There are several pages in the 1500's that give HHS the power to require labelling of all manner of food.
Here follows an especially entertaining nugget.
Page 1514:
‘‘(v) MENU VARIABILITY AND COMBINATION MEALS.—The Secretary shall establish by regulation standards for determining and disclosing the nutrient content for standard menu items that come in different flavors, varieties, or combinations, but which are listed as a single menu item, such as soft drinks, ice cream, pizza, doughnuts, or children’s combination meals, through means determined by the Secretary, including ranges, averages, or other methods.
Call your Member of Congress...
Friday, November 6, 2009
Health Care Bill: Secretary of HHS, Doctors and Pharmaceutical Companies
Page 128 (Italics mine)
SEC. 239. PROTECTION OF PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBER INFORMATION
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study on the use of physician prescriber information in sales and marketing practices of pharmaceutical manufacturers.
(b) REPORT.—Based on the study conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on actions needed to be taken by the Congress or the Secretary to protect providers from biased marketing and sales practices.
So, what constitutes 'biased marketing and sales practices'?
By this language, anything the Secretary of Health and Human Services decides...
SEC. 239. PROTECTION OF PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBER INFORMATION
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study on the use of physician prescriber information in sales and marketing practices of pharmaceutical manufacturers.
(b) REPORT.—Based on the study conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on actions needed to be taken by the Congress or the Secretary to protect providers from biased marketing and sales practices.
So, what constitutes 'biased marketing and sales practices'?
By this language, anything the Secretary of Health and Human Services decides...
Of Course We Won't Ration Care!
From page 25 going into 26.
Look at the final clause. Italics mine. Miss Nancy surely doesn't want this noticed...
Looks like rationing to me!
(2) INSUFFICIENTFUNDS.—If the Secretary estimates for any fiscal year that the aggregate amounts available for payment of expenses of the high-risk pool will be less than the amount of the expenses, the Secretary shall make such adjustments as are necessary to eliminate such deficit, including reducing benefits, increasing premiums, or establishing waiting lists.
Look at the final clause. Italics mine. Miss Nancy surely doesn't want this noticed...
Looks like rationing to me!
(2) INSUFFICIENTFUNDS.—If the Secretary estimates for any fiscal year that the aggregate amounts available for payment of expenses of the high-risk pool will be less than the amount of the expenses, the Secretary shall make such adjustments as are necessary to eliminate such deficit, including reducing benefits, increasing premiums, or establishing waiting lists.
Dramatic Reading 1: House Health Care Bill
From page 25 of the House Health Care bill:
purposes of applying the definition of ‘‘creditable 3
coverage’’ under the provisions of title XXVII of the 4
Public Health Service Act, part 6 of subtitle B of 5
title I of Employee Retirement Income Security Act 6
of 1974, and chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue 7
Code of 1986 (and any other provision of law that 8
references such provisions) in the same manner as 9
if it were coverage under a State health benefits risk 10
pool described in section 2701(c)(1)(G) of the Public 11
Health Service Act. 12
That's one paragraph from 1190 pages.
Call your Member of Congress.
(7) TREATMENT AS CREDITABLE COVERAGE.—
Coverage under the program shall be treated, for 2 purposes of applying the definition of ‘‘creditable 3
coverage’’ under the provisions of title XXVII of the 4
Public Health Service Act, part 6 of subtitle B of 5
title I of Employee Retirement Income Security Act 6
of 1974, and chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue 7
Code of 1986 (and any other provision of law that 8
references such provisions) in the same manner as 9
if it were coverage under a State health benefits risk 10
pool described in section 2701(c)(1)(G) of the Public 11
Health Service Act. 12
That's one paragraph from 1190 pages.
Call your Member of Congress.
Feeding At The Trough
The feeding frenzy is now underway in earnest...expect language to be inserted that will allow illegal immigrants to belly up to the bar for Obama's Free Lunch.
The Hispanic Caucus met with the Prez to remind him of his promises to open the coffers to illegals, including, of course, free health care.
Well, not exactly free. The citizens get to pay for it.
