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Flashback: Obama “Mandate is Not a Tax”, but court upholds it only as a tax

OBAMA:  My critics say everything is a tax increase.  My critics say that I’m taking over every sector of the economy.  You know that. Look, we can have a legitimate debate about whether or not we’re going to have an individual mandate or not, but…

STEPHANOPOULOS:  But you reject that it’s a tax increase?

OBAMA:  I absolutely reject that notion.

Obama: Mandate is Not a Tax – ABC News.

Mayor Double-Standard Promotes Hands-Off Approach to Gender Dysmorphia, But Molestation on Food

Gay pride wasnt the only thing on parade in New York City yesterday–so were the Mayors double standards. Throughout his three terms, Michael Bloomberg has made quite a hobby out of policing peoples meals. From trans fats to Big Gulps, the Mayor has insisted that the citys interest in “public health” excuses his overreach on things like dietary choices. So it was more than a little ironic Sunday when the man who declared war on 32-ounce sodas told the crowd, “The government should get out of your personal life! New York is a place where you can do whatever you want to do.”

First of all, refusing to redefine marriage or refusing to dispense with our First Amendment freedoms to accommodate homosexuals is not government in “your personal life.” A man who outlawed school bake sales should know the difference! Doesnt the Mayors definition of “personal life” include the kitchen and dining room? On one hand, hes happy to legislate peoples food choices, using the dangers of obesity as justification. On the other, he not only promotes–but forces others to embrace–a sexual behavior that carries just as many public health risks. If that isnt hypocrisy, I dont know what is.

via The Last Straw for Mayor Big Gulp.

Secret Services confiscates knives and forks at Obama event

“As you know, we’re having another speaker and there is some Secret Service involved. So there’s a reason why there’s no knives at your table and the forks will be collected. … And I’m not joking,” Regalado told the audience in a ballroom at Disney’s Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World. “So, like the good Hispanic mother I’m here to tell you to please, eat your lunch.”

Secret Services confiscates cutlery at Obama event – POLITICO.com.

Simple textbook lesson in reporting bias from ABC News

Yes. This is how they do it. Every day. Worst part is they don’t respect their audience enough be subtle about their rabid activism. That or perhaps ABC News believes Zimmerman to have X-ray vision like Superman.

Zimmerman said he was driving to buy groceries when he spotted the unarmed teen walking near a house that he knew Martin did not live in and called police to report a suspicious person.

[emphasis (on journalistic crime) mine]

George Zimmermans Reenactment of Trayvon Martin Shooting – ABC News.