Rev. Frog has done drowned

ribbit        “ Feds Forced Churches to Get Baptism Permits   The National Park Service began enforcing a policy recently that required churches to obtain special use permits in order to baptize in public waters. As part of the same permit process, the NPS also mandated that churches give the Park Service 48 hours advance notice of pending baptisms. [Take the plunge] Many weak-kneed communists reason as follows: 'Religion does not prevent my being a communist. I believe both in God and in communism. My faith in God does not hinder me from fighting for the cause of the proletarian revolution.' This train of thought is radically false. Religion and communism are incompatible, both theoretically and practically. Every communist must regard social phenomena (the relationships between human beings, revolutions, wars, etc.) as processes which occur in accordance with definite laws. The laws of social development have been fully established by scientific communism on the basis of the theory of historical materialism which we owe to our great teachers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. This theory explains that social development is not brought about by any kind of supernatural forces. Nay more. The same theory has demonstrated that the very idea of God and of supernatural powers arises at a definite stage in human history, and at another definite stage begins to disappear as a childish notion which finds no confirmation in practical life and in the struggle between man and nature. But it is profitable to the predatory class to maintain the ignorance of the people and to maintain the people's childish belief in miracles (the key to the riddle really lies in the exploiters' pockets), and this is why religious prejudices are so tenacious, and why they confuse the minds even of persons who are in other respects able. (N.I. Bukharin and E. Preobrazhensky: The ABC of Communism continued) In short, you cannot worship the state and God at once. American Democrats have been tipping  their hand on this for 30 years now.  It's apparently showdown time  as we speak. ”

The price of Obamacare

croak IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family The most grotesque thing about the recent announcement of what Obamacare will cost to purchase is not that the annual national average bronze plan(cheapest) premium for a family of 5 (2 adults, 3 children) is $20,000; nor is it that the annual tax  penalty Americans must pay if they fail to obey Obamacare's mandate is, in this instance, about $2000!  No, the most grotesque and frightening thing is the the IRS made the announcement, and is setting the fees.  The good old friendly IRS.  The agency that has the same powers to interrogate suspects, and punish with internment in a gulag or stalag, as did Stalin's KGB, or Hitler's SS, is running the show.  The IRS is the Death Panel.   Overly histrionic? I think not.  The pisser is, if I'm understanding this (AND WHO THE HELL KNOWS IF I AM NOT?), that nobody can afford to, or wants to pay $20,000+ a year to buy this monstrosity.  So,  the penalty money is what Obama plans to use to pay for the 50+ percent of residents (not necessarily citizens) who will be added (entitled) to Obamacare rolls at no charge.  And even that won't be enough money! Despite what dreamworlders like George Will (who correctly calls this a "time bomb" think, this is not going to lead to the abolition of Obamacare. Never in history have government killed a bad idea; they just keep tinkering with it until one day they discover some  unobtainium that shut people up, and then call it a success (see Social Security, Medicare, Barney Frank).  The Evil RKOF in me enjoys the thought of forthcoming agonizing by people (useful idiots) who voted for this government, and will now be reduced by it to government serfdom, or, if they're lucky, hated pig overseers.  The Good Rodge weeps for all Americans.