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Tax money IS obtained by force, in that a govt. demand to pay up is backed ultimately by the threat of using initial or offensive force. A tax is NOT a debt that one voluntarily contracts -- no more so than protection money demanded of a shopkeeper. To say that tax is voluntary based on voluntarily engaging in acts that are taxed -- is as silly as saying that protection payments are voluntary based on voluntarily selling stuff in the neighborhood where protection money is demanded. The ideas of taxation and protection rackets are really based on the false notion that some may take money by force instead of negotiating voluntary trades to earn it.
If some people get upset when I describe taxation that way -- too bad -- I'm just explaining the true nature of it.
Consider roads. Financing roads by charging tolls to users is morally superior to forcing gasoline dealers to pay taxes. The distinction is even clearer if you consider toll roads that are privately owned -- to use property that's not your own, you pay the fees charged by the owner(s).
We tolerate modest taxes because we understand that we need some essential services like police and courts, and we don't think there are "practical" ways to finance them other than forcing people to chip in.
But since we have reluctantly conceded to govt. the right to get revenue by force to finance necessary functions -- governments have abused that privilege terribly, BIG TIME. Governments have taken upon themselves numerous functions far beyond legitimate necessary functions, which gobble huge amounts of revenue, and have taken huge amounts by force to finance them. Some of those extraneous functions have been to enrich private parties and buy votes. Governments have also become financially irresponsible, through waste, inefficiency, and heavy debt. Even though governments extract huge amounts of revenue, their greed has been even greater.
It's long past time to rein in out-of-control governments.
First, we need to adopt the premise that a government is entitled to only enough revenue to perform its essential functions such as police and courts.
Second, we must stop all further expansions of government, and disallow any new programs. That rules out creating govt. health care and health insurance programs, for example.
Then, we should simultaneously phase out extraneous govt. programs and find ways to replace involuntary revenue with voluntary revenue. For example, some places of business might want more intense police patrolling and would voluntarily pay fees for it. Another example is the toll road example mentioned earlier. For yet another example, prisoners should earn their keep as much as possible, rather than lodging at taxpayers' expense. --- [the end] [ FreedHuman ] ----

Bird handling

Today, while at work, I had to rescue(ok maybe the word rescue isn't the best word) a bird-it looked to be sort of like a sparrow, maybe a bit bigger, who was crashing into one of our large windows trying to get out of the building. There were open doors all around, and I was trying to get the bird to go out the window. Finally I got a broom and kinda got him cornered with that, and sort of held him down with it while picking him up from the window sill with my other hand. He tweeted as loud as he could, guess he thought I was gonna squash him or something. Anyway I took him outside and off he flew. Afterwards I thought maybe that wasn't the best way to handle him but it was all I had to work with at the time. If there is anyone here who knows about birds, my question is why do they crash into windows if there is an opening near by? Is it that they cannot see very well?

Ann Coulter is right on the money with this one

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QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN ANN
July 25, 2009, 7:55 PM
Chutzpah: Acorn Claims Buying Votes is Constitutional - In Vote Fraud Case, Acorn Challenges a Law as Unconstitutional

