Michael Moore's SiCKO (Sorta) Accurate

Michael Moore's ideology as a Progressive won't allow him to really pin down poor medical care in the USA, so I will give a couple of examples.

We've all heard the horrible story and seen the surveillance video of Ms. Esmin Green - a 49 year old woman that dies right before your eyes at the Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Falling to the floor, helplessly trying to get up, employees watching and walking away. Union security guards look at her on the floor, but hey - it's not in their union job description to care for patients. Another member of the hospital staff sees Ms. Green's body on the floor - but alas, it's not within the union job description - just a sideshow for the night.

Another fat union guard rolls his chair to the waiting area and doesn't even lift his fat union ass off the chair. He knows the woman has been on the floor for some time now - but hey, his union job description is to be a guard.

Then this past May in Los Angeles another woman lay bleeding on the floor of the emergency room of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital, then died. This hospital has been cited over a dozen times in 3.5 years for inadequate care that has led to patient deaths and injuries.

Then earlier this year MSNBC reported about 19 deaths at a VA facility at just 1 southern Illinois hospital which was traced to substandard care. We've heard the recent horrors of VA hospitals - sick how our vets are treated huh?

Last year the Atlantic Journal Constitution reported of (preventable) deaths at the state mental hospital in Atlanta, Georgia:

An unabated failure to correct dangerous conditions at the state mental hospital in Atlanta has caused preventable deaths, injuries and illnesses for patients, federal investigators have found.

I could go on and on but getting to the common factor in patient abuse and gross lack of care consider the commonality of all of these incidences. I'm not talking about the universal risk of infection that any hospital visit can bring, but preventable deaths and injuries as a direct result of bad care - or no care at all.

All of these - and the huge majority of the ones I've found and didn't list - were all at government facilities. Government operated facilities will never compare to the private sector - never. With few exceptions private sector care is superior because the motivations are totally different.

When government attempts to do anything business-like their motivations are just to provide a service. Their unionized employee's just show up to do their job, no more, often less - no motivation to achieve anything other than log their hours for a check. The government entity exists as a static machine - no risk, no motivation. Their employees are less qualified since their standards are low. They have high waste of resources (taxpayer's money) and low efficiency.

Private enterprise, even non-profit ones, have competitive motivations. They know their bottom line depends of efficiency and quality of care. If they falter they risk losing business to their competition. They often have the latest resources, the best qualified employees, and the lowest waste.

But alas, Progressives don't grasp these concepts and continue to push for growing government, government control of everything, and eventual domination by government.

Really now - if you or a loved one needed care would you prefer a government facility or private?

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A Toilet Thursday

The AFL-CIO mafia formally endorsed Liberal Senator Barack Obama today. Absolutely no surprise there since the Liberal Senator has had long time ties with the mob and is the new blood puppet the unions have longed for - right in the White House to force all businesses to become unionized. If businesses are in America that haven't yet been infected then no government contracts for you.

Puppet Liberal Obama has also promised the unions he would work to stop investigations into union activities by the U.S. Department of Labor - responsible for hundreds of arrests and convictions of corrupt union officials. Think you can see why unions need a Liberal puppet like Senator Barack.

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Stocks continue to tank to an all time 2008 low. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how fucked our country's economy has been since Liberals took control of Congress a little over 1.5 years ago? Their answer to all the troubles they have caused? More government regulations, more handouts, more restrictions, more taxes, blaa, blaa, blaa - same old Liberal shit but this is what you, the ignorant voters, have wanted, now you've got it! Economy - Liberal style.

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Americans have been granted their right (that they always had) to protect themselves from criminals that Liberal courts have allowed back on the streets. Liberal politicians are up in arms (pun?) with their usual anti-gun lies. We already have laws that make it illegal for criminals to have guns but Liberal judges just throw this scum back on the street.

Liberal judges protect illegal alien violent gang members, etc. Face it - Liberals want the good citizens disarmed and the criminal element to go rampant throughout America. Heck - Liberals have already gone on record they want to give felons the right to vote - for them, of course.

What's scary is the Liberal Supreme Court Jesters don't want "free" citizens to have the right to protect themselves and have used their Liberal agenda to morph the Constitution into something other than it is.

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A Growing Population Of Masochists

Mas·och·ism:

Gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification.

Gas continues to go higher as Democrats continue to punish those that can least afford higher prices. It's as if Democrats want to create a "gas crisis" in order to justify their real objectives - of a government-controlled petroleum industry. Government already has a death grip around oil companies with huge taxes, forcing the American companies to buy imported oil, and dictating to companies where they can and cannot harvest oil. Democrats force middle and lower income families to endure growing financial nightmares yet the masochist voter continues to vote Democrats into controlling positions.

