MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'clinton'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:53:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960047&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOYManO2E-iw%2F By David BoazFive years ago this week I noted that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a tip of the hat to Frederic Bastiat, had literally endorsed a candlemakers’ petition to the federal government to protect them against overseas competition. I was reminded of that today when I read that Rep. Michele Bachmann literally thanked the federal government for its purchase of pork from Minnesota farmers: On Oct. 5, 2009, Bachmann wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack praising him for injecting money into the pork industry through the form of direct government purchases. She went on to request additional assistance. “Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed by the producers in Minnesota, and I would encourag... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960047 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:49:37 +0100 4960047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862628&cid=t_106513_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2Fpoliticians-and-sex-the-type-t-personality%2F Colleague and psychologist Dr. Frank Farley has an interesting op-ed over at the LA Times the other day about some of the underlying psychological motivations that may explain why politicians stray from their marriages. In the article, Dr. Farley refers to the “Type T Personality” — the T stands for Thrill. He makes the argument that we elect the politicians we do because we’re drawn to their bold ideas, their intensity, their charisma. But those same qualities that may make them a good politician (we don’t really know, because there hasn’t been a lot of research done in this area yet), also may put them at greater risk for engaging in unethical relationship behavior, such as cheating on their spouse. Politicians, like Hollywood celebrities, are also con... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862628 Wed, 25 May 2011 15:45:32 +0100 4862628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813253&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_wrupaZeHWs%2F By David BoazPresident Obama has been saying that if the United States government can find and eliminate Osama bin Laden after ten years of searching, it can do anything: Already, in several appearances since the raid, Obama has described it as a reminder that “as a nation there is nothing that we can’t do,” as he put it during an unrelated White House ceremony Monday. On Sunday night, during his first comments about the operation, he linked it to American values, saying the country is “once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to.” This is, of course, nonsense. Finding bin Laden, difficult as it proved to be, was an incomparably simple task compared to using coercion and central planning to bring about desired results in defiance of economic reality. You ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813253 Wed, 11 May 2011 14:01:13 +0100 4813253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4709192&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1d48imqwYoY%2F By George Scoville “Whatever your views on climate change, you ought to find it unsettling that, here and elsewhere, most of the actual ‘law’ in this country is crafted by unelected executive-branch bureaucrats.” “The Framers’ Constitution freed us, to make our own individual choices.” “The world’s dictators are fleeing for their lives, all because of Secretary Clinton’s efforts.” “Total spending jumped by almost $2 trillion during the Bush-Obama spending binge, so a $39 billion cut is almost too small to mention.” The Founders would agree with the idea that “it should be hard to get into wars and easy to leave them“: Wednesday Links is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4709192 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:48:36 +0100 4709192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670094&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9bK1ZnQsJGQ%2F By Christopher PrebleI have an op-ed in Politico today that explores what I call President Obama's power problem, a common theme in my work (my book is now in a Kindle edition!). Simply stated, when a country has more military power than it needs to defend itself and its core interests, it will expand its definition of "the national interest." This will, in turn, lead it to intervene militarily in places and disputes that have no connection to the country's security. That certainly has been the pattern for the United States for at least the last two decades. The problem is nicely encapsulated in the famous exchange between Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell, which Powell recounted in his memoir. Madeleine Albright, our ambassador to the UN, asked me in frustration “What’s the po... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670094 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:04:31 +0100 4670094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4610795&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8PneG7ZOVVw%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThere's an interesting debate in the blogosphere about whether President George W. Bush was a conservative. Here's a good summary of the discussion, along with lots of links. (I especially like this analysis since it cites my work.) I've already explained that Bush was a statist rather than a conservative, and you can find additional commentary from me here, here, here, and here. Simply stated, any president who doubles the burden of federal spending in just eight years is disqualified from being a conservative — unless the term is stripped of any meaning and conservatives no longer care about limited government and constitutional constraints on Washington. But if you don't want to read the blog posts I linked above, this chart should make clear that Bush was a big ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4610795 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:55:13 +0100 4610795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507262&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FA4YRqrIWVIY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellAmerica faces a fiscal crisis. The burden of federal spending has doubled during the Bush-Obama years, a $2 trillion increase in just 10 years. But that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Because of demographic changes and poorly designed entitlement programs, the federal budget is going to consume larger and larger shares of America's economic output in coming decades. For all intents and purposes, the United States appears doomed to become a bankrupt welfare state like Greece. But we can save ourselves. A previous video showed how both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton achieved positive fiscal changes by limiting the growth of federal spending, with particular emphasis on reductions in the burden of domestic spending. This new video from the Center for Freedom an... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507262 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:16:41 +0100 4507262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501765&cid=t_106513_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F02%2F20%2Fbahrain-massacre-white-house-responds%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Bahrain Massacre: White House Responds. And we sent them an Angry Bird too. Filed under: Politics Tagged: bahrain, egypt, hillary clinton, libya, obama, protest, robert donna trussell (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501765 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:58:44 +0100 4501765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477705&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwJFsb7B85WQ%2F By Daniel J. MitchellPresident Obama unveiled his fiscal year 2012 budget today, and there's good news and bad news. The good news is that there's no major initiative such as the so-called stimulus scheme or the government-run healthcare proposal. The bad news, though, is that government is far too big and Obama's budget does nothing to address this problem. But perhaps the folks on Capitol Hill will be more responsible and actually try to save America from becoming a big-government, European-style welfare state. The solution may not be easy, but it is simple. Lawmakers merely need to restrain the growth of government spending so that it grows slower than the private economy. Actual spending cuts would be the best option, of course, but limiting the growth of spending is all that's needed ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477705 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:17:13 +0100 4477705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459945&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYyUJdXxCkbg%2F By Daniel J. MitchellProponents of higher taxes are fond of claiming that Bill Clinton's 1993 tax increase was a big success because of budget surpluses that began in 1998. That's certainly a plausible hypothesis, and I'm already on record arguing that Clinton's economic record was much better than Bush's performance. But this specific assertion it is not supported by the data. In February of 1995, 18 months after the tax increase was signed into law, President Clinton's Office of Management and Budget issued projections of deficits for the next five years if existing policy was maintained (a "baseline" forecast). As the chart illustrates, OMB estimated that future deficits would be about $200 billion and would slightly increase over the five-year period. In other words, even the Clinton A... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459945 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:49:13 +0100 4459945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445780&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FSpmeOr_vLw0%2F By Chris EdwardsRep. Richard Hanna is one of the many new members of Congress with a no-nonsense business background. He is determined to move the GOP in the direction of major tax and spending reforms. When I chatted to the congressman, he told me that he had already read my Global Tax Revolution, so he will be well-armed in tackling business tax reform! Hanna is off to a good start with his "American Competitiveness Act," which would chop the federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent. He notes that "the average rate in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries is just over 25 percent, meaning the effective U.S. corporate tax burden, when state and local taxes are considered, can be 50 percent higher than some of our developed competitors, renderin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445780 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:39:30 +0100 4445780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419115&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fq_H8H0e0nVg%2F By Malou InnocentOppressed people rarely get opportunities to express their anguish and disillusionment. Today in Egypt for the seventh straight day, thousands of ordinary citizens are pouring out onto the streets, demanding the expulsion of President Hosni Mubarak, calling for an end to emergency laws giving police extensive powers of arrest and detention, and claiming the legitimate right to run their own country. It is well past time for U.S. policymakers to stand with the Egyptian people and rethink Mubarak’s purported role as an “anchor of stability” in the Middle East. Many in Washington fear that the path Egypt takes after Mubarak might not lead to a freer and more prosperous future and that an Islamist government led by the Muslim Brotherhood, or the Ikhwan, will ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419115 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:27:01 +0100 4419115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360958&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fx7k-CO3nYRo%2F By Walter OlsonI’m happy to report that my forthcoming book on bad ideas from the law schools, Schools for Misrule, just went off to the printer. Encounter Books commissioned a terrific jacket design (by Tamaye Perry) which you can preview here. Here’s the description from the book’s jacket: Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America By Walter Olson From Barack Obama (Harvard and Chicago) to Bill and Hillary Clinton (Yale), many of our national leaders today emerge from the rarefied air of the nation’s top law schools. The ideas taught there in one generation often wind up shaping national policy in the next. The trouble is, as Walter Olson explains in this book, our elite law schools keep churning out ideas that are catastrophically bad for Ameri... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360958 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:59:52 +0100 4360958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309593&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlJ-i99qAM7I%2F By Michael F. CannonNew York’s budget problem is actually a Medicaid problem.  In Sunday’s New York Post, I offer advice to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) on how to fix a budget gap that will grow to $17 billion during his term: Gov. Cuomo can’t fix Medicaid by himself. He needs the help of Congress. There is a solution… Block grants are how President Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress reformed welfare back in 1996, to spectacular success. Welfare reform forced New York to be smarter about welfare spending, just as a block grant would force New York to rededicate Medicaid to its original mission — providing necessary medical care to the truly needy. There’s one place Gov. Cuomo can start on his own: Close the loopholes that allow well-to-do New Yorkers to f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309593 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:00:47 +0100 4309593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309852&cid=t_106513_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F6G2WLJ5CltI%2F In a move hailed by consumer advocates, India has rejected a patent for an HIV med sold by Abbott Laboratories, because it was not deemed to be a novel invention (the Indian Patent Act does not permit patenting of incremental innovations). The decision is expected to give a significant boost to domestic generic drugmakers that are willing to make and sell lower-cost versions of the Kaletra protease inhibitor, which combines lopinavir and ritonavir, in India and developing countries. “The impact of the case is tremendous,” writes Tahir Amin, co-founder and director of the Intellectual Property Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge in a note to us. His group fought to reject the Indian patent and he complained that Abbott has been “gaming the patent system&#8221... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309852 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:04:39 +0100 4309852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277820&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlzMi7K3F1hg%2F By Chris EdwardsFormer President George W. Bush’s book Decision Points is apparently selling quite well. The book includes a defense of the president’s fiscal record, and a table on page 447 compares Bush to prior presidents on spending and debt (you can see the table on Amazon’s search inside feature). One problem with the table is that Bush claims credit for the low spending and debt of President Clinton’s last year, fiscal 2001. The first budget Bush crafted was for fiscal 2002. Here are the data reported by Bush, and data recalculated to better reflect the budgets that each president had some control over. Figures are averages over the fiscal year periods, measured as a share of GDP: Decision Points Comparison: Clinton (1993-2000) 19.8%, Bush (2001-2008) 19.6%... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277820 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:03:18 +0100 4277820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265687&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FueRzNG8I_pU%2F By Malou InnocentPresident Obama released his Afghanistan war review today. It highlights progress on the battlefield against insurgents, the success of Special Forces operations and drone strikes, and achievements in training the Afghan security forces. I have four thoughts on the matter: First, scattered throughout the document are passages such as “al-Qa’ida’s senior leadership in Pakistan is weaker,” “[a]l-Qa’ida’s senior leadership has been depleted,” and “al-Qa’ida’s leadership cadre have diminished.” However, can we deter more jihadists than our efforts help to inspire? After all, “fighting them over there so they don’t fight us here” did not deter Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad and his inco... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265687 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:31:24 +0100 4265687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4155413&cid=t_106513_167_f&fid=36994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnutrition-news.