Allen Unruh

With Healthcare Reform, Obama Is Re-Enacting Slavery

Submitted by Kyle on September 28, 2009 - 1:00pm

We are working out way through the hours of footage we gathered at the How To Take Back America Conference and editing it down for easier consumption.

Below is audio from the workshop called "How to Stop Socialism in Health Care," featuring Larry Huntoon, former president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Frank Rosenbloom of Oregon Right to Life, and Dr. Allen Unruh.

Huntoon, representing the AAPS (which bills itself as a conservative alternative to the AMA), argued that any governmental “interference” in the practice of health case is unconstitutional, and that the Obama administration is really only interested in power. “Just like the fraud and deception of socialism itself,” he said, proposals for reform have more to do with government gaining control over the lives of individuals than of health care.

Dr. Allen Unruh, whose speech was largely a series of quotes and quips, warned that “we either live in freedom or in servitude, there is no middle ground" and claimed that Obama's health care plans would result in dismantling the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, and 13th amendments, stating that it would turn all doctors into “slaves of the state” and result in "slavery reenacted by our first black president."

For his part, Rosenbloom lashed out at President Obama’s policies and at suggestions that opposition to his administration reflected racism, oddly joking that even though his wife was not white, he loved her anyway. Obama, he said, is a supporter of Planned Parenthood and therefore responsible for genocide against black children. “Liberals are the true racists in this society,” he proclaimed. But he was just warming up. Rosenbloom compared Obama to Adolf Hitler, saying “fascism is happening here and now.” Recalling President Obama’s statement that if his daughter mistakenly became pregnant, he would not want her to be punished with a baby, Rosenbloom said that is the sort of “moral sewage that is running our country.”

Among Rosenbloom’s other statements:

For President Obama, he said, “it’s not about health care, it’s about subjugation and control.”
“Obama’s not stupid. I’m sorry, but he’s just evil.”
“He is a statist. He believes in control by government and its dear leaders, fascism by any other name.”

Rosenbloom called for an end to Medicare and Medicaid, saying that people could be provided for through tax subsidies for buying insurance. “We must oppose this diabolical change for government of the people, by the people and for the people will perish from the face of the earth.”

Finally, during the Q & A, an audience member asked what they could to do prevent the government from setting up quarantines or forcing vaccinations in order to try and stem a swine flu epidemic, to which the panelists suggested "maybe the Second Amendment is a good thing to think about:

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A Challenge to Allen Unruh and the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission

Submitted by Kyle on August 5, 2009 - 3:10pm

While perusing the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission's website, I came across this new piece that trots out that standard right-wing claims that health care reform legislation would kill both your baby and your grandparents which was topped off by this suspicious quote attributed to Karl Marx:

Remember, Karl Marx once said, "First you socialize medicine and everything else follows like night follows day."

Now I am going to make a bold claim that this quote is false and that Marx never said it - and I am comfortable making that claim because a quick Google search turns up a mere five results, all of which appear to stem from this piece called "Socialized Medicine – Talking Points" written by Dr. Allen Unruh:

There’s always free cheese in a mousetrap. Along with shekels come shackles.

As Reagan said, “Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it, and hell where they already have it.” He said, “If we socialized the Sahara desert, in two years we’d be importing sand.”

Karl Marx said, “First you socialize medicine and everything else follows like night follows day.”

Ben Franklin said, “He who would trade freedom for security will end up with neither.”

As Patrick Henry said, “Millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty are invincible against any force the enemy can rise against us.” The battle is not to the strong, it’s to the vigilant, the active, and the brave.”

Thomas Jefferson said, “Rebellion to tyranny is the natural manure of the tree of liberty.” William Penn said, “Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.” Ignorance, apathy, and indifference pave the road to tyranny. To live free is a privilege. To die free is a duty and an obligation.

Remember to refer all your friends, and e mail lists to teapartysd.com to hear speakers at our latest rally on socialized medicine. Every American needs to be informed immediately on the threat to their health, their life and their freedom. America is indeed in the 11th hour and the decisions made with change the tide of human history and alter the destiny of mankind.

Anyway, I fully expect that this phony Marx quote will eventually start getting picked up by others on the Right and, in an effort to head that off, I hereby challenge Dr. Unruh or someone from the CADC , or anyone else for that matter, to verify that this statement was actually made by Karl Marx and to document where it came from.

I don't expect that anyone will actually take up that challenge, but if they do and it can be shown that this quote is indeed real, I will gladly write a post admitting that I was wrong.

If you believe that you can document this veracity of this quote, please contact us here and put the phrase "Karl Marx Quote" in the subject line.

Incidentally, the name Allen Unruh sounded familiar to me, but I couldn't recall why, but a quick search reminded me that he has been, for the last several years, deeply involved in South Dakota's efforts to institute an absolute ban on reproductive choice in the state:

Dr. Allen Unruh is a chiropractor in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is the co-founder of the Abstinence Clearinghouse, and served on the South Dakota Task Force to Study Abortion. He is a member of the Vote Yes For Life Campaign.