Posts Made By: david elosser

Jim Babcock said:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124882317336488253.html

President Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to reassure senior citizens that squeezing billions of dollars from Medicare spending won't hurt their benefits. He also defended a proposal aimed at encouraging Americans to make plans in advance for end-of-life medical care.

If President Bush had said this to the seasoned citizens, the mainstream media and the Democrats in Washington would be all over his ass.

David E

[http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/savetheplanethavefewerkids

For people who are looking for ways to reduce their "carbon footprint," here's one radical idea that could have a big long-term impact, some scientists say: Have fewer kids.

A study by statisticians at Oregon State University concluded that in the United States, the carbon legacy and greenhouse gas impact of an extra child is almost 20 times more important than some of the other environment-friendly practices people might employ during their entire lives - things like driving a high mileage car, recycling, or using energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs.

This is absurd. Complete psycho-babble absurdity.

David E

The two ought to be really good friends. It was Clinton that gave K J all he needed to become a nuclear power.

David E

david elosser said:


Stay tuned, coming soon to a downtown near you:
Barney Frank as the Penguin...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46dbRIk5ZM

Does this guy make a great Penguin or what??? The voice, the body language, the flippers...


David E

Well, that wouldn't bother me as I do not imbibe and all beer tastes to me like sweaty tennis shoes boiled in kerosene.
Still with this economy I hate to see any popular product go up in price. Tell me Jeff, are you just going to bite the bullet and pay the price, or cut back maybe, or sacrifice some other vice?

David E

david elosser said:

I have talked about this before in another thread.

"Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity information, including the filing status, the modified adjusted gross income, the number of dependents, and "other information as is prescribed by" regulation. That information will be provided to the new Health Choices Commissioner and state health programs..."

"Section 1801(a) says that the Social Security Administration can obtain tax return data on anyone who may be eligible for a "low-income prescription drug subsidy" but has not applied for it."

"Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center says in e-mail: [to the article's author] "We would oppose section 431(a) of the bill because it violates the intent of the Privacy Act which generally requires agencies to obtain information directly from individuals and not from other agencies." EPIC still hasn't updated their Web site to reflect this sentiment, but it's good to know that other folks have concerns too."

The author concludes: "...this vignette should be reason to be skeptical of claims that a massive and complex bill must be enacted as rapidly as its backers would have you believe."

All this from the very same crowd that complained bitterly that Bush was violating the privacy of millions of Americans. Why, I though the Democrats were supposed to be champions of our privacy?

David E

Sorry, I forgot to provide the link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/26/taking_liberties/entry5268079.shtml

David E

Rod Kaufman said:

Anybody else catch John McCain on Larry King Live last night? McCain made me sick. The segment was a tribute to Ted Kennedy and what does McCain do? He turns it into a plug against federal health care overhaul by falsely claiming it funds abortions! Of course none of the proposals do, although I wish they did:
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/07/surgery-for-seniors-vs-abortions/
I mean the guy was purportedly on Larry King Live to pay tribute to the memory of Ted Kennedy as a friend and fellow senator and, instead, everybody gets a boatload of BS.
Geez...

From the article: "Actually, it’s not merely "tradition" that keeps taxpayer-funded health care from paying for abortions. It’s the law, starting with the 1976 Hyde Amendment, which prohibits public funding of abortions through the Medicaid program except in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment."

The pro-abortion crowd has been trying to reverse the Hyde Amendment for decades now, since it was passed. (Note: this is not an amendment to the Constitution, merely law passed by Congress.) From the article you linked to:

"It’s true that at one point, President Obama said he wanted abortion to be covered. Speaking to a Planned Parenthood Action Fund audience in July 2007 – early in his presidential campaign – Obama said that his plan for expanding access to health insurance would cover "reproductive health services." A spokesman for the campaign said later that abortion would be included.

Couple that with this quote from the same article:
"While Planned Parenthood would appear to be a qualified health clinic providing certain health services to women, there is nothing in the amendment’s wording to indicate that abortion would be a covered procedure. That would be up to the HHS Secretary.

Since the HHS Secretary is a member of the President's cabinet, it looks to me like the House Bill has the machinery in place to amend or reverse the Hyde Amendment. I can understand the concern of people who are pro-life and pro-family, especially since before the Hyde Amendment passed, Medicaid paid for almost one-third of all abortions, or about 300,000 annually.

David E

My guess is that they'll say it's just not important, that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Besides, President Obama-Kennedy knows what he's doing and is not interested in listening in on your personal life like Bush was. Why I'll be Bush's cronies are STILL at it, listening in on our phone calls even as we speak. Probably sending all that juicy stuff back to his ranch. But President Obama-Kennedy would ONLY disconnect your computer if the Taliban was getting ready to car bomb your living room.

David E

Rod Kaufman said:
IMO, the environment of deregulation, pervasive during 8 years of George W Bush, led to Pfizer doing whatever it wanted whenever it wanted, period.

That statement doesn't make sense. They broke the law and paid for it with 2.3 billion dollars in fines. I'd say the Bush administration set the stage for catching one drug company illegally promoting their product. I mean, looks to me like the system worked. BTW what is Pfizer's mission statement?

David E

Update from Fox News Sept 3rd.
"The Obama administration is rethinking its course recommendations for students ahead of President Obama's address to the the nation's schoolchildren next week, rewriting its suggestions to teachers for student assignments on how to 'help the president.'"

"White House aides said the language was supposed to be a inspirational, pro-education message to America's youths, but its unintended consequences were evident."

"Presidential aides also acknowledged to the [Washington Times] that they helped the U.S. Education Department write the suggested assignments..."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/03/white-house-withdraws-students-help-obama/

David E