Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C. S. Lewis
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American Cancer Society recommends PSA at age 50 for most men
In one of the stupidest moves in recent memory, the American Cancer Society now says that most men should not begin having PSA testing DISCUSSED until age 50 with some higher risk groups at 40. Is this a coincidental occurrence with the recent passage of the Health Care Bill? Was it coincidental that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force raised the recommended mammography breast cancer screening to age 50 in November of 2009? Instead of screening and treating cancers early, the United States is going the opposite way since the beginning of 2009. Knowledge is power, testing is simple and gives you the power instead of giving it to some faceless person elsewhere.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force states
“Potential harms from PSA screening include additional medical visits, adverse effects of prostate biopsies, anxiety, and overdiagnosis (the identification of prostate cancer that would never have caused symptoms in the patient’s lifetime, leading to unnecessary treatment and associated adverse effects). Much uncertainty surrounds which cases of prostate cancer require treatment and whether earlier detection leads to improvements in duration or quality of life. Two recent systematic reviews of the comparative effectiveness and harms of therapies for localized prostate cancer concluded that no single therapy is superior to all others in all situations.”
Anxiety? Of course it is obvious to be anxious if the PSA is elevated, but isn’t it better to know about it and have time to treat it instead of finding out when it is too late?
The recommendations should be: Begin PSA testing at 40, or 30 to 35 for some higher risk groups. But it an individual decision not a “top-down” government forced test.
See:
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http://nccu.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_Can_prostate_cancer_be_found_early_36.asp
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http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsbrca.htm (“The USPSTF recommends biennial screening mammography for women aged 50 to 74 years.”)
ObamaCare will “control the people”
On ObamaCare: “It takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people.” Rep. John Dingell, News Talk WJR with Paul W. Smith, March 23, 2010
Now that it is signed, they can let the cat out of the bag, officially. “Control” and “freedom” do not mix in a free country. Rep. Dingell is the longest serving Democrat in the House of Representatives.
“Liberty or Death? No thanks! Screw the liberty, just give me health insurance!”
On the 235th anniversary of one of the greatest calls for liberty – “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” – the President of the United States signed one of the biggest curtailments of human freedom in United States history. The irony may have been lost on Washington leadership today, and perhaps the quotation from Washington, DC, today would have been “Liberty or death? Why so extreme? Screw the liberty, just give me health insurance!”
Remember this quotation, it is all the more relevant today:
“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
…public will have five days to look at every bill that lands on my desk-Obama
On the campaign trail President Obama said the “public will have five days to look at every bill that lands on my desk” before signing it into law.
And with the Health Insurance bill, we had 36 hours. The days are growing shorter.
BlueCross BlueShield would not lower my annual premiums by an average of $2500 today
After the historic, infamous, vote yesterday, I called BlueCross BlueShield today to ask if I should divide the $2500 in average annual savings over the next 12 months – I figured I’d just subtract $200/month and let them keep the extra $100 for the year. I said that the President had promised me that I was going to save that much per year and that given that health insurance reform would take effect tomorrow, I would beat the rush to find out how to save the money.
They laughed.
I even sent them this link in order to show them that I had been promised the savings many, many times over the last 18 months:
The next step will be to portray the insurance companies as evil because they have not reduced premiums, increased coverage and lowered costs. The is about controlling you and your life from Washington, not health care.
One medical procedure widely available…colonoscopies.
Government funded colonoscopies will be the only procedures that are common and widely available without a wait within a few years. Not from Doctors, but from the extra 16000+ IRS Agents the “Health Care” bill will hire.
“How lucky you are! I had someplace to escape to.” In that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
Another sad day in the decline of freedom in the world. Freedom is a precious thing that must be protected at all costs, once lost it is difficult to reclaim. This quotation just about says it all:
Not too long ago two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, “We don’t know how lucky we are.” And the Cuban stopped and said, “How lucky you are! I had someplace to escape to.” In that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
Ronald Reagan, October 27, 1964
There are two ways to allocate all resources, by free choices between free people or force. The point of the gun is the method of thugs, power-hungry politicians, parasites, and dictators. Will you choose freedom or thuggery?
Good cannot be accomplished by evil means.
Throw out the old flag along with the Constitution…
With the “Health Insurance” vote, it has become clear of the two major parties, there is one party of freedom and one party of totalitarianism. Anyone intellectually honest knows the Constitution prohibits government actions such as this (or the Patriot Act for that matter). To see a document of enumerated, limited powers twisted into the opposite by power-hungry politicians sworn to protect and defend it is disgusting. The Founders are not just spinning in their graves, they have spun so fast they have completely disintegrated. Just like the protections in the Constitution.
So, the United States can now throw out the old flag while Congress throws out the last vestiges of the Constitution. As such, a more modern flag is needed. Several contenders to replace the old “Stars and Stripes” with a more timely flag are shown below.
Which do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
I predict future happiness for Americans IF they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
I predict future happiness for Americans IF they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson