Debunking The Health Care Bugaboo

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Send Page To a Friend Debunking The Health Care Bugaboo By Mary Pitt 04/02/08 “ICH” – — Right up there with the economy as an issue for the election is the the problem of health care for Americans. We know that some forty million Americans have no health insurance and those who do are faced with ever-rising deductibles, co-payments, and premium increases. The Presidential candidates all believe they have the answers that the voters will approve but most really are aware that their proposals simply will not work. In the meantime, people are dying from neglect. The President says that everyone has health care and ,if they need it, “All they have to do is to go to the ER!” That is true in some instances. In the smaller cities, you may be treated at the emergency room but your costs will be added to the “bottom line” of the hospital and they will raise their rates so that the bill will be paid by those who are paying their own bill or by the insurance companies for those who have insurance. In the latter case, the increase will be covered by higher premiums for the fortunate insured. On the other hand, a person appearing in a big city ER may be faced with a wait that could stretch into a whole day and then be treated by a harried and overworked young doctor who hasn’t been to bed for a couple of days.

The Madness of John McCain

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The Madness of John McCain

A militarist suffering from acute narcissism and armed with the Bush Doctrine is not fit to be commander in chief.

By Justin Raimondo

03/02/08 “American Conservative” — – John McCain’s reputation as a maverick is no recent contrivance. The senator first captured the media spotlight in September 1983, not long after he’d been elected to his first term in the House, when he voted against President Reagan’s decision to put American troops in Lebanon as part of a multinational “peacekeeping” force. One of 27 Republicans to break with the White House, the freshman McCain made a floor speech that reads as if it might have been written yesterday—by Ron Paul:

Tapped Out Nation By Patrick J. Buchanan

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Tapped Out Nation

By Patrick J. Buchanan

04/02/08 “Human Events” — – It was to be the year of change, of new ideas, a new politics.

Yet, as of today, it appears the Republican Party will be led into the future by a Beltway favorite of the media and Washington insider who has spent the last quarter of a century on Capitol Hill.

And the Democratic Party appears about to build a bridge to the past by nominating the spouse of the last Democratic president who has herself been a Washington insider for almost 20 years.

Time To Walk Away

by Arnold Hendrix by Arnold Hendrix DIGG THIS When I was a child there was an often spoken proverb “believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see.” I think the intent was that we should be suspicious of “hearsay.” We don’t often hear this little proverb now days, but I think it still has much to say about the goings on of our governments and especially the mouth piece of governments; the mainstream media.

Louis L’Amour’s Writing: Authentic? Accurate? Plausible?

Louis L’Amour’s Writing: Authentic? Accurate? Plausible?

by William R. Tonso
by William R. Tonso

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It was a sale day at the local Books-A-Million, so I dropped in to see if I could find anything interesting. And there on the already discounted remainder table, was The Wild, Wild West of Louis L’Amour: The Illustrated Guide to Cowboys, Indians, Gunslingers, Outlaws and Texas Rangers, by English L’Amour worshipper Bruce Wexler, a 192-page hardback with many neat photos and sketches. Not a bad deal for a totally discounted price (tax included) of $11.98, so I had to have it to join The Louis L’Amour Companion, edited by Robert Weinberg, Education of a Wandering Man, L’Amour’s autobiography, The Sackett Companion: The Facts Behind the Fiction, by L’Amour, and ten or so of L’Amour’s novels and short story collections on the bookshelves and floor of my messy den.

The Media’s Manchurian Candidate

The Media’s Manchurian Candidate
By Joe Mariani
February 4, 2008

With most of the primary elections still to come, the media has anointed John McCain the inevitable Republican candidate. That’s understandable — McCain has been in the pocket of the mainstream media for years. Especially since 2000, he’s been the Republican they could always count on — along with Senators Chuck Hagel (NE) and Dick Lugar (IN) — to say something negative about President Bush’s policies.

Willie Nelson: Twin Towers Were Imploded On 9/11

 

Willie Nelson: Twin Towers Were Imploded On 9/11 WAmerican icon tells Alex Jones Show he questions official story

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Monday, February 4th, 2008

Straight talking American icon Willie Nelson today told a national radio show that he thought the twin towers were imploded like condemned Las Vegas casino buildings, as the country music superstar forcefully voiced his doubts about the official 9/11 story.

Why Were the 9/11 Tapes Destroyed? by Paul Craig Roberts

Why Were the 9/11 Tapes Destroyed? Paul Craig Roberts
Counterpunch
Monday, February 4, 2008

Many Americans are content with the 9/11 Commission Report, but the two chairmen of the commission, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton are not. Neither was commission member Max Cleland, a US Senator who resigned from the 9/11 Commission, telling the Boston Globe (November 13, 2003): “This investigation is now compromised.” Even former FBI director Louis Freeh wrote in the Wall Street Journal (Nov. 17, 2005) that there are inaccuracies in the commission’s report and “questions that need answers.”

Last Marine in Iwo Jima photo dies at 82

Last Marine in Iwo Jima photo dies at 82

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Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82.

Gunny G: “Chesty” Puller Was So Right!

Gunny G: “Chesty” Puller Was So Right!