July 25, 2009, 3:34 PM
COULTER TV - SAT & SUN NIGHT, 10pm: GeraldoMONDAY Morning: CBS's Early Show
July 25, 2009, 10:02 AM
MORE FABRICATIONS IN OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE TALK - NYT: Experts Dispute Some Points in Health Talk
July 24, 2009, 3:29 AM
Why are liberals always telling lies to support socialist health care? - White House Won't Name 'Colorado Woman' In Health Care SpeechNYT: THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE VICE PRESIDENT; Under Attack, Gore Reshapes Censure of Drug Industry
July 24, 2009, 3:26 AM
Maybe Axelrod Shouldn't Have Planted the Gates Question - Obama Remark on Black Scholar's Arrest Angers Cops Nationwide
July 24, 2009, 2:42 AM
Alan Keyes: I broke into my own house without arrest - Keyes: Which 'ism' on display at Harvard arrest?
July 23, 2009, 7:31 PM
"Waste, Fraud and Abuse" We Shall Always Have With Us - Even the Swedes can't get rid of it. -- Bunny pic unmasks Swedish benefits cheat
July 23, 2009, 12:47 PM
Black officer among those Obama accused of acting "stupidly" - See the Photo
July 22, 2009, 6:00 PM
Beautiful People Represented By Ugliest Congressman - Hollywood Deserves Better Than Henry Waxman
July 22, 2009, 8:47 AM
A HATE CRIME - Charge against Harvard professor dropped
July 22, 2009, 8:44 AM
NOT A HATE CRIME - Transcript: Davidson says he told Christian he would 'make sure she got out'
July 22, 2009, 8:36 AM
SHOCK - Toomey Ties Specter In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac University Poll
July 22, 2009, 7:51 AM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT . . . - VIDEO: Ann Coulter on Hannity: "How bad can the Democrats be?"
July 21, 2009, 5:01 PM
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIDEO! - Steven Crowder Investigates Canadian Health Care. Lots of waiting . . . VIDEO: ObamaCare Yay Or Nay? The Truth About Canada!
July 21, 2009, 12:41 PM
The Compilation You've Been Waiting For! - RWN: The Best Quotes From Ann Coulter's 2008 Columns
July 21, 2009, 12:08 PM
MOON OVER HANOI - A different take on moon landing
July 20, 2009, 6:49 AM
TEDDY'S ANNIVERSARY - FLASHBACK: AnnCoulter.com: TED KENNEDY'S PRIVATE PARTS: PART I AnnCoulter.com: THE PERFECT ALIBI ... I'LL DRINK TO THAT! (PART II)
July 20, 2009, 6:21 AM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT . . . - VIDEO: Ann Coulter on Glenn Beck, Liberals Want to Be Black 7/17VIDEO: Ann Coulter on Geraldo, 7/18 Fed up with horny hicks Republicans
July 20, 2009, 6:12 AM
OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING ON HEALTH CARE FALLS BELOW 50% - WAPO: Poll Shows Obama Slipping on Key Issues
July 19, 2009, 4:58 PM
Stop Driving and Talking Before the Law Stops You - Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone Risks"[D]rivers using a hand-held device are at 1.3 times greater risk of a crash or near crash, and at three times the risk when dialing."
July 19, 2009, 4:26 PM
Taliban or NBC? - Note how the Talibanists prompt the U.S. soldier to give the statements they want: U.S. soldier: "I have my girlfriend who is hoping to marry. I have my grandma and grandpas. I have a very, very good family that I love back home in America." Voice off camera: "Miss them." Soldier: "And I miss them every day that I'm gone. I miss them and I'm afraid that I might never see them again and that I'll never be able to tell them that I love them again. I'll never be able to hug them." Voice off camera: "Any message to your people?" "Yes. To my fellow Americans who have loved ones over here, who know what it's like to miss them: you have the power to make our government bring them home." -- FACTBOX - Transcript of missing U.S. soldier in Afghanistan
July 19, 2009, 2:05 PM
Levin Reviews Review of his Book - Conservatism in defense of libertyExcerpt: "While claiming to embrace tradition, Berkowitz does no such thing. Remarkably, he seems to think that American tradition started with the New Deal."
July 19, 2009, 2:27 AM
Obama's Agenda of Unpopular Ideas - What's Next, Mr. President -- Cardigans?
July 19, 2009, 2:22 AM
The Only Man Who Could Save NY - Giuliani Would Be Strong Contender for Governor
July 19, 2009, 2:09 AM
NATIONAL HOUSE CARE: BULLDOZE YOUR HOUSE AND MOVE INTO PUBLIC HOUSING - Another Example of “Reduced Rationing on the Basis of Price and Ability to Pay”
July 19, 2009, 1:25 AM
The MSM on the MSM - Time: Cronkite, the 'Patron Saint of Objectivity' -- Well, Actually, Thankfully, No
July 18, 2009, 12:52 PM
No wonder the MSM is going out of business - Cronkite – News Media ‘Gold Standard’
July 17, 2009, 10:31 PM
Will Rachel Maddow Cover THIS? - Same-sex penguin couple split
July 17, 2009, 10:28 PM
The Plot Thickens . . . - George Soros Behind Attacks on Sarah Palin
July 17, 2009, 10:26 PM
PRESIDENT OF THE HO CHI MINH ADMIRATION SOCIETY DIES - NYT: Walter Cronkite, Voice of TV News, Dies
July 17, 2009, 10:08 PM
Sotomayor would deny him a job - Ex-Marine fends off lion with chainsaw
July 17, 2009, 2:08 PM
ANOTHER MAJOR SOTOMAYOR RETRACTION ON FOREIGN LAW - Sotomayor's foreign ideasIn April 28, Judge Sotomayor delivered a speech in which she worried that "unless American courts are more open to discussing the ideas raised by foreign cases, and by international cases ... we are going to lose influence in the world." . . . In a 2007 forward to a book called "The International Judge," Judge Sotomayor wrote that judges should "all attempt to cobble together a culture of justice-seeking in a changed world."
July 16, 2009, 10:31 PM
House Health Care Bill Makes Private Medical Insurance Illegal - IBD: It's Not An Option
July 16, 2009, 10:24 PM
ALZHEIMER'S ADVANCE - Are We Taking the Wrong Approach to Curing Alzheimer’s?
July 16, 2009, 9:52 PM
SOWELL EXPLAINS "DISPARATE IMPACT" LAW - A Personal Inequity
July 16, 2009, 9:43 PM
Law-Abiding Employers Bring Class Action Against Employers of Illegal Aliens - Psst! Wanna Join A Class Action Suit Against Employers of Illegal Immigrants?
