On the vast political map of any nation, you will always find a group of individuals the political class can always depend upon to keep them in power. I call this group of individuals “The Ignorant Class”. It’s people like Rep. Diane Watson of California who will never be questioned or even challenged by the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I knew that it would be a matter of time before some report started floating around suggesting that Blacks were gonna be the hardest hit by the Swine flu. (AP) ATLANTA — Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t even have to read this entire piece to know that this brutha was on to something. The Left Wants Obama to be Hated Case in point. There are three basic valid points conservatives have raised in this debate I have yet to see anyone from left address. Personally, I would like to see […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
April 29 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said his grandmother’s hip-replacement surgery during the final weeks of her life made him wonder whether expensive procedures for the terminally ill reflect a “sustainable model” for health care. [...] Obama said “you just get into some very difficult moral issues” when considering whether “to give my grandmother, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I guess that “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” argument does have some merit. Rush talked earlier this week about how CNN (Wolf Blitzer) had been pushing the narrative that obese individuals should do more to help ease the cost of health care in this country (eat right, exercise, etc.) “So much of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Provision to define quality in health care by government. SEC. 1442. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW QUALITY MEASURES; GAO EVALUATION OF DATA COLLECTION PROCESS FOR QUALITY MEASUREMENT. Part E of title XI of the Social Security Act, as added by section 1441, is amended by adding at the end the fol- lowing new sections: S‘‘SEC. 1192. DEVELOPMENT […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hypocrisy is part of the political process. The Left has been swirling around the notion that these outbursts against ObamaCare are fueled by the eeeeevil pharmaceutical companies who see the Obama plan as a threat against their bottom line. Today I read the following (h/t: Ace) Drug Industry to Run Ads Favoring White House Plan […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This article comes to us from the Wall Street Journal. It talks about how Erisa (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) is going to drastically change under the Obama health plan. Summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) [pdf] In short, Erisa establishes minimum requirements for insurance coverage provided by employers who can afford […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check the palm of your hands. Some of you ol’ heads out there remember the movie “Logan’s Run”. From Wikipedia Logan’s Run is a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, it depicts a dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources is managed and maintained in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility—just as they can be required to exercise responsibility in their resource-consumption patterns—providing they are not denied equal protection.” (Excerpt from the book “Ecoscience”. It was co-written by John […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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So Now it’s Okay to Mix Religion & Politics?
by Duane on September 24th, 2009 at 11:05 amWhat the LA Times is reporting. Antiabortion black ministers to endorse Obama’s healthcare plan The group, led by the head of the Church of God in Christ, will embrace the government-run insurance option, reinforcing the president’s assertion that taxpayer dollars won’t pay for abortions. Reporting from Washington – For weeks, President Obama has tried to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…