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Tag: America
Paul Krugman’s Comments A Fraud?
http://news.yahoo.com/paul-krugman-paul-ryan-budget-romney-supports-fraud-181245136–abc-news-politics.html Maybe it is not Mr. Krugman’s analysis that is fraud. Maybe it is the reporting. What this article says is that Mr. Krugman’s opinion is that Representative Ryan’s plan is not a plan and that President Obama’s plan is a plan. Now to say that Rep. Ryan’s plan is a fraud is to say that the Ryan plan is based on lies. Mr. Krugman tried to disarm his own biting criticism by saying that he is not personally attacking Mr. Ryan, but that he is just saying that the plan Mr. Ryan put forward is a fraud. I think a fraud is a lie and therefore a person who puts forth a fraud is a liar. Is that reasoning flawed? I am just trying to get to the facts and not the spin. Then we read that Mr. Krugman is in favor of the Obama plan. He says that is a plan he understands. He does not comment on the validity of the Obama plans numbers, approach or process. So, I take it he likes the plan. So, what we have here is a report about Mr. Krugman saying he doesn’t like the Ryan plan and therefore Mr. Ryan’s plan is a fraud and by inference, Mr. Representative Ryan is a liar. And that Krugman likes the President’s plan and therefore Mr. Obama is not a liar. Seems to me that the liar and fraud here is Mr. Krugman, who makes broad accusations against a U.S. Congressman and excuses the President. How to solve this? Take Mr. Obama’s own words to heart and instead of name calling and innuendo just say plainly, I, (Mr. Klugman) do not agreed with the Ryan plan for this and that (specific) reason and I agree with the Obama plan for this and that reason.
Obama Administration and US Military Engage in Terrorism-Repeatedly
http://news.yahoo.com/u-drone-strike-kills-15-northwest-pakistan-officials-033713485.html Amazing, no screams of outrage by the Left. No Washington Post, New York Times outrage. No Chris Matthews and Obermann rants against the Obama White House. All of this silence displays the mainstream media’s murderous complicity in acts of international murder against innocent foreign nationals. These same media and this administration were highly indignant when GW Bush agreed to allow waterboarding interrogation of known terrorist prisoners. All of whom are alive today. But when the Obama administration repeatedly allows the murder of what now amounts to well over fifty innocent “suspects” there is no protest and even open praise of the activity. Maybe it is true that there is no morality anymore. But for this writer, murder is murder. Also for this writer, the actions of our nation must not imitate the actions of the september 11th terrorists. I am not for the jurisdiction of International Courts. But I am amazed that the much praised International Criminal Court at the Hague does not indict the Obama Administration for criminal aggression and terrorism. Pakistan is a sovereign nation and our drones illegally transgress their national borders, and kill its citizens. Basically, these actions are the actions of a rogue State that condones and fosters international terrorism. The USA and NATO with United Nations sanctions just completed a very bloody and illegal war against the legal government of Gaddafi in Libya. The excuse for that war? We were told that they committed acts of murder against their own people. The end of that war? We toppled the Libyan central government, installed the NTC which is a French puppet regime groomed by French and British intelligence agencies and at the last, murdered the Head of State. All along we were told to remember Locerbie and the airliner bombing that killed people. Now the Obama government and the US military are killing people weekly and we are told that it is okay because the US military and the Obama government think that the people we kill are really terrorists. Amazing arrogance but much worse, these are the actions of a government that is morally bankrupt by the false notion that individual acts of terror against suspected terrorists and their families, children and neighbors resulting in their wholesale slaughter is okay because we are protecting America.
Paying Medical Bills In Cash
4. Paying Medical Bills in Cash Slashes Costs
Most Americans are unaware that many hospitals and doctors offer deep discounts for patients who pay in cash — as long as they don’t use their health insurance.
One hospital in California lists the price of a CT scan of the abdomen on its website at $4,423. Blue Shield of California says it negotiated a rate at the hospital of about $2,400 for patients with coverage.
But when the Los Angeles Times asked for the cash price, the hospital said it was $250.
The newspaper cited the case of a woman who was charged $6,707 for a CT scan of her abdomen. Blue Shield said she needed to pay just $2,336. She later discovered that if she had not gone through her insurance plan and paid cash, the cost would have been $1,054.
David Belk, an internist in Alameda, Calif., who launched a website about medical costs, pointed to the vast differences in costs for routine blood work. He said a local hospital charged a patient $782, and her insurer said she owed $414.
“She could have gotten it for $95 in cash,” Belk said. “How does that make sense? The last thing the insurance companies want you to know is how inexpensive this stuff really is.”
