Friday, July 27, 2012

Fight The Sodomite Buy Lickin' Chicken

[Update; Several other big city mayors re: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago have also jumped on board the gay agenda band wagon, condemning Chick Fil A. I drove some miles yesterday to support CFA by buying gift certificates. Once I arrived in their parking lot - there was no room to park. Why should government officials be outing a private business as anti-gay? (The president of CFA simply answered, "Guilty as charged" when asked if he was opposed to gay marriage)]

The Mayor of Boston, Mass, Tom Menino has prohibited a great American restaurant, Chick-Fil-A, from starting a franchise in Boston, because the restaurant chain is not gay marriage friendly.

Please, send a message to Mayor Tom by faxing here 617.635.2851 or emailing here mayor@cityofboston.gov. Below my sample letter to the mayor, there is a list of Chick-Fil-As in Ohio, and there is a restaurant finder here http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Locations/Locator

Sample letter to Tom Menino, Mayor Of Boston
Dear Honorable Mayor Menino, As a fellow American, I resent your intrusion into the private sector by condemning and blacklisting a great American restaurant like Chick Fil A. Your sort of thuggish, mafia tactics will not help your city of Boston to prosper, but, I would guess, quite the opposite.

Have you not seen what has happened to Boston as the center of the gay priest pedophilia disaster, where over 80 Boston churches were closed and billions of dollars were paid out in lawsuits?

I will avoid visiting and doing business with Boston - like the plague, and will, instead, buy even more Chick Fil A products, even though I would have to go out of town to purchase them. This sort of bias by you against all that is holy - like marriage - will reap consequences. Your arms are too short to box with God. Call me a bigot, but, please, look at your own bigotry and prejudice against the Word of God.


Chick-Fil-As In Ohio - Great Food!! And, Buy Gift Certificates For Others

Ohio

Tuttle Crossing Mall
5043 Tuttle Crossing Blvd Ste 169
Dublin, OH 43016
Phone: (614) 760-7688
Beachwood Place Mall
26300 Cedar Rd Ste 1105
Beachwood, OH 44122
Phone: (216) 831-5195
Dayton Mall
2700 Miamisburg-Ctrvil Rd #212
Dayton, OH 45459
Phone: (937) 439-1932
Eastgate Mall (OH)
4601 Eastgate Blvd Ste 612
Cincinnati, OH 45245
Phone: (513) 943-4232

Westfield Franklin Park
5001 Monroe St Spc Fc10
Toledo, OH 43623
Phone: (419) 471-9455
Southern Park
7401 Market St Rm 857
Boardman, OH 44512
Phone: (330) 758-7391
Westfield Southpark
756 Southpark Ctr
Strongsville, OH 44136
Phone: (440) 846-2522
Westfield Belden Village
4228 Belden Village Mall
Canton, OH 44718
Phone: (330) 494-2894

Great Lakes Mall
7850 Mentor Ave Ste 870
Mentor, OH 44060
Phone: (440) 974-0084
Kenwood Towne Centre
7875 Montgomery Rd Spc F5
Cincinnati, OH 45236
Phone: (513) 793-7149
Tri-County Mall
11700 Princeton Pike Spc 219
Springdale, OH 45246
Phone: (513) 671-6150
Fairfield Commons
2727 Fairfield Commons Blvd Spc F225
Beavercreek, OH 45431
Phone: (937) 320-1224

Boardman FSU
1051 Boardman Poland Rd
Poland, OH 44514
Phone: (330) 726-7205
Polaris Fashion Place Mall
1500 Polaris Pkwy Ste Fc4
Columbus, OH 43240
Phone: (614) 438-5845
Polaris Parkway FSU
8787 Sancus Blvd
Columbus, OH 43240
Phone: (614) 888-8787
Washington Township FSU
1482 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
Phone: (937) 439-2552