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fplaneat-health-nutrition-truths.html Home Page | PLANEAT:We were invited to the premiere of a new documentary movie last night in London. Planeat features interviews with the Doctors who are behind President Bill Clinton's experimentation with a vegan / plant based diet.Although the numbers in the study are still small the results are outstanding, they are saving peoples lives and rather than just stopping the progression of chronic disease they are repairing sick people's bodies.Trailer linked to planeat.tv from PLANEAT on Vimeo.Let's hope Bill Clinton's example can alert the western world that the sense of hopelessness and 'Fait de Complété' can be blamed on myths propagated by a culture of an over-reliance on drugsIf you know anyone suffering from any of the major chronic diseases that plague our modern western society w... Healthy Eating and Nutrition News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4155413 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:26:00 +0100 4155413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036631&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0DmXBgK2qaY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI dislike taxes as much as the next person (and probably a lot more), but other policies matter as well, so if I had the choice of replacing current government policies with the ones that existed at the end of the Clinton years, I would gladly make that trade. Yes, it would mean higher tax rates, but it also would mean slashing government spending from 24 percent of GDP down to 18 percent of GDP. It would mean no sleazy TARP bailout, no Sarbanes-Oxley red tape, no expansion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and no added power and authority for the federal government. This is the argument that I made in this interview on CNBC, though my opponent tried to do his version of the Brezhnev Doctrine (what’s mine is mine, what’s yours is negotiable), so I concluded th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036631 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:24:43 +0100 4036631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031215&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F9EyfR_v4p30%2F By David BoazFrom Greg Mankiw: Friedrich Hayek, The Fatal Conceit: “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” Bill Clinton, 9/21: “Do you know how many political and economic decisions are made in this world by people who don’t know what in the living daylights they are talking about?” Bill Clinton Channels Friedrich Hayek is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031215 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:53:35 +0100 4031215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998954&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdfSHez0bTmw%2F By Michael F. CannonThat’s the headline of an article posted this week in Politico: Rarely have so many political strategists been so wrong about something so big. But when it comes to the health care bill, everyone from former President Bill Clinton on down whiffed on some of the more significant predictions. Democrats would run aggressively on the legislation? Nope. Voters would forget about the sausage-making aspects of the legislative process? Doesn’t seem that way, as the process contributed to the sense that the bill was deeply flawed. And Clinton’s own promise to jittery Democrats that their poll numbers would skyrocket after the bill finally passed also didn’t pan out, as the party is fighting for its life in the midterms. What can explain the miscalculation? ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998954 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:17:19 +0100 3998954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3983560&cid=t_106513_167_f&fid=36994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnutrition-news.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fbill-clinton-vegan-for-heart-health.html Bill Clinton vegan for heart health + Weight: In an interview to promote CGI , Clinton Global Initiative, Bill Clinton reveals he's been trialling a plant based diet for weight loss and improving his heart health following trials he's seen where over 80% of the subjects have seen improvements in heart health markers.He says the trial started in 1986 and he wants to join the "experimenters" in trialling the plant based diet to see if it can make a difference to his health. His traveling means he occasionally eats fish but he's says he is quite strict about his diet and it's vegan where ever practically possible.Harley Street Nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston says "Bill Clinton quotes statistics of an 82% success rate in improving heart health markers on the plant based diet trial. Pharmaceu... Healthy Eating and Nutrition News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3983560 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:55:00 +0100 3983560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976489&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVjjlsGiLkwQ%2F By Tad DeHavenWisconsin has become a battleground over the Obama administration’s plan to create a national system of high-speed rail. Of the $8 billion in HSR grants awarded to the states in the stimulus bill, $810 million of it went toward a high-speed route between Milwaukee and Madison. Ironically, this Wisconsin “high-speed” route would only achieve speeds of 79 mph initially and 110 mph by 2016. As a Cato essay on high-speed rail points out, HSR aficionados don’t even consider 110 mph to be true high-speed. In fact, passenger trains were being run at speeds of 110 mph or more back in the 1930s. And those “high-speed” trains didn’t prevent the decline of passenger trains after World War II. The Cato essay also notes that the 85-mile line between Milwaukee and Madison “... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976489 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:58:12 +0100 3976489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942726&cid=t_106513_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fjoint-replacement-surgery-common-younger-patients%2F Hip and knee replacement surgery is an increasingly popular option for patients in their 50s and 60s who wish to remain active. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Clinton Bell and patient Richard Rosebrock comment. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942726 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:42:35 +0100 3942726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907585&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMKS0ao40eJQ%2F By Adam SchaefferThe new PDK/Gallup education poll for 2010 is out, with the standard problems we can expect from this pro-government school/anti-choice outfit. Randi Weingarten even gets some column space! Oh Randi, you proud yet humble teacher. The “Commentary” sidebars in general were cringe-inducingly hackish and treacly. It is interesting that there was a big spike in the percentage of people saying the biggest problem schools must deal with is a lack of funds. They’ve done a great job convincing folks there’s no money. Of course, the way the question is worded, it encourages respondents to think about the difficulties schools are facing, which despite their flush accounts probably is dealing with funding issues. I’d like to see the answers to “What do you thin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907585 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:38:50 +0100 3907585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902882&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5VP7Cs25jaM%2F Jimmy Carter is off in North Korea again.  He’s supposed to bring home 31-year-old Aijalon Mahli Gomes, a Boston resident who was arrested in January for illegally crossing into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from China. Obviously Kim Jong-il believes that allowing such high-profile rescue missions provides some propaganda value.  Former President Bill Clinton visited for a similar reason last year.  The little advantage that Kim gets from trying to appear magnanimous is a reasonable price to pay for winning the release of imprisoned Americans. But the strange spectacle of regularly sending unofficial representatives to Pyongyang suggests that it is time to establish diplomatic ties.  The North Koreans undoubtedly would try to present that as a great victory, but it woul... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902882 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:59:08 +0100 3902882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858138&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUmTu15HUr5o%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI’m still dealing with the statist echo chamber, having been hit with two additional attacks for the supposed sin of endorsing Reaganomics over Obamanomics (my responses to the other attacks can be found here and here). Some guy at the Atlantic Monthly named Steve Benen issued a critique focusing on the timing of the recession and recovery in Reagan’s first term. He reproduces a Krugman chart (see below) and also adds his own commentary. Reagan’s first big tax cut was signed in August 1981. Over the next year or so, unemployment went from just over 7% to just under 11%. In September 1982, Reagan raised taxes, and unemployment fell soon after. We’re all aware, of course, of the correlation/causation dynamic, but as Krugman noted in January, &#822... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858138 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:39:11 +0100 3858138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805776&cid=t_106513_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fchelsea-clintons-plastic-surgery%2F Chelsea Clinton has most likely used plastic surgery to improve her looks in recent years, including a possible nose job, chin augmentation, and facial fillers. Manhatten plastic surgeon Dr. Jennifer Walden comments. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805776 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:50:28 +0100 3805776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805983&cid=t_106513_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F07%2F30%2Ftwo-weddings-and-an-e-mail%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Two Weddings and an E-mail. As some may have heard, Chelsea Clinton is getting married on Saturday in a multimillion-dollar wedding. People have said the event is excessive, especially in these tough times. Others, the U.K. Guardian’s, Paul Harris, observe, after the family scandals she endured, Chelsea deserves an extraordinary wedding, and still others react with a yawn. For a few, the yawn morphs into a sneer. In the comment section of the Guardian, Harris was upbraided for his sycophancy: “You write informed pieces about Detroit and then end up writing this dreadful crap about the Clinton daughter. Were you hoping to be invited?” Another commenter compared Chelsea’s nuptials unfavorably to another president’s daugh... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805983 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:26:50 +0100 3805983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805799&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fbill-clintons-random-party-daily-do-gooder-3%2F If former prez Bill Clinton were to throw a party, and wanted to invite the two most random people he could think of, who would they be? Did you guess Justin Bieber and Usher? Then you would be right. But as odd as that sounds, it makes total sense when you find out why. Clinton and Usher are co-chairs for the New Look Foundation’s first World Leadership Awards, which will raise funds to mentor youth as world leaders. Justin Bieber will perform at the awards ceremony because, well, he is youth – and as such, could bring attention to this charity. See? Not so random after all. photo: WENN.com Post from: BlissTree Bill Clinton's Random Party: Daily Do-Gooder (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805799 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:30:21 +0100 3805799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767063&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKX0daQBjiM8%2F By Michael F. CannonThe individual mandate has been a tricky issue for Barack Obama, leading him to make some impressive self-reversals. When campaigning against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, Obama came out hard against an individual mandate to purchase health insurance, alleging that Clinton would garnish workers’ wages and that Massachusetts’ individual mandate has left many residents “worse off”: He even dismissed an individual mandate by saying, “If a mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody buy a house”: Once president, of course, Obama endorsed and signed into law both an individual mandate and an employer mandate. During the debate over ObamaCare, Obama likewise mocked... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767063 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:48:48 +0100 3767063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3671670&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEMC2kCMdGQs%2F By Tad DeHavenIn a recent speech to real estate interests, former Clinton HUD secretary Henry Cisneros preposterously claimed that the recent housing meltdown “occurred not out of a governmental push, but out of a hijacking of the homeownership process by some unscrupulous interests.” The only criticisms Cisneros could muster for the government’s housing policies over the past 20 years were that regulations weren’t tough enough and it should have focused more on rental subsidies. The reality is that Cisneros-era HUD regulations and policies directly contributed to the housing bubble and subsequent burst as a Cato essay on HUD scandals illustrates: Cisneros’s HUD pursued legal action against mortgage lenders who supposedly declined higher percentages of loans for minorities than ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3671670 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:50:21 +0100 3671670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652402&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2Fmoogaloop.swf%3Fclip_id%3D11909933%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D1%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D1%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bcolor%3D%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1 By Robin Strongin. This was a busy week in women’s health—an issue of global importance. On June 7th, Women Deliver 2010, the largest meeting on global maternal health in the last ten years, kicked off in Washington, DC. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered opening remarks and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed participants via video. The conference offered an opportunity to take stock of progress that has been made in improving global maternal health while assessing the challenges that remain. Women Deliver 2010 highlighted achievements in reducing maternal mortality, breakthroughs in reproductive technology, the role of women’s health in development, and remaining obstacles to improving maternal health around the world. The conference’s 3,000 participant... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652402 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:52:38 +0100 3652402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610318&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEh7cpDw-RHA%2F By Daniel J. MitchellHillary Clinton recently opined that Brazil was a great role model for the idea of soaking the rich with higher tax rates. She didn’t really offer evidence for that specific assertion, but Politico reports that she did say that “Brazil has the highest tax-to-GDP rate in the Western Hemisphere and guess what — they’re growing like crazy.” I’m not sure if “growing like crazy” is an accurate description, particularly since poor nations normally have decent growth rates because they start from such a low baseline. But let’s excuse that bit of rhetorical excess and focus on the really flawed portion of her remarks. Contrary to her direct quote, Brazil does not have the “highest tax-to-GDP rate in the Western Hemispher... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610318 Sat, 29 May 2010 01:26:07 +0100 3610318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3530033&cid=t_106513_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FpRdqsbzwpcs%2F As the BIO convention gets under way today in Chicago and the thousands of attendees look forward to keynote speeches by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on Tuesday, and former Vice President Al Gore on Wednesday, some folks will be precluded from the events. Who? The media. Not only will journalists be barred from the room, but there will be no feed to the press room, either. The stated reason, according to a BIO spokeswoman, is that the trade group is simply adopting this particular policy this year. No further explanation was given, although presumably speakers may feel freer to say certain things when the media isn’t around. Of course, this doesn’t mean some attendees won’t Tweet, unless BIO finds a way to prevent that as well. There is precedent for ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3530033 Mon, 03 May 2010 16:41:17 +0100 3530033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3453870&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fread-it-like-a-man-conspiracy-theory-books%2F photo: Thinkstock Patrick Sauer is funny. This is his second “Read It Like a Man” weekly column for Blisstree. Read the first installment here. Chapter 2: Conspiracy Theories The Overton Window is a political theory that goes something like this: Previously unaccepted theories become more mainstream when ideas from the fringe are thrown out, thus making the previously stated ideas seem less radical and extreme. (It’s also the title of Glenn Beck’s upcoming novel, natch.) The Overton Window explains why conspiracy theories are no longer the provenance of loons and how they root themselves in mainstream thought. In a word, the Internet. Remember a year ago when everyone believed in global warming? HOAX! So, conspiracy theories are everywhere, but they’re losing... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3453870 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:02:52 +0100 3453870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3432860&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FpmQzhYsuTBI%2F By John SamplesThe CBS News Poll reports that President Obama’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest point (of that poll) of 44 percent. Also, his work on the health care law might be a contributing factor. Onlly 34 percent approved of his performance on health care while 55 percent disapproved. At the end of March 1994, Bill Clinton enjoyed a 51 percent approval rating. Two caveats: First, other factors besides presidential approval affect the outcomes of mid-term congressional elections. Second, Clinton’s approval rating dropped like a stone in September and October of 1994. He ended up in the mid-40s by election day. In other words, Clinton ended up where Obama is now. Obama’s approval rating could rise between now and November. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3432860 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:45:58 +0100 3432860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370390&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fpt1aCcLKyHM%2F By Michael F. Cannon…are we under any obligation to obey it?  The answer may be no. Democrats are considering a scheme that would “deem” the Senate health care bill to have passed the House if a separate event occurs (specifically: House passage of a budget reconciliation bill).  That strategy has been named after its contriver, House Rules Committee chair Louise Slaughter (D-NY).  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says of this scheme: “I like it because people don’t have to vote on the Senate bill” (emphasis added). Not so fast, says former federal circuit court judge Michael McConnell in The Wall Street Journal: Under Article I, Section 7, passage of one bill cannot be deemed to be enactment of another. The Slaughter solution attempts to allow the H... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370390 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:10:48 +0100 3370390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366170&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fblisstree-video-of-the-day-women-in-the-world-conference%2F Last weekend, Tina Brown and the Daily Beast hosted the “Women in the World” summit in New York City. The three-day conference brought together more than 300 female leaders in their respective fields including Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton, Queen Rania of Jordan, Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, and Katie Couric, to talk about women’s stories and possible solutions to problems facing them in the 21st century. In our video of the day, Diane Sawyer discusses the conference with Tina Brown here. For more info and videos from the conference, go to The Daily Beast. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366170 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:36:50 +0100 3366170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346447&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWSFHS9C0PS8%2F By Christopher PreblePaul Starobin at the National Journal’s Security Experts Blog has kicked off a spirited debate surrounding Europe’s military capabilities (or lack thereof). The jumping off point in the discussion is Robert Gates’s speech to NATO officers last month, in which Gates lamented that: “The demilitarization of Europe — where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it — has gone from a blessing in the 20th century to an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st.” [Justin Logan blogged about this here.] Starobin asks: “Can America Count On Europe Anymore?” Is Gates right? What exactly does “the demilitarization of Europe&#... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346447 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:23:24 +0100 3346447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306824&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FpSMkhNR6qiA%2F By Justin LoganYesterday Defense Secretary Bob Gates complained that European defense spending is too low: The demilitarization of Europe — where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it — has gone from a blessing in the 20th century to an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st. If Gates is really upset about this, he should blame his predecessors.  The United States has played an active role in stifling European defense, and is now reaping what it has sown.  As Alex Massie points out, American opposition to anything that would “duplicate, decouple from, or discriminate against” NATO meant that anything the Europeans decided to do would have to be kept within the context ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306824 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:15:40 +0100 3306824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294570&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuS6K1FQoagw%2F By Michael F. CannonOr it may even be worse. This morning, President Obama released his latest health care blueprint, which he hopes will breathe life into his moribund effort to overhaul one-sixth of the U.S. economy.  The new blueprint is almost exactly the same as the House and Senate health care bills that the public have opposed since July.  It mostly just splits the difference between the two. One new element, however, is the president’s proposal to impose a new type of government price control on health insurance premiums.  I explain here how those price controls are a veiled form of government rationing that helped sink the Clinton health plan. If anything, those price controls make the president’s new plan even more bureaucratic and government-heavy.  The Senate bi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294570 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:49:03 +0100 3294570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294576&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEC6-I7P_zjE%2F By Michael F. CannonHoping to revive his increasingly unpopular health care overhaul, President Obama has invited Republicans to a bipartisan summit this Thursday and plans to introduce a new reform blueprint in advance of the summit.  On Sunday, the White House announced that a key feature of that blueprint will be premium caps, a form of government price control that helped kill the Clinton health plan when even New Democrats rejected it. The New York Times reports on President Obama’s blueprint: The president’s bill would grant the federal health and human services secretary new authority to review, and to block, premium increases by private insurers, potentially superseding state insurance regulators. It bears repeating what Obama’s top economic advisor Larry Summers thi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294576 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:41:15 +0100 3294576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290666&cid=t_106513_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fbill-clinton-importance-of-sleep.html Former President Bill Clinton again emphasized the importance of sleep at a Clinton Foundation event earlier this week.Clinton was speaking about being admitted to the hospital to have a clogged artery opened. He placed part of the blame on his lack of sleep after responding to the recent earthquake in Haiti.“I didn’t sleep much for a month,” he said. “And that probably accelerated what was already going on with this failing vein.”Research does show that sleep can improve your heart health. Last year a study reported that men who went to bed before midnight had more relaxed arteries. Another study found that longer sleep duration was associated with a lower rate of coronary artery calcification. This is a predictor of coronary heart disease.This wasn’t the first time that Clint... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290666 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:38:00 +0100 3290666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3287976&cid=t_106513_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F02%2F19%2Fhillary-clinton-to-iran-are-you-packin%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. Hillary Clinton to Iran: Are You Packin’? Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: chaos theory, dictatorship, hillary clinton, iran, political cartoon (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3287976 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:55:58 +0100 3287976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197607&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlP3mrPh1dws%2F By Jim HarperSecretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a major speech on Internet freedom today. The text has been posted on the State Department web site, and Adam Thierer has a review of it up on the TechLiberationFront blog. As a signal to other governments, it was a good speech. It placed the United States government on the side of freedom movements around the world and extolled how technology empowers them. From a domestic perspective, it was nothing special. References to the liberating power of the Internet were carefully caveated with cautions about online dangers that could justify government intrusion on the Internet. Secretary Clinton was particularly equivocal about online anonymity. The irony, of course, was provided by the breaking news of the day: the Supreme Court’s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197607 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:38:40 +0100 3197607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159688&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVL9Hc7rkmLQ%2F By Chris Moody David Boaz: “Suddenly, I find myself nostalgic for Bill Clinton….Come back, Bill, all is forgiven. Or most, anyway. As long as you bring a Republican Congress with you.” So, have you been following the health-care debate on C-SPAN? Oh wait… Obama administration preparing a new arms package for Taiwan. Nat Hentoff to Castro et al: “Roar, tyrants, you cannot hide your racist deeds.“ Podcast: “Price Controls in Obamacare” featuring Michael F. Cannon. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159688 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:27:38 +0100 3159688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3133583&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAdXDT33zON0%2F By David BoazThis is not the change we hoped for. President Obama rose to power on the basis of his early opposition to the Iraq war and his promise to end it. But after a year in the White House he has made both of George Bush’s wars his wars. Speaking of Iraq in February 2008, candidate Barack Obama said, “I opposed this war in 2002. I will bring this war to an end in 2009. It is time to bring our troops home.” The following month, under fire from Hillary Clinton, he reiterated, ”I was opposed to this war in 2002….I have been against it in 2002, 2003, 2004, 5, 6, 7, 8 and I will bring this war to an end in 2009. So don’t be confused.” Indeed, in his famous “the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow” speech on the night ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3133583 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:22:13 +0100 3133583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111402&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAakMJhyZahk%2F By Chris EdwardsThe Congressional Budget Office has released final budget numbers for fiscal year 2009. The numbers allow us to take a last look at the Bush administration’s record on spending from a statistical point of view. The following three charts show annual average real (or constant dollar) outlays during the tenures of recent presidents. Presidents were in office for either 4 or 8 budget years, except JFK (3 years), LBJ (5 years), Nixon (6 years), and Ford (2 years). President George W. Bush’s last year was fiscal 2009. Outlays that year were $3.522 trillion, according to the CBO. However, $108 billion was spending for the 2009 economic stimulus package passed under President Obama. Bush was thus roughly responsible for $3.414 trillion of spending in 2009, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111402 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:26:23 +0100 3111402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3106720&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUOSayk4FbN8%2F By Chris EdwardsIn November, the Congressional Budget Office released final budget numbers for fiscal year 2009. The numbers allow us to take a final look at the Bush administration’s record on spending from a statistical point of view. The following three charts show annual average real (or constant dollar) outlays during the tenures of recent presidents. Presidents were in office for either 4 or 8 budget years, except JFK (3 years), LBJ (5 years), Nixon (5 years), and Ford (3 years). The last year of spending that President George W. Bush was responsible for was fiscal 2009. The CBO says that outlays that year were $3.522 trillion. However, $108 billion was spending from the 2009 economic stimulus package, according to the CBO, which Bush was not responsible for. So I have as... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3106720 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:26:23 +0100 3106720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3104997&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJPUOod4bfg0%2F By Daniel J. MitchellPat Michaels and others are working heroically to save America from global central planning for purposes of combatting global warming (or climate change, or whatever they’re calling it now). But let’s also be thankful this holiday season for our Founding Fathers, who wisely created a system based on separation of powers. If the United States had a parliamentary system, there would be no hope of derailing some of the statist schemes being discusssed in DC, even if Pat worked 24 hours a day. The secretary of state, for instance, is issuing pronouncements about putting American tapxayers on the chopping block to help finance $100 billion per year of new “climate change” foreign aid. This money can only be squandered, however, if the House and Sen... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3104997 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:44:29 +0100 3104997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092673&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fl1yte5YcJcI%2F By Michael F. CannonThis weekend, the Congressional Budget Office released “a very strange memo” titled, “Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Regulate Medical Loss Ratios.”  You wouldn’t know it from the title, but that little memo is the smoking gun that shows how congressional Democrats have very carefully hidden more than half the cost of their health care bills. First, a little history.  Like both the House and Senate bills, the Clinton health plan would have mandated that individuals and employers purchase private insurance.  In its 1994 score of the Clinton plan, Bob Reischauer’s CBO included those mandated “private” payments in the federal budget –- i.e., as federal revenues and federal expenditures. And yet, none of the CBO scores of this ye... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092673 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:49:13 +0100 3092673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089256&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FSqRqgKHfyCA%2F By Michael F. CannonSenate Democrats now appear to be jettisoning the idea of creating a new government program to snuff out compete with private insurance companies.  It was an audacious proposal from the start, as it made their health care plan even more left-wing than the Clinton plan, which voters soundly rejected for being too statist. Yet it was always a sideshow that helpfully distracted the Left, the Right, and the mainstream from what shrewd Democrats and their allies at AHIP have really wanted all along: an individual mandate forcing all Americans to purchase health insurance under penalty of law. As I argue in this Cato study, an individual mandate gives government more (and more immediate) control over Americans’ health care than even the so-called “public option&... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089256 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:08:14 +0100 3089256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3082393&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FO-y6arazt18%2F By Mark A. CalabriaUndoubtedly President Obama inherited an economic mess.  Also undoubtedly, he’s made it worse.  Barring substantial revisions to recent job loss estimates, we have now crossed the line where as many jobs have been lost during this recession under President Obama as under President Bush.  From the start of the recession, in December 2007, until President Obama took the oath of office at the end of January 2009, there have been 3.36 million nonfarm payroll jobs lost.  