July 16, 2009, 9:29 PM
Liberal Critic of Sotomayor Vindicated - Rosen Was Right"Rosen was trying to warn his liberal compatriots that they could do “better” than Sotomayor. He was right and should get some credit for his effort. Imagine if Diane Wood or Kathleen Sullivan, both liberal in philosophy but undeniably impressive, had been up there over the last couple of days. I suspect that conservatives would have been staring at their shoes, struggling for reasons to say “no” and grudgingly acknowledging that the nominee was going to add something to the Court beyond her gender.
July 16, 2009, 9:25 PM
NY: 1.2% of Taxpayers pay 50% of Taxes - City Journal: The Obsolete New York Model
July 16, 2009, 9:24 PM
Lonely Guy Beaten Up by Girlfriend - Police: Girlfriend stabs man watching porn
July 16, 2009, 9:21 PM
Look for the Democrats in Congress to fire everyone at the CBO - CBO: Health bills will be more costly under national health care bill
July 16, 2009, 9:09 PM
REPUBLICAN SENATORS TAKE NOTE - "Liberal activists, by contrast, hope the hearings demonstrate that a Democratic president has nothing to fear from Republicans who have not rattled Judge Sotomayor. If she is confirmed by a commanding vote that includes a number of Republicans, the activists argue, they will have given Mr. Obama more political running room next time to name a more full-throated champion of liberal values.-- Front-page, above the fold article in the NYT: Future Nominations Are at Stake in Hearings
July 16, 2009, 9:02 PM
The Dark Side of Socialist Health Care - City Journal: The Ugly Truth About Canadian Health Care
July 16, 2009, 5:40 PM
Angry CNN Tea Party Reporter's Contract Not Renewed - Susan Roesgen Out at CNN
July 16, 2009, 5:35 PM
Another Open-Minded College Professor - 'Ask God What Your Grade Is' ... Judge Rules in Favor of LACC Student Defending Traditional Marriage
July 16, 2009, 5:22 PM
John Lott Analyzes Sotomayor's Statements - Did Sotomayor Lie to Senators?
July 16, 2009, 12:44 AM
WHAT'S OBAMA'S "EXIT STRATEGY"????? - Climbing Death Toll Raises British Doubts on Afghanistan MissionMy recollection is that during the Bush years, the dedicated press corps provided us with daily casualty figures on front pages, headlines, lead stories, and classrooms. Haven’t heard much about war deaths in the last six months.
July 15, 2009, 6:16 PM
Sotomayor Gets Property Rights Question Wrong - Sotomayor's Kelo Mistake
July 15, 2009, 6:14 PM
Advice from a lowly white male - Buchanan: How to Handle Sonia
July 15, 2009, 6:11 PM
Interesting, despite the confusing title . . . - An Honest Liberal Law Professor Takes Sotomayor to Task
July 15, 2009, 5:57 PM
Pro-Infanticide Peter Singer: - Why We Must Ration Health Care
July 15, 2009, 4:31 PM
COULTER ON GLENN BECK THIS FRIDAY! -
July 15, 2009, 9:40 AM
Obama's Baseball Bounces - Barack, Boos and Bud: Baseball in Limbo
July 15, 2009, 1:05 AM
Obama Throws Like a Girl in First Pitch at All Star Game - MSM camera pointedly avoids showing the bounce: VIDEO
July 14, 2009, 10:04 PM
SOTOMAYOR'S EXPLAINS "WISE LATINA" SPEECH - REVIEW!
July 14, 2009, 6:43 PM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT . . . - VIDEO: Ann Coulter on Geraldo "Biden is Delusional" 7-11-09 VIDEO: Ann Coulter on Geraldo "Sotomayor is Ethnic Politics at its Worse" 7-12-09
July 14, 2009, 6:21 PM
Gasparino on Goldman Sachs - How the Wall Street giant used your money to make $3.4 billion in profits
July 13, 2009, 8:49 PM
Teleprompter-in-Chief Collapses, Cites Exhaustion - Obama’s Teleprompter Commits Suicide Sweetness & Light
July 13, 2009, 3:55 PM
Here's some "context" for you! - S&L: Sotomayor's full "diversity" speech "Although I agree with and attempt to work toward Judge Cedarbaum’s aspiration, I wonder whether achieving that goal is possible in all or even in most cases. And I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society. Whatever the reasons why we may have different perspectives, either as some theorists suggest because of our cultural experiences or as others postulate because we have basic differences in logic and reasoning, are in many respects a small part of a larger practical question we as women and minority judges in society in general must address. . . . there is not a single voice of feminism, not a feminist approach but many who are exploring the possible ways of being that are distinct from those structured in a world dominated by the power and words of men.
July 13, 2009, 3:49 PM
What Happened to that Racist Country Club Story? - ANSWER: The club director turned out to be an Obama supporter . . . That Story Sort Of Veered Left...Philly Pool Kids Booter Is Obama Fan
July 13, 2009, 3:42 PM
Excellent -- and Personal -- Analysis of Socialist Health Care - Glenn Reynolds on the hidden cost of national health care"The normal critique of socialized medicine is to point out that people have to wait a long time for these kinds of treatments in places like Britain. And that's certainly a valid critique. I'm sure my mom and daughter would still be waiting for their treatments, while my father and wife would probably be dead.The key point, though, is that these treatments didn't just come out out of the blue. They were developed by drug companies and device makers who thought they had a good market for things that would make people feel better."
July 13, 2009, 12:12 AM
Obama Backs the Lies of Our Enemies - Liz Cheney: Obama Rewrites the Cold War
July 12, 2009, 7:41 PM
How about a sub-country of wise Latinas? - Buchanan: It Can't Happen Here
July 12, 2009, 6:56 PM