Grove City FSU
1696 Stringtown Rd
Grove City, OH 43123
Phone: (614) 539-9500
Market of Hilliard FSU
1988 Hilliard Rome Rd
Hilliard, OH 43026
Phone: (614) 771-9650
Voice of America FSU
7733 Voice Of America Park Dr
West Chester, OH 45069
Phone: (513) 779-1767
Springdale FSU
501 E Kemper Rd
Springdale, OH 45246
Phone: (513) 671-9333

Dressler Road FSU
5411 Dressler Rd Nw
North Canton, OH 44720
Phone: (330) 966-5420
Great Northern Blvd. FSU
4779 Great Northern Blvd
North Olmsted, OH 44070
Phone: (440) 716-0030
Montrose FSU
47 Flight Memorial Pkwy
Fairlawn, OH 44333
Phone: (330) 668-2404
Eastgate FSU
874 Eastgate North Dr
Cincinnati, OH 45245
Phone: (513) 752-0223

Anderson FSU
8598 Beechmont Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45255
Phone: (513) 474-2445
Beavercreek FSU
2360 N Fairfield Rd
Beavercreek, OH 45431
Phone: (937) 320-1228
Mentor FSU
9611 Mentor Ave
Mentor, OH 44060
Phone: (440) 354-2924
Benchwood FSU
3339 Benchwood Rd
Dayton, OH 45414
Phone: (937) 454-0445

Chapel Hill FSU
420 Howe Ave
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
Phone: (330) 920-4544
Macedonia FSU
8213 Golden Link Blvd
Macedonia, OH 44067
Phone: (330) 908-3300
Harvard Park FSU
4001 Richmond Rd
Warrensville Heights, OH 44122
Phone: (216) 831-6700
Westgate FSU
20801 Center Ridge Rd
Rocky River, OH 44116
Phone: (440) 356-2030

Willoughby Commons FSU
35441 Euclid Ave
Willoughby, OH 44094
Phone: (440) 946-1831
Strongsville FSU
16584 Royalton Rd
Strongsville, OH 44136
Phone: (440) 238-2344
Deerfield Crossing FSU
5150 Merten Dr
Mason, OH 45040
Phone: (513) 770-3445
Bridgewater Falls FSU
3403 Princeton Rd
Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: (513) 892-4232

Market at East Broad FSU
6240 E Broad St
Columbus, OH 43213
Phone: (614) 861-2300
Western Hills FSU
6495 Glenway Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45211
Phone: (513) 598-9400
Sawmill Road FSU
6051 Sawmill Rd
Dublin, OH 43017
Phone: (614) 717-9404
University of Cincinnati
2701 Bearcat Way
Cincinnati, OH 45221
Phone: (513) 556-1045

Cincinnati Airport
Terminal 3, 4th Floor
Hebron, KY 41048
Phone: (859) 743-4216

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Outsourcer-In-Chief Obama Has Sent More Jobs Overseas Than Bain Ever Could

So, its piling on time by the media trying to murder Mitt Romney for being responsible for outsourcing jobs to foreign countries. Business rags like Bloomberg and the Financial Times have been hammering the Mittster for things that have been, for years, ethical and permissible under U.S. law - just as countless other big Democrat donor companies have been doing for years - going oversease to invest and make product. The United States, as of President Obama's inauguration, has an accumulated investment of over 4.1 Trillion Dollars invested overseas. These investments include jobs, goods, taxes, and services, some of which are brought back into the United States, and which will be used for Americans' enjoyment and profit.



The same week that the attack on Romney's association on Bain Capital surfaced, Obama received a $1,000,000 donation from Blackstone which has been a huge outsourcer of jobs, yet the Press gave it very little mention.


General Electric, headed by Jeffrey Imelt, one of President Obama's business Czars has been responsible for firing over 34,000 American jobs, while sending 25,000 jobs overseas. Not a whimper from the lamestream media.


