This is so completely lame. Just another indication of how stupid the politicians in Washington think you are. I'm talking about the White House response to those video clips that evil, mean, racist, bigoted, ugly, hairless (speak for yourself, Boortz) radio talk show hosts have been playing on the air.

OK ... definition first. We have to be clear on the definition of the term "single payer." This means that there's one entity that writes the checks for all health care services. Prescription drugs, doctor visits, hospital stays ... one person writes the checks. Now of course that one person will be the government. Now I suppose you could have a situation where that one person would be one insurance company ... but it would be an insurance company selected by the government and, of course, controlled by the government. Hopefully you can see if the "single payer" is the government, then the government decides what gets paid for and what does not. This means the government gets to determine the extent of your access to health care, prescription drugs, etc. "Single payer" sounds innocuous enough, but it is merely a euphemism for "government."

Now the current debate is whether or not Obama and the looters are taking us to a single payer plan .. a plan where government makes all the decisions as to who gets paid how much for what medical-related service. Those video clips you heard on the show earlier this week were pretty plain. We had Obama speaking to the AFL-CIO in 2003 saying "Single payer health care plan - universal health care -- that is what I would like to see." He also says "I happen to be a proponent of a single payer health care plan." He follows up with "but first we gotta take back the White House, we gotta take back the Senate, and we gotta take back the House of Representatives." The language is pretty clear. There's no "taking out of context" stuff here. Listen to the clip and see for yourself. We also played clips from such luminaries as Slobbering Barney Frank making it absolutely clear that single payer - government payer - government control is what we are after here. Remember .. if all payments for health care come from the government ... the single payer ... where are the private health insurance companies? Gone! That's where.

So .. the people don't like what they're hearing, and the White House reacts. They pull out ABC retread Linda Douglass ... now in charge of White House propaganda for health care ... to do a little three-minute video trying to convince us that Barack Obama is not for a single payer plan. He's actually in favor of health insurance reform! You can watch Linda Douglass' White House video here or right below. She plays a couple of clips - recent clips - from Obama where he promises that you can keep your health insurance if you like it. Nowhere does she address Obama's previous dedication to a single payer plan. Nowhere does she mention that once there is any change, no matter how minute, in your private plan you must drop that plan and head to the government plan. This is a lady who has sold her soul to the cause of socialized medicine. Pretty much what you would expect from a network news hack.

Watch what you say around people, folks. The White House may track you down. Does that sound over the top and big brother-like? Well that's because it is. The Democrats seem to getting really frustrated over the fact that Americans aren't down on their knees begging them for healthcare reform. So now, the White House wants to know if you talk to anyone or read anything about healthcare reform that seems "fishy".

From the White House website:

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can't keep track of all of them here at the White House, we're asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

I invite ... no, I URGE you to refer the White House to today's Nealz Nuze. In fact, do it every single day.

Another idea. Take the web address for Linda Douglass' little speech and send IT to the White House. You can hardly sound more fishy than that.

Then we get this little battle brewing .. also dealing with healthcare. So Barack Obama campaigned on this whole idea of "transparency" and "openness." What a bunch of horsesqueeze. Take this, for instance. The Obama administration is blocking the public from seeing White House visitor logs, which include the names of healthcare executives that have been with the president and vice president. A nonprofit group has requested the logs, particularly for 18 people who are heads of various medical, insurance and pharmaceutical companies. The White House is pushing back, ironically using the same argument that the Bush administration used and was highly criticized for.

I hope that you got the chance to see the exchange yesterday at White House press briefing. Robert Gibbs starts to get really flustered when a CBS reporter continues to hound him over the fact that Obama town hall events are completely staged. There are no "random" questions from the audience. Everything is pre-selected, every question is screened, etc. So this reporter calls him out on it, and then Helen Thomas gets involved. She says that she has never seen this level of control in the White House before. And if anyone should know, Helen Thomas would.

I just LOVE that woman!

If the White House wants to get a message out, how do you go about doing that? Apparently the answer to that question is now: have Ashton Kutcher twitter about it.

Seriously.

The White House wanted to get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. So what did they do? They contacted Ashton Kutcher. The guy has over 2.5 million followers on Twitter. So they asked him to tweet about National HIV Day.

The Obama's have decided that now is not the time to take $100,000 of taxpayer dollars to re-do the White House. This allotment is offered to every incoming president to renovate, but the Obama's have decided that they are going to pay for any changes out of their own pockets. Give them credit for this one. PrezBO hasn't even redecorated the Oval Office used by the hated George Bush.

One of the first orders of business for Obama yesterday was a pay freeze for his senior White House staff. More specifically ... senior White House staff making over $100,000 a year will have their salary frozen until further notice. Obama says he is doing this because "the American people deserve more than simply an assurance that those who are coming to Washington will serve their interests." Now, how much are we talking here? Well that depends ... based on the Bush White House, there were a little over 100 White House staff members with salaries over $100,000. The most senior officials earning $172,200 a year.

A symbolic move? Yeah, I'd say so. One that is really going to affect the bottom line? Not in the slightest. But it is more of a feel good gesture to the public .. that Obama is serious about cutting spending. But there has got to be A LOT more cutting before anyone gets too excited.