British Vote Nyet To Syria

"Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he regretted the failure of the British parliament to support military action in Syria but that he hoped President Barack Obama would understand the need to listen to the wishes of the people."

Zing! 

Obama hasn't really listened to Congress, paid much attention to the Constitution or the wished of the American people as President so they'll find out soon enough.

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The unintended consequences of Obamacare are kicking in - and it hasn't even been fully implemented yet! Racked and corroded with all sorts of exemptions, implementation delays, and even anger, the discussion is surrounded by notions of defunding or repealing it.

Repealing the law seems far fetched to me since the American people (who have consistently polled anywhere between 66% and 75% as opposing the law while over 80% are happy with their coverage) had two cracks at it through SCOTUS who didn't have the courage to call the ACA out opting instead to call it a 'tax' on the American people (conservatives were correct all along that it was one and of course, about the death panels and potential for 'rationing' health care) and the election in 2012 where they re-elected President Obama.

To be fair, there were still many people who hadn't come in direct contact with the implications of the law. I suspect, as time moves forward and approaches the mid-terms in 2014, more people will do so and each time they do, they don't like the law.

I'm starting to believe the other conservative assertion - that the end game is single payer. They contend the Democrats know full well the collateral damage this will cause in the short-term but it's the price to pay for the final piece de resistance of single payer. If correct, then it was a brilliant Machiavellian move since they would have to known in advance businesses were going to balk by cutting down hours thus leaving them the opening to claim "see, private enterprise doesn't care. We tried. It's time for single payer."

Do I think Obama is capable of that? Absolutely. He's as cynical and calculating as any politician. His leadership is questionable but he's a clever politician in my view. 

All conjecture of course but that's what conservatives (and libertarians who absolutely loathe the law) are thinking at the moment from what I hear and read.