As Obama has increased welfare, SSI, and SSD benefits to historically high percentages, more people have been tempted to lay themselves off from work, or just not get interested enough to find employment. There are millions of job openings for every sort of interest from technical to lower pay jobs, but many Americans have been lulled into Obamanomics and his Tinkle-Up Economy (As opposed to Trickle Down) which dictates that if the government gives (borrows and prints money) enough free stuff and money to the poor (and to those earning up to 4 times the poverty level), then those noveau riche poor will pour their windfall profits via the generosity of Uncle Sam back into the economy, and thereby pump up the U.S. economy. Four years and 4 Trillion Dollars later, we are still waiting. President Obama's latest attempt to boost the economy (buy votes) has come via his most recent Tinkle-Up Economic tactic, ie.,

Obama Calls for $12.7 Trillion in New Welfare Spending ,which promises to make it even easier for non-workers to receive welfare benefits, especially if they have no desire to work.



John Stossel , others , and I Have Jobs But No One Wants Them, and Obama's Big Government Absorbtion Of The Middle Class present excellent reports on how and why many unemployed Americans will not apply for jobs because "the jobs don't pay enough." And, truly, they do not pay as well as the innumerable multitude of government welfare programs, which they partake of, while working under the table. Just another reason American companies go overseas to find talent. An Education Bubble, built by Democrats through the years, has only quadrupled the cost of college education while not preparing so many graduates for their future - of bearing a huge education debt, and unemployment, no thanks to President Obama for sitting on the economy. American Employers Cannot Find Qualified Workers For 3.3 Million Jobs Openings


Obama's next "boost" to the economy is the promise to increase taxes on job creators come January 1, 2013, otherwise known as TaxMageddon - for good reason. Obama's Job Council, which was formed to stop the hemorrhaging of U.S. jobs, is directed by some of the all time biggest outsourcers of jobs like GE, Boeing,Xerox, and American Express, as posted in the Huffington Post. Yes, you heard it right, the Huffington Post. It makes one wonder if President Obama ever looks in the mirror, ever listens to what he says, or ever reevaluates his perpetual flip-flopping (evolutions). Obama may even be prouder of the jobs he's killed when TaxMageddon arrives,next year, yet, businesses are already restraining employment because of BO's promise to do "What's Fair."


He's a Harvard intellectual when interviewed privately, but he turns into Malcolm X behind the podium, addressing his minions with the roar of Jeremiah Wright. How many Obamas are there? As many as there are Social Security numbers, I would guess.






















Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Send An Email To Phoenix Government For Jailing/Fining Home Church Pastor MIchael Salman

[Pastor Michael Salman of Phoenix, Arizona has just been sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined over $10,000 for conducting home church services with about 20 people on weekends. He did refuse to apply for "dozens" of permits in order to hold such services. If you care to do anything proactive, send the Phoenix City Government a message that you are outraged. The email addresses for the Phoenix Mayor and City council are here. Just copy and paste them in your email bcc: mayor.stanton@phoenix.gov
council.district.1@phoenix.gov; council.district.5@phoenix.gov; council.district.2@phoenix.gov; council.district.6@phoenix.gov; council.district.3@phoenix.gov; council.district.7@phoenix.gov; council.district.4@phoenix.gov; council.district.8@phoenix.gov]

Sample
Dear Honorable Member Of Phoenix Government,
I am disgusted after reading the national reports about Phoenix, Arizona jailing and fining a Christian minister for having worship services in his home, where 30 or 40 Christians could gather, just as much as his neighbors could have regular poker parties - on their private property.

According to news reports, you have demanded that Pastor Salman apply for "dozens" of city permits before he be allowed to worship on his property. These actions performed by Phoenix - including the jailing and fining of the minister - are certainly a blemish, a stain, and shameful.

I have been to Phoenix, once, and have friends in the area, and I will avoid doing business with, or traveling to Phoenix for this outrageous action. And, I notice that you have just proudfully given some sort of extra benefit to gay partners, as well as display, in your local museum, a city sponsored art exhibit titled, "Day Of The Dead" - how fitting.

Pastor Salman And Family

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Have Environmentalists/EPA Triggered Electric Power Outages To 3 Million Americans?

As many people fall down in the sweltering heat, because of the loss of power to air conditioners, there are others jumping up and down, because the excessively hot weather seems be to punishing those naughty Americans, known around the world to use more than their "fair share" of energy. Coupled with the severe storms knocking out power lines, to an environmentalist, it may, indeed, be a perfect storm.


