Judge John Carter

[iverglas]

Okay, I've looked him up (including his brief mentions in this forum), and I gather he's yer standard right-wing piece of shit. My question is: why should I even know who he is? ;)

Well, I got a couple of emails from him yesterday.

Will Americans Lose
their Healthcare Freedom?

This is a reminder to join Congressman John Carter TONIGHT LIVE ONLINE for a webcast townhall meeting on the upcoming historic vote in the House to determine whether the federal government will take over the American healthcare system.

TARGET Start Time: 7 p.m. Central Tonight (Thursday, March 18)

WHERE: Texas in Washington with Congressman John Carter <a link>

Well, Mother Jones has my email address, and Move On has it, and I think John Edwards even had it, because I'd signed up for something at his website ages ago. So I thought maybe this was some Democrat saying NO! You won't lose your healthcare freedom! You have nothing to lose but your chains! That was before I looked him up.

Thing is: I don't live in Texas. I don't live in the US. I live in Canada. I'm a Canadian.

And the account this email came to was one of the Gmail accounts I have in various versions of my real name. As it happens, it's the one I use for correspondence with family members (not even friends). I *never* use my real name to correspond with internet people.

So this total piece of shit Republican in Texas has spammed me. I have enquired where he obtained my email address. Hahahaha.

Here's the one of his it came from, if anybody wants it:
[e-mail]

I have a few digitized books and such I'm sure he'd like to have copies of. Maybe you do too!

[sonias]

1. Yup - " he's yer standard right-wing piece of shit"

And now he's a spammer too. How weird that you got on his e-mail list.

Pity us in Texas that we live with these Texas Congressional idiots. Some of us are living behind the iron curtain. Actually he's not mine. I got a good guy by the name of LLoyd Doggett, but some of my fellow Texas DUers are represented by the likes of these idiots.

I would use his e-mail wisely. I'm sure there are lots of neat web places you might drop it into. :evilgrin:

[iverglas]

2. Lloyd Doggett

While poking around this forum looking for the Judge I did see a bit about him, and it seems you have struck a bit of luck there. ;)

I'm pretty sure I got on his email list purely via some automated list production thing.

Judicious use of that JudgeCarter email address ... hmm. ;) I wonder what his tastes in literature and art run to ...

[sonias]

3. "Reading - Whacha reading for?" (Bill Hicks comedy routine)

But seriously I doubt John Carter reads much. He's like bush - he has minions to read for him and then give him some quick talking points to regurgitate.

TPMMuckraker 10/23/09
GOP Congressman Leading Fight Against Rangel Has His Own Ethics Woes

Rep. John Carter (R-TX)

In a rich irony, the Republican congressman leading the fight to have Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) ousted as chair of the House's top tax-writing body turns out to have ethics problems of his own.

Rep. John Carter (R-TX) had nearly $300,000 in unreported profits from oil stock sales in 2006 and 2007, Roll Call reported yesterday.

CREWs Most Corrupt - October 26, 2009
Rep. John Carter Finds His Missing $300,000 in Exxon Profits
Hypocrisy is a cheap commodity in Washington.

Texas Republican John Carter is the latest member of Congress to accuse a fellow member of wrongdoing while being guilty of essentially the same offense.

After initially denying that he had a problem, Carter admitted that he had failed to disclose almost $300,000 in profits from sales of Exxon stock in 2006 and 2007, Roll Call reported last week. Carter's lapse appears to involve a failure to report income rather than a failure to report taxes.

You know laws never apply to republicans, and ethics, they haven't a clue what ethics means other than to use it to accuse Democrats of some crime.

[iverglas]

4. just fyi - the latest from the judge

I'm sure some of you are not as fortunate as I (in Canada) am and are not on his spam list.

Here's his latest.

