My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Thirteen lawsuits have been filed by thirteen states' Attorneys General against the Federal Government's attempt to dictate health insurance coverage, a "right" and power remarkably absent from the US Constitution; a "right" as ephemeral as the "reproductive rights" discovered on the back side of the Constitution, written in inks only visible when viewed through the lenses of the Urim and Thummim.  Thirty-nine other states' legislatures are weighing the plausibility of lawsuit, or of outright refusal to submit to this leftist/elitist agenda.
Except Oregon.   Apparently Oregon's legislature has no problem with taxpayers funding cosmetic abortions.
Apparently, Oregon's Governor LePetomaine, I mean, Kulongoski (so hard to tell them apart) has no issue with 16,000 new IRS agents examining every citizen's bank accounts to look for "healthcare insurance cheats:" you know, those of you who don't buy "adequate" healthcare insurance, adequate being  defined by some 3rd level civil service drone in a Washington, D.C. basement office cubicle.
Apparently, Oregon's Attorney General has no opinion as to the Constitutionality of Federally mandated insurance, required of all residents on penalty of a $2,500 "tax" levied by the Federal Government.  The 'Penalty Tax" is so named because a "fine" would be too obviously unconstitutional and would be overturned by any court higher than tennis; but the Federal Government  has the power to tax any-and-every thing or person in its  realm.  Constitutional crisis averted. 

On the bright side, most high-level Federal employees are exempted from the requirements of this healthcare law, and it is quite probable that Muslims will get a "religious exemption" due to existing fatwas against risk-pools.  Amish Christians may also be exempted.  And possibly Auntie Zetunia, unless she gets deported, which certainly could happen, at least in some parallel universe.

Everybody, sing along!
http://www.hymnsite.com/midifiles/umh697.mid
"My Country,'tis of Thee, Where went my Liberty?  This Writ Does Sting!
"Land where my Freedom Died, Land of the Truth Denied,
"Now Tyranny is Glorified, Just Like a King!"