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“Unless the American people are willing to send their sons out to fight an aggressor, there just isn’t going to be any United States. A bunch of foreign soldiers will come over and take our women and breed not only another race of people, but a hardier race of people.”
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Time magazine June 4, 1951, “Off The Chest”

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General Puller was right–and here we are in 2008!

We didn’t recognize that ‘the agressor’ was the domstic enemy!

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Why I Am Voting For Mitt Romney on Tuesday Jack Cashill

Why I Am Voting For Mitt Romney on Tuesday

Republicans have a problem that Democrats do not. We have in our memory the image of what a president should be. So while we pick through the best and deepest line-up of Republicans candidates since about 1860, carping about how each and every one of them fails to live up to Ronald Reagan’s legacy in one way or another, the Dems can get teary-eyed over a sinister hag like Hillary or an untested gasbag like Obama.

What we forget is that Reagan wasn’t always Reagan. At age 40, he was still a New Deal Democrat. As governor of California, then in his 50′s, he signed into law both No-Fault Divorce and the Therapeutic Abortion Act. He came to regret both decisions. Said he of abortion, it had been “a subject I’d never given much thought to.”

McCain vs. Hillary? — America deserves better

Wes Vernon column

McCain vs. Hillary? — America deserves better

Wes Vernon

Wes Vernon
February 4, 2008

On the eve of Super Tuesday, conservatives nationwide were coming smack up against the prospect of their worst nightmare…. Hillary Clinton vs. John McCain. All these years, we kept saying to ourselves — oh, please — surely that won’t happen. Lifting our eyes skyward — we have begged please don’t let it happen. What have we done to deserve this?

U.S. Troops Asked If They Would Shoot American Citizens/1994 Combat Arms Survey

U.S. Troops Asked If They Would Shoot American Citizens
Iraq vet exposes how he was trained to round up Americans in martial law exercise, asked if he would kill his own friends and family

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Monday, February 4th, 2008

U.S. troops are being trained to conduct round-ups, confiscate guns and shoot American citizens, including their own friends and family members, as part of a long-standing program to prepare for the declaration of martial law, according to a soldier who recently returned from Iraq.

Russia the Evil Hacker Haven

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Russia the Evil Hacker Haven

February 4, 2008:  The most powerful Internet weapon on the planet is being protected by the Russian government. The weapon in question is the Storm botnet. This is the largest botnet ever seen, and while the United States has traced its creators to Russia, the government there refuses to cooperate in shutting Storm down.

The Essence of Liberty : Part 235(1) Marshall finally gets one right

The Essence of Liberty : Part 235(1)  Compiled by  Dr. Jimmy T. (Gunny) LaBaume  A Summary of Gutzman, Kevin R.C. The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Constitution  (The book is available from the Ludwig von Mises Institute at http://www.mises.org)  Chapter 5: The Imperial Judiciary: It Started with Marshall  Marshall finally gets one right The city of Baltimore had altered the flow of water into the Chesapeake Bay which had led to a buildup of silt around the wharf of John Barron. Barron claimed that this was a government seizure of his property under the “Takings Clause” of the 5 th Amendment.

Private Mortensen describes his adventures in France in 1918

Private Mortensen describes his adventures in France in 1918
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THE WINCHESTER (MASSACHUSETTS) STAR FRIDAY JANUARY 17, 1919

SOLDIERS LETTER Extracts from a November 29,1918 letter written by Private:

OVE EMANUEL MORTENSEN

(born 1890 Denmark, resident Winchester, Mass.) 66^{th COMPANY, 5th MARINE REGIMENT, 1st BATTALION, 2nd DIVISION, A.E.F.}

STATE OF THE UNION: WHAT BUSH DIDN’T TELL US By Frosty Wooldridge

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STATE OF THE UNION: WHAT BUSH DIDN’T TELL US

By Frosty Wooldridge
February 4, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

Last week, President Bush gave Congress his last State of the Union speech. Proving that the presidency erodes a man–he looked worn, haggard, colorless and beaten. His words rang vacant, hollow and scratched like fingernails across the chalkboard of Americans’ sense of honesty.

HOW THE MEDIA IGNORES RON PAUL & PICKS THE CANDIDATES

HOW THE MEDIA IGNORES RON PAUL & PICKS THE CANDIDATES

By Cliff Kincaid

February 4, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

Whatever you think of Ron Paul, you have to admit that the media are notoriously biased against him. The Fox News Channel unfairly excluded him from its January 6 debate, while MSNBC and CNN tried to keep him from speaking for any significant length of time during their January 24 and January 30 debates. This is a candidate, we must recall, who placed second in the Republican Nevada caucuses on January 19, beating John McCain.

“SUPER TUESDAY” – THE HERDING TECHNIQUE By: Devvy

 

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By: Devvy
February 4, 2008

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In his Treatise on War, Sun Tzu, said: “Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.”

ANOTHER FEMA SCANDAL BREWING IN WASHINGTON

 

 

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By Jim Kouri
Posted 1:00 AM Eastern
February 4, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

In spite of all the talk in both houses of congress about revamping or restructuring the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), there’s a new Hurricane Katrina scandal brewing in Washington.

Muzzling The Marines

New York Post
February 4, 2008

Muzzling The Marines
By Dale McFeatters

The city council of Berkeley, Calif., where the Free Speech Movement was born, has decided that some people deserve more free speech than others and the U.S. Marines don’t deserve any at all.