The article states, "Nearly 25,000 people have been killed since December 2006, when right-wing president Calderon made shattering the drug cartels a national priority and launched a massive crackdown" Note, RIGHT-WING. May I ask what the heck does his political leanings have to do with the events of the story, or what is happening in Mexico? Are we to assume there would be no bloodshed if a left-wing president cracked down on the drug cartels?
Environmentalism has become a form of religion fostering a sense of moral and intellectual superiority in the believer but with little or no importance placed on telling the truth. Environmentalism has largely replaced Christianity as the preferred religion of the upper classes in Europe and, to a lesser degree, the United States.
Compare what religion teaches and warns us about; listen to the enlightened preachers for they know what is best for us; make sacrifices for the common good and if not one will be dammed to hell.
Global warming is the new message. It offers these fools a creed, a dogmatic doctrine to follow; it offers them the need to sacrifice; it holds over them an impending doom for not following the dogma, the end of the planet, an Armageddon end to the world.
Would you be kind enough to post the source for your post? Anyone can pretty much say anything they wish here when quoting statistics and numbers here.
The Democrats are trying to draw an analogy between their health plan and current auto policies, which all states require in some form or another. Who among you, having an excellent accident, ticket and claim free driving record wishes to be placed in the high risk group of the young drivers, ticket getting drivers, or accident prone drivers. Are you so altruistic you wish to pay three to five times more for your auto policy? That is what the current bills will force one to do with their health insurance policy. The healthy will pay premiums 100% to 200% higher than they would normally pay without state or federal interference and regulation
That is exactly what has happened in the "No Issue" states. New York’s health insurance policy premiums jumped a WOPPING 42% THE FIRST YEAR the law was implemented. They now are over 70% higher than before the "No Issue" law passed. Maine and Massachusetts are facing similar HUGE increases since legislatively becoming “No Issue” states.
As most here know, federal law prohibits insurers from selling policies across state lines. Many uninformed think this is a way the health insurance providers, selling in a non competitive market, keep premiums higher than they should be. The fact is the federal government passed laws prohibiting health insurance providers from selling across state lines because of what we, in the health profession, call "No Issue" states. Several states, inc. NY have passed legislation that prohibits any insurance seller from refusing anyone health insurance. That means they must make their coverage available to anyone (not only those with pre existing conditions they may not have any control over) including the clinically obese, the heavy drinkers, the smokers, and the drug users. The result is that ALL policies increase in cost. By prohibiting individuals and insurers from buying or selling across state lines, they prevent a healthy person finding a cheaper policy in another state.
Those of us who take decent care of ourselves SHOULD NOT BE FORCED BY FIAT to pay for those who do not. That is what is fair, not some altruistic poppycock about it being our responsibility to take care of adults who choose not to take care of them selves.
Isn't there any way he can blame this on Bush and the GOP?
The science boys and girls using the same chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) they claim are depleating the ozone layer through chemical changes made in the atmosphere have NEVER been able to replicate their claim in a lab. NEVER, ANYWHERE IN ANY LAB IN THE WORLD. Junk science????(CFCs)
Did anyone notice the language used by the author of this article in the first paragraph? It states that ... "activists, consumers and labor groups around the country have been organizing in opposition to his efforts to undermine meaningful health care reform." Note how the article precludes the Obama plan is meaningful reform. THERE IS NOT EVEN AN ATTEMPT TO HID THE PRO UNION LIBERAL BIAS IN THIS PIECE OF PROPAGANDA.
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