Then you have some states that have forced non-oil "bio-fuels" into people's vehicles. These additives come mostly from grain, which means less grain for feeding livestock and for feeding humans. Result of the Democrat's goulash controls and mandates are even more financial burdens for the middle and lower income families to endure at the grocery store, yet the masochist voter continues to vote Democrats into controlling positions.

Then you have cities and states that are realizing lower gas tax revenues because people are filling up less, so you have some Democrat cities and states wanting to come up with even more gas taxes and various fees to keep their governmental glut social programs and illegal alien programs alive. So who pays these additional taxes and fees? You and I do. Democrats continue to force financial nightmares upon the middle and lower class yet the masochist voter continues to vote Democrats into controlling positions.

Then you have Democrats - the liars and deceivers that they are - pretending to care about workers rights, yet they vote against the right of a worker to have a secret ballot when it comes to voting whether or not a workplace should be unionized. No surprise there - Democrats are well known as the puppets of the unions.

Then you have slime like Democrat Senator Christopher Dodd (chairman of the Banking Committee), Democrat Senator Kent Conrad (chairman of the Budget Committee and member of the Finance Committee) along with a couple of former Democrat Cabinet members - all having received preferential treatment from Countrywide Financial. Democrat Dodd received $15,000 from Countrywide for his 2008 campaign. Democrat slime profited while middle and lower income families have to deal with growing financial nightmares, yet the masochist voter continues to vote Democrats into controlling positions.

May Day - Day of Remembrance

A day that is also International Workers' Day, aka socialist day, aka labor union day. Communist and anarchist organizations and their affiliated unions universally conduct street marches as well. Being socialists they don't believe in borders, so these rabid angry people will protest for illegal aliens to be free to suck our resources.

To me this is a day to remember all the millions of union workers that throughout the decades have lost their jobs because their unions have forced companies into bankruptcy. The story is always the same - a few of these malcontents get into a company and attempt to get other employees to join their union. If they are successful that company will eventually be doomed. They will be forced to raise prices on their products or services and before long, they will be unable to compete.

Some companies can get momentary relief from these strong-arm unions by outsourcing to other countries. When they do so then Americans lose their jobs - again, thanks to the unions.

Currently if employees go on strike against a company the company can hire replacement workers that are not unionized. The company wishes to survive and this is done for the sake of survival as well as for the non-striking workers jobs. In my mind if employees are unhappy at their job they should simply quit and go to another company that will give them what they think they deserve.

Unions are also the prime reason the public school system in America is horrible. They always complain they don't have enough money, yet when they are given more money the trend of declining skilled students continues into the dark abyss.

Senator Barack Obama has already gone on record and wants to have a law where companies will be unable to hire replacement workers when a strike is declared. Unions have spent millions on Senator Obama's election campaign and they expect some radical pro-union actions from their puppet.

In this situation I would advise businesses to make a fast dash from being an American company to establishing their charter in a country friendly and free for business.

Are You Better Off Now Than 1.5 Years Ago?

So how about it - are you better off since Democrats took control of Congress? It was a Democrat Congress that extended America's debt ceiling to well over a TRILLION DOLLARS! On top of that a bill (S.2433) sponsored by Democrat Barack Obama - wanna-be president - will force American taxpayers into deeper debt - on the order of $845 BILLION - his Global Poverty Act will help push America into poverty!

Are you better off now than you were before the Democrats took control of Congress?

Ask yourself that question especially when you get gas - now over $1.15 higher - almost $4 / gallon - since Democrats took control - and it will get worse as long as they remain in control, and Democrats like John Dingell (MI) wants to add 50 cents more PER GALLON as an incentive to fill up less and reduce pollution.

Ask yourself that question if you're unemployed - since Democrats took control the ranks of the unemployed are growing - up over 10% since Democrats took control. Democrats are increasingly making the USA a bad place for a company to do business with increasing interference into the business policies, forced mandates, forcing pro-union laws, forcing wage increases, and basically forcing American business out of the country, forcing them to lay off workers to remain profitable, or into bankruptcy. The latest? Four airlines bankrupt and GM to lay off 3,550.

Ask yourself that question if you've seen your home equity decline - before the Democrats took control Americans enjoyed historic highs in their home equity, now at the lowest point in over 60 years.

Ask yourself that question if you are one of the growing home owners facing foreclosure - now more than doubled from the beginning of the Democrat take over of Congress.

