“Medical decisions are best made by patients and their doctors without interference from government bureaucracies.“ If you agree with that statement, received in an e-mail this morning from Dr. Alan Zuckerman, then you’re likely to find yourself in agreement with the stance being taken by Docs4PatientCare when it comes to health care reform. Dr. Zuckerman [...]
Entries from October 2009
Doctors Offer 8 Alternatives for Health Care Reform
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments
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After Doing It So Long, They Think It’s Okay
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments
They’ve all been doing it for so long, they probably think it’s okay, writes J. Robert Gough in his blog today at Quincy News. In this instance, “it” is the practice of inviting those with “skin in the game” of bidding on state contracts to political fund-raising events in advance of those state contracts being [...]
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Video ‘Raps Up’ Employee Free Choice Act
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Remy’s new rap, captured in the video above, tells the truth about the incorrectly-named Employee Free Choice Act (a.k.a., “Card Check”), the subject of more than a half-dozen posts on this blog, including this one highlighting an editorial Rep. Joe “You Lie” Wilson (R-S.C.) wrote about the act and this one featuring the graphic below: [...]
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Look for BMW Article at BigGovernment.com
October 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Be sure to read my article about Janet Allquist and the anti-socialism movement she inspired. Being published later this morning at BigGovernment.com, it highlights the 68-year-old grandmother’s six-month-old one-woman campaign against socialism that takes place at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo. BigGovernment.com is the newest online project of Andrew Breitbart, [...]
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Obama Victim of Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
October 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage highlights observations about President Barack Obama’s narcissism which first appeared in a blog post one year ago by Sam Vaknin, PhD. Below are excerpts from the piece Savage cites: Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist. Granted, only a qualified mental health diagnostician (which I am not) can [...]
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AMTRAK’s Per-Passenger Subsidy Higher Than Cost of Airline Ticket from New Orleans to LA
October 28th, 2009 · 5 Comments
This morning, I went online and found I could purchase a one-way adult-fare airline ticket on Southwest Airlines that would allow me to fly from New Orleans to Los Angeles today for $405. Similarly, I found I could purchase a ticket on Amtrak for $439 (morning departure) or $133 (afternoon departure). The difference between these [...]
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Inhofe Corrects Kerry on Climate Change Issues
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments
On Oct. 27, 2009, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) appeared before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to speak on behalf of the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill. Senator Kerry spoke uncontested for 28 minutes, allowing no time for questions by members of the Committee. In the video below, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) rebuts Senator [...]
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