Category Archives: Health Care

Reminder: There is No Such Thing as a Stab Proof Vest.

Posted on June 22, 2018 by sammy

Ask a knight… https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/tragic-jordan-turned-knife-himself-14791313

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Socialized Medicine: Theory Versus Practice – Liberty Ink Journal

Posted on March 9, 2011 by sammy

Socialized Medicine: Theory Versus Practice – Liberty Ink Journal. If being exploited means being able to schedule an MRI appointment for myself in twenty-four hours with my iPad using the free WiFi at the local coffee shop while sipping on … Continue reading →

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Herman Cain Speaking at SRLC

Posted on April 12, 2010 by sammy
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Posted on April 8, 2010 by sammy

Nancy Pelosi, speaking about the government takeover of the health insurance industry in San Francisco: ”It’s like the back of the refrigerator. You see all these wires and the rest,” said Pelosi. “All you need to know is, you open … Continue reading →

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Someone’s Confused

Posted on March 26, 2010 by sammy
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O’Reilly and Cong Weiner play who’s on first with health care

Posted on March 25, 2010 by sammy

UPDATE: Turns out Congressman Wiener is correct, there is no provision for enforcement of the individual mandate, or the proposed fines for non-compliance with it. Which begs the question: why would anyone comply?

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So this is what change looks like…

Posted on March 23, 2010 by sammy
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On Mandates

Posted on March 22, 2010 by sammy

How far afield do you have to go to conceive of “a right” that you have to force the citizen to acknowledge? I do not recall the legislature having to mandate that all citizens purchase and bear arms, or mandate … Continue reading →

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Vigilance

Posted on March 22, 2010 by sammy

Expect more from this pack of dogs, they smell blood. It will be up to the citizen to determine whose blood.

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True Colors

Posted on March 18, 2010 by sammy

Great piece by Michael Gerson in The Washington Post. Take this paragraph: The most visible Democratic domestic priority of the past 40 years must be smuggled into law, lest too many Americans notice. Politicians claiming the idealism of saints have … Continue reading →

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Beyond Sleazy

Posted on March 17, 2010 by sammy
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More Children Will Be Born

Posted on March 13, 2010 by sammy

“If you pass the Stupak amendment, more children will be born, and therefore it will cost us millions more. That’s Bart Stupak revealing some of the arguments of his Dem colleagues against his stand on abortion.

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This Was True Then, And It Is True Now

Posted on March 12, 2010 by sammy
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Tell Congress No

Posted on March 12, 2010 by sammy
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Wow

Posted on March 10, 2010 by sammy

Now this is an opening paragraph: Whatever the legislative fate of health reform — now in the hands of a few besieged House Democrats — the reformers have failed in their argument. Their proposal has divided Democrats while uniting Republicans, … Continue reading →

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