7. Control Is Sweet

Is it too strong to sat that Obama is going for total power over our lives? [Blog No. 4]

The Baucus (Dem.) Senate bill contains a provision to tax beverages that contain sugar. Tax laws in a health care bill? Obama may have proposed it too. [NY Times op ed by Michael Pollan, September 9, 2009].  Did I say total power?

The crypto-fascist excuse, for putting this outrageous new tax into the health care bill, is probably that sugar is unhealthy. According to the crypto-fascist viewpoint, nobody should be allowed to do anything that might make them unhealthy, because that might cost the government some (of your) money.

So drinking Coke or Pepsi or Mountain Dew might make you obese, which might lead to diabetes, don't you know. So now the federal sugar police , followed by the goons from the IRS, aim to influence what we drink. Oh yeah, total power!

What.s next in Obama's crypto-fascist USSA? A tax on fats? Because they make you fat (maybe). A tax on protein? Protein might strain the kidneys, or something. Better sic the IRS on it. Saves money in the long run, you know.

All foods are made up of sugars (carbs), fats, and proteins (and water).So a tax on those components is a tax on all foods, from Coke to crackers to codfish. The IRS could control what everyone eats (and how much).

Talk about power!  Closing down all hamburger and fries dispensaries is surely power.  And dictating who lives and dies, by way of a phony "health" bill [Blog No. 5] -- now that's real, real power.

This power-grab could also solve the supposed population problem (some Obama appointees believe that the world's problems are caused by too many people). All that is necessary is to starve everybody, and the awkward problem of how to get rid of old people is solved automatically. Damned clever, Obama.

But we expect nothing less from God's partner in life and death [Blog No. 5]. God would certainly be very proud to think that his little crypto-fascist partner in Washington was looking out for what people eat (or don't eat), and disciplining them to choose between taxes and cat food.