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Someone linked to this American Thinker article already, but here it is again: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/death_panel_is_not_in_the_bill.html
Here's a quote: "Daschle's stated purpose (and therefore President Obama's purpose) for creating the Council [Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research] is to empower an unelected bureaucracy to make the hard decisions about health care rationing that elected politicians are politically unable to make. The end result is to slow costly medical advancement and consumption. [Betsy] McCaughey goes on to explain: 'Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them.'"
Rick and all, how comparatively effective will it be to give you medical treatment? If you are only marginally contributing to society (in the opinion of the FCCFCER), the answer will be "not much." And when (slippery slope) the public option undercuts and drives out private options, making it illegal to pay for your own, you won't have much to say about the decision.
I just can't believe that you have faith that federal control of individual life decisions will not turn on incremental cost, and will not ultimately turn on you.
Comment Posted By MochaLite On 15.08.2009 @ 12:53
I agree with you, Rick, on Palin's future (or lack thereof), but the end-of-life consultations were understandably troubling. The overall question, of course, is what is the government doing in our health care at all. As a subset of that question, IMO, it is naive to expect such consultations to remain voluntary and innocuous when they are funded by a cost-conscious federal program.
We are concerned that health commissions would not remain independent, and that our freedom will go the way of QALY measurements. They may not start as death panels, but they would surely morph into them.
Comment Posted By MochaLite On 14.08.2009 @ 17:56
LEARNING NEW THINGS CAN BE FUN
Rick said: "Heh - conservatives think I’m not and liberals think I am. What am I doing wrong?"
More like what you are doing right if both fringes think you're with the other. I do agree with you on . This bill (and BO says it isn't even his idea of a bill) will go down in flames without all the flamers.
Nice Asimov quote too!
Comment Posted By MochaLite On 10.08.2009 @ 15:55
C'MON, AMERICA! SNAP OUT OF IT!
Good post, Rick, and I do agree with you about America's resilience. However, I also understand the funk out here when we keep seeing and hearing from the likes of Pelosi, Reid, Frank & Dodd (just creepy, all of them), Geithner (a tax cheat telling us how to run the economy), Gibbs (snide personified), Christina Romer (what is wrong with that woman??), and Obama (just trust me, folks!) Let's just say I don't watch any of them just before going to bed.
Comment Posted By MochaLite On 5.07.2009 @ 19:56
<em>24</EM> FUMBLES OPENING KICKOFF
Agree with you on Janeane Garafolo. Please tell me she's not being groomed to replace Chloe!!
Also, please tell me that Jack was just kidding when he said that we've created two countries with our anti-terrorism efforts of the past eight years (or wimp-lib words to that effect.) I tell you, if Jack goes wobbly, I'll know that ObamaReality has in fact taken over.
Finally, does anyone else think that the president looks like she took a huge fist to the face sometime in her past?
Comment Posted By MochaLite On 12.01.2009 @ 15:30
24 UNTIL <EM>24</EM> -- OPEN THREAD
Keep up the commentary, Rick - makes Tuesday mornings great!
My only prediction is that CAIR's sensibilities will again control 24's depiction of terrorists. African militants (but only non-Muslim Africans), Chinese mafiosi, drugged-out Swedes, blue-haired Grannies - anyone but radical Islamists!
Comment Posted By MochaLite On 11.01.2009 @ 21:04
<EM>REDEMPTION</EM>: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE FAMILIAR
I like 24, but I love your day-after commentary, and I've missed it! I agree with your take on Redemption - pretty lightweight and predictable, but it's something in an otherwise barren season.
One moment they didn't show, which I think will turn out to be significant: Who did Benton *not* take down with him when he stepped off the land mine?
Comment Posted By MochaLite On 24.11.2008 @ 16:06
