“I’m in favor of covering everyone, but the way to do that is expand the number of doctors and the number of nurses. Expand the supply before you expand the demand.” — Dick Morris, former advisor to President Bill Clinton … Continue reading
Here’s what Mr. President said at a recent health care “town hall” on the subject of private enterprise versus government control: “UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It’s the Post Office that’s always having the … Continue reading
Dr. Hurd’s comment, sent out to colleagues and associates: You might remember a couple of weeks back that the White House set up a special email address for citizens to “flag” fellow citizens who disagreed with beloved Mr. President’s health … Continue reading
It’s amazing enough that the plotter of the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing, who killed several hundred innocent people twenty years ago over Scotland in a horrific and terrifying manner, only got sentenced to 27 years. Now, the Scottish judge who … Continue reading
Give yourself room to have a learning curve. Embrace your mistakes as corrections, and as indications of future success. Look at error as increased knowledge, and the pain from error simply as the cost that everything has. Make it all … Continue reading
So now some politicians are saying, “Drop single-payer, public option insurance. It’s not selling. Let’s do health care cooperatives instead.” Don’t buy it. A health care cooperative is not a private sector solution. It’s fascist, in nature. Fascism refers to … Continue reading
The issue isn’t whether “death panels” are a rational criticism of Obama’s health plan, or merely a paranoid hallucination. The issue is whether you want government to have a monopoly power over the practice of medical care. Thinking about end … Continue reading
“The president has a problem. For, despite a great election victory, Mr. Obama, it becomes ever clearer, knows little about Americans. He knows the crowds–he is at home with those. He is a stranger to the country’s heart and character.” … Continue reading
Don’t worry about the irrational motives of another person. Don’t get caught up in, “Why is she acting this way?” or, “Why is he so self-defeating?” In most cases, you cannot know for sure. A person will not tell you … Continue reading
Aren’t liberals, for all their socialism, at least good for defending the right of people to be free from religion? No, they don’t even deserve credit for this. Liberal politicians resent the threat of competition. Religion is a threat to … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that he would float the idea of a national referendum on health care reform when he returns to Washington after the start of his August recess was spent facing down boisterous crowds … Continue reading
It’s said–correctly–that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, all the while expecting different results. What’s the word for proposing to do more of the same and pretending it’s different? That’s what our present crop of politicians … Continue reading