This is really bad, however Costa Rica will be cashing in on it. http://rosemaryrein.typepad.com/retreats_costa_rica/2008/04/nip-tuck-and-kn.html
--- On Wed, 12/23/09, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Sarah Palin told 'biggest lie of the year' > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 3:41 PM > Why do you assume that this > particular health bill is good for us? If it did > the things you are implying, I would not be so horrified. I > am not against > helping the poor. What I am against is the big business, > screw the people > aspects. This bill will deliver 30 million new customers to > the insurance > industry with a guarantee that the govt. will pay the bill. > "Heads I win, > tails you lose". It does nothing for tort reform or to rein > in trial > lawyers. It is a gift to the drug companies; they will not > be forced to > reform their business practices and indeed will give them > $100 billion for > drug purchases. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leland F. Jackson, CPA" <[email protected]> > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 2:06 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Sarah Palin told 'biggest lie of the > year' > > > It's absolutely critical that we pass the Health Care bill > tomorrow. I admit that I'm a little disappointed with > the > bill as is, as are many others; because, it is > influenced/written in too large a part by the Health Care > Industry, through the influence of their lobbyist. > > After the bill is passed, it can be tweaked during > implementation, and over time, as the system is put into > operation, opportunities will become clear where the bill > can be improved, streamlined, and enhanced. > > But if we don't get started on Health Care Reform > tomorrow, > it may be generations before someone come along again, > that > is willing to challenge the powerful Health Care segment > of > our economy. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > On 12/23/2009 11:32 AM, Publius Maximus wrote: > > And I didn't even see THIS until I after I posted my > comments (below): > > > > http://bit.ly/7EEeDK > > > > - - - > > Though Nancy Pelosi and friends have tried to call > “death panels” the > > “lie of the year,” this type of rationing – what > the CBO calls > > “reduc[ed] access to care” and “diminish[ed] > quality of care” – is > > precisely what I meant when I used that metaphor. > > - - - > > > > - Publius > > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Publius Maximus > > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Of course the irony of this is that the very > provision that Reid is > >> trying to make reversal-proof by changing Senate > rules is the very > >> provision that Palin objected to -- the one that > basically ensures old > >> folks get the short end of the health care > resource rationing > >> envisioned by the bill. > >> > >> So she used a metaphor -- death panels -- to > describe the > >> committee/task force/whatever that decides who > gets how much and what > >> health care resources (with a pronounced and open > preference for > >> younger vs. older people) -- and the media get's > all technical ("there > >> no such term 'death panel' in the bill!")....But, > in terms of intent, > >> it's not only in there, but also bragged about by > top advisers to the > >> president, including both John Holdren and Ezekiel > Emmanuel. > >> > >> Hope all you old fogies who don't have years to > wait for Supreme Court > >> challenges to bubble up through the appellate > system have a back up > >> plan for survival/life support if this godawful > bill becomes law.... > >> > >> - Publius > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Leland F. > Jackson, CPA > >> <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> There are liars, damn liars, and then there's > politicians. LOL > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> LelandJ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 12/23/2009 12:49 AM, Adam Buckland wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Former vice presidential candidate Sarah > Palin has won the dubious > >>>> honour of telling the biggest political > lie of the year. A panel of > >>>> experts ruled her claim the Obama > administration was planning to > >>>> introduce "death panels" was chosen as the > most misleading statement of > >>>> 2009. > >>>> > >>>> Palin, 45, made the claim on her Facebook > page at the height of the > >>>> debate over President Obama's plans to > reform the US health care > >>>> system. > >>>> > >>>> She wrote: "My parents or my baby with > Down syndrome will have to stand > >>>> in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his > bureaucrats can decide whether > >>>> they are worthy of health care." > >>>> > >>>> But the website PolitiFact.com found that > there were never any plans to > >>>> introduce so called "death panels" to > decide who should live or die. > >>>> > >>>> According to the website Palin's statement > on her Facebook page > >>>> generated a huge controversy and was > mentioned almost 6,000 times over > >>>> the next two months. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> From The Daily Telegraph, a > right wing newspaper from the UK > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME > parts --- > >>>> multipart/alternative > >>>> text/plain (text > body -- kept) > >>>> text/html[excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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