NYT: Interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg - The Place of Women on the CourtExcerpts -- Q: Did you think that all the attention to the criticism of Sotomayor as being “bullying” or not as smart is sex-inflected? Does that have to do with the rarity of a woman in her position, and the particular challenges? JUSTICE GINSBURG: I can’t say that it was just that she was a woman. There are some people in Congress who would criticize severely anyone President Obama nominated. They’ll seize on any handle. One is that she’s a woman, another is that she made the remark about Latina women. . . .*** Q: I wanted to ask you about the academic research on the effect of sex on judging. Studies have found a difference in the way male and female judges of similar ideologies vote in some cases. And that the presence of a woman on a panel can influence the way her male colleagues vote. How do these findings match your experience? JUSTICE GINSBURG: I’m very doubtful about those kinds of [results]. I certainly know that there are women in federal courts with whom I disagree just as strongly as I disagree with any man. I guess I have some resistance to that kind of survey because it’s what I was arguing against in the ’70s. Like in Mozart’s opera “Così Fan Tutte”: that’s the way women are. Q: We started by talking about the idea of three or four women on the Supreme Court. Could you imagine a Supreme Court that had five or six or seven women on it? JUSTICE GINSBURG: Yes, we’ve had some state Supreme Courts that have had a majority of women. Q: Do you have a sense of what that would be like to actually work on and how it would be different? JUSTICE GINSBURG: The work would not be any easier. Some of the amenities might improve.
July 12, 2009, 4:35 PM
Then can we get around to reading and writing? - Obama: Let's Teach Kids About SlaveryYes, by all means let's spend more time dwelling on America's racist past. What better way to empower black people and improve their lives and prospects for having better lives today.
July 12, 2009, 4:31 PM
NO WONDER O'REILLY HAS MORE VIEWERS - One of 4 jokes featured in the print edition of Sunday's NYT Week in Review: "But Governor Mark Sanford didn’t really enjoy this year’s Fourth of July. He left his favorite firecracker in Argentina." -- David Letterman, former comedian
July 11, 2009, 2:27 PM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT . . . - Ann Coulter on Glenn Beck -Biden, Palin, Qadafi, Stimulas2, CapTax and Sotomayor
July 11, 2009, 2:25 PM
FEATURED INTERVIEW - Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne on Jim Cramer, Carolina Liar, and Mark Cuban's IQ
July 11, 2009, 4:52 AM
IMMACULATE DECEPTION - 'Pool got my daughter pregnant'
July 11, 2009, 4:49 AM
More bad news for Sotomayor - Poll: 86 Percent of U.S. Wants Abortion Restrictions
July 10, 2009, 9:05 PM
COULTER ON FNC'S GLENN BECK FRIDAY - GERALDO SAT & SUN NIGHT 10PM
July 10, 2009, 2:40 PM
Is Obama Naive or Does He Just Prefer Communism to Democracy? - ESTRADA: Honduras' non-coup
July 10, 2009, 9:38 AM
AT LEAST BUSH'S "VEIL OF SECRECY" IS GONE - 'Put nothing in writing,' Browner told auto execs
July 10, 2009, 9:03 AM
White Family Attacked by Black Gang, But It's Not a "Hate Crime" - Is there a double standard when it comes to hate crimes?
July 10, 2009, 8:50 AM
Roubini: "Every element of the labor market is worsening." - Brown Manure, Not Green Shoots
July 10, 2009, 8:46 AM
SOWELL ON SOTOMAYOR - Equality on Trial
July 10, 2009, 8:38 AM
We'd Rather Be Home - Schlafly: Why Women Are Unhappy
July 10, 2009, 7:46 AM
The Final Epitaph on Michael Jackson - Joseph: The Lessons of Michael Jackson
July 10, 2009, 3:21 AM
UNDER THE NAME OF "LIBERALISM" AMERICANS ACCEPT SOCIALISM - VIDEO: Reagan Vs. Obama Debate
July 10, 2009, 12:10 AM
OBAMA SIDES WITH ORVAL FAUBUS IN HONDURAS - Will Obama blackmail Honduras into installing a bullying would-be dictator?Obama nominee: Corrupt foreign rulers have right to remain in office absent "judicial process" Obama stands with tyrants, sides with Chavez, Castro against Honduran democracy, newspapers say
July 10, 2009, 12:09 AM
"The Stoning of Soraya M" Hits Florida! - ‘Stoning’ Director on Hannity — Film Expands This Weekend
July 9, 2009, 1:07 AM
Is it "Real Time" or "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" - Bozell: Oliver Stone, Lousy Historian
July 8, 2009, 2:00 PM
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July 8, 2009, 1:46 PM
God is in the DNA - David Klinghoffer: The Alphabet of Life
July 8, 2009, 1:33 PM
A 30-Strikes Law Would Have Stopped S.C. Serial Killer - SC serial killer shouldn’t have been free
July 8, 2009, 1:29 PM
So much for "wind power" - Forbes: Pickens Scuttles Wind Power Project
July 8, 2009, 1:03 AM
That's odd -- the first one worked so well! - Just 27% Favor Second Stimulus Plan This Year, 60% Oppose
July 8, 2009, 12:59 AM
GALLUP: COUNTRY GETTING MORE CONSERVATIVE - (And after only six months!) -- Special Report: Ideologically, Where Is the U.S. Moving?
July 7, 2009, 9:24 PM
CA Bankrupt: Dems Decide to Raise Taxes - Tax Fiction Sells In Hollywood
July 7, 2009, 5:29 PM
Not Far From the Truth - BREAKING: Sarah Palin Uses The Telephone
July 7, 2009, 5:27 PM
And liberals think Palin is batty . . . - Al Gore: Climate-Change Fight Like Battle Against Nazis
July 7, 2009, 5:25 PM
About half past midnight and noon on July, 8th, it will be.... - 12:34:56 7/8/9
July 7, 2009, 1:51 PM
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT . . . - VIDEO: Coulter on Hannity 7/6/09 -- on Palin!
July 7, 2009, 2:06 AM
Report from MN: How to Steal a Senate Election - WSJ: The 'Absentee' Senator
July 6, 2009, 7:00 PM
Liberals Getting You Fatigued? - Try this new Energy Drink!
July 6, 2009, 1:33 PM
COULTER ON HANNITY TONIGHT, MONDAY, 7/6 -
July 5, 2009, 6:10 PM
JOE BIDEN: UNPATRIOTIC RETARD - The fabulous Ned Rice reports.
July 5, 2009, 4:29 PM
Much More Romantic than Mark-Maria - NYT Vows: Erika Fredell and Ted Skala
July 5, 2009, 4:27 PM
Obamanation Enjoys the Hip Economy - NYT: Say Hello to Underachieving"The well-paying summer jobs that in previous years seemed like a birthright have grown scarce, and pre-professional internships are disappearing as companies cut back across the board.
