Archive for July, 2007
Profit vs Health Care in the U.S.
I don’t know if you have been following the health care debate but Bush’s last statement regarding the accessibility of health care really stunned me. He has proven once again that big business and corporate profits trump the good of the public. He was quoted on The American Prospect as saying “The immediate goal is to make sure there are more people on private insurance plans. I mean, people have access to health care in America, after all, you just go to an emergency room.” Bush’s ignorant stand on health care and his dismissive remark reminds me of the arrogant and cynical comment widely attributed to Marie-Antoinette…”Let them eat cake.” As with Marie-Antoinette, is there no end to Bush’s callous disregard for humanity? When it comes to policy issues, he again shows his hand as being loyal only to profit and in health care that can possibly spell the end of someone’s life.
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Bloggers on Iraq Progress Report
Snipped from Slate.com.
If you were evaluating a progress report in which 18 benchmarks were laid out and only 8 of those 18 had been met, would you consider the project a success or even “promising”? Uh, no. As a former corporate executive, I would seriously look at scrapping the project, especially since it has taken over four years to get to that point, and devise a new strategy. Any logical person would. But we are dealing with a Commander Guy who doesn’t deal in reality only ideology. And, his ideology has no room for logic. I came across an article that gives highlights of what some of those in the blogosphere are saying about the recent Iraq progress report. I believe it reflects how many of us feel. You may be surprised by what some of the bloggers are saying.
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The Link Between Stress and Obesity
Stay calm, it may save
your waistline.
You may be one of those people who eat excessively whenever depressed or sad but now researchers are finding that even simple stress can make us fat. With our modern-day, high-tech, stressed-out world, it’s no wonder that so many people are overweight. Could this be the hidden element behind so much obesity today? From an intriguing experiment with laboratory mice, scientists are now beginning to understand what part stress plays in obesity. You will be amazed at what happened with a group of otherwise slim mice when subjected to daily stress.
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Tough Talk on Impeachment
Snipped from PBS.org.
Yes, the “I” word has come back into play big time which seems to be as a result of King George’s latest abuse of power which was the commutation of Scooter Libby. This almost seems like the straw that broke the camel’s back because the American public is angered by Bush’s blatant disregard for the rule of law by putting his cronies and himself above it. If you didn’t catch Bill Moyer’s interview of Bruce Fein, the nationally and internationally recognized expert on Constitutional law (who by the way is a conservative) and John Nichols of The Nation magazine, then you should check out the article and the video linked below. It is the most educated discourse I have seen on just what is happening to our country and why impeachment is the only fix for a president who is out of control.
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New Report: Accelerated Climate Catastrophe
Snipped from AlterNet.org.
Do you feel that if one is constantly presented with bad news that after a while the person becomes numb to the effects of the bad news? Can a whole society become numb to catastrophic predictions involving climate change? I feel we have reached the tipping point in our news saturation of global warming and its dire effects and are experiencing sensory overload. We have heard so much devastating news about our future that we can’t even seem to process it anymore much less respond. So, when a news release exposes even more devastating discoveries that compounds the global threat of climate change, no one even blinks an eye. What will have to happen before the global society takes measures to seriously address this threat? There was news today reported in AlterNet.org that certainly should make all of us wake up and do something.
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Not Really Breaking News
Snipped from DailyKos.com.
Well, just when you think you have heard the last of the Bush/Rove political machinations, there breaks another news story exposing once again Bush politics trumping science. This time it has to do with our ex-U.S. Surgeon General Vice Adm. Richard Carmona. It has really amazed me how anyone would even have the nerve to challenge science with theology, ideology and preconceived beliefs that were scientifically incorrect. But leave it to Bush and Co. and you have them once again suppressing information and twisting facts all for the sake of the complete domination of government by the Republican party. You won’t believe what this eminent doctor had to endure during his term as the Surgeon General.
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