In the past several years, American power generating companies have been diverted from upgrading their existing equipment, including coal generating plants, transmission lines, substations, etc. on the Grid, by the incessant hounding of the EPA, which has redirected power companies away from upgrades and planned maintenance, and toward - anything but coal. The EPA has induced hundreds of billions of dollars of expenses, and plan even more penalties,fines, and taxes. To me, a penalty levied by the federal government is a fine, and is a tax.
Justice Roberts doesn't like "quibbling over labels," but its all the same - mo money demanded by the government. BTW, In the Senate, Energy policy has been creeping into the tax code [Carbon Tax] at an exponential rate" Senator Orrin Hatch, June 12, 2012.


From the East Coast, past Illinois, up to 3 million people have been without electrical power, and so the first suspects to be considered responsible for the catastrophes are, of course, the Environmental Protection Agency and its environmentally ill allies like the Sierra Club, as well as President Obama.

Even at this late date, 2,000,000 citizens are without power, including those within Washington, D.C. Bureaucratic slowdowns happily expected.

Obama promised to "bankrupt coal," and in fact, coal companies have been either closing down in droves, or are in the midst of powering down, thus causing the closure of coal powered electric generating stations, as well as coal mines, while firing thousands of workers. This prophetic notice by the Electrical Worker Online Coal Plant Shutdowns Threaten Blackouts from April of 2012, predicts exactly that - America's electric transmission grid will be overly burdened as coal plants are powered down:

"As utility companies face new deadlines for coal-fired power plants to comply with tight new EPA clean air regulations, many energy suppliers have plans to shutter plants that employ thousands of IBEW members rather than invest in costly upgrades.

If thousands of megawatts are suddenly taken off-line, this could trigger massive electricity shortages, just as demand is expected to increase, according to a regional transmission organization report.

A report from PJM, a regional transmission organization covering 13 states and the District of Columbia, estimates that 18,000 megawatts of electricity will be lost to the power grid due to expected coal plant shutdowns. That's the loss of enough power to light and heat 18 million homes."


It is very difficult to research the direct relationship between this June-July power outage and the powering down/switching/closing of coal fired electric generating plants, because the media is very protective of everything the evironmentalists and Democrats pontificate, and will seldom do stories that give a black eye to the Greens. Even power companies are very beholding and sensitive to the federal government environment czars, and must constantly ingratiate themselves in the presence of Obama's regulatory czars.


Even if the recent power outages are more due to storm/mechanical damage to the electric grid, rather than the
unavailability of backup power due to decommissioning of generating plants, the fact is, that American power companies have been distracted by the EPA and federal government from upgrading the transmission stations and other infrastructure as they are forced to invest capital into ways of transferring from the traditional (and cheap) coal to other sources such as natural gas. Either way, Obama's big rear is still sitting on American energy production. And, don't think they won't be going after natural gas with a vengeance, as they have attacked oil and nuclear through the years.


Here are some alarming charts/graphs of what is planned by the EPA as it robs Americans of its choice to use plentiful coal for energy.

'The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule has received nothing but negative feedback from the affected energy industry, which argues the stricter federal emission law will result in higher costs for electricity and massive loss of U.S. jobs. The plan will also require billions of dollars to retrofit power plants with clean coal technologies.

According to a study prepared by the National Economic Research Associates (NERA), the legislation is among the most expensive EPA rules ever imposed on coal-fueled power plants that will cause electric rates to skyrocket by as much as 23 percent and lead to nationwide employment losses totaling 1.4 million job-years by 2020.

Power-plant closures are expected to increase in the coming months, as utilities complete their cost analyses of complying with the Cross-State rule, according to Industrial Info Resources. The EPA rule has already forced coal facilities in Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas to retire old units, rather than bare the expense of installing pollution-control equipment.

The coal industry maintains that the EPA doesn't seem to care about the economic damage new regulations will cause."