July 4, 2009, 10:35 PM
Another Theory on Print Media's Problems - You Know The Real Reason Why Time Mag Is Going Down the Drain? The Content!
July 4, 2009, 10:32 PM
More Palin News - Palin Quits to Spend More Time with Couric, Gibson
July 4, 2009, 10:10 PM
Independence Day Video - Alfonzo Rachel Explains the Tea Parties
July 4, 2009, 9:39 PM
TV THIS WEEKEND! - Sunday night: FNC's Geraldo, 10pm
July 4, 2009, 3:03 AM
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! -
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TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND CALL ME WHEN YOUR CANCER IS STAGE 4July 22, 2009All the problems with the American health care system come from government intervention, so naturally the Democrats' idea for fixing it is more government intervention. This is like trying to sober up by having another drink. The reason seeing a doctor is already more like going to the DMV, and less like going to the Apple "Genius Bar," is that the government decided health care was too important to be left to the free market. Yes -- the same free market that has produced such a cornucopia of inexpensive goods and services that, today, even poor people have cell phones and flat-screen TVs. As a result, it's easier to get your computer fixed than your health. Thanks, government! We already have near-universal health coverage in the form of Medicare, Medicaid, veterans' hospitals, emergency rooms and tax-deductible employer-provided health care -- all government creations. So now, everyone expects doctors to be free. People who pay $200 for a haircut are indignant if it costs more than a $20 co-pay to see a doctor. The government also "helped" us by mandating that insurance companies cover all sorts of medical services, both ordinary -- which you ought to pay for yourself -- and exotic, such as shrinks, in vitro fertilization and child-development assessments -- which no normal person would voluntarily pay to insure against. This would be like requiring all car insurance to cover the cost of gasoline, oil and tire changes -- as well as professional car detailing, iPod docks, leather seats and those neon chaser lights I have all along the underbody of my chopped, lowrider '57 Chevy. But politicians are more interested in pleasing lobbyists for acupuncturists, midwives and marriage counselors than they are in pleasing recent college graduates who only want to insure against the possibility that they'll be hit by a truck. So politicians at both the state and federal level keep passing boatloads of insurance mandates requiring that all insurance plans cover a raft of non-emergency conditions that are expensive to treat -- but whose practitioners have high-priced lobbyists. As a result, a young, healthy person has a choice of buying artificially expensive health insurance that, by law, covers a smorgasbord of medical services of no interest to him ... or going uninsured. People who aren't planning on giving birth to a slew of children with restless leg syndrome in the near future forgo insurance -- and then politicians tell us we have a national emergency because some people don't have health insurance. The whole idea of insurance is to insure against catastrophes: You buy insurance in case your house burns down -- not so you can force other people in your plan to pay for your maid. You buy car insurance in case you're in a major accident, not so everyone in the plan shares the cost of gas. Just as people use vastly different amounts of gasoline, they also use vastly different amounts of medical care -- especially when an appointment with a highly trained physician costs less than a manicure. Insurance plans that force everyone in the plan to pay for everyone else's Viagra and anti-anxiety pills are already completely unfair to people who rarely go to the doctor. It's like being forced to share gas bills with a long-haul trucker or a restaurant bill with Michael Moore. On the other hand, it's a great deal for any lonely hypochondriacs in the plan. Now the Democrats want to force us all into one gigantic national health insurance plan that will cover every real and mythical ailment that has a powerful lobby. But if you have a rare medical condition without a lobbying arm, you'll be out of luck. Even two decades after the collapse of liberals' beloved Soviet Union, they can't grasp that it's easier and cheaper to obtain any service provided by capitalism than any service provided under socialism. You don't have to conjure up fantastic visions of how health care would be delivered in this country if we bought it ourselves. Just go to a grocery store or get a manicure. Or think back to when you bought your last muffler, personal trainer, computer and every other product and service available in inexpensive abundance in this capitalist paradise. Third-party payer schemes are always a disaster -- less service for twice the price! If you want good service at a good price, be sure to be the one holding the credit card. Under "universal health care," no one but government bureaucrats will be allowed to hold the credit card. Isn't food important? Why not "universal food coverage"? If politicians and employers had guaranteed us "free" food 50 years ago, today Democrats would be wailing about the "food crisis" in America, and you'd be on the phone with your food care provider arguing about whether or not a Reuben sandwich with fries was covered under your plan. Instead of making health care more like the DMV, how about we make it more like grocery stores? Give the poor and tough cases health stamps and let the rest of us buy health care -- and health insurance -- on the free market. COPYRIGHT 2009 ANN COULTER DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE 1130 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64106
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Beddy bye time

