I happened to watch the vote from the US House of Representatives last Saturday night and Twittered a live feed as the vote took place. Here are some random thoughts about nationalized healthcare / insurance reform / socialized medicine / whatever-the-heck that House bill was supposed to be.

The bill's projected costs are supposed to be $1.2 trillion dollars over the next ten years. Why aren't more people worried about that figure? Have we become so complacent with government spending that we've forgotten what an astronomical amount of money that is to spend?

Does anyone - anyone at all - really believe that this bill won't have a cost overrun at least five to ten times the projected amount?

Over the next few months, now that the bill passed in the House, we'll begin to discover thousands upon thousands of pork projects hidden in the bill, most of which will have absolutely nothing to do with health care.

Does anyone believe that government only serves the altruistic purposes of the people of the United States rather than serving the special interests of the highest bidder? The answer is yes, and apparently one has to be a convert of liberal doctrine to buy into this otherwise obvious lie. Other liberals reject this lie, yet convince themselves that it doesn't matter because socialized healthcare is the only way to "solve the mess."

Are we so naive that we don't see the dangers in an ever-growing, ever more controlling government?

How long can we sustain out of control spending and taxing before our country collapses or gets bought up by China? Does anyone really believe that we will suffer no serious consequences from such government interference?

Have so many Americans become such shallow thinkers to believe that Marxist ideals really work? What kind of Utopian world do you think we'll have with such a forced redistribution of wealth? I can think of several examples such as the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela.... Are we naive enough to believe that such power cannot rise up, even in the US, and create another absolutist state?

How can we believe such axioms as: "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely," yet we see no duplicity when we hand power over to our government in the hopes that it will provide a safe and easy life for everyone?

How come the only people who Tweeted me back to complain of my views, all complained about George W. Bush as a response? I didn't really think that Bush Derangement Syndrome existed until the other night. Now, however, I am a believer.

Why would anyone argue that because George W. Bush started a war, that I should accept socialized healthcare? I received a dozen such responses from various Tweets. What on earth does Bush have to do with this bloated, expensive, dangerous piece of legislation? Do people really believe Bush single-handedly destroyed the healthcare industry in the US? The disconnect astounds me.

Why is it that when government steps in and screws something up, liberals think that the only solution is to have government step in and "fix" it? Government has been mucking with healthcare for decades and now we believe Nancy Pelosi can fix it?

Did anyone else get just a little sick by Nancy Pelosi's gloating outburst, declaring the healthcare bill officially passed? After she broke into tears, I was reminded of Tammy Fay Baker's fakery from her good-old televangelism days.

Is anyone else worried that the current Congress is willing to spend more money in one year, than just about all other Congresses in our history have spent combined? Don't forget the Cap and Trade bill is still wandering around the Senate....

How do people elect Representatives like Alan Grayson and keep a straight face? His ignorant and vile accusations during the vote sounded like a bad parody of Howard Beale on Network. I know, I know - it's because he feels such sympathy for those who couldn't afford healthcare. He's such a sensitive guy.

Does anyone in the US government seriously value the limits of the Constitution anymore? Can we seriously hold up this healthcare bill to the Constitution and find some mandate for such government control and spending? Of course we can't. Does this mean, however, that we should give up trying?