Category Archives: big government

CDC’s Frieden: you cannot get Ebola by sitting next to someone on a bus, but that infected or exposed persons should not ride public transportation because they could transmit the disease to someone else

Talk about someone who is confused:

Dr. Tom Frieden, director for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said during a telephone press briefing Wednesday that you cannot get Ebola by sitting next to someone on a bus, but that infected or exposed persons should not ride public transportation because they could transmit the disease to someone else.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/brittany-m-hughes/cdc-you-can-give-can-t-get-ebola-bus

Essentially any hospital in the country can take care of Ebola. You don’t need a special hospital room to do it.

“Essentially any hospital in the country can take care of Ebola. You don’t need a special hospital room to do it. You do need a private room with a private bathroom. And most importantly, you need rigorous, meticulous training and materials to make sure that care is done safely so that caregivers aren’t at risk.” – Dr. Tom Frieden Oct 2, 2014.

hy would I want the govt involved in my love life? – Sarah Silverman

Just read that I wanna get married which is hilarious b/c I will never get married. Why would I want the govt involved in my love life? Ew. It’s barbaric. Sarah Silverman, Sept 22, 2014

Exactly right. The government should not be involved in anything regarding marriage. But in point of fact, it was the progressives of the 1800s that fought for licensing and all kinds of government involvement.

Clemson required students to submit sexual history or face disciplinary action. HIPAA Violation?

Clemson University required students to submit sexual history or face disciplinary action. One questions the HIPAA compliance for the survey when student names are linked to sexual history. What protections are in place to comply with HIPAA? How long have those protections been in place?

Requests for comments from Clemson about the HIPAA compliance for this program have not been answered.

You can read more about the potential penalties for HIPAA violations here.

The complexity of modern federal criminal law, codified in several thousand sections of the United States Code and the virtually infinite variety of factual circumstances

The complexity of modern federal criminal law, codified in several thousand sections of the United States Code and the virtually infinite variety of factual circumstances that might trigger an investigation into a possible violation of the law, make it difficult for anyone to know, in advance, just when a particular set of statements might later appear (to a prosecutor) to be relevant to some such investigation.  Supreme Court Justice Breyer

Anyone who says that economic security is a human right has been babied too much.

“Anyone who says that economic security is a human right has been babied too much.  While he babbles, other men are risking and losing their lives to protect him.  They are fighting the sea, fighting the land, fighting disease and insects and weather and space and time, for him, while he chatters that all men have a right to security and that some pagan god — Society, The State, The Government, The Commune — must give it to them.  Let the fighting men stop fighting this inhuman earth for one hour, and he will learn how much security there is.”  ~ Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968) American author