Posting this just right before I head off to sleepyville.. it is only just after 11 pm CST and yes I am going to bed much earlier than usual. I must get up very early tomorrow, as tomorrow, yes, ...I will say it here.. I am going to do something that I have not done in a long, long ,loooooong time: Eat a healthy breakfast at home. AT HOME.

Ahhh well

Just typing this before I go to bed.. yawn.. pup goes back to the vet tomorrow.. she better behave herself this time. I am doing ok, it is getting closer and closer day by day to my surgery in December. The funny thing is that I am looking forward to taking the time off. I have not been on a vacation in years. YEARS. I can't spend too much money-I am saving as much as I can for a new or newer house.

Honig

I took one of my female GSDs to the vet this morning. She was such a good dog on Saturday eve and Sunday afternoon, I thought that she would be a good dog at the vet. She WASN'T! I dropped her off at about 8 am and left for work. Well, I get a call from the vets office and they say that they could not draw her blood nor give her the thyroid medicines because she was nipping so much! She was just nervous, but it really is not like her to nip. So they called me and told me that they would have to reschedule, and I will come in with her next time, which is Thursday. This girl is about 81 pounds which I guess is avreage for a shepherd.

Today was a good day

Today was a good day. I took the day off, got my grocery shopping done this afternoon. I tried to go to the zoo, but there were just too many people there and I didn't bother to get out of my car when I saw the lines both at the zoo and the park. Then I dropped my paycheck off at the bank, did the shopping. I just hate unloading the groceries when I get home. My dog was no help. Can't set groceries on the floor, or she will then try her own version of 'help'. LOL. I look up from where I am sitting and see that it looks as if my chandalier is going to fall out of the ceiling. Well, tomorrow I must call my handy-man..

Today

Well, our poor guy looks like he won't have his kidney surgery until September. He told me today that his kidneys are in such poor shape that he could have to go on dialysis tomorrow. Damn. That sucks. He has to wait until September to get his brother's kidney. Damn. Then I am supposed to have my lap band surgery in December. The band is going to stay in me FOR LIFE. That is ok by me. I need it . I do not at all object. There is a port that goes along with the band. It will fit somewhere under my skin. I wonder if I will be able to feel it. It will be very interesting.

