OR form. The fact of the matter is that Barack Obama should have addressed the people that he was speaking to in a manner that fits the situation. He should have walked up to the podium and addressed the FORT HOOD MASSACRE FIRST. You don’t give a “shout out” to your homie WHOEVER they are and go on and on BEFORE first addressing this horrible situation. It is a crisis in MY country and MY President didn’t have the skill, or the tactfulness to set his speech aside along with his “shout out” to address the most important topic at hand. I am sick and tired of people telling me that the videos I am sharing have been manipulated. Really? Which part? I think I can tell a bogus OR fake video from the real deal. I am so sick of people like you, yes people like you who are in the tank for Obama and your unwillingness to call a spade a spade if it’s really a spade.

One of my closest friends had this to say about it…

Not surprised he is unaware of the importance of addressing the Fort Hood incident first. Making the shout outs his first priority at the conference while people are dying and suffering at Fort Hood is insensitive. His behavior convinces me that he clearly does not care! Spends too much time pushing for abortion on demand. Does not want the advise of military strategic experts and does not put the lives of our soldiers first. He needs time to think it over. Go into battle and ask your enemy to give you time to think over your next strategy! So Disappointed.

I couldn’t agree more with what my friend shared with me on my facebook page… thanks Veronica!

Yesterday when all this was unfolding I just knew that some MORON sooner or later was either going to blame George Bush for this senseless act of terrorism on our soil OR blame Republicans. I wasn’t too far off in my thought process…. check THIS out:

Thank goodness for the BLOCK system on Twitter. Seriously… I do NOT need to put up with these sorts of comments. People speaking about things they know absolutely NOTHING about. It’s irritating.

Ok… so I need to take a breath and go work on cleaning my house and finishing up some laundry. Before I end this post I want to share with you some links of other bloggers who have posted about this incident. You know… it’s one of those times in history when you want to make sure that your readers are actually reading everything that they can get their hands on. So here is what’s being generated around the blogosphere:

Regarding the Tragic Shooting at Ft. Hood
End Of Day Report 11 05 09
Shooting at Fort Hood – 13 Dead and 31 Wounded – Breaking Hasan Still Alive
Attack At Fort Hood
The DailyKos reaction to the Fort Hood shooting
Fort Hood was a jihadist attack
The Peaceful Religion Strikes Again
Obama yacks for two full minutes before speaking of Ft. Hood tragedy
Attack At Fort Hood
Twenty Seven Reportedly Shot At Ft Hood, Possible Muslim Convert (videos)
NY Times and Family Try Painting Muslim Killer as The Poor Victim
Breaking: Massacre at Fort Hood Military Base; 12 dead, 31 injured
Muslim leader speaks on Fort Hood: Blames attack on “resentment of US Government” and nothing to do with Islam
Army: 12 Die in Dual Shootings at Fort Hood, Texas!
Fort Hood Shooter: “maybe the Muslims could stand up and fight against the aggressor”~Video
The Fort Hood Massacre
The massacre at Fort Hood and Muslim soldiers with attitude
Supporting Soldiers At Fort Hood
Breaking: Massacre at Fort Hood; Update: Feds tracked Hasan’s posts online for six months? Update: Surveillance video added
Why was Hasan still in the Army?

Pray for Fort Hood

Army: Fort Hood Gunman in Custody After 12 Killed, 31 Injured in Rampage

Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood shooting rampage suspect

CNN: NY Muslims Say Islam Calls for Terrorism~Video

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Yeah, cute video alright. Short, Sweet and Straight to the Point. Just what we needed.