From February 2009 until now there have been about 3.36 million nonfarm payroll jobs lost (estimates from ADP employment report). Even during the best of times, the economy experiences substantial job loss.  However, we consider those times good because the labor market is also creating lots of job... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3082393 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:47:33 +0100 3082393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052128&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqfczHlmalmQ%2F Barack Obama first became a credible presidential candidate on the basis of his antiwar credentials and his promise to change the way Washington works. But he has now made both of George Bush’s wars his wars. The Washington Post’s front-page analysis began, “President Obama assumed full ownership of the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night…” The cover of the tabloid D.C. Express was even more blunt. Speaking of Iraq in February 2008, he said, “I opposed this war in 2002. I will bring this war to an end in 2009. It is time to bring our troops home.” Responding to Hillary Clinton’s criticisms in March 2008, he said, “I will bring this war to an end in 2009, so don’t be confused.” Now he is promising to end the Iraq war in 201... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052128 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:38:15 +0100 3052128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008069&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKau_XyoF57Y%2F Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has finally unveiled his massive 2,074-page health care bill.  The Congressional Budget Office reports that the insurance-expansion provisions would cost the feds $848 billion over 10 years.  To raise those funds, the bill would tax wages, medical devices, prescription drugs, sick people, health insurance premiums (twice), HSAs, FSAs, HRAs, and — why not? — cosmetic surgery.  The remainder would supposedly come from $491 billion of Medicare cuts, even though Medicare’s chief actuary says such cuts are “unrealistic” and “doubtful.”  But don’t worry.  Somehow, this thing’s gonna reduce the deficit. Of course, that $848 billion only accounts for part of the federal government’s share of t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008069 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:05:27 +0100 3008069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2898926&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAJxasCjcgZI%2F The Hill’s Congress blog has a regular series that provides policy experts a forum to discuss current topics of the day. This week, the editors posed this question: President Obama has taken a very different approach to diplomacy than President Bush. Does the new approach serve or undermine long-term U.S. interests? My response: What “very different approach?” Sure, President Bush implicitly scorned diplomacy in favor of toughness, particularly in his first term. But he sought UN Security Council authorization for tougher measures against Iraq; a truly unilateral approach would have bombed first and asked questions later. By the same token, President Obama has staffed his administration with people, including chief diplomat Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador Susan Rice, who favore... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2898926 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:45:18 +0100 2898926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823951&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FR7XAGt9qZN4%2F President Obama’s address to the United Nations General Assembly this morning, and his chairing of the UN Security Council on Thursday, is a grand attempt to tell the world–after eight years of George W. Bush–that the United States will no longer go it alone. The president has a very difficult task, however, if he expects to invest the United Nations with renewed credibility. The UN is a weak and fractured institution, whose limited power and authority has been steadily undermined by a progression of U.S. presidents, both Democrats and Republicans. We should not forget that President Bill Clinton explicitly circumvented the UN Security Council when he chose to intervene militarily in Kosovo in 1999. Clinton’s evasion of the UNSC established a precedent for future mi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823951 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:29:12 +0100 2823951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823967&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFuQ414OVrvQ%2F “Americans are more likely today than in the recent past to believe that government is taking on too much responsibility for solving the nation’s problems and is over-regulating business,” according to a new Gallup Poll. New Gallup data show that 57% of Americans say the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to businesses and individuals, and 45% say there is too much government regulation of business. Both reflect the highest such readings in more than a decade. Byron York of the Examiner notes: The last time the number of people who believe government is doing too much hit 57 percent was in October 1994, shortly before voters threw Democrats out of power in both the House and Senate. It continued to rise after that, hitting 60 percent in Decembe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823967 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:43 +0100 2823967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796622&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F09%2F15%2Fbill-clinton-to-endorse-san-francisco-mayor-gavin-newsom-for-california-governor-republicans-cheer%2F San Francisco Mayor Gavin “Whether You Like it or Not” Newsom Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner must be dancing this morning. Former President Bill Clinton is backing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for California governor over state Attorney Gen. Jerry Brown, potentially upending next year’s Democratic race to succeed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. Clinton’s decision to appear on Oct. 5 alongside one of his wife’s top backers in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination comes at a critical time for the San Franciso mayor: Although Newsom has built a substantial Facebook and Twitter following among younger voters, Brown, a former two-term governor, has raised more than twice as much money as he has. Clinton’s trip to California next month... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796622 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:57:09 +0100 2796622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782012&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FH6_9KADeCQ4%2F I (and several colleagues) have blogged before about Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the latest campaign finance case, which was argued this morning at the Supreme Court.  The case is about much more than whether a corporation can release a movie about a political candidate during an election campaign.  Indeed, it goes to the very heart of the First Amendment, which was specifically created to protect political speech—the kind most in danger of being censored by politicians looking to limit the appeal of threatening candidates and ideas. After all, hard-hitting political speech is something the First Amendment’s authors experienced firsthand.  They knew very well what they were doing in choosing free and vigorous debate over government-filtered pablum.  Moreove... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782012 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:15:01 +0100 2782012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774605&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVn4WjxzD5cw%2F Bloomberg News points out that President Obama needs a health-care crisis in order to impose a health-care “solution”: President Barack Obama returns to Washington next week in search of one thing that can revive his health-care overhaul: a sense of crisis…. “At the moment, except for the people without insurance, we’re not in a health-care crisis,” said Stephen Wayne, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington. “You do need a crisis to generate movement in Congress and to help build a consensus.” This administration has used Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine as a manual. Klein said in an interview that The Shock Doctrine is a political strategy that the Republican right has been perfecting over the past 35 years to use for variou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774605 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:50 +0100 2774605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751885&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FDwgvnW8m64Y%2F The Supreme Court is soon to hear a case that may drastically roll back campaign finance regulation in the United States: The case involves “Hillary: The Movie,” a mix of advocacy journalism and political commentary that is a relentlessly negative look at Mrs. Clinton’s character and career. The documentary was made by a conservative advocacy group called Citizens United, which lost a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission seeking permission to distribute it on a video-on-demand service. The film is available on the Internet and on DVD. The issue was that the McCain-Feingold law bans corporate money being used for electioneering. The right position for the Court is that McCain-Feingold, and all other campaign finance regulation, constitutes unconstitutional limitation on fre... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751885 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:24:51 +0100 2751885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2611063&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F16%2Fquote-of-the-day-i-broke-my-elbow-not-my-larynx%2F Hillary, everyone warned you about being Obama’s lap dog as Secretary of State. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday rejected suggestions she had been sidelined by President Barack Obama, her rival for last year’s Democratic presidential nomination. With media reports swirling that Clinton’s influence has been usurped by the National Security Council, the top U.S. diplomat insisted she played an important role in crafting the foreign policy agenda. “I really stay focused on the work that I do. I broke my elbow, not my larynx. I have been deeply involved in the shaping and implementation of our foreign policy,” she told reporters. “I don’t really pay a lot of attention to what is said,” Clinton said of several commentaries specu... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2611063 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:01:13 +0100 2611063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441163&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAjEqW0zgX5g%2F In a hagiographic profile of Obama budget director Peter Orszag, Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker writes of the “pressure” he might get from congressional deficit hawks: The respective heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees, John Spratt, Jr., of South Carolina, and Kent Conrad, of North Dakota, have spent years trying to control the deficit… Kent Conrad, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has made eradicating the federal budget deficit his life’s work. Now, you’d think that if the ranking Democrats on the congressional budget committees had made deficit reduction their life’s work, the budget wouldn’t have, you know, skyrocketed over the past decade and more. So let’s go to the tape. The National Taxpayers Union has given Spratt a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441163 Fri, 29 May 2009 18:48:39 +0100 2441163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389673&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FObZ8YmPEcuQ%2F The so-called Citizens United case offers the Supreme Court a chance to severely curtail the free speech abuses of the Federal Election Commission. John Samples, Director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Representative Government, Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Steve Simpson and George Mason University law professor Allison Hayward weigh in. You can subscribe to Cato’s YouTube videos here and our Weekly Video podcast here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389673 Mon, 04 May 2009 16:27:00 +0100 2389673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347789&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2erB6kj8WAk%2F Too many people in Washington look out upon the beauty and bounty of America and see a vast wasteland, enlivened only by government programs. If government isn’t doing it, they think, then it isn’t being done. When the Republicans threatened to nick the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wailed that the proposal “not only threatens irrevocable damage to our cultural institutions but also to our sense of ourselves and what we stand for as a people.” Seriously, she thought that if the then-$167 million of the NEA were eliminated, the $37 billion that Americans spent on the arts that year would somehow disappear in a puff of smoke? Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was even more sweeping when he said  in 1992, “The ballot box i... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347789 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:58:01 +0100 2347789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306722&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJSZCM-K0EfY%2F I’ve got a letter to the editor in today’s The USA Today on comparative-effectiveness research: Commentary writer Kevin Pho misrepresented my views on comparative-effectiveness research (CER), which is the analysis of which medical treatments work best (”Unbiased research for doctors is good medicine,” The Forum, March 26). Pho wrote that “drug companies, medical device makers and think tanks such as the libertarian Cato Institute have expressed concerns that health care rationing and denial of certain treatments or drugs would follow” taxpayer-funded CER. In the Cato Institute study linked to in the piece, I write that rationing is the intent behind such research, but I do not express concern that it will lead to rationing. Indeed, I express the opposit... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306722 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:38:21 +0100 2306722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2233126&cid=t_106513_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2009%2F03%2F03%2Fwe-got-your-money%2F   Just had to share this with y’all. Posted in blogging, humor, I feel like breaking shit, lies, life, opinion, politics, yay us Tagged: bail-outs, Clinton, economy, Joe Biden, michelle obama, Obama, Obama's spending plan (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2233126 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:46:54 +0100 2233126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2216562&cid=t_106513_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Facrogesic-real-ad-from-venezuela.html Doesn't matter what the name of your headache is.Link (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2216562 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:21:00 +0100 2216562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2141355&cid=t_106513_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fyuk-yuk-yuk.html The new double act. Bush Senior and Bill Clinton. (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2141355 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:03:00 +0100 2141355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2095270&cid=t_106513_113_f&fid=36504&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalRecordShow%2F%7E3%2F507253889%2F On Thursday, President-elect Obama explicitly named EMR’s as a major part of his go-forward economic plan: To improve the quality of our health care while lowering its cost, we will make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years, all of America’s medical records are computerized.  This will cut waste, eliminate red tape, and reduce the need to repeat expensive medical tests.  But it just won’t save billions of dollars and thousands of jobs – it will save lives by reducing the deadly but preventable medical errors that pervade our health care system. Some folks feel encouraged by this goal, which mirrors President Bush’s goal date of 2014 for having the nation’s medical practices making the paper to EMR transition. Others are more reserve... The EMR/EHR Show: Making Your Electronic Medical Records Really Work blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2095270 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:41:54 +0100 2095270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074314&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fvm6BiQLpVdU%2F A constant theme in 2008 was the rebranding of autism, as Orac at Respectful Insolence referred to how the likes of David Kirby have been constantly saying that “autism isn’t autism”—-it’s “mercury poisoning,” “vaccine-aggravated mitochondrial disorder,” “mercury-induced neurological disorder,” etc., etc. (April being Autism Awareness Month—-does your child know about this—let’s not get into what such “rebranding” would do to the month…….) The notorious Judge Rotenburg Center in Canton, Massachusetts uses electroshock “treatment” on some its residents, some of whom are autistic. In April, one of its staff was charged with rape, assault, and battery of another staff member... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074314 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:07:52 +0100 2074314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2028071&cid=t_106513_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F10%2Fhillary-clinton-the-halo-effect-and-women%25e2%2580%2599s-catch-22%2F Merritt Baer is a Harvard Law School student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   This semester, she wrote the following brief essay for a seminar on situationism.  We are delighted to publish it on The Situationist (the essay and some worthwhile comments  also can be found on GlobalComment). * * * In her concession speech, Hillary Clinton dedicated her gratitude “to the moms and dads who came to our events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and whispered in their ears, ‘See, you can be anything you want to be.’” Yet given the scrutiny dedicated to her pantsuits, Hillary’s vision of possibility seems limited. Indeed, a new study by researchers led by Northwestern University’s Joan Y. Chiao and just published on October 31 found that while men... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2028071 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:01:21 +0100 2028071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2017308&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2008%2F12%2Fsleepless-in-sa.html By Matthew Holt Having returned from Seattle, the persistent itching from the sand-fly bites of Roatan has awakened me at 5 a.m. So I’m commenting on three pieces of news, which I've commented on before here and at Spot-On. First,... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2017308 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0100 2017308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964102&cid=t_106513_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FBuIMVNPbxjc%2F Did you know that Angelina Jolie is a distant cousin of Camilla the Duchess, Madonna, Shania Twain AND Hilary Clinton?   Man has an innate itch to find out where he came from, be it by evolution or ancestry. In a way it helps us connect with people from our past and gives us roots. So it’s no surprise that DNA testing for ancestry or population of origin has mushroomed in the past few years with the growth of direct-to-consumer companies. Now, the American Society of Human Genetics is concerned about the implications of carrying out such tests without guidelines and oversight. The society presented a recommendation paper to the academe, and to the 30 companies involved in ancestral genetics testing. Image credit: Newscom Some of those concerns include accuracy of markers use... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964102 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:33:53 +0100 1964102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908869&cid=t_106513_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fneeded-renovations-or-setting-roof-on.html Our exposure to health care policy - as part of our primary care curriculum - ran the gamut recently.Last week we went to Washington to advocate for increased support for the primary care workforce. (In brief: we need more primary care health care providers. There aren't going to be enough of them, especially if we start covering the uninsured. We need to create incentives to help people choose to go into primary care rather than the oversubscribed and overpaid subspecialties.) We spoke to young, fresh-faced, intelligent, and hyperinformed health care staffers of some of the Capitol's most influential senators - they were genuinely friendly and happy to see us.One senator's office is working on a creative idea left over (so they said) from Hillarycare, a "foundation" to ensure a funding st... Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908869 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:09:00 +0100 1908869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1886680&cid=t_106513_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F423167373%2F After several days of drama and debate over death, privilege and compassionate use, Fred Baron will receive the biologic medication to treat his multiple myeolma, according to a brief statement posted by on a blog written by his son, Andrew. The turnabout came after direct pleas by several high-profile personalities - including Hillary Clinton and Lance Armstrong - to Biogen, which sells Tysabri. “Thanks to the persistence and hard work of so many friends, Frederick has received Tysabri,” the statement reads. “The Mayo Clinic working with the FDA found a legal basis for this use. We have every expectation of a positive result. We cannot thank you enough for all of your thoughts and support!” Fred Baron, you may recall, is a prominent Dallas trial lawyer who helped b... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1886680 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:24:42 +0100 1886680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806351&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F51Lp1emZfis%2F In a speech on Monday in Golden, Colorado, Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin noted that, along with energy policy and government reform, “special needs” would be one of the issues she would focus on, should she and Senator John McCain be elected. The September 17th, Education Week notes that Gov. Palin’s reference to “special needs” is followed by mention of curing “our most dreaded diseases.” Here’s what she said: I’ve told Senator McCain a few things I’ve learned as a senator and as a mom. Ever since I took the chief executive’s job up north, I’ve pushed for more funding for students with special needs. It’s touched my heart for years, especially about 13 years ago with the beautiful addition to our exten... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806351 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:30:20 +0100 1806351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1794452&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fg4QEL322p8M%2F Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin on the issues she intends to focus on should John McCain and her be elected in November, from Jonathan Martin’s blog on today’s Washington Examiner: “John and I have worked out a plan, what I want to concentrate on and what he would like to kind of tap into me to help with,” Palin said at a rally just outside Denver this morning. “My mission is going to energy security and government reform. And another thing near and dear to my heart, it’s going to be helping families who have special needs and children with special needs. And we’re going to be pushing for innovative cures for diseases.” Martin notes that Palin has a child with Down Syndrome and an autistic nephew. From her statement, it seems that she views w... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1794452 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:50:35 +0100 1794452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1791670&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F-68Poq4J5Co%2F The September 13th St. Paul Pioneer Press notes this about Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s “track record” on spending for special needs: In the budget she signed into law earlier this year, Palin approved a dramatic raise in spending on children who have what Alaska officials call “intensive needs,” including children who need nurses full time or cannot breathe without ventilators. When Palin took office, the state was spending $27,000 a year on each such child. The budget she signed this year raises funding to $49,000 per child. In three years, the amount will rise to $74,000, roughly equal to the $75,000 a year cost of educating such children. The public school teachers union in Alaska, the National Education Association-Alaska, has lauded Palin&#8... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1791670 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:05:23 +0100 1791670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1750247&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FPGK3i28rNhg%2F Forgive me for writing another post about Governor Sarah Palin and her family. Her selection as Senator John McCain’s running mate, and the recent reporting of her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, being pregnant, have cast her thoroughly into the public eye and, one suspects, in more than unexpected ways. What first piqued my interest about Sarah Palin was that she’s the mother of a (very young) special needs child and, too, a working mother. The September 1st New York Times describes the uproar over Palin as “Mommy Wars: Special Campaign Edition”: With five children, including an infant with Down syndrome and, as the country learned Monday, a pregnant 17-year-old, Ms. Palin has set off a fierce argument among women about whether there are enough hours in the da... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1750247 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:35:51 +0100 1750247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742806&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FbFKTmO582JM%2F Both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have statements on their websites about autism. Obama’s is in a section on healthcare and is entitled Support Americans with Autism; he also has a plan on Autism Spectrum Disorders in his section on disabilities. McCain’s statement is also in a section on health care, with a statement about Combating Autism in America on a separate webpage. Back in November, Senator Hillary Clinton’s website was the comprehensive about autism issues. Obama’s current two-paragraph statement on autism is the same as it was in November, as was his plan to empower Americans with disabilities. McCain’s website did not yet contain a section on autism. McCain made his entrance into autism politics with a February reference to thimerosal and ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742806 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:01:19 +0100 1742806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739255&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F8vsnPES5KVk%2F Hillary Clinton mentioned autism in her speech at the Democratic National Convention and, last night, Bill Clinton did too (”I will never forget the parents of children with autism and other severe conditions who told me on the campaign trail that they couldn’t afford health care and couldn’t qualify their kids for Medicaid unless they quit work or got a divorce”). Will Obama; will McCain…….. More than sadly, the mother with cancer and two adopted autistic children mentioned by Hillary Clinton has died. Tags: Adoption, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, bald, barack obama, cancern, democracts, democratic convention, developmental disability, Disability Rights, Family, hillary clinton, mothering blog, parent, parenting blog, pdd-nosShare This (Source: Au... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739255 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:42:26 +0100 1739255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734062&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FwNzVWBozA-8%2F Just after the introductory section of her speech at the Democratic Convention (transcript), as her first example of her “35 years in the trenches, advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping parents balance work and family, and fighting for women’s rights here at home and around the world,” Hillary Clinton said: I will always remember the single mom who had adopted two kids with autism. She didn’t have any health insurance, and she discovered she had cancer. But she greeted me with her bald head, painted with my name on it, and asked me to fight for health care for her and her children. Comments Wonkette who liveblogged the Senator’s speech: A single mom, two kids, autism, cancer, painted bald head…This is the most tragic woman in Americ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734062 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:10:50 +0100 1734062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1733975&cid=t_106513_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fsour-grapes%2F Imagine I was a member of a local church of some variety, for example Baptist. And let’s say that some thing happened in that church that I was not too pleased with - maybe they changed the style of music, changed the carpet to a colour I didn’t like - or something a little more weighty like not electing my preferred elder, or employing a new pastor different to the one I wanted. And now imagine my response to such a decision - I kick up a big fuss in the church, complain and disrupt proceedings… and then walk down the road and sign up as a member of the local mosque! Doesn’t make sense does it? For a Christian, no matter how cheesed off I may be, I should remain within the Christian church - not go and join the Muslims. This is how I see these Hilary Clinton suppor... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1733975 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:40:56 +0100 1733975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1723385&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2F21%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-august-21-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir Barack Obama is falling in the polls especially with the female demographic which was attracted to Hillary Clinton. Will this mean Obama will name her as Vice President? In the meantime, the PUMAS are planning demonstrations at the Democrat National convention in Denver. However, Hillary has created a “whip team” to quell the embarassing anti-Obama convention moments. The team, which is being organized by longtime Clinton staffer Craig Smith, is working in conjunction with Obama’s floor organizers to help foster the image of a unified front during a roll-call process Clinton herself has described as an emotional “catharsis” for her disappointed supporters. “If people get down there on the floor and want to start blowing kazoos an... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1723385 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:49:04 +0100 1723385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1708721&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2008%2F08%2Fidentified-bull.html By Matthew Holt Such a pity that the NY Times has been so beaten up by the commies amongst us that it actually now feels that it has to point out where Peter Pitts and Janet Trautwein get their money.... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708721 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1708721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1679715&cid=t_106513_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F05%2Fpolitical-psychology-in-2008%2F Sharon Begley has a very interesting article, “How Our Unconscious Votes,” in HealthNewsDigest.com. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Give the democrats of West Virginia points for honesty. As Hillary Clinton romped to a landslide of 67 to 26 percent over Barack Obama in the primary, 20 percent of voters in exit polls said that race was an important factor in their choice—triple the percentage of earlier primaries. Of those, 80 percent voted for Clinton, making clear what they meant by “important.” Obama’s “black supremacist” minister concerns her, one woman told my colleague Suzanne Smalley. Another found Obama’s “background, his heritage” suspicious. Both said they’d vote for John McCain over Obama. The 2008 campaign has be... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1679715 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:28:44 +0100 1679715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1635183&cid=t_106513_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F338154644%2F Former President Bill Clinton’s foundation is set to unveil a pricing agreement that it hopes will make malaria drugs available to millions of poor people, The Wall Street Journal reports. A key problem has been that the key ingredient in first-line malaria drugs - artemisinin-based combination therapies, or ACTs - has fluctuated greatly in price. the antimalarial plant extract artemisinin has cost anywhere from $150 a kilogram to $1,100, the paper writes. Such instability makes planning difficult for artemisinin producers and health ministries that often buy the drugs. Drugmakers say reducing prices is difficult if another price spike occurs. And generic drugmakers may be deterred from entering the market and fostering more-competitive pricing. Clinton plans to announce aims to lim... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1635183 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:31:53 +0100 1635183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1625481&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2008%2F07%2Fthe-managed-car.html By Maggie Mahar & Niko Karvounis Niko Karvounis tracks the health care system for the Century Foundation. Maggie Mahar is an award winning journalist and author. A frequent contributor to THCB, her work has appeared in the New York Times,... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1625481 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1625481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1581887&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2F05%2Fbarack-obama-watch-the-problem-is-still-hillary%2F Hillary Clinton I Spies Barack Obama at You Tube Debate last July Barack Obama continues to struggle with supporters of Hillary Clinton for President according to a new CNN poll. One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead. A growing number of Clinton supporters polled say they may stay home in November instead of casting their ballot for Obama, an indication the party has yet to coalesce around the Illinois senator four weeks after the most prolonged and at times divisive primary race in modern American history came to a close. According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday, the number of Clinton supporters who plan to defect ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1581887 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:14:19 +0100 1581887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1552950&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F28%2Fbill-to-barack-kiss-my-ass%2F Michael Ramirez on the Hllary - Obama show of UNITY Apparently a $20 million kiss or so……. Technorati Tags: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1552950 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:51:10 +0100 1552950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543055&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F24%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-obama-asks-his-donors-to-help-retire-her-debt%2F Photoshop from Infruriated Faggot Fancy that…Barack Obama has FINALLY asked his donors to help Hillary and Bill Clinton retire their “personal” campaign debt to election consultants and vendors. ABC News has learned that on a conference call with his national finance team this afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, asked his top contributors to help Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, retire her more than $10 million in outstanding vendor debt. He did not specify an amount. Next, Bill Clinton says he will do whatever he can to help Obama become President. But, he said it through a spokesman. Former President Clinton said through a spokesman Tuesday that he is committed to helping Barack Obama become president, his first comments in support of his wife’s former rival sinc... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543055 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:30:18 +0100 1543055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1537860&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F23%2Fhillary-clinton-asks-supporters-to-help-retire-her-campaign-debt%2F Hillary Clinton at her website today asks her supporters to pay off her campaign debts. The video is here. What and/or who is conspicuously missing? Yep, an appeal by Barack Obama or Howard Dean. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1537860 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:47:53 +0100 1537860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1521968&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F16%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-former-hillary-campaign-manager-joins-team-obama%2F Hillary Clinton and Patti Solis Doyle A harbinger of Hillary Clinton as the Vice Presidential nominee or an in your face “SLAP?” The Obama campaign is about to make its first big hire out of the campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Patti Solis Doyle, who was Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign manager until she was ousted in a staff shake up in February, will join Mr. Obama’s campaign as the chief of staff to the vice presidential candidate – whoever he (or she) will be, campaign officials said. Ms. Doyle will take the position before Mr. Obama announces his choice for a running-mate – he has not said when that will be. Mrs. Clinton and Ms. Doyle have a long friendship, and Ms. Doyle has long been one of her closest aides, until she was forced out. Could that mean – tea-... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1521968 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:21:35 +0100 1521968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1518641&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F14%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-its-over-2%2F Regina Stern of Barnegat, N.J., center, holds up a ‘Hillary Clinton for President’ sign with a John McCain sticker attached prior to a town hall meeting with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Friday, June 13, 2008, in Pemberton, N.J. Stern said she supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary but now supports McCain. It has been a week since Hillary Clinton suspended her Presidential campaign - note that she did not concede the race. And, also, note how Flap said she would hover and linger about the race during the summer waiting for Obama to stumble. But, how will she keep the dream alive? Jake Tapper over at ABC has the poop on the Clinton’s “suspended” campaign. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, may still be vacation... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1518641 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:41:59 +0100 1518641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502491&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-109823-per-delegate%2F Michael Ramirez on Hillary Clinton Michael Penn, a chief strategist for Team Hillary wrote yesterday that the campaign was about money and Flap said it wasn’t. And, it isn’t. Eighteen million votes: $212 million. Some 1,926 delegates: $109,823 a pop. Blowing the biggest head start in presidential history: priceless. From anointed to also-ran, Hillary Clinton spent more money to lose a primary election than any candidate in Democratic Party history. That is alot of scratch……. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502491 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:34:26 +0100 1502491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501249&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F08%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-was-it-the-money%2F Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) waves as she arrives with her daughter, Chelsea (R) and husband, former President Bill Clinton at the National Building Museum in Washington, June 7, 2008 Mark Penn writes that it was the MONEY that sunk the Hillary Clinton campaign against Barack Obama. As a chief strategist to Team Clinton he refuses to REALLY state why they lost. RACE trumped GENDER (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501249 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:42:05 +0100 1501249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501251&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F08%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-8-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir It looks like Hillary Clinton Democrats will have to “get a grip” with Barack Obama as their candidate. Yesterday’s speech by Hillary cannot be consoling to Team Obama, no matter how they spin it. Obama will soon have to choose to offer her publicly the Vice Presidency AND help her pay off her campaign debts or put up with 2 plus months of carping and undermining. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501251 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:42:54 +0100 1501251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501254&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F07%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-suspends-campaign-amid-obama-boos%2F Senator Hillary Clinton earlier today suspended her campaign for the Presidency. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday suspended her presidential campaign and vowed to “work my heart out” to help Sen. Barack Obama win the White House, but while thousands of her supporters cheered, hundreds also booed, loudly. After a divisive, five-month battle for the Democratic nomination, in which the former first lady cast her opponent as a political neophyte woefully lacking the skills and experience needed to handle the world’s most demanding job, many of her supporters were not yet ready to let bygones be bygones. Even though the vanquished candidate warned them to move on because “life’s too short,” many made clear with their boos that they will need some heali... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501254 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:45:21 +0100 1501254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1501476&cid=t_106513_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F07%2Fi-had-obama-picked-back-in-2004%2F As I watched the Democratic Party convention in 2004, during a week when I was hospitalized with a gall bladder attack (pain I will forever associate with John Kerry’s nomination and subsequent campaign!) I wrote this entry scolding Dan Rather and, more importantly, including the written transcript of Barack Obama’s keynote address, which I now [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1501476 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:09:58 +0100 1501476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1499859&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F07%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-june-7-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir The last frame, Chris, is what Bill and Hillary Clinton would like to do to Obama. The Clinton MSM Cabal is out in full force to spin Hillary’s “concession” speech. Unless Hillary breaks anything new, she will NOT release her pledged delegates, will NOT be the Vice President and we will all wait for another shoe to drop against Obama prior to the Denver Democrat Convention. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1499859 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:55:09 +0100 1499859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497377&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F05%2Fbreaking-hillary-clinton-and-barack-obama-meet-in-dc%2F *****Update***** Fox News has a news crew outside Hillary Clinton’s Washington D.C. home and says she is inside and Barack Obama is NOT. Are they meeting somewhere else?****Update #2***** Fox News is reporting that they are meeting at 10:15 PM EDT at an undisclosed location*****Update #3***** Marc Ambinder has the poop on the meeting. Matt Drudge has the headline up and the link:Clinton, Obama meet privately in Washington. Hillary Rodham Clinton met late Thursday with Barack Obama, a day after saying she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator. A senior Obama campaign official confirmed that Obama delayed his departure from Washington Thursday night to meet with Clinton at her home here. Earlier, Clinton had disavowed efforts by some suppor... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497377 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:53:23 +0100 1497377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497381&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F05%2Fbarack-obama-watch-the-real-vice-president%2F Photo Courtesy of Skeptical Brotha Is Team Obama “FIGHTING OFF” the Clintons for payment of their campaign debt by channeling Senator James Webb for Vice President? Another way to stop the Hillary-for-Veep speculation: Fire up some other speculation. And so Obama announced this morning that he’d be campaigning in Virginia with Senator Jim Webb and former Governor Mark Warner. Senator Webb has been touted as the Vice Presidential candidate who best augments the lack of military experience of Obama, comes from a possible pick-up state in the Electoral College, Virginia, and is a former Reagan Republican. Flap thinks Webb is in the running and look at what Intrade says this morning: As of this morning, Webb’s stock is up and Hillary’s is down. Obama has to balan... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497381 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:47:08 +0100 1497381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1494257&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F04%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-dropping-out%2F Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton waves to the crowd at her South Dakota and Montana presidential primary election night rally in New York, June 3, 2008. Another drop out story for Hillary Clinton. Sen. Hillary Clinton will hold an event with supporters by Friday, likely ending her historic bid for the White House and ceding the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama, ABC News has learned. MSNBC is reporting that the New York Times has that Hillary Clinton is suspending her campaign on Friday and will endorse Barack Obama. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is moving to suspend her campaign and endorse Senator Barack Obama on Friday after Democratic members of Congress urged her Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Mr. Obama, according to a ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1494257 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:49:00 +0100 1494257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1492392&cid=t_106513_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F03%2Fon-being-a-mindful-voter-2%2F This post was first published in January. We thought it was worth republishing today. Situationist contributor Mahzarin Banaji has an eloquent editorial, “We Don’t Know What We Think,” in yesterday’s Atlanta Constitution. We excerpt portions of it below. * * * Our intense scrutiny of the presidential candidates has produced a relentless stream of questions, some thoughtful and relevant, others spectacularly irrelevant and even embarrassing: Why are you not more likable, Hillary? How good a Christian can he be with the name Hussein? With our focus solely on the candidates, however, we have neglected to examine the other powerful determinant of the election: the state of our own minds. And yet we know that the voter’s mind, the very thing doing the question... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1492392 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:03:46 +0100 1492392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1492142&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fautisticbfh.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fno-satisfaction-for-hillary.html I was planning to post this entry about three months ago, when it became obvious to everyone but Hillary Clinton herself that she had no chance of winning the Democratic nomination, but her campaign just kept on stumbling around like a dinosaur that had such a rudimentary nervous system it didn't know it was dead after its head got cut off. But finally, the time to put her in the Curebie Graveyard has come. So without further ado, and with a generous sprinkling of garlic cloves and holy water around the gravesite to keep the undead creature from rising, I present Hillary's tombstone:For her eulogy, I've chosen the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction."I can't get no satisfactionI can't get no satisfaction'cause I try and I try and I cry and I cryI can't get no, I can't get noWhen I'm panderin' fo... Whose Planet Is It Anyway? blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1492142 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:10:00 +0100 1492142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1491906&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2008%2F06%2Fobamas-health-p.html By Diana Dutton & Hal Holman Hal Holman is a professor of Medicine at Stanford University, and Diana Dutton is a research fellow at the London School of Economics and a former director of health services research at Stanford. The... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1491906 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1491906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1491990&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F03%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-open-to-being-obamas-vice-president%2F Fox News is reporting that Hillary Clinton has told New York lawmakers she is open to being Barack Obama’s Vice President. From the AP: Hillary Rodham Clinton has told congressional colleagues she would be open to becoming Barack Obama’s vice presidential nominee, saying she would consider it if it would help Democrats win the White House. Clinton, a New York senator, made the comment on a conference call with other New York lawmakers Tuesday, according a participant on the call. The senator’s remarks came in response to a question from Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez who said she believed the best way for Obama to win over key voting blocs, including Hispanics, would be for him to choose Clinton as his running mate. “I am open to it,” Clinton replied, if it w... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1491990 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:38:00 +0100 1491990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1488113&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F02%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-no-timetable-to-withdraw-from-campaign%2F Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton waves during a campaign rally in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, May 31, 2008 Hillary is NOT done - at least not yet. Harold Ickes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s liaison to superdelegates, convened a conference call with between 35 and 40 members of Congress loyal to the New York senator this afternoon, a gathering designed to take their temperature on her future in the presidential contest. The tenor of the call, according to a source familiar with it, was largely supportive of the New York senator. “New Yorkers don’t like a quitter,” Rep. Charlie Rangel (N.Y.) said. Rep. Marion Berry (Ark.) added that the Arkansas delegation was behind Clinton for as long as she wanted to stay in the race. Ickes, who championed Clint... