Socialized Medicine through the back door:
Doug Ross explains SCHIP for Dummies and Self-Employed Woodworkers.
Mark Steyn knocks on the woodworker part of the story.
And here’s the punchline:
“And in order to get enough money to pay for this, it would require 22 million new smokers.”
Terrorist memorial through the back door:
At the crescent of death, Why only 38 Memorial Groves?
One more push towards the Fairness Doctrine, through the back door:
Republicans rule radio but Democrats fight back
Another U.N. Power Grab through the back door:
What would Reagan do? On the Law of the Sea Treaty, we know the answer
Such developments only serve to reinforce the concerns President Reagan rightly had about the central, and abiding, defect of the Law of the Sea Treaty: its effort to promote global government at the expense of sovereign nation states–and most especially the United States. One of the prime movers behind LOST, the late Elisabeth Mann Borgese of the World Federalist Association (which now calls itself Citizens for Global Solutions), captured what is at stake when she cited an ancient aphorism: “He who rules the sea, rules the land.” A U.N. publication lauding her work noted that Borgese saw LOST as a “possible test-bed for ideas she had developed concerning a common global constitution.”
Charlie Gibson might be shown the back door if he keeps it up:
CHARLES GIBSON, ABC ANCHOR: The U.S. military reports the fourth straight month of decline in troop deaths, 66 American troops died in September, each a terrible tragedy for a family, but the number far less than those who died in August. And the Iraqi government says civilian deaths across Iraq fell by half last month.
As War Dragged On, Coverage Tone Weighed Heavily on Anchors:
By training their powerful spotlight on the chaos gripping Iraq, the anchors were arguably contributing to the political downfall of a president who had seemed to be riding high when he won his second term.
But not to worry: Howard Kurtz has been told:
To Kurtz’s obvious frustration, his guests – Robin Wright of the Washington Post and Barbara Starr of CNN – both supported the press burying this extremely positive announcement.
Al Jazeera through the YouTube back door:
YouTube Deepens Commercial Relationship With Al Jazeera
Sharia law through the Med School Back door:
Muslim medical students refuse to learn about alcohol or sexual diseases:
Some Muslim students claim studying sex and alcohol related diseases is ‘offensive’.
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Professor Peter Rubin, chairman of the GMC’s education committee, said: ‘Examples have included a refusal to see patients who are affected by diseases caused by alcohol or sexual activity, or a refusal to examine patients of a particular gender.’
Spare them their feelings and kick them out of med school, then.
Special thanks to Larwyn for the links.
