the sky did not fall

“The Sky Is Falling”, (English Traditional) or Affordable Care Act is Constitutional (American Surprise)

One day Chicken Little was scratching in the farmyard looking for something good to eat when, suddenly, something hit her on the head. "My goodness me!" she said. "The sky must be falling down. I must go and tell the king."

With a slim majority the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act as Constitutional. Now it seemed that millions, not all Americans (too bad) could have affordable access to health care and could worry less about being too sick to be covered. And like Chicken Little something hit the Republican/Tea Party on the head. And they promptly began shouting doom!

Republican Indiana Representative Mike Pence immediately compared the decision on federal health care reforms to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Killing people and trying to save lives must be the same thing for this fool of a man.

So Chicken Little ran and ran, and she met Henny Penny. "Where do you travel so fast, Chicken Little?" asked Henny Penny. "Ah, Henny Penny," said Chicken Little, "the sky is falling, and I must go and tell the king. "How do you know that the sky is falling, Chicken Little?" asked Henny Penny. "I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my head," said Chicken Little. "I will go with you to the king," said Henny Penny.

For decades the debate has been waged on the costs of health care. People have been denied coverage, dropped from coverage or just priced out of coverage. The story has always been that this is Capitalism and with Capitalism it is a matter of free markets. If the people speak with their wallets the prices will drop. Uh-huh, when is the last time that happened?

Eric Cantor, Republican Majority Leader in the Congress said: It’s time to stop all the broken promises and let’s get back to the health care that people want. We know that families want choices for themselves. They don't want Washington coming in and telling them what kind of health care to have. (Just what they can not afford.)

So they ran along together, and they met Ducky Daddles. "Where do you travel so fast?" asked Ducky Daddles. "Ah, Ducky Daddles," said Chicken Little, "the sky is falling, and Henny Penny and I go to tell the king." "How do you know that the sky is falling, Chicken Little?" asked Ducky Daddles. "I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my head," said Chicken Little. "I will go with you to the king," said Ducky Daddles.

Oh yeah, when something is deemed as constitutional, (you know the bounded set of laws crafted with the help of the Lord), just doesn’t fit your definition of constitutional then take the law,  in your own hands. ACA is bull crap so destroy the evil doers who invoked it! This IS Amerika my Amerika! 

Matt Davis, a Michigan attorney who was once the state Republican Party's spokesman, sent out an email that asked whether armed rebellion would be justified in the wake of the court's decision. According to Michigan Capital Confidential, a local news service that originally reported the missive, Davis sent it "moments after the Supreme Court ruling to numerous new media outlets and limited government activists." (Huff Post)

So they ran along together, and they met Foxy Loxy. "Where do you travel so fast, Chicken Little?" asked Foxy Loxy. "Ah, Foxy Loxy," said Chicken Little, "the sky is falling, and we go to tell the king." "Do you know the way to the king's house?" asked Foxy Loxy. "No," They all said. "Then come with me and I will show you," said Foxy Loxy. And just as he was about to lead them into his den to eat them.....the sky fell on him.

When the Government rules in favor to prohibit women from owning their own reproductive rights, or Gays from marrying, or workers from earning a fair wage and is enforced by the SCOTUS, many a Republican/Tea Party politician heralds the wisdom of the justices as being supreme. But when the SCOTUS creates a fair law in favor of an idea the Republican/Tea Party find repulsive then it is just a bunch of idiots sitting on the highest court of the land. So hard to have your way only.

Republican/Tea Party Senator Rand Paul said: “But just because a couple of people of the Supreme Court declares something to be “constitutional” does not make it so. So now, when the decision is not as he he would prefer, the esteemed Justices are now JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE!

The end of the story was all about no sky falling, but instead a bunch of hyped up creatures more afraid of fiction than of fact. Silly huh? But fear is contagious and when is fear is based on nothing more than stupidity it is dangerous.

The Republican/Tea Party storm troopers have insisted that life begins as a Zygote but refuse to permit Planned Parenthood to perform well women exams for the mothers of those Zygote. The Republican/Tea Party insists that there is no love in a house of same sex couples and denies adoption of children by same sex couples. Rather have those kids live as orphans.The Republican/Tea Party says life is special a gift from God, but states loud and clear carry a gun just to protect yourself from other forms of life you deem not worth God’s attention. And now the Republican/Tea Party shouts, and screams fair, affordable, accessible health care for all Americans is not a good thing, is UN-AMERICAN. It will cause the sky to fall all over America.

And the Republican/Tea Party is about to nominate a candidate who once agreed with the ACA, only to disagree with it and then to say if he is elected will repeal and replace it. He not quite sure with what he will replace it. He and his band of Un-American self serving corporate donors insist the sky is falling and it will completely drop if we actually provide fair and equal health care for ALL Americans. What frightens me more then the sky falling is four years of President Romney.