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Tuesday, October 6. 2009

Tuesday morning links

The big lies of the UN Climate Report. Am Thinker. Related, I still think the notion of CO2 as a "pollutant" is patently insane.


Related: Dr. Holdren used to be a Coming Ice Age catastrophizer. Maybe he is a catastrophizer by nature.


Equally insane: schools banning bake sales. Next they will replace pancake breakfasts with raw broccoli and tofu - and nobody will show up.


Camel's nose in the tent: FTC to begin to regulate blogs


I blame last year's economic mess ultimately on the government. Now they want to do it again. Of course, a good down-payment is a good idea - but what if the government gives you that too?


It's a great time to be a consumer - if you have any $ left


The 125th birthday of Ludwig Van Mises. Why he is important.


                 Medical-related


Jindal: The Conservative case for reform. I like it.


Democrats Mired in Chaos, Confusion Over Healthcare Bill


The infant mortality canard


Country With Worst Health Care In The World Wins Nobel Prize


I don't know where the WH rounded up those docs yesterday, but docs are overwhelmingly opposed to further government involvement and control.

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:10 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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the lawnful of docs mostly had that ''look'' --the glazed eye, set mouth, anxiety-locked neck and shoulder, that even without the shambling secondary signs (Lennon specs, freedom hair, unsynch'd face and body language, 'it takes a worried brow' furrowings) an observer knows that these guys are so squirrely it's a wonder they managed that outdoor photo-op without climbing the trees looking for nuts.
#1 buddy larsen on 2009-10-06 10:07 (Reply)
The thing that gets me about the docs is how they could lower themselves to look such fools. I mean come on, white coats? Even given what you say Buddy... do they have no idea how ridiculous they look. Not to mention what a farcical idea from the Obama handlers.
#2 Luther on 2009-10-06 11:12 (Reply)
buddy and Luther ... I'm tempted to term this fake endorsement meeting as coming from the 'I'm-not-a-doctor-but-I play-one-on-TV' ads for medications we used to see on TV in the 1960s. Any real doctor who lent himself/herself to this charade should be ashamed. It's one more proof of this Administration's tin ear as far as the intelligence of the general public is concerned.

Should we consider that some/most of these folks were out-of-work actors hired for the show? I wouldn't put anything past Rahm Emanuel.

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2009-10-06 12:10 (Reply)
right --if the White House PR whizzers had made them wear stethoscopes around their necks ans those mirror headbands, would we have been surprised? They could've scattered some gurneys around the Rose Garden too --why not --gotta make sure us drooling mud idiots get the POINT!
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2009-10-06 13:32 (Reply)
Marianne, Buddy,and Luther cheer up a little. Ted Kennedy has been sober for at least a month and a half.

I know this is tasteless of me, but I just can't help myself.
I make fun of everyone. Myself the most.
#3.2 jappy on 2009-10-06 16:58 (Reply)
It may be tasteless, Jappy. But it is also funny as hell. Do you think hell is dry? I suppose it would be come to think of it.
#3.2.1 Luther on 2009-10-06 17:02 (Reply)
"It's one more proof of this Administration's tin ear as far as the intelligence of the general public is concerned."

I wouldn't stop there, Marianne. I'd include the Democrats in the Senate, the House, and the top leadership of the Democratic Party. And more recently about half the Republicans as well. Our political class have had things their own way for far too long. Time to shake them up and clean house.
#3.3 Luther on 2009-10-06 17:11 (Reply)
With the exception of the lower left clip of the auto, the fall photo with crumbling stone wall was marvelous. You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.
#4 Gringo on 2009-10-06 12:27 (Reply)
The white coats were passed out by 0bama staffers to complete his propaganda surge:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/tricky_doctored_photo_kTVWHZ3vEeRQbxCC0TNZHN
#5 Smokey on 2009-10-06 15:58 (Reply)

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