Ask yourself that question if you live in a Democrat controlled city / state and they tell you they have to cut jobs in law enforcement, release prisoners, cut vital services - yet they don't cut their handout programs to the illegal aliens. Want to blame the billions going to the Iraq war? Across the country:

• $11-$22 BILLION spent on welfare to illegal aliens
• $2.2 BILLION spent on programs like food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens
• $2.5 BILLION spent each year on Medicaid for illegal aliens
• $12 BILLION spent on English programs for illegal alien students
• $900+ MILLION to incarcerate illegal alien criminals (30% of all Fed. inmates are illegals)
• $200+ BILLION each year in suppressed American wages caused by illegals
• and so much more waste that can be avoided - check the link!
  

Are you better off now than you were before the Democrats took control of Congress?

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Want Real Financial Security?

A couple of days ago the Federal Reserved pumped $280 billion into global markets and later that day the DJIA closed over 400 points. This fake stimulus trickery didn't last long - with the DJIA loosing for the next two days. The real reason for that unprecedented move was out of fear a large US bank was in trouble - Bear Sterns - and the move to stave off its collapse.

A large part of financial woes in America - including job loss, falling dollar, trade deficit, etc. - can be resolved almost overnight by implementing just a few steps:

• Overturn about 90% of the government mandates, rules, regulations, constraints, and other bureaucracy forced on businesses. In other words, allow business to do what they do best without government interference.
• Stop 90% of the outpouring of US dollars to other countries and give them the chance to take care of themselves without interference from the US government.
• End the power grasp of unions that force businesses into an uncompetitive position which inevitably forces businesses to shift labor to other countries or even causes the demise of the business.
• Stop the Islamic war - you know, that one in Iraq where US taxpayers are spending (against their will) $275 million EACH DAY to fight not for freedom, but for one Islamic sect vs. another Islamic sect.
• Cut taxes by 50% - easy if the above steps were implemented. People can't spend money they don't have, even if government sends out checks of play money.
  

Do these steps and business will pull their outsourced jobs back to the US so fast there might not be enough workers; the dollar will soar on the global market, and the USA will once again be a financial powerhouse.

However, I don't expect any of the above to happen - big government doesn't like to become smaller government and the stupid voters in the USA don't seem to care as their focus is Democrat vs. Republican.

The game is fixed. Voters had a chance for real change but in ignorance they cry for bigger and bigger government, thinking in their ignorance that government will help them.

The truth is: out of control government is the problem.

All Problems Solved!

Since Congress has solved all of American's problems they are so bored that they need to find something to do. Hey - let's go after that ole American pastime - Baseball! Let's play Gestapo and force ourselves into the lives of the baseball players. Yeah, let's show them who da boss really is. After all, we are Congress - we ARE the law - we are omnipotent.

The farce of the so-called PED (performance enhancing drug) hearings are another example of the obtrusiveness of the federal government into the lives of American adults. Besides the obvious grand-standing by both sides in front of the media think of the millions of dollars totally wasted - and for what? Is this a matter of national security? Does the economic future of the USA hang in the balance of baseball and who has taken some drug?

First - these are adults, and as adults, the government has no business dictating what adults choose to eat or drink, what drugs they might take or not, as long as the actions of the adults do not harm or include a child. PEDs are not some miracle pill. You or I cannot take them and suddenly become a super baseball hitter. If these drugs really do improve performance then I would demand each Congress person take them daily because in my mind, Congress has done absolutely nothing worthy of a paycheck.

Millions of people drink coffee each morning, and unless it's decaf they drink it to enhance their performance. It gives them a buzz. Most students know it will help to eat something with sugar before a test - sugar is brain food and it can help.

Government must be forced to drop its mandates it has given itself when it comes to drugs and how adults in this country choose to use them. American adults are forced to conditions and requirements set forth by government - restricting freedom of choice and freedom of access.

Ron Paul - America needs you!

Crimes Against Die Amerikanische Regierung

Last week Oregon Zustand-Polizei seized 244 slot machines from a shop south near Newport, Oregon. If you wish to own your own working slot machine you are a criminal. You do not have the freedom to own one even if it's located in your own home and used exclusively by you. ES WIRD DURCH REGIERUNG VERBOTEN!

The Zustandregierung of Mississippi wants to take away the freedom of chubby people to eat in restaurants. Government often makes laws "in the interest of public safety" - translated: Take away a person's freedom. If this legislation becomes law and you're fat don't try and eat at a restaurant. ES WIRD DURCH REGIERUNG VERBOTEN!