Bad news

Well, he is not getting his kidney tomorrow. The Doctors have had to postpone the surgery again, for reasons that I do not know and I am afraid to ask of. He said that the doctors are looking at performing the surgery sometime in September. This poor guy is frustrated, but there is not much he can do if the doctors keep changing his surgery date. I hope that he gets his surgery done soon, hopefully sooner than that, as there is recovery time involved and I am supposed to have my surgery in December . Why they keep changing the date I don't know and I don't ask the guy because I know it'll just aggravate him. On top of that, my father may have to go in for jury duty next week, it is one of those you-need-to-call-on-Sunday-evening-to-find-out-if-and-when-to-show-on-Monday-morning kind of things. I hate em, but what can you do? Oh and tonight, chores: Wash my bedsheets. I don't mind the washing or drying, it is the putting them back on the bed that I don't care for. Especially the fitted sheets. Yuck.

From About.com

This is what I have to look forward to in December:
What Happens After Adjustable Gastric Lap-Band Surgery?
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(Continued from Page 2)When you are ready to leave the hospital, you may receive a visit from the hospital dietitian who will go over the required diet for Lap-Band patients. It’s important to fully understand the Lap-Band diet before you decide on this type of weight loss surgery. The first 3 to 4 days following Adjustable Gastric Lap-Band surgery patients must follow a clear liquid diet. Failure to follow the prescribed diet can cause complications such as band erosion or slippage that require additional surgery.
If you are a regular coffee, tea, or soda drinker you should be aware that no caffeine is permitted for the first three months after surgery. Carbonated beverages; both diet and regular may cause gas, bloating, and an increase in stomach size due to the carbonation and are not recommended at any time for Lap-Band patients.
The second phase of the Lap-Band diet consists of 5 to 6 weeks of a modified full liquid diet; the key component of this phase is consuming two ounces of a protein shake every hour for ten to twelve hours a day with two ounces of other liquids such as soup, baby food, or sugar-free gelatin three times a day.
During the second six weeks following Lap-Band surgery patients may eat food that is shredded in a food processor prior to eating. The basic foods on the Lap-Band diet include meats or other forms of protein, vegetables, and salads. The Lap-Band diet does not include most bread, potatoes and other starchy vegetables. The length of these phases may be altered according a patient’s personal weight and weight loss goals – my first phase is five weeks, followed by a two week second phase.
Protein is especially important following Lap-Band surgery. After Lap-Band surgery the stomach will never hold more than 4 to 6 ounces per meal, so making every bite count is essential for healthy and nutritionally rounded weight loss success.
Lap-Band patients are advised to consume fifty to sixty grams of protein daily to avoid protein deficiency. Protein deficiency causes hair loss, fatigue, edema, muscle weakness, and a delay in wound healing. A lack of adequate protein may also lead to depression, anxiety, irritability, apathy, and other mental health conditions, as well as cause a number of physical health issues from gallstones to colds, headaches, low blood pressure, anemia, irregular hear rates, and, in extreme cases, death. A lab can measure the amount of protein in your blood by performing a serum albumin blood test.
Eating after Adjustable Gastric Lap-Band surgery means taking tiny bites, and eating very slowly. You should think of your new stomach as a “baby” stomach. You’ll be drinking protein shakes and relearning eating skills much the same way as a new baby eats formula (or breast milk), and slowly adds new foods from blended baby foods to chunkier baby foods.
Certain foods may never be well tolerated by Lap-Band patients. These foods include:
Meats that are especially tough such as steak and pork chops. Some Lap-Band patients have difficulty digesting other meats that contain gristle such as hamburger.
Oranges and grapefruits may not be tolerated unless the membrane is removed before eating.
The seeds and/or skins of all fruits and vegetables.
High fiber vegetables such as celery and sweet potatoes.
Spicy foods.
Fried foods.
Certain spices including cinnamon, pepper, or onion or garlic salt.
If you are unable to tolerate milk, it’s important to add other calcium and protein rich foods such as cottage cheese. Dry milk can be added to foods for added protein.
Any medicine you take may need to be adjusted following Lap-Band surgery since you will not be able to swallow pills that are aspirin-size or larger, or capsules or irregular-shaped pills. For me this has meant breaking a blood pressure pill in half, changing my tri-estrogen capsules to a cream form, and taking liquid antibiotics and painkillers for an unrelated infection.

Getting bumped and gold

Bit of sad news. Seems that he didn't get his kidney transplant today. He goes back in next Tuesday for the transplant. The Dr had to bump his appointment, for some reason. on to another subject, gold:Gold is not a good investment. I do not invest in gold. Yes, gold may be up right now, but it has a horrible track record. It is not a hedge against inflation, and if my accountant or financial advisor told me anything otherwise, I would fire their butt.The only thing that I have that has gold in it are a pair of earrings I own and wear on occasion.

