Transparency in Terms??

Have you ever watched something implode on itself??? I think right now all you have to do to see this is to watch the writhing of the Obama administration as they try to find a way to force "their health care plan" down our throats. From Obama mincing words about the "public option" to Health and Human Services Katherine Sebelius stating that "single payer health care is not in their plans" to White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs putting his own spin on things, it is apparent there is some splintering going on.
I personally think they are running scared. I don't believe they EVER thought they would have this tough a time getting their health care plan through and the publc outpouring against the "public option" is un-nerving to them. But while they are attempting to keep it together, I also am struck with the feeling that the Obama administration is a very smart "bully" in a way.
Let me explain! When you watch Obama, you can easily tell that he thinks he is smarter than everyone else. You can see it in the way he holds himself, his gestures and the way he talks. He is arrogant.....and very clever. He desperately wants to be "the president that finally and successfully brought about health care reform" and he is willing to do whatever he needs to do to capture this title. (This by the way, would be another way for him to "stick it" to his former opponent Hillary Clinton who tried hard to be the one that brought that about.)
When looking at his actions and those of the administration to ram this through, you need to aak yourself if their actions are "transparent" like they say they would be. In reality, the answer is NO. Starting with the "public option", there are problems. Watching Sean Hannity last night, there was a guest who I thought put it perfectly. He said, "The public option is really a 'government option'. By terming as a "public option", it makes the general population feel more comfortable with it. It's amazing what a difference just changing a word can make. So now, the Obama administration has this outpouring of resistance against their plan and it bothers them greatly. They don't like it and with the media's help they try to depict the attendees at the town hall meetings as uninformed, uneducated, thugs, astro-turf, irrelevant etc. While doing this, they float a trial balloon to see if the word "co-op" will have a better effect.
Do you see what's happening here? Look at the fact that there are congressional representatives out there that publicly state they will vote for the health care bill REGARDLESS of what their own constituents want.....people who actually were responsible for putting them in place to represent them to begin with. Couple this with the fact that the Obama administration is bound and determined to get what THEY want and you start to see a bully emerging. Remember, this administration thinks we are stupid and they are not. So, now they think that by changing the term "public option" to "co-op" we will all feel better and will allow them get their way. After all, it's a better sounding term than "public option" right?
What is a co-op??? It's defined as a "jointly owned commercial enterprise that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefits of it's owners". So let's say we have a "co-op". Who are the owners going to be? Not the insurance companies because the idea of the "co-op" is to supposedly provide competition with the insurance companies. Then who are the owners? They are YOU, the American people.....or more specifically, the GOVERNMENT since they will be the ones running it. Remember the definition??? It's run for the benefit of the owners. So in this case, the owners, "the "government", will run it for THEIR benefit which actually makes a co-op a "government sponsored enterprise" better known as a GSE.
Want to know how well a GSE can do??? Just take a look at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.....they are GSE's. They also have gotten BILLIONS of dollars from us, the taxpaying citizens of this country to keep them afloat. Is that how you want your health care to be run as well???? Barney Frank who backs the health care measures being pushed by this administration also was also tied to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac who recieved those billions of dollars noted above. Remember.....he was romantically involved with Herb Moses, a top executive at Fannie Mae. Do you see a connection here? I do and so do millions of other people.
So here's the bottom line. The "co-op" the administration is now floating around out there is the same thing as the "public option" or more accurately the "government option". The name has been changed because they think the American people are too stupid to realize that changing the name WON'T change the program. With this in mind, we need to keep the pressure on at the town hall meetings and with writing to our elected representatives. We need to continue to let them know that we are on to them and that they work for us, not the other way around. We need to continue to show up and vocalize our thoughts and concerns. They may try to paint the town hall meetings as organized by insurance companies and downgrade them, but the fact is that the American people by and large have health insurance, are satisfied with it and are angry, confused and frustrated. Why? Because they don't want Obama or any of his political hacks destroying the best health care system in the world (granted it has it faults as nothing is perfect), so he can claim a political victory and continue to swell his already over-inflated ego about his "accomplishments".
One last thought here......those who like to say that the town halls meetings are organized by insurance companies and the anger and frustration is manufactured, need to take a reality check. So what if they are organized! That' their right and the voices being heard in frustration and anger there are REAL and SINCERE!!! By the way, why doesn't the media point out that almost all of Obama's town hall meetings have BUS LOADS of people that are brought there by the liberal side to cheer him on and make a known presence. (Kool-aid drinkers......every one!) I guess it's permissable for the liberals but not for the conservatives huh??? Transparency??? I don't think so!