Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Yay! His Holiness is about to take up residence in the White House, where He belongs, and He’s going to start guiding us…especially with regard to requiring us all to get health insurance. With His friendly Congress already seated, it’s a sure thing. Universal health insurance is on the way!
We’re gonna be doing it just like they do it in Massachusetts already…
Small businesses with more than 10 employees were required to provide health insurance or pay an extra fee to subsidize uninsured low-income residents, yet the overall costs of the program increased more than $400 million — 85 percent higher than original projections. To make up the difference, payments to health care providers were slashed, so many doctors and dentists in Massachusetts began refusing to take on new patients. In the state with the highest physician/patient ratio in the nation, some people now have to wait more than a year for a simple physical exam.
The irony is that Massachusetts officials reluctantly admitted that, despite increased enrollment, the state is still far from universal coverage — the original goal of the landmark law. To make matters worse, Massachusetts is grappling with a multibillion-dollar deficit while Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick desperately tries to slow down those still-spiraling health care costs, which he said last week were “not sustainable.”
Don Surber delivers the highlights…
The D.C. Examiner examined it after 2 years and found:
1. Subsidies cost $400 million — 85 percent higher than original projections.
2. Premiums that are double the national average (they were already high).
3. Slashed reimbursements which led to…
4. …doctors and dentists refusing to take new patients.
The Examiner noted: “In the state with the highest physician/patient ratio in the nation, some people now have to wait more than a year for a simple physical exam.”
This is just like any other issue. The liberal looks at exciting, good-feeling things like safety, security, new programs, bad things never happenin’ ever again, and making everybody the same, same, same. The conservative looks at boring things like cause-and-effect, historical precedent, and human nature. Mister Average Voter sends his votes wherever Oprah Winfrey tells him to, and we end up doing things the liberal way. Even with a Republican Governor at the helm. Common sense is out; feelin’ good is in.
Then it becomes much more expensive to employ anybody, and the people who are employed, are forced to blow their paychecks on things that should cost one-fifth as much, now that everybody’s required to do everything.
Which they don’t do.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Is His Holiness really going to be forcing us into something like this? Not only with regard to health care, but all other issues with regard to government, services, taxes and subsidies, across the board?
Remember what I, and others, said about Atlas Shrugged coming true? Sacrifice for the Greater Good, here we come.
Hat tip to Gateway Pundit and Maggie’s Farm.
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