"I think that he got our message," Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., head of the Hispanic Caucus, said afterward. House leaders said that, in keeping with the Hispanic Caucus' demands, there was not likely to be any prohibition added to the House bill against illegal immigrants shopping in the exchange.
Here's the AP story.
I called my Congressman's office(Tanner, TN-8), and the staffer claimed she didn't know how he planned to vote. I was incredulous, she was indignant, claiming he hadn't decided.
Right.
He's a slimeball, and will vote for it, 'cuz Miss Nancy tells him so. He voted for the TARP, for the stimulus, for whatever Miss Nancy wants.
Call your Member of Congress. Freedom is at stake.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Goldman Knew The Crash Was Coming...And Helped Drive The World Over The Cliff
The insiders at Goldman knew the crash was coming.
And saw it as an opportunity to make money hand-over-fist, and leave the taxpayer to bear the brunt of the losses, even as many of them were also losing their homes and jobs.
In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting.
Goldman's sales and its clandestine wagers, completed at the brink of the housing market meltdown, enabled the nation's premier investment bank to pass most of its potential losses to others before a flood of mortgage defaults staggered the U.S. and global economies.
Only later did investors discover that what Goldman had promoted as triple-A rated investments were closer to junk.
(Those are just the opening paragraphs--the really bad stuff is buried down the article.)
All in a day's work. Crack dealer, investment banker, both selling poisonous products with high profit margins, and insulating themselves from having to see what their stuff does to the customer.
Problem is, this sort of behavior totally erodes any sense of trust in a culture.
It's difficult to have a culture once trust is eroded. Much less an economy.
But, then again, if they cared about the culture, they wouldn't have been selling this stuff in the first place, would they?
Culture shapes economy.
And saw it as an opportunity to make money hand-over-fist, and leave the taxpayer to bear the brunt of the losses, even as many of them were also losing their homes and jobs.
In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting.
Goldman's sales and its clandestine wagers, completed at the brink of the housing market meltdown, enabled the nation's premier investment bank to pass most of its potential losses to others before a flood of mortgage defaults staggered the U.S. and global economies.
Only later did investors discover that what Goldman had promoted as triple-A rated investments were closer to junk.
(Those are just the opening paragraphs--the really bad stuff is buried down the article.)
All in a day's work. Crack dealer, investment banker, both selling poisonous products with high profit margins, and insulating themselves from having to see what their stuff does to the customer.
Problem is, this sort of behavior totally erodes any sense of trust in a culture.
It's difficult to have a culture once trust is eroded. Much less an economy.
But, then again, if they cared about the culture, they wouldn't have been selling this stuff in the first place, would they?
Culture shapes economy.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Frank Rich and The G.O.P. Stalinists Invading Upstate New York
Ah, the YewNork Times! Ya' just GOTTA love 'em.
Frank Rich, one time drama critic and current Obama Kool-Aid sipper goes to great lengths to tell America to be very afraid of Mr. Hoffman and those who support him. Further, he thinks that Hoffman's victory will be wonderful for the Democrats next year.
Methinks the folks-in-charge of both parties might be sweating a bit, 'cuz the spin has already begun, before the election even takes place!
Remember, those of us who just don't idly by and take what is shoveled in our direction are just ignorant bubbas, racists...
Stalinists!
How come they get to call names, and it's journalism?
We point out the facts on the public record, speak up, and we're Stalinists.
I think we've got them on the run, personally...
Op-Ed Columnist - The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York - NYTimes.com
Frank Rich, one time drama critic and current Obama Kool-Aid sipper goes to great lengths to tell America to be very afraid of Mr. Hoffman and those who support him. Further, he thinks that Hoffman's victory will be wonderful for the Democrats next year.
Methinks the folks-in-charge of both parties might be sweating a bit, 'cuz the spin has already begun, before the election even takes place!
Remember, those of us who just don't idly by and take what is shoveled in our direction are just ignorant bubbas, racists...
Stalinists!
How come they get to call names, and it's journalism?
We point out the facts on the public record, speak up, and we're Stalinists.
I think we've got them on the run, personally...
Op-Ed Columnist - The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York - NYTimes.com
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