Kidney transplant

This guy that works with me is getting a kidney transplant tomorrow. I imagine that he must be nervous, unable to sleep tonight. I don't envy him. His brother is giving him a kidney. What a wonderful gift to give someone. Well, this employee is expected to be back to work in about 2-3 weeks. I guess that he will have to take some sort of anti-rejection medicines. I think that this guy told me that his brother will go into the operating room first, then the Drs will remove the kidney, and then sometime later -don't know how long later, this guy will go in for his new kidney. Total time for surgery is approx 6 hours. Ugh.

4th

I had a great 4th of July Independence Day. Well, I worked, and that is great. I took 3 shitheads home, and while I was gone, one of them pissed in my guest bedroom. Guess that could have been worse. I visited with the folks for a while. For some reason, I am not really into the fireworks this year. It is just background noise to me. But it scares the shitheads, thats why I took em home. Fed em, gave em their meds, let em out side to do their business, and let em guard my small house while I am gone for a few hours.

Fox News

Canada Sees Boom in Private Health Care Business
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Private for-profit clinics are a booming business in Canada -- a country often touted as a successful example of a universal health system.
Facing long waits and substandard care, private clinics are proving that Canadians are willing to pay for treatment.
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“Any wait time was an enormous frustration for me and also pain. I just couldn't live my life the way I wanted to,” says Canadian patient Christine Crossman, who was told she could wait up to a year for an MRI after injuring her hip during an exercise class. Warned she would have to wait for the scan, and then wait even longer for surgery, Crossman opted for a private clinic.
As the Obama administration prepares to launch its legislative effort to create a national health care system, many experts on both sides of the debate site Canada as a successful model.
But the Canadian system is not without its problems. Critics lament the shortage of doctors as patients flood the system, resulting in long waits for some treatment.
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“No question, it was worth the money,” said Crossman, who paid several hundred dollars and waited just a few days.
Health care delivery in Canada falls largely under provincial jurisdiction, complicating matters.
Private for-profit clinics are permitted in some provinces and not allowed in others. Under the Canada Health Act, privately run facilities cannot charge citizens for services covered by government insurance.
But a 2005 Supreme Court ruling in Quebec opened the door for patients facing unreasonable wait times to pay-out-of-pocket for private treatment.
“I think there is a fundamental shift in different parts of the country that's beginning to happen. I think people are beginning to realize that they should have a choice,” says Luc Boulay, a partner at St. Joseph MRI, a private clinic in Quebec that charges around $700 for most scans.
Yet advocates looking to preserve fairness claim that private clinics undermine the very foundation of the country's healthcare system.
“Private clinics don't produce one new doctor, nurse, or specialist. All they do it take the existing ones out of the public system, make wait times longer for everybody else while people who can pay more and more and more money jump the queue for health care services,” said Natalie Mehra, member of the Ontario Health Coalition.
Canada spends $3,600 per capita on health care -- almost half of what is spent in the U.S. And while some in Washington look to its northern neighbor for ideas, the Canadian system is still changing.
“One can understand that this is evolving and a mix of private and public seems to be favorable in some context. On the other hand, we need to be really careful that we're not treating health care the way we treat a value meal at McDonalds,” Dr. Michael Orsini from the University of Ottawa told FOX News.
Provincial governments now face the difficult job of finding a balance in meeting the country’s health care needs — reducing wait times and maintaining fair access without redefining the universal ideals at the core of Canada's health care system.

Today

Was sort of a busy day. Woke up late, but I was fasting. I had some blood drawn today(and you would think that me being diabteic, I would get used to that) and I still kinda don't like it. I still have to look away and wince. Then there is a pinch. Then, to help get my mind off of this, I try small talk with the phlebotomist. Well, I thank her,. and then they tell me that I should expect to hear from the Dr on my results sometime next week. Then I go to work until about three fifteen and I leave to take two dogs to the vet for their physicals and rabies vaccinations. Turns out they are both in pretty good shape except for one thing: Zornfaust has whipworms! UGH!Now all of our dogs have to take this whipworm medicine called Panacure(or something like that).

Blood drawn

I must get my blood drawn tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. It is one of those deals where I have to be fasting, so no food or drink after 11:30 p.m. tonight. I am not sure what the Drs are testing for right now. After that I can have a light breakfast, that I will bring to work. I will work until about 3 p.m. and at 3:30 , two dogs go to the vet for vaccinations. I got my lawn service bill today, which is not too bad at all. Since there is no due date listed on the bill, I think I can wait a week or two to mail the check. Next week, I will pay my Cable television and my water bill, plus I will add to my Roth IRA and my regular savings account, plus my Cash Management Accounts-just like I do normally every week. Then most of the time, I send a small tithe to my church.