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Baby Talk
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Obama has warned that, if he is defeated, Republicans will leave you “on your own“. This is a bad thing? It is if you’r building the Nanny State.
Speaking of Change, last Thursday was Diaper Need Awareness Day in the state of Connecticut. It was a day for the diaper lobby to call attention to the needs of the diaper disadvantaged. The holiday prompted Mark Steyn to recall that the government already provides “adult baby” Stanley Thornton Jr. with income disability checks so he can wear a giant diaper, while laying around in a giant crib, under the attention of a buxom nanny. Apparently there are actual adults whose fetish for pooping their pants is now a federally recognized disability. Steyn considers this “almost too poignant an emblem of the republic at twilight”.
As usual, Homeland Security has been far ahead of the curve on this issue.
Primary Care
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Romney looks presidential but Cain’s numbers are attractive.
More Sacred Bull
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The president is sharing the sacrificial bull till the sacred cows come home. He has the Republicans where he wants em, continue building on his 24% grab of the economy or take the blame for a social security scare.
Rule of Law
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Judge Vinson, ruling in favor of 26 states, found the individual mandate unconstitutional and threw out the entire healthcare law. It remains to be seen if the Supreme Court will move for checkmate. As it stands now the law doesn’t apply equally to everyone. The administration has already granted over 700 waivers.
Watch What You Say
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Health insurers are raising their prices in part due to new demands of ObamaCare. Kathleen Sebelius has threatened them by saying the administration will have zero tolerance for insurance companies that blame rate hikes on the new health order. She hinted that she would put them out of business. Previously the administration has asked citizens to report to a government web site when they hear something “fishy” on the internet. Michael Barone calls this Gangster Governmemt.
Calling Dr. Berwick
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The president used a recess appointment to slip Donald Berwick by the senate in order to run the health care program Obama rammed through congress. David Axelrod insisted the president was simply trying to avoid a “circus in the senate“. Axe has a point. Dr. Berwick would have been performing without a net while explaining why he’s “romantic about the NHS (British National Health Service),” what he means by “the darkness of private enterprise,” and why excellent health care is “by definition redistributional “.
And physicians would have thrilled to his doctor defying comment, ” I would place a commitment to excellence – standardization to the best known method – above clinician autonomy as a rule for care.” You can read about this and other sayings of Dr. Beriwick in Daniel Henninger’s WSJ column.
Middleman
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As President Obama signed into law the federal takeover of the student loan industry, he said he was “ending giveaways to banks” by “cutting out the middleman“. ”Middleman” Sallie Mae announced it will lay off 2500 employees.