Tuesday, February 25, 2014

BloggeRhythms

According to Bloomberg on-line about two minutes ago, oil was selling for $101.60 a barrel. Likely because of concerns about unrest in Venezuela. That amounts to an increase of about eleven dollars a barrel in the past three or four weeks. Gas prices are climbing daily at the pump.
 
I mention this because today, in Chris Stirewalt’s column in Fox News on-line: “President Obama told governors at a White House meeting Monday he expects to decide on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in the next couple of months, two Republican governors told Fox News. The timing of the decision could be crucial for embattled red-state Democrats looking for a way to show that they can get results from a president who constantly touts his ability to circumnavigate Congress.”
 
So, here we have a person watching the nation’s economy stagnate, the job market shrink, social services needs increase to the highest levels in history, yet playing political games with the cost of a key component of business and leisure expense. The blatant misuse of power is beyond belief.
 
At the same time, Stirewalt also reports that, “Republicans renewed their fight against ObamaCare on Monday in response to a new report in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concludes that 11 million small business employees will see their premiums rise under the law. 
 
The report… says the higher rates are partly due to the health law’s requirement that premiums can no longer be based on a person’s age. That has sent premiums higher for younger workers, and lower for older ones. The report found that 65 percent of small businesses would see a spike in insurance premiums and about 35 percent of small businesses would see lower rates for plans covering six million people, The Wall Street Journal reported.”
 
Nonetheless, there are indications that many of even the most ardent supporters on the left are reaching the realization of just how disastrous the health care tax is. To the extent that growing numbers of blind followers, ordinarily supportive of any and all things this administration does, are now backing away from the issue, as follows.
 
According to thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch, via Drudge, “The Obama administration is short of star power as it begins its last public relations blitz for ObamaCare.
 
President Obama’s celebrity supporters are not in the forefront as they were during the star-studded campaign-style videos that hogged the airwaves in 2008.”
 
The short article contains some interesting information on the subject, so I’ve included a link:  FADE- Hollywood A-Listers Distance Themselves from Obamacare
 
That’s it for today folks.
 
Adios 

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