The Bundesregierung forbids adults from growing and/or using Cannabis (marijuana). Even if you have no children and you wish to smoke in your own home - you are subject to arrest and imprisonment. How many deaths each year do you hear of caused by alcohol? Over 20,000 killed just in traffic collisions, with thousands more maimed each year. How many deaths caused by cigarettes? Yet, as an adult, you do not have the freedom to own and/or use this plant. (A far cry from when the US Government made their movie "Hemp for Victory" during WWII explaining how great hemp was). ES WIRD DURCH REGIERUNG VERBOTEN!

If you're an adult and wish to eat foods with trans fats, even knowing it's not the healthiest fat to consume, your freedom of choice is being taken away by various Zustandregierung - in the interest of (of course) your health. It's a favorite of big government to enact laws to take away freedoms - to tell us they do so for our own good. Bans on high fructose corn syrup are coming as well - so if you are an adult and wanted a yummy donut with trans fats and HFCS your freedom to indulge will be stripped from you. Es IST VERBOTEN!

Does your presidential candidate want an even bigger government? Do they want more government controls over our lives? To force you to behave a certain way or accept the principles of government over your own?

Vote for Ron Paul - and let's get Government out of our lives!

Mandating Less Freedom

I'm really getting a bit pissed at the ever-increasing loss of freedom for citizens of the USA. Now when I talk about freedom I'm referring to freedom of choice for adults - and it is that freedom that continues to erode. Instead of asking if you are better off than you were 20 years ago you should ask if you feel you have more freedom of choice than you did in the past.

This post in not a rant on Democrats or liberals, so just read it before judging it. We all know most all Democrats favor big government, more taxes, bigger social handouts, and diluting the Constitution in favor of a "global rights" law.

Did you know Conservatives are just as guilty of your loss of freedom? The Bush Administration's choice for commissioner of the FDA wants to really sock it to Americans - and do so hard. FDA Docket No. 2006D-0480 would lead to:

• Growing and selling common garden herbs will get you arrested as a drug dealer
• Massage oils and handheld massagers will be regulated as "medical devices."
• Vegetable juice will be regulated as a drug
• Weight machines will be regulated as "medical devices" and require FDA approval before being sold or used
• Raw sprouts and other anti-cancer foods will be regulated as drugs
• Bottled water that "treats" dehydration will be regulated as a drug
• Massage therapists who use hot rocks as part of their therapy will have the ROCKS regulated as medical devices! (It's true. The FDA will actually look at a pile of rocks and declare, "Those are medical devices!")
• Foods, supplements, vitamins and homeopathic remedies will disappear from store shelves, pending FDA "review."
• Vitamin store owners will be arrested and prosecuted for "practicing medicine without a license."
  

We must stop BIG BROTHER from getting BIGGER!

Uncle Sam's Sex Change To Mother Samantha

Liberal politicians are not the only ones undergoing sex change. Uncle Sam is on the path to castration - becoming mama - every liberal and socialist's dream come true, and every conservative freedom-loving individual's nightmare.

Big government was once the mandate of Democrats, but now even Republicans are trying to show the populace that their party can be make government just as "caring" and "compassionate" as Democrats.

In Georgia a Republican-sponsored (Sen. Don Balfour) bill will force females to be injected with Gardasil - manufactured by Merck. Not to be outdone legislators in at least 33 states have introduced similar legislation to either force-inject this into girls or fund it with tax payers money. If you recall Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order earlier this year forcing girls entering sixth grade be be government-injected (3 injections required over 6 months). This will start Sept. 2008.

At the Gardasil website it is stated:

GARDASIL is given as 3 injections over 6 months and can cause pain, swelling, itching, and redness at the injection site, fever, nausea, and dizziness. Only a doctor or healthcare professional can decide if GARDASIL is right for you or your daughter.

Odd - government has changed that last sentence to be:

Only government can decide if GARDASIL is right for you or your daughter.

Government is controlling what people can and cannot eat. Government controls how much money they take from you, when they want it, and if they want to take more. We the people, have no control where that money goes (well we do but people are too lazy to care). Government controls what drugs we can take by our own choice and which they will force the people to spend more money to visit a doctor. Government controls, mandates, and dictates - and it is getting worse - BIG GOVERNMENT is getting BIGGER.

In Oregon residents are not even allowed to pump their own gas - government mandate. Some people want even more controls - government controlled healthcare, government controlled wage caps, government mandated locator devices if you climb a mountain, forced government schools unless you can afford private schools, the list is enormous.

As the late great Ronald Reagan once said, "government is not the answer to our problems - government IS the problem".