From The Institute For Energy Research:
IER Identifies Coal Fired Power Plants Likely to Close as Result of EPA Regulations:


Monday, July 02, 2012

After 1917 Bolsheviks Convince Communist Russians That Socialized Health Care Would Be "Wonderful" But

SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE: THE COMMUNIST DREAM AND THE SOVIET REALITY December 2008 Written By Anna Eberling* For Foundation Of Economic Education

The utopian ideal of equality of circumstances has captured people’s imagination since ancient times. If only everybody could have the same of everything the world would be different. There would be no envy, no crime, no poverty, no greed, and no unhappiness. From Plato to Karl Marx, many thinkers looked to the state for the creation of that heaven on earth. In our own times, this dream has remained alive in the form of the welfare state, and today it shows itself most distinctly in the appeal of government-managed health care.

Isn’t it obvious, many ask, that government can supply medical care more fairly and less expensively than the selfish profit-oriented free market? Let us remind ourselves that in the Soviet Union the road to medical-care hell was paved with the same good intentions. In October 1917, the Marxist dreams of coming to political power came true in Russia. Now that everyone was to be equal in all aspects of their lives, people would no longer die in the streets from illness. Free medical care would be available for all, rather than reserved only for the “greedy rich.”

In Old Russia, medical care was a consumer-oriented business. Doctors’ incomes and their standard of living were totally dependent upon professionalism and reputation in the wider community. Patients decided which doctor to use, which hospital to go to, and which pharmaceutical products to trust. Doctors worked hard to establish their reputation, an important part of which came from providing charity care for the poor. As in the West, all Russian doctors upon graduation from medical school took the Hippocratic Oath, in which they swore never to reject anyone who needed medical assistance—and as a rule they were loyal ..
Entire Excerpt http://www.fee.org/nff/socialized-health-care-the-communist-dream-and-the-soviet-reality/

SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE: THE COMMUNIST DREAM AND THE SOVIET REALITY
By admin
Published: 19 December 2008
The utopian ideal of equality of circumstances has captured people’s imagination since ancient times. If only everybody could have the same of everything the world would be different. There would be no envy, no crime, no poverty, no greed, and no unhappiness. From Plato to Karl Marx, many thinkers looked to the state for the creation of that heaven on earth. In our own times, this dream has remained alive in the form of the welfare state, and today it shows itself most distinctly in the appeal of government-managed health care.

Isn’t it obvious, many ask, that government can supply medical care more fairly and less expensively than the selfish profit-oriented free market? Let us remind ourselves that in the Soviet Union the road to medical-care hell was paved with the same good intentions. In October 1917, the Marxist dreams of coming to political power came true in Russia. Now that everyone was to be equal in all aspects of their lives, people would no longer die in the streets from illness. Free medical care would be available for all, rather than reserved only for the “greedy rich.”

But what did the Bolsheviks destroy and what did they create?

In Old Russia, medical care was a consumer-oriented business. Doctors’ incomes and their standard of living were totally dependent upon professionalism and reputation in the wider community. Patients decided which doctor to use, which hospital to go to, and which pharmaceutical products to trust. Doctors worked hard to establish their reputation, an important part of which came from providing charity care for the poor. As in the West, all Russian doctors upon graduation from medical school took the Hippocratic Oath, in which they swore never to reject anyone who needed medical assistance—and as a rule they were loyal to their oath.

In Russian urban areas, there were charity hospitals and out-patient care for the poor and their families. In rural areas, peasants would often pay doctors with a chicken, potatoes, bread, or in the form of domestic services—or received their medical treatment for free. Under the private medical system in Old Russia, doctors were able to earn a comfortable living and therefore could afford to be generous in supplying charity services to those who were in need.

Expectations of high income, along with the status of being a member of a respected profession, generated strong competition for acceptance into medical schools. The best were accepted as students, and the most qualified were hired as professors. At the beginning of the 20th century, the quality of Russian medical care and medical research was internationally recognized. Was it a perfect system? Of course not. But contrary to the socialist myth-makers, medical care in Imperial Russia was widely available and provided in a fairly cost-efficient manner. Both the profit motive of the competitive marketplace and the spirit of charity assured the provision of quality medical services throughout Russian society.

This, then, was the system the Bolsheviks wanted to destroy. Unfortunately, many Russian intellectuals, including medical doctors themselves, were infected with the socialist disease. Seeing so much poverty in a still underdeveloped Russia, many doctors turned their back on the free market and came to believe that government management could create a better society through planned equality of living conditions, education, and certainly medical care. Thus, guided by wrong ideas, the members of the medical profession helped to destroy with their own hands a health-care system that, while certainly not perfect, provided people with skilled treatment, regardless of their income or social background.

Equality for All
In 1917, like everything else, medical services were nationalized by the new socialist government. Gradually, small medical practices disappeared and a network of big, factory-like hospitals and out-patient clinics were established all around the country. Everyone was registered in both out-patient clinics and hospitals according to their government-assigned residence. Patient choice was completely taken away by the Soviet State, which took full responsibility for centrally planning each individual’s medical expenses and health care.

With the elimination of private expenditures for health services, the form and amount of medical care were now dependent upon the budgetary priorities of the State. All members of the medical industry were put on low fixed monthly salaries and were mandated to examine and treat an overwhelming daily quota of patients. Medical research became dependent upon inadequate annual budgetary allocations from the government. Doctors’ and nurses’ incomes no longer depended on their professional skills or the number of patients they treated. Total unionization of the medical profession made it practically impossible for anyone to be fired. Without markets and prices determining the value and availability of health care, the government imposed a rationing system for medical services and pharmaceutical products.

Specialized services (mammograms, ultrasounds, and so forth) were available only in a few select hospitals where the doctors were supposed to treat patients as well as participate in research. For example, in the case of brain or cardiovascular surgery and treatment, there were only a few specialized hospitals available in the entire country. People sometimes died waiting in line to be admitted for these treatments.

Medical care became a producer-oriented industry, instead of the consumer-oriented market that it had been in Old Russia. But even the State cannot kill the market, just as the State cannot repeal the laws of God and nature. The market was simply driven “underground,” and thus became the black market. The black-market response to State-rationing occurred immediately. Doctors’ services and pharmaceutical products (both domestic and foreign-made), as well as access to medical-testing equipment, became available for bribes. Unfortunately, only the wealthy elite could afford expensive black-market medical services, while the poor majority could no longer count upon charity.

In the world of “free” medical care in the Soviet Union, people often had to have connections to obtain many of the medicines prescribed by physicians to save their family members and friends. Indifferent and often hostile nurses and orderlies had to be bribed to change a patient’s bedpan or to provide ordinary attention that any American would take for granted during a stay in a hospital.

Hospital wards were crowded and far from antiseptically clean. Anesthetics and basic painkillers were frequently unavailable. The crying of patients in pain could sometimes be heard from outside a hospital by passersby.

Some Are More Equal than Others
Not surprisingly, those in the political elite did not want to be treated in the medical system provided for “the people.” One of the greatest myths about the Soviet Union was its supposed equality for all. No society was so divided into privileged groups and classes as was Soviet society. Where an individual stood in the political hierarchy of the Communist Party and the bureaucratic structure of the socialist economy determined his access to all the essentials as well as the luxuries of life.

Special hospitals were created all around the Soviet Union. These were reserved for the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the Council of Ministers, the local and regional Party elites, and so forth. The “servants of the people,” as a result, received a qualitatively different level of medical care than “the masses.” The privileged few had access not only to Soviet-made drugs and medications but also to Western European and American medicines and equipment, which could never be within the reach of the ordinary “proletarian” patient.

Affirmative Action, Soviet Style
The nature and quality of medical education were affected, as well. Bribes and connections determined both the hiring and admission processes in medical schools. Skills and professionalism mattered very little, and service to the community did not matter at all.

