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Tuesday, September 15
Introducing Our New Regulatory Czar Cass Sunstein, the Man That Thinks Your Pet Should Be Able to Sue You
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 15 Sep 2009 05:25 PM EDT
Pledge of Confusion? Schools Wrestle With Flag Policy in Classroom
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 15 Sep 2009 05:01 PM EDT
It's a new school year, but an old fight is brewing in American classrooms. Teachers and administrators around the country are scratching their heads once again over the Pledge of Allegiance. The courts have consistently ruled that students have the right not to recite the pledge in public schools. But now some First Amendment advocates are taking it one step further, arguing that the law compels educators to inform kids at the beginning of school that the decision is entirely up to them. They're advocating a "Miranda warning" for the Pledge -- an administrative notice to students that they have the right to remain silent. More>>>
Massive crowd at the 9-12 March on Washington: 1.5 to 2 million marchers!
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 15 Sep 2009 12:29 PM EDT
White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod dismisses: "First of all, Bob, I don't think (the turnout) is indicative of the nation's mood..." "I don't think we ought to be distracted by that..." "My message (to the marchers) is 'They're wrong'..."
Nationalized Health Care Horror: Government Medicine vs. the Elderly - In Britain in 2007-08, 16.5% of deaths came after 'terminal sedation.'
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 15 Sep 2009 05:44 AM EDT
From WSJ: The usual justification for socialized health care is to provide access to quality health care for the poor and disadvantaged. But this function can be more efficiently performed through the benefits system and the payment of refundable tax credits. The real justification for socialized medicine is left unstated: Because health-care resources are assumed to be fixed, those resources should be prioritized for those who can benefit most from medical treatment. Thus the NHS acts as Britain's national triage service, deciding who is most likely to respond best to treatment and allocating health care accordingly. It should therefore come as no surprise that the NHS is institutionally ageist. The elderly have fewer years left to them; why then should they get health-care resources that would benefit a younger person more? An analysis by a senior U.K.-based health-care expert earlier this decade found that in the U.S. health-care spending per capita goes up steeply for the elderly, while the U.K. didn't show the same pattern. The U.K.'s pattern of health-care spending by age had more in common with the former Soviet bloc. More>>>
A Protectionist President: Like Hoover, Obama is abdicating U.S. trade leadership
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 15 Sep 2009 05:39 AM EDT
The smell of trade war is suddenly in the air. Mr. Obama slapped a 35% tariff on Chinese tires Friday night, and China responded on the weekend by threatening to retaliate against U.S. chickens and auto parts. That followed French President Nicolas Sarkozy's demand on Thursday that Europe impose a carbon tariff on imports from countries that don't follow its cap-and-trade diktats More>>> |
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