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1488113 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:23:42 +0100 1488113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1488114&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F02%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-end-of-the-road-obama-over-the-top%2F Update from Drudge: NYT TUESDAY: ‘Clinton would likely withdraw from the race later in the week, after Obama’s victory appeared clear’… Flap wrote earlier today that it was nearing the end of the road for Hillary Clinton’s campaign for President. Looks like Hillary will throw in the towel after the votes are counted tomorrow. Has she been able to weasel her way onto the ticket? Flap says doubtful but her campaign debts will be paid and she will be given a speech at the convention. The stars are lining up for her withdrawal tomorrow night. Bill Clinton gave his nostalgic farewell earlier today. Bill Clinton acknowledged Monday that today may be his last campaigning for his wife. “I want to say also, that this may be the last day I’m ever involved... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1488114 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:53:00 +0100 1488114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1488116&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F02%2Fhillary-clinton-watch-end-of-the-road%2F Welcome Marc Ambinder readers. An updated post is here on the End of the Road for Hillary Clinton The last Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign ad? “Tuesday it’s up to you. You can join over 17 million people who have voted for a leader who can fix the economy.” Looks like a DEAL was made with the Obama campaign about the payment of campaign debt and Hillary has scheduled tomorrow night a post-primary speech in New York. Hillary Rodham Clinton will give her post-primary speech in New York Tuesday night, a rare departure from the campaign trail. Staffers who have worked for her on he ground in Puerto Rico, South Dakota and Montana have been invited to attend the event or go home for further instructions, campaign aides said. The New York senator had no other events Tuesday. Sh... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1488116 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:50:11 +0100 1488116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1484828&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F01%2Ffather-michael-pfleger-watch-the-hillary-apology%2F Father Michael Pfleger preaching at Barack Obama’s church, Trinity United. The mocking of Hillary Clinton around 2:10. And, after this sermon Father Pfleger returned to his church St. Sabina’s and launched into another tirade against the Clintons. But, this morning Father Pfleger apologized on his church website after telling the Chicago press on Saturday night that he had received death threats and said: “They want to kill me…it’s been ugly.” Last Sunday, I was invited by Trinity United Church of Christ to come and preach on the topic of race. I agreed to do so because of my love for Trinity, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Rev. Otis Moss, III and because all my life I have sought to deal with the reality of racism. As I said, Last Sunday, I have committed mys... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1484828 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:58:35 +0100 1484828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1484829&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F01%2Ffather-michael-pfleger-bashes-the-clintons-again%2F Joel and Victoria Osteen, along with their son, Jonathan, 13, host President Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea, at Lakewood Church on Sunday March 2, 2008 Father Michael Pfleger of Chicago’s St. Sabina’s church who has been reprimanded by the Cardinal of his Chicago archdiocese for remarks he made last Sunday at Barack Obama’s former church (Trinity United) apparently bashed the Clinton’s at his own church. At his own church, St. Sabina’s, Pfleger said, “Hillary and McCain would wish they had a preacher with the integrity of Jeremiah Wright. … They got some old weak preacher…some old Joel Osteen cotton candy preacher.” Listen to it HERE. The comments come at about 15:40 into the sermon. On March 2, Bill and Chelsea Clinton went to Joel Osteen&#... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1484829 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:49:07 +0100 1484829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1482096&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F302015921%2F “The best is the new worst,” writes Susan Jacoby in an op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times. She cites the decline in —-prestige?—-of the notion of being “best” and “elite” in American public life over the past 40 years and, most recently, in the US presidential campaign: Senator Hillary Clinton’s use of the phrase “elite opinion” to dismiss the near unanimous opposition of economists to her proposal for a gas tax holiday was a landmark in the use of elite to attack expertise supposedly beyond the comprehension of average Americans. One might as well say that there is no point in consulting musicians about music or ichthyologists about fish. Noting that the Founding Fathers were not exactly envisioning a “democracy of dumbnes... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1482096 Sat, 31 May 2008 20:14:25 +0100 1482096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1481812&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F05%2F31%2Fday-by-day-by-chris-muir-may-31-2008%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir While the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Commitee work out a plan to nominate Barack Obama or to screw Hillary Clinton, Flap will be off for a day of an eye exam, and shopping at the Glendale Galleria and other assorted venues in the greater Los Angeles area. Watch the Donkey on Donkey action at the DNC here. Flap might stop by the Tony Strickland event in Camarillo as well. I will post photos of the sojourn. They can be found at Twitter, Friendfeed and Flap’s Flickr Photostream. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1481812 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:16:40 +0100 1481812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1480621&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F05%2F30%2Fdnc-denver-host-committee-short-on-cash%2F Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., waves to the overflow crowd as she walks with campaign aide Huma Abedin, right, and a secret service agent at a campaign event in Huron, S.D., Thursday, May 29, 2008. Clinton is campaigning in the state in anticipation of the June 3rd South Dakota presidential primary election. Flap can’t help but think the reason why Barack Obama has NOT agreed to pay off Hillary’s campaign debts (rumored by some to be over $30 million) is because he would decimate his own fundraising accounts AND the DNC would not be able to backfill him because they are out of money. Millions of dollars behind in raising money and unlikely to meet a fast-approaching final deadline, the Denver committee hosting the Democratic National Conven... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1480621 Fri, 30 May 2008 22:12:56 +0100 1480621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1477837&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F05%2F29%2Fnancy-pelosi-to-step-into-obama-vs-clinton%2F House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., flanked by Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, to discuss the House’s accomplishments on behalf of veterans. Nancy Pelosi says she will step into the fray if there is no resolution by late June regarding the seating of delegates from Florida and Michigan. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will step in if necessary to make sure the presidential nomination fight between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama does not reach the Democratic National Convention - though she believes it could be resolved as early as next week. Pelosi predicted Wednesday that a presidential nominee will emerge in the week after the final Democratic prim... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1477837 Thu, 29 May 2008 15:15:32 +0100 1477837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469571&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7060 Bill Clinton explains why the Obama team and in-the-tank MSM is trying so hard to push Hillary out As Flap wrote previously, Bill Clinton has a point. Now, does this mean that Hillary will fight all the way to the Denver Convention over seating the Michigan and Florida Democrat delegations? Or will Hillary sue the Democrat Party if they apportion the disqualified Florida and Michigan primary results in an “UNFAIR” way? If Hillary wants to hurt Obama against McCain so that she can run in 2012 after Obama loses (which she does) she will carry on this fight as long as possible. No matter what anyone says. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469571 Tue, 27 May 2008 02:52:33 +0100 1469571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469574&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7057 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gives a thumbs up as her daughter, Chelsea applauds during a campaign rally for her supporters in the AFSCME service workers union in Ponce, Puerto Rico Monday, May 26, 2008. Bill Clinton said yesterday that there is a “COVER UP” hiding Hillary’s chances in beating John McCain in the fall general election. Former President Bill Clinton said that Democrats were more likely to lose in November if Hillary Clinton is not the nominee, and suggested some were trying to “push and pressure and bully” superdelegates to make up their minds prematurely. “I can’t believe it. It is just frantic the way they are trying to push and pressure and bully all these superdelegates to come out,” ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469574 Mon, 26 May 2008 22:11:40 +0100 1469574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467805&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7052 IN HARLEM: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton poses with well-wishers in 2006. The racial overtones of her presidential campaign have eroded some of her support among black New Yorkers. “She has a problem,” says the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist . Bill Clinton today in South Dakota delivered a harsh message on how Hillary has been picked on for staying in the race for the Democrat nomination for President. The Money Quote: “(I) have never seen a candidate treated so disrespectfully just for running,” and that, “she will win the general election if you nominate her. They’re just trying to make sure you don’t.” Clinton spent more than six minutes calmly discussing what he called a “frantic effort to push her out” of this race, saying ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1467805 Sun, 25 May 2008 19:48:09 +0100 1467805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466133&cid=t_106513_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F23%2Fhillarys-rfk-reference-needs-no-comment-from-campaigns%2F The start of a holiday weekend is usually a time for newsmakers to drop bomb-shells they hope no one will notice and Senator Clinton didn’t disappoint. However, this one will not die just because it’s Memorial Day - maybe precisely because it is Memorial Day! It’s got legs well into next week - [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466133 Sat, 24 May 2008 03:32:32 +0100 1466133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1465986&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7044 Sen. Hillary Clinton said Friday that she regretted comments that evoked the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy as part of her explanation for why she was staying in the presidential race late into the primary season. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who has endorsed the Hillary Clinton quest for the Presidency has said no one should be offended at her comments about his father. In a statement, Kennedy Jr. said: “It is clear from the context that Hillary was invoking a familiar political circumstance in order to support her decision to stay in the race through June. I have heard her make this reference before, also citing her husband’s 1992 race, both of which were hard fought through June. I understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a mistake for people to tak... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1465986 Sat, 24 May 2008 02:59:32 +0100 1465986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1465987&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7043 Sen. Hillary Clinton said Friday that she regretted comments that evoked the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy as part of her explanation for why she was staying in the presidential race late into the primary season. Here are Hillary’s clarifying remarks over the Robert F. Kennedy assassination FLAP: “Earlier today I was discussing the Democratic primary history and in the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns that both my husband and Senator Kennedy waged in California in June 1992 and 1968 and I was referencing those to make the point that we have had nomination primary contests that go into June. That’s a historic fact. The Kennedys have been much on my mind the last days because of Senator Kennedy and I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma f... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1465987 Sat, 24 May 2008 00:26:12 +0100 1465987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466004&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fdesperation-in-american-election.html A sense of desperation is slipping into the American election campaign. Hillary Clinton plumbs new depths of cynicism and vulgarity. Why is she staying in the campaign? In case Barack Obama is assassinated.Senator Hillary Clinton referred to the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 as a reason she should continue her battle with Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it,” Mrs. Clinton said, dismissing the idea of dropping out. (New York Times)Whilst Bill and Hillary consider hiring a hitman, John McCain is worrying that he may die of natural causes and so has... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466004 Fri, 23 May 2008 21:32:00 +0100 1466004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1465989&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7041 Hillary obama rfkby dollarsandsense123 What a shock! Hillary apologized. Hillary Clinton said Friday she regretted comments that evoked the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy as part of her explanation for why she was staying in the presidential race late into the primary season. “Earlier today, I was discussing the Democratic primary history and in the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns that both my husband and Senator Kennedy waged in California in June in 1992 and 1968, and I was referencing those to make the point that we have had nominating primary contests that go into June. That’s an historic fact,” she told reporters. “The Kennedys have been much on my mind in the last days because of Senator [Ted] Kennedy, and I regret that if my referencing ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1465989 Fri, 23 May 2008 21:24:30 +0100 1465989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466286&cid=t_106513_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fsorry-to-coriell-stay-of-new-jersey.html Sorry to the attendees at Coriell Yesterday. They were ready to start participating in the Delaware Personalized Medicine Project. I was scheduled to speak on the topic of "Patient Centered Genomic Medicine" Unfortunately, I was stuck on the TurnpikeDon't get in a car wreck in New Jersey. Trust me!I don't know if anyone reads Medical News Today but it is filled with great information and studies. Today, it is reporting something which is of no surprise to me. From the articleA new report on genetic testing from HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality calls for the creation of improved public health surveillance databases and health information technologies to monitor the use of gene-based tests and their impact on patient outcomes.For the government to spend on this testing, they w... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466286 Fri, 23 May 2008 12:11:00 +0100 1466286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1463710&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fbig-pharma-funds-american-election.html Never underestimated the influence of the big pharmaceutical companies. During an American election, Big Pharma will make large financial contributions to the political parties. During the last six elections they contributed, on average, twice as much to the Republicans as to the Democrats.So what is happening this year?At the moment, donations have gone to individual candidates rather than parties. That will change once the Democrats have finally made their decision. So far, Big Pharma has contributed the following amounts (top to bottom):$636,327$567,581$434,961$200,875$172,750To these politicians (alphabetic order):Hilary ClintonRudolph GiulianiJohn MaCainBarack ObamaMitt RomneyBut who got what? And why? Answers here. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1463710 Thu, 22 May 2008 20:17:00 +0100 1463710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1460895&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7027 Glenn McCoy on the Clintons Would Barack Obama consider Hillary Clinton as his Vice President? Are the Clintons pushing the idea? It is possible to muscle your way into a vice presidential nod: You have something the nominee wants, and he has to give it to you. The question is: Does Hillary Clinton have that kind of muscle? Her victories in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and her strength with women and white working-class voters have fueled the argument that Barack Obama must put her on the ticket if he wins the nomination and wants those states and those votes in the fall. And, as a senior Obama adviser told me Wednesday, some Clinton supporters are “pushing real, real hard to get her on the ticket.” Flap recommends Obama select Hillary. Why? It would be a disaste... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1460895 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:23:57 +0100 1460895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1461243&cid=t_106513_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F295759810%2F Drug makers are giving more money to Democrats than Republicans this election season. By comparison, over the past six elections, they typically spent twice as much on GOP candidates - in 2002, the ratio got as high as 3-to-1, the Associated Press writes. Democrats now hold the edge with $7.4 million in campaign contributions compared with $7 million for GOP candidates, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. “Money follows the power,” CRP’s Massie Ritsch, tells the AP. “And it can predict power.” The difference is more pronounced in the presidential race. Drug and device makers have contributed $639,124 to Barack Obama, $574,828 to Hillary Clinton, and $168,300 to John McCain, according to Federal Election Commission data released February 28 and cal... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1461243 Thu, 22 May 2008 11:34:57 +0100 1461243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1460902&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7021 Hillary speaks about FL and MI voters and delegates in Boca Raton, Florida Hillary Clinton may take the Michigan and Florida Democrat delegate fight all the way to the August Denver Democrat Party convention in Denver. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to the convention if the two states want to go that far. In an interview with The Associated Press, Clinton was asked whether she would support the states if they continue the fight. The presidential candidate said Wednesday, “Yes I will. I will, because I feel very strongly about this.” Today, Hillary is talking about disqualified delegates in Florida and Michigan. Tomorrow her surrogates, including husband former President Bill Clinton, will resume the anti-Obama... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1460902 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:26:51 +0100 1460902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1458441&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7016 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton addresses supporters during her Kentucky Presidential primary night rally in Louisville, Kentucky, May 20, 2008 The cost of Hillary Clinton withdrawing from the Presidential race has JUST gone up - to $20 plus million. If Barack Obama wants Hillary OUT after the June 3rd primary elections and to avoid a protracted credential fight within the Democrat Party over Michigan and Florida, his campaign will have to pay off this debt. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458441 Wed, 21 May 2008 14:07:30 +0100 1458441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1458446&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7012 John McCain has raised $18 million for his campaign in April. This is the good news.The bad news: Hillary Clinton: $22 million Barack Obama: $ 31 million (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458446 Wed, 21 May 2008 01:32:00 +0100 1458446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1458448&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7009 Update: Hillary Clinton has won the Kentucky Democrat primary election Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., shops for eyeglasses at Lynn’s Paradise Cafe during a campaign stop in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Fox News exit polls in Kentucky are showing Hillary Clinton with extraordinary strength. Key graphs: Only a third of Clinton supporters in Kentucky would vote for Obama over McCain. 64 % of HRC voters say she will be the nominee 73% Kentucky women voting for HRC 74% Kentucky White Voters with No University degree voting for HRC 92% Kentucky voters looking for experience are voting for HRC 65% regular churchgoers voting for Hillary Hillary will have an argument to the Democrat Superdelegates and Flap has already shown you the ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458448 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:55:38 +0100 1458448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1454292&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6999 Conclusion: John McCain matches up better in the Electoral College with Barack Obama than with Hillary Clinton. But, tell this to the Democrat Superdelegates who will roll over for the Messiah Obama after the June 3rd primary elections. Hillary WILL try. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1454292 Mon, 19 May 2008 22:28:35 +0100 1454292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1450217&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6976 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) poses with Sandy (R) and Marvin (C) Mehlbrech and their family members and local residents during a campaign stop at the Mehlbrech’s home in Junction City, Oregon May 16, 2008 Why did Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Presidency apparently FAIL and disappoint so many of her female fans. From young feminist activists to the grandmothers who embrace Clinton along the rope line at her campaign events, many women who voted in large numbers for the former first lady during the primaries have begun mourning the turn of events. They know their dream of electing a female president this year probably will not come to pass — and wonder when it ever will. “For us, getting a woman elected is major,” said Laurine G... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1450217 Sat, 17 May 2008 18:31:47 +0100 1450217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433625&cid=t_106513_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2008%2F05%2Fpresidential-ca.html By THCB Staff As a service to our readers, we've compiled all the presidential candidates' health plans in one place for you to easily access. Soon, we'll have a section of the TCHB devoted to the presidential race and health... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433625 Sat, 10 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1433625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432359&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6945 Photo Courtesy of Political Humor No Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Democrat ticket this fall if Teddy Kennedy gets his way. “I don’t think it’s possible…Obama should choose a running mate who “is in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people,” Kennedy said. “If we had real leadership — as we do with Barack Obama — in the No. 2 spot as well, it’d be enormously helpful.” In other words, the Clintons have worn out their welcome with the LEFT of the Democrat Party. Little does the “CLUELESS” Teddy understand is that the radical LEFTIST Obama has little chance to beat McCain without Hillary on the ticket. An Obama-Clinton ticket would be formidable. But, as Teddy says - won’t happen. Tec... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432359 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:27:05 +0100 1432359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432363&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6942 And, how does Flap know this? Look at the e-mail Flap received today from former President Bill Clinton: Dear Mr., I want to tell you about the day I had on Monday. I stopped in nine towns throughout North Carolina, starting the day at 7:30 a.m. in Elizabeth City and ending with a rally in Raleigh. That’s the most stops I’ve ever done in a single day — for any campaign. And I couldn’t be happier to work that hard for Hillary. I talked to a lot of people that day, and one thing was crystal clear — people want Hil... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432363 Fri, 09 May 2008 04:57:01 +0100 1432363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432364&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6941 This has happened yesterday night (5-6-2008) right in the middle of the CNN Indiana & North Carolina primaries coverage …! Dana Brazile was disappointed by remarks made by Paul Begalas regarding the stereotypes being put in play over this elections. The direction of painting Barack Obama as the “BLACK” candidate is clear. Hillary is on a “scorched earth” campaign strategy that will aid McCain and prepare her for the 2012 race. Previous: Hillary Clinton Watch: At Least White Americans Support Me (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432364 Thu, 08 May 2008 16:02:36 +0100 1432364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432365&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6940 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfidftLe5Z0 The sabotage of the Obama campaign has begun. Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests. “I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,” she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article “that found how Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.” “There’s a pattern emerging here,” she said. Cli... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432365 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:10:07 +0100 1432365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432366&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6939 Time Magazine Cover Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, addresses to her supporters as her husband former President Bill Clinton looks on during her Indiana Primary night rally Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Indianapolis. Losing the North Carolina primary to rival Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, and edging him out by a bare two percentage points to win the Indiana Primary, Clinton was called upon Wednesday, May 7, 2008, by George McGovern, a plainspoken man who knows something about losing elections, to end her campaign for the White House. The photos say it all. On to the Hillary Clinton Drop Out Watch………. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432366 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:52 +0100 1432366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1432371&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6935 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdzCxvbe5Hg CBS News reports that a top Clinton strategist has told Clinton that she absolutely cannot win the nomination. As Flap has maintained since the results in Indiana last night. The likely scenario is that Hillary muddles ahead, wins a few more elections in the next two weeks and then suspends her campaign. In the meantime, Obama will preach Democrat unity, help her pay off her campaign debts and continue to accumulate Superdelegates - sufficient enough to win him the nomination. Flap thinks her last race will be next Tuesday in West Virginia or Kentucky/Oregon the week subsequent. She might wait until the June 1 Puerto Rico primary or even until Montana/South Dakota on the 3rd. But, Hillary WILL suspend her campaign sometime before June 10th leavin... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1432371 Thu, 08 May 2008 02:45:00 +0100 1432371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426254&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6934 President Bush signs H.R. 4286, bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal in abstensia to Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Behind him are Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., first lady Laura Bush, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Don Manzullo, R, Ill. California Senior United States Senator Dianne Feinstein wants to chat Hillary Clinton up about her Presidential campaign. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) most prominent Senate supporters, said Wednesday that she will ask the former first lady to detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary. “I, as you know, have great fondness and great respect for Sen. Clinton and I’m very lo... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426254 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:51:26 +0100 1426254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426255&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6933 In a telephone conference call this morning, Democrat Massachusetts Senator John Kerry blames Rush Limbaugh for Barack Obama’s loss to Hillary Clinton in Indiana last night. “Rush Limbaugh was tampering with the primary,” Kerry said “If it was not for Republicans taking Democratic ballots, he would have won,” he said of Obama. (I’m not sure that’s true. The margin was about 18,500; Clinton only got 54% of the Republican votes, which made up 10% of the electorate. If none of those Republicans voted for either candidate, Obama would gain about 10,000. The question really is what share of Clinton’s votes were Limbaugh voters. For them to have provided the margin of victory, by my math, about 38% of all her Republican voters — that’s ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426255 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:08 +0100 1426255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426895&cid=t_106513_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Flife-with-crohns%2Fkelly%2Fhealthcare-election-2008%2F We are in the midst of a very exciting and important presidential election, so I thought that we could spend some time discussing what we think should be done about healthcare. In particular let’s discuss what we think is wrong with the current healthcare system and what kind of things we think could be done to fix it. Below is a quick summary of the candidate’s healthcare plans (based on a summary from the New York Times). Clinton’s plan - Require everyone to get health insurance, subsidized by employers and the government; pay for it by rolling back tax cuts for households earning over $250,000 and savings in the existing system. • Requires large employers to provide insurance or contribute to the cost. • Provide tax credits to small businesses and subsidies for low-income peop... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426895 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:35:30 +0100 1426895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426257&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6931 Former Senator and Presidential candidate George McGovern and Hillary Clinton during happier times George McGovern is telling Hillary Clinton to quit her Presidential campaign. Former Sen. George McGovern, who backed Hillary Rodham Clinton, is urging her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race. McGovern said Wednesday he has decided to endorse Barack Obama. After watching the returns from the North Carolina and Indiana primaries Tuesday night, McGovern says it’s virtually impossible for Clinton to win the nomination. McGovern says he is calling former President Clinton to tell him of the decision and adds that he remains close friends with the Clintons. Flap wonders what Carville will call McGovern? The McGovern - Obama union is understandable and similar - Obama will LOSE as... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426257 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:13:43 +0100 1426257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426260&cid=t_106513_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6928 Although Hillary Clinton is behind in Democrat pledged delegates and lost decisively in North Carolina last night, her Presidential campaign is continuing. NBC News is reporting that she will resume her campaign today in West Virginia She’ll hold a “Solutions for the American Economy” event in Shepherdstown at 12 pm ET. Associated Press: Chelsea Clinton is also scheduled to be in the state Wednesday. ……and Matt Drudge has the following: Senator Clinton has made another multi-million dollar loan to her campaign. She gave $6.4M in the past month and will be giving more… Developing… Hillary is not quitting and what does she have to lose? Besides the Tony Rezko trial is wrapping up with a verdict within weeks. Moreover, West Virginia is next in 6 days and Kentuck... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426260 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:23:50 +0100 1426260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426523&cid=t_106513_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F285131296%2F An article in the May Scientific American explains why the next president needs a powerful science advisor. If you consider the political pandering among the presidential candidates about the vaccine-autism myth—-it’s too obvious why. 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