This poor medical care was reinforced by the fact that entrance into higher education in the Soviet Union was dictated by a system of affirmative action that had been introduced shortly after the triumph of the Socialist Revolution in 1917. At first belonging to a social class —worker, peasant, or intellectual—determined the entry quotas into colleges, universities, and technical schools. But the Soviet affirmative action system was soon expanded to include gender and ethnic classifications as well. A young person’s professional and career opportunities were greatly influenced not by his individual merit but by whether he was, for example, a Russian, an Uzbek, a Georgian, a Lithuanian, a Jew, or somebody else. Every class, gender, and ethnic group had its own quota for admission and hiring into institutions of higher learning.

Connections, bribes, class, gender, and ethnicity heavily determined who were admitted into and graduated from medical schools throughout the Soviet Union. Thus the supplies of hospitals, physicians, medical equipment, and pharmaceuticals all became victims of socialist central planning and political priorities just like everything else in the “workers’ paradise.” At the end of the 20th century, Russia was infamous for having one of the worst health-care systems in the world.

In bitter situations, Russians often respond with jokes and anecdotes. In one of them, an American and a Soviet doctor are talking. The American says, “Dear colleague, our profession is imperfect. You treat the patient from one disease and he dies from another.” The Soviet doctor replies, “No, dear colleague, this is not the case with me. Mine die from whatever I treat them.”

It is easy to say that the present system is imperfect and a radical change will make it perfect in a relatively short period of time. But there are always lessons from history from which to learn. Sometimes, your neighbor’s history warns you which path never to follow.

*Anna Ebeling was born, raised, and educated in the former Soviet Union. Living much of her life in the heart of what Ronald Reagan called “the evil empire,” she experienced first hand the reality of “the workers’ paradise.” Her stories of the absurdities of life in the collectivist utopia are many. Anna met Richard Ebeling in Moscow in May 1991 and married him later that year. Together they joined the defenders of liberty and faced Soviet tanks at the Russian Parliament in Moscow during the attempted hard-line communist coup d’état.

28 Comments »
Then again, free hospitals paid for by the community and open to all who need health care are the norm in New Zealand, where I live. Strangely enough, poor people get health care, yet the nation has not collapsed into dictatorship.

//Provender Gleed
18 February 2009 at 4:57 am
its amazing that this happened once and utterly failed, but america thinks that they can do essentially the same thing and it’ll all work out great, is obama not aware of the concept of history?

//Ben
11 February 2010 at 2:39 am
[...] A few days I posted a video about the NHS run Stafford­shire hos­pi­tal scan­dal in Eng­land. The story sounds like a page torn from a his­tory text­book about a Soviet era hos­pi­tal sys­tem. [...]

//Predictable Negative Outcome of Greater Government Control over Health Care
28 February 2010 at 1:59 pm
[...] From FEE: Comparing the Consumer-Oriented Medical Care of Old Russia to the Bolshevik’s Socialized Medic… [...]

//ReasonAndJest.com » Government-Controlled Medical Care: Just Say No
17 March 2010 at 2:22 pm
[...] SOCIALIST HEALTH CARE: THE COMMUNIST DREAM AND THE SOVIET REALITY [...]

//Health Care
21 March 2010 at 12:33 pm
Missing in the article is the Lenin statement that in order to have complete control of a state/people, first the govt. has to control medical care. This takeover in the US is much more about control/regulation than anything. The Dems are selling it as usual as a great service for the American people–the 30mil uninsured.
It won’t work out well–too many new organizations to Gestapo us and our bank accounts, too many bureaucrats between you and medical care. If people would read some of the terms published from the bill, they might get a clue. Cancer treatment (and other scarce and expensive treatment) will be rationed by
age. All drs. (per old Soviets) paid the same. Congress and unions to get better care. States mandated to take on billions in new costs when they are already broke. Subsidize unions and the poor.
If you are, or have sick old people or sick very young children–this new medical era will likely make them sicker or kill them.
Google Cass Sunstein and Ezekiel Emanuel, already appointed to the Health
Care Team that will make your decisions for youand then look at the Complete Life System and see that only worker bees that the state has invested in are considered valuable–babies, toddlers, and oldies, forget it.

//Jerry Ann
21 March 2010 at 3:41 pm

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