Comments on: Updated: Obama’s Politburo Of Proctologists

By: fishydude

fishydude — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:45:20 +0000

re-post, sort of

Examples of what sort of “cost containment” actions will be taken under Obama Care can be seen in Oregon.
Not long after voters legalized assisted suicide, the state added it as an acceptable treatment option for cancer. Patients deemed to be too expensive to treat are sent letters saying that chemo is denied but assisted suicide will be paid for. Remember the case of Barbara Wagner?
Of course, the proponents of “right to die” laws said this would never happen. And then it did. And then Washington legalized assisted suicide.
I predict that a federal “right to die” law will be snuck in as an amendment and then followed by denial of any treatment for illnesses that have a “low cure rate.” Killing one’s self will become the new patriotism.

See also, increasing MPG demand will lead to increased fatalities thus reducing over all cost of health care.

By: Martin Berrow

Martin Berrow — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:39:12 +0000

Barak Hussein Obama is a communist, and some would argue, a Muslim, at least by birth and by sympathies.~Martin Berrow

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:49:44 +0000

Hmmm…

Wonder if Belize needs a rhyming pastor who rides a motorcycle…

Well, if Ilana and her family move, I am SO there!

I can just see the headlines now…

“EXODUS II — Mercer Minions Move En Masse to Belize!”

(Holy Moses !!!)

[Yes; let’s all secede.]

By: Steve Hogan

Steve Hogan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:46:21 +0000

Maybe it’s time to say adios to Cubicle World, liquidate my assets (before Obama and Bernanke make the dollar worthless), and buy a bar in Belize. The weather is warm, the diving is fabulous (or so I hear), and the patrons would enjoy my service to mankind.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:06:34 +0000

Belize: Not bad if you are not a citizen –
“Generally, non-Belizeans in Belize pay tax only on income derived in Belize. There are no capital gains or inheritance taxes in Belize.”
http://www.lowtax.net/lowtax/html/jbzpetx.html
But the cops are corrupt according to:
http://www.zyra.org.uk/taxhaven.htm
Still, if you need medical care and don’t want to wait for Obama’s permission, who knows??

By: Steve Hogan

Steve Hogan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:51:45 +0000

What’s the tax and regulatory climate like in Belize these days? It can’t be as bad as the nightmarish schemes Obama is imposing on us at gunpoint.

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:29:41 +0000

“Obama’s Politburo Of Proctologists”:

that has got to be the gut bustin, funniest headline i have ever seen!

also your analysis of Barry the Bolsheviks quagmire that will happen with government run health care is spot on.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:02:05 +0000

If anything, Americans are already OVERinsured and OVERmedicated and, most assuredly, OVERregulated. A better reform would be to allow for nationwide private insurance options to operate independent of state regulatory harassments: lower rates for healthy younger people, large deductibles, etc. As for whether Messiah Obama’s “solution” is an improvement over the current regulatory glomerulus, who can tell? Whatever 2000 page monstrosity “health-care” legislation passes Congress will undoubtedly be written by 500 staffers and 3000 lobbyists, read by no lawmaker, understood by nobody, contain 200 inherent contradictions, will be subject to numerous “interpretations” by 30 federal courts and 650 bureaucrats, and will be applied in a haphazard arbitrary manner by a panoply of professional parasites. The 2nd to last person with any say on medical matters will be the physician who has to consult lawyers and accountants everytime he uses a cotton swab. The absolute last person with any say will be the poor patient who will, if he hasn’t been completely lobotomized, understand (too late to remedy) that “free” health-care is as real a concept as “free lunch”. Bonus speculation – I wonder how many private clinics will spring up in Belize or some nearby place 10 years from now.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:15:58 +0000

Damn it, Ilana, I hate it that you’re always right! This man’s schemes will destroy what is left of America, and nobody (with a few exceptions) is talking about it.

We have pushes for nationalized, socialized, bastardized medicine; we have pushes for massive tax increases in the guise of saving the planet from greenhouse emissions; we have pushes to nationalize any industry within arms reach, in the name of reducing uncertainty and risk; we have the accelerating erosion of liberty from which we will never recover because all of the institutions that could be used to fight back will be outlawed or eliminated.

In short, we are witnessing the last days of the American Republic, whose demise began almost from the beginning. God knows what will take its place. All I know is that the replacement won’t be nice and friendly.

God help us!

By: ~greenhell~

~greenhell~ — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:41:43 +0000

I very much enjoyed your article today, thank you. The only thing I can add is BOHICA.