Hospitals have been trying to increase revenue by encouraging patients to pay upfront so the hospital can avoid an uncertain collections process, the Times reported.
“Cash prices — typically available for hundreds of common outpatient services and tests — have a real appeal to millions of consumers who are on the hook for a growing share of their medical costs as employers and insurers cut back on coverage and push more high-deductible plans,” the paper observed.
The California Hospital Association asserted that discounted cash prices are intended for patients without insurance, not those with coverage, but added that most hospitals offer a different discount to insured patients who are willing to pay their bill upfront.
I copied this from Newsmax, Is it True?
BlogTalkRadio Program
This writer also broadcasts a half hour radio broadcast on Blogtalkradio. Granted it is not regularly but I, like you, have to make a living. I like the comment on my blog today that said, “writing is the only work that is not criticized for not making money” Anyway, if you care to tune into the program, it is on Blogtalkradio.com and the title is Considerations. I also broadcast a rock and roll radio program using radionomy. It is a non DJ program so all you hear is music, not even adverts yet because the listenership is low but it is a great station and works real good as background music while you are on the computer. It’s at Radionomy.com and the title is “Uplifting” If you like either program please let me know via the “like” botton. Thanks
What About Hassan Nidal?
http://news.yahoo.com/awol-muslim-soldier-guilty-fort-hood-bomb-plot-205502556.html Noteworthy here is the relative swiftness of the indictment, trial and judgement. However, as is clear, although there was a serious possibility of harm to people, it was a plan and no one was killed. However, Hassan Nidal killed 13 soldiers in cold blood as they were deploying. He was himself shot and treated and is still being treated at tax payer expense while the families of the dead soldier have only their grief. The murders by Nidal were on video tape and any jury can see him actually walk up to soldiers and murder them. But what has happened? He has not gone to trial and I cannot understand why?
What’s With the Gay Thing?
http://news.yahoo.com/jim-parsons-gay-10-relationship-213706907.html First the disclaimer: I do not hate gays, actually, I try not to hate anyone. Second: I do not know the fellow featured in this article and I do not wish him any ill. Third: I do not care what his sexual habits are!
I titled this article as a question because I am getting confused as to the passionate desire of our culture to snoop into other people’s private lives. Why are we fixated on the bedroom? We are not fixated on the potty. At least I do not think we are interested in what this fellow uses to wipe his ass. If he or any heterosexual person engages in sex, I really do not care what lubricant they use or which brand of condom. Yet, we get all hyped up to know that any particular male person engages in anal sex or oral sex with another male and we are thrilled that it is a ten-year long process. At least that is the breathless way this article is written. I read it because I wanted to know what is the fuss? And reading it I felt dirty, as though I was peeking into their bedroom and watching them conjoin. As I write this, there are probably hundreds of people in my town engaging in various forms of sex. So what! I mean really, folks, this fixation with Gays is adolescent.
And just one more thing. Again, the disclaimer, ( it seems we always need to defend ourselves these day), I do not care about the sexual habits of others. Yet, I wonder what it is that our society and its voyeuristic culture wants to promote. You see, I am able to write this blog and this man is able to have a ten-year relationship with another man because we had a father and mother. We were not born because we had father and father. Females are absolutely essential for the continuation of the species. And although Hilary Clinton thinks that it takes a village to raise a child, it starts with sex between a man and women and then a family. Yes, the family is faulty but so is the community. It is time to stop acting like twelve-year-old with binoculars peering into this handsome man’ or that beautiful woman’s bedchamber. And in so doing, let’s get away from the grunt and sweat of sex and pay attention to things that enhance our communities, like Art, Science, Literature, and even Religion and Philosophy.
Wrong math?
Thank you to the commenter who corrected my math by pointing out that we pay taxes on income so that if Senator Lautenberg increased his taxes to 55 % of income then he would still be richer year after year. The writer also commented that I probably pay too much taxes. I might, but I am comfortable with taxes as they are now because I actually do feel that taxes are a requirement for living in this great and wonderful USA. However, I don’t like giving the government additional powers over my life, and taxes are one way for governments to exert power. It may not be one persons fault, Obama, because under our present understanding of government, taxes are used to employ people. These many millions in positions of government authority want job security and for them taxes on everybody so that they can be government employees may seem the right thing. This includes pensioners and Social Security and Disability recipients. But I do not think of employment as a primary objective of taxes. I think that we need to limit government’s control over the individual and that includes the wealthiest among us. Specifics? Actually, I could list mine and say that I am right. But then, you would list the opposite position and say it is right. So, there is an impasse. However, at least for now, we still have a Congress and an independent judiciary and both are benevolent. So my fears are allayed and I am secure. But I will remain vigilant to safeguard the freedoms enjoyed in the USA. And granted, nothing, even freedom, can be absolute. But any curtailment should be through vibrant and even very robust public debate with the decisions made in open meetings, (no back room politics please) and with a rule that the separation of powers be not only respected but demanded by the electorate. A long way from wrong math? Yes, but my stream of consciousness writing style took me there. And such fault, if it be a fault, is not Obama’s and not George Bush’s. It’s mine!
