Samuel Adams Says…

And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies, unless necessary for the defense of the United States, or of some one or more of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of grievances; or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers or possessions.

The Results Of Iran’s Presidential Election

Ahmadinejad won.

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Who’s Making The Laws? Congress, or Lobbyists?

Apparently, of the seventeen Senators that voted against the recently passed FDA Tobacco bill, many were paid off by tobacco lobbyists. Obviously most, if not, all senators have been paid, but nothing like the amounts below. Some of the senators are:

McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $419,025
Burr, Richard (R-NC) $359,100
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $228,700
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) $221,340
Whitfield, Ed (R-KY) $218,935
Allen, George (R-VA) $217,600
Dodd, Chris (D-CT) $202,849
Bunning, Jim (R-KY) $194,166
Rangel, Charles B (D-NY) $193,878
Lewis, Ron (R-KY) $191,950
Bliley, Thomas J Jr (R-VA) $190,365
Gordon, Bart (D-TN) $188,200
Hayes, Robin (R-NC) $184,724
Helms, Jesse (R-NC) $180,230
Boehner, John (R-OH) $175,959
Faircloth, Lauch (R-NC) $173,069
Etheridge, Bob (D-NC) $171,000
Jones, Walter B Jr (R-NC) $170,900
Boucher, Rick (D-VA) $164,600
Burns, Conrad (R-MT) $162,700

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A Good Attack On Single Payer Health Care

From freemarketcure.com

A single-payer health care system is one in which a single-entity — the government — collects almost all of the revenue for and pays almost all of the bills for the health care system. In most single-payer systems only a small percentage of health care expenses are paid for with private funds. Countries that have a single-payer system include Australia, Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Single-payer is popular among the political left in the United States. Leftists have emitted tons of propaganda in favor of a single-payer system, much of which has fossilized into myth.

Here are some of the more prominent single-payer myths:

# Myth No. 1: Everyone has access to health care a single-payer system.
# Myth No. 2: Claims of rationing are exaggerated.
# Myth No. 3: A single-payer system would save money on administrative costs.
# Myth No. 4: Single-payer will provide fair and quality care for everyone.
# Myth No. 5: Single-payer leaves medical decisions to patients & doctors.
# Myth No. 6: Single-payer systems achieve better health outcomes.
# Myth No. 7: The U.S. systems also engages in rationing.
# Myth No. 8: A single-payer system will not hamper medical research.
# Myth No. 9: Single-payer will save money as patients seek care earlier.
# Myth No. 10: The free market in health care has failed in the U.S.

Read on.

I’ve also sent a few e-mails to several groups that support Single Payer Health Care/Universal Health Care and also to a few Canadian Statistics websites. I’ll post a few once our conversations are done.

As for any Universal Health Care, I would open up to them if they cut costs, did not ration care, and lowered their waiting times on all procedures.

Song Of The Day: Lonely World

This song was song by my favorite Doo-Wop band Dion and the Belmonts.