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Obama: “Quality, affordable care is not some earned privilege – it’s a right,”

No, it's not...

Via Washington Examiner:

Beset by multiple controversies in Washington, President Obama tried to turn the nation’s attention to his 2010 health care overhaul during a Friday trip to California where he encouraged all Americans who are currently uninsured, and specifically Latinos in the state, to enroll in government-subsidized insurance exchanges.

Flanked by representatives from Spanish-language media outlets Impremedia, Univision and Telemundo, Mr. Obama touted the plan’s provision of coverage for 10.2 million uninsured Latinos and argued that the new law is already resulting in lower premium costs.

“Quality, affordable care is not some earned privilege – it’s a right,” he said during remarks at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.

“Competition and choice are pushing down costs in the individual market, just like the law is designed to do,” he added.

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Here is why health care is not a right:

President Obama believes that health care is a right for every American. This is a perversion of the Founding Fathers’ idea of rights. There is an abundance of problems associated with ObamaCare but not enough attention has been paid to the dangerous philosophy behind the law. The underlying problem with ObamaCare is that too many Americans now see health care as a human right rather than a good.

The Declaration of Independence states that we have an unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That doesn’t mean that other people should be forced to sustain our life or make us happy. Many people have a fundamental misunderstanding of the negative rights listed in the founding document. A negative right is a right to not have something done to us. The right to not be killed, the right to not have our property confiscated and the right to not have our speech punished are negative rights.

These legitimate rights do not place obligations on anyone except to not infringe on the rights of others. Otherwise, people are free to do as they please.

Progressives have invented so-called positive rights that are listed nowhere in our founding documents. A positive right is a right to something such as health care, housing, and clothing. The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights claims that everyone has a right to health care. Of course, there’s no such thing as free health care. The government has no money of its own which means that it cannot “give” anyone health care without first taking away something from someone else. Read it all...

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Confirmed: Holder's DOJ Engaging in Race Biased Law Enforcement

Former DOJ Prosecutor, J. Christian Adams, testified to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in July, that attorneys in the civil rights division were instructed to not prosecute black on white crime. A prime example was Holder's DOJ dismissal of the New Black Panther voter intimidation case. Now, Christopher Coates, former voting chief for the department’s Civil Rights Division, has confirmed Adams' allegations. He called the dismissal of New Black Panther case a “Travesty of Justice.”

From FOX News:

Christopher Coates, former voting chief for the department’s Civil Rights Division, spoke under oath Friday morning before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in a long-awaited appearance that had been stonewalled by the Justice Department for nearly a year.

Coates discussed in depth the DOJ’s decision to dismiss intimidation charges against New Black Panther members who were videotaped outside a Philadelphia polling place in 2008 dressed in military-style uniforms — one was brandishing a nightstick — and allegedly hurling racial slurs...

Nearly three months later, Coates backed up Adams’ claims. In lengthy and detailed testimony, he said the department cultivates a “hostile atmosphere” against “race-neutral enforcement” of the Voting Rights Act.

Possible Fireworks at Civil Rights Commission Today

The former chief of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division, Christopher Coates, has agreed to testify today to the Civil Rights Commission about the Black Panther Voter intimidation case. He refused to testify earlier because Eric Holder is forbid his from testifying. Caotes has agreed to ignore Holder. He must have something important to say. The hearing is at 9:30 AM.

Pajamas Media reported:

In a dramatic development that could shake the political leadership of the Justice Department, career lawyer Christopher Coates has sent a letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights offering to testify Friday on matters related to the controversial New Black Panthers voter-intimidation case.

Ten months ago, Coates, the award-winning former chief of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division, was subpoenaed by the Commission to testify about the case. He was subsequently instructed by DOJ officials to ignore the subpoena. Within the past hour, commissioners were informed that Chairman Gerald Reynolds had spoken with Coates and that the chairman would reconvene the Commission's ongoing hearing on Friday at 9:30 a.m. to hear Coates's testimony.

Obama Thinks Checking Immigration Status May Violate Civil Rights

Obama looked the other way when Black Panthers were violating voting rights, but instructs Justice Department to investigate if checking immigration status violates civil rights. His favored solution is to do immigration reform and five them legal status.

Obama: Ariz. Immigration Measure 'misguided' (video)


AP reported:

President Barack Obama criticized Arizona’s tough immigration bill as irresponsible Friday and said his administration is examining whether it would violate civil rights.

Obama said the federal government must act responsibly to reform national immigration law ...

Obama instructed the Justice Department to examine the bill to see if it would violate civil rights.