Big Apple Becoming Big Nanny

Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson Want to Restrict Beverage Choices of Poor Citizens

Washington, D.C. – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor David Paterson are asking the federal government to deny New York City residents on food stamps the ability to use aid to buy certain beverages. Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network, sees this as a warning about the limits to freedom that inevitably come with increased government dependency. Read more

Medicare is Cheating Seniors Out of Care, Says New Study

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This is No Time to Expand the Government’s Role in Health Care, Says Think-Tank

Washington, D.C.: Chronically low Medicare reimbursement rates to physicians and hospitals are forcing doctors to limit the number of Medicare patients they see – or opt out of the program altogether – with devastating results to seniors’ health care options, says a new study, “Medicare Doctor Shortage Endangers Seniors’ Access to Care,” by Matt Patterson of the National Center for Public Policy Research.

From the Southwest to Florida, from the Midwest to New York, primary care doctors and specialists at both hospitals and private practices are turning away Medicare patients because they cannot afford to treat them, the study concludes. Read more

Proposed Soda Taxes Fall Flat, Says Black Activist, Calls Demonization of Carbonated Beverages Yet Another Progressive Attack on Liberty

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Washington, DC: Proposed soda taxes fall flat, according to Deneen Borelli, a fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network, who says the demonization of carbonated beverages is just another example of the progressive attack on liberty.

“After the Obama Administration tried to put itself between me and my doctor with its health care plan, the White House – along with Governor David Paterson and Mayor Gavin Newsom – now want to come between me and my can of soda,” said Borelli.

“Raising taxes during hard economic times is a horrible idea and it’s doomed to failure,” added Borelli. “Elected officials should be focused on lowering taxes to getting our economy growing in order to stimulate job growth. Instead you have Mayor Newsom in San Francisco and Governor Paterson in New York using the ‘obesity card’ to make up for their budget shortfalls. Read more

Greenhouse Gases: A Public Health Danger?

Ignorance and political fascism rule the day! Our government now has ruled that greenhouse gases, comprised of 95% water vapor is a pollutant and as such a public health danger. By making such a declaration, the EPA can now regulate essentially all facets of our lives. This is the sowing of the seeds of the global warming religion. People now are ready to believe that all the necessary and vital things for life pose a threat to us. Our own ignorance has opened the door and now we need to prepare for the consequences. What will we willing believe next?

Engineer Left Blind for Three Years Awaiting 20-Minute Operation

This is another story republished with permission from the book, “Shattered Lives: 100 Victims of Government Health Care” published by the National Center for Public Policy Research and written by Amy Ridenour and Ryan Balis.

According to Britain’s state-managed health service, cataract surgery is a “common” and “straightforward” operation that usually should last between 15 and 20 minutes. But such a quick turnaround would have been news to Richard Adams of London, who went blind in both eyes while waiting three years for cataract surgery.

The 85-year-old retired engineer and award-winning dancer began losing his vision in 2004. That year, doctors diagnosed Adams with cataracts, but an operation to remove them was not scheduled until March 2007. Read more

Change Your Thinking

*Editor’s Note* This was sent to me by a reader. Author unknown.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

His bed was next to the room’s only window.

The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. Read more

Forcing Health Care Workers To Get Swine Flu Vaccine

It’s always got to be a crisis – real or imagined, doesn’t it. It’s the only way these Marxists/Socialists can continue to steal our rights and beat us into submission.

State Law Authorizing Illegal Entry And Confiscation Of Children

Piling On! 15-Yard Penalty On Jesse Jackson, Jr.

Who can forget when the President, in his attempt at explaining how wonderful and efficient government-run agencies are, compared the Post Office to Fed-Ex and UPS and declared that it was always the Post Office that was in trouble, not the private sector businesses. So much for beefing up that confidence in government Mr. President.

The piling on comes when Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. uses Obama’s stupid comparison and states that if it wasn’t for the Post Office, FedEx, UPS and DHL would be charging $100 a letter. Is that what capitalism and free enterprise needs is a “public option” from the government to keep competitive businesses……well, competitive? He seems to think so. Read more

ABC World News Sponsors to Be Monitored in Light of White House “Town Hall” Meeting on Health Care, Group Says

New Webpage Provides List to Public

In light of the ABC World News program’s decision to host a “Town Hall” meeting on health care at the White House without opposition participation, the National Center for Public Policy Research is making a list of ABC World News sponsors available online for those who wish to boycott sponsors or/or send a letter of protest to them.

The list of sponsors includes sponsors from the June 18, 2009 program – the date ABC announced the White House-based program would take place – to the present and beyond, and is available at www.nationalcenter.org/ABCNewsSponsors.html. Read more

Environmental Justice: What Does That Mean?

One of the new environmentalist’s eco-movements has been titled “Environmental Justice”. And just what is environmental justice? That’s a good question and one you won’t find a ready and easy answer to and that’s just how it’s intended to be.

The environmental justice movement claims that all the bad things about the environment have disproportionately fallen on the poor and minority groups and because of that they “should enjoy some of the environmental benefits of publicly funded production activities.” – whatever that means. Read more

Swine Flu: What Happens In Event U.S. Declares Martial Law?

Fox News at least talks about it.