Healthcare Facts from the GOP Conference:

WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S JOB-KILLING GOV’T TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE MEANS FOR YOU

In his remarks after signing his job-killing government takeover of health care into law, President Obama encouraged Americans to take a look at what the bill will mean to them. As reflected in a recent Gallup poll, it’s clear Americans already know, with two-thirds responding that the law will have no impact or even make their health care worse. That’s not a great return for the $1.2 trillion price tag. But nonetheless, the President is correct that we ought to continue to take a good look at what Americans have in store now that the government is taking over our health care system. Here are just a few ways the Democrats’ job-killing government takeover of health care will affect you:

· Higher Premiums – The government has never had a stellar record on efficiency and cost containment. This law is no exception with the Congressional Budget Office reporting that health care premiums are set to rise by as much as 13 percent.

· Tax Hikes – The $1.2 trillion price tag over the next 10 years will need to come from somewhere, and it comes largely from $569.2 billion in tax hikes that will fall heavily on small businesses and other employers. This means fewer opportunities for businesses to expand and hire more workers, and more lost jobs.

· Fewer Jobs – Higher taxes and higher costs of employment are not a recipe for job creation, especially since our economy has lost more than four million jobs on President Obama’s watch. American manufacturer Caterpillar alone has predicted the law will cost them $100 million in the first year to comply. The government takeover of health care will punish American job creators leaving out of work Americans with yet another obstacle to finding employment.

· Massive Deficits – While Democrats talk about a bill that is “paid for,” this new law is packed full of budget gimmicks, such as six years of spending and 10 years of taxes and Medicare cuts. Once the bill is fully operational, the law will have a 10-year cost of $2.6 trillion and add $662 billion to our already massive deficits.

· Fewer Medicare Benefits for Seniors – The other major source of funding for the government takeover of health care is the cuts in senior’s Medicare benefits. The law robs Medicare of $523.5 billion over the next decade to pay for a new health care entitlement. These cuts will be felt through fewer benefits and choices for American seniors.

· Fewer Doctors – Much of the expanded coverage in the new law is achieved by significantly expanding the roles of Medicaid. Because of the inflexibility and insufficient financing mechanism associated with this government-run care, fewer and fewer physicians are accepting Medicaid patients. That doesn’t bode well for the millions more Americans who will be waiting in line for care.

· More IRS Agents – What’s bad for patients and doctors, is great for the IRS. At the center of the government takeover of health care are unconstitutional mandates that individuals must buy and employers must offer health care coverage that Washington approves. To enforce these dubious mandates, non-compliant Americans are hit with burdensome taxes and fees. The bill provides the resources required for the IRS to hire more than 16,000 more agents to enforce the new law.

· Taxpayer-Funded Abortion – During these difficult times, the last thing Americans want is their hard-earned tax dollars being funneled to pay for abortion procedures. Yet, as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made clear, the law signed by the President would do just that – and no executive order can overturn it.

These are not the things that Americans asked for, yet the President and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have refused to listen to the American people. And while the President signed the government takeover of health care into law this week, this doesn’t mean Republicans are done fighting for the American people. Republicans will fight to repeal it so we can start over on common-sense reforms that lower costs for families and small businesses. In the mean time, we agree it’s important to take a hard look at what the President just thrust upon the nation with the sweep of his pen.

[sonias]

5. You were right about him from the beginning

"yer standard right-wing piece of shit"

:crazy:

[sonias]

6. Politifact Check on Carter's lie about taxpayer funded abortions

3/21/10
Rep. John Carter says health care law provides full federal funding for abortions, but that's not so

(snip)
Among Carter’s concerns spelled out in a March 21 press release: “The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…”

Carter spoke after a clutch of anti-abortion House Democrats agreed to vote for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after President Barack Obama said he’d issue an executive order referring to continuation of a ban -- begun in the late 1970s and annually reaffirmed by lawmakers -- on spending federal funds on abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of a woman.

(snip)
All told, this review leaves us agape at Carter's overreach. That is, the law does not provide full federal funding of abortions--and that's clear.

Carter could have edited his blast. Instead, he makes an unsupported ridiculous claim.

We rate his statement as Pants on Fire.

Pants on fire, liar. Like Carter cares though. He knows he's lying and his base wants to hear those lies. :eyes: