When Prophets Speak, Critical Thinking has Ended

The two year anniversary of our current health care law is upon us. Though not as well one an comprehensive as it should have been, it is the law we are in truth stuck with and includes sufficient value to retain ... something that we should build upon.

At this time, out of my own personal disrespect, I wish to dishonor those "prophets" who - from their public pulpits - in the tradition of some sort of ancient Jeremiah, warned their gullible congregations of the doom an gloom of any non-Republican created or approved legislation.

As prophets they were either liars or just plain too dumb. To wit,

Flush Limbaugh:

It is well known -- authoritarians, totalitarians throughout history have known -- controlling the health care of a society is -- that's like the IV. You go in the hospital, they put an IV in your arm, it's there in case they need to get in, in an emergency to do something else, they've already got the pathway in. Health care is the IV to total state control over a population. Hitler knew it, the Nazis. It's one of the first things that they tried. That will be the Media Tweak of the Day. Although it's nothing new. We've said it before. [Premiere Radio Networks]

Squawk Hannity:

When government has to instill austerity measures, i.e. Greece, i.e. other places in Europe, what happens? The people rebel, they get angry. They feel like they have had the, you know, the floor pulled out from under them. "Where's my retirement?" They don't have the money, they overspent. "Where's my health care?" You have to wait six months for that X-ray. "Where's my - I'm sorry you're too old to get that hip replacement." All these things are happening in Europe. Why would they not happen here? "You're talking about death panels again, Hannity." Death panels are inevitable. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Sean Hannity Show, 1/11/12,]

Glenn Beck:

This Is The End Of Prosperity In America Forever ... The End Of America As You Know It." Telling his radio audience, "You must not allow this to pass," Glenn Beck stated in November 2009 that "they're going to get past that 60-vote barrier. And they'll get there by people like [Sen.] Joe Lieberman, who's a reasonable guy and has good intent. You'll get past it by people like that, who say, you know what? Look, we got to be reasonable; we have to have a debate. And then Harry Reid will go for the 51 count and he'll pass this thing. And it will be a nail in the coffin of America." Beck added: "You must -- must get on the phone in your districts. You must wake everybody up you know. This is the end of prosperity in America forever if this bill passes. This is the end of America as you know it." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Glenn Beck Program, 11/19/09,]

And to give credit over as broad a panel of lying prophets as possible, I propose a list containing every Congress person who opposed this law principally because it came from the opposition party and our  president.