Senators Are Old and Wealthy
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/lautenberg_frelinghuysen_among.html This article points us to two facts, the Senator from New Jersey is very wealthy and 88 years old. I am not prejudice against either situation. I want to get old and be healthy as is Senator Lautenberg and I want to be a 48 millionaire like him. To his credit, the Senator made his money by hard work, entrepreneurial acumen and vision. Very good qualities indeed and ones to be held up for imitation. However, the Democrat President Obama has declared class warfare against the wealthy. In his book he speaks forcefully against the avarice and greed of white Americans. In his public statement Democrat Obama has spoken repeatedly against the wealthy saying that they must be taxed a lot more, their tax-free foundations abolished and their tax exemptions closed. But does Senator Lautenberg agree and does it matter if he does. I should think that people like the Senator are needed in the private sector to create companies like ADP and to lead job creation. That is not done by Senators voting on Gay marriage and Pro Abortion and trade bills that make America less competitive in our world. If he agrees with Obama and the so-called Buffet rule then he should voluntarily write very big checks to the US government and I would suggest, renounce his pay, perks, and pension for surely he needs none of them. But does he agree that the wealthy are to be maligned and that a federal policy of “leveling the playing field” would best benefit the nation? Well, let’s just say that as a very liberal Democrat who seems to wholeheartedly support the Obama agenda, Senator Lautenberg writes an additional 20% check to the IRS. So we take 48 million and reduce it by 9.6 million. How much is left? Let’s round it to 38 million. Can Mr. Lautenberg live on that. Yes, he can. So the next year he does it again. This time the check will be for 7.6 million bring him down to 30 million. Next year it is 6 million bring him down to 24 million. Then it is 4.8 million bring him to 19. Then it is 3.8 leaving 15 million. Then to 3 million making him a twelve millionaire. Senator Lautenberg may agree to such a reduction in his wealth but it would still be a private matter and he would end up after a mere six years as only 1/4 of what he had to start. Some readers will say,”good.”! But should that process be applied to all people with over 250 thousand dollars in wealth? Should it be applied to your bank account or stock fund or 401 K or inheritance? If it is good for one, say Senator Lautenberg, then it should be fair to apply it to everybody. So, the question is, Are you willing to be worth only 1/4 of what you are worth today. Now, philosophically, you may say “Yes.”. But remember, Senator Lautenberg still ends up with 12 million. If it is you, what do you end up with? I will not do the math for you but I will suggest that although the formula is the same, you, at 250 thousand, will end up with not enough to pay for you childs junior college in state tuition. So there is a difference.
Democrats Try Reversing Recent Supreme Court
http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-22-states-join-campaign-finance-fight-063148340.html Notable here is the subtle and secret influence of the Democrat party in using a coverup, namely the Montana election contributions law as the cause for their joining forces against the US Supreme Court Case, Citizens United. The Democrat President Obama openly embarrassed himself, insulted the nation and angered several justices of the Supreme Court when he used the State of the Union Address to attack the Justices of the Supreme Court over Citizens United. Now Democrat ruled New York State seeks to use this relatively innocuous law in order to reverse the Citizens United ruling. Fortunately, the Justices do not live in ivory towers and their independence from coercive influences from any White House Administration is boldly protected by our Constitution and precedence law. Yes, I agree that the US Supreme Court has not always ruled as I would like. However, the rulings have overwhelmingly protected the citizens of the nation against over-reaching and tyranny seeking White House administrations. It is important to note that these are judicial decisions of Constitutional law and the enforcement of those decisions is left to the President, his attorney general and the States Attorneys General. In the infamous and ignominious decision of the Andrew Jackson administration, the ruling in favor of the civil rights of the Cherokee native americans was not enforced. Rather the reverse happened and US army forces were used to arrest, uproot, and remove by force thousands of indians from their ancestral lands to the deserts of the west. This Trail of Tears is evidence of the cruel injustice that can be visited on people when White House administrations radically opposed Supreme Court decisions.
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